| Australians, historical statistics W Vamplew (No Title), 1987 | 571 | 1987 |
| Pay up and play the game: Professional sport in Britain, 1875-1914 W Vamplew Cambridge University Press, 2004 | 542 | 2004 |
| Mud, sweat and beers: A cultural history of sport and alcohol T Collins, W Vamplew (No Title), 2002 | 257 | 2002 |
| Sport in Australian history. D Adair, W Vamplew | 225 | 1997 |
| The turf: a social and economic history of horse racing W Vamplew Allen Lane, 1976 | 161 | 1976 |
| Playing with the rules: Influences on the development of regulation in sport W Vamplew The international journal of the history of sport 24 (7), 843-871, 2007 | 133 | 2007 |
| Sport in Australia: a social history. W Vamplew, B Stoddart Sport in Australia: a social history., 1994 | 124 | 1994 |
| Facts and artefacts: Sports historians and sports museums W Vamplew Journal of Sport History 25 (2), 268-282, 1998 | 116 | 1998 |
| Sport and physical education: the key concepts TJL Chandler, M Cronin, W Vamplew Taylor & Francis, 2007 | 114 | 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of British football Cass, 2002 | 89* | 2002 |
| The Oxford companion to Australian sport W Vamplew (No Title), 1992 | 85 | 1992 |
| The Economics of a Sports Industry: Scottish Gate‐Money Football, 1890–19141 W Vamplew The Economic History Review 35 (4), 549-567, 1982 | 85 | 1982 |
| Encyclopedia of traditional British rural sports T Collins, J Martin, W Vamplew Routledge, 2005 | 60 | 2005 |
| Sports crowd disorder in Britain, 1870-1914: Causes and controls W Vamplew Journal of Sport History 7 (1), 5-20, 1980 | 60 | 1980 |
| Encyclopedia of British horse racing J Kay, W Vamplew Routledge, 2012 | 59 | 2012 |
| Theories and typologies: A historical exploration of the sports club in Britain W Vamplew The International Journal of the History of Sport 30 (14), 1569-1585, 2013 | 57 | 2013 |
| Sports history methodology: Old and new D Day, W Vamplew Methodology in Sports History, 1-10, 2018 | 55* | 2018 |
| Sharing space: Inclusion, exclusion, and accommodation at the British golf club before 1914 W Vamplew Journal of Sport and Social Issues 34 (3), 359-375, 2010 | 53 | 2010 |
| Sport and industrialisation: an economic interpretation of the changes in popular sport in nineteenth century England W Vamplew | 52* | 1988 |
| Products, promotion, and (possibly) profits: Sports entrepreneurship revisited W Vamplew Journal of Sport History 45 (2), 183-201, 2018 | 46 | 2018 |
