Fernandes Storms Into Elite Company: The Exclusive Club of Man Utd's 100-Goal Heroes Alongside Ronaldo and Rooney

Reaching a hundred goals for a single club represents a remarkable feat. Even at Manchester United, one of football's most storied institutions, only an exclusive group of players have achieved this triple-digit milestone.

Bruno Fernandes has now become the 19th player to net 100 or more goals in United's history, entering an exceptionally elite group that features icons from every generation.

The Portuguese captain has reached his century despite United's recent struggles, making his achievement even more noteworthy, though he still has considerable ground to cover to match the scoring records of those who came before him.

Below are all the players who have reached 100 goals while wearing United's iconic red jersey.

Which Players Have Scored 100 Goals for Man Utd?

Fernandes has already surpassed notable names like David Beckham, Eric Cantona and Dwight Yorke in United's scoring records, as this trio never reached the century mark at Old Trafford. However, 18 club legends still rank higher than him.

Marcus Rashford remains the sole current United player on this list—though he's presently on loan at Barcelona and appears unlikely to return to the Red Devils—having netted 138 goals for his hometown club. The England striker currently occupies 13th place in the club's all-time scoring rankings, positioned above fellow centurions Ole Gunnar Solskjær (126 goals), Andy Cole (121 goals) and Brian McClair (121 goals).

Stan Pearson and Tommy Taylor also trail Rashford, with Pearson finding the net 135 times and Taylor scoring 131 goals during their United tenures. Taylor holds the finest goal-per-game ratio among all club centurions, averaging 0.69 goals per appearance for the Red Devils.

David Herd and Ruud Van Nistelrooy also boast exceptionally impressive scoring rates, with the Scottish forward netting 143 goals across just 261 appearances and the Dutch striker achieving an even more remarkable 150 goals in 219 matches—149 of which came from within the penalty area. Cristiano Ronaldo sits between these two with 145 goals across two United stints, though it required the five-time Ballon d'Or recipient 346 matches to reach his hundred.

Longevity served both Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs well, as they remained one-club United legends. Despite playing as a central midfielder, Scholes accumulated 155 goals across 716 appearances, reaching his century against Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux in March 2010. Giggs concluded with 168 goals in 963 United matches, placing him as the club's seventh-highest scorer.

Giggs's fellow Welshman Mark Hughes ranks just ahead of Scholes with 161 goals, while Dennis Viollet, who represented United during the 1950s and '60s, holds sixth position after an exceptional 173 goals in merely 284 appearances.

The top five consists entirely of legendary figures, as anticipated. 1968 Ballon d'Or recipient George Best delivered 179 goals while ascending to global stardom in Manchester, cementing his status as one of the club's finest forwards and football's earliest true icons. Another prolific scorer, Jack Rowley, accumulated 190 goals for the Red Devils before and after World War II.

Denis Law, who claimed the Ballon d'Or four years before Best and joined United for merely £115,000 in 1962, occupies third position. The Aberdeen-born striker also played for Manchester City, but achieved legendary status at Old Trafford after scoring 243 goals during 11 seasons with the Red Devils.

Bobby Charlton, another Ballon d'Or winner, stands as arguably United's greatest ever player—partly due to his remarkable scoring accomplishments. He found the net 245 times for the Red Devils throughout a 17-year stint with the club, during which he made an incredible 746 appearances.

However, United's premier goalscorer is a more contemporary legend, with Wayne Rooney leading the rankings. 253 goals across 559 Red Devils appearances tells the complete story for one of England's finest players.

Man Utd's Goalscoring Centurions