List of footballers in England by number of league appearances
List of players

List of footballers in England by number of league appearances

Section Title: List of players
Table Section Text: None

Name	Nationality	Games	Goals	Position	Seasons	Clubs	Notes

Shilton, Peter	England	1005	1	GK	32	11

Ford, Tony	England	931	107	MF	26	8

Hutchison, Tommy	Scotland	863	55	MF	25	6

Alexander, Graham	Scotland	844	110	DF	22	4

Paine, Terry	England	824	168	FW	21	3

James, David	England	791	0	GK	26	8

Redfearn, Neil	England	790	158	MF	22	13

James, Robbie	Wales	782	137	MF	20	6

Oakes, Alan	England	777	41	MF	25	3

Beasant, Dave	England	774	0	GK	25	10

Burridge, John	England	771	0	GK	25	20

Trollope, John	England	770	22	DF	21	1

Dickinson, Jimmy	England	764	9	DF	19	1

Sproson, Roy	England	761	30	DF	22	1

Tait, Mick	England	760	91	MF	24	7

Bonds, Billy	England	758	49	DF	24	2

Clemence, Ray	England	758	0	GK	23	3	†

Jennings, Pat	Northern Ireland	757	0	GK	23	3	†

Worthington, Frank	England	757	234	FW	22	11

Moss, Ernie	England	747	245	FW	20	11

Chapman, Les	England	747	36	MF	21	7

Hartford, Asa	Scotland	744	63	MF	24	10

Ball, Alan	England	743	170	MF	21	6

Allison, Wayne	England	743	173	FW	21	9

Hollins, John	England	743	63	MF	21	3

Parkes, Phil	England	743	0	GK	23	4

Bruce, Steve	England	737	81	DF	20	5

Sheringham, Teddy	England	734	276	FW	24	8

Mills, Mick	England	732	25	DF	21	3

Callaghan, Ian	England	731	51	MF	22	3

Seaman, David	England	731	0	GK	23	6

Williams, Geraint	Wales	728	20	MF	20	4

Perryman, Steve	England	725	51	MF	21	3

Peters, Martin	England	721	174	MF	22	4

McAllister, Gary	Scotland	720	119	MF	22	5

Channon, Mick	England	718	232	FW	21	6

Summerbee, Mike	England	716	92	FW	20	5

Harris, Ron	England	716	13	DF	22	2

Cockerill, Glenn	England	714	86	MF	22	7

Neal, Phil	England	706	71	DF	21	3

Curle, Keith	England	708	35	DF	24	10

Wile, John	England	705	34	MF	20	4

Lee, Rob	England	703	105	MF	23	6

Melville, Andy	Wales	703	54	MF	19	7

Southall, Neville	Wales	701	0	GK	20	7

Gooding, Mick	England	700	94	MF	20	6

Futcher, Paul	England	698	2	DF	24	8

Matthews, Stanley	England	697	71	MF	37	2	†

Tunks, Roy	England	694	0	GK	24	5

Jones, Roger	England	693	0	GK	20	7

Fazackerley, Derek	England	692	23	DF	20	4

Allchurch, Ivor	Wales	691	251	FW	20	3

Cowans, Gordon	England	688	54	MF	20	8

Winterburn, Nigel	England	687	17	DF	22	4

Newman, Rob	England	685	77	DF	22	5

Knight, Alan	England	683	0	GK	22	1

Irwin, Denis	Republic of Ireland	682	29	DF	21	4

Meredith, Billy	Wales	681	169	FW	32	3

Cherry, Trevor	England	680	36	DF	20	3

Hunter, Norman	England	679	22	DF	21	3

Speed, Gary	Wales	678	103	MF	24	5

Chamberlain, Alec	England	678	0	GK	27	7

Mullery, Alan	England	676	62	MF	19	2

Stancliffe, Paul	England	676	22	DF	21	4

Robson, Pop	England	674	265	FW	20	6

Simpson, Paul	England	673	150	MF	23	9

Giggs, Ryan	Wales	672	110	MF	23	1

Beagrie, Peter	England	670	90	MF	24	10

Foster, Steve	England	669	42	DF	21	5

Moore, Bobby	England	668	25	DF	18	2	†

Powell, Chris	England	667	6	DF	23	8

Martyn, Nigel	England	666	0	GK	18	4

Coyle, Owen	Republic of Ireland	666	246	FW	19	11

Stewart, Marcus	England	664	199	FW	21	8

Kiely, Dean	Republic of Ireland	664	0	GK	20	6

Keen, Mike	England	663	55	MF	17	3

Hector, Kevin	England	662	268	FW	19	2

Dobson, Martin	England	661	96	MF	19	3

Edwards, Rob	Wales	661	17	DF	22	5

Nevin, Pat	Scotland	660	107	FW	20	6

Gabbiadini, Marco	England	659	223	FW	20	10

Beardsley, Peter	England	658	209	FW	21	9	†

Walker, Mike	Wales	656	0	GK	20	6

James, Leighton	Wales	656	123	MF	20	7

Jackson, John	England	656	0	GK	19	5

Thompson, Steve	England	655	85	MF	20	6

Walden, Richard	England	655	19	DF	19	3

Gemmill, Archie	Scotland	654	63	MF	20	7	‡

Flynn, Mike	England	654	25	DF	19	6

McDonald, Ian	England	653	91	MF	20	7

Bremner, Billy	Scotland	652	96	MF	23	3	†‡

Brown, Phil	England	652	46	DF	17	4

Jackson, Peter	England	651	38	DF	22	4

Wark, John	Scotland	651	165	MF	23	3

Breckin, Ian	England	650	26	DF	17	4

Turner, Graham	England	650	27	DF	19	3

Downsborough, Peter	England	650	0	GK	21	4

Todd, Colin	England	649	10	DF	19	7

Foster, George	England	649	9	DF	21	5

Eyres, David	England	648	127	MF	17	4

Nicholl, Chris	Northern Ireland	647	28	DF	20	6

Nelson, Garry	England	647	136	FW	19	7

Keelan, Kevin	England	647	0	GK	22	4

Hillyard, Ron	England	647	0	GK	23	3

McDermott, John	England	647	11	DF	20	1

Roberts, Iwan	Wales	647	202	FW	20	7

White, Steve	England	646	223	FW	21	8

Hall, Paul	Jamaica	646	110	MF	20	11

Charlton, Bobby	England	644	207	MF	19	2

Kamara, Chris	England	642	71	MF	20	9

Day, Mervyn	England	642	0	GK	21	7

Claridge, Steve	England	641	195	FW	24	16

Mooney, Tommy	England	639	185	FW	18	11

Windass, Dean	England	639	200	FW	18	10

Wignall, Steve	England	639	29	DF	19	4

Allen, Ronnie	England	638	276	FW	19	3

Sansom, Kenny	England	637	10	DF	20	8

Dixon, Lee	England	635	37	DF	20	5

Southall, Nicky	England	635	67	MF	19	6

Tynan, Tommy	England	633	253	FW	21	9

Hughes, Emlyn	England	632	43	MF	19	6

Watson, Dave	England	631	34	DF	22	2

Calderwood, Colin	Scotland	631	28	DF	19	6

Shaw, Joe	England	631	9	MF	21	1

Walker, Des	England	630	1	DF	23	3

Deane, Brian	England	630	188	FW	21	7

Charlton, Jack	England	628	70	DF	21	1

Burley, George	Scotland	628	8	DF	18	7

Miller, Kevin	England	628	0	GK	18	8

Peake, Trevor	England	628	13	DF	20	3

Groves, Paul	England	627	101	MF	17	6

Doyle, Mike	England	627	40	DF	20	4

Ferrier, Bob	England	626	255	MF	20	1

Jones, Paul	England	626	49	DF	20	6

Wilson, Danny	Northern Ireland	626	95	MF	19	8

Case, Jimmy	England	626	46	MF	23	7

Talbot, Brian	England	623	84	MF	19	7

Nisbet, Gordon	England	622	15	DF	19	4

Merson, Paul	England	621	125	FW	20	6

Hendon, Ian	England	620	42	DF	20	10

Rowley, Arthur	England	619	433	FW	19	4

Brown, Tony	England	619	229	MF	20	2

Stapleton, Frank	Republic of Ireland	618	151	FW	20	8

Blakey, Dave	England	617	20	DF	20	1

Hatton, Bob	England	617	215	FW	17	9

Ashurst, Jack	Scotland	616	13	DF	21	6

Wilkins, Ray	England	616	47	MF	24	9

Aspin, Neil	England	616	8	DF	19	4

Cook, Micky	England	614	21	DF	15	1

Siddall, Barry	England	614	0	GK	21	13

Kendall, Howard	England	613	65	MF	20	5

Musselwhite, Paul	England	613	0	GK	23	5

Felgate, David	Wales	612	0	GK	18	8

Dublin, Dion	England	612	183	FW	20	8

Ogrizovic, Steve	England	611	1	GK	22	4

Regis, Cyrille	England	611	160	FW	21	6

Horton, Brian	England	610	74	MF	17	4

Sinton, Andy	England	609	75	MF	20	6

McLintock, Frank	Scotland	609	56	DF	18	3	‡

Peyton, Gerry	Republic of Ireland	608	0	GK	19	9

Gray, Frank	Scotland	608	47	DF	19	5

Mabbutt, Gary	England	608	37	DF	19	2

Montgomery, Jimmy	England	608	0	GK	18	3

Cooper, Colin	England	606	37	DF	18	4

Lambert, Rickie	England	607	218	FW	19	9

Sheridan, John	Republic of Ireland	606	88	MF	22	5

Griffiths, Arfon	Wales	606	122	MF	20	3

Bonetti, Peter	England	605	0	GK	21	2

Baraclough, Ian	England	604	40	DF	19	8

Thomas, Mickey	Wales	603	77	MF	21	10

Blake, Noel	England	602	37	DF	22	9

Stevenson, Alan	England	601	0	GK	16	4

Kelly, David	Republic of Ireland	600	192	FW	19	10

Bloomer, Steve	England	600	352	FW	22	3

Allchurch, Len	Wales	599	108	RW	20	3

Murphy, Danny	England	599	80	MF	20	6

Linighan, Andy	England	599	31	DF	21	8

Lukic, John	England	598	0	GK	23	2

Gregory, John	England	598	83	MF	18	7

Atyeo, John	England	597	314	FW	16	2

Butler, Paul	Republic of Ireland	597	26	DF	18	7

Rimmer, Warwick	England	597	17	DF	19	2

Duxbury, Lee	England	596	66	MF	16	5

Reaney, Paul	England	596	6	DF	18	2

Anderson, Viv	England	595	37	DF	21	6	†

Masson, Don	Scotland	595	117	MF	18	5

Wise, Dennis	England	595	96	MF	22	6

Gibbins, Roger	England	595	69	MF	19	2

Dixon, Kerry	England	594	231	FW	19	8

Haynes, Johnny	England	594	146	FW	18	1

Bell, Michael	England	594	51	DF	16	5

Vickers, Steve	England	594	20	DF	18	4

Torpey, Steve	England	592	143	FW	19	7

Adcock, Tony	England	591	212	FW	19	6

Donachie, Willie	Scotland	591	8	DF	21	4

Mortimer, Dennis	England	590	47	MF	18	5

Palmer, Carlton	England	590	32	MF	21	9

Allen, Paul	England	587	32	MF	19	8

Thomas, Mitchell	England	587	15	DF	20	4

McGarry, Bill	England	587	32	MF	18	3

Shaw, Richard	England	587	3	DF	21	4

Barnes, John	England	586	155	MF	18	4	†

Coughlin, Russell	Wales	586	41	MF	19	9

Langley, Jim	England	585	57	DF	15	4

Keown, Martin	England	585	8	DF	20	6

Lampard, Frank (Senior)	England	585	19	DF	20	2

Furlong, Paul	England	584	187	FW	21	9

Whitworth, Steve	England	583	2	DF	15	4

Harford, Mick	England	583	186	FW	21	10

Magilton, Jim	Northern Ireland	582	64	MF	17	5

Cook, Paul	England	581	64	MF	18	7

Clayton, Ronnie	England	581	15	MF	18	1

Atherton, Peter	England	581	13	DF	14	5

Woods, Chris	England	580	0	GK	22	8

Ball, Allan	England	579	0	GK	19	1

Bartram, Sam	England	579	0	GK	16	1

Cottee, Tony	England	578	225	FW	19	7

Earle, Robbie	Jamaica	578	136	MF	18	2

Taylor, Bob	England	577	200	FW	19	5

Houghton, Ray	Republic of Ireland	576	68	MF	18	7

Legg, Andy	Wales	576	61	DF	17	7

Hodgkinson, Alan	England	576	0	GK	17	1

Horne, Barry	Wales	575	34	MF	17	9

Overson, Vince	England	574	15	DF	18	4

Rudd, Billy	England	574	68	MF	18	5

Saunders, Dean	Wales	574	170	FW	18	10

Ford, Gary	England	573	74	MF	16	6

Connelly, John	England	572	181	RW	17	4

Grealish, Tony	Republic of Ireland	571	31	MF	19	7

Campbell, Alan	Scotland	571	43	MF	17	4

Greenhoff, Jimmy	England	571	146	FW	22	7

O'Driscoll, Sean	Republic of Ireland	571	32	MF	16	2

Stepney, Alex	England	571	2	GK	15	3

Cannon, Jim	Scotland	571	30	DF	16	1

Holton, Cliff	England	570	293	FW	18	7

Goodman, Don	England	570	160	FW	20	8

Pearce, Stuart	England	570	72	DF	19	5

Donaghy, Mal	Northern Ireland	570	19	DF	18	3

Rush, Ian	Wales	570	246	FW	20	6

Lyons, Mick	England	569	64	DF	16	3

Robson, Bryan	England	569	114	MF	23	3

Armfield, Jimmy	England	568	6	DF	17	1

O'Leary, David	Republic of Ireland	568	11	DF	19	2

Humphrey, John	England	568	8	DF	21	6

Hart, Paul	England	567	41	DF	18	7

Miller, Ian	Scotland	567	40	MF	18	7

Balderstone, Chris	England	566	93	MF	20	4

Smith, Dean	England	566	54	DF	16	5

Foulkes, Bill	England	566	7	DF	18	1

Dillon, Kevin	England	564	64	MF	17	4

Wagstaffe, Dave	England	564	42	MF	19	4

Newton, Keith	England	564	15	DF	18	3

Williamson, Tim	England	563	2	GK	21	1

Phillips, Steve	England	562	200	FW	17	9

Podd, Ces	Saint Kitts and Nevis	562	3	DF	17	3

Rioch, Bruce	Scotland	562	128	MF	20	7

Nogan, Lee	Wales	561	114	FW	17	10

Hughes, Mark	Wales	561	153	FW	22	5

Johnson, Michael	Jamaica	561	19	DF	18	4

Roeder, Glenn	England	561	31	DF	20	6

Aldridge, John	Republic of Ireland	560	329	FW	17	4

Wagstaff, Ken	England	559	266	FW	16	2

Shearer, Alan	England	559	283	FW	18	3

Giles, Johnny	Republic of Ireland	557	101	MF	18	3

Oldfield, David	England	557	74	MF	19	7

Cooper, Paul	England	557	0	GK	20	5

Ince, Paul	England	556	62	MF	23	7

Burden, Tommy	England	556	73	DF	15	3

Lorimer, Peter	Scotland	555	176	FW	25	2

Blissett, Luther	England	554	208	FW	18	5

Preece, David	England	554	30	MF	22	7

Mowbray, Tony	England	554	36	DF	18	3

Blanchflower, Danny	Northern Ireland	553	27	DF	16	3

Edwards, Keith	England	553	256	FW	16	6

Breen, Gary	Republic of Ireland	552	13	DF	20	9

Holland, Matt	Republic of Ireland	552	69	MF	15	3

Chapman, Lee	England	552	165	FW	18	12

Goater, Shaun	Bermuda	552	217	FW	16	7

Drinkell, Kevin	England	551	174	FW	19	7

Atkins, Ian	England	550	75	MF	19	8

Eaden, Nicky	England	550	13	DF	15	5

Davies, Ron	Wales	549	275	FW	17	7

Armstrong, George	England	549	53	MF	18	3

Richardson, Kevin	England	548	38	MF	20	8

Hessenthaler, Andy	England	548	34	MF	16	4

McCarthy, Sean	Wales	547	171	FW	17	7

Cox, Neil	England	547	37	MF	18	7

Dougan, Derek	Northern Ireland	546	222	FW	18	6

Peacock, Gavin	England	546	107	MF	16	6

Taylor, Stuart	England	546	28	DF	15	1

Lloyd, Brian	England	545	1	GK	16	5

Bishop, Ian	England	543	32	MF	21	7

Wilkinson, Paul	England	542	155	FW	18	10

Cherry, Steve	England	542	0	GK	18	9

Hine, Ernie	England	540	288	FW	16	5

Naylor, Stuart	England	540	0	GK	20	7

Kilbane, Kevin	Republic of Ireland	540	37	MF	18	9

Sanchez, Lawrie	England	540	61	MF	18	3

Hewitt, Jamie	England	539	26	DF	17	2

Gordon, Johnny	England	539	138	FW	16	2

Bond, Kevin	England	538	33	DF	19	5

Aizlewood, Mark	Wales	537	25	DF	20	7

Savage, Robbie	Wales	537	37	MF	17	6

Madeley, Paul	England	536	25	DF	17	1

Pallister, Gary	England	536	18	FW	16	3

Laws, Brian	England	536	31	DF	21	7

Heath, Adrian	England	535	66	MF	19	6

Foyle, Martin	England	535	154	FW	20	5

Howard, Pat	England	535	18	DF	17	5

Speedie, David	Scotland	535	145	FW	16	11

Gray, Michael	England	534	22	DF	18	6

Burrows, Phil	England	533	18	DF	13	4

Holdsworth, Dean	England	533	164	FW	20	11

Peacock, Keith	England	533	92	MF	17	1

Kavanagh, Graham	Republic of Ireland	531	75	MF	19	7

Newell, Mike	England	531	120	FW	18	12

Cunningham, Kenny	Republic of Ireland	531	1	DF	18	4

Gayle, Marcus	Jamaica	531	66	MF	19	4

Law, Nicky	England	530	26	DF	16	8

Barr, Les	Scotland	530	62	RW	19	2

Latchford, Bob	England	530	218	FW	18	4

Crompton, Bob	England	530	14	DF	24	1

Flowers, Ron	England	529	37	DF	17	2

Hurst, Geoff	England	529	212	FW	17	3

Barker, Simon	England	529	70	MF	17	3

Reid, Peter	England	529	33	MF	21	7

White, Winston	England	529	60	MF	17	13

Skeels, Eric	England	528	10	DF	18	2

Edwards, Andy	England	527	21	DF	17	4

Eastham, George	England	525	74	FW	18	3

Sellars, Scott	England	525	71	MF	20	6

Corrigan, Joe	England	524	0	GK	17	4

Kitchener, Barry	England	523	25	DF	17	1

Bannister, Bruce	England	523	167	FW	15	4

Grobbelaar, Bruce	Zimbabwe	523	1	GK	20	8

Hockey, Trevor	Wales	523	28	MF	17	7

Nixon, Eric	England	523	0	GK	21	12

Freedman, Dougie	Scotland	523	163	FW	16	6

McNeil, Dixie	England	522	239	FW	17	3

Coyne, Tommy	Republic of Ireland	522	205	FW	20	10

Dawson, Jerry	England	522	0	GK	18	1

Craddock, Jody	England	522	20	DF	16	5

Jack, David	England	521	267	FW	15	3

Stevens, Gary	England	521	18	DF	18	3

Walsh, Paul	England	521	127	FW	19	7

McDermott, Murray	Scotland	520	0	GK	19	7

Kelly, Gary	Republic of Ireland	520	0	GK	16	5

Hansen, Alan	Scotland	520	14	DF	18	2	‡

Hodge, Martin	England	520	0	GK	20	8

Smith, Joe	England	519	315	FW	21	2

Chamberlain, Mark	England	519	69	FW	19	7

Lee, Jason	England	519	108	FW	17	13

Tankard, Allen	England	519	17	DF	16	4

Hendrie, John	Scotland	518	118	MF	19	7

McFarland, Roy	England	517	45	DF	18	3

Davies, Harry	England	517	113	FW	17	3

Murray, Bert	England	517	96	MF	15	4

Evans, Dave	England	516	13	DF	14	3

Greaves, Jimmy	England	516	357	FW	13	3

Howarth, Jack	England	515	190	FW	15	6

Hodges, Glyn	Wales	515	87	MF	20	9

Swallow, Barry	England	515	39	DF	17	5

McSeveney, John	Scotland	514	152	FW	16	5

Laidlaw, Joe	England	514	118	MF	16	6

Clarke, Allan	England	514	223	FW	17	5

Coote, Ken	England	514	14	DF	15	1

Dunne, Tony	Republic of Ireland	514	2	DF	19	3

Jackson, Matt	England	513	14	DF	17	10

Williams, Herbie	Wales	513	104	FW	17	1

Gallimore, Tony	England	512	13	DF	18	5

Nicholl, Jimmy	Northern Ireland	512	9	DF	22	8

Johnson, Tommy	England	511	222	FW	17	3

Salman, Danis	England	511	15	DF	18	5

Mariner, Paul	England	511	175	FW	15	4

Womack, Frank	England	511	0	FB	16	2

Salako, John	England	510	49	MF	19	8

Peacock, Lee	Scotland	510	122	FW	16	7

Banks, Gordon	England	510	0	GK	15	3

Payton, Andy	England	510	200	FW	16	7

Sewell, Jackie	England	509	228	FW	15	4

Barton, Frank	England	509	82	MF	15	6

Venables, Terry	England	509	50	MF	18	4

Parkinson, Phil	England	509	25	MF	16	2

Charlton, Simon	England	509	6	DF	18	6

Cole, Andrew	England	509	230	FW	19	13

Rice, Pat	Northern Ireland	509	13	DF	18	2

Jenkins, Steve	Wales	509	7	DF	16	7

Withe, Peter	England	509	160	FW	19	9

Carragher, Jamie	England	508	3	DF	20	1

Trautmann, Bert	West Germany	508	0	GK	15	1

Kennedy, Alan	England	506	26	DF	20	6

Boulton, Clint	England	506	45	DF	14	2

Wetherall, David	England	506	30	DF	17	2

Broadis, Ivor	England	506	12	DF	15	6

Sinclair, Frank	Jamaica	506	12	DF	20	7

Sinnott, Lee	England	505	12	DF	17	6

Cooper, Terry	England	505	9	DF	22	5

Dorigo, Tony	England	505	18	DF	18	5

Neville, Phil	England	505	9	DF	20	2

Adams, Tony	England	504	32	DF	19	1	†

Cork, Alan	England	504	155	FW	18	4

Campbell, Sol	England	504	20	DF	19	5

Evans, Mickey	Republic of Ireland	504	88	FW	17	6

Stewart, Paul	England	504	124	FW	13	9

Harper, Steve	England	504	54	MF	15	7

McLoughlin, Alan	Republic of Ireland	503	80	MF	16	6

Devlin, Paul	Scotland	503	88	MF	15	6

Fairclough, Chris	England	503	36	DF	18	6

Byrne, John	Republic of Ireland	503	134	FW	15	6

Davis, Steve	England	502	64	DF	15	5

Francis, Trevor	England	502	176	FW	19	6

Wright, Ian	England	501	238	FW	15	6

Coton, Tony	England	501	0	GK	17	4

Bould, Steve	England	501	11	DF	20	4

Lee, Francis	England	500	228	FW	16	3

Keegan, Kevin	England	500	171	FW	16	4

Sentence(s)

Ford played 931 matches, in the English league.

final_sentence: Ford played 931 matches, in the English league.