| 1 | sortname|Charlie|Aitken|Charlie Aitken nowrap|1959-1976sort|561|559 sort|35|34 sort|61|61 sort|03|3 sort|660|'''657 '''GoalscorersCompetitive matches only. Number of appearances in brackets.
| Rank | Player | Years | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | | 011 | sortname|Harry|Hampton|Harry Hampton sort|215|215 sort|27|27International''This section refers only to caps and honours won while an Aston Villa player. Players in bold are still active professionally''Most capped international playersNote: internationals with over 50 international caps.
- John McGinn, 74 caps for Scotland between 2018 to present.
- Olof Mellberg, 69 caps for Sweden between 2001 and 2008.
- Steve Staunton, 64 caps for Republic of Ireland between 1991 and 1998 and 2001 and 2002.
- Emiliano Martinez, 57 caps for Argentina between 2021 to present.
- Paul McGrath 51 caps for Republic of Ireland between 1989 and 1996.
England - First capped players for England: Arthur Alfred Brown and Howard Vaughton on 18 February 1882.
- Most capped player for England: Gareth Southgate, 42 caps.
World Cup - First player to play at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia on 8 June 1958.
- First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Argentina on 11 June 1958.
- First player to score in a World Cup for England: David Platt for England against Belgium on 26 June 1990.
- Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5.
- Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9, Steve Staunton, 8, Olof Mellberg, 8.
- Most successful players at the World Cup:
- *Winner: Emi Martínez.
- *3rd Place: Alpay Özalan, Ron Vlaar.
- *4th Place: David Platt.
Record transfer fees This section lists the record transfer fees paid by the club for a player. The highest transfer fee received by the club is the £100 million fee paid by Manchester City for Jack Grealish in August 2021. The sale at the time was a British transfer record. The highest initial fee Aston Villa have ever paid for a player was £50 million for Belgian midfielder Amadou Onana from Everton in July 2024.
Fees Paid| Rank | Player | Fee | From | Date | Ref. | | 1 | sortname|Amadou|Onanantsh|50000000fbaicon|ENGManagerial records- First manager/secretary of the club: George Ramsay, in charge of 1327 games from August 1884 to 5 May 1926.
- Longest serving manager: George Ramsay.
- Most successful manager: George Ramsay, 6 League Championships and 6 FA Cups.
Club records
Goals- Most league goals scored in a season: 128.
- Fewest league goals scored in a season: 27 goals.
- Most league goals conceded in a season: 110 goals.
- Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 32 goals.
Points - Most points in a season:
- * Two points for a win: 70 points.
- * Three points for a win: 83 points.
- Fewest points in a season:
- * Two points for a win:
- ** 18 points.
- ** 29 points.
- * Three points for a win:
- ** 17 points.
Matches
Firsts- First match: Aston Villa 1-0 Aston Brook St Mary's, March 1874.
- First league match: Wolverhampton Wanderers 1-1 Aston Villa, 8 September 1888.
- First match at Villa Park: friendly; 3-0, Blackburn Rovers, on 17 April 1897.
- First FA Cup match: Stafford Road Works 1-1 Aston Villa, 13 December 1879. Aston Villa won the replay 3-1 on 24 January 1880.
- First League Cup match: Aston Villa 4-1 Huddersfield Town, 12 October 1960.
- First European match: Royal Antwerp 4-1 Aston Villa, 17 September 1975, UEFA Cup.
Record wins - Record Football League win: 12-2.
- Record Premier League win: 7-1.
- Record FA Cup win: 13-0.
- Record League Cup win: 8-1.
- Record European win: 5-0.
Record defeats - Record defeat: 0–8.
- Record FA Cup defeat: 1-8.
- Record League Cup defeat: 1-6.
- Record European defeat: 1-4.
Attendances - Highest attendance at Villa Park:
- * League game: 69,492.
- * FA Cup game: 76,588.
- * As an all-seater stadium: 43,157.
- Lowest attendance at Villa Park:
- * League game: 2,900.
- Highest attendance at Wellington Road:
- *League game: 20,000.
- *FA Cup game: 26,849.
- Lowest attendance at Wellington Road
- *League game: 600.
Streaks - Longest winning runs :
- *Multiple competitions:
- **11 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League and 1896–97 FA Cup
- **11 games in the 1913–14 Football League and 1913–14 FA Cup
- **11 games in the 2025–26 Premier League and 2025–26 UEFA Europa League
- *League:
- **10 games in the 2018–19 EFL Championship
- Longest unbeaten runs :
- *Multiple competitions:
- **22 games in the 1896–97 Football League, 1897–98 Football League, and 1896–97 FA Cup
- * League:
- **13 games in the 1898–99 Football League
- **13 games in the 2008–09 Premier League
- Longest losing run :
- *11 games in the 1962–63 Football League
- *11 games in the 2015–16 Premier League
- Longest run without a win:
- * Multiple competitions:
- ** 16 games in the 2015–16 Premier League, 2015–16 FA Cup and 2015–16 Football League Cup
National records - Most League Cup matches played and won
- All-Time record for the most top-flight goals scored in a season, scoring 128 in season 1930–31.
- First football club in the world to appoint a paid manager, George Ramsay in 1886.
- First top-flight club to appoint a manager from outside the British Isles, Jozef Vengloš in July 1990.
- Villa Park was the first English stadium to stage international football in three different centuries.
- Villa Park has hosted more FA Cup Semi-Finals than any other ground, 55 to date.
- Highest FA Cup attendance : 121,919
- First football club to have a player score in every round of the FA Cup, when captain Archie Hunter led the club to its first FA Cup trophy in 1887.
- First football club to pay more than £100 for a player, for Willie Groves in 1893.
- First English football club to have a Black player on the scoresheet in the English Football League, when Willie Clarke scored on Christmas Day 1901, in a 3–2 victory over Everton.
- First English club to have a player score a hat-trick of penalty kicks in a league match, Billy Walker doing so in a 7–1 win against Bradford City in November 1921.
- First football club to have a player win both the PFA Young Player of the Year and PFA Players' Player of the Year in the same season, Andy Gray in 1976–77.
Aston Villa in UEFA competitions As of July 2023, Aston Villa are one of only six English clubs to have won the European Cup, doing so in 1982. Aston Villa's scores are noted first in both results columns.List of matches;Key
- 2QR = Second qualifying round
- P/O = Play-off round
- 1R = First round
- 2R = Second round
- 3R = Third round
- GS = Group stage
- LP = League phase
- R32 = Round of 32
- R16 = Round of 16
- QF = Quarter-finals
- SF = Semi-finals
- F = Final
Record by competition
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