Pain in the Arsenal
Fansided

Arsenal: 15 Greatest Strikers Of All Time

By Josh Sippie

LONDON - DECEMBER 26: Thierry Henry of Arsenal celebrates scoring his second goal during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match between Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Highbury on December 26, 2003 in London. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)
LONDON - DECEMBER 26: Thierry Henry of Arsenal celebrates scoring his second goal during the FA Barclaycard Premiership match between Arsenal and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Highbury on December 26, 2003 in London. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images) /
facebooktwitterreddit
Prev
9 of 17
Next
Swansea Town’s Jimmy Brain. (Photo by Barratts/PA Images via Getty Images)
Swansea Town’s Jimmy Brain. (Photo by Barratts/PA Images via Getty Images) /

9. Jimmy Brain

The main Brain, Jimmy scored a ton of goals for Arsenal and he did it all while competing for a spot with Jack Lambert, who has already appeared on this list. He didn’t always beat out Lambert, but he did enough to score himself a massive tally of 139 goals in 232 career appearances with the Gunners.

Like so many others on this list, Brain was the club’s top scorer for four straight seasons. This included a 39 goal 1925-26 season which was second only to Ted Drake’s 44 goal 1934-35 season.

He spent eight years with the club and used it to score himself a place in their history books as one of the best Arsenal goal scorers of all time. He won himself a Charity Shield in 1930 and while he didn’t have a huge role to play (he made just 16 appearances) he was part of the squad that won the Gunners first ever First Division title in 1930-31.

The goals speak for themselves. Brain had himself a doozy of a career, despite never featuring for England and moving to Tottenham after his stay with the Gunners.

Home/Arsenal All-Time Lists