Where does record-breaking Kane rank among all-time England greats?

By Alex Bysouth BBC Sport senior journalist Published 12 November 2026 Harry Kane is now England's most-capped men's player as well as his country's record goalscorer, but harder to quantify is where these achievements place him among the Three Lions' greatest ever players.

This is a tricky debate with so many variables and a timescale as old as the game itself and, to my mind, not merely a determination of a player's individual ability but also a measure of their impact upon the nation's psyche.

Ballon d'Or winners Stanley Matthews, Kevin Keegan and Michael Owen would surely have a shout if the criteria was such, not to mention genius technicians such as Glenn Hoddle, Chris Waddle and John Barnes.

Likewise, if any England boss managed to extract the best from Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard they would be surely making a classic late dart from midfield.