Historical significance
A relentless scorer who helped Liverpool return to the top flight and then win major domestic honours under Bill Shankly.
Hunt supplied the goals that turned Shankly's reconstruction into measurable progress. His record links promotion, the return to championship contention and Liverpool's first FA Cup, making him central to the change from an ambitious Second Division side into a major force.
Reading the record
The season links below are drawn from the archive's reviewed master record. They identify campaigns in which Roger Hunt was Liverpool's leading scorer; the honour list is limited to trophies won during the player's actual Liverpool career span.
Leading-scorer seasons
- 1959–60Leading scorer: 23 goals; league finish 3rd
- 1961–62Leading scorer: 42 goals; league finish 1st
- 1962–63Leading scorer: 26 goals; league finish 8th
- 1963–64Leading scorer: 33 goals; league finish 1st
- 1964–65Leading scorer: 37 goals; league finish 7th
- 1965–66Leading scorer: 33 ♦ goals; league finish 1st
- 1966–67Leading scorer: 19 goals; league finish 5th
- 1967–68Leading scorer: 30 goals; league finish 3rd
- 1968–69Leading scorer: 17 goals; league finish 2nd