# List of Port Vale F.C. players

Port Vale F.C. is an English professional association football club based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in the late 1870s. They took the name Burslem Port Vale in 1884 and dropped the 'Burslem' prefix in 1907. The club joined the English Football League in 1892 as founder members of the Football League Second Division. Though they resigned in 1907, they continued to play in North Staffordshire district leagues and would return to the Football League in 1919. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played at least 25 such matches are listed below.

## Introduction

More than 500 Port Vale players have appeared in at least 25 senior competitive matches. In the early days, the scarcity of nationally organised competitive football meant players could spend many years with the club while making few such outings. However, to redress this, the list includes appearances in minor cup competitions, such as the Staffordshire Senior Cup, before World War II. Exhibition games (friendlies) were the primary source of games in the early days of the game, so appearances of friendly games during the 19th century are also included. This means that Frank McGinnes is on the list, who recorded 109 goals in 140 matches despite being limited to just 33 goals in 39 Midland League games due to his death due to kidney failure on 25 June 1892, at the age of 22.
Numerous players throughout the club's history have enjoyed long careers. Roy Sproson made 842 appearances for Vale between 1950 and 1972, later becoming manager for three years beginning in 1974. His nephew, Phil Sproson, played 500 games for the club between 1977 and 1989. Wilf Kirkham is the club's record goalscorer, with 164 goals in all competitions and 38 goals in a season. Gareth Ainsworth is the player Vale have both received and spent the highest sum on in the transfer market, £500,000 spent in 1997 with £2,000,000 received as he exited the following year. Chris Birchall is the club's record international cap holder with 27, playing for Trinidad and Tobago between 2001 and 2006, including three appearances in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Others made little impact at the club but were significant figures at other clubs, such as Willie Aitken, who went on to serve as head coach at Juventus.

## Key
### Name

    Players with name in italics were on loan from another club for the duration of their Port Vale career.
    Players marked in bold are still playing for the club.
    Players known only by their surname (i.e. the initial of their first name is not recorded) are not included.
    All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 18 January 2025.

### Nationality

    Nationalities are listed for players, where known. Nationality is defined as the country of their international selection, where applicable. Nationalities for those who were not ever called up for international level are defined as their country of birth.
    Players highlighted in pink represented their country at senior level whilst at the club.

### Position

    GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

### Port Vale career

    Port Vale career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player was registered as a professional at the club.

### Appearances and goals

    Appearances and goals comprise those in the English Football League (including play-off games), The Combination, Midland League, North Staffordshire Federation League, North Staffordshire & District League, The Central League, FA Cup, League Cup / EFL Cup, Football League Trophy / EFL Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, Debenhams Cup, Supporters' Clubs' Trophy, and Coronation Cup. Minor cup competitions (such as the Staffordshire Senior Cup) may also be included before World War II only. Friendly matches in the 19th century only are included.
    Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three matches because of the Second World War, are excluded. Wartime league appearances are excluded.

## Players with 25 or more appearances

| Name | Nationality | Position | Port Vale career | Appearances | Goals |
| Roy Sproson | England | DF | 1949–1972 | 842 | 35 |
| Phil Sproson | England | DF | 1977–1989 | 500 | 41 |
| Harry Poole | England | FW | 1953–1968 | 499 | 79 |
| Ray Walker | England | MF | 1984–1985 1986–1997 | 442 | 43 |
| Andy Porter | England | MF | 1986–1998 2004–2006 | 433 | 26 |
| Dean Glover | England | DF | 1989–1998 | 431 | 20 |
| Neil Aspin | England | DF | 1989–1999 | 410 | 3 |
| Nathan Smith | England | DF | 2016– | 409 | 22 |
| Russell Bromage | England | DF | 1977–1987 | 402 | 15 |
| Terry Miles | England | MF | 1955–1968 | 401 | 17 |
| Basil Hayward | England | DF | 1946–1958 | 372 | 58 |
| Stan Steele | England | FW | 1955–1961 1961–1965 | 370 | 97 |
| Tommy McLaren | Scotland | MF | 1967–1977 | 369 | 29 |
| Tommy Cheadle | England | DF | 1946–1957 | 368 | 15 |
| Paul Musselwhite | England | GK | 1992–2000 | 367 | 0 |
| Robbie Earle | Jamaica | MF | 1982–1991 | 357 | 90 |
| Martin Foyle | England | FW | 1991–2000 | 356 | 107 |
| Louis Dodds | England | FW | 2008–2016 2018–2019 | 349 | 56 |
| Roger Jones | England | MF | 1923–1937 | 346 | 19 |
| Tom Pope | England | FW | 2011–2015 2017–2021 | 343 | 115 |
| Bob Connelly | Scotland | MF | 1921–1932 | 341 | 18 |
| Billy Briscoe | England | FW | 1918–1923 1924–1931 | 331 | 60 |
| Colin Tartt | England | MF | 1972–1977 1981–1985 | 327 | 20 |
| Allen Tankard | England | DF | 1993–2001 | 324 | 13 |
| Jimmy Oakes | England | DF | 1923–1933 | 316 | 3 |
| John Ridley | England | MF | 1973–1978 1982–1985 | 310 | 9 |
| Tom Page | England | FW | 1920–1929 | 302 | 65 |
| John Cunliffe | England | MF | 1950–1959 | 302 | 55 |
| Reg Potts | England | DF | 1945–1957 | 301 | 3 |
| Tony Naylor | England | FW | 1994–2001 | 296 | 90 |
| Albert Leake | England | MF | 1950–1961 | 293 | 43 |
| Ron Wilson | Scotland | DF | 1963–1970 | 293 | 5 |
| Micky Cummins | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2000–2006 | 287 | 34 |
| Wilf Kirkham | England | FW | 1923–1929 1932–1933 | 276 | 164 |
| Ray King | England | GK | 1949–1957 | 275 | 0 |
| Ken Hancock | England | GK | 1958–1964 | 273 | 0 |
| Clint Boulton | England | DF | 1965–1971 | 267 | 12 |
| Geoff Hunter | England | MF | 1981–1987 | 265 | 17 |
| George Price | England | FW | 1896–1907 | 263 | 54 |
| Brian Horton | England | MF | 1970–1976 | 258 | 37 |
| Billy Heames | England | MF | 1897–1904 | 254 | 28 |
| George Pilkington | England | DF | 2003–2008 | 253 | 12 |
| David Worrall | England | MF | 2017–2023 | 248 | 21 |
| Neil Griffiths | England | DF | 1973–1981 | 248 | 15 |
| Adam Yates | England | DF | 2009–2018 | 248 | 5 |
| Mark Goodlad | England | GK | 2000–2008 | 247 | 0 |
| Stan Turner | England | DF | 1949–1957 | 246 | 0 |
| Adrian Capes | England | FW | 1900–1905 1908–1911 | 243 | 89 |
| Billy Elson | England | MF | 1886–1894 | 241 | 15 |
| Anthony Griffith | Montserrat | MF | 2008–2012 2013–2014 | 237 | 2 |
| Alan Webb | England | DF | 1984–1992 | 235 | 3 |
| Jimmy Ditchfield | England | FW | 1886–1896 | 230 | 85 |
| John James | England | FW | 1966–1973 | 229 | 44 |
| Bobby Gough | England | FW | 1968–1974 | 229 | 35 |
| Billy Poulson | England | DF | 1879–1891 | 225 | 15 |
| Jack Shelton | England | MF | 1911–1915 | 224 | 8 |
| Billy Reynolds | England | FW | 1882–1892 | 222 | 104 |
| Darren Hughes | England | DF | 1987–1994 | 222 | 4 |
| Tom Nolan | England | FW | 1931–1935 1936–1940 | 221 | 96 |
| Matt Carragher | England | DF | 1997–2003 | 221 | 2 |
| Mark Grew | England | GK | 1986–1992 | 221 | 0 |
| Bert Eardley | England | MF | 1899–1907 1908–1910 | 220 | 40 |
| Simon Mills | England | DF | 1987–1994 | 220 | 8 |
| John Jeffers | England | MF | 1988–1995 | 219 | 11 |
| Colin Askey | England | MF | 1949–1958 | 218 | 23 |
| John Connaughton | England | GK | 1974–1980 | 218 | 0 |
| Tony Lacey | England | MF | 1970–1975 | 215 | 9 |
| Darren Beckford | England | FW | 1987–1991 | 214 | 81 |
| George Heppell | England | GK | 1937–1952 | 213 | 0 |
| John McCombe | England | DF | 2007–2013 | 211 | 16 |
| Robin van der Laan | Netherlands | MF | 1990–1995 | 210 | 27 |
| Mick Hulligan | England | MF | 1948–1955 | 209 | 23 |
| John Nicholson | England | MF | 1961–1965 | 208 | 1 |
| Harry Croxton | England | DF | 1901–1905 1908–1911 | 206 | 11 |
| Jim Beech | England | DF | 1894–1902 | 205 | 8 |
| Marc Richards | England | FW | 2007–2012 | 202 | 75 |
| Alan Martin | England | MF | 1942–1951 | 201 | 30 |
| David Harris | England | DF | 1973–1979 | 201 | 10 |
| Mick Cullerton | Scotland | FW | 1965–1969 1975–1978 | 200 | 58 |
| Mick Morris | England | FW | 1967–1972 | 200 | 25 |
| Kenny Beech | England | MF | 1975–1981 | 198 | 22 |
| Ken Griffiths | England | FW | 1945–1958 | 196 | 56 |
| Doug Loft | England | MF | 2009–2014 | 196 | 19 |
| Selwyn Whalley | England | DF | 1953–1966 | 196 | 8 |
| George Shenton | England | DF | 1927–1936 | 196 | 0 |
| Ray Williams | England | FW | 1975–1981 | 194 | 40 |
| Michael Walsh | England | DF | 1998–2007 | 194 | 4 |
| Lucien Boullemier | England | DF | 1897–1902 1905 | 193 | 8 |
| John Brodie | England | DF | 1971–1977 | 193 | 3 |
| Teddy Bateup | England | GK | 1911–1918 | 193 | 0 |
| Harry Griffiths | England | DF | 1935–1947 | 192 | 9 |
| Terry Bailey | England | MF | 1974–1978 | 190 | 29 |
| Joe Brough | England | FW | 1906–1907 1909–1910 1913–1922 | 189 | 104 |
| Jack Maddock | England | DF | 1923–1931 | 184 | 12 |
| Tom Conlon | England | MF | 2018–2024 | 183 | 19 |
| Bob McCrindle | Scotland | MF | 1889–1894 | 183 | 6 |
| Peter Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1919–1924 | 183 | 0 |
| Brian Jackson | England | MF | 1958–1962 | 182 | 36 |
| Rob Taylor | England | MF | 2008–2014 | 181 | 21 |
| Ian Bogie | England | MF | 1995–2000 | 180 | 12 |
| Albert Mullard | England | MF | 1951–1956 | 179 | 23 |
| Nicky Cross | England | FW | 1989–1994 | 176 | 43 |
| Chris Birchall | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | 2001–2006 2013–2016 | 175 | 17 |
| Bob Suart | England | MF | 1911–1915 | 175 | 13 |
| Harry Pearson | England | DF | 1911–1915 1917–1920 | 175 | 7 |
| Jack Lowe | England | MF | 1923–1928 | 174 | 17 |
| Ben Williamson | England | FW | 2011–2015 | 169 | 27 |
| Stan Palk | England | FW | 1948–1952 | 169 | 14 |
| David Raine | England | DF | 1957–1962 | 169 | 1 |
| John Rowland | England | FW | 1962–1966 | 166 | 43 |
| Wilf Smith | England | MF | 1936–1950 | 164 | 0 |
| Lee Collins | England | DF | 2008–2012 | 163 | 4 |
| Alf Bellis | England | MF | 1938–1948 | 158 | 46 |
| Neville Chamberlain | England | FW | 1977–1982 | 158 | 41 |
| Billy Paynter | England | FW | 2000–2006 | 158 | 34 |
| Ben Garrity | England | MF | 2021– | 158 | 28 |
| Bill McGarry | England | DF | 1945–1951 | 158 | 5 |
| Jimmy Todd | Ireland | MF | 1946–1953 | 157 | 0 |
| Ronnie Allen | England | FW | 1946–1950 | 156 | 40 |
| Stewart Talbot | England | MF | 1994–2000 | 154 | 13 |
| Ernest Collinge | England | DF | 1921–1926 | 153 | 9 |
| Stuart Sharratt | England | GK | 1966–1972 | 152 | 0 |
| Danny Simpson | England | FW | 1896–1903 | 151 | 53 |
| Meshach Dean | England | MF | 1890–1896 | 151 | 42 |
| Steve Brooker | England | FW | 2001–2004 | 151 | 40 |
| Richard Duffy | Wales | DF | 2012–2016 | 151 | 1 |
| Sam Collins | England | DF | 2002–2006 | 149 | 11 |
| Roy Cross | England | DF | 1970–1975 | 148 | 1 |
| Harry Cotton | England | GK | 1901–1905 | 148 | 0 |
| Paul Maguire | Scotland | MF | 1985–1988 | 147 | 27 |
| Stephen McPhee | Scotland | FW | 2001–2004 | 147 | 44 |
| Trevor Rhodes | England | MF | 1933–1938 | 147 | 29 |
| George Bateman | England | DF | 1882–1886 1887–1890 | 146 | 5 |
| Tom Lyons | England | DF | 1917–1922 | 146 | 3 |
| Bill Summerscales | England | DF | 1970–1974 | 145 | 6 |
| Keith Ball | England | GK | 1968–1972 | 145 | 0 |
| Kevin Kent | England | FW | 1991–1996 | 144 | 7 |
| Scott Brown | England | GK | 2018–2021 | 144 | 0 |
| Carl Dickinson | England | DF | 2013–2016 | 143 | 3 |
| Joseph Holyhead | England | MF | 1903–1907 | 142 | 7 |
| W. E. Powell | | DF | 1884–1893 | 142 | 0 |
| Tom Holford | England | MF | 1919–1924 | 141 | 9 |
| Frank McGinnes | Scotland | FW | 1889–1892 | 140 | 109 |
| Marc Bridge-Wilkinson | England | MF | 2000–2004 | 140 | 36 |
| Peter Swan | England | FW | 1991–1994 | 140 | 8 |
| Cristian Montaño | Colombia | MF | 2017–2021 | 138 | 17 |
| Ken Gunn | Scotland | MF | 1933–1937 | 138 | 10 |
| James Gibbons | England | DF | 2016–2022 | 138 | 3 |
| Chris Neal | England | GK | 2012–2016 | 138 | 0 |
| Steve Rowland | Wales | DF | 2001–2006 | 136 | 1 |
| Billy Beats | England | FW | 1892–1895 1906–1907 | 135 | 47 |
| Neil Brisco | England | MF | 1998–2004 | 135 | 2 |
| Dick Evans | England | FW | 1894–1899 1904 | 134 | 49 |
| Jack Round | England | MF | 1930–1935 | 134 | 5 |
| Garth Butler | England | DF | 1946–1951 | 134 | 0 |
| Liam Burns | Northern Ireland | MF | 1997–2004 | 133 | 1 |
| Ernest Mullineux | England | DF | 1900–1904 | 132 | 1 |
| Terry Armstrong | England | MF | 1976–1979 | 131 | 13 |
| Terry Alcock | England | DF | 1963–1967 1977–1978 | 131 | 2 |
| Luke Joyce | England | MF | 2018–2021 | 131 | 1 |
| Andy Jones | Wales | FW | 1985–1987 1989 | 129 | 64 |
| Alan Bennett | England | MF | 1949–1957 | 129 | 9 |
| Gareth Owen | Wales | DF | 2008–2013 | 129 | 2 |
| Bill Cope | England | DF | 1929–1934 | 129 | 0 |
| Lee Mills | England | FW | 1995–1998 | 128 | 44 |
| Jon McCarthy | Northern Ireland | MF | 1995–1997 2002 | 128 | 17 |
| Steve Guppy | England | MF | 1994–1997 | 128 | 13 |
| Leon Legge | England | DF | 2018–2022 | 127 | 8 |
| Sammy Morgan | Northern Ireland | FW | 1970–1973 | 126 | 27 |
| Peter Ford | England | DF | 1959–1963 | 126 | 6 |
| Harry Jones | England | DF | 1911–1915 | 126 | 0 |
| Andy Hill | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 123 | 1 |
| Jack Smith | England | MF | 1909–1911 1912–1914 1916–1919 | 122 | 14 |
| Bill Pointon | England | FW | 1941–1949 | 119 | 53 |
| Harry Anstiss | England | FW | 1927–1931 | 119 | 40 |
| Garry Dulson | England | DF | 1974–1978 | 119 | 3 |
| Jack Roberts | England | FW | 1935–1940 | 118 | 74 |
| Phil Griffiths | Wales | MF | 1926–1931 1939–1945 | 118 | 43 |
| Joe Anyon | England | GK | 2004–2010 | 118 | 0 |
| Lol Hamlett | England | DF | 1949–1952 | 118 | 0 |
| Gareth Griffiths | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 116 | 5 |
| Albert Pearson | England | FW | 1914–1919 1921–1922 | 114 | 29 |
| Gerry Keenan | England | DF | 1978–1982 | 114 | 7 |
| John King | England | DF | 1968–1971 | 114 | 0 |
| Paul Bowles | England | DF | 1979–1982 | 113 | 6 |
| Jack Shields | | DF | 1886–1890 | 113 | 2 |
| Ben Davies | England | GK | 1929–1933 | 112 | 0 |
| Ian Taylor | England | MF | 1992–1994 | 111 | 38 |
| Mark Chamberlain | England | MF | 1979–1982 | 110 | 20 |
| Harry Hodgkinson | England | DF | 1879–1888 | 110 | 11 |
| Harry Mountford | England | FW | 1903–1907 | 109 | 31 |
| Ted McDonald | England | MF | 1894–1896 1897–1899 | 109 | 12 |
| Walter Aveyard | England | FW | 1948–1952 | 108 | 29 |
| Derek Brownbill | England | FW | 1975–1978 | 108 | 19 |
| Charlie Simpson | England | MF | 1882–1890 | 107 | 15 |
| James Hamilton | England | DF | 1903–1907 | 107 | 0 |
| Bill Bentley | England | DF | 1977–1980 | 106 | 0 |
| James Wilson | England | FW | 2021–2024 | 105 | 23 |
| Jock Cameron | Scotland | DF | 1913–1914 1916–1919 | 105 | 1 |
| Len Birks | England | DF | 1920–1924 | 105 | 0 |
| Sean Rigg | England | FW | 2009–2012 | 104 | 18 |
| Bert Llewellyn | England | FW | 1960–1963 | 103 | 50 |
| Alfred Strange | England | FW | 1924–1927 | 103 | 29 |
| Jack Hampson | Wales | DF | 1921–1924 | 103 | 9 |
| Jeff Smith | England | MF | 2004–2007 | 103 | 7 |
| Vic Rouse | England | MF | 1926–1929 | 103 | 0 |
| Bob Morton | England | MF | 1932–1935 | 102 | 20 |
| John Green | England | MF | 1967–1971 | 102 | 8 |
| Wayne Cegielski | Wales | DF | 1982–1985 | 102 | 5 |
| Jennison Myrie-Williams | England | MF | 2011–2014 | 101 | 22 |
| Ian Armstrong | England | MF | 2001–2005 | 101 | 17 |
| Sagi Burton | Saint Kitts and Nevis | DF | 2000–2002 | 101 | 4 |
| Arthur Caldwell | England | MF | 1935–1939 | 100 | 22 |
| David Amoo | England | MF | 2019–2022 | 100 | 10 |
| Bob Hazell | England | DF | 1986–1989 | 100 | 2 |
| Johnny Rowe | England | DF | 1937–1940 | 100 | 0 |
| Mick Mahon | England | MF | 1967–1969 | 99 | 22 |
| Jimmy Scarratt | England | MF | 1891–1895 | 98 | 24 |
| Danny Whitaker | England | MF | 2006–2008 | 98 | 15 |
| Billy Fitchford | England | MF | 1914–1923 | 98 | 14 |
| Gavin Massey | England | MF | 2022–2024 | 98 | 4 |
| Tom Coleman | | MF | 1908–1911 | 97 | 29 |
| Peter Farrell | England | MF | 1978–1982 | 97 | 11 |
| Arthur Cumberlidge | England | MF | 1937–1946 | 97 | 1 |
| David Riley | England | FW | 1987–1990 | 96 | 14 |
| John Woodward | England | FW | 1973–1975 | 95 | 32 |
| Bob Mountford | Australia | FW | 1969–1975 | 95 | 11 |
| Jimmy Goodfellow | England | MF | 1966–1969 | 95 | 11 |
| Tommy Widdrington | England | MF | 1999–2001 2005 | 95 | 8 |
| Alan Boswell | England | GK | 1972–1974 | 95 | 0 |
| Robert Carter | England | MF | 1904–1907 | 93 | 25 |
| Barry Siddall | England | GK | 1982–1984 | 93 | 0 |
| Arthur Jepson | England | GK | 1938–1946 | 92 | 0 |
| James Clutton | England | DF | 1889–1893 | 92 | 0 |
| Gary Ford | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 91 | 13 |
| Alf Walker | England | MF | 1911–1914 | 91 | 8 |
| Tommy Walker | | MF | 1891–1893 | 91 | 8 |
| Dave Brammer | England | MF | 1999–2001 2008–2009 | 91 | 4 |
| Trevor Dance | England | GK | 1975–1980 | 91 | 0 |
| Bob Ramsay | England | DF | 1886–1888 1893–1894 | 90 | 1 |
| Tom Fern | England | GK | 1924–1927 | 90 | 0 |
| Tony Loska | England | DF | 1971–1973 | 89 | 5 |
| Jack Simms | England | MF | 1926–1931 | 88 | 28 |
| Paul Kerr | England | MF | 1992–1993 | 88 | 21 |
| Chris Martin | England | GK | 2007–2012 | 88 | 0 |
| Chris Banks | England | DF | 1982–1988 | 87 | 1 |
| Luke Rodgers | England | FW | 2007–2009 | 86 | 20 |
| Jon Bowden | England | MF | 1985–1987 | 86 | 7 |
| Danny Sonner | Northern Ireland | MF | 2005–2007 | 86 | 2 |
| Bradley Sandeman | England | DF | 1992–1996 | 86 | 1 |
| John Potts | England | GK | 1934–1936 | 86 | 0 |
| Herbert Birchenough | England | GK | 1897–1900 | 86 | 0 |
| Leon Constantine | England | FW | 2005–2007 | 85 | 38 |
| Jack Wilkinson | England | FW | 1957–1959 | 84 | 41 |
| Ernie Moss | England | FW | 1981–1983 | 84 | 28 |
| Roy Chapman | England | FW | 1967–1969 | 83 | 37 |
| Alistair Brown | Scotland | FW | 1984–1986 | 83 | 27 |
| Sam Foley | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2015–2017 | 83 | 7 |
| Tom Pett | England | MF | 2021–2023 | 83 | 3 |
| Craig James | England | DF | 2004–2006 | 83 | 1 |
| Allan Todd | Scotland | GK | 1933–1937 | 83 | 0 |
| Paul Harsley | England | MF | 2006–2008 | 82 | 6 |
| Steve Fox | England | MF | 1982–1984 | 82 | 6 |
| Frank Stokes | England | DF | 1898–1901 | 82 | 0 |
| Chris Young | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 81 | 77 |
| Bernie Wright | England | FW | 1978–1980 | 81 | 24 |
| Mitch Clark | Wales | DF | 2018–2019 2020 2020–2021 2023– | 81 | 1 |
| Ben Purkiss | England | DF | 2015–2017 | 81 | 0 |
| Stuart Tomlinson | England | GK | 2010–2012 | 81 | 0 |
| Funso Ojo | Belgium | MF | 2022– | 80 | 6 |
| Mal Benning | England | DF | 2021–2023 | 80 | 6 |
| William Cope | England | DF | 1904–1907 | 80 | 1 |
| Mark Harrison | England | GK | 1980–1982 | 80 | 0 |
| A. Meigh | | DF | 1908–1911 | 80 | 0 |
| Ben Davies | | FW | 1882–1887 | 79 | 25 |
| Sam Morsy | Egypt | MF | 2010–2013 | 79 | 4 |
| Adam Crookes | England | DF | 2019 2019–2021 | 79 | 1 |
| Connor Ripley | England | GK | 2023– | 79 | 0 |
| Jak Alnwick | England | GK | 2015–2017 | 79 | 0 |
| Cliff Pinchbeck | England | FW | 1949–1951 | 78 | 40 |
| Noel Kinsey | Wales | FW | 1958–1961 | 78 | 7 |
| Jack Vickers | England | DF | 1933–1936 | 78 | 0 |
| Tom Yule | Scotland | MF | 1913–1915 | 77 | 20 |
| Ethan Chislett | South Africa | MF | 2023– | 77 | 15 |
| Albert Cook | England | MF | 1900–1906 1907 1909–1911 | 77 | 10 |
| Connor Hall | England | DF | 2022–2023 2024– | 77 | 3 |
| Sam Whittingham | England | MF | 1903–1906 | 77 | 3 |
| Spencer Fieldhouse | England | MF | 1908–1911 | 76 | 14 |
| Michael O'Connor | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 76 | 12 |
| C. McAlpine | | DF | 1890–1892 1892–1893 | 76 | 1 |
| Jonathan Hammond | England | GK | 1914–1921 | 76 | 0 |
| Jos Randles | England | MF | 1885–1899 | 75 | 14 |
| Fred Mills | England | MF | 1932–1934 | 75 | 5 |
| Lewis Haldane | Wales | MF | 2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 | 75 | 4 |
| Kris Taylor | England | MF | 2009–2011 | 75 | 4 |
| Wayne Corden | England | MF | 1994–2000 | 75 | 3 |
| Tommy Lander | England | MF | 1897–1902 | 75 | 2 |
| Spencer Evans | Wales | DF | 1936–1938 | 75 | 1 |
| Roderick Welsh | England | DF | 1935–1938 | 75 | 0 |
| John Davies | | GK | 1889–1892 | 75 | 0 |
| Cliff Portwood | England | MF | 1959–1961 | 74 | 38 |
| Dean Stokes | England | DF | 1993–1998 | 74 | 0 |
| Tom Baddeley | England | GK | 1893–1896 | 74 | 0 |
| George Poyser | England | DF | 1931–1934 | 73 | 0 |
| Alf Wood | England | MF | 1892–1895 | 72 | 22 |
| Arthur Masters | England | FW | 1937–1939 | 72 | 15 |
| Jimmy Hill | Northern Ireland | FW | 1965–1968 | 72 | 11 |
| Ben Whitfield | England | MF | 2017–2018 2018–2019 | 72 | 8 |
| James Wootton | England | MF | 1919–1922 | 72 | 7 |
| Tom Sang | England | MF | 2023– | 72 | 1 |
| Robin Hulbert | England | MF | 2004–2008 | 72 | 1 |
| Mark McGregor | England | DF | 2006–2008 | 72 | 0 |
| Howard Matthews | England | GK | 1906–1907 1926–1928 | 72 | 0 |
| Chris Lines | England | MF | 2013–2015 | 71 | 4 |
| Lewis Cass | England | DF | 2021–2022 2022–2024 | 71 | 2 |
| George Abbey | Nigeria | DF | 2004–2007 | 71 | 1 |
| Arthur Cooper | England | MF | 1941–1947 | 71 | 1 |
| Dan Jones | England | DF | 2021– | 71 | 0 |
| Lewis Ballham | England | FW | 1880–1890 | 70 | 29 |
| Eamonn O'Keefe | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1983–1985 | 70 | 19 |
| Antony Kay | England | DF | 2017–2019 | 70 | 6 |
| Chris Robertson | Scotland | DF | 2013–2015 | 70 | 6 |
| Alex Smith | England | DF | 1999–2001 | 70 | 3 |
| W. Perkins | | MF | 1902–1904 | 70 | 3 |
| Joe Barr | | DF | 1889–1891 | 70 | 1 |
| Tony Richards | England | FW | 1963–1966 | 69 | 31 |
| James Peake | | FW | 1897–1899 1900–1901 | 69 | 30 |
| Ron Futcher | England | FW | 1988–1990 | 69 | 23 |
| Jimmy McGrath | England | MF | 1932–1934 | 69 | 11 |
| Norman Hallam | England | MF | 1946–1953 | 69 | 4 |
| Arthur Rowley | England | MF | 1902–1904 | 69 | 4 |
| Anthony Grant | Jamaica | MF | 2015–2017 | 69 | 3 |
| Jonny Brain | England | GK | 2003–2006 | 69 | 0 |
| Luke Hannant | England | MF | 2018–2019 | 68 | 5 |
| Keith Jones | Wales | GK | 1957–1959 | 68 | 0 |
| Bob Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1939–1949 | 68 | 0 |
| Bob Pursell | Scotland | DF | 1920–1922 | 68 | 0 |
| Tom McFarlane | Scotland | DF | 1898–1900 | 68 | 0 |
| Sam Jennings | England | FW | 1929–1931 | 67 | 46 |
| Nathan Lowndes | England | FW | 2004–2007 | 67 | 7 |
| Ron Smith | England | MF | 1963–1965 | 67 | 7 |
| Graham Hawkins | England | DF | 1978–1979 | 67 | 3 |
| Jim Arnold | England | GK | 1985–1986 | 67 | 0 |
| Bobby Blood | England | FW | 1919–1921 | 66 | 47 |
| Frank Cannon | England | FW | 1911–1913 | 66 | 28 |
| Bill Rowley | England | GK | 1884–1886 | 66 | 1 |
| Howard Harvey | England | FW | 1898–1900 | 65 | 30 |
| Andy Nelson | Scotland | MF | 1913–1915 | 65 | 27 |
| Teddy May | England | MF | 1886–1888 | 65 | 18 |
| Len Stephenson | England | FW | 1955–1957 | 65 | 16 |
| Lee Glover | Scotland | FW | 1994–1996 | 65 | 13 |
| David Howland | Northern Ireland | MF | 2008–2010 | 65 | 4 |
| Edgar Hood | | DF | 1909–1915 | 65 | 3 |
| Sidney Blunt | England | DF | 1924–1928 | 65 | 1 |
| Terry Lowe | England | DF | 1960–1966 | 65 | 0 |
| Tom Davies | | DF | 1899–1903 | 65 | 0 |
| Jackie Mudie | Scotland | FW | 1963–1967 | 64 | 11 |
| Jesse Debrah | England | DF | 2023– | 64 | 2 |
| Tommy Fraser | England | MF | 2009–2011 | 64 | 2 |
| Herbert Smith | England | MF | 1925–1929 | 64 | 0 |
| Alfred Bourne | England | GK | 1919–1922 | 64 | 0 |
| Tom Simpson | | FW | 1901–1904 | 63 | 23 |
| Stan Smith | England | FW | 1950–1957 | 63 | 21 |
| Manny Oyeleke | England | MF | 2018–2021 | 63 | 5 |
| Edgar Bentley | England | DF | 1914–1920 | 63 | 4 |
| Oshor Williams | England | MF | 1984–1986 | 62 | 7 |
| Scott Burgess | England | MF | 2019–2022 | 62 | 4 |
| John Williams | England | DF | 1985–1986 | 62 | 3 |
| Alan Lamb | Scotland | MF | 1977–1978 | 62 | 3 |
| Jim Bennett | | DF | 1911–1918 | 62 | 3 |
| Chris Shuker | England | MF | 2012–2014 | 62 | 2 |
| Paul Edwards | England | MF | 2007–2009 | 62 | 2 |
| Fred Obrey | England | MF | 1936–1938 | 62 | 1 |
| James Holdcroft | England | MF | 1894–1897 | 62 | 0 |
| George Youds | England | DF | 1892–1897 | 62 | 0 |
| Tommy Ward | England | MF | 1936–1938 1939 | 61 | 29 |
| Devante Rodney | England | FW | 2020–2022 | 61 | 13 |
| Ernie Coquet | England | DF | 1911–1913 | 61 | 5 |
| Ralph Dain | England | DF | 1882–1886 | 61 | 2 |
| Harry Benson | England | DF | 1908–1911 | 61 | 0 |
| Albert Pynegar | England | FW | 1929–1930 | 60 | 35 |
| Arthur Longbottom | England | FW | 1961–1963 | 60 | 22 |
| Remie Streete | England | DF | 2014 2015–2017 | 60 | 6 |
| Mark Snijders | Netherlands | DF | 1997–2000 | 60 | 2 |
| George Eccles | England | DF | 1893–1896 | 60 | 1 |
| Trevor Brissett | England | DF | 1980–1982 | 60 | 0 |
| Teddy Peers | Wales | GK | 1922–1923 | 60 | 0 |
| Arthur McGarry | England | MF | 1918–1921 | 60 | 0 |
| Albert Cheesebrough | England | FW | 1963–1965 | 59 | 14 |
| Tom Baxter | England | MF | 1929–1931 | 59 | 11 |
| Cliff Birks | England | MF | 1932–1936 | 59 | 7 |
| Byron Moore | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 59 | 6 |
| Clayton McDonald | England | DF | 2011–2013 | 59 | 1 |
| Billy Wootton | England | DF | 1925–1932 | 59 | 0 |
| Tommy Clare | England | DF | 1884 1897 1898–1901 | 59 | 0 |
| Morris Jones | England | FW | 1939–1947 | 58 | 29 |
| Keith Houchen | England | FW | 1991–1993 | 58 | 12 |
| Gareth Ainsworth | England | MF | 1997–1998 | 58 | 11 |
| Gary Roberts | England | MF | 2010–2011 | 58 | 7 |
| Graham Barnett | England | FW | 1956–1960 | 57 | 37 |
| Michael Husbands | Saint Lucia | FW | 2005–2007 | 57 | 7 |
| Harry Marshall | England | FW | 1930–1932 | 57 | 6 |
| Harry Leese | England | DF | 1913–1919 | 57 | 5 |
| Sam Kelly | England | MF | 2015–2017 | 57 | 3 |
| Thomas Spilsbury | England | DF | 1897–1901 | 57 | 1 |
| Chris Pearce | Wales | GK | 1983–1986 | 57 | 0 |
| Nimper Billings | England | FW | 1908–1914 | 56 | 27 |
| Jimmy Owen | England | FW | 1884–1886 | 56 | 17 |
| Jake Taylor | England | MF | 2019–2020 2021–2022 | 56 | 9 |
| Peter Sutcliffe | England | MF | 1977–1978 | 56 | 8 |
| Michael Brown | England | MF | 2014–2017 | 56 | 6 |
| Jimmy Greenhoff | England | FW | 1981–1983 | 56 | 5 |
| Danny Pugh | England | MF | 2017–2019 | 56 | 3 |
| Arthur Box | England | GK | 1904–1907 | 56 | 1 |
| George Hannah | England | MF | 1938–1946 | 56 | 0 |
| Stewart Littlewood | England | FW | 1926–1929 1931–1933 | 55 | 35 |
| Jamie Proctor | England | FW | 2021–2023 | 55 | 15 |
| James Hill | England | MF | 1917–1921 | 55 | 7 |
| Colin Daniel | England | MF | 2014–2016 | 55 | 6 |
| Jan Jansson | Sweden | MF | 1996–1999 | 55 | 6 |
| Ryan McGivern | Northern Ireland | DF | 2014–2016 | 55 | 0 |
| George Whitcombe | Wales | MF | 1926–1930 | 55 | 0 |
| JJ Hooper | England | FW | 2015–2017 | 54 | 10 |
| Adrian Littlejohn | England | FW | 2003–2004 | 54 | 10 |
| Tony Rougier | Trinidad and Tobago | MF | 1999–2000 | 54 | 10 |
| Paul Smith | England | MF | 1986–1987 | 54 | 9 |
| John Ritchie | England | DF | 1965–1967 | 54 | 4 |
| Uche Ikpeazu | Uganda | FW | 2015–2016 2023–2024 | 54 | 7 |
| Richard Eyre | England | MF | 1995–2001 | 54 | 1 |
| Jason Lowe | England | MF | 2023– | 54 | 0 |
| Aidan Stone | England | GK | 2021–2023 | 54 | 0 |
| Ernest Beckett | England | FW | 1895–1896 1898–1899 | 53 | 17 |
| Akpo Sodje | England | FW | 2006–2007 | 53 | 16 |
| Stan Edwards | England | MF | 1961–1963 | 53 | 11 |
| Simon Richman | England | MF | 2008–2010 | 53 | 5 |
| Brian Taylor | England | MF | 1965–1967 | 53 | 4 |
| Ernest Perry | England | MF | 1919–1921 | 53 | 2 |
| Chris Sulley | England | DF | 1992–1993 | 53 | 1 |
| Arden Maddison | England | DF | 1924–1927 | 53 | 1 |
| Ray Hancock | England | GK | 1948–1956 | 53 | 0 |
| Bert Beech | | FW | 1907–1911 | 52 | 36 |
| Cyril Done | England | FW | 1954–1957 | 52 | 34 |
| Ted Edwards | England | FW | 1896–1899 | 52 | 18 |
| Jack Moss | | MF | 1908–1914 | 52 | 4 |
| Harry Hubbick | England | DF | 1947–1949 | 52 | 1 |
| Joe Davis | England | DF | 2011–2014 2017–2019 | 52 | 0 |
| Billy Cavenor | | FW | 1909–1910 1911–1912 1913–1914 | 51 | 45 |
| Bob Newton | England | FW | 1982–1983 | 51 | 24 |
| Fred Belfield | England | FW | 1893–1899 | 51 | 17 |
| Harry Oscroft | England | MF | 1959–1961 | 51 | 12 |
| Jim Mason | | FW | 1892–1898 | 51 | 9 |
| Theo Robinson | Jamaica | FW | 2016 2020–2021 | 51 | 8 |
| Jack Mandley | England | MF | 1926–1930 | 51 | 6 |
| Trevor Wood | Northern Ireland | GK | 1988–1994 | 51 | 0 |
| Justin Richards | England | FW | 2010–2011 | 50 | 14 |
| Colin Grainger | England | MF | 1961–1964 | 50 | 8 |
| Fred Mitcheson | England | FW | 1933–1935 | 50 | 8 |
| Mark Boyd | England | MF | 2002–2004 | 50 | 4 |
| Liam Chilvers | England | DF | 2011 2012–2014 | 50 | 2 |
| John Durnin | England | MF | 2001–2003 | 50 | 2 |
| Ian Elsby | England | MF | 1979–1981 | 50 | 1 |
| Harry Prince | England | GK | 1941–1943 1944–1949 | 50 | 0 |
| Tom Coxon | England | MF | 1902–1903 1906–1907 | 49 | 17 |
| Bernie Slaven | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1993–1994 | 49 | 14 |
| Mark Marshall | Jamaica | MF | 2014–2015 | 49 | 7 |
| Harry Davies | England | FW | 1938–1939 | 49 | 4 |
| Kevin Finney | England | MF | 1987–1991 | 49 | 2 |
| Levi Reid | England | MF | 2002–2005 | 49 | 1 |
| Bert Smith | | FW | 1885–1888 | 48 | 18 |
| Tony Dinning | England | MF | 2005–2006 | 48 | 5 |
| Peter Griffiths | England | MF | 1984–1986 | 48 | 5 |
| Jack Sherlock | England | MF | 1929–1933 | 48 | 3 |
| James Plant | England | MF | 2022– | 48 | 2 |
| Tim Parkin | England | DF | 1989–1992 | 48 | 1 |
| Wayne Ebanks | England | DF | 1985–1987 | 48 | 0 |
| Jimmy O'Neill | Republic of Ireland | GK | 1965–1966 | 48 | 0 |
| Len Barber | England | FW | 1947–1955 | 47 | 12 |
| Mark Cullen | England | FW | 2019–2021 | 47 | 11 |
| Fred Donaldson | England | DF | 1954–1960 | 47 | 4 |
| Terry Lees | England | DF | 1975–1976 | 47 | 2 |
| Sean McClare | England | MF | 2001–2003 | 47 | 1 |
| Jeff Minton | England | MF | 1999–2001 | 46 | 8 |
| Keith Chadwick | England | MF | 1972–1977 | 46 | 7 |
| Danny Glover | England | FW | 2007–2010 | 46 | 4 |
| Reg Davies | England | GK | 1964–1965 | 46 | 1 |
| Teddy Morse | England | DF | 1895–1898 | 46 | 1 |
| W. Morgan | | GK | 1887–1889 | 46 | 0 |
| Eli Adams | England | FW | 1912–1913 | 45 | 21 |
| Dennis Fidler | England | MF | 1960–1961 | 45 | 14 |
| Dennis Politic | Romania | MF | 2021–2022 2022–2023 | 45 | 12 |
| Ken Todd | England | MF | 1978–1979 | 45 | 9 |
| W. Jones | | MF | 1890–1893 | 45 | 7 |
| Gary Hamson | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 45 | 4 |
| Billy Tempest | England | MF | 1924–1926 | 45 | 3 |
| Brad Walker | England | MF | 2021–2023 | 45 | 2 |
| Arthur Prince | England | MF | 1923–1924 | 45 | 1 |
| Alex Donald | Scotland | MF | 1965–1968 | 45 | 0 |
| Harry Aston | England | FW | 1886–1887 | 44 | 16 |
| William Aitken | Scotland | FW | 1919–1920 | 44 | 9 |
| Paul Millar | Northern Ireland | MF | 1988–1991 | 44 | 5 |
| Anthony Gardner | England | DF | 1998–2000 | 44 | 4 |
| Tommy Gore | England | MF | 1983–1984 | 44 | 3 |
| Clayton Fortune | England | DF | 2005–2006 2006–2007 | 44 | 2 |
| Felix Healy | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1978–1980 | 44 | 2 |
| Conor Grant | England | MF | 2023– | 44 | 0 |
| Ryan Brown | England | DF | 2002–2005 | 44 | 0 |
| Jack Prince | England | GK | 1928–1930 | 44 | 0 |
| A-Jay Leitch-Smith | England | FW | 2015–2016 | 43 | 13 |
| Tom Tippett | England | FW | 1931–1933 | 43 | 11 |
| Billy Bingham | Northern Ireland | MF | 1963–1965 | 43 | 7 |
| Billy Agnew | Scotland | FW | 1921–1923 | 43 | 6 |
| Fred Farrington | England | MF | 1888–1894 | 43 | 6 |
| Shaun Brisley | England | DF | 2019–2021 | 43 | 2 |
| Alex Williams | England | GK | 1986–1987 | 43 | 0 |
| Bob Delgado | Wales | DF | 1979–1980 | 43 | 0 |
| Joseph Everill | | GK | 1909–1911 | 43 | 0 |
| Abe Heath | England | GK | 1897–1898 | 43 | 0 |
| Levi Higginson | England | GK | 1890–1893 | 43 | 0 |
| William Dodds | England | FW | 1906–1907 | 42 | 14 |
| Dick Danks | England | FW | 1887–1894 | 42 | 8 |
| William Loverseed | England | FW | 1902–1905 | 42 | 7 |
| Dan Turner | England | FW | 2016–2019 | 42 | 3 |
| Marcus Harness | England | MF | 2017–2018 | 42 | 2 |
| Gordon Logan | Scotland | DF | 1967–1970 | 42 | 1 |
| Anthony de Freitas | France | MF | 2016–2018 | 42 | 0 |
| Walter Smith | England | GK | 1920–1922 | 42 | 0 |
| Bert Fishwick | England | FW | 1928–1931 | 41 | 15 |
| Ernie Payne | England | FW | 1884–1885 | 41 | 12 |
| Billy Grassam | Scotland | MF | 1899–1900 | 41 | 10 |
| Eric Prince | England | FW | 1944–1948 | 41 | 8 |
| Anton Forrester | England | FW | 2016–2018 | 41 | 5 |
| Robert Firth | England | MF | 1921–1922 | 41 | 5 |
| Charlie Davies | Wales | MF | 1890–1891 | 41 | 5 |
| Paul Beesley | England | DF | 1997–1998 1998–1999 | 41 | 3 |
| Ian Brightwell | England | DF | 2002–2004 | 41 | 0 |
| Rogier Koordes | Netherlands | MF | 1997–1999 | 41 | 0 |
| Robert Gillespie | England | FW | 1927–1930 | 40 | 14 |
| Ashley Vincent | England | FW | 2012–2013 | 40 | 8 |
| George O'Callaghan | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1998–2002 | 40 | 4 |
| Ernest Breeze | England | DF | 1932–1936 | 40 | 0 |
| James Henshall | England | MF | 1928–1933 | 39 | 6 |
| Michael Tonge | England | MF | 2017–2019 | 39 | 3 |
| Albert Broadhouse | England | MF | 1916–1920 | 39 | 3 |
| Dean Delany | England | GK | 2000–2004 | 39 | 0 |
| John Poole | England | GK | 1953–1961 | 39 | 0 |
| Dick Allman | England | FW | 1903–1905 | 38 | 11 |
| Alf Smith | | FW | 1913–1914 1918 | 38 | 6 |
| Will Forrester | England | DF | 2022–2023 | 38 | 2 |
| Vic Horrocks | England | MF | 1905–1907 1911–1912 | 38 | 2 |
| Alex Iacovitti | Scotland | DF | 2023–2024 | 38 | 1 |
| Frédéric Veseli | Albania | DF | 2014–2015 | 38 | 1 |
| Daniel Jones | England | DF | 2013–2014 | 38 | 1 |
| Colin Miles | England | DF | 2006–2008 | 38 | 0 |
| Eric Hayward | England | DF | 1934–1937 | 38 | 0 |
| Richard O'Kelly | England | FW | 1986–1988 | 37 | 8 |
| Ville Viljanen | Finland | FW | 2000–2001 | 37 | 6 |
| Ryan Burge | England | MF | 2011–2013 | 37 | 3 |
| Len Wootton | England | FW | 1945–1947 | 37 | 1 |
| Sam Stockley | England | DF | 2008–2009 | 37 | 0 |
| John Flowers | England | MF | 1971–1972 | 37 | 0 |
| Joe Frail | England | GK | 1891–1894 | 37 | 0 |
| Ellis Harrison | Wales | FW | 2022–2023 | 36 | 11 |
| Don Triner | England | MF | 1938–1948 | 36 | 10 |
| Arthur Dorrell | England | MF | 1931–1932 | 36 | 5 |
| Aaron Martin | England | DF | 2021–2022 | 36 | 3 |
| Connell Rawlinson | Wales | DF | 2018–2019 | 36 | 2 |
| Dave Barnett | England | DF | 1998–1999 | 36 | 2 |
| Tim Rawlings | England | MF | 1963–1965 | 36 | 2 |
| Luke Prosser | England | DF | 2005–2010 | 36 | 1 |
| Billy Tabram | Wales | MF | 1933–1934 | 36 | 1 |
| Billy Leech | England | MF | 1899–1900 | 36 | 1 |
| Alf Bennett | England | GK | 1927–1929 | 36 | 0 |
| George Stabb | England | FW | 1935–1936 | 35 | 11 |
| Lee Matthews | England | FW | 2004–2006 | 35 | 10 |
| Ricky Miller | England | FW | 2018–2019 | 35 | 6 |
| Rigino Cicilia | Curaçao | FW | 2016–2017 | 35 | 5 |
| Ryan Loft | England | FW | 2023–2024 | 35 | 2 |
| Andreas Lipa | Austria | MF | 2003–2004 | 35 | 2 |
| Paul Bennett | England | MF | 1978–1980 | 35 | 2 |
| Sam Baddeley | England | MF | 1905–1907 | 35 | 0 |
| Alfred Maybury | England | GK | 1900–1901 | 35 | 0 |
| Aaron Lockett | England | FW | 1914–1915 1916–1917 1919–1920 | 34 | 14 |
| Lee Hughes | England | FW | 2013–2014 | 34 | 13 |
| J. Tunnicliffe | | FW | 1907–1911 | 34 | 11 |
| John Rogers | England | FW | 1976–1977 | 34 | 8 |
| George Shelton | England | FW | 1916–1920 | 34 | 7 |
| Bert Gosnell | England | MF | 1912–1913 | 34 | 6 |
| Danny Butterworth | England | MF | 2022–2023 | 34 | 4 |
| John Fallows | | MF | 1896–1897 | 34 | 4 |
| Ralph Barlow | England | MF | 1895–1897 | 34 | 1 |
| Mark Innes | Scotland | DF | 2005–2006 | 34 | 0 |
| Rae Ingram | England | DF | 2001–2003 | 34 | 0 |
| Peter Billing | England | DF | 1993–1995 | 34 | 0 |
| Harry Cookson | England | FW | 1887–1888 | 33 | 23 |
| Mark Bright | England | FW | 1981–1984 | 33 | 11 |
| Tom Butler | England | FW | 1922–1923 | 33 | 11 |
| Luke Dean | England | FW | 1934–1937 | 33 | 9 |
| Ben Rhodes | | FW | 1886–1888 | 33 | 7 |
| Roger Smith | England | MF | 1965–1966 | 33 | 6 |
| Donny Davies | England | MF | 1892–1915 | 33 | 5 |
| Simon Barker | England | MF | 1998–2000 | 33 | 3 |
| Steve Harper | England | MF | 1987–1989 | 33 | 2 |
| Harry Charsley | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2022–2023 | 33 | 1 |
| B. Coyle | | DF | 1890–1891 | 33 | 1 |
| Arjan van Heusden | Netherlands | GK | 1994–1998 | 33 | 0 |
| Kyle Perry | England | FW | 2008–2009 | 33 | 0 |
| Bill Asprey | England | DF | 1967–1968 | 33 | 0 |
| Tom Cooper | England | DF | 1924–1926 | 33 | 0 |
| William Murray | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 32 | 12 |
| Joe Allon | England | FW | 1992 1994–1995 | 32 | 10 |
| Jim Steel | Scotland | FW | 1983–1984 | 32 | 7 |
| Mel Machin | England | FW | 1962–1966 | 32 | 6 |
| Nico Jalink | Netherlands | MF | 1991–1992 | 32 | 1 |
| Dick Ray | England | DF | 1894–1895 | 32 | 1 |
| Kjell Knops | Netherlands | DF | 2016–2018 | 32 | 0 |
| Bert Carberry | Scotland | MF | 1957–1958 | 32 | 0 |
| Arthur Hartshorne | England | DF | 1902–1903 | 32 | 0 |
| Lewis Campbell | Scotland | MF | 1893–1894 | 31 | 15 |
| Johnny Miller | England | MF | 1980–1982 | 31 | 5 |
| Baylee Dipepa | England | MF | 2023–2024 | 31 | 3 |
| Keith Lowe | England | DF | 2007–2008 | 31 | 3 |
| Kevin Kennerley | England | MF | 1976–1978 | 31 | 2 |
| Sam Hart | England | DF | 2016–2017 2024– | 31 | 1 |
| Tommy Lonsdale | England | GK | 1923–1924 | 31 | 0 |
| Ernest Chappell | | DF | 1906–1907 1911–1914 | 31 | 0 |
| Hughie Dunn | Scotland | DF | 1906–1907 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Smith | England | FW | 1947–1948 | 30 | 11 |
| Richie Bennett | England | FW | 2019–2020 | 30 | 7 |
| Derek Tomkinson | England | FW | 1949–1951 1952–1955 | 30 | 5 |
| Sam Togwell | England | MF | 2005–2006 | 30 | 4 |
| Kevin Young | England | MF | 1983–1984 | 30 | 4 |
| Jack Shorrock | England | MF | 2022– | 30 | 2 |
| James Lawrie | Northern Ireland | FW | 2007–2010 | 30 | 2 |
| Steve Jones | England | FW | 1979–1981 | 30 | 2 |
| Freddie Goodwin | England | MF | 1972–1973 | 30 | 2 |
| Michael Curley | England | MF | 1935–1936 | 30 | 1 |
| Ryan Lloyd | England | MF | 2011–2017 2019–2020 | 30 | 0 |
| Albert Skinner | England | DF | 1886–1893 | 30 | 0 |
| Fred Haycock | England | FW | 1911–1912 | 29 | 12 |
| Philip Smith | England | FW | 1905–1906 | 29 | 9 |
| Brian Mills | England | FW | 1990–1993 | 29 | 5 |
| Ken Wookey | Wales | FW | 1969–1970 | 29 | 4 |
| Alex Hurst | England | MF | 2019–2022 | 29 | 2 |
| Andy Shankland | England | FW | 1981–1986 | 29 | 2 |
| Eric Eastwood | England | MF | 1947–1950 | 29 | 1 |
| Ryan Boot | England | GK | 2013–2018 | 29 | 0 |
| Terry Harkin | Northern Ireland | FW | 1962–1964 | 28 | 12 |
| Martin Henderson | Scotland | FW | 1983–1984 | 28 | 7 |
| Gavin Tomlin | England | FW | 2013–2014 | 28 | 6 |
| Roddy Georgeson | Egypt | FW | 1966–1967 | 28 | 6 |
| James Swarbrick | England | MF | 1911–1912 | 28 | 4 |
| Tyrone Barnett | England | FW | 2017–2019 | 28 | 2 |
| Paul Marshall | England | MF | 2009 2012 | 28 | 1 |
| Sammy Robinson | England | DF | 2022–2023 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Stevens | England | GK | 2022–2023 | 28 | 0 |
| Ross Davidson | England | DF | 2008–2010 | 28 | 0 |
| Derek Mountford | England | MF | 1951–1957 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Smith | | MF | 1892–1895 | 28 | 0 |
| Richard Elston | | FW | 1887–1888 | 27 | 9 |
| George Rushton | England | MF | 1901–1902 1903 | 27 | 8 |
| Ray Deakin | England | DF | 1981–1982 | 27 | 7 |
| Enoch Hood | England | FW | 1879–1885 | 27 | 6 |
| Mipo Odubeko | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2022–2023 | 27 | 4 |
| Ted Shore | England | MF | 1945–1948 | 27 | 3 |
| Tom Reid | Scotland | FW | 1922–1927 | 27 | 3 |
| Frank Sharp | Scotland | MF | 1974–1975 | 27 | 2 |
| Gavin Gunning | Republic of Ireland | DF | 2017–2018 | 27 | 1 |
| Craig Rocastle | Grenada | MF | 2007–2008 | 27 | 1 |
| David Fitzpatrick | England | DF | 2020–2021 | 27 | 0 |
| Grahame McGifford | England | FW | 1977–1978 | 27 | 0 |
| Roy Felton | England | DF | 1938–1946 | 27 | 0 |
| Harry Roberts | England | FW | 1930–1931 | 26 | 11 |
| J.H. Sproston | | MF | 1887–1889 | 26 | 11 |
| Eddie Baily | England | FW | 1956 | 26 | 8 |
| David Lowe | England | MF | 1992 1994 | 26 | 7 |
| Billy Easton | England | FW | 1931–1933 | 26 | 6 |
| Peter Beadle | England | FW | 1998–1999 | 26 | 6 |
| Dicky York | England | MF | 1931–1932 | 26 | 5 |
| Ronan Curtis | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2024– | 26 | 4 |
| Alfie Devine | England | MF | 2023–2024 | 26 | 3 |
| Ollie Arblaster | England | MF | 2023 | 26 | 2 |
| Jerome Thomas | England | MF | 2016–2017 | 26 | 1 |
| Alf Dark | England | MF | 1923–1924 | 26 | 1 |
| Kiko | Portugal | DF | 2016–2017 | 26 | 0 |
| Paulo Tavares | Portugal | MF | 2016–2017 | 26 | 0 |
| Joe Cardle | England | MF | 2005–2008 | 26 | 0 |
| Kevin Pilkington | England | GK | 1998–2000 | 26 | 0 |
| Ronnie Jepson | England | FW | 1988–1991 | 26 | 0 |
| Kevin Steggles | England | DF | 1987–1988 | 26 | 0 |
| Andie Newton | England | MF | 1919–1921 | 26 | 0 |
| G. Martin | | DF | 1887–1891 | 26 | 0 |
| Billy Tunnicliffe | England | MF | 1937–1938 | 25 | 11 |
| Jayden Stockley | England | FW | 2024– | 25 | 5 |
| Ryan Taylor | England | DF | 2016–2017 2017 | 25 | 5 |
| Jack Blackwell | England | FW | 1933–1936 | 25 | 5 |
| James Reid | England | FW | 1899–1900 | 25 | 5 |
| Frank Ryder | England | MF | 1935–1937 | 25 | 4 |
| Ryan Croasdale | England | MF | 2024– | 26 | 3 |
| Zak Mills | England | DF | 2020–2021 | 25 | 2 |
| Freddie Steele | England | FW | 1951–1952 | 25 | 2 |
| Charlie Rattray | England | MF | 1937–1938 | 25 | 2 |
| Archie Dyke | England | MF | 1912–1913 1919 | 25 | 2 |
| Graham Williams | Wales | MF | 1968–1969 | 25 | 1 |
| Ben Heneghan | England | DF | 2024– | 25 | 0 |
| Sam Johnson | England | GK | 2011–2017 | 25 | 0 |
| Keith Lindsey | England | DF | 1971–1973 | 25 | 0 |