List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)
Appearance
Stoke City F.C. is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup. In 1888 they joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.
List of players
- Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, Football Alliance, Birmingham & District League, Southern League, FA Cup, League Cup, League Trophy, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Anglo-Italian Cup, Birmingham League Cup, Full Members' Cup, United Counties League, Texaco Cup and Watney Cup. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
- The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total.
- Highlighted players members of the current squad.
Statistics correct as of match played 4 May 2024
- 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.
- Stoke City career – The year of the player's first appearance for Stoke City to the year of his last appearance.
- Starts – The number of games started.
- Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
- Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
Pre-1960s | Post-1960s | ||
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GK | Goalkeeper | ||
FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
FW | Forward | ||
U | Utility player1 |
Name | Nationality | Position | Stoke City career |
Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appearances | |||||||
George Antonio | ![]() |
FW | 1935–1946 | 98 | 0 | 98 | 15 |
Lawrie Leslie | ![]() |
GK | 1963–1965 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 0 |
Maurice Setters | ![]() |
HB | 1965–1967 | 97 | 0 | 97 | 5 |
Ian Clarkson | ![]() |
DF | 1993–1996 | 91 | 5 | 96 | 0 |
George Clawley | ![]() |
GK | 1894–1899 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 0 |
Carl Hoefkens | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2007 | 93 | 3 | 96 | 5 |
Bert Ralphs | ![]() |
MF | 1922–1925 | 96 | 0 | 96 | 6 |
Ronnie Sinclair | ![]() |
GK | 1991–1996 | 94 | 2 | 96 | 0 |
Ally Pickering | ![]() |
DF | 1996–1999 | 93 | 2 | 95 | 1 |
Sergei Shtanuk | ![]() |
DF | 2001–2003 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 5 |
Frank Whitehouse | ![]() |
FW | 1900–1904 | 95 | 0 | 95 | 24 |
Vic Rouse | ![]() |
HB | 1922–1925 | 94 | 0 | 94 | 2 |
Tony Ellis | ![]() |
FW | 1989–1992 | 75 | 18 | 93 | 20 |
Joe Mawson | ![]() |
FW | 1928–1933 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 50 |
Jackie Mudie | ![]() |
FW | 1961–1963 | 93 | 0 | 93 | 33 |
Leslie Johnston | ![]() |
FW | 1949–1953 | 92 | 0 | 92 | 22 |
Simon Sturridge | ![]() |
FW | 1993–1999 | 56 | 36 | 92 | 15 |
Xherdan Shaqiri | ![]() |
FW | 2015–2018 | 87 | 5 | 92 | 15 |
Harry Benson | ![]() |
FB | 1901–1907 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 0 |
Howard Kendall | ![]() |
MF | 1977–1979 | 91 | 0 | 91 | 10 |
Gifton Noel-Williams | ![]() |
FW | 2003–2005 | 83 | 8 | 91 | 23 |
Noel Blake | ![]() |
DF | 1990–1992 | 87 | 3 | 90 | 3 |
Cyril Watkin | ![]() |
FB | 1948–1952 | 90 | 0 | 90 | 0 |
Justin Whittle | ![]() |
DF | 1994–1998 | 73 | 17 | 90 | 1 |
Lewis Baker | ![]() |
MF | 2022– | 65 | 25 | 90 | 19 |
Tommy Broad | ![]() |
MF | 1921–1924 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 4 |
Jermaine Pennant | ![]() |
MF | 2010–2014 | 64 | 25 | 89 | 4 |
Danny Pugh | ![]() |
MF | 2007–2012 | 52 | 37 | 89 | 3 |
Tom Wilkes | ![]() |
GK | 1894–1897 | 89 | 0 | 89 | 0 |
Lee Dixon | ![]() |
DF | 1986–1988 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 5 |
Peter Handyside | ![]() |
DF | 2001–2003 | 88 | 0 | 88 | 1 |
Peter Hoekstra | ![]() |
MF | 2001–2004 | 73 | 15 | 88 | 12 |
Geoff Scott | ![]() |
DF | 1977–1980 | 86 | 2 | 88 | 3 |
Marcus Hall | ![]() |
FW | 2002–2005 | 84 | 3 | 87 | 1 |
Joey Williams | ![]() |
FW | 1926–1929 | 86 | 0 | 86 | 17 |
Sam Vokes | ![]() |
FW | 2019–2021 | 39 | 47 | 86 | 12 |
Harry Brough | ![]() |
HB | 1922–1925 | 85 | 0 | 85 | 1 |
George Gallimore | ![]() |
FW | 1903–1908 | 85 | 0 | 85 | 17 |
Bojan Krkić | ![]() |
FW | 2014–2019 | 59 | 26 | 85 | 16 |
John Eustace | ![]() |
MF | 2003–2008 | 63 | 21 | 84 | 6 |
Abdoulaye Faye | ![]() |
DF | 2008–2011 | 81 | 3 | 84 | 6 |
Jimmy Grewer | ![]() |
DF | 1894–1897 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 1 |
Gary Hackett | ![]() |
MF | 1987–1989 | 73 | 11 | 84 | 7 |
Mikael Hansson | ![]() |
DF | 1999–2001 | 84 | 0 | 84 | 3 |
Clint Hill | ![]() |
DF | 2003–2008 | 75 | 9 | 84 | 3 |
Richard Cresswell | ![]() |
FW | 2007–2010 | 61 | 22 | 83 | 13 |
Chris Greenacre | ![]() |
FW | 2002–2005 | 51 | 32 | 83 | 9 |
Dick Johnson | ![]() |
FW | 1925–1928 | 83 | 0 | 83 | 25 |
Neil Cutler | ![]() |
GK | 2001–2004 | 77 | 5 | 82 | 0 |
Lewis Neal | ![]() |
MF | 2000–2005 | 35 | 47 | 82 | 3 |
Steven Fletcher | ![]() |
FW | 2020–2022 | 46 | 36 | 82 | 12 |
Paul Peschisolido | ![]() |
FW | 1994–1996 | 73 | 8 | 81 | 24 |
John Cull | ![]() |
FW | 1925–1930 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 9 |
James Hay | ![]() |
MF | 1909–1911 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 1 |
Charlie Parker | ![]() |
DF | 1914–1920 | 79 | 0 | 79 | 5 |
Ernie Millward | ![]() |
MF | 1908–1910 | 78 | 0 | 78 | 25 |
Dave Regis | ![]() |
FW | 1992–1994 | 62 | 16 | 78 | 20 |
Morgan Fox | ![]() |
DF | 2020–2023 | 72 | 6 | 78 | 0 |
Sammy Irvine | ![]() |
MF | 1978–1980 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 13 |
Tom Kay | ![]() |
GK | 1919–1921 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0 |
Bert Gadsden | ![]() |
GK | 1912–1915 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
Roy John | ![]() |
MF | 1932–1934 | 76 | 0 | 76 | 0 |
Mike Sheron | ![]() |
FW | 1995–1997 | 71 | 5 | 76 | 39 |
Josh Laurent | ![]() |
MF | 2022– | 64 | 12 | 76 | 8 |
Carl Asaba | ![]() |
FW | 2003–2005 | 44 | 31 | 75 | 10 |
Roy Brown | ![]() |
U | 1946–1953 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 14 |
John Halls | ![]() |
DF | 2003–2006 | 72 | 2 | 74 | 2 |
Peter Jackson | ![]() |
HB | 1924–1931 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 1 |
David Oldfield | ![]() |
MF | 1998–2000 | 57 | 17 | 74 | 7 |
Tom Revill | ![]() |
FW | 1910–1914 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 24 |
George Kelly | ![]() |
FW | 1955–1958 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 37 |
Tony A.O. Kelly | ![]() |
FW | 1989–1993 | 41 | 32 | 73 | 8 |
Arthur Lockett | ![]() |
FW | 1900–1903 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 7 |
Fred Rouse | ![]() |
FW | 1903–1906 | 73 | 0 | 73 | 26 |
Billy Dunn | ![]() |
FW | 1889–1892 | 72 | 0 | 72 | 21 |
Phil Robinson | ![]() |
MF | 1998–2000 | 61 | 10 | 72 | 2 |
Marc Goodfellow | ![]() |
FW | 2000–2004 | 25 | 46 | 71 | 9 |
Chris Kamara | ![]() |
DF | 1988–1990 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 7 |
Eddie Stuart | ![]() |
DF | 1962–1964 | 71 | 0 | 71 | 2 |
James Chester | ![]() |
DF | 2020–2022 | 67 | 4 | 71 | 0 |
Tony Henry | ![]() |
MF | 1987–1989 | 67 | 3 | 70 | 11 |
Jack Kennedy | ![]() |
FW | 1897–1900 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 12 |
Harry Leigh | ![]() |
HB | 1909–1911 | 70 | 0 | 70 | 14 |
Ryan Shotton | ![]() |
DF | 2008–2015 | 51 | 19 | 70 | 3 |
Stephen Ireland | ![]() |
MF | 2013–2018 | 34 | 36 | 70 | 6 |
Harry Souttar | ![]() |
DF | 2017–2023 | 69 | 1 | 70 | 2 |
Alf Edge | ![]() |
FW | 1884–1893 | 69 | 0 | 69 | 28 |
Jimmie Robertson | ![]() |
FW | 1892–1895 | 68 | 0 | 68 | 21 |
Dean Crowe | ![]() |
FW | 1996–2001 | 33 | 34 | 67 | 13 |
Billy Herbert | ![]() |
FW | 1912–1919 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 28 |
Cameron Jerome | ![]() |
FW | 2011–2014 | 25 | 42 | 67 | 12 |
Jack Robinson | ![]() |
GK | 1909–1912 | 67 | 0 | 67 | 0 |
Marc Muniesa | ![]() |
DF | 2013–2017 | 49 | 18 | 67 | 3 |
Ade Akinbiyi | ![]() |
FW | 2003–2005 | 58 | 8 | 66 | 19 |
Arthur Capes | ![]() |
FW | 1901–1904 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 20 |
Mark Devlin | ![]() |
MF | 1990–1997 | 47 | 18 | 65 | 2 |
Peter Durber | ![]() |
DF | 1896–1901 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 0 |
Jack Eyres | ![]() |
FW | 1922–1928 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 23 |
Mick Kennedy | ![]() |
MF | 1990–1992 | 64 | 1 | 65 | 3 |
Edward Parsons | ![]() |
HB | 1897–1900 | 65 | 0 | 65 | 1 |
Ben Petty | ![]() |
DF | 1999–2001 | 40 | 25 | 65 | 1 |
Stefan Thordarson | ![]() |
FW | 2000–2002 | 28 | 37 | 65 | 11 |
Lee Fowler | ![]() |
DF | 1987–1992 | 55 | 9 | 64 | 0 |
Peter Griffiths | ![]() |
MF | 1980–1984 | 46 | 17 | 64 | 5 |
Jack Short | ![]() |
DF | 1954–1956 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 2 |
Brian Talbot | ![]() |
MF | 1986–1988 | 61 | 3 | 64 | 7 |
David Watson | ![]() |
DF | 1982–1983 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 6 |
James Westland | ![]() |
FW | 1935–1938 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 16 |
Glen Johnson | ![]() |
DF | 2015–2018 | 60 | 4 | 64 | 0 |
Ewart Beswick | ![]() |
DF | 1921–1926 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 2 |
Bill Capewell | ![]() |
HB | 1895–1902 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 0 |
Ted Evans | ![]() |
FW | 1891–1894 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 19 |
Stewart Jump | ![]() |
DF | 1970–1973 | 55 | 8 | 63 | 2 |
Jack Miller | ![]() |
MF | 1905–1907 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 5 |
Jimmy Turner | ![]() |
MF | 1894–1900 | 63 | 0 | 63 | 1 |
Phil Bardsley | ![]() |
DF | 2014–2017 | 59 | 5 | 63 | 5 |
Eddie Clamp | ![]() |
HB | 1962–1964 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 2 |
Bill Finney | ![]() |
FW | 1952–1955 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 15 |
Arthur Rowley | ![]() |
HB | 1896–1899 | 62 | 0 | 62 | 0 |
Peter Beagrie | ![]() |
MF | 1988–1989 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 8 |
Derrick Ward | ![]() |
FW | 1952–1961 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 9 |
Dick Williams | ![]() |
GK | 1926–1929 | 61 | 0 | 61 | 0 |
Jack Bonham | ![]() |
GK | 2021– | 60 | 1 | 61 | 0 |
Ki-Jana Hoever | ![]() |
DF | 2023–2024 | 51 | 10 | 61 | 8 |
Viv Busby | ![]() |
FW | 1977–1980 | 38 | 22 | 60 | 12 |
Scott Barrett | ![]() |
GK | 1987–1990 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 0 |
Danny Collins | ![]() |
DF | 2009–2012 | 52 | 8 | 60 | 0 |
Carl Dickinson | ![]() |
DF | 2004–2011 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 0 |
John Dreyer | ![]() |
DF | 1994–1996 | 42 | 18 | 60 | 4 |
Paul A. Johnson | ![]() |
MF | 1975–1982 | 54 | 6 | 60 | 0 |
Gerry McMahon | ![]() |
MF | 1996–1998 | 44 | 16 | 60 | 3 |
Joe Turner | ![]() |
FW | 1898–1900 | 60 | 0 | 60 | 15 |
Jurgen Vandeurzen | ![]() |
MF | 2001–2003 | 49 | 11 | 60 | 5 |
Andy Clark | ![]() |
FB | 1901–1903 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
David McAughtrie | ![]() |
DF | 1980–1984 | 56 | 3 | 59 | 3 |
Brian Siddall | ![]() |
MF | 1950–1953 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 10 |
Wilmot Turner | ![]() |
FW | 1890–1892 | 59 | 0 | 59 | 22 |
Ed de Goey | ![]() |
GK | 2003–2006 | 56 | 2 | 58 | 0 |
Graham Potter | ![]() |
DF | 1993–1996 | 53 | 5 | 58 | 1 |
Wilf Hall | ![]() |
GK | 1954–1960 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 0 |
Ian Moores | ![]() |
FW | 1974–1976 | 46 | 11 | 57 | 16 |
Dai Nicholas | ![]() |
MF | 1921–1924 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 4 |
Harry Ware | ![]() |
FW | 1930–1934 | 57 | 0 | 57 | 15 |
Arthur Hartshorne | ![]() |
FB | 1903–1905 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 0 |
Tommy Howe | ![]() |
DF | 1921–1925 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
Robbie James | ![]() |
MF | 1983–1984 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 7 |
Joe Murphy | ![]() |
FW | 1897–1899 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 2 |
Jack Proctor | ![]() |
DF | 1891–1893 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 1 |
Gerry Taggart | ![]() |
DF | 2003–2006 | 56 | 0 | 56 | 5 |
Steve Waddington | ![]() |
MF | 1976–1979 | 53 | 3 | 56 | 6 |
Philipp Wollscheid | ![]() |
DF | 2015–2017 | 55 | 1 | 56 | 0 |
Saido Berahino | ![]() |
FW | 2017–2019 | 31 | 25 | 56 | 5 |
Luke Chadwick | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2007 | 50 | 5 | 55 | 6 |
Jack Hall | ![]() |
FW | 1904–1906 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 18 |
Harold Hardman | ![]() |
FW | 1911–1913 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 10 |
Joe Kasher | ![]() |
DF | 1922–1923 | 55 | 0 | 55 | 1 |
Kevin Russell | ![]() |
FW | 1992–1993 | 44 | 11 | 55 | 7 |
Tuncay | ![]() |
FW | 2009–2011 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 8 |
Ibrahim Afellay | ![]() |
MF | 2015–2019 | 34 | 21 | 55 | 3 |
Bill Bentley | ![]() |
DF | 1964–1968 | 49 | 4 | 53 | 2 |
Leon Cort | ![]() |
DF | 2007–2010 | 50 | 3 | 53 | 8 |
Wilson Palacios | ![]() |
MF | 2011–2015 | 28 | 25 | 53 | 0 |
Bryan Small | ![]() |
DF | 1998–2001 | 47 | 5 | 53 | 0 |
Bill Winstanley | ![]() |
DF | 1935–1938 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
Josef Bursik | ![]() |
GK | 2020–2023 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 0 |
David Brown | ![]() |
FW | 1919–1921 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 17 |
Wally McReddie | ![]() |
FW | 1889–1894 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 14 |
Alan Philpott | ![]() |
MF | 1960–1968 | 47 | 5 | 52 | 2 |
Albert Pitt | ![]() |
HB | 1903–1912 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 5 |
George Smart | ![]() |
DF | 1911–1920 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 0 |
Lewis Ballham | ![]() |
FW | 1890–1892 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 15 |
Tony Bentley | ![]() |
MF | 1958–1961 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 15 |
Wilf Kirkham | ![]() |
FW | 1929–1931 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 30 |
Paul Randall | ![]() |
FW | 1978–1980 | 41 | 10 | 51 | 8 |
Peter Etebo | ![]() |
MF | 2018–2022 | 40 | 11 | 51 | 2 |
Tom Edwards | ![]() |
DF | 2017–2024 | 46 | 5 | 51 | 1 |
Benik Afobe | ![]() |
FW | 2018–2022 | 38 | 13 | 51 | 9 |
Billy Leech | ![]() |
HB | 1900–1901 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 2 |
Sam Meredith | ![]() |
DF | 1901–1904 | 50 | 0 | 50 | 0 |
Lee Gregory | ![]() |
FW | 2019–2021 | 29 | 21 | 50 | 7 |
Phil Jagielka | ![]() |
DF | 2022–2023 | 48 | 2 | 50 | 2 |
Dwight Gayle | ![]() |
FW | 2022–2024 | 36 | 14 | 50 | 3 |
Dave Bamber | ![]() |
FW | 1988–1989 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 11 |
Rikhardur Dadason | ![]() |
FW | 2000–2002 | 22 | 27 | 49 | 12 |
Tommy Hyslop | ![]() |
FW | 1894–1895 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 30 |
Derek Statham | ![]() |
DF | 1989–1991 | 49 | 0 | 49 | 1 |
Arthur Arrowsmith | ![]() |
FW | 1906–1907 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 9 |
Peter Bullock | ![]() |
FW | 1958–1962 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 16 |
Paul Connor | ![]() |
FW | 1999–2001 | 23 | 25 | 48 | 10 |
Cecil Eastwood | ![]() |
DF | 1926–1927 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 |
David Herd | ![]() |
FW | 1968–1970 | 43 | 5 | 48 | 11 |
Paul Gallagher | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2008 | 37 | 10 | 47 | 12 |
Jack Peart | ![]() |
FW | 1909–1912 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 41 |
Bob Ramsay | ![]() |
FB | 1888–1890 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 5 |
Steven Tweed | ![]() |
DF | 1997–1998 | 42 | 5 | 47 | 0 |
Nathan Collins | ![]() |
DF | 2019–2021 | 33 | 14 | 47 | 2 |
Danny Bowers | ![]() |
DF | 1974–1978 | 41 | 5 | 46 | 2 |
Jack Challinor | ![]() |
FB | 1937–1938 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Kris Commons | ![]() |
MF | 2001–2004 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 5 |
Frederick Groves | ![]() |
FW | 1921–1922 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 13 |
Richard Herron | ![]() |
GK | 1910–1915 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Mark Higgins | ![]() |
DF | 1988–1989 | 44 | 2 | 46 | 1 |
Terry Ward | ![]() |
DF | 1959–1963 | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
Will Smallbone | ![]() |
MF | 2022–2023 | 40 | 6 | 46 | 3 |
Arthur Cartlidge | ![]() |
GK | 1899–1912 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
Ellis Hall | ![]() |
DF | 1909–1910 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 4 |
Neil MacKenzie | ![]() |
MF | 1996–2001 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 1 |
Derek Parkin | ![]() |
DF | 1982–1983 | 45 | 0 | 45 | 0 |
Vincent Péricard | ![]() |
FW | 2006–2009 | 26 | 19 | 45 | 4 |
Ramadan Sobhi | ![]() |
MF | 2016–2018 | 24 | 21 | 45 | 3 |
Jordan Cousins | ![]() |
MF | 2019–2021 | 27 | 18 | 45 | 0 |
Ben Pearson | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 38 | 7 | 45 | 0 |
Archie Dyke | ![]() |
MF | 1909–1914 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 3 |
Ted Holdcroft | ![]() |
HB | 1903–1905 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 11 |
Anders Jacobsen | ![]() |
DF | 1999–2000 | 39 | 5 | 44 | 2 |
Tony A.G. Kelly | ![]() |
MF | 1984–1986 | 41 | 3 | 44 | 4 |
Frode Kippe | ![]() |
DF | 1999–2001 | 40 | 4 | 44 | 1 |
Mick Mills | ![]() |
DF | 1985–1987 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
Sammy Smyth | ![]() |
FW | 1951–1953 | 44 | 0 | 44 | 19 |
Loek Ursem | ![]() |
MF | 1978–1982 | 36 | 8 | 44 | 7 |
Jackie Chalmers | ![]() |
FW | 1905–1907 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 19 |
Ezekiel Johnston | ![]() |
GK | 1896–1898 | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 |
Marlon Broomes | ![]() |
DF | 2005–2008 | 41 | 1 | 42 | 2 |
Jack Farrell | ![]() |
FW | 1894–1899 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 12 |
Andy Graver | ![]() |
FW | 1955–1957 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 14 |
Tommy Thompson | ![]() |
FW | 1961–1963 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 18 |
Darren Fletcher | ![]() |
MF | 2017–2019 | 32 | 10 | 42 | 2 |
Tony Dorigo | ![]() |
DF | 2000–2001 | 39 | 2 | 41 | 0 |
Harry Meakin | ![]() |
FB | 1946–1950 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
Chris Short | ![]() |
DF | 1998–2000 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
Peter Sweeney | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2008 | 22 | 19 | 41 | 2 |
Mikel John Obi | ![]() |
MF | 2020–2021 | 38 | 3 | 41 | 0 |
Adam Davies | ![]() |
GK | 2019–2022 | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 |
Michael Rose | ![]() |
DF | 2023– | 38 | 3 | 41 | 1 |
Wouter Burger | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 34 | 7 | 41 | 4 |
Luke McNally | ![]() |
DF | 2023–2024 | 37 | 4 | 41 | 2 |
James Beattie | ![]() |
FW | 2008–2010 | 29 | 11 | 40 | 10 |
Sam Johnson | ![]() |
DF | 1924–1926 | 40 | 0 | 40 | 0 |
Dave Kitson | ![]() |
FW | 2008–2010 | 23 | 17 | 40 | 5 |
Steve Woods | ![]() |
DF | 1994–1999 | 39 | 1 | 40 | 0 |
Bae Jun-ho | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 27 | 13 | 40 | 2 |
Neil Adams | ![]() |
MF | 1985–1986 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 4 |
Samuel Ashworth | ![]() |
DF | 1901–1903 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
Arthur Box | ![]() |
GK | 1907–1909 | 39 | 0 | 39 | 0 |
Jon Parkin | ![]() |
FW | 2007–2008 | 12 | 27 | 39 | 6 |
Ryan Woods | ![]() |
MF | 2018–2021 | 38 | 1 | 39 | 0 |
Charles Baker | ![]() |
FW | 1889–1894 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 13 |
Tom Coxon | ![]() |
FB | 1993–1994 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 6 |
Henry Hargreaves | ![]() |
MF | 1912–1915 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 4 |
Ian Scott | ![]() |
MF | 1989–1992 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 2 |
Jack Whitley | ![]() |
GK | 1904–1905 | 38 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
Lloyd Davies | ![]() |
FB | 1903–1907 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 3 |
Harry Hutsby | ![]() |
DF | 1908–1910 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
Joe Hutton | ![]() |
FW | 1953–1957 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 8 |
John Lenaghan | ![]() |
FW | 1911–1913 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 10 |
Alan Maxwell | ![]() |
FW | 1895–1896 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 6 |
Billy Twemlow | ![]() |
FB | 1919–1921 | 37 | 0 | 37 | 2 |
Kurt Zouma | ![]() |
DF | 2017–2018 | 36 | 1 | 37 | 1 |
Ashley Williams | ![]() |
DF | 2018–2019 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 1 |
Oussama Assaidi | ![]() |
MF | 2013–2015 | 18 | 18 | 36 | 5 |
John Walker | ![]() |
HB | 1924–1925 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
Donald Whiston | ![]() |
MF | 1949–1956 | 36 | 0 | 36 | 5 |
Tom Bailey | ![]() |
HB | 1912–1915 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 1 |
Kenny Campbell | ![]() |
GK | 1923–1925 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Joe Clennell | ![]() |
FW | 1925–1926 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 9 |
Jimmy Hill | ![]() |
FW | 1897–1898 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 13 |
Jimmy McAlinden | ![]() |
FW | 1947–1948 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 2 |
Harry Mellor | ![]() |
FW | 1897–1899 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 4 |
Lee Grant | ![]() |
GK | 2016–2018 | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
Mario Vrančić | ![]() |
MF | 2021–2022 | 25 | 10 | 35 | 3 |
Hughie Clifford | ![]() |
HB | 1890–1893 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 2 |
Jeff Cook | ![]() |
FW | 1977–1981 | 25 | 9 | 34 | 7 |
Paul Johnson | ![]() |
DF | 1977–1981 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 0 |
Mike Macari | ![]() |
FW | 1996–1997 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 3 |
Iain Munro | ![]() |
MF | 1980–1981 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 1 |
Doug Newlands | ![]() |
MF | 1959–1960 | 34 | 0 | 34 | 8 |
Henrik Risom | ![]() |
DF | 2000–2001 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 0 |
Simon Stainrod | ![]() |
FW | 1987–1988 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 7 |
John Gayle | ![]() |
FW | 1995–1997 | 19 | 14 | 33 | 4 |
Charles Hallam | ![]() |
FW | 1924–1926 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 2 |
George Jarvis | ![]() |
FW | 1919–1920 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 10 |
Dick Smith | ![]() |
FW | 1913–1915 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 21 |
Elijah Smith | ![]() |
HB | 1883–1890 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
Louis Williams | ![]() |
DF | 1907–1908 | 33 | 0 | 33 | 1 |
Mehdi Léris | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 21 | 12 | 33 | 3 |
Arthur Jepson | ![]() |
GK | 1946–1948 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Fred Rathbone | ![]() |
GK | 1907–1911 | 32 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | ![]() |
FW | 2017–2018 | 27 | 5 | 32 | 5 |
William Bradbury | ![]() |
HB | 1910–1911 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
William Cope | ![]() |
FB | 1907–1908 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Harry Crossthwaite | ![]() |
HB | 1920–1921 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
William Davies | ![]() |
FW | 1907–1909 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 16 |
Bobby Irvine | ![]() |
GK | 1963–1966 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Alec McClure | ![]() |
DF | 1980–1984 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
John Shirley | ![]() |
FW | 1927–1929 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 11 |
John Tudor | ![]() |
FW | 1976–1977 | 29 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
Peter Odemwingie | ![]() |
FW | 2014–2016 | 19 | 12 | 31 | 5 |
André Vidigal | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 18 | 13 | 31 | 7 |
Paul Barnes | ![]() |
FW | 1990–1992 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 5 |
Gerry Daly | ![]() |
MF | 1987–1988 | 25 | 5 | 30 | 3 |
Kevin Harper | ![]() |
MF | 2005–2007 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 1 |
Tommy Kiernan | ![]() |
FW | 1947–1948 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 7 |
George Shutt | ![]() |
HB | 1883–1889 | 30 | 0 | 30 | 2 |
Lynden Gooch | ![]() |
DF | 2023– | 20 | 10 | 30 | 2 |
Sammy Bangoura | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2007 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 9 |
Freddie Brown | ![]() |
FW | 1906–1907 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 11 |
Ernest Hodkin | ![]() |
HB | 1911–1913 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 1 |
Jimmy Jones | ![]() |
FW | 1899–1900 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 9 |
Hannes Sigurðsson | ![]() |
FW | 2005–2006 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 1 |
Gabriel Zakuani | ![]() |
DF | 2006–2008 | 21 | 8 | 29 | 0 |
Jack Tennant | ![]() |
DF | 1930–1939 | 29 | 0 | 29 | 0 |
Romaine Sawyers | ![]() |
MF | 2021–2022 | 24 | 5 | 29 | 3 |
Daniel Johnson | ![]() |
MF | 2023– | 21 | 8 | 29 | 2 |
Dave Goodwin | ![]() |
FW | 1973–1977 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 3 |
Graham Harbey | ![]() |
DF | 1992–1993 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Lee Hendrie | ![]() |
MF | 1903–1905 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 3 |
Charles Kelly | ![]() |
FW | 1923–1925 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 5 |
Percy Knott | ![]() |
GK | 1920–1925 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 |
John Lumsdon | ![]() |
DF | 1975–1978 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Keith Scott | ![]() |
FW | 1994–1995 | 24 | 4 | 28 | 4 |
Giannelli Imbula | ![]() |
MF | 2016–2020 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 2 |
Dujon Sterling | ![]() |
DF | 2022–2023 | 26 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
Terry Lees | ![]() |
MF | 1969–1973 | 19 | 8 | 27 | 0 |
John Cunliffe | ![]() |
MF | 1959–1960 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 3 |
Billy McIntosh | ![]() |
FW | 1951–1953 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 6 |
Jimmy McColl | ![]() |
FW | 1920–1921 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 5 |
Matthew Upson | ![]() |
DF | 2011–2013 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 3 |
Joselu | ![]() |
FW | 2015–2017 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 4 |
Badou Ndiaye | ![]() |
MF | 2018–2021 | 25 | 2 | 27 | 2 |
Ryan Mmaee | ![]() |
FW | 2023– | 19 | 8 | 27 | 4 |
Michael Kightly | ![]() |
MF | 2012–2014 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 3 |
Harold Taylor | ![]() |
FW | 1929–1931 | 26 | 0 | 26 | 11 |
Moritz Bauer | ![]() |
DF | 2018–2021 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 0 |
David Gregory | ![]() |
FW | 1977–1978 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 4 |
John McGillivray | ![]() |
HB | 1911–1912 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Dominic Matteo | ![]() |
DF | 2006–2009 | 24 | 1 | 25 | 1 |
Clement Smith | ![]() |
MF | 1937–1939 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
Paul Stewart | ![]() |
FW | 1997–1998 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 3 |
Fred Tomlinson | ![]() |
FW | 1909–1910 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 4 |
Notes
- ^ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.
References
- Matthews, Tony (1997). Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 1-85983-100-1.
- Lowe, Simon (2005). Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record. Desert Island Books. ISBN 1-874287-39-2.