page_title: List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players
section_title: Players
hierarchical_section_title: List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players / Players
caption_attribution_description: English: Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvian football player Latviešu: Vitālijs Astafjevs, Latvijas futbolists
context_page_description: The following article is a list of footballers past and present who have played for Bristol Rovers Football Club.
  In the club's early history the appearance record was held by goalkeeper Arthur Cartlidge, who played in 258 Southern League games between 1901 and 1909. His record stood until it was broken by another goalkeeper, Jesse Whatley, who played 14 times in the Southern League and a further 372 in The Football League, making a total of 386 overall. Following the Second World War the Bristol Rovers board introduced a no-buy/no-sell policy, which remained in force until the abolition of the maximum wage in football in 1961; as a result some players in that era had a high number of appearances for the club. Eight of the top nine most-used players played during this time, each making over 400 appearances. These eight were Bobby Jones, Alfie Biggs, Ray Warren, Harold Jarman, George Petherbridge, Geoff Bradford, Jack Pitt, and Harry Bamford. The club's all-time leading appearance maker, Stuart Taylor, played in 546 League games between 1965 and 1980.
context_section_description: The list of players below includes all team members who have played in at least 100 professional league games for Bristol Rovers, which includes games played in the Southern League (1899–1920), Football League (1920–2014 and 2015–) and Football Conference (2014–15), and also includes substitute appearances.
  Position key:GK – Goalkeeper; 
  DF – Defender;
  MF – Midfielder;
  FW – Forward
   † Current Bristol Rovers player, as at 5 June 2020 
   ‡ Capped at full international level
caption: Rovers' most capped player Vitālijs Astafjevs, who played 167 times for Latvia.
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