List of Manchester United F.C. players
List of players
Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

List of Manchester United F.C. players

Section Title: List of players
Table Section Text: Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester United career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref

Appearances

Bob Donaldson	Scotland	FW	1892–1897	147	0	155	66

Fred Erentz	Scotland	FB	1892–1902	310	0	310	9

Joe Cassidy	Scotland	FW	1893 1895–1900	174	0	174	100

James McNaught	Scotland	HB	1893–1898	157	0	157	12

Dick Smith	England	FW	1894–1898 1900–1901	100	0	100	37

Walter Cartwright	England	HB	1895–1905	257	0	257	8

Harry Stafford	England	FB	1896–1903	200	0	200	1

William Bryant	England	FW	1896–1900	127	0	127	33

Frank Barrett	Scotland	GK	1896–1900	136	0	136	0

Billy Morgan	England	HB	1897–1903	152	0	152	7

Billy Griffiths	England	HB	1899–1905	175	0	175	30

Alf Schofield	England	FW	1900–1907	179	0	179	35

Vince Hayes	England	FB	1901–1907 1908–1910	128	0	128	2

Jack Peddie	Scotland	FW	1902–1903 1904–1907	121	0	121	58

Alex Downie	Scotland	HB	1902–1909	191	0	191	14

Alex Bell	Scotland	HB	1903–1913	309	0	309	10

Bob Bonthron	Scotland	FB	1903–1907	134	0	134	3

Harry Moger	England	GK	1903–1912	266	0	266	0

Dick Duckworth	England	HB	1903–1915	254	0	254	11

Charlie Roberts	England	HB	1904–1913	302	0	302	23

Dick Holden	England	FB	1905–1914	117	0	117	0

Jack Picken	Scotland	FW	1905–1911	122	0	122	46

George Wall	England	FW	1906–1915	319	0	319	100

Billy Meredith	Wales	FW	1907–1921	335	0	335	36

Sandy Turnbull	Scotland	FW	1907–1915	247	0	247	101

George Stacey	England	FB	1907–1915	270	0	270	9

Harold Halse	England	FW	1908–1912	125	0	125	56

Arthur Whalley	England	HB	1909–1920	106	0	106	6

Enoch West	England	FW	1910–1916	181	0	181	80

Bobby Beale	England	GK	1912–1919	112	0	112	0

Jack Mew	England	GK	1912–1926	199	0	199	0

Lal Hilditch	England	HB	1919–1932	322	0	322	7

Jack Silcock	England	FB	1919–1934	449	0	449	2

Joe Spence	England	FW	1919–1933	510	0	510	168

Charlie Moore	England	FB	1919–1921 1922–1931	328	0	328	0

John Grimwood	England	HB	1919–1927	205	0	205	8

Teddy Partridge	England	FW	1920–1929	160	0	160	18

Alf Steward	England	GK	1920–1932	326	0	326	0

Ray Bennion	Wales	HB	1921–1932	301	0	301	3

Arthur Lochhead	Scotland	FW	1921–1925	153	0	153	50

Harry Thomas	Wales	FW	1922–1931	135	0	135	13

Frank Barson	England	HB	1922–1928	152	0	152	4

Frank Mann	England	HB	1923–1930	197	0	197	5

Frank McPherson	England	FW	1923–1928	175	0	175	52

Tom Jones	Wales	FB	1924–1937	200	0	200	0

Jimmy Hanson	England	FW	1924–1931	147	0	147	52

Jack Wilson	England	HB	1926–1932	140	0	140	3

Hugh McLenahan	England	HB	1928–1937	116	0	116	12

Harry Rowley	England	FW	1928–1932 1934–1937	180	0	180	55

Tommy Reid	Scotland	FW	1929–1933	101	0	101	67

George McLachlan	Scotland	FW	1929–1933	116	0	116	4

Jack Mellor	England	FB	1930–1937	122	0	122	0

Tom Manley	England	HB	1931–1939	195	0	195	41

George Vose	England	HB	1933–1939	209	0	209	1

Jack Griffiths	England	FB	1934–1944	173	0	173	1

Bill McKay	Scotland	HB	1934–1940	182	0	182	15

George Mutch	Scotland	FW	1934–1937	120	0	120	49

Tommy Bamford	Wales	FW	1934–1938	109	0	109	57

Billy Bryant	England	FW	1934–1939	157	0	157	42

James Brown	Scotland	HB	1935–1939	110	0	110	1

Johnny Carey	Ireland Ireland	FB	1937–1953	344	0	344	17

Jack Rowley	England	FW	1937–1955	424	0	424	211

Stan Pearson	England	FW	1937–1954	343	0	343	148

Jack Warner	Wales	HB	1938–1950	115	0	115	2

John Aston Sr.	England	FB	1946–1954	284	0	284	30

Allenby Chilton	England	HB	1946–1955	391	0	391	3

Henry Cockburn	England	HB	1946–1954	275	0	275	4

Jack Crompton	England	GK	1946–1956	212	0	212	0

Jimmy Delaney	Scotland	FW	1946–1950	184	0	184	28

Billy McGlen	England	HB	1946–1952	122	0	122	2

Charlie Mitten	England	FW	1946–1952	162	0	162	61

Johnny Downie	Scotland	FW	1949–1953	116	0	116	37

Ray Wood	England	GK	1949–1958	208	0	208	0

Don Gibson	England	HB	1950–1955	115	0	115	0

Mark Jones	England	HB	1950–1958	121	0	121	1

Johnny Berry	England	FW	1951–1958	276	0	276	45

Jackie Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	HB	1951–1958	117	0	117	27

Roger Byrne	England	FB	1951–1958	280	0	280	20

David Pegg	England	FW	1952–1958	150	0	150	28

Bill Foulkes	England	DF	1952–1970	685	3	688	9

Tommy Taylor	England	FW	1953–1958	191	0	191	131

Duncan Edwards	England	HB	1953–1958	177	0	177	21

Dennis Viollet	England	FW	1953–1962	293	0	293	179

Freddie Goodwin	England	HB	1954–1960	107	0	107	8

Albert Scanlon	England	FW	1954–1960	127	0	127	35

Eddie Colman	England	HB	1955–1958	108	0	108	2

Ronnie Cope	England	HB	1956–1961	106	0	106	2

Bobby Charlton	England	FW	1956–1973	756	2	758	249

David Gaskell	England	GK	1956–1967	119	0	119	0

Harry Gregg	Northern Ireland	GK	1957–1966	247	0	247	0

Shay Brennan	Ireland	FB	1958–1970	358	1	359	6

Albert Quixall	England	FW	1958–1963	184	0	184	56

Johnny Giles	Ireland	FW	1959–1963	115	0	115	13

Nobby Stiles	England	HB	1959–1971	395	0	395	19

Maurice Setters	England	HB	1960–1964	194	0	194	14

Tony Dunne	Ireland	DF	1960–1973	534	1	535	2

Noel Cantwell	Ireland	FB	1960–1967	146	0	146	8

David Herd	Scotland	FW	1961–1968	264	1	265	145

Denis Law	Scotland	FW	1962–1973	398	6	404	237

David Sadler	England	U	1962–1973	328	7	335	27

Pat Crerand	Scotland	HB	1963–1971	397	0	397	15

George Best	Northern Ireland	FW	1963–1974	470	0	470	179

John Connelly	England	FW	1964–1966	112	1	113	35

John Fitzpatrick	Scotland	DF	1965–1973	141	6	147	10

John Aston Jr.	England	FW	1965–1972	166	21	187	27

Alex Stepney	England	GK	1966–1979	539	0	539	2

Brian Kidd	England	FW	1967–1974	257	9	266	70

Francis Burns	Scotland	DF	1967–1972	143	13	156	7

Willie Morgan	Scotland	MF	1968–1975	293	3	296	34

Steve James	England	HB	1968–1975	160	1	161	4

Sammy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	MF	1971–1982	391	28	419	71

Martin Buchan	Scotland	DF	1972–1983	456	0	456	4

David McCreery	Northern Ireland	MF	1972–1979	57	53	110	8

Alex Forsyth	Scotland	FB	1973–1978	116	3	119	5

Lou Macari	Scotland	FW	1973–1984	374	27	401	97

Gerry Daly	Ireland	MF	1973–1977	137	5	142	32

Brian Greenhoff	England	DF	1973–1979	268	3	271	17

Stewart Houston	Scotland	DF	1974–1980	248	2	250	16

Stuart Pearson	England	FW	1974–1979	179	1	180	66

Arthur Albiston	Scotland	FB	1974–1988	467	18	485	7

Steve Coppell	England	MF	1975–1983	393	3	396	70

Jimmy Nicholl	Northern Ireland	DF	1975–1982	235	13	248	6

Gordon Hill	England	MF	1975–1978	133	1	134	51

Jimmy Greenhoff	England	FW	1976–1980	119	4	123	36

Ashley Grimes	Ireland	DF	1977–1983	77	30	107	11

Joe Jordan	Scotland	FW	1978–1981	125	1	126	41

Gordon McQueen	Scotland	DF	1978–1985	229	0	229	26

Gary Bailey	England	GK	1978–1987	375	0	375	0

Mickey Thomas	Wales	MF	1978–1981	110	0	110	15

Kevin Moran	Ireland	DF	1979–1988	284	5	289	24

Ray Wilkins	England	MF	1979–1984	191	3	194	10

Mike Duxbury	England	DF	1980–1990	345	33	378	7

John Gidman	England	DF	1981–1986	116	4	120	4

Frank Stapleton	Ireland	FW	1981–1987	267	21	288	78

Remi Moses	England	MF	1981–1988	188	11	199	12

Bryan Robson	England	MF	1981–1994	437	24	461	99

Norman Whiteside	Northern Ireland	FW	1982–1989	256	18	274	67

Paul McGrath	Ireland	DF	1982–1989	192	7	199	16

Mark Hughes	Wales	FW	1983–1986 1988–1995	453	14	467	163

Graeme Hogg	Scotland	DF	1984–1988	108	2	110	1

Clayton Blackmore	Wales	U	1984–1994	201	44	245	26

Jesper Olsen	Denmark	MF	1984–1988	149	27	176	24

Gordon Strachan	Scotland	MF	1984–1989	195	6	201	38

Peter Davenport	England	FW	1986–1988	83	23	106	26

Brian McClair	Scotland	U	1987–1998	398	73	471	127

Steve Bruce	England	DF	1987–1996	411	3	414	51

Lee Martin	England	DF	1988–1994	84	25	109	2

Lee Sharpe	England	MF	1988–1996	213	50	263	36

Mal Donaghy	Northern Ireland	DF	1988–1992	98	21	119	0

Mike Phelan	England	U	1989–1994	127	19	146	3

Neil Webb	England	MF	1989–1992	105	5	110	11

Gary Pallister	England	DF	1989–1998	433	4	437	15

Paul Ince	England	MF	1989–1995	276	5	281	29

Denis Irwin	Ireland	DF	1990–2002	511	18	529	33

Ryan Giggs	Wales	MF	1991–2014	802	161	963	168

Andrei Kanchelskis	Soviet Union CIS Russia	MF	1991–1995	132	29	161	36

Paul Parker	England	DF	1991–1996	137	9	146	2

Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	GK	1991–1999	398	0	398	1

Gary Neville	England	DF	1992–2011	566	36	602	7

David Beckham	England	MF	1992–2003	356	38	394	85

Nicky Butt	England	MF	1992–2004	307	80	387	26

Eric Cantona	France	FW	1992–1997	184	1	185	82

Roy Keane	Ireland	MF	1993–2005	458	22	480	51

David May	England	DF	1994–2003	98	20	118	8

Paul Scholes	England	MF	1994–2011 2012–2013	577	141	718	155

Andy Cole	England	FW	1995–2001	231	44	275	121

Phil Neville	England	U	1995–2005	301	85	386	8

Ronny Johnsen	Norway	DF	1996–2002	131	19	150	9

Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway	FW	1996–2007	216	150	366	126

Teddy Sheringham	England	FW	1997–2001	101	52	153	46

Henning Berg	Norway	DF	1997–2000	81	22	103	3

Wes Brown	England	DF	1998–2011	313	49	362	5

Jaap Stam	Netherlands	DF	1998–2001	125	2	127	1

Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	1998–2002	120	32	152	66

Quinton Fortune	South Africa	MF	1999–2006	88	38	126	11

Mikaël Silvestre	France	DF	1999–2008	326	35	361	10

John O'Shea	Ireland	U	1999–2011	301	92	393	15

Fabien Barthez	France	GK	2000–2004	139	0	139	0

Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	FW	2001–2006	200	19	219	150

Rio Ferdinand	England	DF	2002–2014	444	11	455	8

Darren Fletcher	Scotland	MF	2003–2015	266	76	342	24

Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	MF	2003–2009	244	48	292	118

Louis Saha	France	FW	2004–2008	76	48	124	42

Wayne Rooney	England	FW	2004–2017	497	62	559	253

Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	GK	2005–2011	266	0	266	0

Park Ji-sung	South Korea	MF	2005–2012	146	59	205	27

Patrice Evra	France	DF	2006–2014	357	22	379	10

Nemanja Vidić	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia	DF	2006–2014	290	10	300	21

Michael Carrick	England	MF	2006–2018	395	69	464	24

Nani	Portugal	MF	2007–2015	178	52	230	41

Anderson	Brazil	MF	2007–2015	128	53	181	9

Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	DF	2007–2015	179	19	198	7

Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	FW	2008–2012	108	41	149	56

Rafael	Brazil	DF	2008–2015	150	20	170	5

Danny Welbeck	England	FW	2008–2014	90	52	142	29

Antonio Valencia	Ecuador	U	2009–	277	61	338	25

Javier Hernández	Mexico	FW	2010–2015	86	72	158	59

Chris Smalling	England	DF	2010–	280	42	322	18

David de Gea	Spain	GK	2011–	360	0	360	0

Phil Jones	England	U	2011–	187	27	214	5

Ashley Young	England	U	2011–	186	55	241	18

Paul Pogba	France	MF	2011–2012 2016–	125	15	140	31

Robin van Persie	Netherlands	FW	2012–2015	89	16	105	58

Marouane Fellaini	Belgium	MF	2013–2019	106	71	177	22

Juan Mata	Spain	MF	2014–	177	40	217	45

Daley Blind	Netherlands	U	2014–2018	132	9	141	6

Jesse Lingard	England	FW	2014–	115	51	166	29

Ander Herrera	Spain	MF	2014–	140	48	188	20

Marcos Rojo	Argentina	DF	2014–	98	15	113	2

Luke Shaw	England	DF	2014–	96	9	105	1

Anthony Martial	France	FW	2015–	125	48	173	48

Marcus Rashford	England	FW	2016–	108	60	168	45

Sentence(s)

Rooney finished Manchester United with 253 goals in 559 appearances.

final_sentence: Rooney finished Manchester United with 253 goals in 559 appearances.