# List of Wigan Warriors players

Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.
Jim Sullivan has made the most career appearances for Wigan, having played 774 games between 1921 and 1946. Sullivan is also the club's all-time top goal scorer (2,317) and point scorer (4,883), and holds the club record for most points scored in a single match, with 44 against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925.
The try scoring record is held by Billy Boston, who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards share the record for most tries scored in one game, with Offiah scoring ten tries against Leeds in 1992 before Edwards repeated the feat against Swinton later that year.

## List of players

The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Wigan since the formation of the Northern Union in 1895. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by date of debut, then by surname and first name.
Key :
| Symbol | Meaning |
| * | Inducted into the Hall of Fame |
| ^ | Club record holder |
| + | Played for Wigan prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895 |
Positions :
| FB | Fullback | UB | Utility back |
| WG | Wing | UB | Utility back |
| CN | Centre | UB | Utility back |
| SO | Stand-off | UB | Utility back |
| SH | Scrum-half | UB | Utility back |
| PR | Prop | FW | Forward |
| HK | Hooker | FW | Forward |
| SR | Second-row | FW | Forward |
| LF | Loose forward | FW | Forward |
| Name | Position | Club career | Appearances | Tries | Goals | DGs | Points | Representative |
| Jack Blackburn | FW | 1895–1900+ | 129 | 8 | 0 | — | 24 | – |
| Jack Brown | FW | 1895–1903+ | 258 | 2 | 2 | — | 10 | Lancashire |
| George Rigby | FW | 1895–1902+ | 188 | 15 | 2 | — | 49 | – |
| Bill Yates | FW | 1895–1902 | 162 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | Lancashire |
| Reuben Collier | FW | 1896–1908 | 227 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | – |
| Harry Ball | FW | 1898–1903 | 138 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | – |
| Jack Hilton | FW | 1898–1906 | 197 | 8 | 1 | — | 26 | – |
| Joseph Topping | FW | 1900–10 | 105 | 4 | 0 | — | 12 | – |
| Tom Halliwell | FW | 1900–04 | 116 | 3 | 0 | — | 9 | – |
| Jimmy Blears | FW | 1901–09 | 127 | 7 | 1 | — | 23 | Lancashire |
| Jack Barton | FW | 1901–09 | 213 | 15 | 1 | — | 47 | – |
| Jack Mason | FB | 1902–06 | 153 | 2 | 118 | — | 242 | – |
| Billy Anderson | SO | 1902–06 | 149 | 14 | 18 | — | 78 | Lancashire |
| Fred Gleave | SO | 1903–14 | 193 | 20 | 1 | — | 62 | England |
| Jim Sharrock | FB | 1903–12 | 278 | 7 | 135 | — | 291 | England / Great Britain |
| Tom Whittaker | FW | 1903–14 | 297 | 22 | 0 | — | 66 | – |
| Jimmy Leytham | WG | 1903–11 | 280 | 258 | 267 | — | 1308 | England / Great Britain |
| Bert Jenkins | CN | 1904–20 | 389 | 182 | 0 | — | 546 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Johnny Thomas | SH | 1904–19 | 388 | 108 | 439 | — | 1202 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Dick Ramsdale | FW | 1905–20 | 313 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain |
| Walter Cheetham | FW | 1906–10 | 135 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | – |
| Dick Silcock | FW | 1907–18 | 243 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | Great Britain |
| Joe Miller | WG | 1907–19 | 206 | 151 | 2 | — | 457 | England / Great Britain |
| Lance Todd | CN/WG | 1908–13 | 185 | 126 | 7 | — | 392 | Lancashire |
| Charlie Seeling | LF | 1910–20 | 226 | 76 | 0 | — | 228 | Lancashire |
| Percy Williams | FW | 1910–12 | 111 | 17 | 0 | — | 51 | – |
| Frank Walford | WG | 1911–24 | 129 | 48 | 8 | — | 160 | – |
| Lew Bradley | WG | 1911–14 | 106 | 117 | 0 | — | 351 | – |
| Percy Coldrick | FW | 1912–24 | 280 | 79 | 0 | — | 237 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Arthur Francis | FW | 1912–19 | 130 | 41 | 44 | — | 211 | – |
| Harry Banks | FW | 1913–26 | 142 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | – |
| George Owens | SO | 1913–27 | 218 | 54 | 8 | — | 178 | Wales |
| Syd Jerram | SH | 1914–27 | 245 | 54 | 23 | — | 208 | Wales |
| George Hesketh | SO | 1914–22 | 114 | 22 | 19 | — | 104 | Lancashire |
| Bert Webster | FW | 1918–24 | 128 | 25 | 0 | — | 75 | – |
| Ernest Shaw | FW | 1919–22 | 106 | 33 | 1 | — | 101 | England |
| Danny Hurcombe | CN/SH | 1919–25 | 199 | 72 | 3 | — | 222 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Tommy Howley | CN | 1920–26 | 219 | 101 | 28 | — | 359 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Frederick Roffey | FW | 1920–24 | 159 | 20 | 1 | — | 62 | Wales |
| Wilf Hodder | PR | 1921–30 | 277 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | Wales |
| Jim Sullivan* | FB | 1921–45 | 774^ | 83 | 2317 | — | 4883^ | England / Wales / Great Britain |
| Johnny Ring | WG | 1922–31 | 331 | 368 | 4 | — | 1112 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Jack Price | LF | 1922–27 | 177 | 71 | 0 | — | 213 | England / Great Britain |
| Tommy Parker | CN | 1923–30 | 240 | 113 | 0 | — | 339 | Wales |
| Attie Van Heerden | WG | 1923–26 | 127 | 107 | 0 | — | 321 | Other Nationalities |
| George Van Rooyen | SR | 1923–28 | 178 | 26 | 0 | — | 78 | Other Nationalities |
| John Sherrington | LF | 1924–32 | 198 | 37 | 0 | — | 111 | Lancashire |
| Tommy Beetham | PR | 1924–30 | 262 | 10 | 0 | — | 30 | Cumberland |
| David Booysen | CN/SH | 1924–28 | 158 | 52 | 2 | — | 160 | Other Nationalities |
| Jack Bennett | HK | 1925–30 | 210 | 5 | 0 | — | 15 | England / Great Britain |
| Frank Stephens | SR | 1925–30 | 207 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | Wales |
| Syd Abram | SH | 1926–32 | 171 | 49 | 1 | — | 149 | – |
| Roy Kinnear | CN | 1927–33 | 184 | 81 | 0 | — | 243 | Great Britain |
| Lou Brown | WG | 1927–30 | 130 | 106 | 0 | — | 318 | Other Nationalities |
| Len Mason | SR | 1927–35 | 365 | 50 | 5 | — | 160 | Other Nationalities |
| Arthur Binks | SO | 1927–30 | 121 | 15 | 0 | — | 45 | England |
| Hal Jones | SR | 1929–33 | 111 | 23 | 0 | — | 69 | Glamorgan and Monmouthshire |
| George Dixon | SR | 1929–33 | 128 | 7 | 0 | — | 21 | – |
| Gwynne Davies | CN | 1930–39 | 300 | 127 | 0 | — | 381 | Wales |
| George Bennett | SO | 1930–37 | 232 | 101 | 5 | — | 313 | Wales |
| Jack Morley | WG | 1932–39 | 292 | 223 | 4 | — | 677 | England / Wales / Great Britain |
| Hector Gee | SH | 1932–44 | 353 | 73 | 3 | — | 225 | – |
| Albert Davis | SR | 1933–40 | 181 | 6 | 0 | — | 18 | – |
| Gordon Innes | CN | 1933–37 | 155 | 60 | 4 | — | 188 | – |
| Harold Edwards | PR | 1933–37 | 146 | 8 | 0 | — | 24 | Wales |
| Joe Golby | HK | 1934–38 | 182 | 10 | 0 | — | 30 | – |
| Alf Ellaby | WG | 1934–36 | 103 | 90 | 0 | — | 270 | Lancashire |
| Ken Gee* | PR | 1935–54 | 559 | 54 | 508 | — | 1178 | England / Great Britain |
| Trevor Thomas | SR | 1936–39 | 112 | 9 | 0 | — | 27 | – |
| Joe Jones | FB | 1936–43 | 113 | 7 | 41 | — | 103 | Wales |
| George Banks | PR | 1936–48 | 246 | 14 | 0 | — | 42 | – |
| Ivor Jones | SR | 1936–45 | 106 | 34 | 3 | — | 108 | – |
| Ted Ward | CN | 1938–50, 1953 | 213 | 57 | 480 | — | 1131 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Joe Egan* | HK | 1938–49 | 362 | 28 | 12 | — | 108 | England / Great Britain |
| John Lawrenson | CN | 1938–48 | 219 | 187 | 128 | — | 817 | England / Great Britain |
| Jackie Bowen | LF | 1939–47 | 149 | 32 | 8 | — | 112 | Wales |
| Tommy Bradshaw | SH | 1939–51 | 302 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain |
| Jack Simpson | LF | 1939–45 | 113 | 21 | 0 | — | 63 | – |
| Jack Cunliffe | UB | 1939–59 | 447 | 85 | 371 | — | 997 | England / Great Britain |
| Jack Cayzer | SR | 1940–44 | 110 | 27 | 0 | — | 81 | – |
| Jack Maloney | FB/CN | 1940–44 | 106 | 20 | 0 | — | 60 | – |
| Martin Ryan | FB | 1940–52 | 300 | 67 | 63 | — | 327 | England / Great Britain |
| Jack Blan | FW | 1940–47 | 184 | 40 | 1 | — | 122 | Lancashire |
| Jack Fleming | SO | 1941–54 | 131 | 41 | 0 | — | 123 | – |
| Frank Barton | PR | 1941–52 | 279 | 35 | 0 | — | 105 | England / Great Britain |
| Jack Hilton | FW | 1942–53 | 137 | 122 | 0 | — | 366 | England / Great Britain |
| Ernie Ashcroft | CN | 1942–58 | 530 | 241 | 0 | — | 723 | England / Great Britain |
| Harry Atkinson | SR | 1943–48 | 116 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | – |
| Gordon Ratcliffe | WG | 1945–53 | 212 | 185 | 0 | — | 555 | England / Great Britain |
| Billy Blan | SR/LF | 1945–52 | 255 | 77 | 4 | — | 239 | England / Great Britain |
| Brian Nordgren | WG | 1946–54 | 294 | 312 | 109 | — | 1154 | Other Nationalities |
| Cec Mountford | SO | 1946–50 | 210 | 70 | 55 | — | 320 | Other Nationalities |
| George Roughley | CN | 1947–53 | 123 | 40 | 0 | — | 120 | – |
| Nat Silcock, Jr. | SR | 1947–54 | 195 | 64 | 0 | — | 192 | England / Great Britain |
| John Alty | SH | 1948–53 | 155 | 31 | 0 | — | 93 | Lancashire |
| Ted Slevin | PR/SR | 1949–51 | 113 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | England |
| Jack Broome | CN | 1949–56 | 215 | 59 | 0 | — | 177 | England |
| Ronnie Mather | HK | 1950–57 | 211 | 11 | 0 | — | 33 | Lancashire |
| Brian McTigue* | SR/PR | 1951–66 | 422 | 44 | 3 | — | 138 | Great Britain |
| Harry Street | LF | 1951–55 | 163 | 32 | 0 | — | 96 | England |
| Frank Collier | PR/SR | 1951–63 | 323 | 26 | 27 | — | 132 | Great Britain |
| Don Platt | FB | 1953–58 | 108 | 22 | 47 | — | 160 | – |
| Norman Cherrington | SR | 1953–62 | 257 | 80 | 0 | — | 240 | England / Great Britain |
| Billy Boston* | WG | 1953–67 | 487 | 478 | 7 | — | 1448 | Great Britain |
| Dave Bolton | SO | 1954–63 | 300 | 127 | 4 | — | 389 | Great Britain |
| Bill Sayer | HK | 1954–65 | 295 | 16 | 0 | — | 48 | Great Britain |
| Eric Ashton* | CN | 1955–68 | 497 | 231 | 448 | — | 1589 | England / Great Britain |
| Bill Bretherton | PR | 1956–59 | 119 | 13 | 0 | — | 39 | – |
| John Barton | PR | 1956–66 | 278 | 24 | 0 | — | 72 | Great Britain |
| Rees Thomas | SH | 1956–59 | 102 | 5 | 1 | — | 17 | – |
| Roy Evans | LF | 1957–65 | 282 | 34 | 0 | — | 102 | Great Britain |
| Mick Sullivan | WG | 1957–60 | 125 | 84 | 0 | — | 252 | Great Britain |
| Fred Griffiths | FB | 1957–62 | 161 | 43 | 663 | — | 1455 | – |
| Keith Holden | CN | 1958–67 | 152 | 58 | 0 | — | 174 | Lancashire |
| Geoff Lyon | SR | 1959–69 | 328 | 73 | 0 | — | 219 | Lancashire |
| Frank Carlton | WG | 1960–65 | 123 | 95 | 0 | — | 285 | Great Britain |
| Frank Parr | SH | 1961–71 | 309 | 95 | 15 | — | 315 | Lancashire |
| Alan Davies | CN | 1961–64 | 133 | 52 | 0 | — | 156 | Lancashire |
| Trevor Lake | WG | 1962–66 | 140 | 132 | 0 | — | 396 | – |
| Colin Clarke* | HK | 1963–77 | 436 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 225 | Great Britain |
| John Stephens | PR | 1963–78 | 238 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 69 | England |
| Laurie Gilfedder | SR/LF | 1963–67 | 143 | 17 | 384 | — | 819 | Lancashire |
| Kevin O'Loughlin | U | 1964–75 | 309 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 171 | Great Britain under-24 |
| Bill Francis | UB | 1964–77 | 400 | 159 | 43 | 0 | 563 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Ray Ashby | FB | 1964–67 | 124 | 10 | 1 | — | 32 | Great Britain |
| Cliff Hill | SO/CN | 1964–70 | 192 | 57 | 0 | — | 171 | Great Britain |
| Danny Gardiner | PR | 1965–68 | 149 | 2 | 0 | — | 6 | Great Britain |
| Peter Rowe | CN | 1966–73 | 218 | 55 | 0 | — | 165 | Wales |
| Colin Tyrer | FB | 1967–74 | 248 | 88 | 813 | 0 | 1890 | Lancashire |
| Doug Laughton | LF | 1967–72 | 185 | 38 | 0 | — | 114 | Great Britain |
| Geoff Fletcher | PR | 1967–74 | 143 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Lancashire |
| Dave Hill | SO/CN | 1967–76 | 329 | 113 | 15 | 0 | 369 | Great Britain |
| Bill Ashurst | CN/SR | 1968–73, 1977–78 | 186 | 74 | 146 | 6 | 520 | Great Britain |
| Brian Hogan | SR | 1968–77 | 207 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57 | England |
| Stuart Wright | WG | 1969–75 | 173 | 103 | 0 | 0 | 309 | England |
| Eddie Cunningham | SR | 1969–74 | 107 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 135 | Lancashire |
| David Robinson | SR | 1970–74 | 147 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 51 | Great Britain |
| Keiron O'Loughlin | UB | 1970–79 | 260 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 279 | Lancashire |
| Warren Ayres | SH | 1970–73 | 131 | 64 | 6 | — | 204 | – |
| Dennis Ashcroft | PR | 1971–76 | 141 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 19 | – |
| Terry Hollingsworth | UF | 1971–80 | 171 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 78 | – |
| Jim Nulty | SH | 1972–77 | 185 | 41 | 90 | 9 | 312 | Great Britain under-24 |
| Billy Melling | SR | 1972–81 | 177 | 38 | 0 | 9 | 123 | Lancashire |
| Bernard Coyle, Jr. | SH | 1973–80 | 134 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 96 | – |
| Green Vigo | WG | 1973–80 | 168 | 86 | 1 | 0 | 260 | Other Nationalities |
| Robert Irving | SR | 1973–77 | 154 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England |
| Jimmy Hornby | WG | 1973–82 | 201 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 267 | Great Britain under-24 |
| David Willicombe | CN | 1974–80 | 119 | 36 | 6 | 0 | 120 | Wales / Great Britain |
| George Fairbairn | FB | 1974–80 | 207 | 30 | 583 | 11 | 1267 | England / Great Britain |
| Dennis Ramsdale | WG | 1976–84 | 194 | 62 | 4 | 0 | 199 | – |
| Steve O'Neill | PR | 1976–81 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 39 | England |
| Nicky Kiss | HK | 1978–89 | 260 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 134 | Great Britain |
| Martin Foy | SO | 1979–83 | 115 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 103 | Lancashire |
| John Pendlebury | LF | 1979–84 | 122 | 29 | 45 | 1 | 182 | – |
| Danny Campbell | PR | 1979–85 | 145 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 38 | – |
| Mick Scott | SR | 1981–84 | 125 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 41 | – |
| Henderson Gill | WG | 1981–89 | 226 | 145 | 106 | 0 | 762 | England / Great Britain |
| Colin Whitfield | FB/CN | 1981–85 | 149 | 46 | 379 | 13 | 937 | Lancashire |
| Shaun Wane | PR | 1982–90 | 149 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 43 | Great Britain |
| David Stephenson | CN | 1982–87 | 214 | 71 | 286 | 6 | 845 | Great Britain |
| Graeme West | SR/PR | 1982–90 | 202 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 189 | New Zealand |
| Brian Case | PR | 1983–88 | 197 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Great Britain |
| Shaun Edwards* | SO/SH | 1983–97 | 466 | 274 | 23 | 4 | 1146 | England / Great Britain |
| Steve Hampson | FB | 1983–93 | 304 | 55 | 48 | 3 | 319 | Great Britain |
| Ian Potter | SR | 1984–88 | 190 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain |
| Martin Dermott | HK | 1985–96 | 231 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 87 | Great Britain |
| Ian Lucas | PR | 1985–92 | 178 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Great Britain |
| Andy Goodway | SR/LF | 1985–92 | 224 | 79 | 0 | 0 | 316 | Great Britain |
| Ellery Hanley* | SO/LF | 1985–90 | 204 | 189 | 9 | 2 | 776 | Great Britain |
| Joe Lydon | UB | 1986–94 | 262 | 89 | 283 | 16 | 938 | Great Britain |
| Dean Bell* | CN | 1986–94 | 253 | 96 | 0 | 0 | 384 | New Zealand |
| Ian Gildart | SR | 1987–94 | 139 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | Great Britain under-21 |
| Andy Gregory* | SH | 1987–91 | 182 | 17 | 22 | 6 | 118 | Great Britain |
| Denis Betts | SR | 1987–95, 1998–2001 | 367 | 129 | 1 | 0 | 518 | Great Britain |
| Ged Byrne | UB | 1987–90 | 107 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 100 | Lancashire |
| Kevin Iro | CN | 1987–90 | 100 | 60 | 36 | 0 | 312 | New Zealand |
| Andy Platt | PR | 1988–94 | 200 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | Great Britain |
| Phil Clarke | LF | 1989–95 | 154 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | England / Great Britain |
| Frano Botica* | SO/WG | 1990–95 | 180 | 66 | 827 | 13 | 1931 | New Zealand |
| Kelvin Skerrett | PR | 1990–96 | 176 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Sam Panapa | UB | 1991–94 | 119 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 180 | – |
| Neil Cowie | PR | 1991–2001 | 330 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 137 | Wales / Great Britain |
| Andy Farrell* | LF | 1991–2005 | 370 | 111 | 1336 | 19 | 3135 | England / Great Britain |
| Martin Offiah* | WG | 1992–96 | 159 | 186 | 1 | 3 | 749 | England / Great Britain |
| Mick Cassidy | SR | 1992–2004 | 368 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | England / Ireland / Great Britain |
| Jason Robinson | WG | 1992–2000 | 281 | 171 | 0 | 1 | 685 | England / Great Britain |
| Martin Hall | HK | 1993–97 | 141 | 29 | 18 | 1 | 153 | Wales |
| Gary Connolly | CN | 1993–2002, 2004 | 313 | 137 | 6 | 0 | 560 | England / Ireland / Great Britain |
| Kris Radlinski* | FB | 1993–2006 | 323 | 183 | 1 | 0 | 734 | England / Great Britain |
| Simon Haughton | SR | 1993–2002 | 174 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 220 | England / Great Britain |
| Va'aiga Tuigamala | CN/WG | 1994–97 | 102 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 254 | Samoa |
| Henry Paul | SO | 1994–98 | 147 | 78 | 119 | 0 | 550 | New Zealand |
| Terry O'Connor | PR | 1994–2004 | 306 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | Ireland / Great Britain |
| Paul Johnson | CN/SR | 1995–2003 | 133 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 224 | Great Britain |
| Mark Smith | HK | 1999–2004 | 124 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 | – |
| Brett Dallas | WG | 2000–06 | 177 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | – |
| Terry Newton | HK | 2000–05 | 186 | 73 | 0 | 0 | 292 | England / Great Britain |
| David Hodgson | CN/WG | 2000–04 | 117 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | Great Britain |
| Adrian Lam | SH | 2001–04 | 119 | 44 | 1 | 10 | 188 | – |
| Martin Aspinwall | CN | 2001–05 | 109 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 132 | England A |
| Brian Carney | WG | 2001–05 | 111 | 48 | 1 | 0 | 194 | Great Britain |
| Stephen Wild | CN/SR | 2001–05 | 100 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 120 | England / Great Britain |
| Sean O'Loughlin* | LF | 2002–20 | 459 | 88 | 3 | 2 | 360 | England / Great Britain |
| Danny Tickle | SR | 2002–06 | 141 | 34 | 217 | 2 | 572 | England A |
| Gareth Hock | SR | 2003–12 | 191 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 192 | England / Great Britain |
| Harrison Hansen | SR | 2004–13 | 242 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 172 | New Zealand / Samoa |
| Paul Prescott | PR | 2004–13 | 146 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | Ireland |
| Joel Tomkins | SR/CN | 2005–11, 2014–18 | 236 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England |
| Darrell Goulding | CN | 2005–14 | 174 | 72 | 0 | 0 | 288 | England |
| Iafeta Paleaaesina | PR | 2006–10 | 145 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | New Zealand |
| Pat Richards | WG | 2006–13 | 224 | 168 | 896 | 4 | 2468 | Ireland |
| Stuart Fielden | PR | 2006–12 | 141 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | England / Great Britain |
| Phil Bailey | CN/SR | 2007–10 | 101 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 60 | – |
| Thomas Leuluai | SH | 2007–12, 2017–22 | 327 | 74 | 0 | 1 | 297 | New Zealand |
| Michael McIlorum | HK | 2007–17 | 241 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 | England / Ireland |
| George Carmont | CN | 2008–12 | 154 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 320 | Samoa |
| Andy Coley | PR | 2008–11 | 125 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | – |
| Lee Mossop | PR | 2008–13, 2015–16 | 165 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 | England |
| Sam Tomkins | FB | 2008–13, 2016–18 | 213 | 168 | 137 | 10 | 956 | England |
| Josh Charnley | WG | 2010–16 | 173 | 164 | 103 | 0 | 862 | England |
| Liam Farrell | SR/LF | 2010– | 321 | 130 | 0 | 0 | 520 | England |
| Dom Crosby | PR | 2012–16 | 102 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 | – |
| Matty Smith | SH | 2012–16 | 139 | 22 | 304 | 25 | 721 | England |
| Anthony Gelling | CN | 2012–17 | 115 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 208 | Cook Islands |
| Ben Flower | PR | 2012–20 | 184 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 84 | Wales |
| Sam Powell | HK | 2012– | 250 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 188 | England Knights |
| Joe Burgess | WG | 2013–15, 2017–20 | 129 | 107 | 0 | 0 | 428 | England |
| George Williams | SO | 2013–19 | 179 | 61 | 70 | 1 | 385 | England |
| Dan Sarginson | CN | 2014–16, 2018–19 | 125 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 140 | England |
| John Bateman | SR | 2014–18, 2021–22 | 174 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 160 | England |
| Ryan Sutton | PR | 2014–18 | 118 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 | – |
| Tony Clubb | PR | 2014–21 | 165 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 92 | – |
| Taulima Tautai | PR | 2015–19 | 132 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | – |
| Oliver Gildart | CN | 2015–21 | 143 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 260 | England |
| Willie Isa | SR | 2016– | 190 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 | – |
| Liam Marshall | WG | 2017– | 122 | 95 | 10 | 0 | 400 | – |
| Morgan Smithies | LF | 2019– | 105 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | England |

## Historically notable players
### Hall of Fame

| Name | Year of induction |
| Billy Boston | 1998 |
| Shaun Edwards | 1998 |
| Andy Gregory | 1999 |
| Billy Blan | 1999 |
| Dean Bell | 2007 |
| Ellery Hanley | 2007 |
| Frano Botica | 2016 |
| Colin Clarke | 2016 |
| Martin Offiah | 2016 |
| Sean O'Loughlin | 2020 |
| Kris Radlinski | 2020 |
| Vicky Molyneux | 2023 |
| Bill Ashurst | 2024 |
| Graeme West | 2024 |
| Eric Ashton | ? |
| Joe Egan | ? |
| Andy Farrell | ? |
| Ken Gee | ? |
| Brian McTigue | ? |
| Jim Sullivan | ? |
| Source: ||||

### Player of the Year

| Year | Player |
| 2008 | Pat Richards |
| 2009 | Sam Tomkins |
| 2010 | Pat Richards |
| 2011 | Sam Tomkins |
| 2012 | George Carmont |
| 2013 | Sean O'Loughlin |
| 2014 | Sean O'Loughlin |
| 2015 | John Bateman |
| 2016 | John Bateman |
| 2017 | Sean O'Loughlin |
| 2018 | John Bateman |
| 2019 | Zak Hardaker |
| 2020 | Bevan French |
| 2021 | Jackson Hastings |
| 2022 | Jai Field |
| 2023 | Abbas Miski |
| 2024 | Jake Wardle |
| Source: |||

### Captains

(Super League era)
| Player | Year | Nation |
| Andy Farrell | 1996–2004 | England |
| Terry Newton | 2005 | England |
| Sean O'Loughlin | 2006–2020 | England |
| Thomas Leuluai | 2021–2022 | New Zealand |
| Liam Farrell | 2023–present | England |

### Testimonials

Once players have been at a club for a certain length of time (usually ten years), they may be offered a friendly game celebrating their time at the club, known as a testimonial match. This is a list of players who have received testimonials from Wigan RLFC, in ascending chronological order with respect to when they received it.
* Brian McTigue (1960)
* David Bolton (1964)
* Colin Clarke (1973)
* Dennis Ramsdale (1985)
* Nicholas "Nicky" Kiss (1988)
* Shaun Edwards (OBE) (1993)
* Graeme West (1994)
* Mick Cassidy (2000)
* Andy Farrell (OBE) (2002)
* Denis Betts (2003)
* Terry O'Connor (2004)
* Kris Radlinski (MBE) (2006)
* Sean O'Loughlin (2012)
* Paul Prescott (2014)
* Michael McIlorum (2017)

### Team of the Decade

In 2005 during the tenth season of the current Super League championship format, the fans of Wigan RLFC voted for their best thirteen players of the 'Nighties' and the 'Naughties', called the Team of the Decade. This is a list of the ballot's resulting thirteen players.
| No. | Player name | Position | Years at club |
| 1 | Kris Radlinski (MBE) | Fullback | 1993–2006 |
| 2 | Jason Robinson (OBE) | Wing | 1992–2000 |
| 3 | Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM) | Centre | 1993–1996 |
| 4 | Gary Connolly | Centre | 1992–2002, 2004 |
| 5 | Martin Offiah (MBE) | Wing | 1991–1996 |
| 6 | Henry Paul | Five-eighth | 1994–1998 |
| 7 | Shaun Edwards (OBE) | Halfback | 1983–1996 |
| 8 | Craig Smith | Prop | 2002–2004 |
| 9 | Terry Newton | Hooker | 2000–2005 |
| 10 | Terry O'Connor | Prop | 1994–2004 |
| 11 | Denis Betts | Second-row | 1986–1995, 1998–2001 |
| 12 | Mick Cassidy | Second-row | 1990–2004 |
| 13 | Andy Farrell (OBE) | Lock | 1991–2004 |