# List of Chelsea F.C. players

Chelsea Football Club are an association football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League. Below is a list of all the players who made at least 100 appearances for the club.

## Key

* Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.
Positions key :
| Pre-1960s | Pre-1960s | 1960s– | 1960s– |
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
| HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward | Forward | Forward |

### Nationality

    The nationality of a player is determined by the country which he has played for during their Chelsea career, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

### Position

    Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

### Club career

    Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player signed for and left Chelsea.

### Total appearances and Total goals

    Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity / Community Shield, European Cup / UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League, UEFA Conference League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, European Cup Winners' Cup / UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Full Members' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Matches in friendlies and wartime competitions are excluded.

## Players

* Bold indicates players currently playing for the club.
* Italic indicates players who are academy graduates.
    As of 16 March 2025
List of Chelsea F.C. players with 100 or more appearances :
| Player | Nationality | Pos | Club career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
| Goals |||
| Tommy Miller | Scotland | FB | 1905–1909 | 120 | 0 | 120 | 0 |
| Bob McRoberts | Scotland | FW | 1905–1911 | 106 | 0 | 106 | 10 |
| Jimmy Windridge | England | FW | 1905–1911 | 152 | 0 | 152 | 58 |
| Ted Birnie | England | FB | 1906–1909 | 107 | 0 | 107 | 3 |
| George Hilsdon | England | FW | 1906–1912 | 164 | 0 | 164 | 108 |
| Billy Bridgeman | England | FB | 1906–1919 | 159 | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| Jock Cameron | Scotland | HB | 1907–1913 | 194 | 0 | 194 | 0 |
| Jack Whitley | England | GK | 1907–1914 | 138 | 0 | 138 | 0 |
| Ben Warren | England | HB | 1908–1911 | 101 | 0 | 101 | 4 |
| Angus Douglas | Scotland | FW | 1908–1913 | 103 | 0 | 103 | 10 |
| Charlie Freeman | England | FW | 1908–1921 | 104 | 0 | 104 | 22 |
| Samuel Downing | England | HB | 1909–1914 | 145 | 0 | 145 | 10 |
| Vivian Woodward | England | FW | 1909–1915 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 34 |
| Fred Taylor | England | HB | 1909–1917 | 171 | 0 | 171 | 4 |
| Alec Ormiston | Scotland | HB | 1909–1919 | 103 | 0 | 103 | 1 |
| Walter Bettridge | England | HB | 1909–1922 | 254 | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| Bob Whittingham | England | FW | 1910–1919 | 129 | 0 | 129 | 81 |
| Jim Molyneux | England | GK | 1910–1923 | 239 | 0 | 239 | 0 |
| Jack Harrow | England | FB | 1911–1926 | 334 | 0 | 334 | 5 |
| Harry Ford | England | FW | 1912–1924 | 248 | 0 | 248 | 47 |
| Harold Halse | England | FB | 1913–1921 | 111 | 0 | 111 | 24 |
| Tommy Logan | Scotland | FB | 1913–1922 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 8 |
| Jimmy Croal | Scotland | FW | 1914–1922 | 130 | 0 | 130 | 26 |
| Bob McNeil | Scotland | FW | 1914–1927 | 306 | 0 | 306 | 32 |
| Jack Cock | England | FW | 1919–1923 | 111 | 0 | 111 | 53 |
| Harry Wilding | England | FB | 1919–1928 | 265 | 0 | 265 | 26 |
| Tommy Meehan | England | HB | 1920–1924 | 133 | 0 | 133 | 4 |
| John Priestley | Scotland | HB | 1920–1928 | 204 | 0 | 204 | 19 |
| George W. Smith | Scotland | FB | 1921–1932 | 370 | 0 | 370 | 0 |
| Albert Thain | England | FW | 1922–1930 | 153 | 0 | 153 | 51 |
| Willie Ferguson | Scotland | FW | 1922–1933 | 294 | 0 | 294 | 11 |
| Andrew Wilson | Scotland | FW | 1923–1931 | 253 | 0 | 253 | 62 |
| Jackie Crawford | England | FW | 1923–1934 | 308 | 0 | 308 | 28 |
| Harold Miller | England | FW | 1923–1939 | 365 | 0 | 365 | 45 |
| George Rodgers | Scotland | FB | 1924–1931 | 122 | 0 | 122 | 2 |
| Leslie Odell | England | FB | 1924–1936 | 103 | 0 | 103 | 7 |
| Tommy Law | Scotland | FB | 1925–1939 | 318 | 0 | 318 | 19 |
| Sam Millington | England | GK | 1926–1932 | 245 | 0 | 245 | 0 |
| George Pearson | England | FW | 1926–1933 | 215 | 0 | 215 | 37 |
| Jack Townrow | England | FB | 1927–1932 | 140 | 0 | 140 | 3 |
| Willie Russell | Scotland | HB | 1927–1935 | 160 | 0 | 160 | 6 |
| Sid Bishop | England | HB | 1928–1933 | 109 | 0 | 109 | 6 |
| George Mills | England | FW | 1929–1943 | 239 | 0 | 239 | 125 |
| Hughie Gallacher | Scotland | FW | 1930–1934 | 144 | 0 | 144 | 81 |
| George Barber | England | FB | 1930–1941 | 294 | 0 | 294 | 1 |
| Vic Woodley | England | GK | 1931–1945 | 272 | 0 | 272 | 0 |
| Eric Oakton | England | MF | 1932–1937 | 112 | 0 | 112 | 30 |
| Len Allum | England | FB | 1932–1939 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 2 |
| John O'Hare | Scotland | FB | 1932–1941 | 108 | 0 | 108 | 0 |
| George Gibson | Scotland | FW | 1933–1939 | 143 | 0 | 143 | 23 |
| Allan Craig | Scotland | FB | 1933–1939 | 211 | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| Billy Mitchell | Ireland | HB | 1933–1940 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 3 |
| Jimmy Argue | Scotland | FW | 1933–1947 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 35 |
| Dick Spence | England | FW | 1934–1948 | 246 | 0 | 246 | 66 |
| Harry Burgess | England | FW | 1935–1942 | 155 | 0 | 155 | 37 |
| Sam Weaver | England | HB | 1936–1945 | 125 | 0 | 125 | 4 |
| Len Goulden | England | FW | 1945–1950 | 111 | 0 | 111 | 19 |
| John Harris | Scotland | FB | 1945–1956 | 364 | 0 | 364 | 14 |
| Danny Winter | Wales | FB | 1943–1951 | 155 | 0 | 155 | 0 |
| Tommy Walker | Scotland | FW | 1946–1948 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 24 |
| Harry Medhurst | England | GK | 1946–1952 | 157 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| Sydney Bathgate | Scotland | FB | 1946–1953 | 147 | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| Ken Armstrong | England | HB | 1946–1957 | 402 | 0 | 402 | 30 |
| Bill Robertson | Scotland | GK | 1946–1960 | 215 | 0 | 215 | 0 |
| William Dickson | Northern Ireland | HB | 1947–1953 | 119 | 0 | 119 | 4 |
| Bobby Campbell | Scotland | HB | 1947–1954 | 213 | 0 | 213 | 40 |
| Billy Hughes | England | FB | 1948–1951 | 105 | 0 | 105 | 0 |
| Billy Gray | England | FW | 1948–1953 | 172 | 0 | 172 | 15 |
| Roy Bentley | England | FW | 1948–1956 | 367 | 0 | 367 | 150 |
| Stan Willemse | England | FB | 1949–1956 | 221 | 0 | 221 | 2 |
| Eric Parsons | England | FW | 1950–1956 | 177 | 0 | 177 | 42 |
| Les Stubbs | England | FW | 1952–1958 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 35 |
| Johnny McNichol | Scotland | FW | 1952–1958 | 202 | 0 | 202 | 66 |
| Derek Saunders | England | HB | 1953–1959 | 223 | 0 | 223 | 9 |
| Ron Tindall | England | FW | 1953–1961 | 174 | 0 | 174 | 69 |
| Peter Sillett | England | FB | 1953–1962 | 288 | 0 | 288 | 34 |
| Frank Blunstone | England | FW | 1953–1964 | 347 | 0 | 347 | 54 |
| John Sillett | England | FB | 1954–1962 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 1 |
| Peter Brabrook | England | FW | 1954–1962 | 271 | 0 | 271 | 57 |
| Reg Matthews | England | GK | 1956–1961 | 148 | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| Mel Scott | England | DF | 1956–1963 | 104 | 0 | 104 | 0 |
| John Mortimore | England | HB | 1956–1965 | 279 | 0 | 279 | 10 |
| Jimmy Greaves | England | FW | 1957–1961 | 169 | 0 | 169 | 132 |
| Ken Shellito | England | FB | 1959–1965 | 123 | 0 | 123 | 2 |
| Barry Bridges | England | FW | 1958–1966 | 203 | 2 | 205 | 93 |
| Bobby Tambling | England | FW | 1959–1970 | 366 | 4 | 370 | 202 |
| Peter Bonetti | England | GK | 1959–1975 1976–1979 | 729 | 0 | 729 | 0 |
| Allan Harris | England | DF | 1960–1964 1966–1967 | 98 | 4 | 102 | 1 |
| Terry Venables | England | MF | 1960–1966 | 237 | 0 | 237 | 31 |
| Bert Murray | England | FW | 1961–1966 | 179 | 4 | 183 | 44 |
| Eddie McCreadie | Scotland | DF | 1962–1973 | 405 | 5 | 410 | 5 |
| Ron Harris | England | DF | 1962–1980 | 784 | 11 | 795 | 14 |
| Peter Houseman | England | MF | 1963–1975 | 325 | 18 | 343 | 39 |
| John Hollins | England | MF | 1963–1975 1983–1984 | 592 | 0 | 592 | 64 |
| Marvin Hinton | England | DF | 1963–1976 | 328 | 16 | 344 | 4 |
| George Graham | Scotland | FW | 1964–1966 | 102 | 0 | 102 | 46 |
| John Boyle | Scotland | MF | 1964–1973 | 253 | 13 | 266 | 12 |
| Peter Osgood | England | FW | 1964–1974 1978–1979 | 376 | 4 | 380 | 150 |
| Charlie Cooke | Scotland | FW | 1966–1972 1974–1978 | 360 | 13 | 373 | 30 |
| Tommy Baldwin | England | MF | 1966–1974 | 228 | 11 | 239 | 91 |
| David Webb | England | DF | 1968–1974 | 299 | 0 | 299 | 34 |
| Ian Hutchinson | England | FW | 1968–1976 | 137 | 7 | 144 | 58 |
| Alan Hudson | England | MF | 1969–1974 1983–1984 | 188 | 1 | 189 | 14 |
| John Dempsey | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1969–1978 | 200 | 7 | 207 | 7 |
| John Phillips | Wales | GK | 1970–1980 | 149 | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| Micky Droy | England | DF | 1970–1985 | 302 | 11 | 313 | 19 |
| Chris Garland | England | MF | 1971–1974 | 111 | 3 | 114 | 31 |
| Steve Kember | England | MF | 1971–1975 | 150 | 0 | 150 | 15 |
| Gary Stanley | England | MF | 1971–1979 | 115 | 5 | 120 | 15 |
| Gary Locke | England | DF | 1971–1983 | 315 | 2 | 317 | 4 |
| Bill Garner | England | FW | 1972–1978 | 105 | 14 | 119 | 36 |
| Ian Britton | Scotland | MF | 1972–1982 | 279 | 10 | 289 | 34 |
| Graham Wilkins | England | FB | 1972–1982 | 148 | 1 | 149 | 1 |
| Kenny Swain | England | MF/FW | 1973–1978 | 127 | 5 | 132 | 29 |
| Steve Wicks | England | DF | 1974–1978 1986–1988 | 163 | 1 | 164 | 9 |
| Ray Wilkins | England | MF | 1973–1979 | 193 | 5 | 198 | 33 |
| David Hay | Scotland | MF | 1974–1980 | 118 | 2 | 120 | 3 |
| Tommy Langley | England | FW | 1974–1980 | 139 | 13 | 152 | 43 |
| Clive Walker | England | FW | 1976–1984 | 191 | 33 | 224 | 65 |
| John Bumstead | England | MF | 1978–1991 | 379 | 30 | 409 | 44 |
| Mike Fillery | England | FW | 1978–1983 | 176 | 5 | 181 | 41 |
| Gary Chivers | England | DF | 1978–1983 | 143 | 5 | 148 | 4 |
| Petar Borota | Yugoslavia | GK | 1979–1982 | 114 | 0 | 114 | 0 |
| Peter Rhoades-Brown | England | FW | 1979–1984 | 97 | 12 | 109 | 5 |
| Colin Pates | England | DF | 1979–1988 | 345 | 1 | 346 | 10 |
| Chris Hutchings | England | DF | 1980–1983 | 97 | 4 | 101 | 3 |
| Colin Lee | England | FW | 1980–1987 | 200 | 23 | 223 | 41 |
| Paul Canoville | England | FW | 1981–1986 | 67 | 36 | 103 | 15 |
| David Speedie | Scotland | FW | 1982–1987 | 197 | 8 | 205 | 64 |
| Nigel Spackman | England | MF | 1983–1987 1992–1996 | 254 | 13 | 267 | 14 |
| Eddie Niedzwiecki | Wales | GK | 1983–1988 | 175 | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| Pat Nevin | Scotland | FW | 1983–1988 | 237 | 5 | 242 | 45 |
| Joe McLaughlin | Scotland | DF | 1983–1989 | 268 | 0 | 268 | 7 |
| Kerry Dixon | England | FW | 1983–1992 | 413 | 7 | 420 | 193 |
| Doug Rougvie | Scotland | DF | 1984–1987 | 100 | 0 | 100 | 3 |
| Darren Wood | England | FB | 1984–1989 | 167 | 11 | 178 | 4 |
| Micky Hazard | England | MF | 1985–1990 | 94 | 9 | 103 | 12 |
| Kevin McAllister | Scotland | FW | 1985–1991 | 101 | 39 | 140 | 13 |
| Gordon Durie | Scotland | FW | 1986–1991 | 145 | 8 | 153 | 63 |
| Gareth Hall | Wales | MF | 1986–1996 | 148 | 23 | 171 | 5 |
| Clive Wilson | England | DF | 1987–1990 | 85 | 18 | 103 | 5 |
| Tony Dorigo | England | DF | 1987–1991 | 180 | 0 | 180 | 12 |
| Kevin Wilson | Northern Ireland | FW | 1987–1992 | 155 | 36 | 191 | 55 |
| Graeme Le Saux | England | DF | 1987–1993 1997–2003 | 280 | 32 | 312 | 16 |
| Steve Clarke | Scotland | DF | 1987–1998 | 407 | 14 | 421 | 10 |
| David Lee | England | DF | 1988–1998 | 148 | 46 | 194 | 13 |
| Kevin Hitchcock | England | GK | 1988–2001 | 131 | 4 | 135 | 0 |
| Ken Monkou | Netherlands | DF | 1989–1992 | 117 | 2 | 119 | 2 |
| Dave Beasant | England | GK | 1989–1993 | 157 | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| Graham Stuart | England | MF | 1989–1993 | 89 | 21 | 110 | 18 |
| Craig Burley | Scotland | MF | 1989–1997 | 105 | 32 | 137 | 11 |
| Erland Johnsen | Norway | DF | 1989–1997 | 170 | 13 | 183 | 1 |
| Andy Townsend | Republic of Ireland | MF | 1990–1993 | 138 | 0 | 138 | 19 |
| Frank Sinclair | Jamaica | DF | 1990–1998 | 211 | 7 | 218 | 13 |
| Eddie Newton | England | MF | 1990–1999 | 181 | 33 | 214 | 10 |
| Dennis Wise | England | MF | 1990–2001 | 434 | 11 | 445 | 75 |
| Andy Myers | England | DF | 1991–1999 | 89 | 17 | 106 | 2 |
| John Spencer | Scotland | FW | 1992–1997 | 100 | 37 | 137 | 43 |
| Dmitri Kharine | Russia | GK | 1992–1999 | 146 | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| Gavin Peacock | England | MF | 1993–1996 | 119 | 15 | 134 | 27 |
| Michael Duberry | England | DF | 1993–1999 | 106 | 9 | 115 | 3 |
| Mark Hughes | Wales | FW | 1995–1998 | 109 | 14 | 123 | 39 |
| Dan Petrescu | Romania | DF | 1996–2000 | 186 | 22 | 208 | 24 |
| Frank Leboeuf | France | DF | 1996–2001 | 200 | 4 | 204 | 24 |
| Roberto Di Matteo | Italy | MF | 1996–2002 | 155 | 20 | 175 | 26 |
| Jody Morris | England | MF | 1996–2003 | 113 | 60 | 173 | 9 |
| Gianfranco Zola | Italy | FW | 1996–2003 | 260 | 52 | 312 | 80 |
| Tore André Flo | Norway | FW | 1997–2000 | 94 | 69 | 163 | 50 |
| Gustavo Poyet | Uruguay | MF | 1997–2001 | 110 | 35 | 145 | 49 |
| Ed de Goey | Netherlands | GK | 1997–2003 | 178 | 1 | 179 | 0 |
| Celestine Babayaro | Nigeria | DF | 1997–2005 | 177 | 20 | 197 | 8 |
| Albert Ferrer | Spain | DF | 1998–2003 | 105 | 8 | 113 | 1 |
| Marcel Desailly | France | DF | 1998–2004 | 219 | 3 | 222 | 7 |
| John Terry | England | DF | 1998–2017 | 686 | 31 | 717 | 67 |
| Mario Melchiot | Netherlands | DF | 1999–2004 | 149 | 16 | 165 | 5 |
| Carlo Cudicini | Italy | GK | 1999–2009 | 210 | 6 | 216 | 0 |
| Jesper Grønkjær | Denmark | FW | 2000–2004 | 77 | 42 | 119 | 11 |
| Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | Netherlands | FW | 2000–2004 | 156 | 21 | 177 | 87 |
| Eiður Guðjohnsen | Iceland | FW | 2000–2006 | 177 | 86 | 263 | 78 |
| William Gallas | France | DF | 2001–2006 | 213 | 12 | 225 | 14 |
| Frank Lampard | England | MF | 2001–2014 | 593 | 55 | 648 | 211 |
| Damien Duff | Republic of Ireland | FW | 2003–2006 | 95 | 30 | 125 | 19 |
| Geremi | Cameroon | MF | 2003–2007 | 74 | 35 | 109 | 4 |
| Claude Makélélé | France | MF | 2003–2008 | 201 | 16 | 217 | 2 |
| Wayne Bridge | England | DF | 2003–2009 | 124 | 18 | 142 | 4 |
| Joe Cole | England | MF | 2003–2010 | 189 | 93 | 282 | 39 |
| Arjen Robben | Netherlands | FW | 2004–2007 | 74 | 32 | 106 | 19 |
| Ricardo Carvalho | Portugal | DF | 2004–2010 | 203 | 7 | 210 | 11 |
| Alex | Brazil | DF | 2004–2012 | 115 | 19 | 134 | 10 |
| Didier Drogba | Ivory Coast | FW | 2004–2012 2014–2015 | 288 | 93 | 381 | 164 |
| Paulo Ferreira | Portugal | DF | 2004–2013 | 167 | 50 | 217 | 2 |
| Petr Čech | Czech Republic | GK | 2004–2015 2020–2021 | 492 | 2 | 494 | 0 |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | England | FW | 2005–2008 | 65 | 60 | 125 | 10 |
| Michael Essien | Ghana | MF | 2005–2014 | 223 | 33 | 256 | 25 |
| Michael Ballack | Germany | MF | 2006–2010 | 139 | 27 | 166 | 26 |
| Salomon Kalou | Ivory Coast | FW | 2006–2012 | 147 | 107 | 254 | 61 |
| Ashley Cole | England | DF | 2006–2014 | 325 | 13 | 338 | 7 |
| John Obi Mikel | Nigeria | MF | 2006–2017 | 282 | 90 | 372 | 6 |
| Florent Malouda | France | FW | 2007–2013 | 173 | 56 | 229 | 45 |
| José Bosingwa | Portugal | DF | 2008–2012 | 110 | 15 | 125 | 3 |
| Nicolas Anelka | France | FW | 2008–2012 | 145 | 39 | 184 | 59 |
| Branislav Ivanović | Serbia | DF | 2008–2017 | 352 | 25 | 377 | 34 |
| Nemanja Matić | Serbia | MF | 2009–2011 2014–2017 | 134 | 20 | 154 | 7 |
| Fernando Torres | Spain | FW | 2010–2014 | 117 | 55 | 172 | 45 |
| Ramires | Brazil | MF | 2010–2016 | 204 | 47 | 251 | 34 |
| Juan Mata | Spain | MF | 2011–2014 | 116 | 19 | 135 | 33 |
| David Luiz | Brazil | DF | 2011–2014 2016–2019 | 232 | 16 | 248 | 18 |
| Thibaut Courtois | Belgium | GK | 2011–2018 | 154 | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| Oscar | Brazil | MF | 2012–2016 | 147 | 56 | 203 | 38 |
| Gary Cahill | England | DF | 2012–2019 | 270 | 20 | 290 | 25 |
| Eden Hazard | Belgium | FW | 2012–2019 | 297 | 55 | 352 | 110 |
| Victor Moses | Nigeria | DF | 2012–2021 | 98 | 30 | 128 | 18 |
| César Azpilicueta | Spain | DF | 2012–2023 | 467 | 41 | 508 | 17 |
| Willian | Brazil | FW | 2013–2020 | 250 | 89 | 339 | 63 |
| Diego Costa | Spain | FW | 2014–2017 | 109 | 11 | 120 | 59 |
| Cesc Fàbregas | Spain | MF | 2014–2019 | 159 | 39 | 198 | 22 |
| Kurt Zouma | France | DF | 2014–2021 | 124 | 27 | 151 | 10 |
| Andreas Christensen | Denmark | DF | 2014–2022 | 146 | 15 | 161 | 2 |
| Ruben Loftus-Cheek | England | MF | 2014–2023 | 74 | 81 | 155 | 13 |
| Pedro | Spain | FW | 2015–2020 | 140 | 66 | 206 | 43 |
| Marcos Alonso | Spain | DF | 2016–2022 | 199 | 13 | 212 | 29 |
| N'Golo Kanté | France | MF | 2016–2023 | 232 | 37 | 269 | 13 |
| Antonio Rüdiger | Germany | DF | 2017–2022 | 195 | 8 | 203 | 12 |
| Mason Mount | England | MF | 2017–2023 | 158 | 37 | 195 | 33 |
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | England | FW | 2017–2023 | 66 | 60 | 126 | 16 |
| Olivier Giroud | France | FW | 2018–2021 | 60 | 59 | 119 | 39 |
| Ross Barkley | England | MF | 2018–2022 | 56 | 44 | 100 | 12 |
| Jorginho | Italy | MF | 2018–2023 | 187 | 26 | 213 | 29 |
| Mateo Kovačić | Croatia | MF | 2018–2023 | 164 | 57 | 221 | 6 |
| Kepa Arrizabalaga | Spain | GK | 2018– | 160 | 3 | 163 | 0 |
| Reece James | England | DF | 2018– | 129 | 43 | 172 | 13 |
| Christian Pulisic | United States | FW | 2019–2023 | 83 | 62 | 145 | 26 |
| Édouard Mendy | Senegal | GK | 2020–2023 | 104 | 1 | 105 | 0 |
| Kai Havertz | Germany | FW | 2020–2023 | 102 | 37 | 139 | 32 |
| Thiago Silva | Brazil | DF | 2020–2024 | 140 | 15 | 155 | 9 |
| Hakim Ziyech | Morocco | FW | 2020–2024 | 60 | 47 | 107 | 14 |
| Ben Chilwell | England | DF | 2020– | 83 | 24 | 107 | 9 |

## List of captains

| Captain | Period |
| Roy Bentley | 1953–1956 |
| Ken Armstrong | 1956–1957 |
| Derek Saunders | 1957–1959 |
| Frank Blunstone | 1959–1964 |
| Terry Venables | 1964–1966 |
| Ron Harris | 1966–1980 |
| Micky Droy | 1980–1984 |
| Colin Pates | 1984–1988 |
| Graham Roberts | 1988–1990 |
| Peter Nicholas | 1990–1991 |
| Andy Townsend | 1991–1993 |
| Dennis Wise | 1993–2001 |
| Marcel Desailly | 2001–2004 |
| John Terry | 2004–2017 |
| Gary Cahill | 2017–2019 |
| César Azpilicueta | 2019–2023 |
| Reece James | 2023– |

### Notable captains

‡ Indicates captains who won the League in the Second Division.
| Captain | League | FAC. | LC. | CS. | UCL. | UEL. | USC. | CWC. | FCWC. | FMC. | Total |
| Roy Bentley | 1954–55 | | | 1955 | | | | | | | 2 |
| Terry Venables | | | 1965 | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Ron Harris | | 1970 | | | | | | 1971 | | | 2 |
| Colin Pates ‡ | 1983–84 | | | | | | | | | 1986 | 2 |
| Graham Roberts ‡ | 1988–89 | | | | | | | | | | 1 |
| Peter Nicholas | | | | | | | | | | 1990 | 1 |
| Dennis Wise | | 1997 2000 | 1998 | 2000 | | | 1998 | 1998 | | | 6 |
| John Terry | 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2014–15 2016–17 | 2007 2009 2010 2012 | 2005 2007 2015 | 2005 2009 | 2012 | 2013 | | | | | 16 |
| Gary Cahill | | 2018 | | | | 2019 | | | | | 2 |
| César Azpilicueta | | | | | 2021 | | 2021 | | 2022 | | 3 |