# List of Newcastle Jets FC players

Newcastle Jets Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Newcastle, New South Wales. The club was formed in 2000 as Newcastle United, and played their first competitive match in October 2000, when they entered the First Round of the 2000–01 National Soccer League. The club was renamed Newcastle Jets in 2004. Since playing their first competitive match, over 200 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 14 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances).
Newcastle Jets' record appearance-maker is Jason Hoffman, who has made a total of 214 appearances over a current 11-year playing career. Ben Kantarovski holds the record for the most starts, having started in 176 matches. Joel Griffiths is the club's top goalscorer with 61 goals in his 6 years with the club. Labinot Haliti's 46 substitute appearances for the side is a club record.

## Key

* The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
* Appearances as a substitute are included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 25 July 2024. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key :
| GK | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |

### Nationality

    Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

### Position

    Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time.

### 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.

### Total appearances and Total goals

    Total appearances and goals comprise those in the National Soccer League, A-League Men, Australia Cup, A-League Pre-Season Challenge Cup, AFC Champions League and the 2005 Australian Club World Championship Qualifying Tournament.

## Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Newcastle
List of Newcastle Jets FC players with 100 or more appearances :
| Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
| Ref. |||
| Joel Griffiths | Australia | FW | 2001–2003 2006–2009 2014–2015 | 130 | 8 | 138 | 61 |
| Ryan Griffiths | Australia | FW | 2002–2004 2011–2013 | 93 | 15 | 108 | 28 |
| Jobe Wheelhouse | Australia | MF | 2003–2013 | 116 | 25 | 141 | 13 |
| Nigel Boogaard | Australia | DF | 2004 2015–2021 | 126 | 2 | 128 | 5 |
| Labinot Haliti | Australia | FW | 2005–2006 2009–2012 2015–2017 | 65 | 46 | 111 | 16 |
| Matt Thompson | Australia | DF | 2005–2010 | 144 | 1 | 145 | 20 |
| Tarek Elrich | Australia | DF | 2005–2012 | 135 | 18 | 153 | 5 |
| Adam D'Apuzzo | Australia | DF | 2006–2011 | 97 | 25 | 122 | 0 |
| Ben Kennedy | Australia | GK | 2006–2016 | 125 | 3 | 128 | 0 |
| Jason Hoffman | Australia | FW | 2007–2010 2015–2024 | 181 | 58 | 239 | 17 |
| Ben Kantarovski | Australia | MF | 2008–2020 | 176 | 34 | 210 | 9 |
| Nikolai Topor-Stanley | Australia | DF | 2009–2012 2017–2021 | 198 | 4 | 202 | 9 |
| Steven Ugarkovic | Australia | MF | 2016–2021 | 139 | 5 | 144 | 9 |
| Angus Thurgate | Australia | MF | 2018–2023 | 95 | 30 | 125 | 11 |

## Captains

| Dates | Captain |
| 2005–2006 | Ned Zelic |
| 2006–2007 | Paul Okon |
| 2007–2009 | Jade North |
| 2009–2010 | Matt Thompson |
| 2010–2011 | Michael Bridges |
| 2011–2013 | Jobe Wheelhouse |
| 2014–2015 | Kew Jaliens |
| 2015 | Taylor Regan |
| 2015–2021 | Nigel Boogaard |
| 2021–present | Matthew Jurman |
| 2022–present | Carl Jenkinson |
| 2022–present | Brandon O'Neill |