George Best
born May 22, 1946 (age 80), Belfast, Northern Ireland
- games
- 160
- goals
- 87
- assists
- 96
first recorded game April 17, 1976 · last recorded game Aug. 19, 1981
Career totals and dates are as recorded here.
Honors
Career totals by team
| team | gp | g | a |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose Earthquakes | 77 | 54 | 63 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | 55 | 27 | 25 |
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | 28 | 6 | 8 |
| Detroit Express | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career totals by competition
| competition | gp | g | a |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASL | 139 | 54 | 54 |
| NASLi | 21 | 33 | 42 |
Goals by season
Season by season, clubs
| team | competition | season | gp | g | a |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Aztecs | NASL | 1976 | 23 | 15 | 7 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | NASL | 1977 | 20 | 11 | 18 |
| Detroit Express | NASL | 1978 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | NASL | 1978 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Los Angeles Aztecs | NASL | 1978 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Fort Lauderdale Strikers | NASL | 1979 | 19 | 2 | 7 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | NASL | 1980 | 26 | 8 | 11 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | NASLi | 1980-1981 | 16 | 25 | 27 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | NASL | 1981 | 30 | 13 | 10 |
| San Jose Earthquakes | NASLi | 1981-1982 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
Most recent games
Most often alongside
| player | together | share |
|---|---|---|
| Bob McAlinden | 59 | 39% |
| Ron Davies | 59 | 39% |
| Steve David | 55 | 36% |
| David Irving | 49 | 32% |
| Charlie Cooke | 46 | 30% |
| Vasa Rutonjski | 46 | 30% |
| Maurice Whittle | 38 | 25% |
| Ane Mihailovich | 37 | 24% |
| Bobby Sibbald | 37 | 24% |
| Tony Whelan | 37 | 24% |
| Mike Hewitt | 35 | 23% |
| Bob Rigby | 34 | 22% |
The 12 most frequent, of the 153 games George Best has an appearance on record for. Two players count as teammates in a game when both have an appearance in it for the same club, so this is drawn from lineups rather than from rosters — and it is only as complete as the lineups are. Whole leagues here recorded none.