# List of Manchester City F.C. players

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–93 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame. Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually since 1967 by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club based on a ballot of the supporters.
Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 565 matches between 1959 and 1976. If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 680.
As of 1 August 2020, the player who has won the most international caps while playing at the club is David Silva with 87 for Spain. Prior to Silva achieving this distinction the record had previously been held by Joe Hart (63 caps) and Colin Bell, the latter of which held the record for over 40 years with 48 England appearances between 1968 and 1975. The current squad member with the most caps is Kevin De Bruyne, who has a total of 107 caps for Belgium, of which 74 have been awarded while a City player. Bernardo Silva currently has been awarded 83 caps playing for Portugal while at the club; the most of the current squad.
The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times for England in total is Frank Lampard, who was capped 106 times for England between October 1999 and June 2014, but he only played for City for one season in 2014–15 after he had retired from international duty. The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times totally internationally is Shay Given, who was capped for the Republic of Ireland 134 times from 1996 to 2016. He played for the club for two and a half seasons between 2009 and 2011.
Sergio Agüero holds the Manchester City goalscoring record across all competitions; is the club's highest league goalscorer; the Premier League's leading foreign goal scorer; and holds numerous other club records set between 2011 and 2021. As of May 2021, when he left the club, Agüero's record stood at 184 league goals scored and 260 overall.
Erling Haaland holds the club and Premier League records for league goals, and club record for total goals in a single season, with 36 league goals, 52 overall in 2022–23. This single season tally also means Haaland additionally currently holds the record for most goals scored per game played in a season, his 52 goals in 53 appearances yielding a goal scoring rate of 0.97 goals per game. Haaland is also the first City player to win five prestigious individual football awards in a season and the first to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award.
In 2024 Rodri became the first current City player to win the Ballon d'Or.

## Sourcing, currency and key for the statistics

The following information applies to both of the tables listed in the next section of this article:
Order
* Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.
Legend
* Players listed in bold are inductees of one or more of the following: the Manchester City Hall of Fame, the National Football Museum Hall of Fame, the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame, or the Premier League Hall of Fame.
* Players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award (and the number of times they have each received this award is shown in the "PotY" column).
Nationality
* Normally the player's country of birth or later adopted nationality. In the case of a country such as Germany that has been unified it will indicate whichever of the prior nations, West or East, determined how that player was capped at international level during his playing career despite his nationality now being simply German.
Club career
* Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below, regardless of how long the player was contracted to the club. For players who had two or more spells at the club, the years for each period are listed separately.
Positions tactical evolution :
| Pre-1970s | Pre-1970s | 1970s onwards | 1970s onwards |
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| DF | Full back | DF | Full back or Wing back |
| MF | Centre half | DF | Centre back |
| MF | Half back | MF | Holding midfielder |
| FW | Outside forward (a.k.a. Winger) | DF MF | Wing back or Attacking midfielder |
| FW | Inside forward | MF FW | Attacking midfielder / Second striker |
| FW | Centre forward | FW | Centre forward / Striker / False #9 |
Position
* Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the more defensive emphasis in the responsibilities of many of the old forward and midfield positions, and their corresponding name changes, reflects the tactical evolution that occurred in the sport from the late 1960s onwards. The position listed is that in which the player played most frequently for the club.
The following information applies only to the table of "Historic players" listed in the next section:
Appearances and Goals
* Appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA European Cup, UEFA Cup, FA Charity Shield, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, and several now-defunct competitions — namely the European Cup Winners' Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup.
* Substitute appearances in any of the above included fixtures, and any goals scored as a substitute, are also included.
* Appearances or goals scored in testimonial matches, exhibition games, or in any abandoned fixtures, are excluded.
* Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season (abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, and the records for which were expunged from official records), and any other matches played in wartime competitions, are excluded.
Statistics sourcing
* All of the Player of the Year data in the table is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12.
* All dates and numbers in the table are sourced from a hardcover book published in 2006 according to the inclusion / exclusion rules stated above. The individual table entries of a number of these players have subsequently been sourced from the web wherever possible.
* In the case of players whose football careers at Manchester City spanned either of the two world wars, the choice of which appearances, during and either side of the wartime period, are included in the "official" tally of games played may cause discrepancies with other possible sources of similar data for those particular players. Likewise, how competitions such as the Charity Shield, Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Texaco Cup are handled by other sources will also create discrepancies with the numbers included in the table below.
Currency
* The statistics are correct as of the beginning of 2004.
The following information applies only to the table of "Contemporary players" listed in the next section:
Appearances and goals
* Appearances and goals are broken out into four column pairs, with the rightmost column pair depicting the respective totals of the appearances and goals shown in the three leftmost column pairs.
* The appearances and goals listed under the "League" column pair heading comprise those in the top two tiers of the Football League (including any Football League play-off games) and the Premier League.
* The appearances and goals listed under the "Cups" column pair heading comprise only those in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.
* The appearances and goals listed under the "Other" column pair heading comprise those in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, the FA Community Shield, and the Football League Trophy.
* Substitute appearances in any of the above included fixtures, and any goals scored as a substitute, are also included.
* Appearances or goals scored in testimonial matches, exhibition games, or in any abandoned fixtures, are excluded.
Statistics sourcing
* Most of the Player of the Year data in the following table (and elsewhere in this article) is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12. Winners of the PotY award since 2012 are individually cited from elsewhere on the web.
* Most of the dates and numbers in the table are sourced from the Soccerbase online database as indicated by the individual cited reference notes for each of the players. The remainder are sourced from Gary James' book.
* However, Soccerbase has a few issues. It seems to identify all player appearances and goals scored in Community Shield fixtures on an individual season basis, but does not necessarily include all those appearances in the total appearances tally of certain players. Regardless, the core match data on which those tallies are sometimes mis-totalled is quite sound and accessible in alternative ways, and thus can be used to (self-)correct the database's own tallying errors if properly footnoted.
* Goals later reassigned by the Premier League "Dubious Goals Committee" also tend to get overlooked by Soccerbase. Some goals that have never even come before the DGC have been misattributed to other players despite the rest of the football media correctly attributing them. Whatever the source of the discrepancy it can be addressed by footnote reference to alternative match reports for the games in question – which correctly attribute the dubious goal(s) – and by providing links to documentation of the pertinent DGC reassignment findings elsewhere on the web.
Currency
* The statistics are correct as of the last match of the 2022–23 season, which was played on 10 June 2023.

## List of players

The list of Manchester City players with over 100 appearances, or winners of "Player of the Year" award, is presented below in two tables. The first table lists all the club's historic players, providing only the basic "appearances" and "goals" totals for each of them. The second table groups together the club's most recent players, providing a more detailed breakdown of their "appearances" and "goals" statistics (and with the current players highlighted in blue for easy reference).

### Historic players

| Player | Nat. | Position | Club career | Apps. | Goals | PotY |
| Billy Meredith | Wales | Winger | 1894–1905 1921–1924 | 393 | 151 | |
| Charlie Williams | England | Goalkeeper | 1894–1902 | 232 | 1 | |
| Bobby Moffatt | Scotland | Half back | 1895–1903 | 163 | 7 | |
| Billy Holmes | England | Half back | 1896–1904 | 166 | 4 | |
| Fred Williams | England | Forward | 1896–1902 | 130 | 38 | |
| Billie Gillespie | England | Forward | 1897–1905 | 231 | 132 | |
| William "Buxton" Smith | England | Half back | 1897–1902 | 153 | 8 | |
| Di Jones | Wales | Full back | 1898–1902 | 118 | 1 | |
| Sammy Frost | England | Half back | 1901–1906 | 112 | 4 | |
| Tommy Hynds | Scotland | Centre half | 1901–1906 | 171 | 9 | |
| Frank Booth | England | Winger | 1902–1912 | 107 | 19 | |
| Jack Hillman | England | Goalkeeper | 1902–1906 | 124 | 0 | |
| Johnny McMahon | England | Centre half | 1902–1906 | 109 | 1 | |
| Sandy Turnbull | Scotland | Forward | 1902–1906 | 119 | 60 | |
| Billy Lot Jones | Wales | Forward | 1903–1915 | 301 | 74 | |
| Irvine Thornley | England | Forward | 1904–1912 | 204 | 93 | |
| James Buchan | Scotland | Half back | 1905–1911 | 164 | 10 | |
| George Dorsett | England | Half back | 1905–1912 | 211 | 65 | |
| George Stewart | Scotland | Winger | 1906–1911 | 102 | 13 | |
| Jimmy Conlin | England | Winger | 1906–1911 | 175 | 30 | |
| Tommy Kelso | Scotland | Full back | 1906–1913 | 151 | 3 | |
| Bill Eadie | England | Half back | 1906–1913 | 204 | 6 | |
| Bertram Jackson | England | Full back | 1907–1911 | 101 | 0 | |
| Bill Bottomley | England | Half back | 1908–1915 | 103 | 2 | |
| Tom Holford | England | Half back | 1908–1914 | 183 | 38 | |
| George Wynn | Wales | Forward | 1909–1919 | 127 | 59 | |
| Joe Dorsett | England | Winger | 1910–1920 | 138 | 17 | |
| Eli Fletcher | England | Full back | 1911–1925 | 326 | 2 | |
| Jim Goodchild | England | Goalkeeper | 1911–1926 | 217 | 0 | |
| Billy Henry | Scotland | Full back | 1911–1919 | 157 | 1 | |
| Harry Taylor | England | Forward | 1912–1921 | 101 | 28 | |
| Tommy Browell | England | Forward | 1913–1926 | 247 | 139 | |
| Horace Barnes | England | Forward | 1914–1924 | 235 | 125 | |
| Sam Cookson | England | Full back | 1919–1927 | 306 | 1 | |
| Tommy Johnson | England | Forward | 1920–1930 | 354 | 166 | |
| Billy "Spud" Murphy | England | Winger | 1919–1926 | 220 | 31 | |
| Micky Hamill | England | Half back | 1920–1924 | 128 | 2 | |
| Sammy Sharp | England | Half back | 1920–1928 | 182 | 1 | |
| James Mitchell | England | Goalkeeper | 1922–1926 | 109 | 0 | |
| Charlie Pringle | Scotland | Half back | 1922–1928 | 216 | 1 | |
| Frank Roberts | England | Forward | 1922–1929 | 237 | 130 | |
| Billy Austin | England | Forward | 1924–1931 | 172 | 47 | |
| Sam Cowan | England | Centre half | 1924–1935 | 407 | 24 | |
| George Hicks | England | Winger | 1924–1928 | 135 | 48 | |
| Phillip McCloy | Scotland | Full back | 1925–1929 | 157 | 0 | |
| Jimmy McMullan | Scotland | Half back | 1925–1933 | 242 | 12 | |
| Matt Barrass | England | Half back / Forward | 1925–1933 | 172 | 15 | |
| Eric Brook | England | Winger | 1928–1939 | 493 | 178 | |
| Bobby Marshall | England | Forward / Centre half | 1928–1938 | 356 | 80 | |
| John Ridley | England | Full back | 1927–1933 | 184 | 0 | |
| Fred Tilson | England | Forward | 1928–1938 | 275 | 132 | |
| Matt Busby | Scotland | Half back | 1928–1936 | 227 | 14 | |
| Ernie Toseland | England | Winger | 1929–1939 | 411 | 75 | |
| Jackie Bray | England | Half back | 1929–1940 | 279 | 10 | |
| Len Langford | England | Goalkeeper | 1930–1933 | 125 | 0 | |
| Bill Dale | England | Full back | 1931–1938 | 271 | 0 | |
| Alec Herd | Scotland | Forward | 1933–1948 | 288 | 125 | |
| Sam Barkas | England | Full back | 1933–1947 | 196 | 1 | |
| Jack Percival | England | Half back | 1933–1946 | 174 | 8 | |
| Frank Swift | England | Goalkeeper | 1933–1949 | 375 | 0 | |
| Peter Doherty | Ireland | Forward | 1936–1939 | 131 | 80 | |
| Albert Emptage | England | Half back | 1937–1951 | 144 | 1 | |
| Eric Westwood | England | Full back | 1937–1953 | 260 | 5 | |
| Les McDowall | England | Half back | 1938–1948 | 126 | 8 | |
| Bert Sproston | England | Full back | 1938–1949 | 131 | 5 | |
| Billy Walsh | Ireland/ Republic of Ireland | Half back | 1938–1950 | 118 | 1 | |
| George Smith | England | Forward | 1939–1951 | 179 | 80 | |
| Andy Black | Scotland | Forward | 1946–1950 | 146 | 52 | |
| Johnny Hart | England | Forward | 1946–1961 | 178 | 73 | |
| Roy Clarke | Wales | Winger | 1947–1958 | 370 | 79 | |
| Ken Branagan | England | Full back | 1948–1961 | 208 | 3 | |
| Jeff Street | England | Central Defender | 1963–1975 | 123 | 6 | |
| Roy Little | England | Full back | 1949–1958 | 187 | 2 | |
| Bert Trautmann | Germany | Goalkeeper | 1949–1964 | 545 | 0 | |
| Ken Barnes | England | Half back | 1952–1961 | 282 | 19 | |
| Roy Paul | Wales | Half back | 1950–1957 | 294 | 9 | |
| Billy Spurdle | England | Half back | 1950–1956 | 172 | 33 | |
| Jimmy Meadows | England | Full back / Winger | 1951–1955 | 141 | 31 | |
| Don Revie | England | Forward | 1951–1956 | 178 | 41 | |
| Dave Ewing | Scotland | Centre half | 1953–1962 | 303 | 1 | |
| Paddy Fagan | Republic of Ireland | Winger | 1953–1960 | 165 | 35 | |
| Joe Hayes | England | Forward | 1953–1965 | 364 | 152 | |
| Bill Leivers | England | Full back | 1953–1964 | 282 | 4 | |
| Billy McAdams | Northern Ireland | Forward | 1953–1960 | 134 | 65 | |
| Bobby Johnstone | Scotland | Forward | 1955–1959 | 139 | 51 | |
| Cliff Sear | Wales | Full back | 1956–1967 | 279 | 1 | |
| Colin Barlow | England | Winger | 1957–1963 | 189 | 80 | |
| Roy Cheetham | England | Winger | 1957–1967 | 143 | 4 | |
| George Hannah | England | Forward | 1958–1963 | 131 | 16 | |
| Alan Oakes | England | Midfielder | 1959–1976 | 682 | 34 | 1 |
| Barrie Betts | England | Defender | 1960–1964 | 117 | 6 | |
| David Wagstaffe | England | Winger | 1960–1964 | 161 | 8 | |
| Harry Dowd | England | Goalkeeper | 1961–1970 | 219 | 1 | |
| Bobby Kennedy | Scotland | Defender / Midfielder | 1961–1969 | 254 | 9 | |
| Glyn Pardoe | England | Full back / Forward | 1962–1975 | 380 | 22 | 1 |
| Neil Young | England | Forward | 1961–1971 | 416 | 111 | |
| David Connor | England | Winger | 1962–1972 1974–1975 | 168 | 10 | |
| Matt Gray | Scotland | Forward | 1963–1967 | 101 | 23 | |
| Mike Doyle | England | Defender | 1965–1978 | 570 | 41 | 2 |
| Johnny Crossan | Northern Ireland | Forward | 1965–1967 | 110 | 28 | |
| George Heslop | England | Centre half | 1965–1972 | 203 | 3 | |
| Mike Summerbee | England | Winger | 1965–1975 | 452 | 68 | 2 |
| Tony Book | England | Full back | 1966–1973 | 315 | 5 | 1 |
| Colin Bell | England | Midfielder | 1966–1979 | 501 | 153 | 1 |
| Tommy Booth | England | Centre half | 1968–1981 | 491 | 36 | |
| Tony Coleman | England | Winger | 1967–1969 | 104 | 16 | |
| Joe Corrigan | England | Goalkeeper | 1967–1983 | 603 | 0 | 3 |
| Francis Lee | England | Forward | 1967–1974 | 330 | 148 | 1 |
| Willie Donachie | Scotland | Full back | 1970–1980 | 436 | 2 | |
| Tony Towers | England | Midfielder | 1969–1974 | 165 | 12 | |
| Rodney Marsh | England | Forward | 1972–1975 | 152 | 47 | |
| Kenny Clements | England | Defender | 1971–1979 1985–1988 | 282 | 2 | 1 |
| Peter Barnes | England | Winger | 1974–1979 1987 | 161 | 22 | |
| Asa Hartford | Scotland | Midfielder | 1974–1979 1981–1984 | 321 | 36 | 1 |
| Joe Royle | England | Forward | 1974–1977 | 124 | 32 | |
| Dennis Tueart | England | Forward | 1974–1978 1980–1983 | 275 | 109 | |
| Dave Watson | England | Centre back | 1975–1979 | 188 | 6 | 1 |
| Paul Power | England | Defender / Midfielder | 1975–1986 | 444 | 36 | 2 |
| Gary Owen | England | Midfielder | 1976–1979 | 124 | 23 | |
| Brian Kidd | England | Forward | 1977–1979 | 128 | 57 | |
| Ray Ranson | England | Defender | 1978–1984 1993 | 235 | 1 | |
| Nicky Reid | England | Defender | 1978–1982 1982–1986 | 262 | 2 | |
| Tommy Caton | England | Defender | 1979–1983 | 198 | 8 | 1 |
| Bobby McDonald | Scotland | Defender | 1980–1983 | 112 | 16 | |
| Kevin Reeves | England | Forward | 1980–1983 | 158 | 39 | |
| Kevin Bond | England | Defender | 1981–1984 | 124 | 12 | 1 |
| Steve Kinsey | England | Forward | 1981–1986 | 115 | 18 | |
| Alex Williams | England | Goalkeeper | 1981–1985 | 125 | 0 | |
| Clive Wilson | England | Defender | 1981–1987 | 126 | 11 | |
| Graham Baker | England | Midfielder | 1982–1987 | 138 | 21 | |
| Andy May | England | Midfielder | 1982–1987 | 174 | 8 | |
| Paul Simpson | England | Forward | 1982–1988 | 155 | 24 | |
| Mick McCarthy | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1983–1987 | 163 | 3 | 1 |
| Neil McNab | Scotland | Midfielder | 1983–1990 | 266 | 19 | 2 |
| Ian Brightwell | England | Defender / Midfielder | 1986–1998 | 382 | 19 | |
| Steve Redmond | England | Defender | 1986–1992 | 287 | 7 | 1 |
| David White | England | Forward | 1986–1994 | 341 | 96 | |
| Paul Lake | England | Midfielder | 1987–1992 | 134 | 11 | |
| Andy Hinchcliffe | England | Defender | 1987–1990 | 139 | 11 | |
| Andy Dibble | Wales | Goalkeeper | 1988–1997 | 141 | 0 | |
| Ian Bishop | England | Midfielder | 1989 1998–2001 | 117 | 7 | |
| Colin Hendry | Scotland | Defender | 1989–1991 | 77 | 10 | 1 |
| Peter Reid | England | Midfielder | 1989–1993 | 114 | 2 | |
| Niall Quinn | Republic of Ireland | Forward | 1990–1996 | 243 | 78 | 1 |
| Tony Coton | England | Goalkeeper | 1990–1995 | 194 | 0 | 2 |
| Andy Hill | England | Defender | 1990–1995 | 113 | 6 | |
| Keith Curle | England | Defender | 1991–1996 | 204 | 13 | |
| Michel Vonk | Netherlands | Defender | 1991–1995 | 103 | 6 | |
| Mike Sheron | England | Forward | 1991–1994 | 119 | 28 | |
| Garry Flitcroft | England | Midfielder | 1992–1996 | 141 | 15 | 1 |
| Terry Phelan | Republic of Ireland | Defender | 1992–1995 | 122 | 2 | |
| Steve Lomas | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 1993–1997 | 137 | 11 | |
| Richard Edghill | England | Defender | 1993–2001 | 210 | 1 | |
| Uwe Rösler | Germany | Forward | 1994–1998 | 176 | 64 | 1 |
| Nicky Summerbee | England | Defender / Midfielder | 1994–1997 | 156 | 10 | |
| Giorgi Kinkladze | Georgia | Midfielder | 1995–1998 | 121 | 22 | 2 |
| Kit Symons | Wales | Defender | 1995–1998 | 139 | 4 | |
| Michael Brown | England | Midfielder | 1995–2000 | 110 | 4 | 1 |
| Jeff Whitley | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 1996–2001 | 141 | 8 | |
| Kevin Horlock | Northern Ireland | Midfielder | 1996–2003 | 232 | 42 | |
Last updated: 21 August 2015. Source: James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual aspects of player data of various players.

### Contemporary players

| Player | Nat. | Club career | Position | League | League | Cups | Cups | Other | Other | Total | Total | PotY | Refs. |
| Player | Nat. | Club career | Position | A | G | A | G | A | G | Apps. | Goals | PotY | Refs. |
| Paul Dickov | Scotland | 1996–2002 2006–2008 | Forward | 175 | 35 | 25 | 6 | | | 200 | 041 | | |
| Gerard Wiekens | Netherlands | 1997–2003 | Defender | 185 | 10 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 213 | 010 | 1 | |
| Nicky Weaver | England | 1998–2007 | Goalkeeper | 175 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 207 | 000 | | |
| Shaun Goater | Bermuda | 1998–2003 | Forward | 187 | 85 | 25 | 18 | | | 212 | 0103 | 1 | |
| Danny Tiatto | Australia | 1998–2004 | Defender | 139 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 158 | 004 | 1 | |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | England | 1999–2005 2008–2011 | Midfielder | 217 | 35 | 34 | 7 | 24 | 5 | 275 | 047 | 1 | |
| Steve Howey | England | 2000–2003 | Defender | 94 | 11 | 9 | 0 | | | 103 | 011 | | |
| Richard Dunne | Republic of Ireland | 2000–2009 | Defender | 296 | 8 | 38 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 352 | 008 | 4 | |
| Ali Benarbia | Algeria | 2001–2003 | Midfielder | 71 | 11 | 7 | 0 | | | 078 | 011 | 1 | |
| Sun Jihai | China | 2002–2008 | Defender | 130 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 151 | 004 | | |
| Nicolas Anelka | France | 2002–2005 | Forward | 89 | 37 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 103 | 045 | | |
| Sylvain Distin | France | 2002–2007 | Defender | 178 | 5 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 206 | 006 | 1 | |
| Joey Barton | England | 2003–2007 | Midfielder | 130 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 153 | 017 | | |
| Antoine Sibierski | France | 2003–2006 | Midfielder | 92 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 107 | 015 | | |
| David James | England | 2004–2006 | Goalkeeper | 93 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | | 100 | 000 | | |
| Nedum Onuoha | England | 2004–2012 | Defender | 95 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 116 | 005 | | |
| Darius Vassell | England | 2005–2009 | Forward | 103 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 124 | 022 | | |
| Stephen Ireland | Republic of Ireland | 2005–2010 | Midfielder | 138 | 16 | 24 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 176 | 023 | 1 | |
| Micah Richards | England | 2005–2014 | Defender | 179 | 7 | 33 | 3 | 33 | 0 | 245 | 010 | | |
| Joe Hart | England | 2006–2017 | Goalkeeper | 266 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 348 | 000 | | |
| Vincent Kompany | Belgium | 2008–2019 | Defender | 265 | 18 | 36 | 1 | 59 | 1 | 360 | 020 | 1 | |
| Pablo Zabaleta | Argentina | 2008–2017 | Defender | 230 | 9 | 48 | 2 | 55 | 1 | 284 | 010 | 1 | |
| Nigel de Jong | Netherlands | 2009–2012 | Midfielder | 104 | 1 | 17 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 137 | 002 | | |
| Kolo Touré | Ivory Coast | 2009–2013 | Defender | 82 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 102 | 003 | | |
| Gareth Barry | England | 2009–2013 | Midfielder | 132 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 175 | 008 | | |
| Carlos Tevez | Argentina | 2009–2013 | Forward | 113 | 58 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 148 | 073 | 1 | |
| Joleon Lescott | England | 2009–2014 | Defender | 107 | 7 | 32 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 160 | 009 | | |
| David Silva | Spain | 2010–2020 | Midfielder | 309 | 60 | 53 | 6 | 74 | 11 | 436 | 077 | 1 | |
| Yaya Touré | Ivory Coast | 2010–2018 | Midfielder | 230 | 62 | 34 | 11 | 52 | 9 | 316 | 082 | 1 | |
| Aleksandar Kolarov | Serbia | 2010–2017 | Defender | 165 | 11 | 36 | 6 | 46 | 4 | 247 | 021 | | |
| James Milner | England | 2010–2015 | Midfielder | 147 | 13 | 26 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 203 | 018 | | |
| Edin Džeko | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2011–2015 | Forward | 130 | 50 | 25 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 189 | 072 | | |
| Gaël Clichy | France | 2011–2017 | Defender | 138 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 39 | 0 | 203 | 003 | | |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2011–2021 | Forward | 275 | 184 | 44 | 31 | 71 | 45 | 390 | 0 260 | 2 | |
| Samir Nasri | France | 2011–2017 | Midfielder | 129 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 32 | 4 | 176 | 027 | | |
| Jesús Navas | Spain | 2013–2017 | Midfielder | 123 | 4 | 28 | 4 | 32 | 0 | 182 | 08 | | |
| Fernandinho | Brazil | 2013–2022 | Midfielder | 264 | 20 | 42 | 3 | 77 | 3 | 383 | 026 | | |
| Martín Demichelis | Argentina | 2013–2016 | Defender | 78 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 106 | 004 | | |
| Fernando | Brazil | 2014–2017 | Midfielder | 64 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 102 | 04 | | |
| Raheem Sterling | England | 2015–2022 | Forward | 225 | 91 | 45 | 15 | 69 | 25 | 339 | 0131 | | |
| Nicolás Otamendi | Argentina | 2015–2020 | Defender | 136 | 8 | 32 | 2 | 42 | 1 | 210 | 011 | | |
| Kevin De Bruyne | Belgium | 2015– | Midfielder | 257 | 68 | 56 | 18 | 69 | 16 | 0 382 | 0 102 | 4 | |
| John Stones | England | 2016– | Defender | 160 | 8 | 38 | 3 | 59 | 5 | 257 | 016 | | |
| Leroy Sané | Germany | 2016–2020 | Forward | 90 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 23 | 6 | 135 | 039 | | |
| İlkay Gündoğan | Germany | 2016–2023 2024– | Midfielder | 188 | 44 | 49 | 6 | 67 | 10 | 304 | 060 | | |
| Oleksandr Zinchenko | Ukraine | 2016–2022 | Defender | 76 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 128 | 02 | | |
| Gabriel Jesus | Brazil | 2017–2022 | Forward | 159 | 58 | 37 | 17 | 40 | 20 | 236 | 095 | | |
| Ederson | Brazil | 2017– | Goalkeeper | 250 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 0332 | 00 | | |
| Bernardo Silva | Portugal | 2017– | Midfielder | 233 | 39 | 56 | 13 | 76 | 15 | 355 | 067 | 1 | |
| Kyle Walker | England | 2017– | Defender | 197 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 59 | 1 | 301 | 06 | | |
| Phil Foden | England | 2017– | Midfielder | 164 | 54 | 47 | 17 | 59 | 16 | 270 | 0 87 | 1 | |
| Aymeric Laporte | Spain | 2018–2023 | Defender | 121 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 33 | 2 | 180 | 012 | | |
| Riyad Mahrez | Algeria | 2018–2023 | Forward | 145 | 43 | 45 | 19 | 46 | 16 | 236 | 078 | | |
| Rodri | Spain | 2019– | Midfielder | 172 | 22 | 29 | 1 | 40 | 2 | 0257 | 026 | | |
| João Cancelo | Portugal | 2019–2024 | Defender | 98 | 5 | 30 | 1 | 55 | 3 | 154 | 09 | | |
| Rúben Dias | Portugal | 2020– | Defender | 117 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 0178 | 04 | 1 | |
| Nathan Aké | Netherlands | 2020– | Defender | 79 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 0125 | 010 | | |
| Jack Grealish | England | 2021– | Midfielder | 74 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 34 | 1 | 0125 | 014 | | |
| Julián Álvarez | Argentina | 2022–2024 | Forward | 67 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 22 | 11 | 0103 | 036 | | |
| Erling Haaland | Norway | 2022– | Forward | 66 | 63 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 098 | 090 | 1 | |
Last updated: 25 May 2024. Source:

### Club captains

This is a list of City's official club captains, who are currently appointed via a vote of players and staff. Other players (vice-captains) have led the team on the pitch when the club captain is not playing or not available. Some players have been made captain on a one-off basis to celebrate or commemorate an event, e.g. Oleksandr Zinchenko captained the team in their 2021–22 FA Cup fifth round tie at Peterborough United in support of his country during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
| Years | Pos. | Captain |
| 1904–1906 | FW | Billy Meredith |
| 1906–1914 | FW | Lot Jones |
| 1914–1919 | No competitive football due to the First World War | No competitive football due to the First World War |
| 1919–1923 | DF | Eli Fletcher |
| 1923–1925 | DF | Max Woosnam |
| 1926–1928 | MF | Charlie Pringle |
| 1928–1932 | MF | Jimmy McMullan |
| 1932–1935 | DF | Sam Cowan |
| 1935–1936 | MF | Matt Busby |
| 1937–1939 | MF | Les McDowall |
| Years | Pos. | Captain |
| 1939–1946 | No competitive football due to the Second World War | No competitive football due to the Second World War |
| 1946–1947 | GK | Frank Swift |
| 1947–1950 | DF | Eric Westwood |
| 1950–1957 | DF | Roy Paul |
| 1957–1961 | MF | Ken Barnes |
| 1961–1964 | DF | Bill Leivers |
| 1965–1967 | FW | Johnny Crossan |
| 1967–1974 | DF | Tony Book |
| 1974–1975 | MF | Colin Bell |
| 1975–1976 | DF | Mike Doyle |
| Years | Pos. | Captain |
| 1976–1979 | DF | David Watson |
| 1979–1986 | DF/MF | Paul Power |
| 1986–1988 | DF | Kenny Clements |
| 1988–1992 | DF | Steve Redmond |
| 1992–1993 | DF | Terry Phelan |
| 1993–1996 | DF | Keith Curle |
| 1996–1998 | DF | Kit Symons |
| 1998 | MF | Jamie Pollock |
| 1998–2000 | DF | Andy Morrison |
| 2000–2001 | DF/MF | Alfie Haaland |
| Years | Pos. | Captain |
| 2001–2002 | DF | Stuart Pearce |
| 2002–2003 | MF | Ali Benarbia |
| 2003–2006 | DF | Sylvain Distin |
| 2006–2009 | DF | Richard Dunne |
| 2009–2010 | DF | Kolo Touré |
| 2010–2011 | FW | Carlos Tevez |
| 2011–2019 | DF | Vincent Kompany |
| 2019–2020 | MF | David Silva |
| 2020–2022 | MF | Fernandinho |
| 2022–2023 | MF | İlkay Gündoğan |
| Years | Pos. | Captain |
| 2023–2025 | DF | Kyle Walker |
| 2025–present | MF | Kevin De Bruyne |

## Most prolific goalscorers

The players who have scored the most goals in total during their entire club career can be determined by sorting on the appropriate column in either of the above tables. Below is an additional sortable list of the most prolific Manchester City strikers' acumen in front of goal based on their best individual seasons for the club. Current players are highlighted in blue.
Manchester City players who have scored 30 or more goals for the club in a single season :
| Player | Nat. | Season | No. of goals | No. of matches | Avg. goals per match | Total goals for club |
| Billy Meredith | Wales | 1898–99 | 30 | 34 | 0.88 | 151 |
| Billie Gillespie | England | 1902–03 | 30 | 33 | 0.91 | 132 |
| Tommy Browell | England | 1920–21 | 31 | 43 | 0.72 | 139 |
| Frank Roberts | England | 1924–25 | 32 | 39 | 0.82 | 130 |
| Frank Roberts | England | 1925–26 | 30 | 45 | 0.67 | 130 |
| Tommy Johnson | England | 1928–29 | 38 | 39 | 0.97 | 166 |
| Tommy Tait | England | 1929–30 | 31 | 34 | 0.91 | 46 |
| Dave Halliday | Scotland | 1931–32 | 32 | 45 | 0.71 | 51 |
| Peter Doherty | Republic of Ireland | 1936–37 | 32 | 45 | 0.71 | 80 |
| Alex Harley | Scotland | 1962–63 | 32 | 49 | 0.65 | 32 |
| Derek Kevan | England | 1963–64 | 36 | 46 | 0.78 | 56 |
| Francis Lee | England | 1971–72 | 35 | 46 | 0.76 | 148 |
| Shaun Goater | Bermuda | 2001–02 | 32 | 46 | 0.70 | 103 |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2011–12 | 30 | 48 | 0.63 | 260 |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2014–15 | 32 | 42 | 0.76 | 260 |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2016–17 | 33 | 45 | 0.73 | 260 |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2017–18 | 30 | 39 | 0.77 | 260 |
| Sergio Agüero | Argentina | 2018–19 | 32 | 46 | 0.70 | 260 |
| Raheem Sterling | England | 2019–20 | 31 | 52 | 0.60 | 131 |
| Erling Haaland | Norway | 2022–23 | 52 | 53 | 0.98 | 90 |
| Erling Haaland | Norway | 2023–24 | 38 | 43 | 0.88 | 90 |
Last updated: 5 May 2024. Source: James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual player data.

## Most England caps

The following is a list of the most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City. The list is initially presented in the chronological order of the dates each player made his debut for England at full international level but can be sorted based on the contents of the fourth column to display the players in order of most appearances for their country. The list includes all ten of the most capped players who played for England while also actively playing for the club (just sort the list instead based on the contents of the third column). Players who won all of their England caps playing for Manchester City are indicated in bold font. Internationals with no caps won while playing at Manchester City are indicated in italics. Players who are currently internationally active players are highlighted in blue.
Most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City (minimum 17 England caps) :
| Player | | Caps while at club | Total caps * | Goals | Clean sheets | First capped | Last capped | England career span |
| Eric Brook | FW | 18 | 18 | 10 | –– | 19 October 1929 | 17 November 1937 | 8 years, 29 days |
| Frank Swift | GK | 19 | 19 | 0 | 9 | 28 September 1946 | 18 May 1949 | 2 years, 232 days |
| Colin Bell | MF | 48 | 480(3) | 9 | –– | 22 May 1968 | 30 October 1975 | 7 years, 161 days |
| Francis Lee | FW | 27 | 270(0) | 10 | –– | 11 December 1968 | 29 April 1972 | 3 years, 140 days |
| Mick Channon | FW | 1 | 460(2) | 21 | –– | 11 October 1972 | 7 September 1977 | 4 years, 331 days |
| Dave Watson | DF | 30 | 650(2) | 4 | –– | 3 April 1974 | 2 June 1982 | 8 years, 60 days |
| Trevor Francis | FW | 10 | 52 (10) | 12 | –– | 9 February 1977 | 23 April 1986 | 9 years, 73 days |
| Peter Barnes | FW | 14 | 220(4) | 4 | –– | 16 November 1977 | 25 May 1982 | 4 years, 190 days |
| Peter Beardsley | MF | 0 | 590(13) | 9 | –– | 29 January 1986 | 23 May 1996 | 10 years, 115 days |
| Stuart Pearce | DF | 0 | 780(4) | 5 | –– | 19 May 1987 | 8 September 1999 | 12 years, 112 days |
| David Seaman | GK | 0 | 750(3) | 0 | 40 | 16 November 1988 | 16 October 2002 | 13 years, 334 days |
| Steve McManaman | MF | 0 | 37 (12) | 3 | –– | 16 November 1994 | 6 October 2001 | 6 years, 324 days |
| Robbie Fowler | FW | 0 | 26 (15) | 7 | –– | 27 March 1996 | 15 June 2002 | 6 years, 80 days |
| David James | GK | 13 | 53 (10) | 0 | 21 | 29 March 1997 | 27 June 2010 | 13 years, 90 days |
| Frank Lampard | MF | 0 | 106 (17) | 29 | –– | 10 October 1999 | 24 June 2014 | 14 years, 257 days |
| Gareth Barry | MF | 24 | 53 (12) | 2 | –– | 31 May 2000 | 26 May 2012 | 11 years, 361 days |
| Danny Mills | DF | 0 | 19 (8) | 0 | –– | 25 May 2001 | 18 February 2004 | 2 years, 269 days |
| Owen Hargreaves | MF | 0 | 42 (25) | 0 | –– | 15 August 2001 | 28 May 2008 | 6 years, 287 days |
| Wayne Bridge | DF | 4 | 36 (15) | 1 | –– | 13 February 2002 | 14 November 2009 | 7 years, 274 days |
| Darius Vassell | FW | 0 | 22 (16) | 6 | –– | 13 February 2002 | 24 June 2004 | 2 years, 132 days |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | MF | 20 | 36 (21) | 6 | –– | 18 August 2004 | 12 October 2010 | 6 years, 55 days |
| Joleon Lescott | DF | 21 | 280(6) | 1 | –– | 13 October 2007 | 26 March 2013 | 5 years, 164 days |
| Joe Hart | GK | 64 | 750(5) | 0 | 43 | 1 June 2008 | 14 November 2017 | 9 years, 166 days |
| James Milner | MF | 42 | 61 (25) | 1 | –– | 12 August 2009 | 11 June 2016 | 6 years, 304 days |
| Kyle Walker | DF | 66 | 930(8) | 1 | –– | 12 November 2011 | 17 November 2024 | 13 years, 5 days |
| Raheem Sterling | MF | 61 | 820(10) | 20 | –– | 14 November 2012 | 10 December 2022 | 10 years, 26 days |
| John Stones | DF | 73 | 830(9) | 3 | –– | 30 May 2014 | 13 October 2024 | 10 years, 136 days |
| Fabian Delph | MF | 14 | 20 (5) | 0 | –– | 3 September 2014 | 9 June 2019 | 4 years, 279 days |
| Phil Foden | MF | 43 | 430(12) | 4 | –– | 5 September 2020 | 13 October 2024 | 4 years, 38 days |
| Jack Grealish | MF | 27 | 390(21) | 4 | –– | 8 September 2020 | 13 October 2024 | 4 years, 35 days |
| Kalvin Phillips | MF | 8 | 310(8) | 1 | –– | 8 September 2020 | 20 November 2023 | 3 years, 73 days |
* Parenthetical number represents total substitute appearances included in larger total appearances tally for those players for whom substitution is applicable.
Last updated: 17 November 2024. Source: "Who are City's most-capped England internationals?". Manchester City F.C. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual player data.

## Player of the Year awards

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists all of the recipients of this award since its inception. All of these players are listed in italics font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.
| Year | Winner |
| 1967 | Tony Book |
| 1968 | Colin Bell |
| 1969 | Glyn Pardoe |
| 1970 | Francis Lee |
| 1971 | Mike Doyle |
| 1972 | Mike Summerbee |
| 1973 | Mike Summerbee |
| 1974 | Mike Doyle |
| 1975 | Alan Oakes |
| 1976 | Joe Corrigan |
| Year | Winner |
| 1977 | David Watson |
| 1978 | Joe Corrigan |
| 1979 | Asa Hartford |
| 1980 | Joe Corrigan |
| 1981 | Paul Power |
| 1982 | Tommy Caton |
| 1983 | Kevin Bond |
| 1984 | Mick McCarthy |
| 1985 | Paul Power |
| 1986 | Kenny Clements |
| Year | Winner |
| 1987 | Neil McNab |
| 1988 | Steve Redmond |
| 1989 | Neil McNab |
| 1990 | Colin Hendry |
| 1991 | Niall Quinn |
| 1992 | Tony Coton |
| 1993 | Garry Flitcroft |
| 1994 | Tony Coton |
| 1995 | Uwe Rösler |
| 1996 | Giorgi Kinkladze |
| Year | Winner |
| 1997 | Giorgi Kinkladze |
| 1998 | Michael Brown |
| 1999 | Gerard Wiekens |
| 2000 | Shaun Goater |
| 2001 | Danny Tiatto |
| 2002 | Ali Benarbia |
| 2003 | Sylvain Distin |
| 2004 | Shaun Wright-Phillips |
| 2005 | Richard Dunne |
| 2006 | Richard Dunne |
| Year | Winner |
| 2007 | Richard Dunne |
| 2008 | Richard Dunne |
| 2009 | Stephen Ireland |
| 2010 | Carlos Tevez |
| 2011 | Vincent Kompany |
| 2012 | Sergio Agüero |
| 2013 | Pablo Zabaleta |
| 2014 | Yaya Touré |
| 2015 | Sergio Agüero |
| 2016 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| Year | Winner |
| 2017 | David Silva |
| 2018 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 2019 | Bernardo Silva |
| 2020 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 2021 | Rúben Dias |
| 2022 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| 2023 | Erling Haaland |
| 2024 | Phil Foden |

## Player of the month awards

The club have publicly awarded a Player of the Month award since the start of the 2007–08 season. Titled the Thomas Cook Player of the Month award until the end of the 2008–09 season it has been known as the Etihad Player of the Month award since then to the present day. Since 2010–11 it has been awarded by means of a public poll of registered "cityzen" users of the mancity.com website each month. Before that it was by a poll of members of the clubs official supporters club.
To date, the award has been made on 149 occasions to 57 individual players. The player awarded the most times is current current club captain, Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne is also the only player to date to have been awarded it four times in a single season (2015–16). The player with the most consecutive awards is Bernardo Silva who won it three times between September and November 2021.

### Players with the most awards

Current players at the club are highlighted in bold.
| Player | No. of awards | Month of first award | Month of last award |
| Kevin De Bruyne | 17 | Sep. 15 | Jan. 24 |
| Sergio Agüero | 12 | Feb. 12 | Jan. 20 |
| David Silva | 10 | Oct. 10 | Mar. 18 |
| Riyad Mahrez | 8 | Oct. 18 | Jan. 23 |
| Erling Haaland | 6 | Aug. 22 | Sep. 24 |
| Raheem Sterling | 5 | Aug. 16 | Oct. 19 |
| Bernardo Silva | 5 | Dec. 18 | Nov. 21 |
| Vincent Kompany | 5 | Dec. 08 | Feb. 16 |
| Joe Hart | 5 | Feb. 08 | Mar. 15 |
| Edin Džeko | 4 | Jan. 11 | Jan. 14 |
| Carlos Tevez | 4 | Dec. 09 | Mar. 13 |
| Yaya Touré | 4 | Apr. 11 | Dec. 16 |
| Phil Foden | 4 | Dec. 23 | Jan. 25 |
| James Milner | 3 | Nov. 11 | Jan. 15 |
| Samir Nasri | 3 | Mar. 12 | Nov. 13 |
| Pablo Zabaleta | 3 | Jan. 09 | Jan. 13 |
| 10 players | 2 | – | – |
| 31 players | 1 | – | – |
Last updated: 6 March 2025. Source: http://mancity.com

## Former Manchester City players and managers inducted into Halls of Fame

A number of former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the club's own Hall of Fame (which was inaugurated in 2004) as well as the national football Halls of Fame of both Scotland (also inaugurated in 2004) and England / Wales (inaugurated in 2002). All of the honoured inductees in one of these three football halls of fame (listed below), who were former players at the club with more than one hundred appearances, are listed in bold font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.

### Manchester City Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:
Inductees in MCFC Hall of Fame :
| Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC | Notes |
| Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in October 2004 |||||
| 2004 | Billy Meredith | right winger | player | 1894–1906 1921–1924 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Tommy Johnson | centre forward & inside left | player | 1919–1930 | |
| 2004 | Eric Brook | left winger | player | 1928–1939 | |
| 2004 | Frank Swift | goalkeeper | player | 1933–1949 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Peter Doherty | inside left | player | 1936–1945 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Roy Clarke | left winger | player | 1947–1958 | Lifetime achievement award |
| 2004 | Bert Trautmann, OBE | goalkeeper | player | 1949–1964 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Roy Paul | half back | player | 1950–1957 | |
| 2004 | Mike Summerbee | centre forward & right winger | player | 1965–1975 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Tony Book | right back | player manager interim mgr. | 1966–1974 1974–1979 1973 1980 1989 1993 | |
| 2004 | Colin Bell, MBE | attacking midfielder | player | 1966–1979 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Francis Lee, CBE | forward | player chairman | 1967–1974 1994–1998 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2004 | Joe Corrigan | goalkeeper | player | 1967–1983 | |
| 2004 | Paul Lake | midfielder / defender | player | 1987–1996 | |
| 2004 | Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE | forward | player | 1990–1996 | also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 | Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004 |
| 2005 | Sam Cowan | centre half | player manager | 1924–1935 1946–1947 | |
| 2005 | Ken Barnes | wing half | player | 1950–1961 | Lifetime achievement award |
| 2005 | Alan Oakes | midfielder | player | 1958–1976 | |
| 2005 | Joe Mercer, OBE | left half | manager | 1965–1971 | Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2005 | Malcolm Allison | centre half | assistant mgr. manager | 1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980 | Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame |
| 2006 | Ernie Toseland | right winger | player | 1928–1938 | |
| 2006 | Johnny Hart | inside forward | player manager | 1947–1960 1973 | Lifetime achievement award |
| 2006 | Manchester City 1956 0000FA Cup-winning team | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | en masse induction |
| 2006 | Mike Doyle | centre half & defensive midfielder | player | 1965–1978 | |
| 2006 | Shaun Goater | forward | player | 1998–2003 | Cult hero award |
| 2008 | Fred Tilson | centre forward | player | 1928–1939 | |
| 2008 | Neil Young | inside left & left winger | player | 1961–1972 | |
| 2008 | Alex Williams, MBE | goalkeeper | player | 1980–1986 | Lifetime achievement award |
| 2009 | Uwe Rösler | forward | player | 1994–1998 | |
Last updated: 1 January 2016. Source: list of MCFC Hall of Fame inductees

### National Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the National Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:
Inductees in NFM Hall of Fame :
| Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
| Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date ||||
| 2002 | Peter Doherty | inside left | player | 1936–1945 |
| 2002 | Denis Law, CBE | forward & midfielder | player | 1960–1961 1973–1974 |
| 2002 | Kevin Keegan, OBE | forward | manager | 2001–2005 |
| 2003 | Peter Schmeichel, MBE | goalkeeper | player | 2002–2003 |
| 2003 | Alan Ball, MBE | attacking midfielder | manager | 1995–1996 |
| 2005 | Bert Trautmann, OBE | goalkeeper | player | 1949–1964 |
| 2005 | Colin Bell, MBE | attacking midfielder | player | 1966–1979 |
| 2007 | Billy Meredith | right winger | player | 1894–1906 1921–1924 |
| 2007 | Peter Beardsley | midfielder | player | 1998 |
| 2007 | Mark Hughes | forward | manager | 2008–2009 |
| 2009 | Frank Swift | goalkeeper | player | 1933–1949 |
| 2010 | Francis Lee, CBE | forward | player | 1967–1974 |
| 2013 | Mike Summerbee | forward | player | 1965–1975 |
| 2014 | Trevor Francis | centre forward | player | 1981–1982 |
| 2014 | Patrick Vieira | holding midfielder | player EDS manager | 2010–2011 2011–2015 |
| 2015 | Stuart Pearce, MBE | left back | player coach manager | 2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007 |
| 2015 | Sun Jihai | defender | player | 2002–2008 |
| 2016 | David Seaman MBE | goalkeeper | player | 2003–2004 |
| 2017 | Frank Lampard OBE | attacking midfielder | player | 2014–2015 |
| 2020 | Justin Fashanu | centre forward | player | 1989 |
| 2023 | Vincent Kompany | centre half | player | 2008–2019 |
| | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |
| 2002 | Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG | inside right & right half | player | 1928–1936 |
| 2004 | Don Revie, OBE | centre forward | player | 1951–1956 |
| 2005 | Howard Kendall | attacking midfielder | manager | 1989–1990 |
| 2009 | Joe Mercer, OBE | left half | manager | 1965–1971 |
| 2009 | Malcolm Allison | centre half | assistant mgr. manager | 1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980 |
| | Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date | Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date | Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date | Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date |
| 2007 | Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE | forward | player | 1990–1996 |
| | Manchester City teams inducted to date | Manchester City teams inducted to date | Manchester City teams inducted to date | Manchester City teams inducted to date |
| 2009 | Manchester City 1967–70 | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable |
Last updated: 5 May 2023. Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees

### Premier League Hall of Fame

The following players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame, which is the hall of fame for association football players that have played in the Premier League. Inaugurated in 2020 but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hall of Fame is intended to recognise and honour players that have achieved great success and made a significant contribution to the league since its founding in 1992.
Inductees in Premier League Hall of Fame :
| Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
| Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date ||||
| 2021 | Frank Lampard, OBE | attacking midfielder | player | 2014–2015 |
| 2022 | Sergio Agüero | centre forward | player | 2011–2021 |
| 2022 | Vincent Kompany | centre half | player | 2008–2019 |
| 2022 | Peter Schmeichel, MBE | goalkeeper | player | 2002–2003 |
| 2022 | Patrick Vieira | holding midfielder | player EDS manager | 2010–2011 2011–2015 |
| 2024 | Andrew Cole | centre forward | player | 2005–2006 |
Last updated: 22 April 2024. Source: list of PL Hall of Fame inductees

### Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the appropriate category:
Inductees in SFM Hall of Fame :
| Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
| Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date ||||
| 2004 | Denis Law, CBE | forward | player | 1960–1961 1973–1974 |
| 2004 | Billy McNeill, MBE | defender | manager | 1983–1986 |
| 2011 | Bobby Johnstone | inside right | player | 1955–1959 |
| | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date | Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date |
| 2004 | Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG | inside right & right half | player | 1928–1936 |
Last updated: 1 January 2016. Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees

### Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:
Inductees in WS Hall of Fame :
| Year of induction | Player | Position | Role at MCFC | Years in role at MCFC |
| Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date ||||
| 1990 | Billy Meredith | right winger | player | 1894–1906 1921–1924 |
| 1999 | Horace Blew | full back | player | 1906 |
| 2003 | Mark Hughes | forward | manager | 2008–2009 |
Last updated: 18 July 2015. Source: list of WS Hall of Fame inductees