It’s a sad week for Wrexham fans, as Paul Mullin departs the club to join Wigan Athletic on loan for the 2025/26 campaign. Here, we take a look at his Wrexham career and the incredible numbers Mullin racked up for the club.
He’s been the hero and the main man at Wrexham for so long now it’s almost unthinkable that we won’t see Paul Mullin in the famous red shirt next season.
It’s been the main storyline underpinning the Wrexham fairytale for the last couple of months, and Mullin’s ending has now become clear with a loan move to Wigan Athletic now complete.
Still, Mullin is a bona fide Wrexham legend, and he has the numbers to prove it. Now, as Wigan fans look forward to what he achieves in his future with them, we look back at his legacy at Wrexham.
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Paul Mullin’s goalscoring record at Wrexham
The top and bottom of it is, Paul Mullin is a goal machine. Since joining Wrexham in 2021, the striker has scored 110 goals in 170 games for the Red Dragons.
He sits in seventh place in the list of Wrexham’s all-time top scorers, and it’s unlikely anyone will dislodge him from that position any time soon. Ollie Palmer is his closest contemporary, with just 44 goals.
| Rank | Player | Goals |
| 1 | Tommy Bamford | 218 |
| 2 | Bert Goode | 148 |
| 3 | Arfon Griffiths | 143 |
| 4 | Karl Connolly | 122 |
| 5 | Graham Whittle | 118 |
| 6 | Gary Bennett | 114 |
| 7 | Paul Mullin | 110 |
| 8 | Ron Hewitt | 109 |
| 9 | Tommy Bannan | 104 |
| 10 | Albert Kinsey | 100 |
Mullin had bagged 100 goals by the end of the 2023/24 campaign. Mullin reached that total in 139 games which, for reference, puts him just behind the likes of Christian Vieri (138 games), Kylian Mbappe (137 games), and Robert Lewandowski (136 games) in terms of games taken to hit 100 goals.
He scored 28 goals in 39 games in his first season with the Red Dragons in 2021/22. Mullin then registered an astounding 46 goals in 51 games the following year as Wrexham secured the National League title. 26 in 43 games in 2023/24 took Mullin to his century.
During his time at the Racecourse Ground, Mullin bagged an impressive six hattricks. Still, it’s interesting that the man himself is not too concerned with records and personal goalscoring figures, telling the BBC: “Records don’t tend to drive me on. It’s just a personal thing – I want to score because I want to win.”
Awards Paul Mullin won at Wrexham
As well as lifting the National League title in 2022, Mullin has also won a slew of personal awards over the last four years with Wrexham.
He was crowned the National League player of the year for the 2021/22 campaign, and was also top scorer that year with 26 goals.
On a bigger scale, Mullin was the top scorer in the FA Cup in 2022/23, when Wrexham made an incredible run to the fourth round.
In terms of Wrexham’s internal awards, Mullin became the first player to win the coveted Player of the Year accolade three times.
As an interesting aside, Wrexham were unbeaten for three years whenever Mullin and Palmer started together at the Racecourse. That just goes to show how significant a role the striker played, and how much of a talisman he was during his peak years with the club.
Paul Mullin’s League One stats underline why he had to leave
Sadly, all good things must come to an end. Given Mullin’s record in League One last season, it’s hardly surprising that the decision was made to move him on this summer.
With five goals in 32 games in all competitions last season, Mullin had a dramatic drop-off in form. He wasn’t helped by injuries, of course, but Phil Parkinson clearly didn’t fancy him for one reason or another.
Mullin’s exit has been speculated about for a good six months now, so it will likely be a relief for most that the saga has come to an end. And, fans are already dreaming about Mullin coming back eventually.
That’s highly unlikely, really. Wrexham are now in the Championship and need a higher calibre of striker, while Mullin is on a mission to prove himself in League One and get his career back on track.
It was an emotional farewell for Mullin, and it’s pretty clear that he didn’t want to leave Wrexham at all. But, he leaves behind a wonderful legacy, some incredible records, and a connection with the fanbase that’ll last a lifetime.