List of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C., an English association football club based in the city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex, was founded in 1901. Its first team entered the Southern League and the FA Cup in 1901–02, and in 1920–21 were founder members of the Football League Third Division, which became the Third Division South the following year. They spent four seasons in the First Division in the early 1980s, but soon returned to the lower divisions. In 1997, the club lost its ground and the team nearly dropped out of the League. Twenty years later, they were promoted to the Premier League.[1][2]
The club's first team have competed in numerous nationally and regionally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his Albion career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of matches played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team(s) for which the player was selected, and the number of senior international caps he won while an Albion player.
Introduction
Of the nearly 200 men who made 100 or more appearances in first-team competition for Brighton & Hove Albion, Tug Wilson has 75 more appearances than the next contender. He came into the team in 1922, and over the next 12 seasons averaged around 44 competitive matches a season, taking his total to 566 by the time he retired in 1936.[3] Tommy Cook tops the club's all-time scorers list, with 123 goals from 209 peacetime matches. Kit Napier's 99 remained a post-Second World War record for nearly 50 years, until Glenn Murray scored his 100th Albion goal in October 2018.[4] Arthur Attwood's club record of 35 goals scored in a single season stood for 45 years, until Peter Ward went one better in 1976–77 to set a mark that still stands.[5][1] Eric Gill set the club record for consecutive appearances with 247 in the mid-1950s.[1]
Charlie Webb became the first man to be capped for his country while a Brighton & Hove Albion player when he represented Ireland against Scotland in the 1908–09 British Home Championship. Albion's first England international was Tommy Cook, who played against Wales in 1925;[6] Billy Booth was selected as travelling reserve in 1913, but his services were not needed.[7] The man with most caps for his country while an Albion player is Shane Duffy for Republic of Ireland with 28; he overtook the previous record of 17, held jointly by Gerry Ryan and Steve Penney, in October 2018.[8] Peter Harburn was inadvertently named in the Great Britain squad preparing for the 1956 Olympics, for which, as a professional, he was ineligible.[9][10]
Six men listed here – Webb, Cook, Chris Cattlin, Jimmy Case, Brian Horton and Dean Wilkins – went on to manage the club, while Joe Wilson, Glen Wilson and Nathan Jones had spells as caretaker manager.[12][13]
Other players took part in significant matches in the history of the club. Eight men listed here were on the winning side in the 1910 FA Charity Shield match, in which Albion as Southern League champions faced 1909–10 Football League champions Aston Villa. Charlie Webb scored the only goal of the match to secure what remains the club's only major national trophy, and Billy Booth, Bill Hastings, Bullet Jones, Joe Leeming, Bert Longstaff, Joe McGhie and Bob Whiting also played.[14] Five of the team that contested Albion's first Football League fixture in 1920 – George Coomber, Billy Hayes, Wally Little, Longstaff and Jack Woodhouse – are listed here,[15] as are nine of the twelve who faced Manchester United in the 1983 FA Cup Final. The scores were level at 2–2, with goals from Gordon Smith and Gary Stevens, until the last moments of extra time, when Smith had a clear chance to score a winning goal. Peter Jones's radio commentary became famous: "and Smith must score...", he cried, just before the shot was blocked by the goalkeeper's legs. Albion lost the replay 4–0,[11] and were relegated that same season.[2]
Stuart Tuck, Jeff Minton, Gary Hobson, Stuart Storer, Kerry Mayo and Ross Johnson played, and Nicky Rust was an unused substitute, in the match against Hereford United in May 1997 that maintained Albion's Football League status at their opponents' expense.[16] Less than twenty years later, Albion made their debut in the Premier League, in a 2–0 defeat at home to Manchester City: ten of the fourteen who took the field that day made more than 100 appearances for the club.[17]
Many Albion players served their country in times of war. Bob Whiting and Arthur Hulme were killed in action during the First World War,[18] while Tommy Allsopp died from influenza contracted on his way home from France after the war ended.[19]
Key
- The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of League appearances, and then if necessary by date of debut.
- Appearances as a substitute are included.
- All statistics, both in prose and table, are correct up to and including 4 August 2020. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Pre-1960s | 1960s–present | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half-back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player |
- Player
- Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
- Position
- Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
- Club career
- Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below. Sourced to Carder & Harris (1997), pp. 349–354 or individually. Separate spells listed separately.
- League appearances and League goals
- League appearances and goals comprise those in the Southern League (1901–02 to 1919–20), Football League (1920–21 to 2016–17), and Premier League (from 2017–18). Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded. In its early years, the club's first team competed in other leagues as secondary competitions, and appearances in these are counted in the Total column.
- Total appearances and Total goals
- Total appearances and goals comprise those in all first-team competitions, i.e. Premier League, Football League and playoffs, FA Cup, League Cup, Full Members' Cup, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, Third Division South Cup, Southern League and promotion test match, FA Charity Shield, South-Eastern League (1902–03 season), United League (1905–06 and 1906–07), Western League (1907–08 and 1908–09) and championship match, Southern Football Alliance (1912–13 and 1913–14) and Southern Professional Charity Cup.[20] Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.
- International selection
- Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player represented more than one country, in which case the highest level reached for each country is shown.
- Caps
- For players having played at full international level, the caps column counts the number of such appearances during his career with the club. All information relating to international selection, including number of full caps won while with the club, is sourced to Carder & Harris (1997), pp. 345–346 unless otherwise noted.
Players with 100 or more appearances
Player | Pos | Club career | League | Total | International selection | Caps | Notes | Refs | ||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||||||
Tug Wilson | FW | 1922–1936 | 509 | 67 | 566 | 71 | — | — | [21] | |
Peter O'Sullivan | MF | 1970–1981 | 435 | 39 | 491 | 43 | Wales | 3 | [22] | |
Norman Gall | DF | 1962–1974 | 440 | 4 | 488 | 4 | — | — | [23] | |
Bert Longstaff | FW | 1906–1921 | 356 | 63 | 443 | 86 | — | — | [24] | |
Bobby Farrell | FW | 1928–1939 | 382 | 66 | 430 | 84 | — | — | [25] | |
Glen Wilson | HB | 1949–1960 | 409 | 25 | 436 | 28 | English schools | — | [21] | |
Des Tennant | U | 1948–1958 | 400 | 40 | 424 | 47 | — | — | [26] | |
Gary Hart | MF | 1998–2011 | 373 | 44 | 417 | 45 | — | — | [27] | |
Kerry Mayo | DF | 1996–2009 | 368 | 12 | 413 | 14 | — | — | [27] | |
Reg Wilkinson | HB | 1924–1934 | 361 | 14 | 396 | 16 | — | — | [21] | |
Brian Powney | GK | 1962–1974 | 351 | 0 | 386 | 0 | — | — | [28] | |
Dean Wilkins | MF |
| 312 | 25 | 375 | 31 | — | — | [21] | |
Steve Gatting | DF / MF | 1981–1991 | 316 | 19 | 369 | 21 | — | — | [23] | |
Billy Booth | HB | 1908–1920 | 303 | 8 | 369 | 12 | — | — | [29] | |
Dave Walker | U | 1929–1939 | 310 | 28 | 349 | 30 | — | — | [21] | |
Adam El-Abd | DF | 2003–2014 | 300 | 5 | 342 | 7 | Egypt | 6 | [30] | |
Dave Turner | HB | 1963–1972 | 300 | 30 | 338 | 34 | — | — | [26] | |
Wally Little | FB / HB | 1919–1929 | 308 | 32 | 332 | 36 | — | — | [24] | |
Steve Foster | DF |
| 287 | 13 | 332 | 15 | England | 3 | [25][31] | |
Ian Chapman | DF / MF | 1987–1996 | 281 | 14 | 331 | 16 | English schools | — | [32] | |
Bob Whiting | GK | 1908–1915 | 253 | 0 | 320 | 0 | — | — | [21] | |
Potter Smith | FW / HB | 1929–1937 | 281 | 40 | 319 | 57 | — | — | [33] | |
Paul Mooney | HB | 1925–1935 | 283 | 10 | 315 | 11 | — | — | [34] | |
Robert Codner | MF | 1988–1995 | 266 | 39 | 315 | 47 | England semi-pro | — | [32] | |
Lewis Dunk * | DF | 2010–present | 280 | 16 | 306 | 19 | England | 1 | [35] | |
Roy Jennings | DF | 1953–1964 | 276 | 22 | 297 | 22 | England youth | — | [36] | |
Eric Gill | GK | 1952–1959 | 280 | 0 | 296 | 0 | — | — | [23] | |
Dennis Gordon | FW | 1952–1961 | 277 | 62 | 293 | 64 | — | — | [23] | |
Kit Napier | FW | 1966–1972 | 256 | 84 | 291 | 99 | — | — | [37] | |
Glenn Murray * | FW |
| 259 | 103 | 287 | 111 | — | — | [L 1] | [38] |
Michel Kuipers | GK | 2000–2010 | 247 | 0 | 287 | 0 | — | — | [39] | |
Jack Bertolini | HB | 1958–1965 | 258 | 12 | 279 | 14 | — | — | [29] | |
Richard Carpenter | MF | 2000–2007 | 252 | 19 | 279 | 23 | — | — | [27] | |
Charlie Webb | FW | 1909–1915 | 219 | 64 | 275 | 79 | Ireland | 3 | [21] | |
George Coomber | HB | 1913–1924 | 243 | 5 | 272 | 6 | — | — | [32] | |
John Templeman | DF / MF | 1966–1974 | 226 | 16 | 255 | 18 | — | — | [26] | |
Steve Burtenshaw | HB | 1953–1966 | 237 | 3 | 252 | 3 | — | — | [29] | |
Brian Horton | MF | 1976–1981 | 218 | 33 | 252 | 41 | — | — | [40] | |
Gary Chivers | DF | 1988–1993 | 217 | 14 | 252 | 16 | — | — | [32] | |
Charlie Oatway | MF | 1999–2005 | 224 | 9 | 248 | 10 | — | — | [27] | |
John Napier | DF | 1967–1972 | 219 | 5 | 247 | 5 | Northern Ireland | 0 | [37] | |
John Crumplin | DF / MF | 1987–1994 | 207 | 7 | 245 | 9 | — | — | [32] | |
Danny Cullip | DF | 1999–2004 | 217 | 7 | 242 | 11 | — | — | [L 2] | [27][41] |
Jack Woodhouse | HB | 1912–1923 | 202 | 16 | 241 | 22 | — | — | [21][42] | |
Joe Leeming | FB | 1908–1914 | 193 | 0 | 238 | 0 | — | — | [24] | |
Bruno | DF | 2012–2019 | 225 | 6 | 235 | 6 | — | — | [43] | |
Stan Webb | GK | 1925–1934 | 205 | 0 | 234 | 0 | — | — | [21] | |
Jimmy Hopkins | FW | 1923–1929 | 220 | 72 | 233 | 75 | Ireland | 1 | [40] | |
Gordon Greer | DF | 2010–2016 | 209 | 5 | 233 | 5 | Scotland | 11 | [27][44] | |
Eddie Spearritt | U | 1969–1974 | 210 | 22 | 232 | 25 | — | — | [33] | |
Iñigo Calderón | DF | 2010–2016 | 198 | 18 | 232 | 19 | — | — | [45] | |
Jack Jenkins | FB | 1922–1928 | 216 | 4 | 231 | 4 | Wales | 8 | [36] | |
Len Darling | HB | 1933–1948 | 199 | 5 | 228 | 7 | — | — | [46] | |
Peter Ward | FW |
| 194 | 81 | 227 | 95 | England | 1 | [L 3] | [21] |
Stewart Henderson | DF | 1966–1972 | 198 | 1 | 226 | 1 | Scottish schools | — | [40] | |
Billy Hayes | GK | 1919–1924 | 209 | 0 | 225 | 0 | — | — | [40] | |
Graham Moseley | GK | 1978–1985 | 189 | 0 | 224 | 0 | England youth | — | [34] | |
Dale Stephens | MF | 2014–2020 | 213 | 14 | 223 | 15 | — | — | [47] | |
Jimmy Collins | FW | 1962–1967 | 201 | 44 | 221 | 48 | Scottish Junior | — | [32] | |
Paul Watson | DF | 1999–2005 | 197 | 14 | 221 | 18 | — | — | [27] | |
Bobby Baxter | DF | 1961–1967 | 195 | 6 | 220 | 7 | — | — | [29] | |
Denis Foreman | FW | 1952–1961 | 211 | 63 | 219 | 69 | — | — | [25] | |
Frankie Howard | FW | 1950–1958 | 200 | 26 | 219 | 31 | — | — | [40] | |
Ernie King | FB | 1932–1938 | 186 | 0 | 217 | 0 | — | — | [48] | |
Paul McCarthy | DF | 1990–1996 | 181 | 6 | 217 | 8 | Republic of Ireland U21 | — | [34] | |
Guy Butters | DF | 2002–2008 | 187 | 8 | 212 | 9 | England U21 | — | [27][49] | |
Nicky Rust | GK | 1993–1998 | 177 | 0 | 210 | 0 | England youth | — | [27] | |
Tommy Cook | FW | 1922–1929 | 190 | 114 | 209 | 123 | England | 1 | [32] | |
Bert Stephens | FW | 1935–1947 | 180 | 86 | 205 | 96 | — | — | [33] | |
Jess Willard | FW / HB | 1947–1953 | 190 | 22 | 202 | 24 | — | — | [21] | |
Perry Digweed | GK | 1981–1993 | 179 | 0 | 201 | 0 | England U21 squad | — | [46] | |
Gerry Ryan | MF | 1978–1985 | 173 | 32 | 199 | 39 | Republic of Ireland | 17 | [50][8] | |
Jeff Minton | MF | 1994–1999 | 174 | 31 | 198 | 32 | England youth | — | [34][27] | |
Dean Hammond | MF |
| 173 | 23 | 196 | 28 | — | — | [L 4] | [51] |
Jack Nightingale | FW | 1921–1927 | 182 | 33 | 195 | 33 | — | — | [37] | |
Jack Curran | FB | 1925–1930 | 180 | 0 | 193 | 0 | Ireland | 0 | [32] | |
Wally Gould | MF | 1964–1968 | 168 | 45 | 193 | 46 | — | — | [23] | |
Andy Rollings | DF | 1974–1979 | 168 | 11 | 192 | 12 | — | — | [50] | |
Charlie Thomson | GK | 1934–1939 | 169 | 0 | 191 | 0 | — | — | [26] | |
Harry Marsden | FB | 1929–1934 | 164 | 0 | 191 | 0 | — | — | [34] | |
Steve Piper | DF / MF | 1972–1977 | 162 | 9 | 190 | 9 | — | — | [28] | |
Andy Neil | FW |
| 167 | 28 | 185 | 30 | — | — | [37] | |
Harry Baldwin | GK | 1945–1951 | 164 | 0 | 183 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | [29] |
Tony Towner | MF | 1973–1978 | 162 | 24 | 183 | 25 | — | — | [26] | |
Jimmy Case | MF |
| 159 | 10 | 183 | 15 | England U23 | — | [32] | |
Nathan Jones | DF | 2000–2005 | 159 | 7 | 183 | 8 | — | — | [27] | |
Kazenga LuaLua | MF |
| 158 | 17 | 183 | 22 | — | — | [L 5] | [52] |
Ken Whitfield | HB | 1954–1958 | 175 | 4 | 182 | 4 | — | — | [21] | |
Tommy Elphick | DF | 2005–2011 | 153 | 7 | 182 | 9 | — | — | [53] | |
Dan Kirkwood | FW | 1928–1933 | 168 | 74 | 181 | 82 | — | — | [48] | |
Solly March * | MF | 2013–present | 165 | 9 | 181 | 11 | England U21 | — | [54] | |
Ernie Marriott | FB | 1935–1948 | 163 | 1 | 180 | 2 | — | — | [34] | |
Bullet Jones | FW |
| 156 | 63 | 179 | 69 | — | — | [36][55] | |
Dean Cox | MF | 2005–2010 | 146 | 16 | 179 | 22 | — | — | [56] | |
Jimmy Langley | DF | 1953–1957 | 166 | 14 | 178 | 16 | England | 0 | [24] | |
Albert Mundy | FW | 1953–1958 | 165 | 87 | 178 | 90 | — | — | [34] | |
Gary Williams | DF | 1977–1982 | 158 | 7 | 177 | 8 | — | — | [21] | |
Johnny Goodchild | FW | 1961–1966 | 163 | 44 | 176 | 46 | — | — | [23] | |
Joe Wilson | FW | 1936–1947 | 156 | 15 | 175 | 18 | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | [21] |
Chris Hutchings | DF / MF | 1983–1987 | 153 | 4 | 175 | 6 | — | — | [40] | |
Terry Connor | FW | 1983–1987 | 156 | 51 | 174 | 59 | England U21 | — | [32] | |
Mark Lawrenson | DF | 1977–1981 | 152 | 5 | 174 | 7 | Republic of Ireland | 14 | [24] | |
Arthur Hulme | FB / HB | 1902–1908 | 112 | 2 | 174 | 7 | — | — | [40] | |
Ted Martin | FB | 1932–1945 | 155 | 4 | 172 | 4 | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | [34] |
Ashley Barnes | FW | 2010–2014 | 149 | 46 | 170 | 53 | Austria U20 | — | [L 6] | [57] |
Garry Nelson | FW | 1987–1991 | 144 | 47 | 166 | 59 | — | — | [37] | |
Peter Smith | DF | 1994–1999 | 140 | 5 | 166 | 6 | — | — | [27] | |
Johnny McNichol | FW | 1948–1952 | 158 | 37 | 165 | 39 | — | — | [34] | |
Bobby Zamora | FW |
| 151 | 83 | 162 | 90 | England | 0 | [L 7] | [58] |
Steve Penney | MF | 1983–1989 | 138 | 14 | 162 | 15 | Northern Ireland | 17 | [28] | |
Stuart Storer | FW | 1995–1999 | 142 | 11 | 160 | 14 | — | — | [27] | |
John Keeley | GK | 1986–1990 | 138 | 0 | 160 | 0 | — | — | [48] | |
Gunner Higham | HB | 1908–1920 | 124 | 0 | 159 | 1 | — | — | [40] | |
Peter Grummitt | GK | 1973–1977 | 136 | 0 | 158 | 0 | England U23 | — | [L 8] | [23] |
Adam Virgo | DF |
| 134 | 14 | 158 | 18 | Scotland B | — | [27][59] | |
Joe McGhie | HB | 1909–1913 | 133 | 3 | 156 | 3 | Scottish Junior | — | [34] | |
Danny Wilson | MF | 1983–1987 | 135 | 33 | 155 | 39 | Northern Ireland | 3 | [L 3] | [21] |
Gary Dicker | MF | 2009–2013 | 138 | 6 | 153 | 6 | Republic of Ireland U21 | — | [L 9] | [60] |
Gary Stevens | DF / MF | 1979–1983 | 133 | 2 | 152 | 3 | England | 0 | [33] | |
Keith Dublin | DF | 1987–1990 | 132 | 5 | 151 | 6 | England youth | — | [46] | |
Liam Bridcutt | MF | 2010–2014 | 132 | 2 | 151 | 2 | Scotland | 1 | [61] | |
Ken Tiler | DF | 1974–1978 | 130 | 0 | 151 | 0 | — | — | [26] | |
Harry Kent | HB | 1905–1908 | 104 | 11 | 151 | 16 | — | — | [48] | |
Reg Smith | FB | 1923–1930 | 143 | 1 | 150 | 1 | — | — | [33] | |
Ian Mellor | FW | 1974–1978 | 122 | 31 | 150 | 35 | — | — | [34] | |
Paul Brooker | MF | 2000–2003 | 134 | 15 | 149 | 16 | — | — | [L 10] | [27] |
Jack Stevens | HB | 1934–1939 | 137 | 0 | 148 | 0 | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | [33] |
Ross Johnson | DF | 1993–1999 | 132 | 2 | 148 | 2 | — | — | [27] | |
Eric Young | DF | 1983–1987 | 126 | 10 | 148 | 11 | Wales | 0 | [62] | |
Jake Robinson | FW | 2003–2009 | 123 | 13 | 148 | 22 | — | — | [63] | |
Howard Wilkinson | MF | 1966–1971 | 129 | 18 | 147 | 19 | England youth | — | [21] | |
Mike Tiddy | FW | 1958–1962 | 133 | 11 | 146 | 12 | — | — | [26] | |
Harry Wilson | DF | 1973–1977 | 130 | 4 | 146 | 4 | England youth | — | [21] | |
Charlie Livesey | FW | 1965–1969 | 126 | 28 | 146 | 37 | — | — | [24] | |
Frank Brett | DF | 1930–1935 | 131 | 0 | 143 | 0 | — | — | [29] | |
Frank Spencer | FB | 1912–1920 | 109 | 0 | 142 | 0 | — | — | [33] | |
Kevin Bremner | FW | 1987–1990 | 128 | 35 | 141 | 40 | — | — | [29] | |
David Stockdale | GK | 2014–2017 | 133 | 0 | 139 | 0 | England squad | — | [64] | |
Anthony Knockaert | MF | 2016–2019 | 127 | 25 | 139 | 27 | France U21 | — | [65] | |
Paul Rogers | MF | 1999–2003 | 119 | 15 | 138 | 16 | England semi-pro | — | [27] | |
Tom Turner | FB | 1905–1909 | 91 | 0 | 136 | 0 | Scottish Junior | — | [26] | |
Peter Harburn | FW | 1955–1958 | 126 | 61 | 133 | 65 | — | — | [40] | |
Michael Robinson | FW | 1980–1983 | 113 | 37 | 133 | 43 | Republic of Ireland | 13 | [50] | |
Billy Reed | FW | 1948–1953 | 129 | 36 | 132 | 37 | Wales | 0 | [50] | |
Alan Curbishley | MF | 1987–1990 | 116 | 13 | 132 | 15 | England U21 | — | [32] | |
Beram Kayal | MF | 2015–2019 | 118 | 4 | 131 | 5 | Israel | 17 | [66] | |
Archie Needham | U | 1911–1915 | 98 | 11 | 131 | 14 | — | — | [37] | |
Shane Duffy * | DF | 2016–present | 122 | 6 | 130 | 6 | Republic of Ireland | 28 | [67] | |
Clive Walker | MF | 1990–1993 | 105 | 8 | 130 | 12 | English schools | — | [21] | |
Bill Cassidy | HB / FW | 1962–1966 | 118 | 25 | 129 | 30 | — | — | [32] | |
Ian McNeill | FW | 1959–1962 | 116 | 12 | 128 | 13 | Scotland youth | — | [34] | |
Nobby Lawton | MF | 1967–1971 | 112 | 12 | 127 | 16 | — | — | [24] | |
Andrew Whing | DF |
| 103 | 0 | 126 | 0 | — | — | [L 11] | [68] |
Andrew Crofts | MF |
| 115 | 10 | 125 | 13 | Wales | 5 | [69] | |
Gordon Smith | FW | 1980–1984 | 109 | 22 | 125 | 25 | Scotland U21 | — | [33] | |
Nicky Bissett | DF | 1988–1994 | 97 | 8 | 124 | 8 | — | — | [29] | |
Tommy Bisset | FB | 1953–1960 | 115 | 5 | 123 | 5 | — | — | [29] | |
Gary O'Reilly | DF |
| 107 | 6 | 123 | 6 | — | [22][70] | ||
Jack Mansell | FB | 1949–1952 | 116 | 9 | 122 | 11 | England B | — | [34] | |
Craig Mackail-Smith | FW | 2011–2015 | 109 | 21 | 122 | 24 |
| [71] | ||
Tony Grealish | MF | 1981–1984 | 100 | 6 | 121 | 8 | Republic of Ireland | 11 | [72] | |
Leon Knight | FW | 2003–2005 | 108 | 34 | 120 | 36 | England U20 | — | [L 12] | [27][73] |
Kurt Nogan | FW | 1992–1995 | 97 | 49 | 120 | 60 | Wales B | — | [37] | |
Nicky Forster | FW | 2007–2010 | 98 | 40 | 119 | 51 | England U21 | — | [74] | |
Walter Anthony | FW | 1905–1908 | 80 | 8 | 119 | 13 | — | — | [75] | |
Jack Ball | GK | 1946–1953 | 113 | 0 | 118 | 0 | — | — | [29] | |
Tim McCoy | HB | 1951–1953 | 112 | 0 | 117 | 0 | — | — | [34] | |
Stuart Munday | DF / MF | 1992–1996 | 97 | 4 | 117 | 5 | — | — | [34] | |
Sam Jennings | FW | 1925–1928 | 110 | 61 | 115 | 63 | — | — | [36] | |
Jimmy Leadbetter | FW | 1952–1955 | 107 | 29 | 115 | 33 | — | — | [24] | |
Neil McNab | MF | 1980–1983 | 103 | 4 | 115 | 5 | Scotland U21 | — | [34] | |
Brian Tawse | MF | 1965–1969 | 102 | 14 | 114 | 16 | — | — | [26] | |
Jack Whent | HB |
| 101 | 4 | 114 | 4 | — | — | [21] | |
Chris Cattlin | DF | 1976–1979 | 95 | 1 | 114 | 2 | England U23 | — | [32] | |
Adam Hinshelwood | DF | 2002–2009 | 99 | 2 | 113 | 2 | — | — | [27] | |
Gary Hobson | DF | 1996–2000 | 98 | 1 | 113 | 1 | — | — | [76] | |
Mat Ryan * | GK | 2017–present | 110 | 0 | 112 | 0 | Australia | 24 | [77] | |
Bill Miller | FW | 1910–1921 | 91 | 40 | 112 | 52 | — | — | [34] | |
Dickie Joynes | FW | 1905–1908 | 70 | 10 | 112 | 22 | — | — | [36] | |
Davy Pröpper * | MF | 2017–present | 100 | 2 | 110 | 2 | Netherlands | 14 | [78] | |
John Byrne | FW |
| 97 | 22 | 110 | 28 | Republic of Ireland | 1 | [L 13] | [29] |
Bert Murray | U | 1971–1973 | 102 | 25 | 109 | 26 | England U23 | — | [L 14] | [34] |
Will Buckley | MF | 2011–2015 | 96 | 19 | 109 | 19 | — | — | [79] | |
Stuart Tuck | DF | 1993–1998 | 93 | 1 | 109 | 1 | — | — | [27] | |
Graham Pearce | DF | 1982–1986 | 88 | 2 | 109 | 2 | — | — | [28] | |
Tomer Hemed | FW | 2015–2018 | 97 | 30 | 108 | 33 | Israel | 14 | [80] | |
Skilly Williams | GK | 1926–1928 | 101 | 0 | 107 | 0 | — | — | [21] | |
Ken Bennett | FW | 1950–1953 | 101 | 37 | 107 | 41 | — | — | [29] | |
Elliott Bennett | DF |
| 96 | 13 | 107 | 17 | — | — | [L 15] | [81] |
Jack Thompson | FB | 1921–1924 | 94 | 0 | 106 | 0 | — | — | [26] | |
Paul Wood | FW | 1987–1990 | 92 | 8 | 105 | 8 | — | — | [21] | |
Jock Davie | FW | 1936–1946 | 89 | 39 | 105 | 58 | — | — | [lower-alpha 1] | [46] |
Paul Reid | MF | 2004–2008 | 94 | 5 | 104 | 6 | Australia | 0 | [27][82] | |
Harry Dutton | HB | 1929–1932 | 93 | 4 | 104 | 5 | — | — | [46] | |
Arthur Attwood | FW | 1931–1935 | 87 | 55 | 104 | 75 | — | — | [75] | |
Tommy Fraser | MF | 2006–2009 | 79 | 2 | 103 | 3 | — | — | [27] | |
Tommy Allsopp | FW | 1905–1907 | 72 | 7 | 103 | 11 | — | — | [75] | |
Stan Willemse | FB | 1946–1949 | 91 | 3 | 102 | 4 | England B | — | [21] | |
Andy Ritchie | FW | 1980–1983 | 89 | 23 | 102 | 26 | England U21 | — | [50] | |
Hugh McDonald | GK | 1906–1908 | 69 | 0 | 102 | 0 | — | — | [34] | |
Marcos Painter | DF | 2010–2013 | 90 | 1 | 100 | 1 | Republic of Ireland U21 | — | [L 16] | [83] |
Bill Hastings | FW | 1909–1912 | 85 | 11 | 100 | 9 | — | — | [40] |
Notes
- Player statistics exclude match(es) played in the abandoned 1939–40 Football League season.
Player statistics include matches played while on loan from:
Sources
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