# List of Derby County F.C. players

Derby County Football Club was founded in 1884, first entered the FA Cup in the same year, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888. The club's first team have been English champions twice, and have the FA Cup once. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.
Each player's details include the duration of his Derby career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches.

## List of players
### Key

* Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname.
* Appearances as a substitute are included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the match played 15 March 2025.
Positions key :
| GK | Goalkeeper | DF | Defender | MF | Midfielder | FW | Forward | U | Utility |
| CB | Centre back | FB | Fullback | LB | Left back | RB | Right back | SW | Sweeper |
| HB | Half back | LH | Left half | WH | Right half | WH | Wing half | IF | Inside forward |
| AM | Attacking midfielder | CM | Central midfielder | DM | Defensive midfielder | LM | Left midfielder | RM | Right midfielder |
| IR | Inside right | LW | Left winger | IL | Inside left | RW | Right winger | W | Winger |

### Table

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
List of Derby County F.C. players with 100 or more appearances :
| Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | Walter Roulstone | England | MF | 1887–1894 | 129 | 4 |
| John Goodall | England | FW | 1889–1899 | 238 | 85 | |
| Archie Goodall | Ireland | HB | 1889–1903 | 423 | 52 | |
| Johnny McMillan | Scotland | IL | 1890–1896 | 126 | 50 | |
| John Cox | England | RH | 1891–1899 | 238 | 7 | |
| Jimmy Methven | Scotland | RB | 1891–1906 | 511 | 0 | Manager 1906–1922 |
| Jack Robinson | England | GK | 1981–1987 | 180 | 0 | |
| Jonathan Staley | England | DF | 1891–1901 | 141 | 0 | |
| Steve Bloomer | England | FW | 1892–1906 1910–1914 | 525 | 332 | Record Derby goalscorer |
| Joe Leiper | Scotland | FB | 1892–1900 | 178 | 0 | |
| Hugh McQueen | Scotland | OL | 1895–1901 | 168 | 22 | |
| John Boag | Scotland | FW | 1896–1904 | 140 | 27 | |
| Jack Fryer | England | GK | 1897–1903 | 199 | 0 | |
| John May | Scotland | WH | 1898–1904 | 200 | 17 | |
| Charles Leckie | Scotland | WH | 1898–1905 | 139 | 1 | |
| Ben Warren | England | HB | 1899–1908 | 269 | 33 | |
| Charlie Morris | Wales | DF | 1900–1910 | 311 | 2 | |
| George Davis | England | OL | 1899–1909 | 155 | 29 | |
| George Richards | England | WH | 1901–1914 | 309 | 37 | |
| Harry Maskrey | England | GK | 1902–1909 | 222 | 0 | |
| Ben Hall | England | CB | 1903–1911 | 269 | 14 | |
| John Davis | England | W | 1904–1910 | 153 | 13 | |
| Jack Nicholas | England | FB | 1905–1912 | 143 | 0 | |
| James Bagshaw | England | DF | 1906–1920 | 240 | 6 | |
| Alf Bentley | England | FW | 1906–1911 | 168 | 112 | |
| Jack Atkin | England | FB | 1907–1922 | 325 | 3 | |
| Ernald Scattergood | England | GK | 1907–1915 | 192 | 3 | |
| Tommy Barbour | Scotland | WH | 1908–1921 | 294 | 3 | |
| Horace Barnes | England | IL | 1908–1914 | 167 | 78 | |
| Jimmy Bauchop | England | FW | 1909–1912 | 135 | 72 | |
| George Lawrence | England | GK | 1910–1924 | 145 | 0 | |
| William Grimes | England | W | 1910–1914 | 169 | 11 | |
| Harry Leonard | England | FW | 1911–1920 | 150 | 73 | |
| Jimmy Moore | England | IF | 1913–1926 | 218 | 82 | |
| George Thornewell | England | OR | 1919–1927 | 295 | 26 | |
| Harold Wightman | England | CB | 1919–1929 | 189 | 9 | |
| Bert Chandler | England | RB | 1919–1925 | 183 | 0 | |
| Bernard McLaverty | England | HB | 1920–1927 | 117 | 1 | |
| Harry Storer | England | IL | 1921–1928 | 274 | 63 | |
| Ben Olney | England | GK | 1921–1927 | 240 | 0 | |
| Johnny McIntyre | Scotland | RH | 1921–1931 | 369 | 9 | |
| Lionel Murphy | England | W | 1921–1928 | 235 | 49 | |
| Syd Plackett | England | WH | 1921–1927 | 156 | 3 | |
| Tommy Crilly | England | FB | 1922–1927 | 211 | 0 | |
| Harry Thoms | England | HB | 1922–1928 | 195 | 4 | |
| Jackie Whitehouse | England | FW | 1923–1929 | 200 | 86 | |
| Harry Bedford | England | FW | 1925–1930 | 218 | 153 | |
| William Carr | England | FB | 1925–1933 | 109 | 0 | |
| Tommy Cooper | England | RB | 1926–1934 | 266 | 1 | |
| Georgie Mee | England | MF | 1926–1932 | 155 | 31 | |
| George Collin | England | LB | 1927–1936 | 334 | 0 | |
| Sammy Crooks | England | FW | 1927–1946 | 445 | 111 | |
| Harry Wilkes | England | GK | 1927–1933 | 220 | 0 | |
| George Stephenson | England | IF | 1927–1931 | 120 | 56 | |
| Jack Bowers | England | FW | 1928–1936 | 220 | 183 | |
| Peter Ramage | Scotland | IL | 1928–1937 | 255 | 60 | |
| Jack Barker | England | CB | 1928–1939 | 353 | 2 | Manager 1953–1955 |
| Jack Nicholas | England | MF | 1928–1947 | 383 | 16 | FA Cup Winner 1946 Player-Manager 1942–1944 |
| Jack Kirby | England | GK | 1929–1938 | 191 | 0 | |
| Errington Keen | England | LH | 1930–1938 | 237 | 5 | |
| Dally Duncan | Scotland | LW | 1932–1946 | 289 | 69 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Ralph Hann | England | WH | 1932–1939 | 120 | 0 | |
| Jack Howe | England | DF | 1936–1950 | 244 | 2 | |
| Tim Ward | England | RW | 1937–1951 | 260 | 5 | Manager 1962–1967 |
| Jackie Stamps | England | FW | 1939–1953 | 262 | 126 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Leon Leuty | England | CB | 1945–1950 | 158 | 1 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Jackie Parr | England | FB | 1945–1953 | 134 | 0 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Reg Harrison | England | RW | 1945–1955 | 281 | 59 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Chick Musson | England | WH | 1945–1954 | 280 | 0 | FA Cup Winner 1946 |
| Frank Broome | England | FW | 1946–1949 | 119 | 45 | |
| Bert Mozley | England | RB | 1946–1955 | 321 | 2 | |
| Billy Steel | Scotland | IL | 1947–1950 | 124 | 35 | |
| Tommy Powell | England | IF | 1948–1961 | 406 | 64 | |
| Terry Webster | England | GK | 1948–1958 | 178 | 0 | |
| Johnny Morris | England | IF | 1949–1952 | 140 | 47 | |
| Jack Parry | England | IF | 1948–1966 | 517 | 110 | |
| Hugh McLaren | Scotland | LW | 1949–1954 | 131 | 56 | |
| Ken Oliver | England | DF | 1949–1958 | 193 | 1 | |
| Albert Mays | England | WH | 1949–1960 | 281 | 21 | |
| Ray Middleton | England | GK | 1951–1954 | 120 | 0 | |
| Geoff Barrowcliffe | England | FB | 1951–1966 | 503 | 39 | |
| Glyn Davies | Wales | CB | 1953–1962 | 213 | 5 | |
| Ray Young | England | CB | 1954–1966 | 289 | 5 | |
| Frank Upton | England | CB | 1954–1961 1965–1966 | 272 | 18 | |
| Reg Ryan | Ireland | WH | 1955–1958 | 139 | 31 | |
| Les Moore | England | CB | 1957–1964 | 156 | 3 | |
| Ken Oxford | England | GK | 1957–1963 | 162 | 0 | |
| Ray Swallow | England | U | 1958–1963 | 128 | 22 | |
| Tony Conwell | England | RB | 1959–1962 | 107 | 1 | |
| Ian Buxton | England | IF | 1959–1967 | 158 | 43 | |
| Bill Curry | England | FW | 1960–1965 | 164 | 76 | |
| Barry Hutchinson | England | WH | 1960–1964 | 116 | 57 | |
| Mick Hopkinson | England | FB | 1960–1968 | 131 | 6 | |
| Reg Matthews | England | GK | 1961–1968 | 246 | 0 | |
| Phil Waller | England | CB | 1961–1967 | 115 | 5 | |
| Ron Webster | England | DF | 1961–1978 | 535 | 7 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1973–74 |
| Bobby Ferguson | England | LB | 1962–1965 | 129 | 0 | |
| John Richardson | England | RB | 1962–1971 | 133 | 5 | |
| Gordon Hughes | England | RW | 1963–1968 | 201 | 24 | |
| Alan Durban | Wales | IF | 1963–1973 | 403 | 112 | League Champion 1971–72 |
| Eddie Thomas | England | FW | 1964–1967 | 113 | 49 | |
| Bobby Saxton | England | DF | 1964–1968 | 108 | 1 | |
| Colin Boulton | England | GK | 1964–1978 | 344 | 0 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 |
| Peter Daniel | England | CB | 1965–1979 | 246 | 8 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1974–75 |
| Roy McFarland | England | CB | 1967–1981 1983 | 530 | 48 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1968–69 Caretaker Manager 1984 Manager 1993–1995 |
| John Robson | England | DF | 1967–1972 | 211 | 5 | League Champion 1971–72 |
| Les Green | England | GK | 1968–1971 | 129 | 0 | |
| Dave Mackay | Scotland | CB | 1968–1971 | 145 | 7 | Player of the Year 1970–71 Manager 1973–1976 |
| John McGovern | Scotland | MF | 1968–1974 | 237 | 20 | League Champion 1971–72 |
| Kevin Hector | England | FW | 1966–1978 1980–1982 | 589 | 201 | Record Derby appearances League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1972–73 |
| John O'Hare | Scotland | FW | 1967–1974 | 308 | 81 | League Champion 1971–72 Player of the Year 1969–70 |
| Alan Hinton | England | LW | 1967–1975 | 316 | 83 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 |
| Willie Carlin | England | MF | 1968–1970 | 108 | 16 | |
| Colin Todd | England | CB | 1971–1978 | 371 | 10 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1971–72 Manager 2001–2002 |
| Steve Powell | England | U | 1971–1985 | 420 | 11 | League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1978–79 |
| Roger Davies | England | FW | 1971–1976 1979–1980 | 166 | 44 | League Champion 1974–75 |
| David Nish | England | DF | 1972–1979 | 237 | 14 | League Champion 1974–75 |
| Henry Newton | England | MF | 1973–1977 | 156 | 6 | League Champion 1974–75 |
| Rod Thomas | England | DF | 1973–1977 | 118 | 2 | League Champion 1975–76 |
| Bruce Rioch | Scotland | MF | 1974–1976 1977–1979 | 184 | 54 | League Champion 1974–75 |
| Charlie George | England | FW | 1975–1978 1982 | 147 | 56 | Player of the Year 1975–76 |
| Dave Langan | Republic of Ireland | RB | 1977–1980 | 155 | 1 | Player of the Year 1977–78 |
| Gerry Daly | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1977–1980 | 122 | 34 | |
| Steve Buckley | England | DF | 1978–1986 | 266 | 25 | Player of the Year 1979–80, 1981–82 |
| Paul Emson | England | LW | 1978–1983 | 138 | 13 | |
| Dave Swindlehurst | England | FW | 1980–1983 | 125 | 32 | |
| Kevin Wilson | England | FW | 1980–1985 | 141 | 19 | |
| Paul Blades | England | DF | 1982–1990 | 200 | 1 | |
| Bobby Davison | England | FW | 1982–1987 1991 | 249 | 106 | Player of the Year 1984–85 |
| Rob Hindmarch | England | CB | 1984–1990 | 196 | 10 | |
| Gary Micklewhite | England | MF | 1985–1993 | 288 | 43 | |
| Ross MacLaren | Scotland | CM | 1985–1988 | 148 | 5 | Player of the Year 1985–86 |
| Geraint Williams | Wales | MF | 1985–1992 | 332 | 10 | Player of the Year 1986–87 |
| John Gregory | England | MF | 1985–1988 | 125 | 23 | Manager 2002–2003 |
| Phil Gee | England | FW | 1985–1992 | 152 | 31 | |
| Michael Forsyth | England | DF | 1986–1995 | 406 | 10 | Player of the Year 1987–88 |
| Mel Sage | England | FB | 1986–1992 | 175 | 4 | |
| Nigel Callaghan | England | RW | 1986–1989 1990 | 100 | 13 | |
| Ted McMinn | Scotland | LW | 1988–1993 | 153 | 14 | Player of the Year 1991–92 |
| Peter Shilton | England | GK | 1987–1992 | 211 | 0 | |
| Mark Wright | England | CB | 1987–1991 | 171 | 10 | Player of the Year 1988–89, 1989–90 |
| Trevor Hebberd | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 106 | 14 | |
| Dean Saunders | Wales | FW | 1988–1991 | 131 | 57 | Player of the Year 1990–1991 |
| Paul Williams | England | CB | 1989–1995 | 195 | 10 | |
| Martin Taylor | England | GK | 1989–1997 | 120 | 0 | Player of the Year 1993–94 |
| Jason Kavanagh | England | DF | 1990–1996 | 127 | 1 | |
| Dean Sturridge | England | FW | 1991–2001 | 214 | 59 | |
| Marco Gabbiadini | England | FW | 1992–1997 | 227 | 68 | Player of the Year 1992–93 |
| Paul Simpson | England | W | 1992–1997 | 202 | 57 | |
| Paul Kitson | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 131 | 49 | |
| Tommy Johnson | England | FW | 1992–1995 | 129 | 41 | |
| Mark Pembridge | Wales | MF | 1992–1995 | 140 | 37 | |
| Darren Wassall | England | CB | 1992–1997 | 122 | 0 | Interim Manager 2016 |
| Craig Short | England | CB | 1992–1995 | 143 | 13 | Player of the Year 1994–95 |
| Lee Carsley | Republic of Ireland | CM | 1994–1999 | 166 | 5 | |
| Russell Hoult | England | GK | 1995–2000 | 138 | 0 | |
| Darryl Powell | Jamaica | MF | 1995–2002 | 227 | 11 | |
| Gary Rowett | England | RB | 1995–1998 | 120 | 4 | Manager 2017–2018 |
| Chris Powell | England | LB | 1996–1998 | 101 | 2 | Player of the Year 1996–97 Caretaker Manager 2016 |
| Jacob Laursen | Denmark | RB | 1996–2000 | 153 | 3 | Player of the Year 1998–99 |
| Mart Poom | Estonia | GK | 1997–2003 | 166 | 0 | Player of the Year 1999–2000 |
| Stefano Eranio | Italy | MF | 1997–2001 | 108 | 10 | |
| Deon Burton | Jamaica | FW | 1997–2002 | 143 | 31 | |
| Rory Delap | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1998–2001 | 113 | 13 | |
| Horacio Carbonari | Argentina | CB | 1998–2002 | 102 | 9 | |
| Malcolm Christie | England | FW | 1998–2002 | 129 | 35 | |
| Paul Boertien | England | LB | 1999–2007 | 126 | 2 | |
| Seth Johnson | England | MF | 1999–2001 2005–2007 | 147 | 6 | |
| Lee Morris | England | FW | 1999–2004 | 100 | 18 | |
| Georgi Kinkladze | Georgia | MF | 1999–2003 | 100 | 8 | Player of the Year 2002–03 |
| Chris Riggott | England | DF | 1999–2003 2011 | 100 | 7 | Player of the Year 2000–01 |
| Richard Jackson | England | RB | 1999–2007 | 127 | 0 | |
| Adam Bolder | England | MF | 2000–2007 | 181 | 11 | |
| Lee Grant | England | GK | 2000–2007 2013–2017 | 186 | 0 | |
| Tom Huddlestone | England | MF | 2002–2005 2017–2020 | 185 | 3 | |
| Michael Johnson | Jamaica | CB | 2003–2008 | 150 | 5 | |
| Paul Peschisolido | Canada | FW | 2004–2007 | 103 | 24 | |
| Morten Bisgaard | Denmark | MF | 2004–2007 | 112 | 10 | |
| Stephen Bywater | England | GK | 2006–2011 | 168 | 0 | |
| Dean Leacock | England | DF | 2006–2012 | 126 | 1 | |
| Stephen Pearson | Scotland | MF | 2007–2012 | 126 | 4 | |
| Gary Teale | Scotland | RW | 2007–2010 | 104 | 5 | |
| Jay McEveley | Scotland | LB | 2007–2010 | 101 | 6 | |
| Robbie Savage | Wales | MF | 2008–2011 | 137 | 7 | |
| Paul Green | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2008–2012 | 143 | 13 | |
| Shaun Barker | England | CB | 2009–2015 | 105 | 6 | Player of the Year 2009–10 |
| Jake Buxton | England | CB | 2009–2016 | 159 | 13 | |
| John Brayford | England | RB | 2010–2013 | 117 | 3 | Player of the Year 2010–11 |
| Gareth Roberts | Wales | LB | 2010–2013 | 104 | 1 | |
| Jeff Hendrick | Republic of Ireland | MF | 2010–2016 2025– | 214 | 26 | |
| Jamie Ward | Northern Ireland | LW | 2011–2015 | 149 | 34 | |
| Craig Bryson | Scotland | MF | 2011–2019 | 276 | 42 | Player of the Year 2011–12, 2013–14 |
| Jason Shackell | England | DF | 2011–2012 2015–2018 | 111 | 3 | |
| Will Hughes | England | MF | 2011–2017 | 187 | 12 | Player of the Year 2014–15 |
| Richard Keogh | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2012–2019 | 355 | 12 | Player of the Year 2012–13 |
| Craig Forsyth | Scotland | LB | 2013– | 374 | 12 | |
| Chris Martin | Scotland | FW | 2013–2020 | 225 | 76 | |
| Johnny Russell | Scotland | FW | 2013–2018 | 162 | 28 | |
| Andre Wisdom | England | RB | 2013–2014 2017–2021 | 145 | 2 | |
| Cyrus Christie | Republic of Ireland | RB | 2014–2017 | 117 | 2 | |
| Tom Ince | England | LW | 2015–2017 | 114 | 38 | |
| Scott Carson | England | GK | 2015–2021 | 171 | 0 | Player of the Year 2015–16 |
| Curtis Davies | England | CB | 2017–2023 | 175 | 9 | Player of the Year 2021–22 |
| Tom Lawrence | Wales | FW | 2017–2022 | 185 | 37 | |
| Max Bird | England | DM | 2017–2024 | 200 | 10 | |
| Martyn Waghorn | England | FW | 2018–2021 2023–2024 | 150 | 37 | |
| Jason Knight | Republic of Ireland | CM | 2019–2023 | 166 | 14 | |
| Louie Sibley | England | MF | 2019–2024 | 173 | 20 | |
| Liam Thompson | England | CM | 2021– | 100 | 3 | |
| Eiran Cashin | Republic of Ireland | CB | 2021–2025 | 144 | 6 | |
| Tom Barkhuizen | England | LW | 2022– | 110 | 14 | |
| James Collins | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2022–2025 | 118 | 31 | |
| Nathaniel Mendez-Laing | Guatemala | W | 2022– | 138 | 20 | |