List of Aberdeen F.C. players
Aberdeen F.C. is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The club was founded in 1903 after an amalgamation of three local clubs; Orion F.C., Victoria United and the original Aberdeen FC.[1] The club has played at Pittodrie Stadium since 1903.[2] They are one of the most successful clubs in Scotland, having won four League championships and thirteen domestic trophies, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1983.
More than 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here. Other players who have made fewer appearances are also included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club, with the reason for their inclusion indicated in the Notes column. The club's record appearance maker is Willie Miller, who played 797 games for Aberdeen between 1972 and his retirement in 1990. Joe Harper is the club's top goalscorer with 199 goals in major competitions.
Notable players
Players are listed according to the date of their first team début for the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches in Scottish League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and European Competition only; minor competitions (i.e. the Aberdeenshire Cup) and wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.
Positions key
GK | Goalkeeper | DF | Defender | MF | Midfielder | FW | Forward |
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Aberdeen Hall of Fame Inductee[3] Player currently contracted at Aberdeen[4]
Statistics correct as of match played on 6 February 2021
Name | Nat | Pos | Aberdeen years | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | Goals | Notes |
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Henry Low | MF | 1903–1907 | 96 | 7 | N/A | N/A | 103 | 23 | — | |
Tom Strang | DF | 1903–1907 | 96 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 104 | 3 | — | |
Rab Macfarlane | GK | 1904–1908 | 112 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 123 | 0 | — | |
Alex Halkett | MF | 1904–1909 | 117 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 129 | 2 | — | |
Wilf Low | DF | 1904–1916 | 107 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 119 | 3 | — | |
Willie Lennie | MF | 1905–1913 | 228 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 252 | 67 | [nb 1][6] | |
Stewart Davidson | DF | 1905–1917 1923–1924 | 136 | 17 | N/A | N/A | 153 | 1 | — | |
Charles O'Hagan | FW | 1906–1910 | 99 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 112 | 24 | [nb 2][6] | |
George Wilson | DF | 1907–1914 | 181 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 194 | 14 | — | |
Donald Colman | DF | 1907–1920 | 323 | 23 | N/A | N/A | 346 | 1 | — | |
Jock Hume | DF | 1907–1920 | 282 | 23 | N/A | N/A | 305 | 3 | — | |
Jimmy Soye | FW | 1909–1915 | 185 | 14 | N/A | N/A | 201 | 25 | — | |
Paddy Travers | FW | 1910–1911 1912–1914 | 97 | 7 | N/A | N/A | 104 | 24 | — | |
Jock Wyllie | DF | 1910–1920 | 169 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 182 | 28 | — | |
Dave Main | FW | 1911–1917 | 158 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 163 | 58 | — | |
Joseph Walker | FW | 1911–1917 | 133 | 6 | N/A | N/A | 139 | 25 | — | |
Bobby Hannah | DF | 1911–1921 | 116 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 127 | 1 | — | |
Dod Brewster | MF | 1913–1920 | 119 | 0 | N/A | N/A | 119 | 9 | — | |
Alex Wright | MF | 1913–1922 | 126 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 142 | 11 | — | |
Arthur Robertson | MF | 1913–1923 | 96 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 104 | 6 | — | |
Bobby Archibald | MF | 1914–1920 | 109 | 4 | N/A | N/A | 113 | 16 | — | |
Willie Wylie | FW | 1914–1920 | 119 | 3 | N/A | N/A | 122 | 12 | — | |
George Anderson | GK | 1914–1922 | 205 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 213 | 0 | — | |
Bert MacLachlan | DF | 1914–1927 | 315 | 43 | N/A | N/A | 358 | 16 | — | |
Walter Grant | MF | 1915–1924 | 91 | 9 | N/A | N/A | 100 | 12 | — | |
Jacky Connon | FW | 1919–1923 | 93 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 106 | 25 | — | |
Jock Hutton | DF | 1919–1927 | 239 | 41 | N/A | N/A | 280 | 17 | — | |
Billy Middleton | FW | 1920–1923 | 110 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 126 | 8 | — | |
Vic Milne | DF | 1920–1923 | 110 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 122 | 7 | — | |
Douglas Thomson | FW | 1920–1923 | 95 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 107 | 33 | — | |
Andy Rankine | FW | 1920–1925 | 136 | 22 | N/A | N/A | 158 | 38 | — | |
Matt Forsyth | DF | 1920–1926 | 161 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 185 | 0 | — | |
Jimmy Smith | MF | 1922–1931 | 297 | 39 | N/A | N/A | 336 | 64 | — | |
Johnny Miller | FW | 1921–1927 | 109 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 124 | 61 | — | |
Harry Blackwell | GK | 1921–1930 | 216 | 36 | N/A | N/A | 252 | 0 | — | |
Duff Bruce | DF | 1923–1928 | 95 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 110 | 0 | — | |
Robert Bruce | FW | 1924–1928 | 94 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 110 | 45 | — | |
Jock Edward | DF | 1924–1928 | 87 | 16 | N/A | N/A | 103 | 3 | — | |
Alec Cheyne | FW | 1925–1930 | 126 | 11 | N/A | N/A | 137 | 55 | — | |
Willie Jackson | DF | 1925–1932 | 183 | 23 | N/A | N/A | 206 | 8 | — | |
Bob McDermid | FW | 1925–1932 | 246 | 27 | N/A | N/A | 273 | 48 | — | |
Andy Love | FW | 1925–1934 | 216 | 22 | N/A | N/A | 238 | 83 | — | |
Jimmy Black | DF | 1927–1932 | 155 | 15 | N/A | N/A | 170 | 4 | — | |
Benny Yorston | FW | 1927–1932 | 143 | 13 | N/A | N/A | 156 | 125 | [nb 3][7] | |
Eddie Falloon | DF | 1927–1938 | 223 | 26 | N/A | N/A | 249 | 6 | — | |
Willie Cooper | DF | 1927–1948[lower-alpha 1] | 328 | 37 | 9 | N/A | 374[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | — | |
Frank Hill | DF | 1928–1932 | 98 | 8 | N/A | N/A | 106 | 10 | — | |
Hugh McLaren | DF | 1928–1932 | 105 | 10 | N/A | N/A | 115 | 5 | — | |
Steve Smith | GK | 1930–1937 | 234 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 258 | 0 | — | |
Dave Warnock | FW | 1930–1939 | 133 | 17 | N/A | N/A | 150 | 40 | — | |
Bob Fraser | MF | 1931–1938 | 194 | 21 | N/A | N/A | 215 | 4 | — | |
Charlie McGill | DF | 1931–1938 | 218 | 22 | N/A | N/A | 240 | 1 | — | |
Matt Armstrong | FW | 1931–1946** | 195 | 24 | N/A | N/A | 232 | 158 | — | |
Jackie Benyon | MF | 1932–1937 | 126 | 14 | N/A | N/A | 140 | 37 | — | |
Willie Mills | FW | 1932–1938 | 182 | 28 | N/A | N/A | 210 | 114 | — | |
George Thomson | MF | 1932–1939 | 213[lower-alpha 1] | 31 | N/A | N/A | 244[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | — | |
Johnny McKenzie | FW | 1935–1938 | 107 | 12 | N/A | N/A | 119 | 21 | — | |
Bill Strauss | MF | 1936–1945 | 85[lower-alpha 1] | 14 | N/A | N/A | 99[lower-alpha 1] | 56 | — | |
Frank Dunlop | DF | 1936–1948 | 112[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | N/A | N/A | 132[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | |
George Johnstone | GK | 1936–1949 | 150[lower-alpha 1] | 25 | 24 | N/A | 199[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | |
George Taylor | MF | 1937–1948 | 63[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 11 | N/A | 82[lower-alpha 1] | 6 | — | |
George Hamilton | FW | 1937–1954 | 200[lower-alpha 1] | 32 | 48 | N/A | 284[lower-alpha 1] | 153 | — | |
Andy Cowie | MF | 1938–1948 | 60[lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 16 | N/A | 84[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | |
Stan Williams | FW | 1938–1949 | 72[lower-alpha 1] | 19 | 17 | N/A | 99[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | — | |
Pat McKenna | DF | 1944–1952 | 133[lower-alpha 1] | 17 | 28 | N/A | 178[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | |
Archie Baird | MF | 1946–1953 | 104[lower-alpha 1] | 16 | 23 | N/A | 144[lower-alpha 1] | 35 | — | |
Tony Harris | MF | 1946–1953 | 188 | 31 | 54 | N/A | 273 | 30 | — | |
Harry Yorston | FW | 1947–1957 | 202 | 29 | 47 | N/A | 278 | 141 | — | |
Archie Glen | MF | 1947–1960 | 203 | 24 | 43 | N/A | 270 | 27 | — | |
Don Emery | DF | 1948–1952 | 89 | 11 | 25 | N/A | 125 | 25 | — | |
Chris Anderson | DF | 1948–1953 | 71 | 13 | 19 | N/A | 103 | 1 | [nb 4][8] | |
Tommy Pearson | MF | 1948–1953 | 85 | 14 | 17 | N/A | 116 | 16 | — | |
Jack Hather | FW | 1948–1960 | 264 | 34 | 53 | N/A | 351 | 105 | — | |
Alec Young | DF | 1950–1958 | 168 | 23 | 30 | N/A | 221 | 1 | — | |
Fred Martin | GK | 1950–1959 | 208 | 33 | 52 | N/A | 293 | 0 | — | |
Paddy Buckley | FW | 1952–1957 | 107 | 20 | 26 | N/A | 153 | 90 | — | |
Jack Allister | MF | 1952–1958 | 117 | 21 | 25 | N/A | 163 | 23 | — | |
Jimmy Mitchell | DF | 1952–1958 | 129 | 21 | 34 | N/A | 184 | 0 | — | |
Bob Wishart | FW | 1952–1961 | 177 | 22 | 36 | N/A | 235 | 62 | — | |
Graham Leggat | MF | 1953–1958 | 109 | 16 | 26 | N/A | 151 | 92 | — | |
David Caldwell | DF | 1953–1960 | 132 | 16 | 30 | N/A | 178 | 0 | — | |
Jim Clunie | DF | 1953–1960 | 104 | 16 | 21 | N/A | 141 | 9 | — | |
George Mulhall | FW | 1953–1962 | 110 | 9 | 31 | N/A | 150 | 42 | — | |
Jimmy Hogg | DF | 1953–1965 | 214 | 22 | 43 | N/A | 279 | 1 | — | |
Norrie Davidson | FW | 1955–1961 | 109 | 14 | 23 | N/A | 146 | 84 | — | |
Ken Brownlee | MF | 1955–1963 | 109 | 14 | 23 | N/A | 146 | 39 | — | |
Dickie Ewen | MF | 1957–1961 | 82 | 13 | 11 | N/A | 106 | 24 | — | |
John Ogston | GK | 1957–1965 | 179 | 17 | 34 | N/A | 230 | 0 | — | |
Ian Burns | MF | 1957–1966 | 142 | 16 | 34 | N/A | 192 | 6 | — | |
Billy Little | FW | 1957–1968 | 237 | 23 | 45 | 1 | 306 | 96 | — | |
George Kinnell | MF | 1959–1964 | 130 | 12 | 23 | N/A | 165 | 25 | — | |
Ernie Winchester | FW | 1959–1967 | 123 | 15 | 30 | N/A | 168 | 93 | — | |
Doug Coutts | DF | 1960–1964 | 98 | 10 | 13 | N/A | 121 | 4 | — | |
Charlie Cooke | MF | 1960–1965 | 125 | 14 | 26 | N/A | 165 | 30 | — | |
Dave Bennett | DF | 1960–1966 | 111 | 12 | 16 | N/A | 139 | 0 | — | |
Ally Shewan | DF | 1960–1969 | 220 | 26 | 46 | 8 | 300 | 9 | — | |
Jim Whyte | DF | 1960–1970 | 105 | 20 | 24 | 4 | 152 | 8 | — | |
Dave Smith | MF | 1961–1966 | 133 | 14 | 19 | N/A | 166 | 13 | — | |
Henning Boel | DF | 1964–1974 | 105 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 150 | 4 | — | |
Jimmy Wilson | FW | 1965–1967 | 75 | 11 | 20 | 4 | 110 | 34 | — | |
Jim Smith | MF | 1965–1969 | 103 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 140 | 37 | — | |
Jens Petersen | DF | 1965–1970 | 141 | 22 | 31 | 7 | 201 | 11 | — | |
Tommy McMillan | DF | 1965–1972 | 172 | 23 | 45 | 8 | 248 | 2 | — | |
Jim Hermiston | DF | 1965–1975 | 195 | 15 | 45 | 15 | 270 | 16 | — | |
Davie Robb | FW | 1965–1978 | 251 | 27 | 32 | 21 | 345 | 99 | — | |
Bobby Clark | GK | 1965–1980 | 424 | 49 | 95 | 23 | 591 | 0 | — | |
Martin Buchan | DF | 1966–1972 | 133 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 188 | 11 | — | |
Ian Taylor | FW | 1966–1974 | 109 | 9 | 27 | 11 | 156 | 28 | — | |
George Murray | DF | 1967–1973 | 89 | 11 | 20 | 7 | 127 | 4 | — | |
Jim Forrest | FW | 1968–1973 | 128 | 20 | 27 | 11 | 186 | 62 | — | |
Derek McKay | FW | 1969–1971 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 4 | [nb 5][9] | |
Joe Harper | FW | 1969–1973 1976–1981 | 207 | 24 | 53 | 16 | 300 | 199 | [nb 6][10] | |
Alex Willoughby | MF | 1969–1974 | 103 | 9 | 27 | 10 | 149 | 15 | — | |
Billy Williamson | MF | 1969–1976 | 95 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 127 | 23 | — | |
Willie Young | DF | 1969–1976 | 133 | 12 | 32 | 11 | 188 | 14 | — | |
Steve Murray | MF | 1970–1973 | 101 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 140 | 25 | — | |
Arthur Graham | MF | 1970–1977 | 220 | 22 | 44 | 11 | 297 | 45 | — | |
Chic McLelland | DF | 1972–1979 | 157 | 17 | 35 | 6 | 212 | 5 | — | |
Joe Smith | MF | 1972–1979 | 142 | 12 | 34 | 3 | 191 | 11 | — | |
Drew Jarvie | FW | 1972–1982 | 275 | 28 | 66 | 17 | 386 | 130 | — | |
John McMaster | MF | 1972–1986 | 206 | 28 | 54 | 28 | 316 | 12 | — | |
Willie Miller | DF | 1972–1990 | 561 | 66 | 109 | 61 | 797 | 32 | [nb 7][3] | |
Eddie Thomson | DF | 1973–1976 | 91 | 6 | 20 | 4 | 121 | 2 | — | |
Duncan Davidson | FW | 1974–1981 | 78 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 112 | 28 | — | |
Willie Garner | DF | 1975–1981 | 113 | 11 | 31 | 6 | 161 | 3 | — | |
Doug Rougvie | DF | 1975–1984 | 180 | 26 | 45 | 28 | 279 | 21 | — | |
Dom Sullivan | MF | 1976–1979 | 97 | 12 | 21 | 7 | 137 | 14 | — | |
Stuart Kennedy | DF | 1976–1983 | 223 | 29 | 55 | 26 | 333 | 9 | — | |
Alex McLeish | DF | 1976–1994 | 494 | 68 | 74 | 56 | 692 | 30 | [nb 8][6] | |
Steve Archibald | FW | 1977–1980 | 76 | 10 | 18 | 6 | 110 | 46 | — | |
Andy Watson | MF | 1977–1983 | 99 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 136 | 17 | — | |
Gordon Strachan | MF | 1977–1984 | 183 | 29 | 43 | 34 | 292 | 90 | — | |
Ian Scanlon | MF | 1978–1981 | 93 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 132 | 20 | — | |
Jim Leighton | GK | 1978–1988 1997–2000 | 385 | 48 | 54 | 48 | 535 | 0 | — | |
Neil Simpson | MF | 1978–1989 | 205 | 34 | 34 | 37 | 310 | 31 | — | |
Mark McGhee | FW | 1979–1984 | 164 | 20 | 35 | 31 | 250 | 100 | — | |
Dougie Bell | MF | 1979–1985 | 109 | 22 | 29 | 25 | 185 | 14 | — | |
John Hewitt | FW | 1979–1989 | 241 | 33 | 46 | 43 | 363 | 90 | — | |
Eric Black | FW | 1981–1986 | 115 | 35 | 18 | 22 | 180 | 70 | — | |
Neale Cooper | DF | 1980–1986 | 133 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 220 | 10 | — | |
Ian Angus | MF | 1980–1987 | 84 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 120 | 12 | — | |
Peter Weir | MF | 1981–1987 | 159 | 19 | 29 | 30 | 237 | 38 | — | |
Willie Falconer | FW | 1982–1988 | 78 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 102 | 17 | — | |
Stewart McKimmie | DF | 1983–1997 | 430 | 45 | 47 | 39 | 561 | 9 | — | |
Billy Stark | MF | 1983–1987 | 112 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 149 | 59 | — | |
Frank McDougall | FW | 1984–1986 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 69 | 44 | [nb 9][11] | |
Joe Miller | FW | 1984–1987 1993–1998 | 206 | 20 | 24 | 14 | 264 | 47 | — | |
Brian Grant | MF | 1984–1996 | 265 | 27 | 25 | 15 | 332 | 32 | — | |
Jim Bett | MF | 1985–1994 | 258 | 27 | 32 | 21 | 338 | 48 | — | |
Brian Irvine | DF | 1985–1997 | 307 | 30 | 26 | 20 | 383 | 40 | — | |
David Robertson | DF | 1985–1991 | 135 | 10 | 21 | 11 | 177 | 3 | — | |
Robert Connor | MF | 1986–1994 | 206 | 18 | 22 | 17 | 263 | 22 | — | |
Charlie Nicholas | FW | 1987–1990 | 77 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 104 | 36 | — | |
Stephen Wright | DF | 1987–1995 | 150 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 181 | 2 | — | |
Eoin Jess | MF | 1987–1996 1997–2001 | 312 | 23 | 34 | 11 | 380 | 94 | — | |
Theo Snelders | GK | 1988–1996 | 227 | 20 | 29 | 14 | 290 | 0 | — | |
Paul Mason | MF | 1988–1993 | 158 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 193 | 37 | — | |
Hans Gillhaus | FW | 1989–1992 | 84 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 100 | 31 | — | |
Scott Booth | FW | 1989–1997 2003–2004 | 184 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 229 | 70 | — | |
Paul Kane | MF | 1991–1995 | 119 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 141 | 13 | — | |
Gary Smith | DF | 1991–1996 1997–1999 | 209 | 18 | 19 | 3 | 249 | 2 | — | |
Mixu Paatelainen | FW | 1992–1994 | 85 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 93 | 28 | — | |
Duncan Shearer | FW | 1992–1997 | 152 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 194 | 79 | — | |
Stephen Glass | MF | 1994–1998 | 109 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 131 | 13 | — | |
John Inglis | DF | 1994–1998 | 100 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 121 | 5 | — | |
Billy Dodds | FW | 1994–1999 | 141 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 172 | 67 | — | |
David Rowson | MF | 1994–2001 | 133 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 156 | 11 | — | |
Paul Bernard | MF | 1995–2001 | 98 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 121 | 8 | [nb 10][12] | |
Darren Young | MF | 1995–2003 | 132 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 159 | 6 | — | |
Ryan Esson | GK | 1996–2006 | 89 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 100 | 0 | — | |
Derek Young | MF | 1996–2003 2007–2011 | 205 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 253 | 22 | — | |
Russell Anderson | DF | 1996–2007 2012–2015 | 343 | 30 | 25 | 9 | 407 | 20 | — | |
Michael Hart | DF | 1997–2000 2003–2008 | 113 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 145 | 0 | — | |
Derek Whyte | DF | 1997–2002 | 133 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 154 | 0 | — | |
Chris Clark | MF | 1997–2008 2011–2014 | 233 | 22 | 14 | 9 | 278 | 13 | — | |
Robbie Winters | FW | 1998–2002 | 132 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 152 | 45 | — | |
Kevin McNaughton | DF | 1998–2006 | 175 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 202 | 3 | — | |
Darren Mackie | FW | 1998–2012 | 314 | 22 | 19 | 10 | 365 | 69 | — | |
Jamie McAllister | DF | 1999–2003 | 117 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 144 | 1 | — | |
Phil McGuire | DF | 1999–2005 | 153 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 181 | 10 | — | |
David Preece | GK | 1999–2005 | 89 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 106 | 0 | — | |
Ricky Foster | DF | 2001–2012 | 235 | 19 | 11 | 9 | 274 | 9 | — | |
Zander Diamond | DF | 2002–2011 | 205 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 249 | 19 | — | |
Andrew Considine | DF | 2003– | 429 | 46 | 34 | 39 | 548 | 40 | — | |
Scott Severin | MF | 2004–2009 | 166 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 195 | 12 | — | |
Barry Nicholson | MF | 2005–2008 | 102 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 125 | 21 | — | |
Jamie Smith | MF | 2005–2009 | 85 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 102 | 18 | — | |
Chris Maguire | FW | 2005–2011 | 131 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 158 | 22 | — | |
Jamie Langfield | GK | 2005–2015 | 278 | 26 | 16 | 16 | 336 | 0 | — | |
Lee Miller | FW | 2006–2010 | 120 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 145 | 33 | — | |
Sone Aluko | MF | 2007–2011 | 102 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 127 | 13 | — | |
Peter Pawlett | MF | 2008–2017 | 172 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 213 | 20 | — | |
Josh Magennis | FW | 2010–2014 | 105 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 122 | 12 | — | |
Scott Vernon | FW | 2010–2014 | 128 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 158 | 44 | — | |
Ryan Jack | MF | 2010–2017 | 199 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 250 | 11 | — | |
Jonny Hayes | MF | 2012–2017 2020– | 189 | 12 | 14 | 20 | 235 | 32 | — | |
Niall McGinn | FW | 2012–2017 2018– | 249 | 29 | 19 | 26 | 333 | 86 | — | |
Mark Reynolds | DF | 2012–2019 | 186 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 237 | 7 | — | |
Willo Flood | MF | 2013–2016 | 80 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 104 | 3 | — | |
Ashton Taylor | DF | 2014–2017 2019– | 140 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 173 | 12 | — | |
Shay Logan | DF | 2014– | 224 | 21 | 17 | 32 | 294 | 15 | — | |
Adam Rooney | FW | 2014–2018 | 151 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 197 | 88 | — | |
Kenny McLean | MF | 2015–2018 | 126 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 158 | 25 | — | |
Graeme Shinnie | DF | 2015–2019 | 144 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 188 | 12 | — | |
Joe Lewis | GK | 2016– | 163 | 18 | 13 | 21 | 215 | 0 | — | |
Scott McKenna | DF | 2016–2020 | 91 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 118 | 5 | — | |
Lewis Ferguson | MF | 2018– | 85 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 110 | 20 | — | |
Sam Cosgrove | FW | 2018–2021 | 79 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 103 | 47 | — | |
- Made additional appearances in 1939–40 and/or 1945–46 which are counted in normal league tallies in the source.
Notes
- First Aberdeen player capped by Scotland
- The first Aberdeen player to win a cap for his country.
- Record for most goals in one season (46)
- Anderson went on to become a director at Aberdeen in 1967, and played a significant role in the club's rise to prominence over the following 20 years.
- Known as "Cup-tie McKay"; scored four goals in the 1970 Scottish Cup, including two in the final.
- Club record goalscorer (199 goals)
- Record appearances (797 in all major competitions, 561 in league)
- Record international appearances whilst with Aberdeen (77)
- McDougall was the top-scorer in the Scottish Premier Division in season 1984–85
- Highest transfer fee paid (£1 million)
References
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