Lampard famously eclipsed the great Bobby Tambling with a brace at Villa Park in 2013, and by the time the midfielder brought his Stamford Bridge career to an end the following year, he had an astonishing 211 goals to his name. Here we list who joins Lampard in the Chelsea goalscoring stakes…

Frank Lampard – 211 goals

Lampard redefined what a goalscoring midfielder was capable of, regularly hitting 20 in a season for us. His goals came in all shapes and sizes: long-rangers, predatory finishes, set-pieces, left foot, right foot. Lampard had the lot.

Bobby Tambling – 202 goals

A product of our youth system, Tambling led the line with aplomb in the 1960s, accruing his 202 goals in just 370 appearances. No Chelsea player has scored more goals in a league game than the five he netted against Aston Villa in a 6-2 win in 1966/67.

Kerry Dixon – 193 goals

Dixon, an all-round striker who could get a goal out of nothing, fired us to the Second Division title in his first season at Chelsea and wasted no time acclimatising to the top flight, winning the Golden Boot in 1985/86.

Didier Drogba – 164 goals

The man for the big occasion, Drogba scored in a record four different FA Cup finals, three League Cup finals and, of course, the 2012 Champions League final. Ironically, his winning penalty in that game, his most famous Chelsea goal of all, does not count towards his final tally of 164!

Roy Bentley – 150 goals

Bentley was top scorer in each of his eight seasons at Chelsea and captained us to our first League Championship triumph in 1955. He played slightly deeper than most centre-forwards of the era, unsettling opposition defenders and enabling him to find the net regularly.

Peter Osgood – 150 goals

The King of Stamford Bridge remains one of the most graceful goalscorers in Chelsea history, blending skill and physicality with dribbling prowess and a devastating finishing ability. It is no wonder a statue of Osgood sits outside the West Stand at the Bridge.

Jimmy Greaves – 132 goals

Arguably the most natural finisher in Chelsea history, and certainly the most prolific, Greaves bagged 132 goals in just 169 appearances for the Blues, among them 13 hat-tricks, including five in a game on three occasions, and four another three times.

George Mills – 125 goals

George Mills was the first player to score a century of league goals for Chelsea, and netted our most recent hat-trick against Liverpool. His final total of 125 goals would have been higher had the Second World War not abruptly ended his professional career.

Eden Hazard – 110 goals

One of the true global football superstars to have donned the famous Chelsea shirt, Hazard’s speed, strength and skill enabled him to score iconic solo efforts, with such goals against Arsenal, Liverpool and West Ham springing to mind.

George Hilsdon – 108 goals

‘Gatling Gun’ Hilsdon netted five goals on his Chelsea debut in 1906, and the six he scored against Worksop Town in the FA Cup remains a club record. Hilsdon is immortalised at Stamford Bridge by the weather vane which is a feature at the ground.

Barry Bridges – 93 goals

Bridges was a prolific and versatile forward who could play through the middle or out wide. He was an important figure in the Chelsea teams of the early 1960s, thriving especially under manager Tommy Docherty.

Tommy Baldwin – 92 goals

Baldwin was an integral member of the Chelsea teams that won the first FA Cup and European trophies in our history, in 1970 and 1971 respectively. He scored goals from a deep attacking position, and was also renowned for bringing others into play.

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink – 87 goals

Hasselbaink’s 87 Chelsea goals came in just four seasons at Stamford Bridge during the peak of his impressive career. His trademark was a thunderous strike from distance, but the range of goal he could score was exemplified by his perfect hat-trick against Spurs in 2002.

Hughie Gallacher – 81 goals

Gallacher possessed explosive pace but with guile and close control to match. He finished as top scorer in his four seasons at Chelsea and his star status lured huge crowds to Stamford Bridge.

Bob Whittingham – 80 goals

Whittingham played for us either side of the First World War, and it was the inside forward’s goals that helped us win promotion back to the top flight in 1911/12. His 80 goals came in only 129 appearances.

Gianfranco Zola – 80 goals

The little magician was not necessarily a great goalscorer, but he was most certainly a scorer of great goals. Who can forget the turn-and-hit against Wimbledon, the Cup Winners’ Cup decider in Stockholm, the backheeled volley against Norwich, and all those free-kicks?

Eidur Gudjohnsen – 78 goals

Gudjohnsen was ice cool between the posts, with a hefty chunk of his 78 Chelsea goals clinical one-on-one finishes. He was deployed deeper as his Blues career went on, but still made vital goalscoring contributions in our 2005 and 2006 title triumphs.

Dennis Wise – 76 goals

Wisey regularly popped up from midfield with a goal, on average every six games in fact. The most memorable came in 1999 when there were ten minutes to go in the San Siro, and his fine left-footed finished earned us a 1-1 draw with the great AC Milan.

Ron Tindall – 69 goals

A young striker when at Chelsea, Tindall often lined up next to Greaves in attack, and the pair’s 59 goals in 1960/61 – 16 of them scored by Tindall – remains a record for a Chelsea strike partnership.

John Terry – 67 goals

JT’s brilliance was not restricted to his defensive diligence. He carried a serious threat from set-pieces, with vital Champions League goals against Barcelona and Napoli among his goalscoring highlights for the Blues.