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

Brentford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Brentford, Hounslow, London. Between 1897 and 1920, the first team competed in the London League, Southern League and Western League. Since 1920, the first team has competed in the Football League, the Premier League and other nationally and internationally organised competitions. All players who have played between 25 and 99 such matches are listed below.

## Records and notable players

Jeff Taylor finished his Brentford career on 98 appearances. John Dick is the highest scorer on this list, with 48 goals from 83 appearances. Current Brentford players who have made between 25 and 99 appearances are Kristoffer Ajer, Sepp van den Berg, Nathan Collins, Mikkel Damsgaard, Mark Flekken, Aaron Hickey, Keane Lewis-Potter, Ben Mee, Frank Onyeka, Kevin Schade and Yehor Yarmolyuk.

## Key

* Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Premier League, Football League, Southern League, London League (1896–1898), FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Anglo-Italian Cup, London Challenge Cup, Middlesex Senior Cup, London Junior Cup, Middlesex Junior Cup, West Middlesex Cup, Southern Floodlit Challenge Cup, Football League Jubilee Fund and Empire Exhibition Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
* "Brentford career" corresponds to the years in which the player made their first and last appearances.
* Players listed in bold won full international caps whilst with the club.
* Statistics are correct as of match played 15 February 2025.
* Starting lineups are untraced prior to the beginning of the 1893–94 season.

### Playing positions

| GK | Goalkeeper | RB | Right back | RW | Right winger | DF | Defender | HB | Half back | IF | Inside forward | DM | Defensive midfielder |
| OL | Outside left | LB | Left back | LW | Left winger | CB | Centre back | FW | Forward | FB | Full back | RM | Right midfielder |
| W | Winger | MF | Midfielder | ST | Striker | WH | Wing half | AM | Attacking midfielder | CM | Central midfielder | LM | Left midfielder |
| U | Utility player | OR | Outside right | SW | Sweeper | LH | Left half | RH | Right half |
| Symbol | Meaning |
| ‡ | Brentford player in the 2024–25 season. |
| * | Player has left Brentford but is still playing in a professional league. |
| ♦ | Player went on to manage the club. |
| (c) | Player captained the club. |

## Players
### Early years (1889–1898)

| Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Arthur Charlton (c) | Scotland | U | 1893–1898 | 68 | 13 | [nb 1] [nb 2] |
| Jack Foster | England | GK | 1893–1897 | 45 | 0 | |
| H. James | n/a | LB | 1893–1896 | 29 | 2 | |
| Jimmy Ray | n/a | HB | 1893–1896 | 28 | 0 | |
| Billy Steers | England | FW | 1893–1898 | 25 | 5 | |
| Tommy Stevenson | n/a | OL | 1893–1896 | 28 | 9 | |
| Archie Williams | England | U | 1893–1899 | 47 | 9 | |
| Richard Dailley (c) | England | OR/HB | 1895–1900 | 93 | 22 | |
| Herbert Edney (c) | England | CH | 1895–1900 | 54 | 1 | |
| Charles Gillett | England | GK | 1895–1899 | 31 | 0 | |
| Percy Swann | England | RB | 1895–1899 1900 | 51 | 5 | |
| Oakey Field | England | IL/OL | 1896–1898 | 36 | 40 | [nb 3] [nb 2] |
| Ernest Booth | England | CF | 1897–1899 | 42 | 22 | |
| Thomas Knapman | England | FW | 1897–1900 | 53 | 18 | |
| Alfred Lugg (c) | England | FB | 1897–1899 | 51 | 0 | |
| John Richardson | England | IF | 1897–1900 | 38 | 9 | |
| Alfred Mattocks | England | HB/FW | 1898–1901 | 55 | 1 | |

### Southern League era (1898–1920)

| Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals |
| Charlie Evans | n/a | FW | 1898–1900 | 25 | 5 |
| Billy Smith | England | FB/HB | 1898–1900 | 26 | 0 |
| E. W. Andrews | England | OL | 1899–1902 | 75 | 21 |
| Frederick Broughton | England | HB/FW | 1899–1901 | 35 | 2 |
| Harry Gilmour | Scotland | FB | 1900–1902 | 36 | 0 |
| Ralph McElhaney (c) | Scotland | U | 1900–1902 | 49 | 13 |
| Peter Turnbull | Scotland | CF | 1900–1901 | 25 | 17 |
| Charlie McEleny | Ireland | RH | 1901–1902 | 30 | 1 |
| Bill Regan | England | WH | 1901–1903 | 54 | 7 |
| David Robson | Scotland | FB | 1901–1902 | 33 | 0 |
| Tommy Spicer | England | GK | 1901–1904 1905–1906 | 59 | 0 |
| Robert Stormont (c) | Scotland | CF | 1901–1902 | 25 | 1 |
| Alf Gilson | England | RB | 1902–1903 1907 | 29 | 0 |
| Ellis Green (c) | England | CH | 1902–1903 | 27 | 0 |
| Davie Maher | England | OR/IR | 1902–1903 | 38 | 3 |
| Fred Nidd | England | FB | 1902–1903 | 33 | 0 |
| Percy Turner | England | IF | 1902–1903 | 41 | 2 |
| Tommy Atherton | England | OR | 1903–1904 | 27 | 2 |
| Lawrence Bell | Scotland | FW | 1903–1904 | 28 | 4 |
| James Bellingham | Scotland | HB/FB | 1903–1905 1906 | 47 | 1 |
| Dave Buchanan | Scotland | RH | 1903–1904 | 33 | 6 |
| Alex Caie | Scotland | HB | 1903–1904 | 25 | 0 |
| Tommy Davidson (c) | Scotland | FB | 1903–1904 | 42 | 1 |
| Fred Hobson | England | FW | 1904–1906 | 56 | 11 |
| Thomas Howarth | England | FB | 1904–1906 | 36 | 0 |
| Joe Warrington | England | OR | 1904–1905 | 33 | 4 |
| Walter Whittaker | England | GK | 1904–1906 | 70 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hartley | Scotland | IF | 1905–1906 | 27 | 5 |
| Tom Riley | England | FB | 1905–1906 | 33 | 0 |
| Patrick Hagan | Scotland | FW | 1906–1908 | 55 | 11 |
| Tom McAllister | Scotland | RH | 1906–1908 | 68 | 10 |
| Fred Pentland | England | OR | 1906–1907 | 39 | 12 |
| Archie Taylor | Scotland | FB | 1906–1907 | 32 | 0 |
| Charlie Williams | England | GK | 1906–1908 | 63 | 0 |
| Adam Bowman | Scotland | IL/CF | 1907–1908 1909 | 44 | 25 |
| Norman Brown | England | OR | 1907–1908 | 26 | 1 |
| Andy Clark | Scotland | LB | 1907–1908 | 25 | 0 |
| Bert Badger | England | WH | 1908–1909 1910–1911 | 54 | 1 |
| Fred Connelly | England | IL | 1908–1909 | 34 | 12 |
| Dave Ewing | England | FB | 1908–1909 | 34 | 0 |
| Willie McIver | England | GK | 1908–1909 | 42 | 2 |
| Joe Ryalls | England | OR | 1908–1909 1910–1911 | 78 | 3 |
| Sidney Sugden | England | FW | 1908–1909 | 32 | 9 |
| George Anderson | England | OL | 1909–1912 | 88 | 6 |
| Albert Bartlett | England | FW | 1909–1911 | 74 | 7 |
| Bert Hollinrake | England | FW | 1909–1911 | 49 | 12 |
| James Riley | England | HB | 1909–1910 | 30 | 1 |
| George Kennedy | Scotland | LH | 1910–1913 | 78 | 2 |
| Jack Sibbald | England | FW | 1910–1913 | 94 | 21 |
| Billy Brawn | England | IR | 1911–1913 | 77 | 8 |
| William Hickleton | England | HB/FB | 1911–1913 | 36 | 1 |
| Willis Rippon | England | CF | 1911–1912 | 29 | 17 |
| Frank Bentley | England | HB | 1912–1914 | 64 | 0 |
| Frederick Chapple | England | IF | 1912–1913 | 30 | 11 |
| Bob McTavish | Scotland | IL | 1912–1913 | 40 | 7 |
| Bill Smith | England | CF | 1912–1913 | 27 | 12 |
| Jack Chapman | England | FW | 1913–1914 | 30 | 17 |
| Bobby Jackson | England | HB | 1913–1914 | 28 | 3 |
| Joe Johnson | England | FW | 1913–1915 | 44 | 17 |
| Tom McGovern | Ireland | WH | 1913–1920 | 67 | 2 |
| Henry Simons | England | FW | 1913–1914 | 28 | 19 |
| Reginald Boyne | New Zealand | CF | 1919–1921 | 50 | 23 |
| Jack Cartmell | England | OL | 1919–1921 | 66 | 2 |
| Jack Durston | England | GK | 1919–1921 | 45 | 0 |
| Jimmy Hodson | England | FB | 1919–1921 | 69 | 0 |
| Fred Morley | England | IF | 1919–1921 | 50 | 8 |
| Sam Morris | England | WH | 1919–1921 | 64 | 0 |
| Alfred Thompson | England | IF | 1919–1921 | 44 | 10 |

### Interwar era (1920–1945)

| Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Harry Anstiss | England | IF | 1920–1922 | 44 | 19 | |
| Samuel Challinor | England | WH | 1920–1921 | 32 | 2 | |
| Jimmy Elliott | England | RH | 1920–1922 | 69 | 2 | |
| Harry King | England | CF | 1920–1921 | 34 | 18 | |
| Thomas Elliott | England | FW | 1921–1923 | 55 | 9 | |
| Cyril Hunter | England | CH | 1921–1924 | 81 | 2 | |
| James Kerr | Scotland | WH | 1921–1924 | 91 | 1 | |
| Harry Morris | England | CF | 1921–1923 | 63 | 30 | |
| Billy Clayson | England | IR | 1922–1925 | 86 | 19 | |
| Bill Inglis | England | HB/FB | 1922–1925 | 87 | 1 | |
| Roland James | England | IF/RH | 1922–1924 | 36 | 1 | |
| Gordon Johnstone | England | CF/WH | 1922–1924 | 45 | 7 | |
| Horace Jones | England | WH | 1922–1925 | 32 | 0 | |
| Tom Garnish | England | OF | 1923–1925 | 46 | 6 | |
| George Kell | England | FB | 1923–1925 | 81 | 0 | |
| John Pearson | England | FB | 1923–1924 | 30 | 0 | |
| Harry Williams | England | IF | 1923–1925 | 56 | 8 | |
| Jack Allen | England | CF | 1924–1927 | 61 | 28 | |
| Alex Graham (c) | Scotland | CH | 1924–1926 | 49 | 11 | |
| Jimmy Walton | England | LH | 1924–1926 | 61 | 0 | |
| Jack Beacham | England | HB | 1925–1929 | 69 | 2 | |
| James Donnelly | Ireland | FB | 1925–1928 | 86 | 1 | |
| James McClennon | England | FB | 1925–1926 | 26 | 0 | |
| Alan Noble | England | RW/RH | 1925–1927 | 44 | 0 | |
| Harry Rae | Scotland | DF | 1925–1927 | 76 | 6 | |
| John Thomson | Scotland | GK | 1925–1926 | 42 | 0 | |
| Percival Whitton | England | FB/CF | 1925–1926 | 27 | 7 | |
| Bert Young | England | OF | 1925–1926 | 34 | 2 | |
| Bert Bellamy | England | WH | 1926–1927 | 39 | 0 | |
| Charlie Butler | England | FB | 1926–1928 | 75 | 0 | |
| Stephen Dearn (c) | England | WH | 1926–1929 | 89 | 10 | |
| James Ferguson | Scotland | GK | 1926–1928 | 74 | 0 | |
| Ted Winship | England | FB | 1926–1929 | 92 | 0 | |
| Henry Bailey | England | GK | 1927–1929 | 45 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Drinnan | Scotland | IF | 1927–1929 | 45 | 12 | |
| Albert Fletcher | England | DF | 1927–1928 | 33 | 1 | |
| Herbert Lawson | England | OF | 1927–1932 | 64 | 12 | |
| Jack Phillips | Wales | CF | 1927–1928 | 29 | 22 | |
| Freddie Fox | England | GK | 1928–1930 | 78 | 0 | |
| Baden Herod | England | FB | 1928–1929 | 30 | 0 | |
| David Sherlaw | Scotland | FW | 1928–1931 | 36 | 11 | |
| Cecil Blakemore | England | IF | 1929–1931 | 83 | 28 | |
| John Payne | England | OF | 1929–1930 | 53 | 18 | |
| Harry Salt | England | WH | 1929–1932 | 84 | 0 | |
| Edward Nash | England | GK | 1930–1932 | 64 | 0 | |
| Tom Baker | England | GK | 1932–1934 | 65 | 0 | |
| Arthur Crompton | England | OF | 1932–1933 | 44 | 14 | |
| Jack Astley | England | RB | 1933–1935 | 50 | 0 | |
| Ernest Muttitt | England | U | 1933–1939 | 94 | 25 | |
| Dai Richards | Wales | WH | 1935–1937 | 58 | 0 | |
| Joe Wilson | England | FB | 1935–1938 | 63 | 3 | |
| Les Smith | England | OL | 1936–1939 1952 | 78 | 7 | |
| George Eastham | England | IF | 1937–1938 | 50 | 1 | |
| Tally Sneddon | Scotland | WH | 1937–1939 | 70 | 2 | |
| Len Townsend | England | CF | 1937–1947 | 41 | 14 | |
| Jackie Gibbons ♦ | England | IF | 1938–1939 1947–1949 | 72 | 19 | [nb 6] [nb 7] |
| Gerry McAloon | Scotland | IF | 1938 1946 | 36 | 18 | |
| George Wilkins | England | IF | 1939–1947 | 33 | 7 | |

### Post-war era (1945–2000)

| Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Alec Blakeman | England | IF | 1946–1948 | 49 | 7 | |
| Archie Macaulay | Scotland | IF | 1946–1947 | 30 | 2 | |
| Malky McDonald ♦ | Scotland | RB | 1946–1949 | 93 | 1 | |
| George Paterson (c) | Scotland | WH | 1946–1949 | 66 | 0 | |
| George Smith | England | CH | 1946–1947 | 52 | 1 | |
| George Stewart | Scotland | IF | 1946–1947 | 25 | 3 | |
| Peter Buchanan | Scotland | OR | 1947–1949 | 80 | 14 | |
| Jack Chisholm | England | CH | 1947–1949 | 55 | 1 | |
| Tommy Dawson | England | IF | 1947–1948 | 38 | 11 | |
| Ted Gaskell | England | GK | 1947–1952 | 38 | 0 | |
| Dickie Girling | England | OL | 1947–1950 | 90 | 10 | |
| Peter McKennan | Scotland | IF | 1948–1949 | 28 | 9 | |
| Jimmy Hill | England | IF/WH | 1949–1952 | 86 | 10 | |
| Johnny Paton | Scotland | OL | 1949–1952 | 94 | 16 | |
| Wally Quinton | England | FB | 1949–1950 | 43 | 0 | |
| Reg Newton | England | GK | 1950–1957 | 90 | 0 | |
| Tommy Lawton ♦ | England | CF | 1952–1953 | 53 | 19 | |
| Terry Ledgerton | England | OL | 1952–1954 | 47 | 9 | |
| Alan Bassham | England | RB | 1953–1957 | 45 | 0 | |
| Frank Dudley | England | IF | 1953–1957 | 80 | 35 | |
| George Lowden | England | LB | 1953–1956 | 29 | 0 | |
| James Robertson | Scotland | OL | 1953–1956 | 85 | 14 | |
| Jimmy Bloomfield | England | IF | 1954 1964–1965 | 95 | 6 | |
| Sonny Feehan | Republic of Ireland | GK | 1954–1958 | 36 | 0 | |
| Terry Robinson | England | CH | 1954–1957 | 38 | 1 | [nb 6] [nb 8] |
| George Stobbart | England | IF | 1954–1955 | 64 | 23 | |
| Wendell Morgan | Wales | WH | 1955–1957 | 49 | 6 | |
| Jeff Taylor (c) | England | FW | 1955–1957 | 98 | 35 | |
| Sid Tickridge | England | FB | 1955–1956 | 67 | 0 | |
| Len Newcombe | Wales | OL | 1956–1958 | 89 | 8 | |
| Ron Peplow | England | WH/IF | 1956–1961 | 66 | 5 | |
| Sid Russell | England | LB/CB | 1956–1960 | 54 | 0 | |
| Johnny Hales | Scotland | OF | 1959–1964 | 68 | 7 | |
| George Summers | Scotland | FW | 1960–1964 | 79 | 27 | |
| Jimmy Belcher | England | WH | 1961–1962 | 36 | 1 | |
| Johnny Brooks | England | IF | 1961–1963 | 91 | 36 | |
| Brian Edgley | England | IF | 1961–1962 | 45 | 13 | |
| Jimmy Gitsham | England | LB | 1961–1963 | 61 | 0 | |
| Tom Anthony | England | LB | 1962–1963 | 36 | 1 | |
| Matt Crowe | Scotland | WH | 1962–1964 | 83 | 0 | |
| John Dick | Scotland | IF | 1962–1964 | 83 | 48 | |
| Billy McAdams | Northern Ireland | CF | 1962–1964 | 87 | 39 | |
| Fred Ryecraft | England | GK | 1962–1963 | 38 | 0 | |
| John Fielding | England | IF | 1963–1965 | 93 | 21 | |
| Willie Smith | Scotland | WH/IL | 1963–1966 | 30 | 0 | |
| Dai Ward | Wales | IF | 1963–1965 | 54 | 24 | |
| Joe Bonson | England | CF | 1964–1966 | 42 | 15 | |
| Billy Cobb | England | IF | 1964–1966 | 81 | 26 | |
| Mark Lazarus | England | OR | 1964–1965 | 69 | 21 | |
| Tom Curley | Scotland | OR | 1965–1967 | 41 | 6 | |
| Eddie Reeve | England | LH | 1965–1967 | 26 | 0 | |
| John Richardson | England | DF | 1966–1969 | 96 | 9 | |
| George Dobson | England | OR | 1967–1970 | 93 | 10 | |
| Keith Hooker | England | FW/WH | 1967–1968 | 34 | 2 | |
| Ron Fenton ♦ (c) | England | IF | 1968–1970 | 97 | 21 | |
| Pat Terry | England | CF | 1968–1969 | 31 | 13 | |
| John O'Mara | England | FW | 1971–1972 | 57 | 28 | |
| Stewart Houston | Scotland | DF | 1972–1973 | 82 | 9 | |
| Alan Murray | England | MF | 1972–1973 | 48 | 7 | |
| Stan Webb | England | FW | 1972–1973 | 41 | 8 | |
| Andy Woon | England | FW | 1972–1975 | 50 | 12 | |
| Dave Metchick | England | MF | 1973–1975 | 65 | 4 | |
| Barry Salvage | England | LW | 1973–1975 | 91 | 8 | |
| Keith Lawrence | England | CB | 1974–1976 | 89 | 2 | |
| Steve Sherwood | England | GK | 1974–1975 | 64 | 0 | |
| Dave Simmons | England | FW | 1974–1975 | 58 | 18 | |
| Micky French | England | FW | 1975–1977 | 73 | 15 | |
| Nigel Smith | England | CB | 1975–1978 | 96 | 0 | |
| Gordon Sweetzer | Canada | FW | 1975–1978 1982 | 85 | 45 | |
| Allan Glover | England | IF/W | 1976 1978–1980 | 32 | 2 | |
| Paul Walker | England | MF | 1976–1983 | 80 | 6 | |
| Doug Allder | England | W | 1977–1980 | 95 | 3 | |
| Willie Graham | Northern Ireland | MF | 1977–1981 | 48 | 3 | |
| Barry Lloyd | England | MF | 1977–1978 | 31 | 4 | |
| Dean Smith | England | FW | 1978–1980 | 54 | 16 | |
| Lee Holmes | England | FW | 1979–1980 | 30 | 7 | |
| David Crown | England | LW | 1980–1981 | 53 | 10 | |
| Tony Funnell | England | FW | 1980–1981 | 35 | 10 | |
| Ron Harris | England | RB/MF | 1980–1984 | 76 | 0 | |
| Mark Hill | England | LB | 1980–1982 | 62 | 3 | |
| Gary Johnson | England | FW | 1980–1981 | 63 | 13 | |
| David McKellar | Scotland | GK | 1980–1982 | 92 | 0 | |
| Keith Bowen | England | FW | 1981–1983 | 58 | 12 | |
| Stan Bowles | England | MF | 1981–1983 1983–1984 | 95 | 17 | |
| Terry Rowe | England | RB | 1981–1984 | 81 | 1 | |
| Tony Mahoney | England | FW | 1982–1984 | 58 | 19 | |
| Paddy Roche | Republic of Ireland | GK | 1982–1984 | 84 | 0 | |
| Graham Wilkins | England | FB | 1982–1984 | 46 | 0 | |
| Terry Bullivant | England | MF | 1981–1985 1985–1986 | 51 | 2 | |
| Tony Lynch | England | RW | 1983–1986 | 57 | 5 | |
| Paul Roberts | England | DF | 1983–1985 | 76 | 2 | |
| Trevor Swinburne | England | GK | 1983–1985 | 69 | 0 | |
| Rowan Alexander | Scotland | FW | 1984–1986 | 59 | 14 | |
| Bobby Fisher | England | RB | 1984–1986 | 56 | 0 | |
| George Torrance | Scotland | LM | 1984–1986 | 44 | 3 | |
| Steve Wignall (c) | England | CB | 1984–1986 | 84 | 3 | |
| Phil Bater | Wales | DF/MF | 1986–1987 | 25 | 2 | |
| Robbie Carroll | England | RW | 1986–1988 | 42 | 10 | |
| Ian Holloway | England | MF | 1986–1987 | 36 | 2 | |
| Paul Maddy | Wales | MF | 1986–1987 | 38 | 6 | |
| Steve Perryman ♦ | England | FB/MF | 1986–1990 | 63 | 0 | |
| Gary Stevens | England | CF | 1986–1987 | 41 | 14 | |
| Wayne Turner (c) | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 62 | 2 | |
| Andy Feeley | England | RB/MF | 1987–1989 | 89 | 0 | |
| Colin Lee | England | U | 1987–1988 | 35 | 11 | |
| Paul Buckle | England | MF | 1988–1994 | 78 | 1 | |
| John Buttigieg | Malta | SW/RB | 1988–1991 | 47 | 0 | |
| Tony Parks | England | GK | 1988–1991 | 91 | 0 | |
| Jason Cousins | England | RB | 1989–1991 | 28 | 0 | |
| Mark Fleming | England | LB | 1989–1991 | 45 | 1 | |
| Eddie May | Scotland | MF | 1989–1990 | 62 | 13 | |
| Robbie Peters | England | LB/LW | 1989–1994 | 42 | 2 | |
| Tony Sealy | England | FW | 1989 1991 | 36 | 7 | |
| Lee Luscombe | England | LW | 1991–1993 | 55 | 8 | |
| Wilf Rostron | England | LB/MF | 1991–1992 | 52 | 2 | |
| Joe Allon | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 56 | 28 | |
| Mickey Bennett | England | RW/FW | 1992–1994 | 59 | 4 | |
| Chris Hughton | England | LB | 1992 | 41 | 0 | |
| Shane Westley | England | CB | 1992–1995 | 80 | 3 | |
| Gus Hurdle | Barbados | RB | 1993–1998 | 93 | 0 | |
| Paul Stephenson | England | W | 1993–1995 | 83 | 3 | |
| Carl Asaba | England | FW | 1994–1997 | 67 | 27 | |
| Paul Abrahams | England | RW | 1995–1996 | 39 | 8 | |
| Marcus Bent | England | FW/W | 1995–1997 | 91 | 13 | |
| Dean Martin | England | RW | 1995–1996 | 26 | 1 | |
| Joe Omigie | England | FW | 1995–1997 | 30 | 2 | |
| Scott Canham | England | MF | 1996–1998 | 60 | 1 | |
| Warren Aspinall | England | MF | 1997–1999 | 51 | 5 | |
| Derek Bryan | England | RW/FW | 1997–2001 | 59 | 8 | |
| Glenn Cockerill | England | CM | 1997–1998 | 25 | 0 | |
| Charlie Oatway | England | DM | 1997–1999 | 65 | 1 | |
| Kevin Rapley | England | FW | 1997–1999 | 62 | 15 | |
| Paul Watson | England | FB | 1997–1999 | 42 | 0 | |
| Danny Boxall | Republic of Ireland | RB | 1998–2002 | 84 | 1 | |
| Tony Folan | Republic of Ireland | LW | 1998–2001 | 60 | 9 | |
| Darren Freeman | England | FW | 1998–1999 | 30 | 9 | |
| Hermann Hreiðarsson | Iceland | CB | 1998–1999 | 48 | 8 | |
| Jason Pearcey | England | GK | 1998–2000 | 30 | 0 | |
| Scott Marshall | Scotland | CB | 1999–2003 | 94 | 7 | |
| David Theobald | England | CB | 1999–2002 | 37 | 0 | |
| Andy Woodman | England | GK | 1999–2000 | 67 | 0 | |

### 21st century (2000–present)

| Name | Nationality | Position | Brentford career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Paul Gibbs | England | LB/LM | 2000–2002 | 67 | 4 | |
| Ólafur Gottskálksson | Iceland | GK | 2000–2002 | 89 | 0 | |
| Jay Lovett | England | RB | 2000–2003 | 28 | 1 | |
| Mark McCammon | Barbados | FW | 2000–2003 | 91 | 15 | |
| Lorenzo Pinamonte | Italy | FW | 2000 | 26 | 3 | |
| Mark Williams | England | RW | 2000–2003 | 82 | 4 | |
| Ben Burgess | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2001–2002 | 51 | 18 | |
| Steve Sidwell | England | MF | 2001–2002 | 35 | 4 | |
| Jay Smith | England | CM | 2001–2004 | 60 | 0 | |
| Matt Somner | Wales | DF | 2001–2004 | 93 | 2 | |
| Stephen Evans | Wales | CM | 2002–2004 | 59 | 5 | |
| Jamie Fullarton | Scotland | MF | 2002–2003 | 32 | 1 | |
| Leo Roget | England | CB | 2002–2004 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ibrahima Sonko | Senegal | CB | 2002–2004 | 91 | 11 | |
| Rowan Vine | England | FW | 2002–2003 | 50 | 13 | |
| Matt Harrold | England | FW | 2003–2005 | 39 | 5 | |
| Joel Kitamirike | England | CB | 2003–2004 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ben May | England | FW | 2003–2004 2004–2005 | 59 | 8 | |
| Alex Rhodes | England | LW | 2003–2007 | 65 | 6 | |
| Tony Rougier | Trinidad and Tobago | RW/FW | 2003–2004 | 34 | 5 | |
| Tommy Wright | England | FW | 2003–2004 | 29 | 0 | |
| Deon Burton | Jamaica | FW | 2004–2005 | 50 | 10 | |
| Chris Hargreaves | England | AM | 2004–2005 | 39 | 3 | |
| Ryan Peters | England | RW | 2004–2007 | 47 | 2 | |
| Isaiah Rankin | England | FW | 2004–2006 | 97 | 19 | |
| John Salako | England | LW/LB | 2004–2005 | 45 | 5 | |
| Stewart Talbot (c) | England | DM | 2004–2005 | 64 | 4 | |
| Paul Brooker | England | RW | 2005–2007 | 86 | 4 | |
| DJ Campbell | England | FB | 2005–2006 | 28 | 12 | |
| Darius Charles | England | LB | 2005–2008 | 42 | 1 | |
| Scott Fitzgerald | England | FW | 2005–2006 | 26 | 6 | |
| Charlie Ide | England | FW | 2005–2007 | 54 | 8 | |
| John Mousinho | England | RB | 2005–2008 | 72 | 2 | |
| Ricky Newman (c) | England | CM | 2005–2006 | 39 | 3 | |
| Darren Pratley * | England | MF | 2005 2005–2006 | 36 | 1 | |
| Sam Tillen | England | LB/LM | 2005–2007 | 83 | 1 | |
| Adam Griffiths | Australia | CB | 2006–2007 | 39 | 1 | |
| Matt Heywood (c) | England | CB | 2006–2008 | 67 | 2 | |
| Jo Kuffour | England | FW | 2006–2007 | 44 | 13 | |
| Thomas Pinault | France | CM | 2006–2007 | 31 | 1 | |
| Calum Willock | Saint Kitts and Nevis | FW | 2006–2007 | 43 | 4 | |
| Simon Brown | England | GK | 2007–2009 | 30 | 0 | |
| Alan Connell | England | FW | 2007–2008 | 47 | 12 | |
| Ben Hamer * | England | GK | 2007 2008 2008–2009 2010–2011 | 80 | 0 | |
| Craig Pead | England | RB | 2007–2008 | 44 | 0 | |
| Glenn Poole | England | LW | 2007–2009 | 78 | 21 | |
| Ricky Shakes | Guyana | W | 2007–2008 | 42 | 4 | |
| Gary Smith | England | DM | 2007–2009 | 36 | 1 | |
| Alan Bennett (c) | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2008 2008–2010 | 75 | 2 | |
| Nathan Elder | England | FW | 2008–2009 | 47 | 11 | |
| Adam Newton (c) | Saint Kitts and Nevis | MF | 2008–2009 | 39 | 1 | |
| Mark Phillips | England | CB | 2008–2010 | 60 | 1 | |
| Marvin Williams | England | W | 2008–2009 | 38 | 2 | |
| James Wilson * | Wales | CB | 2008 2009 | 30 | 0 | |
| Pim Balkestein | Netherlands | CB | 2009 2010–2012 | 46 | 2 | |
| Carl Cort | Guyana | FW | 2009–2010 | 34 | 7 | |
| Danny Foster | England | RB | 2009–2010 | 42 | 0 | |
| David Hunt | England | MF | 2009–2011 | 55 | 5 | |
| Ben Strevens | England | FW | 2009–2010 | 29 | 7 | |
| Wojciech Szczęsny * | Poland | GK | 2009–2010 | 28 | 0 | |
| Gary Alexander (c) | England | FW | 2010–2012 | 77 | 26 | |
| Lewis Grabban | England | FW | 2010 2011 | 32 | 7 | |
| Richard Lee (c) | England | GK | 2010–2014 | 87 | 0 | |
| Simon Moore * | England | GK | 2010–2013 | 77 | 0 | |
| Robbie Simpson | England | FW | 2010–2011 | 36 | 8 | |
| Michael Spillane | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2010–2011 | 32 | 1 | |
| Craig Woodman | England | LB | 2010–2012 | 76 | 1 | |
| Harry Forrester | England | AM | 2011–2013 | 69 | 11 | |
| Niall McGinn | Northern Ireland | RM | 2011–2012 | 41 | 5 | |
| Jake Reeves * | England | CM | 2011–2014 | 46 | 1 | |
| Tom Adeyemi | England | CM | 2012–2013 | 39 | 3 | |
| Stuart Dallas | Northern Ireland | LW | 2012–2015 | 75 | 8 | |
| Farid El Alagui | Morocco | FW | 2012–2013 | 30 | 9 | |
| Paul Hayes | England | FW | 2012–2013 | 33 | 6 | |
| Marcello Trotta * | Italy | FW | 2012–2013 2013–2014 | 69 | 22 | |
| Josh Clarke | England | RB/RW | 2013–2019 | 84 | 5 | |
| Will Grigg * | Northern Ireland | FW | 2013–2014 | 36 | 5 | |
| George Saville * | Northern Ireland | CM | 2013–2014 | 44 | 4 | |
| Andre Gray | Jamaica | FW | 2014–2015 | 52 | 20 | |
| Scott Hogan * | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2014–2017 | 36 | 21 | |
| Jota | Spain | AM | 2014–2017 | 78 | 23 | |
| Moses Odubajo * | England | RW/RB | 2014–2015 2018–2019 | 84 | 3 | |
| Alex Pritchard * | England | AM | 2014–2015 | 47 | 12 | |
| Tommy Smith | England | RW | 2014–2015 | 32 | 1 | |
| James Tarkowski * | England | CB | 2014–2016 | 74 | 4 | |
| Jon Toral * | Spain | MF | 2014–2015 | 37 | 6 | |
| Andreas Bjelland | Denmark | CB/LB | 2015–2018 | 65 | 1 | |
| Maxime Colin * | France | RB | 2015–2017 | 66 | 4 | |
| Philipp Hofmann * | Germany | FW | 2015–2017 | 33 | 4 | |
| Konstantin Kerschbaumer * | Austria | CM | 2015–2017 | 52 | 1 | |
| John Swift * | England | RW | 2015–2016 | 28 | 7 | |
| Lasse Vibe | Denmark | FW/RW | 2015–2018 | 97 | 37 | |
| John Egan (c) * | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2016–2018 | 71 | 7 | |
| Lewis Macleod | Scotland | MF | 2016–2019 | 43 | 4 | |
| Luke Daniels * | England | GK | 2017–2021 | 36 | 0 | |
| Florian Jozefzoon | Suriname | W | 2017–2018 | 62 | 8 | |
| Chris Mepham * | Wales | CB | 2017–2018 | 48 | 1 | |
| Saïd Benrahma * | Algeria | W | 2018–2020 | 94 | 27 | |
| Marcus Forss * | Finland | FW | 2018–2022 | 74 | 19 | |
| Julian Jeanvier * | Guinea | CB | 2018–2020 | 58 | 6 | |
| Ezri Konsa * | England | CB | 2018–2019 | 47 | 1 | |
| Emiliano Marcondes * | Denmark | AM | 2018–2021 | 97 | 7 | |
| Mads Bech Sørensen * | Denmark | CB | 2018–2023 | 72 | 4 | |
| Jan Žambůrek * | Czech Republic | CM | 2019–2021 | 29 | 0 | |
| Shandon Baptiste * | Grenada | MF | 2020–2024 | 78 | 2 | |
| Tariqe Fosu * | Ghana | LW | 2020–2022 | 63 | 5 | |
| Kristoffer Ajer ‡ | Norway | CB/RB | 2021– | 82 | 3 | |
| Mathias Jørgensen * | Denmark | CB | 2021–2024 | 48 | 2 | |
| Frank Onyeka ‡ | Nigeria | DM | 2021– | 80 | 1 | |
| Mikkel Damsgaard ‡ | Denmark | MF | 2022– | 85 | 3 | |
| Aaron Hickey ‡ | Scotland | RB | 2022– | 38 | 0 | |
| Keane Lewis-Potter ‡ | England | LW/LB | 2022– | 77 | 6 | |
| Ben Mee ‡ | England | CB | 2022– | 67 | 5 | |
| Yehor Yarmolyuk ‡ | Ukraine | CM | 2022– | 55 | 0 | |
| Nathan Collins ‡ | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2023– | 64 | 4 | |
| Mark Flekken ‡ | Netherlands | GK | 2023– | 64 | 0 | |
| Kevin Schade ‡ | Germany | LW | 2023– | 61 | 10 | [nb 42] [nb 43] |
| Sepp van den Berg ‡ | Netherlands | CB/RB | 2024– | 25 | 0 | |