# List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Heart of Midlothian ("Hearts"). It generally includes only players who made more than 100 league appearances for Hearts, played in international matches while with the club, or set a club record. Some players who made a significant contribution in under 100 appearances are also included, for instance those who were a key part of the club's early history (e.g. Tom Purdie or Nick Ross). In some cases appearance records are incomplete, or the player's career may have predated the founding of the Scottish football league system in 1890–91.

## Notable players

    Bold type indicates that the player currently plays for the club.
Key to positions
* GK — Goalkeeper
* FB — Full-back
* CB — Centre-back
* HB — Half-back
* MF — Midfielder
* W — Winger
* IF — Inside forward
* FW — Forward
| Name | Nationality | Position | Hearts career | League games | League goals | Notes |
| Laurence Abrams | England | MF | 1910–1914 | 107 | 8 | |
| Stéphane Adam | France | FW | 1997–2002 | 109 | 30 | |
| James Adams | Scotland | FB | 1885–1897 | 75 | 17 | |
| Henry Allan | Scotland | FB | 1897–1903 | 98 | 0 | |
| Thomas Allan | Scotland | GK | 1906–1908 1911–1914 | 158 | 0 | |
| Alan Anderson | Scotland | CB | 1964–1976 | 352 | 21 | |
| Andrew Anderson | Scotland | FB | 1931–1944 | 313 | 4 | |
| Davie Baird | Scotland | W | 1888–1903 | 145 | 54 | |
| Eamonn Bannon | Scotland | MF | 1976–1979; 1988–1993 | 185 | 28 | |
| Barney Battles, Jr. | Scotland | FW | 1928–1936 | 148 | 136 | Hearts' record goalscorer in a single season, with 44. |
| Willie Bauld | Scotland | FW | 1948–1962 | 292 | 183 | Hearts' record competitive goalscorer. |
| Isaac Begbie | Scotland | HB | 1888–1900 | 146 | 4 | |
| Mark Bell | Scotland | W | 1900–1904 | 35 | 7 | |
| Bob Bennie | Scotland | MF | 1928–1933 | 137 | 5 | |
| Christophe Berra | Scotland | CB | 2003–2009; 2017–2019 | 204 | 7 | |
| Neil Berry | Scotland | CB/MF | 1984–1996 | 256 | 9 | |
| Mirsad Bešlija | Bosnia and Herzegovina | W | 2006–2008 | 8 | 0 | Club record transfer fee paid (£850,000 to Genk). |
| Bob Birrell | Scotland | DF | 1918–1922 | 113 | 0 | |
| Andy Black | Scotland | FW | 1935–1946 | 136 | 105 | |
| Kenny Black | Scotland | MF | 1984–1989 | 178 | 15 | |
| Willie Black | Scotland | GK | 1916–1921 | 108 | 0 | |
| Bobby Blackwood | Scotland | HB | 1952–1962 | 136 | 37 | |
| Dave Bowman | Scotland | MF | 1981–1984 | 116 | 8 | |
| Archie Boyd | Scotland | GK | 1914–1916 | 74 | 0 | |
| Thomas Breckenridge | Scotland | FW | 1886–1888 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Brown | Scotland | FB | 1969–1979 | 278 | 21 | |
| Jimmy Brown | Scotland | GK | 1942–1952 | 167 | 0 | |
| Albert Buick | Scotland | W | 1896–1903 | 75 | 1 | |
| Drew Busby | Scotland | MF/FW | 1973–1979 | 178 | 55 | |
| Colin Cameron | Scotland | MF | 1996–2001 | 155 | 47 | |
| Thomas Chambers | Scotland | IF | 1893–1896 | 42 | 18 | |
| Sandy Clark | Scotland | FW | 1984–1988 | 136 | 35 | |
| David Clunie | Scotland | FB | 1966–1977 | 224 | 5 | |
| Tom Collins | Scotland | FB | 1903–1910 | 158 | 1 | |
| John Colquhoun | Scotland | W | 1985–1991; 1993–1996 | 345 | 66 | |
| Alfie Conn, Sr. | Scotland | IF | 1944–1958 | 223 | 115 | |
| Charlie Cox | Scotland | HB | 1944–1951 | 115 | 5 | |
| Scott Crabbe | Scotland | FW | 1987–1992 | 116 | 31 | |
| Ian Crawford | Scotland | W | 1954–1961 | 127 | 58 | |
| Paddy Crossan | Scotland | FB | 1912–1925 | 283 | 11 | |
| Jim Cruickshank | Scotland | GK | 1960–1977 | 394 | 0 | |
| John Cumming | Scotland | HB | 1950–1966 | 337 | 33 | |
| Colin Dand | Scotland | HB | 1921–1927 | 129 | 11 | |
| Percy Dawson | England | FW | 1911–1914 | 80 | 63 | Left the club for a world record transfer fee. |
| Arnaud Djoum | Belgium | MF | 2015–2019 | 109 | 15 | |
| Bobby Dougan | Scotland | CB | 1947–1954 | 125 | 0 | |
| Andrew Driver | England | W | 2006–2013 | 143 | 18 | |
| Jimmy Dykes | Scotland | CB | 1935–1946 | 55 | 4 | |
| Calum Elliot | Scotland | FW | 2005–2011 | 110 | 14 | |
| Jock Fairbairn | Scotland | GK | 1890–1898 | 120 | 0 | |
| Danny Ferguson | Scotland | FB | 1960–1967 | 127 | 13 | |
| Derek Ferguson | Scotland | MF | 1990–1993 | 103 | 4 | |
| George Fleming | Scotland | MF | 1966–1971 | 132 | 21 | |
| Thomas Flögel | Austria | FB/MF | 1997–2002 | 110 | 8 | |
| Donald Ford | Scotland | FW | 1964–1976 | 253 | 93 | |
| Wayne Foster | England | FW | 1986–1994 | 160 | 12 | |
| Cammy Fraser | Scotland | MF | 1974–1980 | 152 | 18 | |
| Steve Fulton | Scotland | MF | 1995–2002 | 203 | 15 | |
| Willie Gibson | Scotland | FW | 1973–1981 | 245 | 85 | |
| Freddie Glidden | Scotland | CB | 1951–1958 | 165 | 2 | |
| Alan Gordon | Scotland | FW | 1961–1969 | 127 | 55 | |
| Craig Gordon | Scotland | GK | 2001–2007; 2020– | 138 | 0 | Club record transfer fee received (£9 million from Sunderland). |
| Harry Graham | Scotland | FW | 1913–1920 | 146 | 46 | |
| Johnny Hamilton | Scotland | W | 1955–1967 | 293 | 75 | |
| Jack Harkness | Scotland | GK | 1928–1936 | 292 | 0 | |
| Paul Hartley | Scotland | MF | 2003–2007 | 118 | 31 | |
| Sandy Herd | Scotland | FB/HB | 1927–1937 | 264 | 7 | |
| Billy Higgins | Scotland | HB | 1957–1967 | 193 | 11 | |
| John Hill | Scotland | HB | 1888–1892 | 37 | 3 | |
| George Hogg | Scotland | HB | 1892–1903 | 187 | 7 | |
| David Holt | Scotland | FB | 1960–1969 | 231 | 0 | |
| Sandy Jardine | Scotland | FB/CB | 1982–1987 | 184 | 3 | |
| Jim Jefferies | Scotland | FB/CB | 1972–1981 | 227 | 5 | |
| Tom Jenkinson | Scotland | W | 1884–1897 | 2 | 0 | First player capped while with Hearts, in 1887. |
| Roald Jensen | Norway | W | 1965–1971 | 74 | 19 | |
| John Johnstone | Scotland | CB | 1921–1933 | 12 | 8 | |
| Robert Johnstone | Scotland | | 1929–1935 | 172 | 31 | |
| Eggert Jónsson | Iceland | FB | 2007–2012 | 134 | 8 | |
| Alex Kane | Scotland | GK | 1919–1922 | 106 | 0 | |
| Roy Kay | Scotland | FB | 1970–1977 | 142 | 1 | |
| Peter Kerr | Scotland | MF | 1926–1930 | 105 | 4 | |
| George Key | Scotland | HB | 1899–1904 | 81 | 7 | |
| Walter Kidd | Scotland | FB | 1977–1994 | 366 | 6 | |
| Alexander King | Scotland | IF | 1895–1896 | 16 | 11 | |
| Robert King | Scotland | | 1923–1932 | 186 | 1 | |
| Laryea Kingston | Ghana | MF | 2007–2010 | 61 | 9 | |
| Andy Kirk | Northern Ireland | FW | 1999–2004 | 109 | 30 | |
| Bobby Kirk | Scotland | FB | 1955–1962 | 213 | 8 | |
| Patrick Kisnorbo | Australia | FB | 2003–2005 | 48 | 1 | |
| Davie Laing | Scotland | HB | 1946–1954 | 191 | 11 | |
| Craig Levein | Scotland | CB | 1983–1995 | 329 | 15 | |
| Gary Locke | Scotland | FB/MF | 1993–2001 | 141 | 5 | |
| Alex MacDonald | Scotland | MF | 1980–1986 | 122 | 10 | |
| Jamie MacDonald | Scotland | GK | 2008–2014 | 116 | 0 | |
| Roddie MacDonald | Scotland | CB | 1981–1987 | 173 | 22 | |
| Dave Mackay | Scotland | HB | 1953–1959 | 135 | 27 | |
| Gary Mackay | Scotland | MF | 1980–1997 | 516 | 45 | Hearts' record appearance holder. |
| Gordon Marshall | England | GK | 1956–1963 | 193 | 0 | |
| Alex Massie | Scotland | HB | 1930–1935 | 181 | 19 | |
| Alan Maybury | Republic of Ireland | FB | 2001–2005 | 112 | 4 | |
| Neil McCann | Scotland | W | 1996–1998; 2006–2008 | 98 | 18 | |
| Duncan McClure | Scotland | FB | 1933–1948 | 179 | 1 | |
| David McCulloch | Scotland | FW | 1934–1935 | 53 | 55 | |
| Willie McFarlane | Scotland | W | 1942–1951 | 38 | 4 | |
| Ryan McGowan | Australia | FB | 2010–2013 | 56 | 2 | |
| Kevin McKenna | Canada | CB | 2001–2005 | 122 | 21 | |
| Tam McKenzie | Scotland | FB | 1942–1957 | 254 | 3 | |
| Tosh McKinlay | Scotland | FB | 1988–1994 | 206 | 6 | |
| Alan McLaren | Scotland | CB | 1988–1994 | 182 | 6 | |
| Frank McLaren | Scotland | MF | 1905–1912 | 161 | 17 | |
| Lachie McMillan | Scotland | W | 1924–1931 1933 | 163 | 50 | |
| Dave McPherson | Scotland | CB | 1987–1992; 1994–1999 | 295 | 23 | |
| John McPherson | Scotland | CB | 1888–1892 | 18 | 6 | |
| Gary McSwegan | Scotland | FW | 1998–2002 | 82 | 25 | |
| Alex Menzies | Scotland | FW | 1902–1906 | 40 | 23 | |
| Bob Mercer | Scotland | CB | 1909–1920 | 242 | 23 | |
| Saulius Mikoliūnas | Lithuania | W | 2005–2009 | 102 | 11 | |
| John Millar | Scotland | MF | 1991–1996 | 133 | 21 | |
| Archie Miller | Scotland | HB | 1931–1947 | 122 | 11 | |
| George Miller | Scotland | FW | 1915–1922; 1925–1931 | 223 | 44 | |
| Jimmy Milne | Scotland | CB | 1951–1961 | 143 | 3 | |
| Alex Munro | Scotland | FW | 1932–1937 | 106 | 20 | |
| Jimmy Murray | Scotland | IF | 1952–1961 | 115 | 63 | |
| Tommy Murray | Scotland | MF/FW | 1971–1975 | 104 | 17 | |
| Willie Murray | Scotland | W | 1923–1934 | 337 | 80 | |
| John Murphy | Scotland | W | 1919–1925 | 142 | 40 | |
| Gary Naysmith | Scotland | FB | 1996–2000 | 97 | 3 | |
| Robbie Neilson | Scotland | FB | 2000–2009 | 200 | 1 | |
| Peter Nellies | Scotland | FB | 1908–1921 | 339 | 11 | |
| Antti Niemi | Finland | GK | 1999–2002 | 89 | 0 | |
| Derek O'Connor | Scotland | FW | 1979–1984 | 127 | 47 | |
| Tom O'Neil | Scotland | DF | 1926–1933 | 101 | 0 | |
| Ruben Palazuelos | Spain | MF | 2007–2011 | 114 | 3 | |
| Donald Park | Scotland | W | 1972–1985 | 174 | 33 | |
| Bobby Parker | Scotland | FB | 1947–1957 | 247 | 19 | |
| Callum Paterson | Scotland | DF/FW | 2012–2017 | 137 | 33 | |
| Willie Polland | Scotland | FB | 1961–1967 | 147 | 2 | |
| Willie Porteous | Scotland | FW | | 70 | 31 | |
| Bobby Prentice | Scotland | W | 1973–1979 | 145 | 12 | |
| Steven Pressley | Scotland | CB | 1998–2006 | 270 | 14 | |
| Bob Preston | Scotland | DF | 1919–1922 | 127 | 9 | |
| Tom Purdie | Scotland | FB | 1875–1881 | 0 | 0 | A founding player and first captain of the club. |
| Jock Ramage | Scotland | DF | 1919–1926 | 146 | 7 | |
| Willie Reid | Ireland | DF | 1930–1937 | 134 | 2 | |
| Harry Rennie | Scotland | GK | 1898–1900 | 36 | 0 | |
| Paul Ritchie | Scotland | CB | 1995–2000 | 133 | 4 | |
| John Robertson | Scotland | FW | 1982–1988; 1988–1998 | 512 | 214 | Hearts' record league goalscorer. |
| Tommy Robertson | Scotland | W | 1896–1898 1902 | 28 | 18 | |
| George Robson | Scotland | FW | 1935–1939 | 115 | 7 | |
| Nick Ross | Scotland | FB/FW | 1881–1884 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gilles Rousset | France | GK | 1995–2000 | 132 | 0 | |
| Davie Russell | Scotland | FW | 1890–1896 | 82 | 37 | |
| George Scott | Scotland | IL | 1889–1897 | 222 | 95 | |
| Scott Severin | Scotland | MF | 1998–2004 | 150 | 13 | |
| Jack Sharp | Scotland | FW | 1915–1922 | 154 | 17 | |
| Graham Shaw | Scotland | MF/FW | 1976–1980 | 102 | 15 | |
| Chris Shevlane | Scotland | FB | 1962–1967 | 104 | 1 | |
| George Sinclair | Scotland | W | 1908–1921 | 326 | 46 | |
| Rudi Skácel | Czech Republic | MF | 2005–2006; 2010–2012 | 93 | 40 | Scored goals in two Scottish Cup final victories (2006 and 2012). |
| Tommy Sloan | Scotland | W | 1946–1952 | 110 | 24 | |
| Gordon Smith | Scotland | W | 1959–1961 | 42 | 13 | The only player to win the Scottish league with three different clubs (Hibs, Hearts and Dundee). |
| Henry Smith | Scotland | GK | 1981–1996 | 476 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Smith | Scotland | W | 1924–1931 | 164 | 48 | |
| Ian Sneddon | Scotland | FB | 1967–1975 | 129 | 1 | |
| John Souttar | Scotland | DF/FW | 2016– | 99 | 1 | |
| Michael Stewart | Scotland | MF | 2004–2010 | 103 | 12 | |
| Ryan Stevenson | Scotland | MF | 2010–2012 2013–2014 | 116 | 21 | |
| Willie Taylor | Scotland | W | 1889–1900 | 119 | 62 | |
| Charlie Thomson | Scotland | CB | 1898–1912 | 180 | 38 | |
| Eddie Thomson | Scotland | CB | 1967–1973 | 162 | 4 | |
| George Thomson | Scotland | FB | 1956–1961 | 117 | 14 | |
| Gary Tierney | Scotland | FB | 2003–2006 | 2 | 0 | |
| Jim Townsend | Scotland | MF | 1967–1972 | 107 | 11 | |
| Tommy Traynor | Scotland | W | 1962–1970 | 171 | 30 | |
| Johnny Urquhart | Scotland | W | 1946–1956 | 156 | 48 | |
| Bobby Walker | Scotland | IF | 1896–1914 | 328 | 124 | |
| Jimmy Walker | Scotland | W | 1944–1947 | 7 | 1 | |
| John Walker | Scotland | FW | 1893–1898 | 82 | 31 | |
| Nicky Walker | Scotland | GK | 1990–1994 | 50 | 0 | |
| Tommy Walker | Scotland | IF | 1932–1949 | 236 | 107 | |
| Jamie Walker | Scotland | W | 2012–2018 2019– | 169 | 40 | |
| Lee Wallace | Scotland | FB | 2005–2011 | 139 | 3 | |
| Willie Wallace | Scotland | FW | 1961–1966 | 173 | 91 | |
| Jimmy Wardhaugh | Scotland | IF | 1946–1960 | 303 | 206 | |
| Fred Warren | Wales | FW | 1936–1939 | 110 | | |
| Willie Waugh | Scotland | GK | 1928–1942 | 113 | 0 | |
| Andy Webster | Scotland | CB | 2001–2013 | 222 | 11 | |
| David Weir | Scotland | CB | 1996–1999 | 92 | 8 | |
| Jock White | Scotland | FW | 1921–1934 | 283 | 153 | |
| Willie White | Scotland | GK | 1922–1928 | 160 | 0 | |
| Brian Whittaker | Scotland | FB | 1984–1990 | 162 | 1 | |
| George Wilson | Scotland | W | 1904–1906 | 75 | 29 | |
| Jock Wilson | England | FB | 1915–1925 | 226 | 0 | |
| Willie Wilson | Scotland | FW | 1912–1924 | 247 | 67 | |
| Alex Wright | Scotland | HB | 1922–1927 | 128 | 3 | |
| Alex Young | Scotland | FW | 1955–1960 | 155 | 71 | |
| Marius Zaliukas | Lithuania | CB | 2006–2013 | 192 | 11 | |