List of West Ham United F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for West Ham United. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all West Ham players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:West Ham United F.C. players, and for the current squad see West Ham United F.C.#Current squad.

Explanation of List

Players should be listed in order of most appearances made for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

League appearances

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include test or play-off matches:

• Southern League: 1898-99 to 1914-15
• Football League/Premier League: 1919-20 to present

Other appearances

The figures for other appearances should include the following competitions:

• Southern League test matches (1898–99 and 1899–1900)
• Play-off matches (2003-04 and 2004-05)
• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (1964–65, 1965–66, 1975–76 and 1980–81), UEFA Cup (1999–2000 and 2006–07), UEFA Intertoto Cup (1999–2000)
• Charity Shield (1964–65, 1975–76 and 1980–81)
• Anglo-Italian League Cup (1975–76), Anglo-Italian Cup (1992–93)
• Watney Cup (1973–74), Texaco Cup (1974–75), Full Members Cup (1986–87 to 1991–92)

List of players

• As of 22nd February 2012.

	Player	West Ham Career	League Apps	FA Cup Apps	League Cup Apps	Other Apps	Total Apps	Total Goals	Notes
1	Billy Bonds	1967–1988	663	48	67	26	804	61
2	Frank Lampard Sr.	1967–1985	551	43	54	26	674	22
3	Trevor Brooking	1967–1984	528	40	55	24	647	102
4	Bobby Moore	1958–1974	544	36	49	17	646	27
5	Alvin Martin	1977–1996	424	40	71	65	600	34
6	Jimmy Ruffell	1921–1937	505	43	0	0	548	166
7	Steve Potts	1985–2002	399	42	42	22	505	1
=	Vic Watson	1920–1935	462	43	0	0	505	326	Record West Ham goalscorer
9	Geoff Hurst	1959–1972	411	26	47	18	502	249
10	Jim Barrett	1924–1945					467
11	Ken Brown	1952–1967					455
12	Alan Devonshire	1976–1990					446
13	Phil Parkes	1978–1990					436
14	Ray Stewart	1979–1991					431
15	John Bond	1951–1965					428
16	Ernie Gregory	1939–1960					406
17	Ted Hufton	1915–1932					402
18	Tommy Taylor	1970–1979					396
19	Luděk Mikloško	1990–1998					375
20	Geoff Pike	1975–1987					372
	Tony Gale	1984–1994					367
	Martin Peters	1962–1970					364
	Tommy Yews	1923–1933					361
	John Dick	1953–1963					351
	Ronnie Boyce	1960–1972					339
	Jimmy Collins	1924–1936					336
	Tony Cottee	1983-1988/1994-1996					336
	Julian Dicks	1988-1993/1994-1998					315
	Malcolm Musgrove	1953–1963					315
	Dick Walker	1934–1953					311
	Andy Malcolm	1953–1962					306
	Pat Holland	1969–1981					303
	John McDowell	1970–1979					303
	George Parris	1984–1993					300
	Ian Bishop	1989–1998					299
	Albert Cadwell	1923–1933					297
	Tim Breacker	1990–1999					289
	Bobby Ferguson	1967–1980					276
	Jackie Morton	1931–1939					275
	Terry Woodgate	1938–1953					275
	Stan Earle	1924–1932					273
	John Sissons	1962–1970					265
	Noel Cantwell	1952–1960					263
	Kevin Keen	1986–1993					263
	Joe Cockroft	1932–1941					261
	George Kay	1916–1926					259
	Malcolm Allison	1951–1957					255
	Pop Robson	1970-1974/1976-1979					255
	Len Goulden	1933–1945					253
	Herbert Ashton	1908–1915	224	25	–	–	249	27	Record number of appearances in the Southern League
	Mervyn Day	1973–1979					237
	Fred Blackburn	1905–1913					237
	Jim Standen	1962–1968					236
	Alan Dickens	1982–1989					234
	Steve Lomas	1997–2005					226
	David Cross	1977–1982					223
	Robert Green	2006–	204	11	8		223	0
	Martin Allen	1989–1996					222
	Clyde Best	1969–1976					218
	Trevor Morley	1989–1995					215
	Peter Brabrook	1962–1968					214
	Hayden Mullins	2003–2009	180	17	10	6	213	7
	Frank O'Farrell	1950–1957					211
	Derek Parker	1944–1957					209
	Paul Goddard	1980–1987					207
	Johnny Byrne	1961–1967					206
	Alfred Earl	1925–1933					206
	George Kitchen	1905–1911	184	21	–	–	205	6
	Tommy Randall	1907?–1914?	189	16	–	–	205	10
	Trevor Sinclair	1998–2003					205
	John Moncur	1994–2003					203
	Mark Ward	1985–1990					203
	Alf Chalkley	1931–1944					202
	Billy Moore	1922–1929					202
	Mark Noble	2004–	175	14	13		202	25
	Paul Allen	1979–1985					196
	Jermain Defoe	2000–2003					195
	Carlton Cole	2006–	167	10	13	2	192	51
	Christian Dailly	2001–2007					191
	Frank McAvennie	1985-1987/1989-1992					191
	Matthew Etherington	2003–2009					188
	Tomáš Řepka	2001–2006					188
	Joe Kirkup	1958–1966					187
	Paul Brush	1977–1985					185
	Frank Lampard Jr.	1996–2001					185
	Neil Orr	1982–1987					185
	Jack Burkett	1962–1967					184
	Eddie Bovington	1960–1967					183
	Billy Henderson	1921–1928					183
	Billy Grassam	1900–1903, 1905–1909	169	10	–	–	179	68
	Ted Fenton	1932–1946					176
	Steve Forde	1937–1951					176
	Harry Redknapp	1965–1972					175
	Norman Corbett	1936–1950					174
	Stuart Slater	1987–1992					174
	Albert Walker	1932–1938					174
	Syd Bishop	1920–1927					172
	George Wright	1951–1958					170
	Marlon Harewood	2003–2007					170
	Kevin Lock	1971–1978					165
	Anton Ferdinand	2002–2008					163
	Ian Pearce	1997–2004					163
	Jack Tresadern	1913–1925					166
	Michael Carrick	1999–2004					159
	Dan Woodards	1905–1921	125	14	–	–	139	3
	Charlie Walker	1936–1946	113	8	–	–	121	0
	George Webb	1905–1912	52	10	–	–	62	32	First England international from West Ham United
	William Jones	1901–1902	15	–	–	–	15	0	First international (Wales) from West Ham United

Other top appearance makers

Players in this list should be moved to the main list, and appropriate stats added as per the existing entries there.

	Player	West Ham Career	1st Class Apps	Sth. Lge. Apps	War-time Apps	Total Apps
Other Top Appearance Makers
	Sam Small	1936–1948	118		194	312
	Syd Puddefoot	1912-1921/1931-1933	133	61	113	307
	Danny Shea	1908-1913/1920-1921	16	201	73	258
	Billy Cope	1914–1922	114	33	111	258
	Stan Foxall	1934–1945	113		143	256
	Fred Blackburn	1905–1913		237		237
	Frank Piercy	1904–1912		231		231

Top appearance makers by season

• Ever-presents in bold.

Season Player Lge. Apps All Apps Top appearance makers 1898-1915 1898-99 Roddy McEachrane 22 27 1899–1900 Roddy McEachrane 28 36 Kenny McKay 28 36 1900-01 Roddy McEachrane 28 34 1901-02 Billy Linwood 30 31 1902-03 James Bigden 30 31 1903-04 George Eccles 34 38 1904-05 Chippy Simmons 34 35 1905-06 Dave Gardner 34 36 1906-07 Billy Grassam 37 39 George Kitchen 37 39 David Lindsay 37 39 Frenk Piercy 37 39 William Wildman 37 39 1907-08 Fred Blackburn 36 38 1908-09 Fred Blackburn 40 46 1909-10 Herbert Ashton 42 47 Fred Blackburn 42 47 1910-11 Tommy Caldwell 38 42 1911-12 Danny Shea 36 41 1912-13 Herbert Ashton 36 40 1913-14 Billy Askew 38 42 1914-15 Billy Askew 36 38 Most World War I appearances Syd Puddefoot 113 Billy Cope 111 Herbert Ashton 87 Danny Shea 73 Top appearance makers 1919-1939 1919–1920 Syd Puddefoot 39 43 1920-21 Ted Hufton 38 39 Syd Puddefoot 38 39 1921-22 Percy Allen 42 45 1922-23 Billy Moore 42 51 1923-24 Billy Henderson 42 45 1924-25 Jimmy Ruffell 42 48 1925-26 Jim Barrett 42 43 1926-27 Jim Barrett 42 45 Jimmy Collins 42 45 Stan Earle 42 45 Vic Watson 42 45 1927-28 Jimmy Collins 42 44 Tommy Yews 42 44 1928-29 Stan Earle 41 46 Tommy Yews 41 46 1929-30 Tommy Yews 41 45 1930-31 Jim Barrett 40 41 1931-32 Jimmy Ruffell 39 41 1932-33 Jim Barrett 40 46 1933-34 Jackie Morton 42 44 Joe Cockroft 42 42 1934-35 Alf Chalkley 42 44 Joe Cockroft 42 44 Albert Walker 42 44 1935-36 Joe Cockroft 42 44 1936-37 Joe Cockroft 42 44 Len Goulden 42 44 1937-38 Charlie Bicknell 42 43 1938-39 Charlie Bicknell 41 46 Charlie Walker 41 46 Most World War II appearances George Foreman 228 Charlie Bicknell 226 Ted Fenton 201 Len Goulden 197 Sam Small 194 Stan Foxall 143 Top appearance makers 1945-1957 1945-46 Harry Medhurst 42 46 1946-47 Terry Woodgate 41 42 1947-48 Norman Corbett 42 44 Steve Forde 42 44 Ernie Gregory 42 44 Eric Parsons 42 44 1948-49 Eric Parsons 42 43 1949-50 Ernie Gregory 42 44 1950-51 Terry Woodgate 42 44 1951-52 Frank O'Farrell 41 44 1952-53 Ernie Gregory 42 43 1953-54 Malcolm Allison 42 42 John Dick 39 42 1954-55 Harry Hooper 41 43 1955-56 Malcolm Allison 40 46 Noel Cantwell 40 46 Billy Dare 40 46 Frank O'Farrell 40 46 1956-57 Malcolm Allison 39 41 Noel Cantwell 39 41 Malcolm Musgrove 39 41

Season Player Lge. Apps All Apps Top appearance makers 1957-2005 1957-58 Andy Malcolm 42 45 1958-59 John Bond 42 43 Ken Brown 42 43 Noel Cantwell 42 43 Mike Grice 42 43 Andy Malcolm 42 43 1959-60 Malcolm Musgrove 41 43 1960-61 Ken Brown 42 46 1961-62 Joe Kirkup 41 44 Bobby Moore 41 44 1962-63 Ken Brown 41 47 Bobby Moore 40 47 1963-64 Ronnie Boyce 41 55 1964-65 Geoff Hurst 42 54 Jim Standen 42 54 Ronnie Boyce 41 54 1965-66 Martin Peters 40 60 1966-67 Geoff Hurst 41 49 Martin Peters 41 49 1967-68 Bobby Moore 40 46 Martin Peters 40 46 1968-69 Geoff Hurst 42 48 Martin Peters 42 48 Billy Bonds 42 47 Alan Stephenson 42 47 1969-70 Billy Bonds 42 45 1970-71 Frank Lampard Sr. 41 44 1971-72 Clyde Best 42 56 Billy Bonds 42 56 Pop Robson 42 56 Tommy Taylor 42 56 1972-73 Bobby Moore 42 46 Pop Robson 42 46 1973-74 Frank Lampard Sr. 42 46 1974-75 Mervyn Day 42 53 1975-76 Tommy Taylor 42 57 Mervyn Day 41 57 1976-77 Trevor Brooking 42 47 Mervyn Day 42 47 1977-78 Tommy Taylor 42 45 1978-79 Paul Brush 42 44 1979-80 Phil Parkes 40 56 Alvin Martin 40 55 1980-81 Phil Parkes 42 61 Geoff Pike 42 61 1981-82 Ray Stewart 42 49 1982-83 Phil Parkes 42 50 1983-84 Phil Parkes 42 51 Ray Stewart 42 51 1984-85 Tony Cottee 40 (1) 49 (1) 1985-86 Tony Gale 42 52 Phil Parkes 42 52 Mark Ward 42 52 1986-87 Tony Cottee 42 53 1987-88 Tony Cottee 40 44 1988-89 Alan Dickens 37 50 1989-90 Kevin Keen 44 55 1990-91 Luděk Mikloško 46 56 1991-92 Stuart Slater 41 51 Ian Bishop 41 48 1992-93 Kevin Keen 46 50 Luděk Mikloško 46 50 Steve Potts 46 50 1993-94 Luděk Mikloško 42 51 1994-95 Luděk Mikloško 42 48 Steve Potts 42 48 1995-96 Luděk Mikloško 36 42 1996-97 Luděk Mikloško 36 41 Slaven Bilic 35 41 1997-98 Rio Ferdinand 35 46 1998-99 Frank Lampard 38 41 Shaka Hislop 37 41 1999–2000 Trevor Sinclair 36 50 2000-01 Shaka Hislop 38 46 2001-02 Christian Dailly 38 42 2002-03 Trevor Sinclair 36 (2) 39 (2) Jermain Defoe 29 (9) 33 (9) 2003-04 Tomáš Řepka 40 47 Christian Dailly 39 48 (1) 2004-05 Marlon Harewood 45 54 2005-06 Marlon Harewood 37 46 Paul Konchesky 37 45 2006-07 Nigel Reo-Coker 35 39 2007-08 Robert Green 38 41 George McCartney 38 44 2008-09 Robert Green 38 43 2009-10 Robert Green 38 41 2010-11 Robert Green 37 44

References

• Full appearance data by player and by match at westhamstats.info