fewest games by a player to reach 20 goals in soccer history

Thomas McCarthy had the fewest games with more than 0 games played and 20+ goals, with 35 games.

Interpreted as:
fewest regular-season games by a player to reach 20 or more goals in soccer history
NAMEGPGAP+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Thomas McCarthy
T. McCarthy
35
22
7
29
10
0
0
2Ozzie Aubuchon
O. Aubuchon
50
20
12
32
4
0
2
0
0
3
0
3Fern Majeau
F. Majeau
56
22
24
46
43
6
2
0
0
3
0
4George Johnston
G. Johnston
58
20
12
32
2
3
1
1
0
3
0
5Jack McDonald
J. McDonald
70
26
14
40
27
3
1
6Alf Skinner
A. Skinner
71
26
12
38
93
1
0
7George Carey
G. Carey
72
21
12
33
20
2
0
8Claude St. Sauveur
C. St. Sauveur
79
24
24
48
-7
23
11
9
0
0
3
0
171
14.0
9Bill Shill
B. Shill
79
21
13
34
18
1
1
0
0
3
0
10Macklin Celebrini
M. Celebrini
80
31
48
79
-32
30
10
18
0
0
5
2
264
11.7
600
1,234
48.6
43
57
32
126
19:55
11Fred Thurier
F. Thurier
80
25
27
52
18
3
4
1
0
2
2
12Duke Keats
D. Keats
82
29
19
48
114
6
1
13John Leblanc
J. Leblanc
83
26
13
39
-19
28
9
3
1
0
3
0
161
16.1
14Ron Chipperfield
R. Chipperfield
83
22
24
46
-24
34
2
3
1
0
2
0
155
14.2
15Tony Demers
T. Demers
83
20
23
43
23
2
5
0
0
2
1
16Will Smith
W. Smith
84
21
33
54
-15
24
5
9
0
0
2
1
149
14.1
66
185
35.7
19
21
14
86
16:05
17Gerry Heffernan
G. Heffernan
85
33
35
68
27
7
8
0
0
6
1
18Kraig Nienhuis
K. Nienhuis
87
20
16
36
-16
39
5
4
0
0
2
0
148
13.5
19Marco Kasper
M. Kasper
88
20
18
38
-2
40
2
2
0
0
3
1
160
12.5
335
736
45.5
189
55
11
54
15:30
20Claude Vilgrain
C. Vilgrain
89
21
32
53
+19
78
1
1
1
0
1
0
110
19.1
21Norm Larson
N. Larson
89
25
18
43
12
2
1
0
0
3
0
22Matvei Michkov
M. Michkov
90
27
41
68
-17
54
8
9
0
0
3
3
218
12.4
19
41
46.3
37
25
17
100
16:30
23Church Russell
C. Russell
90
20
16
36
12
5
3
0
0
0
0
24Jackson Blake
J. Blake
91
20
22
42
+9
40
5
4
0
0
6
0
174
11.5
15
30
50.0
21
33
23
68
14:09
25Cutter Gauthier
C. Gauthier
92
26
27
53
+13
28
3
4
0
0
4
2
238
10.9
25
69
36.2
79
55
22
88
14:35

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