page_title: List of Liverpool F.C. players
section_title: Players
hierarchical_section_title: List of Liverpool F.C. players / Players
caption_attribution_description: Michael Owen - Real Madrid
context_page_description: Liverpool Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside, who currently play in the Premier League. They have played at their current home ground, Anfield, since their foundation in 1892. Liverpool entered the Lancashire League in their first season, winning the league. The club applied to The Football League, to become members of the Second Division in the following season, their application was accepted. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 800 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 216 players have made at least 100 appearances; those players are listed here.
  Liverpool's record appearance-maker is Ian Callaghan, who made 857 appearances between 1958 and 1978. Jamie Carragher has made the second most appearances with 737. Eight other players have made more than 600 appearances for the club, every one of them being part of at least one European Cup winning team. Ian Rush is the club's record goalscorer; he scored 346 goals in his 16 years at Liverpool.
context_section_description: Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, The Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
  Players are listed according to the date of their first team début for the club.
  Positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
  Statistics correct as of 29 August 2020.
  Table headers
  Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
  Liverpool career – The year of the player's first appearance for Liverpool to the year of his last appearance.
  Starts – The number of games started.
  Sub – The number of games played as a substitute. Substitutions were only introduced to the Football League in the 1960s.
  Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
caption: Michael Owen, seen here during his spell with Newcastle United
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