Gordon Banks

Born on : December 30, 1937 at Sheffield

Date of death : February 12, 2019

Nationality : England

Height : 1m82

Weight : 82 kg

Number of international caps : 73

First cap : vs Scotland 06/04/1963

Main position
Goalkeeper	100%

Banks's career statisticsLast updated on 06/02/2025 at 23:43

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

tier

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

1978

FL Strikers

1977

FL Strikers

1972/1973

Stoke City

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	8					15	1	720	0	100%		19%			13%	25%	63%
Stoke City	League Cup	2					1	1	180	0	100%		67%			100%	0%	0%

1971/1972

Stoke City

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	36	45	11	3240	100%	86%	28%	36%	36%
Stoke City	League Cup	11	10	4	1080	100%	92%	55%	36%	9%
Stoke City	FA Cup	8	9	1	750	100%	100%	50%	38%	13%
England	Euro Qualifying	4	5	2	360	100%	80%	50%	25%	25%
England	British Home Championship	2		2	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%

1970/1971

Stoke City

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	40	1	47	15	3600	100%	95%	25%	33%	43%
Stoke City	FA Cup	1		2		90	100%		100%	0%	0%
England	Euro Qualifying	3			3	270	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	British Home Championship	2		1	1	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%

1969/1970

Stoke City

Club	Competition								V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	38	43	13	3420	0	100%	90%	37%	34%	29%
England	Friendlies	4	1	3	360	0	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%
England	British Home Championship	3	2	1	270	0	100%	100%	33%	67%	0%
England	World Cup	3	1	2	270	1	100%	75%	67%	0%	33%

1968/1969

Stoke City

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	30	42	7	2689	100%	71%	20%	43%	37%
Stoke City	FA Cup	1	3		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	50%	0%	100%	0%
England	Friendlies	4	4	1	360	100%	80%	50%	25%	25%
England	British Home Championship	2	2		180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%

1967/1968

Stoke City

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Stoke City	Division 1	39	66	6	3510	100%	93%	33%	18%	49%
England	British Home Championship	3	1	2	270	100%	100%	67%	33%	0%
England	Friendlies	1	2		90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
England	Euro Qualifying	1		1	90	100%	50%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	50%	0%	0%	100%
England	Euro	2	1	1	180	100%	100%	50%	0%	50%

1966/1967

Stoke City

Club	Competition															V	D	L
England	British Home Championship	1					3		90	0	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Stoke City	Division 1	4					5	1	360	0	100%		80%			25%	25%	50%

1966/1967

Leicester

Club	Competition							V	D	L
England	World Cup	4	3	2	390	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	British Home Championship	2	1	1	180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	100%	0%	100%	0%
Leicester	Division 1	36	60	7	3240	100%	95%	42%	19%	39%

1965/1966

Leicester

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	32	41	8	2880	100%	76%	56%	13%	31%
England	British Home Championship	2	4		180	100%	67%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	1		1	90	100%	50%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	5	1	4	450	100%	71%	80%	20%	0%
England	World Cup	2		2	180	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%

1964/1965

Leicester

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	38	77	6	3420	100%	90%	29%	32%	39%
Leicester	FA Cup	2	1	1	180	100%		0%	50%	50%
Leicester	League Cup	2	3	1	180	100%		0%	50%	50%
England	British Home Championship	2	5		180	100%	67%	50%	50%	0%
England	Friendlies	4	2	2	360	100%	100%	75%	25%	0%

1963/1964

Leicester

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	36	46	9	3240	100%	86%	42%	25%	33%
England	British Home Championship	3	4	1	270	100%	100%	67%	0%	33%
England	Friendlies	1	1		90	100%	100%	100%	0%	0%
England	Friendlies	5	6	1	450	100%	71%	60%	20%	20%

1962/1963

Leicester

Club	Competition							V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	38	45	14	3420	100%	90%	50%	32%	18%
Leicester	FA Cup	1	3		90	100%		0%	0%	100%
England	British Home Championship	1	2		90	100%	33%	0%	0%	100%
England	Friendlies	3	4		270	100%	75%	67%	33%	0%

1961/1962

Leicester

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	41					70	10	3690	0	100%		98%			39%	15%	46%
Leicester	(C2) Cup Winners' Cup	2					3		180	0	100%					0%	50%	50%

1960/1961

Leicester

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	40					67	6	3600	0	100%		95%			43%	23%	35%
Leicester	FA Cup	1					2		90	0	100%					0%	0%	100%

1959/1960

Leicester

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Leicester	Division 1	31					48	5	2790	0	100%		74%			29%	32%	39%

1958/1959

Chesterfield

Total

487

591

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Notes

Overall

89/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

League Cup	1	1972
World Cup	1	1966
British Home Championship	8	19641965196619681969197019711972

Runner-ups

League Cup	1	1965
FA Cup	2	19611963
British Home Championship	2	19631967

Rewards

Victories

FWA Footballer of the Year	1	1972
World Cup All Star Team	1	1966

Transfers

18/06/78 > 12/02/19		Retired
01/04/77 > 18/06/78		FL Strikers
15/04/67 > 01/07/73		Stoke City
01/07/59 > 15/04/67		Leicester
01/07/58 > 01/07/59		Chesterfield

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 31/01/2025 at 04:08

Club	Played matches	Minutes played	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
England	73	6600	100%73	67%49	12%9
Leicester	300	27000	100%300	40%120	36%108
Stoke City	218	19729	100%218	31%68	37%81

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
West Ham	27	13	9	35
Liverpool	21	7	9	21
Nottingham	24	7	7	26
Arsenal	27	9	6	38
Everton	25	9	6	38
S Wednesday	22	11	6	22
Man City	18	9	6	29
WBA	22	8	5	39
Newcastle	16	9	5	19
Blackburn	12	6	5	18
Man United	30	8	4	53
Chelsea	25	6	4	39
Wolves	20	9	4	25
Sheffield U	13	6	4	14
Fulham	18	5	3	32
Ipswich Town	16	5	3	23
Aston Villa	12	6	3	19
Sunderland	11	6	3	18
Coventry	10	3	3	13
N. Ireland	8	8	3	9

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Tottenham	23	14	46
Chelsea	25	13	39
Fulham	18	12	32
Arsenal	27	10	38
Liverpool	21	10	21
Burnley	20	10	41
Man United	30	9	53
Leeds United	15	9	30
WBA	22	9	39
Everton	25	8	38
Man City	18	8	29
West Ham	27	7	35
Nottingham	24	7	26
Ipswich Town	16	6	23
Wolves	20	6	25
Newcastle	16	5	19
Blackburn	12	5	18
Bolton	8	4	10
Sunderland	11	4	18
Coventry	10	4	13

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
1978	FL Strikers	0%	0%	0	44%	56%	18	-
1977	FL Strikers	0%	0%	0	68%	32%	28	-
1972/1973	Stoke City	30%	50%	10	36%	41%	39	Slightly negative
1971/1972	Stoke City	36%	27%	55	14%	57%	7	Extremely positive
1970/1971	Stoke City	27%	41%	41	46%	15%	13	Negative
1969/1970	Stoke City	37%	29%	38	25%	38%	8	Positive
1968/1969	Stoke City	19%	39%	31	29%	47%	17	Negative
1967/1968	Stoke City	33%	49%	39	50%	40%	10	Negative
1966/1967	Stoke City	25%	50%	4	100%	0%	1	-
1966/1967	Leicester	42%	39%	36	50%	50%	6	-
1965/1966	Leicester	56%	31%	32	33%	40%	15	Positive
1964/1965	Leicester	26%	40%	42	56%	19%	16	Very negative
1963/1964	Leicester	42%	33%	36	50%	25%	16	Slightly negative
1962/1963	Leicester	49%	21%	39	55%	36%	11	Slightly negative
1961/1962	Leicester	37%	47%	43	50%	33%	6	-
1960/1961	Leicester	41%	37%	41	54%	15%	13	Slightly negative
1959/1960	Leicester	29%	39%	31	47%	33%	15	Negative
1958/1959	Chesterfield	0%	0%	0	50%	25%	4	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Leicester
09/09/1959	D1	Leicester - Blackpool	1 - 1	First match with the club, first start
12/09/1959	D1	Leicester - Newcastle	0 - 2	First loss
07/11/1959	D1	Leicester - S Wednesday	2 - 0	First victory
Stoke City
22/04/1967	D1	Chelsea - Stoke City	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first loss
29/04/1967	D1	Stoke City - Leicester	3 - 1	First victory
19/09/1970	D1	Man City - Stoke City	4 - 1	First own goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 31/01/2025 at 04:08

Competition	Played matches	clean sheets	Goals conceded	Own goals	Minutes played	Match starts	Yellow cards	D Draws	L Losses
Premier League	Premier League	487	24%119	717	1	43819	100%487	36%175	27%131	37%181
FA Cup	FA Cup	14	14%2	20		1290	100%14	36%5	29%4	36%5
League Cup	League Cup	15	40%6	14		1440	100%15	53%8	33%5	13%2
Friendlies	Friendlies	31	45%14	22		2790	100%31	61%19	29%9	10%3
World Cup	World Cup	9	67%6	4		840	100%9	78%7	11%1	11%1
Euro	Euro	2	50%1	1		180	100%2	50%1		50%1
BHC	British Home Championship	23	35%8	25		2070	100%23	70%16	17%4	13%3
Euro Qualifying	Euro Qualifying	8	75%6	5		720	100%8	75%6	13%1	13%1
Cup Winners' Cup	Cup Winners' Cup	2		3		180	100%2		50%1	50%1

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
1977	FL Strikers	1	1	161	26	19	0	7	49	29
1977	FL Strikers	1S	1	161	26	19	0	7	49	29
1972/1973	Stoke City	1	15	38	42	14	10	18	61	56
1971/1972	Stoke City	1	17	35	42	10	15	17	39	56
1970/1971	Stoke City	1	13	37	42	12	13	17	44	48
1969/1970	Stoke City	1	9	45	42	15	15	12	56	52
1968/1969	Stoke City	1	19	33	42	9	15	18	40	63
1967/1968	Stoke City	1	18	35	42	14	7	21	50	73
1966/1967	Stoke City	1	12	41	42	17	7	18	63	58
1965/1966	Leicester	1	7	49	42	21	7	14	80	65
1964/1965	Leicester	1	18	35	42	11	13	18	69	85
1963/1964	Leicester	1	11	43	42	16	11	15	61	58
1962/1963	Leicester	1	4	52	42	20	12	10	79	53
1961/1962	Leicester	1	14	40	42	17	6	19	72	71
1960/1961	Leicester	1	6	45	42	18	9	15	87	70
1959/1960	Leicester	1	12	39	42	13	13	16	66	75

Last games

Date	Competition	Round	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
June 17, 1978	17/06		Round 23	Rowdies	3 - 2	FL Strikers	No data
June 15, 1978	15/06		Round 22	Metros-Croatia	2 - 0	FL Strikers	No data
June 10, 1978	10/06		Round 20	FL Strikers	2 - 0	Stompers	No data
June 07, 1978	07/06		Round 19	Dallas Tornado	3 - 1	FL Strikers	No data
June 03, 1978	03/06		Round 18	FL Strikers	2 - 0	New England	No data
May 31, 1978	31/05		Round 17	Stompers	2 - 1	FL Strikers	No data
May 27, 1978	27/05		Round 16	Seattle	3 - 1	FL Strikers	No data
May 24, 1978	24/05	F	Europe	England	4 - 1	Hungary	Absent
May 23, 1978	23/05		Round 15	FL Strikers	1 - 0	Surf	No data
May 21, 1978	21/05		Round 14	Lancers	3 - 0	FL Strikers	No data
May 20, 1978	20/05	BHC	Round 3	Scotland	0 - 1	England	Absent
May 17, 1978	17/05		Round 13	FL Strikers	3 - 2	Diplomats	No data
May 16, 1978	16/05	BHC	Round 2	England	1 - 0	N. Ireland	Absent
May 13, 1978	13/05	BHC	Round 1	Wales	1 - 3	England	Absent
May 13, 1978	13/05		Round 12	San Diego	1 - 2	FL Strikers	No data
May 06, 1978	06/05		Round 10	FL Strikers	3 - 2	Memphis Rogues	No data
May 02, 1978	02/05		Round 9	Fury	3 - 1	FL Strikers	No data
April 29, 1978	29/04		Round 8	FL Strikers	2 - 1	Caribous	No data
April 22, 1978	22/04		Round 6	FL Strikers	2 - 0	LA Aztecs	No data
April 19, 1978	19/04	F	Intercontinental	England	1 - 1	Brazil	Absent
April 16, 1978	16/04		Round 4	Diplomats	4 - 1	FL Strikers	No data
April 09, 1978	09/04		Round 2	FL Strikers	1 - 2	Detroit Express	No data
April 02, 1978	02/04		Round 1	New York	7 - 0	FL Strikers	No data
February 22, 1978	22/02	F	Europe	Germany	2 - 1	England	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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