# List of Celtic F.C. players

Celtic Football Club (/ˈsɛltɪk/) is a Scottish professional football club based in Parkhead, Glasgow. The club was founded in 1887 and played their first match in May 1888, a friendly match against Rangers. The club played their first competitive match in September 1888, when they entered the first round of the 1888–89 Scottish Cup. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here. Other players who have made fewer appearances are also included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club, with the reason for their inclusion indicated in the Notes column.
Celtic's record appearance-maker is Billy McNeill, who made a total of 790 appearances in major competitions over an 18-year playing career. Alec McNair holds the record at Celtic for most league appearances, and is also the oldest player to have competed for the club. Jimmy McGrory is the club's top goalscorer with 472 goals in major competitions. He is also the record goalscorer in British football, with a total of 550 goals in competitive first class matches. Henrik Larsson has more appearances for Celtic than any other player from outwith the British Isles. He is also the club's third highest goalscorer of all time, behind McGrory and Bobby Lennox, with 242 goals in all competitions. Jimmy Johnstone, part of Celtic's European Cup winning Lisbon Lions team alongside McNeill and Lennox, was voted by Celtic supporters in 2002 as the club's greatest ever player.
James Kelly was the club's first ever captain, playing in the club's inaugural game against Rangers in 1888. He later served as a director and then as chairman. He effectively founded the Kelly dynasty of directors at Celtic, who by and large controlled the club until 1994. Other club captains also went on to important roles at Celtic after the end of their playing careers, with Jimmy McStay, Jimmy McGrory, Jock Stein, Billy McNeill, Davie Hay and Neil Lennon all going on to manage the side. Scott Brown, who played 620 games for the club and was captain throughout the 2010s, is also the Celtic player to have captained the Scotland international team the most times. Paul McStay, who captained Celtic during the 1990s, has won the most caps for Scotland whilst at Celtic with 76 appearances, whilst Pat Bonner of the Republic of Ireland has made the most appearances for his country whilst a Celtic player (80 caps).

## Notable players

Players are listed according to the date they first signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches in Scottish League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and European Competition only; minor competitions (i.e. the Glasgow Cup) and wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.
For a full list of all Celtic players with Wikipedia articles see Category:Celtic F.C. players. For player appearance records see Celtic F.C. records.
* James Kelly played in Celtic's inaugural match against Rangers in 1888 and was the club's first captain. He later served as a director and a brief spell as chairman.
* Jimmy Quinn scored a hat trick in Celtic's win over Rangers in the 1904 Scottish Cup Final, and went on to become one of the club's most prolific goalscorers.
* John Thomson played over 200 games for Celtic prior to his death at 22 years old following an on-field head injury
* Roy Aitken made 672 appearances for Celtic in major competitions. He also captained the club to a league and cup double in their centenary year of 1988.
* Scott Brown made 620 appearances for Celtic and captained the team for over a decade.
* Henrik Larsson has more appearances for Celtic than any other overseas player. He is also the club's third highest goalscorer of all time.
* Jimmy McGrory is the record goalscorer in British football, with a total of 550 goals in competitive first class matches.
* Jimmy Johnstone was voted by Celtic supporters in 2002 as the club's greatest ever player.
* In 2001, Stiliyan Petrov became the first foreign winner of the SPFA Young Player of the Year award.
* Shunsuke Nakamura scored the goal in 2006 that clinched the team's progression to the knockout stages of the Champions League for the first time.
* Fraser Forster set a new Scottish record in 2014 when he went 1256 minutes without conceding a goal in league matches.
* Tom Rogic scored the winner in the 2017 Scottish Cup Final, securing the treble for Celtic, and seeing the club go undefeated in domestic competitions for the season.
* Kieran Tierney, one of the most successful players developed by Celtic's youth academy during the 2010s, and sold to Arsenal in 2019 for £25 million, a record fee for a Scottish player.
Key
| GK | Goalkeeper | DF | Defender | MF | Midfielder | FW | Forward | * | Player currently contracted at Celtic |
Appearances correct as of match played 27 May 2024
List of Celtic F.C. players with at least 100 appearances or otherwise stated notability :
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | Appearances | Goals |
| James Kelly | Scotland | DF | 1888–1897 | 143 | 4 |
| Neil McCallum | Scotland | MF | 1888–1890 1891–1892 | 34 | 19 |
| Willie Maley | Scotland | DF | 1888–1897 | 100 | 4 |
| Johnny Madden | Scotland | FW | 1889–1897 | 121 | 49 |
| Jerry Reynolds | Scotland | DF | 1889–1895 | 102 | 0 |
| John Campbell | Scotland | FW | 1890–1895 1897–1903 | 221 | 123 |
| Dan Doyle | Scotland | DF | 1891–1898 | 137 | 6 |
| Sandy McMahon | Scotland | FW | 1891–1903 | 217 | 171 |
| Daniel McArthur | Scotland | GK | 1892–1902 | 124 | 0 |
| James Blessington | Scotland | FW | 1892–1898 | 102 | 38 |
| Barney Battles, Sr. | Scotland | DF | 1895–1897 1898–1905 | 135 | 6 |
| Peter Somers | Scotland | FW | 1897–1910 | 220 | 62 |
| Willie Orr | Scotland | DF | 1897–1907 | 212 | 25 |
| Willie Loney | Scotland | DF | 1900–1913 | 303 | 30 |
| Jimmy Quinn | Scotland | FW | 1900–1917 | 332 | 217 |
| Davie Hamilton | Scotland | FW | 1902–1912 | 260 | 61 |
| Jimmy McMenemy | Scotland | FW | 1902–1920 | 516 | 169 |
| Davey Adams | Scotland | GK | 1902–1912 | 291 | 0 |
| Donald McLeod | Scotland | DF | 1902–1908 | 153 | 0 |
| James Young | Scotland | MF | 1903–1917 | 443 | 15 |
| Alex Bennett | Scotland | FW | 1903–1908 | 151 | 53 |
| Jimmy Hay | Scotland | DF | 1903–1911 | 257 | 19 |
| Alec McNair | Scotland | DF | 1904–1925 | 641 | 8 |
| Peter Johnstone | Scotland | DF | 1908–1916 | 233 | 19 |
| Joe Dodds | Scotland | DF | 1908–1920 1921–1922 | 385 | 29 |
| Andrew McAtee | Scotland | FW | 1910–1924 | 439 | 72 |
| Patsy Gallacher | Ireland | FW | 1911–1925 | 464 | 195 |
| John Browning | Scotland | FW | 1911–1919 | 216 | 66 |
| Willie McStay | Scotland | DF | 1912–1929 | 446 | 39 |
| Jimmy McColl | Scotland | FW | 1912–1924 | 169 | 126 |
| Joe Cassidy | Scotland | FW | 1912–1924 | 203 | 105 |
| Charlie Shaw | Scotland | GK | 1913–1925 | 446 | 0 |
| John McMaster | Scotland | DF | 1913–1923 | 217 | 6 |
| Adam McLean | Scotland | FW | 1917–1928 | 408 | 138 |
| William Cringan | Scotland | MF | 1917–1923 | 214 | 9 |
| Tommy McInally | Scotland | FW | 1919–1922 1925–1928 | 213 | 127 |
| John Gilchrist | Scotland | MF | 1919–1923 | 134 | 6 |
| John McFarlane | Scotland | DF | 1920–1929 | 304 | 14 |
| Paddy Connolly | Scotland | FW | 1921–1933 | 299 | 47 |
| Jimmy McStay | Scotland | DF | 1921–1934 | 472 | 8 |
| Hugh Hilley | Scotland | DF | 1921–1930 | 207 | 0 |
| James McGrory | Scotland | FW | 1922–1937 | 445 | 472 |
| Alec Thomson | Scotland | FW | 1922–1934 | 451 | 99 |
| Peter Wilson | Scotland | MF | 1923–1934 | 395 | 15 |
| Peter Shevlin | Scotland | GK | 1924–1927 | 103 | 0 |
| John Thomson | Scotland | GK | 1926–1931 | 188 | 0 |
| Peter McGonagle | Scotland | DF | 1926–1936 | 324 | 8 |
| Chic Geatons | Scotland | MF | 1927–1941 | 345 | 15 |
| Charlie Napier | Scotland | FW | 1928–1935 | 200 | 95 |
| Peter Scarff | Scotland | FW | 1928–1933 | 112 | 55 |
| Willie Hughes | Scotland | MF | 1929–1936 | 104 | 13 |
| John Morrison | Scotland | MF | 1929–1941 | 182 | 1 |
| Bertie Thomson | Scotland | FW | 1929–1933 | 131 | 31 |
| Billy Cook | Ireland | DF | 1930–1932 | 109 | 0 |
| Joe Kennaway | Canada | GK | 1931–1939 | 263 | 0 |
| Malky MacDonald | Scotland | MF | 1932–1945 | 145 | 37 |
| Bobby Hogg | Scotland | DF | 1932–1948 | 328 | 0 |
| Johnny Crum | Scotland | FW | 1932–1942 | 210 | 89 |
| Jimmy Delaney | Scotland | FW | 1933–1946 | 305 | 70 |
| Stephen Grant | Scotland | FW | 1933–1937 | 123 | 50 |
| Willie Buchan | Scotland | FW | 1933–1937 | 134 | 60 |
| Frank Murphy | Scotland | FW | 1933–1945 | 161 | 48 |
| George Paterson | Scotland | DF | 1933–1946 | 195 | 12 |
| Willie Lyon | Scotland | DF | 1935–1940 | 163 | 17 |
| Willie Miller | Scotland | GK | 1940–1950 | 123 | 0 |
| Pat McAuley | Scotland | MF | 1940–1950 | 109 | 5 |
| Roy Milne | United States | DF | 1940–1952 | 133 | 0 |
| John McPhail | Scotland | FW | 1941–1956 | 204 | 87 |
| Jim Mallan | Scotland | DF | 1942–1953 | 117 | 0 |
| Bobby Evans | Scotland | MF | 1944–1960 | 535 | 10 |
| Joe Baillie | Scotland | DF | 1945–1954 | 151 | 1 |
| John Bonnar | Scotland | GK | 1948–1958 | 180 | 0 |
| Charlie Tully | Northern Ireland | FW | 1948–1959 | 319 | 47 |
| Jock Weir | Scotland | MF | 1948–1952 | 106 | 38 |
| Mike Haughney | Scotland | DF | 1949–1957 | 233 | 46 |
| Bobby Collins | Scotland | MF | 1949–1958 | 320 | 120 |
| Bertie Peacock | Northern Ireland | MF | 1949–1961 | 453 | 51 |
| Willie Fernie | Scotland | MF | 1949–1958 1960–1961 | 317 | 74 |
| Jimmy Walsh | Scotland | DF | 1949–1956 | 145 | 58 |
| Sean Fallon | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1950–1958 | 254 | 14 |
| Jock Stein | Scotland | DF | 1951–1956 | 148 | 2 |
| Neil Mochan | Scotland | FW | 1953–1960 | 268 | 107 |
| Eric Smith | Scotland | MF | 1953–1960 | 130 | 20 |
| Dick Beattie | Scotland | GK | 1954–1959 | 114 | 0 |
| Bertie Auld | Scotland | FW MF | 1955–1961 1965–1971 | 257 | 78 |
| Duncan MacKay | Scotland | DF | 1955–1964 | 232 | 7 |
| Jim Kennedy | Scotland | DF | 1955–1965 | 242 | 2 |
| Billy McPhail | Scotland | FW | 1956–1958 | 33 | 13 |
| Sammy Wilson | Scotland | FW | 1957–1959 | 70 | 46 |
| Paddy Crerand | Scotland | MF | 1957–1963 | 120 | 5 |
| Bobby Carroll | Scotland | FW | 1957–1963 | 78 | 27 |
| John Divers | Scotland | FW | 1957–1966 | 232 | 103 |
| Billy McNeill | Scotland | DF | 1957–1975 | 790 | 34 |
| Frank Haffey | Scotland | GK | 1958–1964 | 201 | 0 |
| Stevie Chalmers | Scotland | FW | 1958–1971 | 405 | 231 |
| John Clark | Scotland | DF | 1958–1971 | 320 | 3 |
| Charlie Gallagher | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1958–1968 | 171 | 32 |
| Bobby Murdoch | Scotland | MF | 1959–1973 | 485 | 102 |
| John Fallon | Scotland | GK | 1959–1971 | 184 | 0 |
| John Hughes | Scotland | FW | 1960–1971 | 416 | 189 |
| Bobby Lennox | Scotland | FW | 1961–1978 1979–1980 | 587 | 273 |
| Tommy Gemmell | Scotland | DF | 1961–1971 | 421 | 66 |
| Ian Young | Scotland | DF | 1961–1968 | 137 | 3 |
| Jimmy Johnstone | Scotland | FW | 1962–1975 | 515 | 130 |
| Jim Brogan | Scotland | DF | 1962–1975 | 213 | 6 |
| Ronnie Simpson | Scotland | GK | 1964–1970 | 189 | 0 |
| Jim Craig | Scotland | DF | 1965–1972 | 231 | 6 |
| Joe McBride | Scotland | FW | 1965–1968 | 94 | 87 |
| Willie Wallace | Scotland | FW | 1966–1971 | 234 | 135 |
| George Connelly | Scotland | DF/MF | 1966–1976 | 254 | 13 |
| Harry Hood | Scotland | FW | 1968–1976 | 312 | 123 |
| Tommy Callaghan | Scotland | MF | 1968–1976 | 284 | 33 |
| Evan Williams | Scotland | GK | 1969–1974 | 148 | 0 |
| Davie Hay | Scotland | MF/DF | 1968–1974 | 230 | 12 |
| Kenny Dalglish | Scotland | FW | 1969–1977 | 322 | 167 |
| Pat McCluskey | Scotland | MF | 1969–1977 | 189 | 12 |
| Paul Wilson | Scotland | MF | 1970–1978 | 214 | 52 |
| Danny McGrain | Scotland | DF | 1970–1987 | 663 | 7 |
| Lou Macari | Scotland | MF | 1970–1973 | 102 | 56 |
| Dixie Deans | Scotland | FW | 1971–1976 | 184 | 132 |
| Roddie MacDonald | Scotland | DF | 1972–1981 | 254 | 33 |
| Andy Lynch | Scotland | DF | 1973–1980 | 187 | 25 |
| Steve Murray | Scotland | MF | 1973–1976 | 100 | 21 |
| George McCluskey | Scotland | FW | 1974–1983 | 204 | 78 |
| Ronnie Glavin | Scotland | MF | 1974–1979 | 101 | 35 |
| Jóhannes Eðvaldsson | Iceland | DF | 1975–1980 | 188 | 36 |
| Peter Latchford | England | GK | 1975–1987 | 272 | 0 |
| Tommy Burns | Scotland | MF | 1975–1989 | 501 | 83 |
| Johnny Doyle | Scotland | FW | 1976–1981 | 179 | 36 |
| Roy Aitken | Scotland | DF/MF | 1976–1990 | 672 | 48 |
| Alfie Conn, Jr. | Scotland | MF | 1976–1979 | 37 | 8 |
| Tom McAdam | Scotland | DF | 1977–1986 | 354 | 48 |
| Mark Reid | Scotland | DF | 1977–1985 | 177 | 12 |
| Packie Bonner | Republic of Ireland | GK | 1978–1997 | 642 | 0 |
| Murdo MacLeod | Scotland | MF | 1978–1987 | 395 | 82 |
| David Provan | Scotland | FW | 1978–1987 | 303 | 43 |
| Dom Sullivan | Scotland | MF | 1979–1983 | 113 | 15 |
| Charlie Nicholas | Scotland | FW | 1979–1983 1990–1995 | 250 | 125 |
| Frank McGarvey | Scotland | FW | 1980–1985 | 245 | 113 |
| Paul McStay | Scotland | MF | 1981–1997 | 678 | 72 |
| Peter Grant | Scotland | MF | 1982–1997 | 470 | 20 |
| Brian McClair | Scotland | FW | 1983–1987 | 198 | 122 |
| Mo Johnston | Scotland | FW | 1984–1987 | 127 | 71 |
| Derek Whyte | Scotland | DF | 1985–1992 | 276 | 8 |
| Mark McGhee | Scotland | FW | 1985–1989 | 113 | 34 |
| Anton Rogan | Northern Ireland | DF | 1986–1991 | 166 | 5 |
| Gerry Creaney | Scotland | FW | 1987–1994 | 144 | 53 |
| Andy Walker | Scotland | FW | 1987–1992 1994–1996 | 189 | 67 |
| Chris Morris | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1987–1992 | 160 | 8 |
| Frank McAvennie | Scotland | FW | 1987–1989 1992–1994 | 106 | 50 |
| Joe Miller | Scotland | FW | 1987–1993 | 152 | 28 |
| Mark McNally | Scotland | DF | 1987–1995 | 152 | 4 |
| Tommy Coyne | Republic of Ireland | FW | 1989–1993 | 105 | 43 |
| Paul Elliott | England | DF | 1989–1991 | 66 | 5 |
| Dariusz Dziekanowski | Poland | FW | 1989–1992 | 49 | 10 |
| Mike Galloway | Scotland | MF/DF | 1989–1996 | 175 | 10 |
| Dariusz Wdowczyk | Poland | DF | 1989–1994 | 147 | 6 |
| John Collins | Scotland | MF | 1990–1996 | 229 | 48 |
| Brian O'Neil | Scotland | DF/MF | 1991–1997 | 121 | 8 |
| Gordon Marshall | Scotland | GK | 1991–1998 | 112 | 0 |
| Tom Boyd | Scotland | DF | 1992–2003 | 364 | 2 |
| Simon Donnelly | Scotland | FW | 1993–1999 | 181 | 42 |
| Phil O'Donnell | Scotland | MF | 1994–1999 | 114 | 20 |
| Tosh McKinlay | Scotland | DF | 1994–1999 | 124 | 0 |
| Pierre van Hooijdonk | Netherlands | FW | 1995–1997 | 84 | 52 |
| Andreas Thom | Germany | FW | 1995–1998 | 101 | 27 |
| Morten Wieghorst | Denmark | MF | 1995–2002 | 105 | 14 |
| Jackie McNamara | Scotland | DF | 1995–2005 | 358 | 15 |
| Jorge Cadete | Portugal | FW | 1996–1997 | 48 | 38 |
| Alan Stubbs | England | DF | 1996–2001 | 127 | 4 |
| Paolo Di Canio | Italy | FW | 1996–1997 | 37 | 15 |
| Craig Burley | Scotland | MF | 1997–1999 | 93 | 26 |
| Henrik Larsson | Sweden | FW | 1997–2004 | 315 | 242 |
| Stéphane Mahé | France | DF | 1997–2001 | 109 | 5 |
| Jonathan Gould | Scotland | GK | 1997–2003 | 158 | 0 |
| Paul Lambert | Scotland | MF | 1997–2006 | 275 | 19 |
| Mark Burchill | Scotland | FW | 1998–2001 | 50 | 20 |
| Johan Mjällby | Sweden | DF | 1998–2004 | 198 | 15 |
| Ľubomír Moravčík | Slovakia | MF | 1998–2002 | 129 | 35 |
| Mark Viduka | Australia | FW | 1998–2000 | 46 | 35 |
| Stiliyan Petrov | Bulgaria | MF | 1999–2006 | 311 | 64 |
| Shaun Maloney | Scotland | FW | 1999–2007 2008–2011 | 216 | 52 |
| Chris Sutton | England | FW | 2000–2006 | 199 | 86 |
| Joos Valgaeren | Belgium | DF | 2000–2005 | 178 | 10 |
| Alan Thompson | England | MF | 2000–2007 | 227 | 51 |
| Didier Agathe | France | MF/DF | 2000–2006 | 183 | 11 |
| Robert Douglas | Scotland | GK | 2000–2005 | 172 | 0 |
| Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | MF | 2000–2007 | 304 | 3 |
| Dianbobo Baldé | Guinea | DF | 2001–2009 | 234 | 16 |
| John Hartson | Wales | FW | 2001–2006 | 201 | 110 |
| Stephen McManus | Scotland | DF | 2003–2010 | 203 | 20 |
| Stanislav Varga | Slovakia | DF | 2003–2006 | 116 | 14 |
| Aiden McGeady | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2004–2010 | 252 | 37 |
| Artur Boruc | Poland | GK | 2005–2010 | 221 | 0 |
| Shunsuke Nakamura | Japan | MF | 2005–2009 | 165 | 33 |
| Mark Wilson | Scotland | DF | 2006–2012 | 131 | 3 |
| Gary Caldwell | Scotland | DF | 2006–2010 | 151 | 6 |
| Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink | Netherlands | FW | 2006–2009 | 108 | 44 |
| Lee Naylor | England | DF | 2006–2010 | 142 | 3 |
| Scott Brown | Scotland | MF | 2007–2021 | 620 | 46 |
| Scott McDonald | Australia | FW | 2007–2010 | 127 | 64 |
| Andreas Hinkel | Germany | DF | 2008–2011 | 103 | 1 |
| Georgios Samaras | Greece | FW | 2008–2014 | 248 | 74 |
| James Forrest$^*$ | Scotland | FW | 2010– | 495 | 108 |
| Charlie Mulgrew | Scotland | DF/MF | 2010–2016 | 208 | 29 |
| Fraser Forster | England | GK | 2010–2014 2019–2020 | 236 | 0 |
| Joe Ledley | Wales | MF | 2010–2014 | 157 | 30 |
| Beram Kayal | Israel | MF | 2010–2015 | 132 | 3 |
| Gary Hooper | England | FW | 2010–2014 | 138 | 82 |
| Anthony Stokes | Ireland | FW | 2010–2016 | 192 | 77 |
| Emilio Izaguirre | Honduras | DF | 2010–2017 2018–2019 | 271 | 5 |
| Kris Commons | Scotland | MF | 2011–2017 | 227 | 91 |
| Adam Matthews | Wales | DF | 2011–2015 | 148 | 5 |
| Victor Wanyama | Kenya | MF | 2011–2013 | 91 | 13 |
| Mikael Lustig | Sweden | DF | 2011–2019 | 276 | 21 |
| Efe Ambrose | Nigeria | DF | 2012–2017 | 169 | 6 |
| Tom Rogic | Australia | MF | 2013–2022 | 272 | 46 |
| Virgil van Dijk | Netherlands | DF | 2013–2015 | 114 | 15 |
| Nir Bitton | Israel | MF | 2013–2022 | 271 | 15 |
| Callum McGregor$^*$ | Scotland | MF | 2013– | 471 | 64 |
| Stefan Johansen | Norway | MF | 2014–2016 | 114 | 19 |
| Leigh Griffiths | Scotland | FW | 2014–2022 | 261 | 123 |
| Craig Gordon | Scotland | GK | 2014–2020 | 242 | 0 |
| Kieran Tierney | Scotland | DF | 2014–2019 | 170 | 8 |
| Stuart Armstrong | Scotland | MF | 2015–2018 | 145 | 28 |
| Anthony Ralston$^*$ | Scotland | DF | 2015–present | 103 | 7 |
| Dedryck Boyata | Belgium | DF | 2015–2019 | 135 | 14 |
| Jozo Šimunović | Croatia | DF | 2015–2020 | 126 | 5 |
| Ryan Christie | Scotland | MF | 2015–2021 | 142 | 41 |
| Kristoffer Ajer | Norway | DF | 2016–2021 | 177 | 7 |
| Moussa Dembélé | France | FW | 2016–2018 | 94 | 51 |
| Scott Sinclair | England | FW | 2016–2020 | 167 | 62 |
| Olivier Ntcham | Cameroon | MF | 2017–2021 | 146 | 24 |
| Odsonne Édouard | France | FW | 2017–2021 | 168 | 85 |
| Greg Taylor$^*$ | Scotland | DF | 2019–present | 172 | 8 |
| David Turnbull | Scotland | MF | 2020–2024 | 106 | 23 |
| Liel Abada | Israel | MF | 2021–2024 | 113 | 29 |
| Kyogo Furuhashi | Japan | FW | 2021–2025 | 165 | 85 |
| Carl Starfelt | Sweden | DF | 2021–2023 | 87 | 3 |
| Joe Hart | England | GK | 2021–2024 | 156 | 0 |
| Jota $^*$ | Portugal | FW | 2021–2023, 2025–present | 83 | 28 |
| Cameron Carter-Vickers$^*$ | United States | DF | 2021–present | 114 | 6 |
| Daizen Maeda$^*$ | Japan | FW | 2022–present | 104 | 24 |
| Reo Hatate$^*$ | Japan | MF | 2022–present | 108 | 20 |
| Matt O'Riley | Denmark | MF | 2022–2024 | 120 | 27 |
| Alistair Johnston$^*$ | Canada | DF | 2023–present | 101 | 6 |

## Club captains

List of Celtic F.C. captains :
| Name | Nationality | From – To | Scottish League | Scottish Cup | Scottish League Cup | European Cup | Total honours |
| James Kelly | Scotland | 1888–1897 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Dan Doyle | Scotland | 1897–1899 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Sandy McMahon | Scotland | 1899–1903 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Willie Orr | Scotland | 1903–1906 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Jimmy Hay | Scotland | 1906–1911 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 7 |
| Jim Young | Scotland | 1911–1917 | 4 | 2 | - | - | 6 |
| Alec McNair | Scotland | 1917–1920 | 1 | 0 | - | - | 1 |
| Willie Cringan | Scotland | 1920–1923 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Charlie Shaw | Scotland | 1923–1925 | 0 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Willie McStay | Scotland | 1925–1929 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Jimmy McStay | Scotland | 1929–1934 | 0 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Bobby Hogg | Scotland | 1934–1935 | 0 | 0 | - | - | 0 |
| Willie Lyon | Scotland | 1935–1939 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| John McPhail | Scotland | 1948–1952 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | 1 |
| Sean Fallon | Republic of Ireland | 1952–1953 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 |
| Jock Stein | Scotland | 1953–1955 | 1 | 1 | 0 | - | 2 |
| Bobby Evans | Scotland | 1955–1957 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Bertie Peacock | Northern Ireland | 1957–1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Duncan Mackay | Scotland | 1961–1963 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy McNeill | Scotland | 1963–1975 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 23 |
| Kenny Dalglish | Scotland | 1975–1977 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Danny McGrain | Scotland | 1977–1987 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Roy Aitken | Scotland | 1987–1990 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul McStay | Scotland | 1990–1997 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Tom Boyd | Scotland | 1997–2002 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| Paul Lambert | Scotland | 2002–2004 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jackie McNamara | Scotland | 2004–2005 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | 2005–2007 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Stephen McManus | Scotland | 2007–2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Scott Brown | Scotland | 2010–2021 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 |
| Callum McGregor | Scotland | 2021– | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 8 |