# List of Reading F.C. players (1–24 appearances)

Reading Football Club, established in 1871, is an association football club based in Reading.

## Key

* The list is currently updated to include all players who have joined the club since 1991. Those who joined before that date still need to be added.
* The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.
Player
* Players listed in italics spent their entire career with the club on loan.
Club years
* Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.
Appearances
* League and total appearances are sourced to Royals Record from 1991–92 to 1995–96, and Soccerbase from 1996–97 onwards.
International career
* Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
* A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians. Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

## Players with fewer than 25 appearances

    As of match played 15 March 2025
* James Henry, one of 24 players to have come through the Academy at Reading and gone on to play for the first-team since 1999.
* Greg Halford played just three times for Reading despite signing for a then club-record fee in excess of £2.25m.
* Matthew Connolly was part of three successive Championship winning sides between 2011 and 2013 with QPR, Reading and Cardiff City.
* Part of a defence that kept seven consecutive clean sheets, Matthew Upson was hailed by then assistant manager Kevin Dillon as "the best loan signing this club has had".
| Name | Position | Club years | League apps | League goals | Total apps | Total goals | International career |
| Lea Barkus | FW | 1991–1995 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | — |
| David Bass | MF | 1991–1997 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Garry Brooke | MF | 1991 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| David Byrne | MF | 1991 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — |
| Allan Cockram | MF | 1991 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — |
| Neale Cooper | DF | 1991 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Nathan Fealey | DF | 1991–1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Aaron Giamettei | MF | 1991–1992 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Andy Gray | FW | 1991–1994 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 4 | — |
| Danny Honey | GK | 1991–1992 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jim Leighton | GK | 1991–1992 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Scotland |
| Steve Morrow | DF | 1991 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Northern Ireland |
| Brian Statham | DF | 1991 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Steve Archibald | FW | 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Scotland |
| Gerry Britton | FW | 1992 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Darren Jackson | DF | 1992–1993 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| John Keeley | GK | 1992 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| David Lee | DF | 1992 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | England under-21 |
| Darren McCance | DF | 1992–1994 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Paul Moody | FW | 1992–1993 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — |
| David Robinson | FW | 1992 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Alan Carey | FW | 1993–1997 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| John Humphrey | DF | 1993–1994 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| David McDonald | DF | 1993 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Republic of Ireland B |
| Darren Barnard | MF | 1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Wales |
| Mick Murphy | FW | 1994–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Ray Wallace | DF | 1994 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Tony Witter | DF | 1994 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Kenny Brown | DF | 1995–1996 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 1 | — |
| Robert Codner | MF | 1995 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England C |
| Andy Freeman | MF | 1995–1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Neville Gordon | FW | 1995–1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Simon Sheppard | GK | 1995–1996 | 18 | 0 | 22 | 0 | — |
| Michael Thorpe | DF | 1995–1998 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Chris Woods | GK | 1995 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Sal Bibbo | GK | 1996–1998 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Eric Nixon | GK | 1996 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Neville Roach | FW | 1996–1999 | 16 | 1 | 23 | 2 | — |
| Ben Smith | MF | 1996–1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Steve Sutton | GK | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Tommy Wright | GK | 1996 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | Northern Ireland |
| Steve Blatherwick | DF | 1997 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Jason Bowen | FW | 1997–1999 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 1 | Wales |
| Gareth Davies | DF | 1997–1999 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | Wales under-21 |
| Mark Robins | FW | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Lee Sandford | DF | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Jamie Ashdown | GK | 1998–2004 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Neil Clement | DF | 1998–1999 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | England under-18 |
| Nick Colgan | GK | 1998 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Robert Fleck | FW | 1998–1999 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | Scotland |
| Phil Hadland | FW | 1998–2000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Paddy Kelly | DF | 1998 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Elroy Kromheer | DF | 1998–1999 | 11 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Andy Legg | MF | 1998 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Wales |
| Michael O'Neill | MF | 1998 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | Northern Ireland |
| John Polston | DF | 1998–2001 | 18 | 1 | 24 | 1 | — |
| Mark Reilly | MF | 1998 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Scotland B |
| Neville Stamp | DF | 1998–2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Peter van der Kwaak | GK | 1998–1999 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Andy Wright | MF | 1998 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Tony Barras | DF | 1999 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Mark Bowen | DF | 1999 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Wales |
| Alex Haddow | MF | 1999–2001 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Kevin Lisbie | FW | 1999 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Jamaica |
| Alan Maybury | DF | 1999 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Mark McKeever | MF | 1999 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 2 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Andy McLaren | MF | 1999–2000 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 1 | Scotland |
| Mark Nicholls | FW | 1999–2000 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Graham Potter | DF | 1999 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Tony Thorpe | FW | 1999 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Joe Gamble | MF | 2000–2004 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Alex Smith | DF | 2001–2003 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 3 | — |
| Michael Branch | FW | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Ben Roberts | GK | 2002 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Leo Roget | DF | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Bas Savage | FW | 2002–2005 | 16 | 0 | 18 | 0 | — |
| Matthew Upson | DF | 2002 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 1 | England |
| Jamie Young | GK | 2002–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Darren Campbell | MF | 2003–2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England under-17 Scotland under-17 |
| Peter Castle | DF | 2003–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England under-16 Republic of Ireland under-18 |
| Luke Chadwick | MF | 2003 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | England under-21 |
| Omar Daley | MF | 2003–2004 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Jamaica |
| Dean Gordon | DF | 2004 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Sekou Baradji | MF | 2005 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | France under- 21 |
| Eric Obinna Chukwunyelu | FW | 2005–2006 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — |
| Michael Dobson | DF | 2005–2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Les Ferdinand | FW | 2005 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 1 | England |
| Martin Keown | DF | 2005 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England |
| Chris Makin | DF | 2005–2006 | 12 | 0 | 19 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Curtis Osano | DF | 2005–2008 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Graham Stack | GK | 2005–2008 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Scott Davies | MF | 2006–2011 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Scott Golbourne | DF | 2006–2009 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | England under-19 |
| John Halls | DF | 2006–2008 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | England under-20 |
| Ben Hamer | GK | 2006–2011 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| James Henry | MF | 2006–2010 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 4 | England under-19 |
| Péter Máté | DF | 2006–2008 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Hungary under-21 |
| Sam Sodje | DF | 2006–2009 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 1 | Nigeria |
| Mikkel Andersen | GK | 2007–2015 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Denmark under-21 |
| Emerse Faé | MF | 2007–2009 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Ivory Coast |
| Greg Halford | DF | 2007 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Nicholas Bignall | FW | 2008–2013 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Julian Kelly | DF | 2008–2011 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0 | — |
| Dave Mooney | FW | 2008–2011 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | Republic of Ireland under-23 |
| Dan Harding | DF | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Darren O'Dea | DF | 2009 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | Republic of Ireland |
| Lawson D'Ath | MF | 2010–2014 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Gunnar Thorvaldsson | FW | 2010 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Iceland |
| Marcus Williams | DF | 2010–2012 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Bongani Khumalo | DF | 2011–2012 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | South Africa |
| Joseph Mills | DF | 2011–2013 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | England under-18 |
| Benik Afobe | FW | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Matthew Connolly | DF | 2012 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Tomasz Cywka | MF | 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Poland under-21 |
| Ryan Edwards | MF | 2012–2015 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Australia under-23 |
| Hayden Mullins | MF | 2012 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Dominic Samuel | FW | 2012–2017 | 11 | 2 | 16 | 0 | England under-19 |
| Stuart Taylor | GK | 2012–2014 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Chris Baird | MF | 2013–2014 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Northern Ireland |
| Wayne Bridge | DF | 2013–2014 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | England |
| Daniel Carriço | MF | 2013–2014 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Portugal under-21 |
| Royston Drenthe | MF | 2013–2015 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 2 | Netherlands |
| Billy Sharp | FW | 2013–2014 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Sean Long | DF | 2013–2017 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Craig Tanner | FW | 2013–2017 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | England under-16 |
| Aaron Tshibola | MF | 2013–2016 | 13 | 0 | 17 | 0 | England under-18 |
| Aaron Kuhl | MF | 2014–2017 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Glenn Murray | FW | 2014 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 8 | — |
| Jack Stacey | MF | 2014–2017 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | — |
| Yakubu | FW | 2015 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 1 | Nigeria |
| Nathan Aké | DF | 2015 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Netherlands under-21 |
| Kwesi Appiah | FW | 2015 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | Ghana |
| Nathaniel Chalobah | MF | 2015 | 15 | 1 | 20 | 1 | England under-21 |
| Jure Travner | DF | 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Slovenia under-21 |
| Josh Barrett | MF | 2015–2020 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Jonathan Bond | GK | 2015–2018 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Álex Fernández | MF | 2015–2016 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 1 | Spain under-20 |
| Paolo Hurtado | MF | 2015–2017 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Peru |
| Rowan Liburd | FW | 2015–2016 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Orlando Sá | FW | 2015–2016 | 19 | 5 | 21 | 5 | Portugal |
| Andrew Taylor | DF | 2015–2016 | 19 | 0 | 23 | 0 | England under-21 |
| Tennai Watson | DF | 2015–2021 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Danzell Gravenberch | DF | 2016–2019 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Netherlands under-19 |
| Joseph Mendes | FW | 2016–2018 | 15 | 3 | 20 | 3 | — |
| Deniss Rakels | FW | 2016–2018 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 3 | Latvia |
| Lewis Grabban | FW | 2017 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 3 | — |
| Jordon Mutch | MF | 2017 | 9 | 1 | 9 | 1 | England under-21 |
| Reece Oxford | DF | 2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Adrian Popa | MF | 2017–2020 | 15 | 1 | 17 | 1 | Romania |
| Sam Walker | GK | 2018–2021 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | — |
| Gabriel Osho | DF | 2016–2020 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | Nigeria |
| Felipe Araruna | MF | 2020–2022 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | — |
| Ryan East | MF | 2016–2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Lucas Boyé | FW | 2019–2020 | 18 | 0 | 23 | 2 | — |
| Ayub Masika | FW | 2020 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 0 | Kenya |
| Marc McNulty | FW | 2018–2022 | 13 | 1 | 17 | 1 | Scotland |
| Ethan Bristow | DF | 2018–2022 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — |
| Dejan Tetek | MF | 2019–2023 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 0 | Serbia under-21 |
| Nahum Melvin-Lambert | FW | 2019–2023 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | Saint Lucia |
| Lynford Sackey | FW | 2019–2022 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | England under-16 |
| Lewis Gibson | DF | 2020–2021 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Jayden Onen | MF | 2020–2021 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Oliver Pendlebury | MF | 2019–2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England under-16 |
| Conor Lawless | MF | 2019–2021 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Claudio Osorio | MF | 2021–2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | England under-15 |
| Kian Leavy | MF | 2021–2023 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 |
| Michael Stickland | DF | 2021– | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Jahmari Clarke | FW | 2021–2024 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 2 | Jamaica under-20 |
| Alen Halilović | MF | 2021–2022 | 11 | 1 | 12 | 1 | Croatia |
| Tyrell Ashcroft | DF | 2021–2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — |
| Louie Holzman | DF | 2021– | 7 | 0 | 15 | 0 | — |
| Karl Hein | GK | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | Estonia |
| Brandon Barker | MF | 2022 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | England under-20 |
| Ørjan Nyland | GK | 2022 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | Norway |
| Terell Thomas | DF | 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | Saint Lucia |
| Rashawn Scott | MF | 2022–2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| John Clarke | DF | 2022– | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-19 |
| Dean Bouzanis | GK | 2022–2025 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | Australia under-23 |
| Basil Tuma | FW | 2022– | 6 | 0 | 12 | 0 | Malta |
| Cesare Casadei | MF | 2023 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 1 | Italy under-21 |
| Coniah Boyce-Clarke | GK | 2019– | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | Jamaica |
| Jack Senga | MF | 2022– | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Tivonge Rushesha | MF | 2023– | 13 | 0 | 24 | 0 | Wales under-17 |
| Caylan Vickers | FW | 2023–2024 | 14 | 1 | 22 | 3 | — |
| Matthew Carson | DF | 2023–2024 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 0 | — |
| Dom Ballard | FW | 2023–2024 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | England under-19 |
| Taylan Harris | MF | 2023–2024 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Tom Norcott | GK | 2023– | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — |
| Charlie Wellens | MF | 2023– | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — |
| Zane Monlouis | DF | 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | England under-17 |
| Emmanuel Osho | DF | 2024– | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Adrian Akande | MF | 2024– | 13 | 0 | 19 | 1 | — |
| Abraham Kanu | DF | 2024– | 10 | 0 | 16 | 0 | — |
| Shay Spencer | MF | 2024– | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — |
| Ashqar Ahmed | DF | 2024– | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0 | — |
| Tyler Sackey | MF | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — |
| Joseph Barough | MF | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Boyd Beacroft | DF | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Jeremiah Okine-Peters | FW | 2024– | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — |
| Billy Bodin | FW | 2025– | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — |
| Tom Carroll | MF | 2025– | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | England under-21 |