# List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crewe Alexandra F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history are also included.
For a list of all Crewe Alexandra players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players. For player appearance records see List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics and for the current squad see the main Crewe Alexandra F.C. article.

## List of players

(Current Crewe players shown in bold, totals as of 15 March 2025)
| Name | Nationality | Position | Crewe Alexandra career | Appearances | Goals |
| Tommy Lowry | England | FB | 1966–1978 | 482 | 3 |
| Peter Leigh | England | FB | 1961–1972 | 473 | 2 |
| Shaun Smith | England | FB | 1991–2002 | 466 | 52 |
| Kenny Lunt | England | MF | 1997–2006, 2008 | 436 | 37 |
| Eric Barnes | England | CB | 1958–1969 | 390 | 2 |
| Alan Bradshaw | England | MF | 1965–1971 | 323 | 51 |
| Steve Macauley | England | CB | 1992–2002 | 317 | 27 |
| John Meaney | England | FB | 1946–1953 | 288 | 38 |
| Byron Moore | England | FW | 2007–2014 | 297 | 33 |
| Mark Rivers | England | FW | 1994–2001, 2004–2006 | 295 | 69 |
| Neil Sorvel | England | MF | 1999–2005 | 283 | 13 |
| Geoff Crudgington | England | GK | 1972–1977 | 280 | 0 |
| Callum Ainley | England | MF | 2015–2023 | 278 | 20 |
| Stan Keery | England | MF/ST | 1958–1965 | 277 | 24 |
| Luke Murphy | England | MF | 2008–2013, 2020–2022 | 272 | 26 |
| Barrie Wheatley | England | FW | 1957–1966 | 272 | 58 |
| Bert Swindells | England | FW | 1927–1937 | 269 | 139 |
| Bob Scott | England | CB | 1979–1986 | 261 | 17 |
| Bernard Purdie | Wales | ST | 1973–1979, 1982–1983 | 255 | 44 |
| Dean Greygoose | England | GK | 1987–1993 | 251 | 0 |
| Ben Garratt | England | GK | 2010–2019 | 246 | 0 |
| Stephen Foster | England | CB | 1997–2006 | 242 | 18 |
| Mark Gardiner | England | MF/ST | 1988–1995 | 241 | 42 |
| David Wright | England | RB | 1997–2004 | 240 | 3 |
| Johnny King | England | ST | 1949–1953, 1962–1967 | 238 | 60 |
| Willie Mailey | Scotland | GK | 1963–1970 | 239 | 0 |
| Peter Ellson | England | GK | 1949–1956 | 234 | 0 |
| Gareth Whalley | England | MF | 1992–1997, 2002 | 232 | 17 |
| Mick Gannon | England | FB | 1964–1970 | 228 | 2 |
| Shaun Miller | England | ST | 2006–2012, 2018–2020 | 227 | 52 |
| Matt Tootle | England | DF | 2009–2015 | 224 | 3 |
| Charlie Kirk | England | FW | 2016–2021, 2024 | 222 | 32 |
| Rodney Jack | St. Vincent | FW | 1998–2003, 2006–2007 | 221 | 45 |
| Jason Kearton | Australia | GK | 1996–2001 | 220 | 0 |
| Colin Little | England | ST | 1996–2003 | 220 | 45 |
| Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland | W | 1950–1956 | 217 | 34 |
| Gerry Humphreys | Wales | ST | 1972–1977 | 214 | 30 |
| David Davies | Wales | W | 1974–1981 | 209 | 26 |
| David Vaughan | Wales | MF | 2000–2007 | 209 | 20 |
| Harry Davis | England | DF | 2009–2017 | 208 | 13 |
| Keith Stott | England | HB | 1964–1970 | 208 | 11 |
| Tom Briggs | England | FB | 1949–1956 | 202 | 2 |
| Ray Lugg | England | MF | 1973–1978 | 202 | 12 |
| Rob Edwards | England | DF/MF | 1988–1996 | 198 | 58 |
| Paul Bowles | England | DF | 1975–1979 | 195 | 17 |
| Alf Lees | England | CB | 1951–1956 | 192 | 5 |
| Ollie Turton | England | DF | 2009–2017 | 190 | 4 |
| Chris Porter | England | ST | 2017–2022 | 189 | 54 |
| Dennis Nelson | Scotland | ST | 1974–1976, 1978–1981 | 188 | 34 |
| Dave Waller | England | FW | 1982–1986 | 188 | 66 |
| Ryan Wintle | England | MF | 2015–2021 | 186 | 11 |
| James Jones | Scotland | MF | 2014–2019 | 185 | 12 |
| Phil Charnock | England | MF | 1996–2002 | 183 | 8 |
| Tom Lowery | Wales | MF | 2016–2022, 2025 | 183 | 15 |
| George Gilchrist | England | FB | 1934–1946 | 182 | 0 |
| Perry Ng | England | FB | 2015–2021 | 182 | 7 |
| Frank Mitcheson | England | ST | 1948–1954 | 181 | 34 |
| Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | MF | 1990–1996 | 178 | 16 |
| Tony Waddington | England | FB | 1946–1953 | 178 | 8 |
| Dean Ashton | England | ST | 2000–2005 | 177 | 74 |
| Steve Jones | Northern Ireland | FW | 2001–2006, 2008 | 177 | 46 |
| Danny Murphy | England | MF | 1994–1997, 1999 | 176 | 33 |
| Phil Nicholls | England | DF | 1972–1979 | 176 | 8 |
| Danny Bowers | England | FB | 1979–1984 | 175 | 2 |
| Steve Walters | England | MF | 1989–1996 | 173 | 11 |
| Paul Bevan | Wales | DF | 1975–1980 | 172 | 7 |
| Dave Walton | England | CB | 1997–2003 | 171 | 3 |
| Don Campbell | England | DF | 1958–1962 | 170 | 1 |
| Wayne Collins | England | MF | 1993–1996, 2001–2003 | 170 | 19 |
| Luke Offord | England | DF | 2019–2024 | 170 | 3 |
| Jackie Waring | England | W | 1934–1939 | 170 | 67 |
| Harry Pickering | England | DF | 2016–2021 | 168 | 10 |
| Aaron Callaghan | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1985–1986, 1988–1992 | 166 | 6 |
| Craig Hignett | England | MF/ST | 1985–1992, 2004 | 165 | 57 |
| Ben Rix | England | MF | 2001–2009 | 159 | 6 |
| Chris Cutler | England | ST | 1985–1989 | 156 | 26 |
| Roy Gater | England | FB | 1968–1973 | 156 | 5 |
| Gary Blissett | England | ST | 1983–1987, 1996 | 155 | 40 |
| Chris Riley | Wales | ST | 1958–1964 | 155 | 49 |
| Bob Young | England | FB | 1948–1952 | 155 | 2 |
| Jack Basford | England | ST | 1948–1954 | 154 | 65 |
| Nigel Hart | England | DF | 1982–1987 | 154 | 11 |
| Geoff Thomas | England | MF | 1984–1987, 2001–2002 | 154 | 23 |
| Peter Gowans | Scotland | ST | 1963–1967 | 153 | 47 |
| Tony Naylor | England | ST | 1990–1994 | 153 | 63 |
| Lee Unsworth | England | DF | 1995–2000 | 153 | 2 |
| Dele Adebola | Nigeria | ST | 1993–1998 | 152 | 46 |
| Billy Haydock | England | ST | 1961–1965 | 152 | 31 |
| Kenny Swain | England | DF | 1988–1992 | 152 | 1 |
| Bryan Williams | England | FB | 1954–1958 | 150 | 6 |
| Lee Bell | England | MF | 2002–2008, 2010–2012 | 148 | 5 |
| David Platt | England | ST | 1985–1988 | 148 | 61 |
| Ben Williams | England | GK | 2004–2008 | 148 | 0 |
| Billy Jones | England | DF/MF | 2003–2007, 2021 | 146 | 9 |
| Peter Coyne | England | ST | 1977–1981 | 145 | 49 |
| Steve Davis | England | DF | 1983–1988 | 145 | 1 |
| Adam Dugdale | England | DF | 2006–2007, 2010–2015 | 143 | 6 |
| George Cooper | England | MF | 2014–2018 | 142 | 15 |
| Warwick Rimmer | England | DF | 1975–1979 | 140 | 0 |
| Jon Guthrie | England | DF | 2012–2017 | 137 | 1 |
| Clayton Ince | Trinidad and Tobago | GK | 1999–2005 | 137 | 0 |
| George Ray | Wales | DF | 2011–2019 | 137 | 3 |
| Rio Adebisi | England | DF | 2019– | 136 | 6 |
| John Pemberton | England | DF | 1985–1988, 1997–1998 | 136 | 2 |
| Darren Carr | England | DF | 1990–1993 | 134 | 7 |
| Dale Jasper | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 134 | 2 |
| Bradden Inman | Australia | MF | 2012–2016 | 134 | 24 |
| Kelvin Mellor | England | DF | 2010–2014, 2022–2023 | 134 | 3 |
| Ashley Westwood | England | MF | 2009–2012 | 133 | 15 |
| David Pullar | England | W | 1983–1987 | 132 | 7 |
| Rob Hulse | England | ST | 1999–2003 | 131 | 51 |
| Gary Roberts | England | MF | 2004–2008 | 131 | 11 |
| Clayton Donaldson | England | ST | 2008–2011 | 130 | 49 |
| Julien Baudet | France | DF | 2006–2009 | 127 | 2 |
| Kevin McHale | England | W | 1958–1970 | 126 | 23 |
| Andy Sussex | England | DF | 1988–1991 | 125 | 36 |
| Ashley Westwood | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 125 | 11 |
| Oliver Finney | England | MF | 2016–2023 | 124 | 17 |
| Martyn Booty | England | DF | 1993–1996 | 123 | 6 |
| Fred Keenor | Wales | CB | 1931–1934 | 123 | 5 |
| Chris McCready | England | DF | 2000–2006, 2007–2009 | 123 | 2 |
| Ernie Adams | England | GK | 1969–1972 | 122 | 0 |
| Phil Clarkson | England | MF | 1991–1996 | 122 | 31 |
| A-Jay Leitch-Smith | England | FW | 2009–2014 | 122 | 21 |
| Kevin Lewis | England | FB | 1979–1982 | 122 | 2 |
| Steve Phillips | England | GK | 2009–2014 | 122 | 0 |
| Dave Whelan | England | FB | 1963–1966 | 122 | 0 |
| Tony Cliss | England | ST | 1982–1986 | 121 | 11 |
| Hughen Riley | England | MF | 1971–1975 | 121 | 9 |
| Peter Billing | England | CB | 1986–1989, 1996–1997 | 120 | 1 |
| Frank Lord | England | ST | 1961–1963 | 118 | 73 |
| Mark Palios | England | MF | 1979–1983 | 118 | 23 |
| Albert Parker | England | DF | 1948–1951 | 118 | 0 |
| Danny O'Donnell | England | DF | 2006–2010 | 117 | 4 |
| Efe Sodje | Nigeria | DF | 2000–2003 | 116 | 4 |
| Zac Williams | Wales | DF | 2022– | 116 | 3 |
| Richard Walker | England | CB | 1999–2006 | 115 | 7 |
| Gus Wilson | England | FB | 1991–1995 | 115 | 0 |
| Geoff Hickson | England | GK | 1962–1968 | 114 | 0 |
| Aidan Murphy | England | MF | 1987–1992 | 113 | 13 |
| Brian Parkin | England | GK | 1984–1988 | 113 | 0 |
| Danny Smith | Scotland | W | 1949–1952 | 110 | 15 |
| Norman Bodell | England | DF | 1963–1967 | 109 | 2 |
| Owen Dale | England | FW | 2017–2022 | 109 | 15 |
| Ray Ferris | Northern Ireland | HB | 1945–1949 | 109 | 23 |
| Steve Garvey | England | MF | 1991–1998 | 108 | 8 |
| Paul Edwards | England | DF | 1988–1990 | 108 | 7 |
| Ryan Lowe | England | FW | 2006–2008, 2015–2017 | 108 | 27 |
| Dave McKearney | England | MF | 1989–1993 | 108 | 11 |
| Luke Varney | England | ST | 2003–2007 | 108 | 35 |
| Alan Kelley | England | FB | 1972–1976 | 107 | 0 |
| Danny Murphy | England | FB | 1951–1954 | 107 | 1 |
| Marcus Bignot | England | DF | 1997–2000 | 106 | 0 |
| Joel Grant | Jamaica | MF | 2008–2011 | 106 | 18 |
| Bert Llewellyn | England | ST | 1958–1960 | 106 | 58 |
| Francis Tierney | England | MF | 1993–1998 | 106 | 12 |
| Zoumana Bakayogo | Ivory Coast | DF | 2016–2018 | 104 | 1 |
| Pat Morrissey | Republic of Ireland | ST | 1969–1971 | 104 | 31 |
| Dave Brammer | England | MF | 2001–2004 | 103 | 6 |
| Mark Gayle | England | GK | 1993–1998 | 103 | 0 |
| Gordon Wallace | England | FW | 1967–1971 | 103 | 21 |
| Seth Johnson | England | DF/MF | 1996–1999 | 102 | 6 |
| Jimmy Rolfe | England | W | 1955–1958 | 101 | 13 |
| Billy Barr | England | DF | 1994–1997 | 100 | 6 |
| Paul Fishenden | England | ST | 1988–1990 | 98 | 31 |
| Merfyn Jones | Wales | W | 1959–1961 | 98 | 16 |
| Chris Lightfoot | England | DF | 1996–2001 | 98 | 5 |
| Ken Mulhearn | England | GK | 1980–1982 | 95 | 0 |
| Conor Thomas | England | MF | 2022– | 94 | 2 |
| Robbie Savage | Wales | MF | 1994–1997 | 93 | 11 |
| Fred Chandler | England | DF/ST | 1937–1947 | 86 | 22 |
| Ashley Ward | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 76 | 34 |
| Rob Jones | England | DF | 1988–1991 | 74 | 2 |
| Ademola Bankole | Nigeria | GK | 1996–1998, 2000–2004 | 70 | 0 |
| Nicky Maynard | England | ST | 2005–2008 | 59 | 37 |
| Stan Bowles | England | ST | 1970–1971 | 57 | 19 |
| Jermaine Wright | England | DF/MF | 1998–1999 | 55 | 5 |
| Nick Powell | England | ST | 2010–2012 | 55 | 14 |
| Frank Blunstone | England | ST | 1951–1952 | 48 | 12 |
| Bruce Grobbelaar | Zimbabwe | GK | 1979–1980 | 24 | 1 |