# List of Wigan Athletic F.C. players

Wigan Athletic Football Club is a professional football team based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. They currently compete in the EFL League One.
The following is a list of notable footballers who have played for Wigan Athletic F.C. All players who have made 100 or more first-team appearances for the club are listed below. There are also players with fewer appearances listed who are holders of a club record, or winners of the club's Player of the Year award.
Legend :
* Player of the Year winner
* Club record holder
Statistics correct as of 30 June 2024
| Name | Nationality | Position | Club career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Thelo Aasgaard | Norway | Midfielder | 2020– | 114 | 14 | |
| Nigel Adkins | England | Goalkeeper | 1986–1993 | 155 | 0 | |
| Ali Al-Habsi | Oman | Goalkeeper | 2010–2015 | 136 | 0 | |
| Peter Atherton | England | Defender | 1987–1992 | 149 | 1 | |
| Leighton Baines | England | Defender | 2002–2007 | 145 | 4 | |
| Stuart Balmer | Scotland | Defender | 1998–2001 | 101 | 4 | |
| Kenny Banks | England | Midfielder | 1952–1959 | 180 | 21 | |
| Graham Barrow | England | Midfielder | 1981–1986 | 179 | 35 | |
| Paul Beesley | England | Defender | 1984–1990 | 155 | 3 | |
| Emmerson Boyce | Barbados | Defender | 2006–2015 | 263 | 13 | |
| Les Bradd | England | Forward | 1981–1983 | 63 | 25 | |
| Carl Bradshaw | England | Defender | 1997–2001 | 120 | 11 | |
| Titus Bramble | England | Defender | 2007–2010 | 96 | 5 | |
| John Brown | England | Goalkeeper | 1976–1982 | 162 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Bullard | England | Midfielder | 2002–2006 | 145 | 10 | † |
| Dan Burn | England | Defender | 2016–2018 | 101 | 6 | |
| John Butler | England | Defender | 1981–1989, 1995–1997 | 302 | 15 | |
| Nathan Byrne | England | Defender | 2016–2020 | 127 | 2 | |
| Gary Caldwell | Scotland | Defender | 2010–2015 | 102 | 6 | |
| Matt Carragher | England | Defender | 1993–1997 | 119 | 0 | |
| Roy Carroll | Northern Ireland | Goalkeeper | 1997–2001 | 135 | 0 | |
| Duncan Colquhoun | Scotland | Forward | 1935–1938, 1945–1949 | 131 | 39 | |
| Frank Corrigan | England | Midfielder | 1977–1981 | 129 | 12 | |
| Dennis Crompton | England | Midfielder | 1958–1959, 1964–1967, 1968–1969 | 124 | 16 | |
| Doug Coutts | Scotland | Defender | 1969–1972 | 102 | 2 | |
| Alf Craig | Scotland | Midfielder | 1964–1968 | 126 | 1 | |
| Alex Cribley | England | Defender | 1980–1988 | 272 | 16 | |
| Phil Daley | England | Forward | 1989–1994 | 161 | 39 | |
| Jason De Vos | Canada | Defender | 2001–2004 | 90 | 15 | |
| Arjan De Zeeuw | Netherlands | Defender | 1999–2002, 2005–2007 | 178 | 6 | |
| Chey Dunkley | England | Defender | 2017–2020 | 107 | 13 | |
| Nicky Eaden | England | Defender | 2002–2005 | 122 | 0 | |
| Nathan Ellington | England | Forward | 2001–2005 | 134 | 59 | |
| Lee Evans | Wales | Midfielder | 2017–2021 | 107 | 6 | |
| Simon Farnworth | England | Goalkeeper | 1993–1996 | 126 | 0 | |
| Teddy Felton | England | Forward | 1933–1936 | 113 | 75 | |
| Maynor Figueroa | Honduras | Defender | 2008–2013, 2014 | 185 | 4 | |
| John Filan | Australia | Goalkeeper | 2001–2007 | 187 | 0 | |
| Jim Fleming | Scotland | Midfielder | 1969–1972 | 107 | 34 | |
| David Fretwell | England | Defender | 1978–1981 | 112 | 0 | |
| James Garrett | unknown | Forward | 1973–1977 | 102 | 25 | |
| Ian Gillibrand | England | Defender | 1968–1979 | 422 | 4 | † |
| Jordi Gómez | Spain | Midfielder | 2009–2014, 2016–2017 | 142 | 20 | |
| Tommy Gore | England | Midfielder | 1974–1980 | 287 | 41 | |
| Scott Green | England | Defender | 1997–2003 | 199 | 10 | |
| Colin Greenall | England | Defender | 1995–1999 | 162 | 14 | |
| Bryan Griffiths | England | Midfielder | 1988–1993 | 189 | 44 | |
| Will Grigg | Northern Ireland | Forward | 2015–2019 | 133 | 53 | |
| Alan Halsall | Wales | Goalkeeper | 1964–1969 | 153 | 0 | |
| David Hamilton | England | Midfielder | 1986–1989 | 103 | 7 | |
| Simon Haworth | Wales | Forward | 1998–2002 | 117 | 44 | |
| Emile Heskey | England | Forward | 2006–2009 | 82 | 15 | † |
| Mark Hilditch | England | Forward | 1986–1990 | 103 | 26 | |
| Tom Hindle | England | Forward | 1952–1955 | 103 | 32 | |
| Joe Hinnigan | England | Defender | 1975–1980 | 186 | 18 | |
| Derek Houghton | unknown | Midfielder | 1958–1968 | 348 | 19 | |
| Peter Houghton | England | Forward | 1978–1984 | 202 | 71 | |
| Albert Jackson | England | Midfielder | 1972–1975 | 108 | 27 | |
| Matt Jackson | England | Defender | 2001–2007 | 167 | 4 | |
| Michael Jacobs | England | Midfielder | 2015–2020 | 176 | 32 | |
| Reece James | England | Defender | 2018–2019 | 45 | 3 | |
| Paul Jewell | England | Forward | 1984–1988 | 137 | 35 | |
| Alan Johnson | England | Defender | 1988–1994 | 180 | 13 | |
| Graeme Jones | England | Forward | 1996–2000 | 96 | 44 | † |
| Will Keane | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2020–2023 | 123 | 48 | |
| Tony Kelly | England | Midfielder | 1983–1986, 1995–1996 | 103 | 15 | |
| Ian Kilford | England | Midfielder | 1993–2002 | 221 | 32 | |
| Chris Kirkland | England | Goalkeeper | 2006–2012 | 131 | 0 | |
| Barry Knowles | England | Defender | 1984–1988 | 127 | 3 | |
| Callum Lang | England | Midfielder | 2017–2024 | 124 | 27 | |
| Kevin Langley | England | Midfielder | 1981–1986, 1990–1994 | 317 | 12 | † |
| Andy Liddell | Scotland | Forward | 1998–2004 | 217 | 70 | † |
| Jack Lindsay | Scotland | Forward | 1952–1954, 1956–1957 | 104 | 21 | |
| Bert Llewellyn | England | Forward | 1965–1968 | 115 | 96 | |
| Bert Lomas | England | Goalkeeper | 1952–1956 | 148 | 0 | |
| Billy Lomax | unknown | Forward | 1949–1955 | 169 | 131 | |
| David Lowe | England | Forward | 1982–1987, 1995–1999 | 296 | 66 | |
| Harry Lyon | England | Forward | 1962–1970 | 250 | 178 | † |
| Jackie Lyon | England | Forward | 1950–1955 | 151 | 83 | |
| Andy Lyons | England | Midfielder | 1993–1996 | 87 | 27 | |
| Shaun Maloney | Scotland | Midfielder | 2011–2015 | 79 | 14 | |
| Roberto Martínez | Spain | Midfielder | 1995–2001 | 187 | 17 | |
| Gavin Massey | England | Midfielder | 2017–2022 | 142 | 12 | |
| James McArthur | Scotland | Midfielder | 2010–2014 | 129 | 11 | |
| James McCarthy | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2009–2013 | 120 | 7 | |
| James McClean | Republic of Ireland | Midfielder | 2013–2015, 2021–2023 | 153 | 21 | |
| Lee McCulloch | Scotland | Forward | 2000–2007 | 224 | 44 | |
| Pat McGibbon | Northern Ireland | Defender | 1997–2002 | 173 | 11 | |
| Callum McManaman | England | Forward | 2009–2015, 2018–2019, 2023– | 138 | 13 | |
| Mario Melchiot | Netherlands | Defender | 2007–2010 | 97 | 0 | † |
| Colin Methven | Scotland | Midfielder | 1979–1986 | 296 | 21 | |
| Ken Morris | unknown | Defender | 1969–1978 | 229 | 8 | |
| Sam Morsy | Egypt | Midfielder | 2016–2020 | 155 | 8 | |
| Charles N'Zogbia | France | Midfielder | 2009–2011 | 83 | 15 | |
| Graham Oates | England | Midfielder | 1971–1973 | 100 | 30 | |
| Harry Parkinson | unknown | Defender | 1947–1957 | 342 | 0 | |
| Joe Parkinson | England | Midfielder | 1988–1993 | 119 | 6 | |
| Andy Paterson | England | Midfielder | 1934–1937 | 109 | 2 | |
| David Perkins | England | Midfielder | 2015–2018 | 83 | 1 | |
| Andy Pilling | England | Midfielder | 1987–1993 | 156 | 20 | |
| Nick Powell | England | Midfielder | 2013–2014, 2016–2019 | 123 | 36 | |
| Max Power | England | Midfielder | 2015–2018, 2021–2023 | 216 | 15 | |
| Jimmy Prescott | England | Forward | 1957–1962 | 135 | 39 | |
| Dennis Reeves | Scotland | Goalkeeper | 1969–1976 | 233 | 0 | |
| Neill Rimmer | England | Midfielder | 1988–1996 | 190 | 10 | |
| Jack Roberts | England | Forward | 1934–1935 | 57 | 54 | † |
| Jason Roberts | Grenada | Forward | 2003–2006 | 93 | 37 | |
| Neil Roberts | Wales | Forward | 1999–2004 | 125 | 19 | |
| John Robertson | England | Defender | 1992–1996 | 112 | 4 | |
| Ted Robinson | England | Defender | 1933–1947 | 237 | 3 | |
| Hugo Rodallega | Colombia | Forward | 2009–2012 | 112 | 24 | † |
| John Rogers | England | Forward | 1972–1976, 1982 | 180 | 79 | |
| Paul Rogers | England | Midfielder | 1996–1999 | 100 | 5 | |
| Paul Scharner | Austria | Defender | 2006–2010, 2013 | 159 | 14 | |
| George Scott | England | Forward | 1933–1936 | 120 | 79 | |
| Steve Senior | England | Defender | 1987–1990 | 109 | 3 | |
| Kevin Sharp | Canada | Midfielder | 1995–2002 | 178 | 10 | |
| Billy Sutherland | Scotland | Defender | 1968–1975 | 228 | 14 | |
| Allen Tankard | England | Defender | 1988–1993 | 209 | 4 | |
| Gary Teale | Scotland | Midfielder | 2001–2007 | 162 | 8 | |
| David Thompson | England | Midfielder | 1987–1990 | 108 | 16 | |
| Sam Tickle | England | Goalkeeper | 2023– | 47 | 0 | |
| Syd Tuffnell | England | Midfielder | 1934–1937 | 108 | 9 | |
| Roy Tunks | England | Goalkeeper | 1981–1988 | 245 | 0 | |
| Antonio Valencia | Ecuador | Midfielder | 2006–2009 | 84 | 7 | † |
| Steve Walsh | England | Defender | 1982–1986 | 126 | 4 | |
| Noel Ward | Northern Ireland | Defender | 1976–1980 | 134 | 11 | |
| Ben Watson | England | Midfielder | 2009–2015 | 111 | 13 | |
| Jimmy Weston | England | Midfielder | 1981–1983 | 66 | 2 | |
| Jack Whatmough | England | Defender | 2021–2023 | 83 | 3 | |
| Roy Wilkinson | England | Midfielder | 1964–1968 | 127 | 1 | |
| Micky Worswick | England | Forward | 1972–1979 | 249 | 73 | |
| Jeff Wright | England | Midfielder | 1973–1982 | 319 | 47 | |