- Biggest win: 14-0 v Nithsdale Wanderers, Scottish Cup 1st Round, January 17 1931
- Biggest league win: 12–1 v East Stirlingshire, Scottish Football League Division Two, April 13 1936
- Worst defeat: 1-12 v Motherwell, Scottish Football League Division Two, January 23 1954
- Highest home attendance: 28,000 v Barcelona, European Fairs Cup 2nd Round 2nd Leg, November 16 1966
- Most capped player: Maurice Malpas (55 for Scotland)
- Most League appearances: Maurice Malpas (617, 1981-2000)
- Most League goals: Peter McKay (158, 1947-1954)
- Most League goals in one season: Johnny Coyle (43 in 1955-56)
- Transfer fee paid: £750,000 for Steven Pressley from Coventry City, July 1995
- Transfer fee received: £4 million for Duncan Ferguson to Rangers, July 1993
- Most team goals scored by United during a Scottish League season was 108 in Division Two, 1935/36. With 34 matches played that season that meant an average of 3.2 goals per match, also a club record.
- Most wins in succession: 10 - The last five matches of the 1982/83 season and the first five of the 1983/84 season.
- Most wins in a League season: 24 (66%) of 36 League games during a season on two occasions, and on each United took the title, in 1928-29 and 1982-83.
- The youngest first-team player in the club’s history was Ian Mitchell. He was aged 16 years and four months when he made his debut against Hibernian in Division One in September 1962. Greg Cameron became the youngest player to play for United in the Premier League, with the sixteen year old beating Christian Dailly’s record when he came on in United's 3-0 victory over Kilmarnock in December 2004. David Goodwillie became the SPL's youngest goalscorer in March 2006, when he grabbed a late consolation as United lost 3-1 at Hibs aged 16 years.
- The oldest player in the club's history to make a competitive appearance was Jimmy Brownlie at the age of 40 years and eight months. Brownlie was manager during the club’s second season in Division One when regular goalkeeper Bill Paterson was ruled out through injury for the Scottish Cup replay with Hearts at Tynecastle in February 1926. In those days, United had no reserve team and goalkeeping injuries were covered by fielding a trialist. As only signed players were eligible for cup ties, Brownlie was forced to emerge from retirement. Gordon Wallace holds the distinction of being the oldest player to make a first-team appearance for Dundee United, albeit in an emergency. The then-coach was aged 50 when he played the full 90 minutes against a Tobago XI on the club's visit to the Caribbean in May 1994.
- The quickest goal scored by a Dundee United player came just 14 seconds into the Division One match against Hamilton Academical at Tannadice on October 16 1965. It was scored by Finn Døssing and United went on to win 7–0.
The largest crowd ever to watch Dundee United was in excess of 100,000 against Selangor MPPJ for the formal opening of the Shah Alam Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in July 1994.
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