# List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Tottenham Hotspur since its foundation as Hotspur F.C. in 1882.
The list comprises those who have: -
* made 100 or more first-team appearances for the club including substitutions, and/or
* made 50 or more first-team and represented their country at full International level while on the club's books, and/or
* achieved notability through making a major contribution to the club as a player, e.g. club captain, founder member or achieved notability in other ways, e.g Tony Parks.
Records for some players vary from one data source to another and where possible these have been verified with reference to more than one such source. Corrections and updates should include a reference to source in the edit summary or on the Talk Page. To see a list of all Tottenham players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players.

## List of players
### Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. First team appearances include, Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are excluded.
International appearances are those at Full International level, including substitutions while on the club's books.
Positions :
| GK | Goalkeeper | DF | Defender | RB | Right back | MF | Midfielder | RW | Right winger |
| CB | Central back | FB | Fullback | LB | Left back | FW | Forward | LW | Left winger |
An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player is still a current player at the club.
This is a list of notable players for Tottenham Hotspur. Please do not add the names and details of the current squad unless it meets the notability criteria above.

## Table of notable players

| Name | Nationality | Position | Tottenham Hotspur career | Club Apps | Goals | Int. Apps (at club) | Int. Apps (all) |
| Bobby Buckle | England | MF | 1882–1895 | 53 | 25 | | |
| Jack Jull | England | FB | 1882–1894 | 159 | 24 | | |
| Charles Ambler | England | GK | 1894–1895 1896–1900 | 133 | 0 | | |
| Jack L. Jones | Wales | MF | 1897–1904 | 226 | 13 | 15 | 17 |
| John Cameron | Scotland | FW | 1898–1907 | 111 | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| Ted Hughes | Wales | DF | 1899–1905 | 148 | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Jack Kirwan | Ireland | LW | 1899–1905 | 347 | 97 | 12 | 1 |
| Tom Morris | England | MF | 1899–1912 | 523 | 3 | | |
| Sandy Brown | Scotland | FW | 1900–1901 | 57 | 45 | | |
| Vivian Woodward | England | FW | 1901–1909 | 197 | 63 | 21 | 28 |
| John Brearley | England | FW | 1903–1907 | 133 | 24 | | |
| Charlie O'Hagan | Ireland | FW | 1903–1907 | 36 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Danny Steel | Scotland | CB | 1908–1912 | 141 | 4 | | |
| Bobby Steel | Scotland | FW | 1908–1915 | 245 | 45 | | |
| Jabez Darnell | England | CB | 1908–1919 | 160 | 3 | | |
| Bert Middlemiss | England | LW | 1908–1920 | 261 | 55 | | |
| Billy Minter | England | FW | 1908–1920 | 334 | 101 | | |
| Walter Tull | England | FW | 1909–1911 | 10 | 2 | | |
| Tom Collins | Scotland | FB | 1910–1915 | 122 | 1 | | |
| Charlie Rance | England | CB | 1910–1921 | 110 | 1 | | |
| Findlay Weir | Scotland | MF | 1912–1917 | 101 | 2 | | |
| Bert Bliss | England | FW | 1912–1922 | 215 | 106 | 1 | 1 |
| Jimmy Cantrell | England | FW | 1912–1923 | 176 | 84 | | |
| Arthur Grimsdell | England | MF | 1912–1927 | 360 | 27 | 6 | 6 |
| Fanny Walden | England | RW | 1913–1924 | 237 | 24 | 2 | 2 |
| Bill Jaques | England | GK | 1914–1922 | 138 | 0 | | |
| Thomas Clay | England | FB | 1914–1929 | 351 | 24 | 4 | 4 |
| Jimmy Archibald | Scotland | MF | 1919–1921 | 24 | 1 | | |
| Charlie Walters | England | MF | 1919–1925 | 117 | 0 | | |
| Jimmy Dimmock | England | LW | 1919–1931 | 438 | 112 | 3 | 3 |
| Alex Lindsay | Scotland | FW | 1919–1930 | 224 | 48 | | |
| Bob McDonald | Scotland | CB | 1920–1923 | 125 | 0 | | |
| Jimmy Seed | England | FW | 1920–1927 | 254 | 77 | 5 | 5 |
| Charlie Handley | England | FW | 1921–1928 | 141 | 29 | | |
| Matt Forster | England | FB | 1921–1930 | 244 | 0 | | |
| Andy Thompson | England | MF | 1921–1930 | 166 | 22 | | |
| Bert Smith | England | MF | 1921–1931 | 319 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
| Jack Elkes | England | MF | 1923–1929 | 200 | 50 | | |
| Cecil Poynton | England | FB | 1923–1933 | 158 | 3 | | |
| Frank Osborne | England | FW | 1924–1931 | 220 | 82 | 2 | 4 |
| Harry Skitt | England | MF | 1924–1931 | 229 | 0 | | |
| Cyril Spiers | England | GK | 1927–1932 | 169 | 0 | | |
| Taffy O'Callaghan | Wales | FW | 1927–1935 | 263 | 99 | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Nicholls | England | GK | 1927–1936 | 129 | 0 | | |
| Tommy Meads | England | MF | 1929–1935 | 189 | 6 | | |
| Tom Evans | Wales | MF | 1929–1936 | 101 | 4 | | |
| Willie Davies | Wales | RW | 1930–1933 | 115 | 19 | | |
| Walter Alsford | England | LW | 1930–1936 | 90 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| George Hunt | England | FW | 1930–1937 | 198 | 138 | 3 | 3 |
| Les Howe | England | MF | 1930–1939 | 182 | 28 | | |
| Willie Evans | Wales | FW | 1931–1936 | 195 | 86 | 6 | 6 |
| Arthur Rowe | England | MF | 1931–1938 | 201 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Willie Hall | England | FW | 1932–1939 | 222 | 29 | 10 | 10 |
| Bill Whatley | Wales | FB | 1932–1939 | 254 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Johnny Morrison | England | CF | 1932–1946 | 154 | 101 | | |
| Jimmy McCormick | England | RW | 1932–1946 | 150 | 28 | | |
| Fred Channell | England | FB | 1933–1936 | 109 | 1 | | |
| Andy Duncan | Scotland | FW | 1934–1943 | 103 | 26 | | |
| Percy Hooper | England | GK | 1934–1945 | 108 | 0 | | |
| Fred Sargent | England | RW | 1934–1946 | 109 | 31 | | |
| Vic Buckingham | England | FB | 1935–1949 | 230 | 1 | | |
| Ralph Ward | England | FB | 1936–1946 | 132 | 11 | | |
| Freddie Cox | England | RW | 1938–1949 | 105 | 18 | | |
| Bill Nicholson | England | MF | 1938–1954 | 341 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Les Medley | England | LW | 1939–1953 | 164 | 46 | 6 | 6 |
| Ron Burgess | Wales | MF | 1939–1954 | 324 | 16 | 32 | 32 |
| Sid Tickridge | England | FB | 1946–1951 | 101 | 0 | | |
| Les Bennett | England | FW | 1946–1954 | 294 | 117 | | |
| Arthur Willis | England | FB | 1946–1954 | 160 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Ditchburn | England | GK | 1946–1958 | 452 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Ernie Jones | Wales | FW | 1947–1949 | 57 | 14 | ? | 4 |
| Eddie Baily | England | FW | 1947–1955 | 325 | 69 | 9 | 9 |
| Len Duquemin | Guernsey | FW | 1947–1957 | 307 | 134 | | |
| Sonny Walters | England | MF | 1947–1957 | 234 | 71 | | |
| Charlie Withers | England | FB | 1948–1956 | 164 | 2 | | |
| Alf Ramsey | England | FB | 1949–1955 | 250 | 25 | 31 | 32 |
| Harry Clarke | England | CB | 1949–1956 | 322 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Tony Marchi | England | MF | 1949–1957 1959–1965 | 232 | 7 | | |
| Tommy Harmer | England | FW | 1951–1960 | 222 | 51 | | |
| George Robb | England | LW | 1952–1958 | 200 | 58 | 1 | 1 |
| Mel Hopkins | Wales | LB | 1952–1964 | 240 | 0 | 34 | 34 |
| Johnny Brooks | England | FW | 1953–1959 | 179 | 51 | 3 | 3 |
| John White | Scotland | FW | 1959–1964 | 183 | 40 | 22 | 22 |
| Peter Baker | England | RB | 1953–1965 | 342 | 3 | | |
| Danny Blanchflower | Northern Ireland | MF | 1954–1963 | 382 | 21 | 41 | 56 |
| Bobby Smith | England | FW | 1955–1964 | 317 | 208 | 15 | 15 |
| Terry Dyson | England | FW | 1955–1965 | 209 | 55 | | |
| Eddie Clayton | England | MF | 1954–1967 | 102 | 20 | | |
| Ron Henry | England | LB | 1955–1965 | 287 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Maurice Norman | England | MF | 1955–1965 | 411 | 19 | 23 | 23 |
| Terry Medwin | Wales | FW | 1956–1963 | 215 | 72 | ? | 30 |
| Cliff Jones | Wales | LW | 1958–1968 | 378 | 159 | ? | 58 |
| Les Allen | England | FW | 1959–1965 | 137 | 61 | | |
| Bill Brown | Scotland | GK | 1959–1966 | 262 | 0 | 29 | 29 |
| Dave Mackay | Scotland | MF | 1959–1968 | 318 | 51 | 22 | 22 |
| Frank Saul | England | FW | 1960–1967 | 129 | 44 | | |
| Jimmy Greaves | England | FW | 1961–1970 | 379 | 266 | 42 | 57 |
| Phil Beal | England | DF | 1963–1975 | 420 | 1 | | |
| Jimmy Robertson | Scotland | RW | 1964–1968 | 181 | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| Alan Mullery | England | MF | 1964–1972 | 374 | 30 | 35 | 35 |
| Alan Gilzean | Scotland | FW | 1964–1974 | 439 | 133 | 17 | 22 |
| Cyril Knowles | England | LB | 1964–1975 | 506 | 17 | 4 | 4 |
| Pat Jennings | Northern Ireland | GK | 1964–1977 | 590 | 1 | 71 | 119 |
| Terry Venables | England | MF | 1966–1969 | 141 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| Mike England | Wales | CB | 1966–1975 | 397 | 19 | ? | 44 |
| Joe Kinnear | Republic of Ireland | RB | 1966–1975 | 258 | 2 | 26 | 26 |
| Peter Collins | England | CB | 1968–1972 | 101 | 5 | | |
| Jimmy Pearce | England | FW | 1968–1973 | 193 | 35 | | |
| Martin Chivers | England | FW | 1968–1976 | 367 | 174 | 24 | 24 |
| Ray Evans | England | FB | 1969–1975 | 181 | 4 | | |
| John Pratt | England | MF | 1969–1980 | 415 | 49 | | |
| Steve Perryman | England | MF | 1969–1986 | 854 | 39 | 1 | 1 |
| Martin Peters | England | MF | 1970–1975 | 260 | 76 | 34 | 67 |
| Jimmy Neighbour | England | FW | 1970–1976 | 156 | 11 | | |
| Terry Naylor | England | DF | 1970–1980 | 301 | 4 | | |
| Ralph Coates | England | MF | 1971–1977 | 248 | 23 | 4 | 2 |
| Barry Daines | England | GK | 1971–1981 | 173 | 0 | | |
| John Duncan | Scotland | FW | 1974–1978 | 120 | 62 | | |
| Keith Osgood | England | CB | 1974–1978 | 127 | 14 | | |
| Chris Jones | Jersey | FW | 1974–1982 | 185 | 42 | | |
| Don McAllister | England | DF | 1975–1981 | 202 | 10 | | |
| Glenn Hoddle | England | MF | 1975–1987 | 490 | 110 | 44 | 53 |
| Gerry Armstrong | Northern Ireland | FW | 1976–1980 | 98 | 16 | 27 | 63 |
| Peter Taylor | England | LW | 1976–1980 | 140 | 33 | | |
| Jimmy Holmes | Republic of Ireland | LB | 1977–1981 | 92 | 2 | 13 | 30 |
| Ricardo Villa | Argentina | MF | 1978–1983 | 179 | 25 | ? | 25 |
| John Lacy | England | CB | 1978–1983 | 152 | 3 | | |
| Ossie Ardiles | Argentina | MF | 1978–1982 1983–1988 | 311 | 25 | ? | 53 |
| Terry Yorath | Wales | MF | 1979–1981 | 62 | 1 | 6 | 59 |
| Mark Falco | England | FW | 1979–1986 | 236 | 89 | | |
| Tony Galvin | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1979–1987 | 273 | 31 | 19 | 29 |
| Paul Miller | England | DF | 1979–1987 | 285 | 10 | | |
| Chris Hughton | Republic of Ireland | FB | 1979–1990 | 398 | 19 | 44 | 53 |
| Steve Archibald | Scotland | FW | 1980–1984 | 189 | 77 | 19 | 27 |
| Garth Crooks | England | FW | 1980–1985 | 182 | 75 | | |
| Graham Roberts | England | CD | 1980–1986 | 287 | 35 | 6 | 6 |
| Tony Parks | England | GK | 1980–1988 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Micky Hazard | England | MF | 1980–1985 1993–1995 | 170 | 25 | | |
| Paul Price | Wales | CD | 1981–1984 | 62 | 0 | 12 | 25 |
| Ray Clemence | England | GK | 1981–1987 | 330 | 0 | 5 | 61 |
| Gary Mabbutt | England | DF | 1982–1998 | 611 | 38 | 16 | 16 |
| Gary Stevens | England | DF | 1983–1987 | 200 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Danny Thomas | England | DF | 1983–1987 | 116 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| John Chiedozie | Nigeria | RW | 1984–1986 | 75 | 14 | 2 | 9 |
| Clive Allen | England | FW | 1984–1988 | 135 | 84 | 5 | 5 |
| Chris Waddle | England | LW | 1985–1989 | 173 | 42 | 36 | 62 |
| Paul Allen | England | MF | 1985–1993 | 370 | 28 | | |
| Richard Gough | Scotland | DF | 1986–1987 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 61 |
| Nico Claesen | Belgium | FW | 1986–1988 | 63 | 23 | 10 | 36 |
| Steve Hodge | England | MF | 1986–1988 | 54 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| Mitchell Thomas | England | FB | 1986–1991 | 157 | 6 | | |
| Vinny Samways | England | MF | 1987–1994 | 247 | 17 | | |
| Paul Gascoigne | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 112 | 33 | 20 | 57 |
| Paul Stewart | England | FW | 1988–1992 | 171 | 37 | 3 | 3 |
| Paul Walsh | England | FW | 1988–1992 | 156 | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| Terry Fenwick | England | DF | 1988–1993 | 118 | 10 | 1 | 20 |
| Guðni Bergsson | Iceland | DF | 1988–1994 | 86 | 2 | 34 | 80 |
| Erik Thorstvedt | Norway | GK | 1988–1996 | 218 | 0 | 45 | 97 |
| David Howells | England | MF | 1988–1998 | 335 | 27 | | |
| Gary Lineker | England | FW | 1989–1992 | 106 | 67 | 21 | 80 |
| Pat Van Den Hauwe | Wales | DF | 1989–1993 | 145 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Nayim | Spain | MF | 1989–1993 | 144 | 18 | | |
| Steve Sedgley | England | CB | 1989–1994 | 211 | 11 | | |
| Justin Edinburgh | England | FB | 1990–2000 | 276 | 1 | | |
| Gordon Durie | Scotland | FW | 1991–1993 | 78 | 17 | 11 | 43 |
| Ian Walker | England | GK | 1991–2001 | 313 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Nicky Barmby | England | FW | 1992–1995 | 108 | 27 | 2 | 23 |
| Dean Austin | England | FB | 1992–1997 | 150 | 0 | | |
| Sol Campbell | England | CB | 1992–2001 | 315 | 15 | 40 | 73 |
| Teddy Sheringham | England | FW | 1992–1997 2001–2003 | 277 | 125 | 21 | 51 |
| Darren Anderton | England | RW | 1992–2004 | 358 | 48 | 30 | 30 |
| Colin Calderwood | Scotland | DF | 1993–1999 | 199 | 7 | 32 | 36 |
| Stephen Carr | Republic of Ireland | RB | 1993–2004 | 270 | 8 | 27 | 44 |
| Ronnie Rosenthal | Israel | FW | 1994–1997 | 100 | 11 | 19 | 60 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | FW | 1994–1995 1997–1998 | 68 | 38 | 10 | 108 |
| Ruel Fox | Montserrat | RW | 1995–2000 | 129 | 15 | 0 | 2 |
| Chris Armstrong | England | FW | 1995–2002 | 173 | 62 | | |
| Andy Sinton | England | MF | 1996–1999 | 100 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| Allan Nielsen | Denmark | MF | 1996–2000 | 115 | 18 | 7 | 44 |
| Steffen Iversen | Norway | FW | 1996–2003 | 176 | 47 | 34 | 79 |
| David Ginola | France | LW | 1997–2000 | 127 | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| Stephen Clemence | England | MF | 1997–2003 | 109 | 3 | | |
| Les Ferdinand | England | FW | 1997–2003 | 149 | 39 | 4 | 17 |
| Øyvind Leonhardsen | Norway | MF | 1999–2002 | 72 | 11 | 18 | 86 |
| Steffen Freund | Germany | MF | 1999–2003 | 131 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| Chris Perry | England | DF | 1999–2003 | 146 | 4 | | |
| Tim Sherwood | England | MF | 1999–2003 | 118 | 16 | 3 | 3 |
| Mauricio Taricco | Argentina | DF | 1999–2004 | 156 | 2 | | |
| Ledley King | England | CB | 1999–2012 | 318 | 12 | 21 | 21 |
| Neil Sullivan | Scotland | GK | 2000–2003 | 81 | 0 | 13 | 28 |
| Gary Doherty | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2000–2004 | 77 | 8 | 24 | 34 |
| Serhii Rebrov | Ukraine | FW | 2000–2004 | 76 | 13 | 29 | 75 |
| Simon Davies | Wales | MF | 2000–2005 | 146 | 18 | 24 | 58 |
| Anthony Gardner | England | CB | 2000–2008 | 144 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Gus Poyet | Uruguay | MF | 2001–2004 | 98 | 23 | 0 | 26 |
| Christian Ziege | Germany | FB | 2001–2004 | 55 | 10 | 13 | 72 |
| Kasey Keller | United States | GK | 2001–2005 | 85 | 0 | 25 | 102 |
| Jamie Redknapp | England | MF | 2002–2005 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 17 |
| Robbie Keane | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2002–2008 2009–2011 | 306 | 122 | 51 | 146 |
| Frédéric Kanouté | Mali | FW | 2003–2005 | 73 | 21 | 11 | 39 |
| Michael Carrick | England | MF | 2004–2006 | 75 | 2 | 5 | 34 |
| Paul Robinson | England | GK | 2004–2008 | 175 | 1 | 37 | 41 |
| Jermain Defoe | England | FW | 2004–2008 2009–2014 | 363 | 143 | 45 | 57 |
| Mido | Egypt | FW | 2005–2007 | 63 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| Teemu Tainio | Finland | MF | 2005–2008 | 83 | 3 | 11 | 64 |
| Lee Young-pyo | South Korea | LB | 2005–2008 | 93 | 0 | 30 | 127 |
| Tom Huddlestone | England | MF | 2005–2013 | 209 | 15 | 3 | 3 |
| Jermaine Jenas | England | MF | 2005–2013 | 202 | 26 | 9 | 21 |
| Michael Dawson | England | CB | 2005–2014 | 324 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Aaron Lennon | England | RW | 2005–2015 | 364 | 30 | 21 | 21 |
| Dimitar Berbatov | Bulgaria | FW | 2006–2008 | 102 | 46 | 17 | 78 |
| Pascal Chimbonda | France | RB | 2006–2008 2009–2009 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Didier Zokora | Ivory Coast | MF | 2006–2009 | 134 | 0 | 22 | 123 |
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | Cameroon | LB | 2006–2015 | 200 | 4 | 19 | 24 |
| Darren Bent | England | FW | 2007–2009 | 79 | 25 | 2 | 13 |
| Gareth Bale | Wales | LW | 2007–2013 2020–2021 | 237 | 72 | 36 | 85 |
| Younès Kaboul | France | DF | 2007–2008 2010–2015 | 153 | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| Alan Hutton | Scotland | RB | 2008–2011 | 66 | 2 | 11 | 50 |
| Jonathan Woodgate | England | CB | 2008–2011 | 65 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Vedran Ćorluka | Croatia | DF | 2008–2012 | 109 | 1 | 11 | 103 |
| Niko Kranjčar | Croatia | MF | 2008–2012 | 71 | 11 | 6 | 81 |
| Luka Modrić | Croatia | MF | 2008–2012 | 159 | 17 | 21 | 120 |
| Roman Pavlyuchenko | Russia | FW | 2008–2012 | 113 | 42 | 11 | 51 |
| David Bentley | England | RW | 2008–2013 | 62 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Heurelho Gomes | Brazil | GK | 2008–2014 | 130 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Andros Townsend | England | RW | 2008–2016 | 93 | 11 | 10 | 13 |
| Ryan Mason | England | MF | 2008–2016 | 70 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Peter Crouch | England | FW | 2009–2011 | 93 | 24 | 8 | 42 |
| Wilson Palacios | Honduras | MF | 2009–2011 | 86 | 1 | 15 | 97 |
| Sébastien Bassong | Cameroon | CB | 2009–2012 | 71 | 3 | 13 | 18 |
| Kyle Walker | England | RB | 2010–2017 | 228 | 4 | 25 | 46 |
| Rafael van der Vaart | Netherlands | MF | 2010–2012 | 78 | 28 | 13 | 109 |
| Sandro | Brazil | MF | 2010–2014 | 96 | 3 | 15 | 17 |
| Danny Rose | England | LB | 2010–2020 | 214 | 10 | 26 | 26 |
| Scott Parker | England | MF | 2011–2013 | 63 | 0 | 15 | 18 |
| Emmanuel Adebayor | Togo | FW | 2011–2015 | 113 | 42 | 14 | 87 |
| Harry Kane | England | FW | 2011–2023 | 435 | 280 | 80 | 80 |
| Gylfi Sigurðsson | Iceland | MF | 2012–2014 | 83 | 13 | 15 | 66 |
| Clint Dempsey | United States | MF | 2012-2013 | 29 | 7 | | |
| Mousa Dembélé | Belgium | MF | 2012–2018 | 249 | 10 | 42 | 82 |
| Hugo Lloris | France | GK | 2012–2024 | 447 | 0 | 107 | 145 |
| Jan Vertonghen | Belgium | CB | 2012–2020 | 315 | 14 | 80 | 118 |
| Harry Winks | England | MF | 2013–2023 | 203 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Paulinho | Brazil | MF | 2013–2015 | 67 | 10 | 14 | 56 |
| Christian Eriksen | Denmark | MF | 2013–2020 | 304 | 69 | 49 | 87 |
| Nabil Bentaleb | Algeria | MF | 2013–2016 | 66 | 1 | 19 | 35 |
| Nacer Chadli | Belgium | MF | 2013–2016 | 119 | 25 | 18 | 56 |
| Roberto Soldado | Spain | FW | 2013–2015 | 76 | 16 | 1 | 12 |
| Erik Lamela | Argentina | MF | 2013–2021 | 257 | 37 | 21 | 24 |
| Eric Dier* | England | MF | 2014–present | 364 | 13 | 47 | 47 |
| Ben Davies* | Wales | LB | 2014–present | 327 | 9 | 64 | 74 |
| Toby Alderweireld | Belgium | CB | 2015–2021 | 236 | 9 | 43 | 90 |
| Dele Alli | England | MF | 2015–2022 | 269 | 67 | 35 | 35 |
| Son Heung-min* | South Korea | FW | 2015–present | 393 | 159 | 60 | 104 |
| Kieran Trippier | England | FB | 2015–2019 | 114 | 2 | 16 | 16 |
| Moussa Sissoko | France | MF | 2016–2021 | 202 | 5 | 12 | 56 |
| Victor Wanyama | Kenya | MF | 2016–2020 | 97 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
| Davinson Sánchez | Colombia | DF | 2017–2023 | 207 | 5 | 17 | 19 |
| Serge Aurier | Ivory Coast | RB | 2017–2021 | 110 | 8 | 18 | 58 |
| Lucas Moura | Brazil | MF | 2018–2023 | 221 | 39 | 1 | 35 |
| Giovani Lo Celso* | Argentina | MF | 2019–present | 96 | 10 | 4 | 21 |
| Tanguy Ndombele* | France | MF | 2019–present | 91 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| Steven Bergwijn | Netherlands | MF | 2020–2022 | 83 | 8 | ? | ? |
| Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg* | Denmark | MF | 2020–present | 166 | 10 | ? | ? |
| Sergio Reguilón* | Spain | DF | 2020–present | 67 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Matt Doherty | Republic of Ireland | DF | 2020–2023 | 71 | 3 | ? | ? |
| Emerson Royal* | Brazil | DF | 2021–present | 94 | 4 | ? | ? |
| Cristian Romero* | Argentina | DF | 2021–present | 79 | 4 | ? | ? |
| Rodrigo Bentancur* | Uruguay | MF | 2022–present | 50 | 6 | ? | ? |
| Dejan Kulusevski* | Sweden | MF | 2022–present | 78 | 12 | ? | ? |
| Ivan Perisic* | Croatia | MF | 2022–present | 50 | 1 | ? | ? |
| Richarlison* | Brazil | FW | 2022–present | 55 | 10 | ? | ? |
* Players correct up to the 2022 January transfer window. Premier League and International statistics correct up to 13 May 2019

## Club captains

| Dates | Captain |
| 1882–1883 | Bobby Buckle |
| 1884–1894 | Jack Jull |
| 1895–1896 | Stanley Briggs |
| 1897–1904 | Jack L. Jones |
| 1904–1907 | Sandy Tait |
| 1907-1908 | Walter Bull |
| 1908–1912 | Danny Steel |
| 1912–1914 | Tom Collins |
| 1914–1915 | Bobby Steel |
| 1919 | Billy Minter |
| 1919-1920 | Thomas Clay |
| 1920–1929 | Arthur Grimsdell |
| 1929–1930 | Cecil Poynton |
| 1930–1932 | Tommy Meads |
| 1932–1933 | Billy Felton |
| 1933–1935 | Arthur Rowe |
| 1935–1936 | Les Howe |
| 1936–1937 | Bill Whatley |
| 1937–1939 | Willie Hall |
| 1946–1954 | Ron Burgess |
| 1954–1955 | Alf Ramsey |
| 1955–1956 | Danny Blanchflower |
| 1956–1957 | Tony Marchi |
| 1957–1958 | John Ryden |
| 1958–1959 | Bobby Smith |
| 1959–1964 | Danny Blanchflower |
| 1964–1968 | Dave Mackay |
| 1968–1972 | Alan Mullery |
| 1972–1975 | Martin Peters |
| 1975–1986 | Steve Perryman |
| 1986 | Ray Clemence |
| 1987 | Richard Gough |
| 1987–1998 | Gary Mabbutt |
| 1998–2001 | Sol Campbell |
| 2001–2003 | Teddy Sheringham |
| 2003–2005 | Jamie Redknapp |
| 2005–2012 | Ledley King |
| 2012–2014 | Michael Dawson |
| 2014–2015 | Younès Kaboul |
| 2015–2023 | Hugo Lloris |
| 2023– | Son Heung-min |