Man Utd's highest scoring midfielders in a single season - ranked
- Man Utd have always relied on midfielders to score goals
- Many of the club's greatest have played in the middle of the pitch
- Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Bruno Fernandes were prolific
Forwards usually score the goals in football, whether they be typical centre forwards or the type of goalscoring wide forwards that have flooded the game in the last 10 years.
But goals from midfielders are vitally important as well and any good team will usually have a group of midfield players that regularly chip in.
Looking back at every campaign since the start of the Premier League era in1992/93, these are all the Manchester United midfielders who have scored at least ten goals in all competitions in a season.
15. All midfielders with 10 goals
Andrei Kanchelskis – 10 goals (1993/94)
Paul Scholes – 10 goals (1997/98)
Ryan Giggs – 10 goals (1998/99)
Juan Mata – 10 goals (2014/15)
Juan Mata – 10 goals (2015/16)
Juan Mata – 10 goals (2016/17)
Bruno Fernandes - 10 goals (2021/22)
Scott McTominay - 10 goals (2023/24)
14. All midfielders with 11 goals
Ryan Giggs – 11 goals (1992/93)
Lee Sharpe – 11 goals (1993/94)
David Beckham – 11 goals (1997/98)
Paul Scholes – 11 goals (1998/99)
David Beckham – 11 goals (2002/03)
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – 11 goals (2016/17)
13. All midfielders with 12 goals
Ryan Giggs – 12 goals (1995/96)
David Beckham – 12 goals (1996/97)
Roy Keane – 12 goals (1999/00)
Paul Scholes – 12 goals (1999/00)
Paul Scholes – 12 goals (2000/01)
Paul Scholes – 12 goals (2004/05)
Bruno Fernandes – 12 goals (2019/20)
12. Jesse Lingard – 13 goals (2017/18)
A famous brace against Arsenal stood out for Jesse Lingard during the 2017/18 season, during which he scored eight times in the Premier League and five in other competitions.
11. Paul Scholes – 14 goals (1995/96)
Paul Scholes was part of the first-team squad for most of the 1994/95 season, but it was in 1995/96 that he truly announced himself with 14 goals to contribute to the Premier League and FA Cup double.
10. Ryan Giggs – 14 goals (2002/03)
Adapting and changing his game as he got older, the 2002/03 season was actually the last time that Ryan Giggs scored double figures for United in a single campaign with 14.
9. Paul Scholes – 14 goals (2003/04)
Perhaps Paul Scholes' most important goal of the 2003/04 season was the winner against Arsenal in the FA Cup semi-final, putting United into the final against Millwall and ensuring the campaign would not be trophy-less.
8. Bruno Fernandes - 14 goals (2022/23)
Although eight goals in the Premier League made it a low return from Fernandes, he was able to almost double his tally in cup competitions to make it 14 strikes overall across the whole of 2022/23.
7. Andrei Kanchelskis – 15 goals (1994/95)
With Eric Cantona suspended in January 1995, Andrei Kanchelskis finished the season as United's top scorer. In November, he had netted a famous hat-trick in a 5-0 thrashing of Manchester City.
6. Bruno Fernandes - 15 goals (2023/24)
2023/24 was a first season as United captain for Fernandes, marking it with 15 goals, his best return since an astonishing 2020/21 - more on which shortly. Ten of those were in the Premier League alone.
5. David Beckham – 16 goals (2001/02)
David Beckham scored 11 times in the Premier League alone in 2001/02, with 16 goals in all competitions. It was his most prolific season in a United shirt, although it was not uncommon for him to hit double figures.
4. Paul Pogba – 16 goals (2018/19)
Paul Pogba stood head and shoulders above every United player in a largely disappointing season in 2018/19. The Frenchman showed his quality, not matched by his teammates, with 16 goals in total.
3. Ryan Giggs – 17 goals (1993/94)
Ryan Giggs could be unplayable at times in the early 1990s and the 1993/94 campaign saw him net 17 goals from 58 appearances in all competitions, including United's very first of the season.
2. Paul Scholes – 20 goals (2002/03)
Paul Scholes is one of of only two United midfielders in the post-1992 era to have scored 20 goals in all competitions in a single season. A hat-trick in a 6-2 demolition of Newcastle particularly stands out.
1. Bruno Fernandes – 28 goals (2020/21)
Fernandes' immediate impact at United was utterly remarkable. He scored 12 goals in just half a season when he first arrived in January 2020 and then reached nearly 30 goals in his first full year at Old Trafford.
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