| First Division Top Scorers - 1897-1898 | Scorers By Club | |||||||
| Click club name for details | ||||||||
| 1 | Fred Wheldon | Aston Villa | 23 | Sheffield United | 56 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Fred Spiksley | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | Sunderland | 43 | |||
| 3 | Steve Bloomer | Derby | 16 | Wolves | 57 | |||
| 4 | Walter Bennett | Sheffield United | 13 | Everton | 48 | |||
| 5 | Laurie Bell | Everton | 12 | Sheffield Wednesday | 51 | |||
| 6 | Sandy Brown | Preston | 12 | Aston Villa | 61 | |||
| 7 | Harry Wood | Wolves | 11 | West Bromwich Albion | 44 | |||
| 8 | Billy Maxwell | Stoke | 11 | Nottingham Forest | 47 | |||
| 9 | Jack Sharp | Aston Villa | 11 | Liverpool | 48 | |||
| 10 | Frank Becton | Liverpool | 11 | Derby County | 57 | |||
| 11 | Billy Beats | Wolves | 11 | Bolton Wanderers | 28 | |||
| 12 | Jim Stevenson | Preston | 11 | Preston North End | 35 | |||
| 13 | Ben Garfield | West Bromwich | 11 | Notts County | 36 | |||
| 14 | Len Benbow | Nottingham Forest | 11 | Bury | 39 | |||
| 15 | Billy Smith | Wolves | 11 | Blackburn Rovers | 39 | |||
| 16 | John Divers | Everton | 11 | Stoke City | 35 | |||
| 17 | Jimmy Settle | Bury | 10 | |||||
| 18 | John Proudfoot | Blackburn | 9 | |||||
| 19 | Hugh Wilson | Sunderland | 9 | |||||
| 20 | Jack Almond | Sheffield United | 9 | |||||