# List of Sheffield United F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Sheffield United Football Club is an English professional football club who play at Bramall Lane in Sheffield. They were formed in 1889 and played their first competitive match in October of that year, when they entered the first qualifying round of the FA Cup. Since then more than 1,000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom a large number have made between 25 and 99 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

## Overview of the list

Since the club's formation in 1889 over 300 players have made between 25 and 99 appearances for the club. Throughout the club's history no player has played 99 competitive gamed for the Blades without going on to make a 100th appearance. The closest to achieving this feat are the six players that played 98 times prior to leaving the club; they being Peter Beagrie, Alonzo Drake, Colin Grainger, Tom Heffernan, Bobby Howitt, and Mark Todd. Midfielder Stefan Scougall was the most recent player to reach the 25 appearance mark for Sheffield United in October 2014, and of the current United squad, eight players (Jose Baxter, Ben Davies, Bob Harris, Mark Howard, George Long, Stephen McGinn, Jamie Murphy, and Stefan Scougall) feature on this list but therefore have the opportunity to add more appearances to their total.
A number of players on this list had more than one spell with United, but only Jon Harley signed for the Blades on three separate occasions (twice on loan and once on a permanent contract), becoming one of only two players to achieve this feat in the club's history. There are also a number of players on this list whose entire time with United was spent on loan; Mark Bunn, Conor Coady, Greg Halford, and Nyron Nosworthy. The most prolific scorer to appear on this list is striker Bert Menlove who scored 43 times in his 81 appearances between 1922 and 1926.

## Explanation of list

Players are listed in alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances, substitute appearances and goals are included but wartime matches and friendlies are excluded. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below (dependent on the years at which the player was at the club), and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

### Appearances

Games included in the stats include appearances in:
* Midland Football League, Northern League, Football League/Premier League
* Test matches and play-off matches
* International, national and local cup fixtures including; FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Football League Group Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Watney Cup
NB: Friendly matches, exhibition games, and pre-season tournaments are excluded from the figures. Games played during both World Wars are considered friendlies and therefore are also not counted.

### Table headers

* Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
* Sheffield United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Sheffield United to the year of his last appearance. Where a player had more than one spell at the club these are listed chronologically.
* Starts – The number of games started.
* Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
* Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

### Key

* Playing positions: GK = Goalkeeper; DF = Defender; MF = Midfielder; FW = Forward
* † Players with this colour and symbol in the "Name" column are currently signed to Sheffield United.

## List of players

* Forward Jose Baxter, a former member of the Sheffield United squad.
* Leon Britton, who spent half a season with Sheffield United in 2010–11.
* Australian winger David Carney who made 27 appearances for Sheffield United.
* Paul Ifill scored nine goals in 45 appearances for United.
* Striker Jan Åge Fjørtoft who scored 23 goals in just 42 games for the Blades.
* Turkish international Colin Kazim-Richards played 29 times for United before moving to Fenerbahçe.
* Haitian defender Lecsinel Jean-François spent two injury plagued seasons at Bramall Lane, playing only 32 times.
* Jamie Ward scored 11 goals in his 71 appearances for Sheffield United.
List of Sheffield United F.C. players with between 25 and 99 appearances :
| Name | Nationality | Position | Sheffield United career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
| Ref |||
| Wayne Allison | England | FW | 2002–2004 | 40 | 51 | 91 | 10 |
| Peter Anderson | England | MF | 1978–1979 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 12 |
| Bill Anderson | England | DF | 1933–1935 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Archie Annan | Scotland | DF | 1904–1905 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Carl Asaba | England | FW | 2001–2003 | 63 | 17 | 70 | 24 |
| Teddy Ashton | England | MF | 1936–1938 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| Bob Atkins | England | DF | 1981–1985 | 48 | 6 | 54 | 3 |
| Billy Barnes | England | FW | 1899–1902 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
| Andy Barnsley | England | DF | 1986–1988 | 89 | 6 | 95 | 0 |
| Billy Batty | England | FW | 1907–1910 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
| Jose Baxter† | England | FW | 2013– | 43 | 11 | 53 | 12 |
| Peter Beagrie | England | FW | 1986–1988 | 95 | 3 | 98 | 11 |
| James Beattie | England | FW | 2007–2009 2011–2012 | 62 | 22 | 84 | 34 |
| Billy Beer | England | MF | 1897–1901 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 21 |
| Graham Benstead | England | GK | 1989–1990 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 0 |
| Marcus Bent | England | FW | 1999–2000 2011 (loan) | 60 | 7 | 67 | 24 |
| Nick Blackman | England | FW | 2012–2013 | 32 | 1 | 33 | 14 |
| Ernest Blackwell | England | GK | 1914–1925 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
| John Blair | Scotland | FW | 1927–1929 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 7 |
| Nathan Blake | Wales | FW | 1994–1995 | 60 | 15 | 75 | 35 |
| Edgar Bluff | England | FW | 1905–1907 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 16 |
| Bob Bolam | England | MF | 1920–1921 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
| Daniel Bogdanović | Malta | FW | 2010–2011 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 5 |
| Jim Bone | England | FW | 1973–1974 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 11 |
| Eddie Boot | England | MF | 1935–1937 1941 (guest) | 47 | 0 | 47 | 0 |
| Vas Borbokis | Greece | DF | 1997–1999 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 9 |
| Arthur Bottom | England | FW | 1948–1954 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 9 |
| Jeff Bourne | England | FW | 1979–1980 | 30 | 1 | 31 | 11 |
| Willie Boyd | Scotland | FW | 1933–1935 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 32 |
| David Bradford | England | FW | 1974–1976 | 69 | 9 | 78 | 3 |
| Gary Brazil | England | FW | 1980–1985 | 50 | 30 | 80 | 11 |
| Leon Britton | England | MF | 2010–2011 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Bromage | England | FW | 1906–1908 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 5 |
| Duggie Brown | England | FW | 1979–1980 | 22 | 9 | 31 | 5 |
| Fred Brown | England | FW | 1915–1923 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 8 |
| Len Browning | England | FW | 1951–1953 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 29 |
| Mark Bunn | England | GK | 2009–2010 (loan) | 34 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Barry Butlin | England | FW | 1979–1980 | 66 | 4 | 70 | 13 |
| Richard Cadette | England | FW | 1987–1988 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 7 |
| William Calder | Scotland | FW | 1889–1891 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 7 |
| Cliff Calvert | England | DF | 1975–1979 | 91 | 6 | 97 | 8 |
| Henri Camara | Senegal | FW | 2009–2010 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 4 |
| Steve Cammack | England | FW | 1972–1975 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 5 |
| Bobby Campbell | Northern Ireland | FW | 1977–1978 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 14 |
| Willie Carlin | England | MF | 1967–1968 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 3 |
| David Carney | Australia | MF | 2007–2009 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 3 |
| Joe Carr | England | DF | 1937–1939 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Pat Carrigan | Scotland | DF | 1930–1933 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
| Paul Casey | Germany | DF | 1980–1982 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 7 |
| Harry Cawthorne | England | DF | 1927–1929 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| Bert Chandler | England | DF | 1926–1929 | 79 | 0 | 79 | 0 |
| Phil Cliff | England | MF | 1967–1970 | 22 | 6 | 28 | 9 |
| Conor Coady | England | MF | 2013–2014 (loan) | 42 | 8 | 50 | 6 |
| Glenn Cockerill | England | MF | 1984–1985 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 11 |
| Alf Common | England | FW | 1901–1904 | 79 | 0 | 79 | 24 |
| Alan Cork | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 32 | 32 | 64 | 9 |
| David Cotterill | Wales | MF | 2008–2009 | 45 | 19 | 64 | 6 |
| Tom Cowan | Scotland | DF | 1991–1993 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Edward Cross | England | DF | 1890–1891 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Jack Cross | England | FW | 1954–1955 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 18 |
| John Cunningham | Scotland | FW | 1897–1898 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 7 |
| Keith Curle | England | DF | 2000–2002 | 57 | 4 | 61 | 1 |
| Terry Curran | England | FW | 1982–1983 | 42 | 2 | 44 | 3 |
| Ben Davies† | England | MF | 2014 (loan) 2014– | 20 | 12 | 32 | 7 |
| David Davies | Wales | FW | 1913–1915 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 9 |
| Fred Davies | England | FW | 1891–1895 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 7 |
| Bobby Davison | England | FW | 1992 (loan) 1993–1994 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 6 |
| Len De Goey | Netherlands | MF | 1979–1980 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 5 |
| Traianos Dellas | Greece | MF | 1997–1999 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 3 |
| Mark Dempsey | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 70 | 4 | 74 | 11 |
| Shaun Derry | England | MF | 1998–2000 | 73 | 10 | 83 | 1 |
| Laurent D'Jaffo | Benin | FW | 2000–2002 | 46 | 28 | 74 | 12 |
| Ben Doane | England | DF | 1999–2003 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 1 |
| Samuel Dobson | England | MF | 1891–1893 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 19 |
| John Docherty | Scotland | MF | 1961–1965 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 13 |
| Jimmy Donnelly | England | MF | 1902–1907 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 23 |
| Alonzo Drake | England | FW | 1903–1907 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 20 |
| John Drummond | Scotland | FW | 1891–1904 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 24 |
| Jeff Eckhardt | England | DF | 1984–1987 | 82 | 1 | 83 | 2 |
| Arthur Eggleston | England | MF | 1937–1944 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 9 |
| Ugo Ehiogu | England | DF | 2008–2009 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 1 |
| Jack English | England | DF | 1913–1916 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 0 |
| Johannes Ertl | Austria | MF | 2010–2012 | 30 | 9 | 39 | 0 |
| Mel Eves | England | FW | 1984–1986 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 10 |
| Willie Falconer | Scotland | MF | 1993–1994 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 3 |
| George Featherstone | England | MF | 1908–1909 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
| Tom Fenoughty | England | FW | 1964–1969 | 53 | 5 | 58 | 6 |
| Tony Field | England | FW | 1974–1976 | 75 | 5 | 80 | 15 |
| Oakey Field | England | MF | 1898–1901 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 19 |
| Steve Finnieston | England | FW | 1978–1979 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Denis Finnigan | England | DF | 1960–1967 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Jan Åge Fjørtoft | Norway | FW | 1997–1998 | 36 | 6 | 42 | 23 |
| Billy Fleming | England | MF | 1893–1894 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 6 |
| Jostein Flo | Norway | FW | 1993–1995 | 79 | 11 | 90 | 22 |
| John Flood | Scotland | MF | 1978–1981 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 3 |
| Steve Foley | England | MF | 1985–1987 | 68 | 11 | 79 | 18 |
| David Ford | England | FW | 1971–1973 | 27 | 6 | 33 | 5 |
| Jonathan Forte | Barbados | FW | 2002–2006 2013 (loan) | 12 | 39 | 51 | 2 |
| Jack Fountain | England | DF | 1951–1956 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| David Frain | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 40 | 11 | 51 | 6 |
| John Francis | England | FW | 1988–1990 | 20 | 33 | 53 | 8 |
| Hugh Gallagher | Scotland | FW | 1893–1894 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 8 |
| Terry Garbett | England | MF | 1974–1975 | 31 | 9 | 40 | 0 |
| John Gibson | United States | DF | 1929–1933 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 0 |
| Stephen Goulding | England | DF | 1971–1977 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| Colin Grainger | England | FW | 1953–1957 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 27 |
| Andy Gray | Scotland | FW | 2004–2005 | 63 | 2 | 65 | 28 |
| Albert Groves | England | DF | 1903–1906 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Chris Guthrie | England | FW | 1975–1977 | 77 | 2 | 79 | 23 |
| Greg Halford | England | MF | 2008–2009 (loan) | 41 | 10 | 51 | 9 |
| Cliff Halliwell | England | DF | 1921–1926 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ian Hamilton | England | FW | 1976–1978 | 68 | 5 | 73 | 15 |
| Ian Hamilton | England | MF | 1998–2000 | 48 | 10 | 58 | 4 |
| Willie Hamilton | Scotland | FW | 1956–1960 | 92 | 0 | 92 | 21 |
| Harry Hampson | England | FW | 1938–1942 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 13 |
| Jon Harley | England | DF | 2002–2003 (loan) 2003 (loan) 2004–2005 | 71 | 1 | 72 | 3 |
| James Harper | England | MF | 2009–2010 (loan) 2010 | 23 | 3 | 26 | 4 |
| Bernard Harris | England | DF | 1924–1927 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Bob Harris† | Scotland | DF | 2014 (loan) 2014– | 20 | 8 | 28 | 0 |
| Charlie Hartfield | England | MF | 1991–1995 | 52 | 13 | 64 | 1 |
| Fred Hawley | England | DF | 1913–1918 | 65 | 0 | 66 | 1 |
| Mick Heaton | England | DF | 1965–1970 | 39 | 3 | 42 | 0 |
| Tom Heffernan | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1983–1985 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 5 |
| Darius Henderson | England | FW | 2008–2011 | 68 | 12 | 80 | 21 |
| Mick Henderson | England | DF | 1982–1984 | 87 | 2 | 89 | 0 |
| Lee Hendrie | England | MF | 2007–2009 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 4 |
| Bob Hill | Scotland | FW | 1892–1895 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 21 |
| Matt Hill | England | DF | 2012 (loan) 2012–2014 | 83 | 12 | 95 | 0 |
| Mick Hill | Wales | FW | 1967–1969 | 42 | 2 | 44 | 12 |
| Walter Hill | England | DF | 1892–1896 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Trevor Hockey | Wales | MF | 1971–1972 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 4 |
| Doug Hodgson | Australia | DF | 1994–1997 | 30 | 8 | 38 | 1 |
| John Hope | England | GK | 1971–1974 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 0 |
| Brian Howard | England | MF | 2008–2009 (loan) 2009 | 32 | 7 | 39 | 3 |
| Harry Howard | England | DF | 1895–1901 | 58 | 0 | 58 | 2 |
| Mark Howard† | England | GK | 2012– | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Bobby Howitt | Scotland | FW | 1955–1958 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 33 |
| Walter Hoyland | England | FW | 1921–1927 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 4 |
| Rob Hulse | England | FW | 2006–2008 | 38 | 15 | 53 | 8 |
| Jonathan Hunt | England | MF | 1998 (loan) 1999–2000 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 2 |
| George Hutchinson | England | FW | 1948–1953 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 11 |
| Don Hutchison | Scotland | MF | 1996–1998 | 80 | 11 | 91 | 6 |
| Paul Ifill | Barbados | MF | 2005–2006 | 34 | 11 | 45 | 9 |
| Fred Jessop | England | DF | 1937–1939 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 1 |
| Roy John | Wales | GK | 1934–1935 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
| Lecsinel Jean-François | Haiti | DF | 2011–2013 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 0 |
| Charlie Johnson | England | DF | 1905–1910 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| Glyn Jones | England | FW | 1956–1957 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 4 |
| Jack Jones | Wales | FW | 1894–1897 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
| Phil Jones | England | MF | 1978–1981 | 33 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Vinnie Jones | Wales | MF | 1990–1991 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| Steve Kabba | England | FW | 2002–2006 | 54 | 34 | 88 | 23 |
| Chris Kamara | England | MF | 1992–1993 (loan) 1993–1994 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 0 |
| Colin Kazim-Richards | Turkey | FW | 2006–2007 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 1 |
| Andy Keeley | England | DF | 1977–1981 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
| David Kelley | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2000–2001 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 8 |
| Jack Kendall | England | GK | 1930–1934 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| Mick Killourhy | England | FW | 1932–1936 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 6 |
| Jeff King | Scotland | FW | 1982–1983 | 41 | 2 | 43 | 5 |
| Dave Kitson | England | FW | 2012–2013 | 33 | 4 | 37 | 12 |
| Martin Kuhl | England | MF | 1987–1988 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 4 |
| Mike Lake | England | MF | 1989–1993 | 27 | 19 | 46 | 5 |
| Dick Leafe | England | FW | 1911–1913 1915 (guest) | 28 | 0 | 28 | 15 |
| Andy Leaning | England | GK | 1987–1988 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
| Jack Lester | England | FW | 2003–2004 | 31 | 19 | 50 | 16 |
| Ray Lewington | England | MF | 1985–1986 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
| Kevin Lewis | England | FW | 1957–1960 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 29 |
| Charlie Leyfield | England | FW | 1937–1938 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 13 |
| Andy Liddell | Scotland | MF | 2004–2005 | 32 | 7 | 39 | 6 |
| Harry Lilley | England | DF | 1890–1894 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
| Will Lilley | England | GK | 1891–1894 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 3 |
| Adrian Littlejohn | England | FW | 1991–1995 2001 | 55 | 30 | 85 | 15 |
| George Long† | England | GK | 2011– | 78 | 1 | 79 | 0 |
| Dennis Longhorn | England | MF | 1976–1978 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 2 |
| Matthew Lowton | England | DF | 2010–2012 | 76 | 13 | 89 | 10 |
| Steve Ludlam | England | MF | 1975–1977 | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| Stan Machent | England | MF | 1939–1947 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 3 |
| Ian MacKenzie | England | DF | 1969–1974 | 52 | 4 | 56 | 3 |
| Marcelo | Portugal | FW | 1997–1999 | 61 | 22 | 83 | 33 |
| Nicky Marker | England | MF | 1997–1999 | 78 | 1 | 79 | 5 |
| Brian Marwood | England | MF | 1990–1992 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 3 |
| Wally Masterman | England | MF | 1914–1919 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 14 |
| Tom McAlister | Scotland | GK | 1972–1975 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 0 |
| David McAllister | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2011–2013 | 18 | 12 | 30 | 4 |
| Stuart McCall | Scotland | MF | 2002–2004 | 86 | 4 | 90 | 2 |
| James McCourt | Scotland | DF | 1921–1924 | 66 | 0 | 66 | 4 |
| Kevin McDonald | Scotland | MF | 2011–2013 | 89 | 2 | 91 | 5 |
| Stephen McGinn† | Scotland | MF | 2013– | 31 | 10 | 41 | 0 |
| James McGuire | Scotland | DF | 1906–1912 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
| Ray McHale | England | MF | 1982–1984 | 90 | 2 | 92 | 3 |
| Kenny McKay | Scotland | MF | 1897–1898 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
| Andy McLaren | Scotland | FW | 1949–1950 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 4 |
| Tony McMahon | England | DF | 2012–2014 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 3 |
| Ken McNaught | Scotland | DF | 1985–1986 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 6 |
| Archie McPherson | Scotland | DF | 1934–1937 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
| Clive Mendonca | England | FW | 1986–1988 1991 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 5 |
| Bert Menlove | England | FW | 1922–1926 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 43 |
| Arthur Mercer | England | FW | 1926–1927 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 14 |
| Shaun Miller | England | FW | 2012–2014 | 17 | 18 | 35 | 9 |
| Joe Mitchell | England | GK | 1909–1913 1918 (guest) | 38 | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| Tony Moore | England | DF | 1979–1982 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Hugh Morris | Wales | FW | 1893–1895 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 9 |
| Lee Morris | England | FW | 1997–1999 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 8 |
| Mark Morris | England | DF | 1989–1991 | 66 | 3 | 69 | 4 |
| Jamie Murphy† | Scotland | FW | 2013– | 61 | 14 | 75 | 10 |
| Christian Nadé | France | FW | 2006–2007 | 9 | 19 | 28 | 4 |
| Kyle Naughton | England | DF | 2008–2009 | 47 | 5 | 52 | 3 |
| Gary Naysmith | Scotland | DF | 2007–2010 | 86 | 2 | 88 | 0 |
| Steve Neville | England | FW | 1980–1982 | 54 | 11 | 65 | 7 |
| Joe Nibloe | England | MF | 1959–1960 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 7 |
| Terry Nicholl | England | MF | 1973–1975 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 1 |
| Shane Nicholson | England | DF | 2001–2002 | 22 | 4 | 26 | 3 |
| Albert Nightingale | England | FW | 1941–1948 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 21 |
| Nyron Nosworthy | Jamaica | DF | 2010 (loan) 2010–2011 (loan) | 50 | 1 | 51 | 0 |
| Billy Parker | England | DF | 1900–1909 | 82 | 0 | 82 | 3 |
| Bert Parkin | England | DF | 1942–1951 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Mark Patterson | England | MF | 1995–1997 | 84 | 2 | 86 | 4 |
| Billy Peake | England | MF | 1910–1912 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
| Jack Peart | England | FW | 1908–1910 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 7 |
| John Pemberton | England | DF | 1990–1993 | 76 | 1 | 77 | 0 |
| Martin Peters | England | MF | 1980–1981 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 4 |
| Tom Phillipson | England | FW | 1928–1930 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 27 |
| Tony Philliskirk | England | FW | 1983–1988 | 74 | 21 | 95 | 22 |
| Jim Plant | England | MF | 1920–1925 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 5 |
| Mark Rankine | England | MF | 2003 (loan) 2003–2004 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 0 |
| Colin Rawson | England | MF | 1953–1955 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 1 |
| Jimmy Revill | England | FW | 1910–1916 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 4 |
| Bruno Ribeiro | Portugal | MF | 1999–2000 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 1 |
| Derek Richardson | England | GK | 1979–1981 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| George Richardson | England | MF | 1936–1938 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 9 |
| Paul Richardson | England | MF | 1981–1983 | 44 | 1 | 45 | 3 |
| Walter Rickett | England | FW | 1939–1947 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 19 |
| Alan Roberts | England | FW | 1988–1989 | 46 | 6 | 52 | 2 |
| W. Robertson | Scotland | FW | 1889–1891 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 12 |
| Wilf Rostron | England | MF | 1989–1990 | 35 | 6 | 41 | 3 |
| John Ryan | England | MF | 1980–1982 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 2 |
| Alex Sabella | Argentina | FW | 1978–1980 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 10 |
| Bill Sampy | England | DF | 1922–1926 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 10 |
| Georges Santos | Cape Verde | MF | 2000–2002 | 40 | 28 | 68 | 6 |
| Dean Saunders | Wales | FW | 1997–1998 | 54 | 1 | 55 | 12 |
| Andy Scott | England | FW | 1993–1997 | 49 | 38 | 87 | 12 |
| Stefan Scougall† | Scotland | MF | 2014– | 21 | 4 | 25 | 3 |
| Stewart Scullion | England | FW | 1971–1973 | 67 | 4 | 71 | 7 |
| Alf Settle | England | DF | 1936–1943 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 2 |
| Billy Sharp | England | FW | 2004–2005 2007–2010 | 48 | 18 | 66 | 13 |
| Paul Shaw | England | FW | 2004–2005 | 22 | 17 | 38 | 8 |
| Luton Shelton | Jamaica | FW | 2007–2008 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 4 |
| Dennis Shiels | Northern Ireland | FW | 1958–1964 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 10 |
| Neil Shipperley | England | FW | 2005–2006 | 34 | 5 | 39 | 11 |
| Chris Short | Germany | DF | 1996–1998 | 51 | 6 | 57 | 0 |
| Craig Short | England | DF | 2005–2005 | 22 | 3 | 25 | 1 |
| Jock Smith | Scotland | FW | 1951–1952 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 11 |
| Fred Smith | England | FW | 1948–1952 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 23 |
| Joe Smith | England | DF | 1910–1912 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
| Martin Smith | England | FW | 1999–2000 | 30 | 3 | 33 | 15 |
| Paul Smith | England | MF | 1981–1986 | 33 | 7 | 40 | 1 |
| Nigel Spackman | England | MF | 1996–1997 | 23 | 4 | 27 | 0 |
| Gary Speed | Wales | MF | 2008–2010 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 6 |
| John Spencer | England | FW | 1954–1957 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 12 |
| Alec Stacey | England | DF | 1933–1937 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 3 |
| Simon Stainrod | England | FW | 1976–1979 | 68 | 12 | 80 | 15 |
| David Staniforth | England | FW | 1968–1974 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 5 |
| Phil Starbuck | England | FW | 1994–1996 | 27 | 13 | 40 | 2 |
| Jon Stead | England | FW | 2007–2009 | 32 | 15 | 47 | 11 |
| Ned Stringer | England | DF | 1889–1892 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| Graham Stuart | England | MF | 1997–1999 | 66 | 3 | 69 | 11 |
| Patrick Suffo | Cameroon | FW | 2000–2002 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 6 |
| Charles Sutcliffe | England | GK | 1924–1927 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
| Andy Taylor | England | DF | 2009–2012 | 38 | 7 | 45 | 0 |
| Lyle Taylor | England | FW | 2013–2014 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 2 |
| Paul Thirlwell | England | MF | 2004–2005 | 28 | 8 | 36 | 1 |
| Des Thompson | England | GK | 1955–1962 1963 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| George Thompson | England | MF | 1907–1908 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 5 |
| Phil Thompson | England | DF | 1984–1986 | 44 | 1 | 45 | 0 |
| Carl Tiler | England | DF | 1997 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 2 |
| Mark Todd | Northern Ireland | MF | 1987–1991 | 87 | 11 | 98 | 6 |
| Paul Tomlinson | England | GK | 1982–1986 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Willie Toner | Scotland | DF | 1951–1954 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 3 |
| Bert Trueman | England | DF | 1911–1913 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
| John Tudor | England | FW | 1968–1971 | 78 | 7 | 85 | 37 |
| David Tuttle | England | DF | 1993–1996 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 1 |
| Gus Uhlenbeek | Suriname | DF | 2000–2002 | 55 | 4 | 59 | 0 |
| Robert Ullathorne | England | DF | 2000–2001 2001–2002 | 43 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| David Unsworth | England | DF | 2005–2006 | 39 | 1 | 40 | 4 |
| Carl Veart | Australia | FW | 1994–1996 | 55 | 21 | 76 | 18 |
| Michel Vonk | Netherlands | DF | 1995–1997 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 4 |
| Ronnie Waldock | England | FW | 1954–1957 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 10 |
| Andy Walker | Scotland | FW | 1996–1997 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 22 |
| Kyle Walker | England | DF | 2008–2009 2009–2010 (loan) | 34 | 1 | 35 | 0 |
| Sandy Wallace | England | FW | 1891–1893 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 11 |
| Joe Walton | England | MF | 1909–1911 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 6 |
| Ashley Ward | England | FW | 2003–2005 | 29 | 8 | 37 | 5 |
| Jamie Ward | Northern Ireland | FW | 2009–2011 | 48 | 23 | 71 | 11 |
| Simon Webster | England | MF | 1988–1990 | 43 | 13 | 56 | 3 |
| Wally Webster | England | DF | 1925–1930 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| Gary West | England | DF | 1980–1985 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| Darryl Westlake | England | DF | 2012–2014 | 21 | 6 | 27 | 0 |
| Norman Wharton | England | GK | 1928–1930 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
| David White | England | MF | 1995–1997 | 65 | 12 | 77 | 14 |
| Fred White | England | GK | 1939–1949 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 0 |
| Cliff Whitelum | England | FW | 1947–1949 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 14 |
| Trenton Wiggan | England | FW | 1979–1982 | 33 | 5 | 38 | 5 |
| Steve Wigley | England | MF | 1985–1987 | 24 | 8 | 32 | 1 |
| Marcus Williams | England | DF | 2011 (loan) 2012–2014 | 37 | 13 | 50 | 0 |
| Lee Williamson | England | MF | 2009–2012 | 71 | 18 | 89 | 20 |
| Jack Wilkinson | England | FW | 1956–1957 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 17 |
| William Wilkinson | England | FW | 1902–1908 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 7 |
| Peter Withe | England | FW | 1985–1988 | 85 | 5 | 90 | 20 |
| Paul Wood | England | FW | 1990–1991 | 21 | 9 | 30 | 3 |
| Peter Wragg | England | FW | 1953–1956 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 21 |
| Alan Wright | England | DF | 2003–2006 | 42 | 8 | 50 | 1 |
| Mark Yeates | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2010–2013 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 7 |
| Alan Young | Scotland | FW | 1982–1983 | 29 | 3 | 32 | 13 |
| Dick Young | England | DF | 1936–1949 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 0 |