Yes, this is every England player's penalty record – because in this country, it's impossible to get through a major tournament without any mention of the P-word.
The Three Lions' shootout record has improved in recent years – they've won two out of three under Gareth Southgate – but stepping up from 12 yards, even outside of football's ultimate, fate-deciding lottery, remains a high-pressure situation.
Thankfully, England have a few reliable penalty takers likely to be on the plane to Germany for Euro 2024. FourFourTwo will bring you all the latest on England as we report live from the European Championship. As well as information on how to watch each game at Euro 2024, we'll also provide in-depth coverage of all the Euro 2024 squads, too.
Every England player's penalty record
Every England player's penalty record
*Excluding shootouts
For this table, we've taken every penalty that each player in the England has ever taken, during regulation time of a game, for club or country. We've also considered their record in England shootouts – with no player having taken more than two for their country – but not club shootouts.
England's shootout takers
Who is England's penalty taker?
That'll be Harry Kane. If England are awarded a penalty at any point during Euro 2024, there's only one man picking up the ball.
One of the very best penalty takers in the world, the Three Lions' record goalscorer will also probably be the first to step up in any shootout (which we're back to hating after how the last Euros ended...).
Who will take penalties for England, in the event of a penalty shootout?
That largely depends on a few factors, including who's on the pitch and who actually wants to take one in the moment. The above table, of those who have netted over 80 per cent of the spot-kicks they've taken, largely pales into insignificance in the moment, as the biggest personalities tend to step up in the heat of a shootout.
Cole Palmer will surely be one of the prime candidates to take a pen, should he be on the pitch. The Chelsea man has developed a knack for 12 yards and has established himself as one of the best penalty-takers in the league. Likewise, Conor Gallagher, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Bukayo Saka are all seasoned members of Gareth Southgate's side and will likely step forward – despite the latter missing the decisive kick in 2021 against Italy at Wembley.
There's no nonsense from Harry Maguire when he puts the ball down on the penalty spot: he simply smashes it – and he's buried it both times he's taken one in a shootout for England, in the final of Euro 2020 and in the third place play-off of the 2018/19 Nations League against Switzerland, while Kieran Trippier's one England penalty to date was a big one: it put Gareth Southgate's side on the cusp of victory over Colombia at the 2018 World Cup.
And everyone loves a penalty-taking goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford dispatched his, in that Nations League shootout win over Switzerland, as emphatically as you'd expect from such a perennially pumped-up shot-stopper.
Jude Bellingham scored one for Real Madrid against Manchester City in the Champions League this season (he's never missed one) and Declan Rice scored one for Arsenal against Porto in the same competition (despite his patchy record), with both being big characters in the camp. Ivan Toney has a phenomenal record, too.
FourFourTwo's expected penalty shootout shortlist, in order:
- Harry Kane
- Harry Maguire
- Bukayo Saka
- Cole Palmer
- Ivan Toney
- Kieran Trippier
- Jude Bellingham
- Conor Gallagher
- Trent Alexander-Arnold
- Declan Rice
How are England's penalty shootout takers decided?
It is likely that penalty takers will be decided ahead of fixtures, based on who volunteers, their record and their capability to dispatch one in a high-pressure situation.
In 2021, Southgate stated that he decided the penalty-takers in England's unsuccessful shootout against Italy in the European Championship final.
In 2018, psychology was apparently considered with the England camp assessing the players' mental state ahead of who was chosen to step up against Colombia. In the third-place play-off of the Nations League a year later, Southgate rotated his spot-kick shortlist to allow other players to step up in the heat of a shootout to give them a chance for experience.
The Three Lions boss brought on Marcus Rashford and Jadon Sancho in extra-time at Wembley at Euro 2020 to take penalties but was roundly criticised after both players missed, having failed to have touched the ball during regulation time. It remains to be seen whether the same tactic will be employed again.
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