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This article is about Manchester City players with at least 100 appearances or at least one Player of the Year award. For Manchester City players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Manchester City F.C. players (25–99 appearances). For Manchester City players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Manchester City F.C. players (1–24 appearances). For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players.
Richard Dunne played for the club for nine years between 2000–2009, making 352 appearances and scoring 7 goals in the opponent's net. He has won the Player of the Year award four times, more than any other player.
Niall Quinn made 244 appearances for the club between 1990 and 1996, scoring a total of 77 goals. He was voted Player of the Year in 1991 and is an inductee of both the National Hall of Fame and the club's own Hall of Fame.

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–93 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame.[book 1] Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually since 1967 by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club based on a ballot of the supporters.

Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 565 matches between 1959 and 1976.[1] If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 680.[2] As of 1 July 2018, the player who has won the most international caps while at the club is David Silva with 87 for Spain.[3] Prior to Silva achieving this distinction the record had previously been held by Joe Hart and Colin Bell, the latter of which held the record for over 40 years with 48 England appearances between 1968 and 1975.[4]

The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times for England is Frank Lampard who was capped 106 times for England between October 1999 and June 2014, but he only played for City for one season in 2014–15 after he had retired from international duty. The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times internationally is Shay Given, who was capped for the Republic of Ireland 134 times from 1996 to 2016. He played for the club for two and a half seasons between 2009 and 2011.

Sergio Agüero holds the Manchester City goalscoring record across all competitions, and is also the club's highest league goalscorer. These records were set between 2011 and the present day. As of 1 March 2020, Agüero's record reads at 180 league goals scored and 254 overall for City.[citation needed]

Johnson also holds the record for league goals in a single season, with 38 in 1928–29.[5] This single season tally also means Johnson additionally holds the record for most goals scored per game played in a season, his 38 goals in 39 appearances during 1928–29 yielding a goal scoring rate of 0.97 goals per game.

The player who holds the Premier League record for the most lethal scoring rate (i.e., the highest number of goals scored per total minutes played) while playing for City is Sergio Agüero[6] who, as of 2020, is still currently playing for the club. During the 2013–14 season he scored 28 goals from 34 game appearances (or 0.82 goals per game), but since many of his appearances were not full 90 minute games; he actually averaged a goal for roughly every 90 minutes he was on the field, which made him not only the most efficient striker (in terms of minutes per goal) of any club in the Premier League that season — but also since the Premier League began.[6]

Sourcing, currency and key for the statistics

Two young men dressed in sportswear hold a large trophy aloft. The man on the right has a blue and white scarf wrapped around his head.
Samir Nasri and Sergio Agüero have won two and four Premier League titles with Manchester City, respectively.

The following information applies to both of the tables listed in the next section of this article:

Order

  • Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Legend

Nationality

  • Normally the player's country of birth or later adopted nationality. In the case of a country such as Germany that has been unified it will indicate whichever of the prior nations, West or East, determined how that player was capped at international level during his playing career despite his nationality now being simply German.

Club career

  • Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below, regardless of how long the player was contracted to the club. For players who had two or more spells at the club, the years for each period are listed separately.
Positions tactical evolution
Pre-1970s 1970s onwards
GK Goalkeeper
DF Full back DF Full back or Wing back
MF Centre half DF Centre back
MF Half back MF Holding midfielder
FW Outside forward
(a.k.a. Winger) 		DF
MF 		Wing back or
Attacking midfielder
FW Inside forward MF
FW 		Attacking midfielder /
Second striker
FW Centre forward FW Centre forward /
Striker / False #9

Position

  • Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the more defensive emphasis in the responsibilities of many of the old forward and midfield positions, and their corresponding name changes, reflects the tactical evolution that occurred in the sport from the late 1960s onwards. The position listed is that in which the player played most frequently for the club.

The following information applies only to the table of "Historic players" listed in the next section:

Appearances and Goals

Statistics sourcing

David Silva has won four Premier Leagues titles, two FA Cups and five League Cups with Manchester City since joining the club in 2010.
  • All of the Player of the Year data in the table is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12.
  • All dates and numbers in the table are sourced from a hardcover book published in 2006 according to the inclusion / exclusion rules stated above. The individual table entries of a number of these players have subsequently been sourced from the web wherever possible.
  • In the case of players whose football careers at Manchester City spanned either of the two world wars, the choice of which appearances, during and either side of the wartime period, are included in the "official" tally of games played may cause discrepancies with other possible sources of similar data for those particular players. Likewise, how competitions such as the Charity Shield, Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Texaco Cup are handled by other sources will also create discrepancies with the numbers included in the table below.

Currency

  • The statistics are correct as of the beginning of 2004.

The following information applies only to the table of "Contemporary players" listed in the next section:

Appearances and Goals

  • Appearances and goals are broken out into four column pairs, with the rightmost column pair depicting the respective totals of the appearances and goals shown in the three leftmost column pairs.
  • The appearances and goals listed under the "League" column pair heading comprise those in the top two tiers of the Football League (including any Football League play-off games) and the Premier League.
  • The appearances and goals listed under the "Cups" column pair heading comprise only those in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.
  • The appearances and goals listed under the "Other" column pair heading comprise those in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, the FA Community Shield, and the Football League Trophy.
  • Substitute appearances in any of the above included fixtures, and any goals scored as a substitute, are also included.
  • Appearances or goals scored in testimonial matches, exhibition games, or in any abandoned fixtures, are excluded.

Statistics sourcing

  • Most of the Player of the Year data in the following table (and elsewhere in this article) is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12. Winners of the PotY award since 2012 are individually cited from elsewhere on the web.
  • Most of the dates and numbers in the table are sourced from the Soccerbase online database as indicated by the individual cited reference notes for each of the players. The remainder are sourced from Gary James' book.
  • However, Soccerbase has a few issues. It seems to identify all player appearances and goals scored in Community Shield fixtures on an individual season basis, but does not necessarily include all those appearances in the total appearances tally of certain players. Regardless, the core match data on which those tallies are sometimes mis-totalled is quite sound and accessible in alternative ways, and thus can be used to (self-)correct the database's own tallying errors if properly footnoted.
  • Goals later reassigned by the Premier League "Dubious Goals Committee" also tend to get overlooked by Soccerbase. Some goals that have never even come before the DGC have been misattributed to other players despite the rest of the football media correctly attributing them. Whatever the source of the discrepancy it can be addressed by footnote reference to alternative match reports for the games in question - which correctly attribute the dubious goal(s) - and by providing links to documentation of the pertinent DGC reassignment findings elsewhere on the web.

Currency

  • The statistics are correct as of the last match of the 2015 calendar year, which was played on 29 December 2015.

List of players

The list of Manchester City players with over 100 appearances, or winners of "Player of the Year" award, is presented below in two tables. The first table lists all the club's historic players, providing only the basic "appearances" and "goals" totals for each of them. The second table groups together the club's most recent players, providing a more detailed breakdown of their "appearances" and "goals" statistics (and with the current players highlighted in blue for easy reference).

Historic players

Name Nat. Position Club career Apps. Goals PotY Refs.
Billy Meredith Wales Winger 1894–1905
1921–1924		 393 151 [stat 1]
Charlie Williams England Goalkeeper 1894–1902 232 1
Bobby Moffatt Scotland Half back 1895–1903 163 7
Billy Holmes England Half back 1896–1904 166 4
Fred Williams England Forward 1896–1902 130 38
Billie Gillespie England Forward 1897–1905 231 132
William "Buxton" Smith England Half back 1897–1902 153 8
Di Jones Wales Full back 1898–1902 118 1
Sammy Frost England Half back 1901–1906 112 4
Tommy Hynds Scotland Centre half 1901–1906 171 9
Frank Booth England Winger 1902–1912 107 19 [stat 2]
Jack Hillman England Goalkeeper 1902–1906 124 0
Johnny McMahon England Centre half 1902–1906 109 1
Sandy Turnbull Scotland Forward 1902–1906 119 60 [stat 3]
Billy Lot Jones Wales Forward 1903–1915 301 74
Irvine Thornley England Forward 1904–1912 204 93
James Buchan Scotland Half back 1905–1911 164 10
George Dorsett England Half back 1905–1912 211 65
George Stewart Scotland Winger 1906–1911 102 13
Jimmy Conlin England Winger 1906–1911 175 30 [stat 4]
Tommy Kelso Scotland Full back 1906–1913 151 3
Bill Eadie England Half back 1906–1913 204 6
Bertram Jackson England Full back 1907–1911 101 0
Bill Bottomley England Half back 1908–1915 103 2 [stat 5]
Tom Holford England Half back 1908–1914 183 38
George Wynn Wales Forward 1909–1919 127 59 [stat 6]
Joe Dorsett England Winger 1910–1920 138 17 [stat 7]
Eli Fletcher England Full back 1911–1925 326 2
Jim Goodchild England Goalkeeper 1911–1926 217 0
Billy Henry Scotland Full back 1911–1919 157 1 [stat 8]
Harry Taylor England Forward 1912–1921 101 28
Tommy Browell England Forward 1913–1926 247 139 [stat 9]
Horace Barnes England Forward 1914–1924 235 125 [stat 10]
Sam Cookson England Full back 1919–1927 306 1
Tommy Johnson England Forward 1920–1930 354 166 [stat 11]
Billy "Spud" Murphy England Winger 1919–1926 220 31
Micky Hamill England Half back 1920–1924 128 2
Sammy Sharp England Half back 1920–1928 182 1
James Mitchell England Goalkeeper 1922–1926 109 0
Charlie Pringle Scotland Half back 1922–1928 216 1
Frank Roberts England Forward 1922–1929 237 130
Billy Austin England Forward 1924–1931 172 47
Sam Cowan England Centre half 1924–1935 407 24
George Hicks England Winger 1924–1928 135 48
Phillip McCloy Scotland Full back 1925–1929 157 0
Jimmy McMullan Scotland Half back 1925–1933 242 12
Matt Barrass England Half back / Forward 1925–1933 172 15
Eric Brook England Winger 1928–1939 493[A 1] 178 [stat 12]
Bobby Marshall England Forward / Centre half 1928–1938 356 80 [stat 13]
John Ridley England Full back 1927–1933 184 0
Fred Tilson England Forward 1928–1938 275 132 [stat 14]
Matt Busby Scotland Half back 1928–1936 227 14
Ernie Toseland England Winger 1929–1939 411 75 [stat 15]
Jackie Bray England Half back 1929–1940 279 10
Len Langford England Goalkeeper 1930–1933 125 0
Bill Dale England Full back 1931–1938 271 0
Alec Herd Scotland Forward 1933–1948 288[A 1] 125 [stat 16]
Sam Barkas England Full back 1933–1947 196 1
Jack Percival England Half back 1933–1946 174 8
Frank Swift England Goalkeeper 1933–1949 375[A 1] 0 [stat 17]
Peter Doherty Northern Ireland Forward 1936–1939 131[A 1] 80[G 1] [stat 18]
Albert Emptage England Half back 1937–1951 144 1
Eric Westwood England Full back 1937–1953 260 5
Les McDowall England Half back 1938–1948 126 8
Bert Sproston England Full back 1938–1949 131 5
Billy Walsh Republic of Ireland Half back 1938–1950 118 1
George Smith England Forward 1939–1951 179 80
Andy Black Scotland Forward 1946–1950 146 52
Joe Fagan England Half back 1946–1950 158 2
Johnny Hart England Forward 1946–1961 178 73 [stat 19]
Roy Clarke Wales Winger 1947–1958 370 79 [stat 20]
Ken Branagan England Full back 1948–1961 208 3
Roy Little England Full back 1949–1958 187 2
Bert Trautmann Germany Goalkeeper 1949–1964 545 0 [stat 21]
Ken Barnes England Half back 1952–1961 282 19 [stat 22]
Roy Paul Wales Half back 1950–1957 294 9
Billy Spurdle England Half back 1950–1956 172 33
Jimmy Meadows England Full back / Winger 1951–1955 141 31
Don Revie England Forward 1951–1956 178 41 [stat 23]
Dave Ewing Scotland Centre half 1953–1962 303 1 [stat 24]
Paddy Fagan Republic of Ireland Winger 1953–1960 165 35
Joe Hayes England Forward 1953–1965 364 152 [stat 25]
Bill Leivers England Full back 1953–1964 282 4
Billy McAdams Northern Ireland Forward 1953–1960 134 65
Bobby Johnstone Scotland Forward 1955–1959 139 51 [stat 26]
Cliff Sear Wales Full back 1956–1967 279 1
Colin Barlow England Winger 1957–1963 189 80
Roy Cheetham England Winger 1957–1967 143 4
George Hannah England Forward 1958–1963 131 16
Alan Oakes England Midfielder 1959–1976 682 34 1 [stat 27]
Barrie Betts England Defender 1960–1964 117 6
David Wagstaffe England Winger 1960–1964 161 8 [stat 28]
Harry Dowd England Goalkeeper 1961–1970 219 1
Bobby Kennedy Scotland Defender / Midfielder 1961–1969 254 9
Glyn Pardoe England Full back / Forward 1962–1975 380 22[G 2] 1 [stat 29]
Neil Young England Forward 1961–1971 416 111 [stat 30]
David Connor England Winger 1962–1972
1974–1975		 168 10
Matt Gray Scotland Forward 1963–1967 101 23
Mike Doyle England Defender 1965–1978 570 41 2 [stat 31]
Johnny Crossan Northern Ireland Forward 1965–1967 110 28[G 2]
George Heslop England Centre half 1965–1972 203 3
Mike Summerbee England Winger 1965–1975 452 68 2 [stat 32]
Tony Book England Full back 1966–1973 315[A 2] 5 1 [stat 33]
Colin Bell England Midfielder 1966–1979 501 153 1
Tommy Booth England Centre half 1968–1981 491[A 2] 36[G 3] [stat 34]
Tony Coleman England Winger 1967–1969 104 16 [stat 35]
Joe Corrigan England Goalkeeper 1967–1983 603 0 3 [stat 36]
Francis Lee England Forward 1967–1974 330 148 1 [stat 37]
Willie Donachie Scotland Full back 1970–1980 436 2 [stat 38]
Tony Towers England Midfielder 1969–1974 165 12
Rodney Marsh England Forward 1972–1975 152 47 [stat 39]
Kenny Clements England Defender 1971–1979
1985–1988		 282 2 1
Peter Barnes England Winger 1974–1979
1987		 161 22 [stat 40]
Asa Hartford Scotland Midfielder 1974–1979
1981–1984		 321 36 1 [stat 41]
Joe Royle England Forward 1974–1977 124 32[G 3]
Dennis Tueart England Forward 1974–1978
1980–1983		 275 109 [stat 42]
Dave Watson England Centre back 1975–1979 188 6 1 [stat 43]
Paul Power England Defender / Midfielder 1975–1986 444[A 3] 36 2 [stat 44]
Gary Owen England Midfielder 1976–1979 124 23
Brian Kidd England Forward 1977–1979 128 57
Ray Ranson England Defender 1978–1984
1993		 235 1
Nicky Reid England Defender 1978–1982
1982–1986		 262 2
Tommy Caton England Defender 1979–1983 198 8 1
Bobby McDonald Scotland Defender 1980–1983 112 16
Kevin Reeves England Forward 1980–1983 158 39
Kevin Bond England Defender 1981–1984 124 12 1
Steve Kinsey England Forward 1981–1986 115 18
Alex Williams England Goalkeeper 1981–1985 125 0
Clive Wilson England Defender 1981–1987 126 11
Graham Baker England Midfielder 1982–1987 138 21
Andy May England Midfielder 1982–1987 174 8
Paul Simpson England Forward 1982–1988 155 24
Mick McCarthy Republic of Ireland Defender 1983–1987 163 3 1
Neil McNab Scotland Midfielder 1983–1990 266 19 2
Ian Brightwell England Defender / Midfielder 1986–1998 382 19
Steve Redmond England Defender 1986–1992 287 7 1
David White England Forward 1986–1994 341 96
Paul Lake England Midfielder 1987–1992 134 11 [stat 45]
Andy Hinchcliffe England Defender 1987–1990 139 11
Andy Dibble Wales Goalkeeper 1988–1997 141 0
Ian Bishop England Midfielder 1989
1998–2001		 117 7
Colin Hendry Scotland Defender 1989–1991 77 10 1
Peter Reid England Midfielder 1989–1993 114 2
Niall Quinn Republic of Ireland Forward 1990–1996 243 78 1 [stat 46]
Tony Coton England Goalkeeper 1990–1995 194 0 2
Andy Hill England Defender 1990–1995 113 6
Keith Curle England Defender 1991–1996 204 13
Michel Vonk Netherlands Defender 1991–1995 103 6
Mike Sheron England Forward 1991–1994 119 28
Garry Flitcroft England Midfielder 1992–1996 141 15 1
Terry Phelan Republic of Ireland Defender 1992–1995 122 2
Steve Lomas Northern Ireland Midfielder 1993–1997 137 11
Richard Edghill England Defender 1993–2001 210 1
Uwe Rösler Germany Forward 1994–1998 176[A 4] 64 1 [stat 47]
Nicky Summerbee England Defender / Midfielder 1994–1997 156 10
Giorgi Kinkladze Georgia (country) Midfielder 1995–1998 121 22 2 [stat 48]
Kit Symons Wales Defender 1995–1998 139 4
Michael Brown England Midfielder 1995–2000 110 4 1
Jeff Whitley Northern Ireland Midfielder 1996–2001 141 8
Kevin Horlock Northern Ireland Midfielder 1996–2003 232 42

Last updated: 21 August 2015.
Source: James, Gary (2006). "Manchester City – The Complete Record". Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual aspects of player data of various players.


Contemporary players

Name Nat Club
career 		Position League Cups Other Total PotY Refs.
A G A G A G Apps. Goals
Paul Dickov Scotland 1996–2002
2006–2008		 Forward 175 35 25 6 200 041 [James 1]
Gerard Wiekens Netherlands 1997–2003 Defender 185 10 27 0 1 0 213 010 1 [James 1]
Nicky Weaver England 1998–2007 Goalkeeper 175 0 31 0 1 0 207 000 [Sb 1]
Shaun Goater Bermuda 1998–2003 Striker 187 85 25 18 212 103 1 [Sb 2]
Danny Tiatto Australia 1998–2004 Left back /
Midfielder		 139 3 14 1 5 0 158[A 5] 004 1 [Sb 3]
Shaun Wright-Phillips England 1999–2005
2008–2011		 Midfielder 217 35 34 7 24 5 275 047 1 [Sb 4]
Steve Howey England 2000–2003 Defender 94 11 9 0 103 011 [Sb 5]
Richard Dunne Republic of Ireland 2000–2009 Centre back 296 8 38 0 18 0 352 008[G 4] 4 [Sb 6]
Ali Benarbia Algeria 2001–2003 Midfielder 71 11 7 0 078 011 1 [Sb 7]
Sun Jihai China 2002–2008 Defender 130 3 16 0 5 1 151 004 [Sb 8]
Nicolas Anelka France 2002–2005 Forward 89 37 9 4 5 4 103 045[G 5] [Sb 9]
Sylvain Distin France 2002–2007 Centre back 178 5 23 1 5 0 206 006 1 [Sb 10]
Joey Barton England 2003–2007 Midfielder 130 15 18 2 5 0 153 017 [Sb 11]
Antoine Sibierski France 2003–2006 Midfielder 92 11 14 3 1 1 107 015 [Sb 12]
David James England 2004–2006 Goalkeeper 93 0 7 0 100 000 [Sb 13]
Nedum Onuoha England 2004–2012 Defender 95 3 14 1 7 1 116 005 [Sb 14]
Darius Vassell England 2005–2009 Forward 103 17 15 4 6 1 124 022 [Sb 15]
Stephen Ireland Republic of Ireland 2005–2010 Midfielder 138 16 24 4 14 3 176 023 1 [Sb 16]
Micah Richards England 2005–2014 Right back 179 7 33 3 33 0 245 010[G 6] [Sb 17]
Joe Hart England 2006–2017 Goalkeeper 266 0 19 0 63 0 348 000 [Sb 18]
Vincent Kompany Belgium 2008–2019 Centre back 265 18 36 1 59 1 360 020 1 [Sb 19]
Pablo Zabaleta Argentina 2008–2017 Right back 230 9 48 2 55 1 284 010 1 [Sb 20]
Nigel de Jong Netherlands 2009–2012 Midfielder 104 1 17 1 16 0 137 002 [Sb 21]
Kolo Touré Ivory Coast 2009–2013 Centre back 82 2 12 1 8 0 102 003 [Sb 22]
Gareth Barry England 2009–2013 Midfielder 132 6 24 2 19 0 175 008 [Sb 23]
Carlos Tevez Argentina 2009–2013 Forward 113 58 21 14 14 1 148 073[G 7] 1 [Sb 24]
Joleon Lescott England 2009–2014 Centre back 107 7 32 1 21 1 160 009 [Sb 25]
David Silva Spain 2010– Midfielder 301 57 51 6 71 11 423 073 1 [Sb 26]
Yaya Touré Ivory Coast 2010–2018 Midfielder 230 62 34 11 52 9 316 082[G 8] 1 [Sb 27]
Aleksandar Kolarov Serbia 2010–2017 Wing back 165 11 36 6 46 4 247 021 [Sb 28]
James Milner England 2010–2015 Midfielder 147 13 26 3 30 2 203[A 6] 018 [Sb 29]
Edin Džeko Bosnia and Herzegovina 2011–2015 Striker 130 50 25 15 34 7 189[A 7] 072 [Sb 30]
Gaël Clichy France 2011–2017 Left back 138 2 26 1 39 0 203 003 [Sb 31]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2011– Striker 261 180 43 31 64 43 368 254 2 [Sb 32]
Samir Nasri France 2011–2017 Midfielder 129 18 15 5 32 4 176 027 [Sb 33]
Jesús Navas Spain 2013–2017 Midfielder 123 4 28 4 32 0 182 008 [Sb 34]
Fernandinho Brazil 2013– Midfielder 217 18 28 2 59 3 304 023 [Sb 35]
Martín Demichelis Argentina 2013–2016 Defender 78 3 13 0 15 1 106 004 [Sb 36]
Fernando Brazil 2014–2017 Midfielder 64 4 16 0 22 0 102 004 [Sb 37]
Raheem Sterling England 2015– Forward 155 59 31 10 44 20 230 089 [Sb 38]
Nicolás Otamendi Argentina 2015– Defender 131 8 31 2 41 1 203 0011 [Sb 39]
Kevin De Bruyne Belgium 2015– Midfielder 143 31 31 13 33 6 209 050 2 [Sb 40]
John Stones England 2016– Defender 81 0 25 1 23 4 129 05 [Sb 41]
Leroy Sané Germany 2016– Midfielder 89 25 22 8 23 6 134 039 [Sb 42]
İlkay Gündoğan Germany 2016– Midfielder 96 15 26 1 32 6 154 022 [Sb 43]
Gabriel Jesus Brazil 2017– Forward 92 37 23 13 23 13 138 063 [Sb 44]
Ederson Brazil 2017– Goalkeeper 99 0 7 0 25 0 131 00 [Sb 45]
Bernardo Silva Portugal 2017– Midfielder 95 18 23 6 25 5 143 029 1 [Sb 46]
Kyle Walker England 2017– Defender 86 2 21 1 23 0 130 03 [Sb 47]

Last updated: 8 March 2020.
Source: "Man City – Club details". soccerbase.com. Racing Post. Retrieved 1 January 2016.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual player data.


Most prolific goalscorers

The players who have scored the most goals in total during their entire club career can be determined by sorting on the appropriate column in either of the above tables. Below is an additional sortable list of the most prolific Manchester City strikers' acumen in front of goal based on their best individual seasons for the club. Current players are highlighted in blue.

Shaun Goater appeared 211 times for City between 1998 and 2003, scoring 103 goals. In season 2001–02 he scored 32 goals making him 1 of only 5 players to have scored 30+ goals in a season since World War 2.
Manchester City players who have scored 30 or more goals for the club in a single season
Name Nat. Season No. of
goals 		No. of
games 		Avg. goals
per game 		Total goals
for club 		Refs.
Billy Meredith Wales 1898–99 30 34 0.88 151 [prolific 1]
Billie Gillespie England 1902–03 30 33 0.91 132 [prolific 2]
Tommy Browell England 1920–21 31 43 0.72 139 [prolific 3]
Frank Roberts England 1924–25 32 39 0.82 130 [prolific 4]
Frank Roberts England 1925–26 30 45 0.67 130 [prolific 5]
Tommy Johnson England 1928–29 38 39 0.97 166 [prolific 6]
Tommy Tait England 1929–30 31 34 0.91 46 [prolific 7]
Dave Halliday Scotland 1931–32 32 45 0.71 51 [prolific 8]
Peter Doherty Northern Ireland 1936–37 32 45 0.71 80 [prolific 9]
Alex Harley Scotland 1962–63 32 49 0.65 32 [prolific 10]
Derek Kevan England 1963–64 36 46 0.78 56 [prolific 11]
Francis Lee England 1971–72 35 46 0.76 148 [prolific 12]
Shaun Goater Bermuda 2001–02 32 46 0.70 103 [prolific 13]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2011–12 30 48 0.63 231 [prolific 14]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2014–15 32 42 0.76 231 [prolific 15]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2016–17 33 45 0.73 231 [prolific 16]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2017–18 30 39 0.77 231 [prolific 17]
Sergio Agüero Argentina 2018–19 32 46 0.70 231 [prolific 18]

Last updated: 4 August 2019.
Source: James, Gary (2006). "Manchester City – The Complete Record". Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual player data.

Most England caps

The following is a list of the most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City. The list is initially presented in the chronological order of the dates each player made his debut for England at full international level, but can be sorted based on the contents of the fourth column to display the players in order of most appearances for their country. The list includes all ten of the most capped players who played for England while also actively playing for the club (just sort the list instead based on the contents of the third column). Players who won all of their England caps playing for Manchester City are indicated in bold font. Players who are currently internationally active players are highlighted in blue.

Most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City
Player Caps while
at club 		Total caps * Goals Clean
sheets 		First capped Last capped England
career span 		Refs.
Eric Brook FW 18 18 10 –– 19 October 1929 17 November 1937 8 years, 29 days [caps 1]
Frank Swift GK 19 19 0 9 28 September 1946 18 May 1949 2 years, 232 days [caps 2]
Colin Bell MF 48 480(3) 9 –– 22 May 1968 30 October 1975 7 years, 161 days [caps 3]
Francis Lee FW 27 270(0) 10 –– 11 December 1968 29 April 1972 3 years, 140 days [caps 4]
Mick Channon FW 1 460(2) 21 –– 11 October 1972 7 September 1977 4 years, 331 days [caps 5]
Dave Watson DF 30 650(2) 4 –– 3 April 1974 2 June 1982 8 years, 60 days [caps 6]
Trevor Francis FW 10 52 (10) 12 –– 9 February 1977 23 April 1986 9 years, 73 days [caps 7]
Peter Barnes FW 14 220(4) 4 –– 16 November 1977 25 May 1982 4 years, 190 days [caps 8]
Stuart Pearce DF 0 780(4) 5 –– 19 May 1987 8 September 1999 12 years, 112 days [caps 9]
David Seaman GK 0 750(3) 0 40 16 November 1988 16 October 2002 13 years, 334 days [caps 2]
Steve McManaman MF 0 37 (12) 3 –– 16 November 1994 6 October 2001 6 years, 324 days [caps 10]
Robbie Fowler FW 0 26 (15) 7 –– 27 March 1996 15 June 2002 6 years, 80 days [caps 11]
David James GK 13 53 (10) 0 21 29 March 1997 27 June 2010 13 years, 90 days [caps 12]
Frank Lampard MF 0 106 (17) 29 –– 10 October 1999 24 June 2014 14 years, 257 days [caps 13]
Gareth Barry MF 24 53 (12) 2 –– 31 May 2000 26 May 2012 11 years, 361 days [caps 14]
Owen Hargreaves MF 0 42 (25) 0 –– 15 August 2001 28 May 2008 6 years, 287 days [caps 15]
Wayne Bridge DF 4 36 (15) 1 –– 13 February 2002 14 November 2009 7 years, 274 days [caps 16]
Darius Vassell FW 0 22 (16) 6 –– 13 February 2002 24 June 2004 2 years, 132 days [caps 17]
Shaun Wright-Phillips MF 20 36 (21) 6 –– 18 August 2004 12 October 2010 6 years, 55 days [caps 18]
Joleon Lescott DF 21 280(6) 1 –– 13 October 2007 26 March 2013 5 years, 164 days [caps 19]
Joe Hart GK 64 750(5) 0 43 1 June 2008 14 November 2017 9 years, 166 days [caps 20]
James Milner MF 42 61 (25) 1 –– 12 August 2009 11 June 2016 6 years, 304 days [caps 21]
Raheem Sterling MF 39 560(8) 12 –– 14 November 2012 17 November 2019 7 years, 3 days [caps 22]
John Stones DF 28 390(3) 2 –– 30 May 2014 14 November 2019 5 years, 168 days [caps 23]
Kyle Walker DF 21 480(2) 0 –– 12 November 2011 9 June 2019 7 years, 209 days [caps 24]

* Parenthetical number represents total substitute appearances included in larger total appearances tally for those players for whom substitution is applicable.

Last updated: 17 November 2019.
Source: "Who are City's most-capped England internationals?". Manchester City F.C. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 9 July 2015.; plus citations in "Refs." column for individual player data.

Player of the Year awards

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists all of the recipients of this award since its inception. All of these players are listed in italics font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.

Year Winner
1967 England Tony Book
1968 England Colin Bell
1969 England Glyn Pardoe
1970 England Francis Lee
1971 England Mike Doyle
1972 England Mike Summerbee
1973 England Mike Summerbee
1974 England Mike Doyle
1975 England Alan Oakes
1976 England Joe Corrigan
1977 England David Watson
1978 England Joe Corrigan
1979 Scotland Asa Hartford
Year Winner
1980 England Joe Corrigan
1981 England Paul Power
1982 England Tommy Caton
1983 England Kevin Bond
1984 Republic of Ireland Mick McCarthy
1985 England Paul Power
1986 England Kenny Clements
1987 Scotland Neil McNab
1988 England Steve Redmond
1989 Scotland Neil McNab
1990 Scotland Colin Hendry
1991 Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn
1992 England Tony Coton
Year Winner
1993 England Garry Flitcroft
1994 England Tony Coton
1995 Germany Uwe Rösler
1996 Georgia (country) Giorgi Kinkladze
1997 Georgia (country) Giorgi Kinkladze
1998 England Michael Brown
1999 Netherlands Gerard Wiekens
2000 Bermuda Shaun Goater
2001 Australia Danny Tiatto
2002 Algeria Ali Benarbia
2003 France Sylvain Distin
2004 England Shaun Wright-Phillips
2005 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
Year Winner
2006 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2007 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2008 Republic of Ireland Richard Dunne
2009 Republic of Ireland Stephen Ireland
2010 Argentina Carlos Tevez
2011 Belgium Vincent Kompany
2012 Argentina Sergio Agüero
2013 Argentina Pablo Zabaleta[8]
2014 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré[9]
2015 Argentina Sergio Agüero[10]
2016 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne
2017 Spain David Silva
2018 Belgium Kevin De Bruyne[11]
Year Winner
2019 Portugal Bernardo Silva

Former Manchester City players and managers inducted into Halls of Fame

A number of former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the club's own Hall of Fame (which was inaugurated in 2004) as well as the national football Halls of Fame of both Scotland (also inaugurated in 2004) and England / Wales (inaugurated in 2002). All of the honoured inductees in one of these three football halls of fame (listed below), who were former players at the club with more than one hundred appearances, are listed in bold font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.

Manchester City Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees in MCFC Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC Notes
Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in October 2004
2004[12] Wales Billy Meredith right winger player 1894–1906
1921–1924 		also see NFM Hall of Fame
England Tommy Johnson centre forward
& inside left		 player 1919–1930
England Eric Brook left winger player 1928–1939
England Frank Swift goalkeeper player 1933–1949 also see NFM Hall of Fame
Northern Ireland Peter Doherty inside left player 1936–1945 also see NFM Hall of Fame
Wales Roy Clarke left winger player 1947–1958 Lifetime achievement award
Germany Bert Trautmann, OBE goalkeeper player 1949–1964 also see NFM Hall of Fame
Wales Roy Paul half back player 1950–1957
England Mike Summerbee centre forward
& right winger		 player 1965–1975 also see NFM Hall of Fame
England Tony Book right back player
manager
interim mgr.		 1966–1974
1974–1979
1973
1980
1989
1993
England Colin Bell, MBE attacking midfielder player 1966–1979 also see NFM Hall of Fame
England Francis Lee, CBE forward player
chairman		 1967–1974
1994–1998		 also see NFM Hall of Fame
England Joe Corrigan goalkeeper player 1967–1983
England Paul Lake midfielder / defender player 1987–1996
Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE forward player 1990–1996 also see NFM Hall of Fame
Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004
2005[13] England Sam Cowan centre half player
manager		 1924–1935
1946–1947
England Ken Barnes wing half player 1950–1961 Lifetime achievement award
England Alan Oakes midfielder player 1958–1976
England Joe Mercer, OBE left half manager 1965–1971 Outstanding achievement award
also see NFM Hall of Fame
England Malcolm Allison centre half assistant mgr.
manager 		1965–1971
1971–1973
1979–1980		 Outstanding achievement award
also see NFM Hall of Fame
2006[14] England Ernie Toseland right winger player 1928–1938
England Johnny Hart inside forward player
manager		 1947–1960
1973		 Lifetime achievement award
England Manchester City 1956
0000FA Cup-winning team 		not applicable en masse induction
England Mike Doyle centre half &
defensive midfielder		 player 1965–1978
Bermuda Shaun Goater forward player 1998–2003 Cult hero award
2008[15] England Fred Tilson centre forward player 1928–1939
England Neil Young inside left
& left winger		 player 1961–1972
England Alex Williams, MBE goalkeeper player 1980–1986 Lifetime achievement award
2009[16] Germany Uwe Rösler forward player 1994–1998

Last updated: 1 January 2016.
Source: list of MCFC Hall of Fame inductees

National Football Museum Hall of Fame

Former German POW Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann kept goal for the club between 1949 and 1964. Famous for having played through to the end of the 1956 FA Cup final despite sustaining a broken neck, he has now acquired an almost legendary status at the club. This sculpture of him at the Manchester City Museum celebrates his prowess.
Trevor Francis will always be remembered in Britain as the first £1 million player. £1.18m is the actual amount Nottingham Forest paid Birmingham City in 1979. Two years later he moved to Maine Road for an even larger fee, but his time spent wearing sky blue was plagued with injuries and he was sold to Sampdoria by a cash-strapped City at the end of his first season. City fans that saw him play (when not injured) rate his skill and flair as highly as any player that has worn the club's shirt.

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the National Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees in NFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002 Northern Ireland Peter Doherty inside left player 1936–1945
Scotland Denis Law, CBE forward & midfielder player 1960–1961
1973–1974
England Kevin Keegan, OBE forward manager 2001–2005
2003 Denmark Peter Schmeichel, MBE goalkeeper player 2002–2003
England Alan Ball, MBE attacking midfielder manager 1995–1996
2005 Germany Bert Trautmann, OBE goalkeeper player 1949–1964
England Colin Bell, MBE attacking midfielder player 1966–1979
2007 Wales Billy Meredith right winger player 1894–1906
1921–1924
Wales Mark Hughes forward manager 2008–2009
2009 England Frank Swift goalkeeper player 1933–1949
2010 England Francis Lee, CBE forward player 1967–1974
2013 England Mike Summerbee forward player 1965–1975
2014 England Trevor Francis centre forward player 1981–1982
France Patrick Vieira holding midfielder player
EDS manager 		2010–2011
2011–2015
2015 England Stuart Pearce, MBE left back player
coach
manager		 2001–2002
2002–2005
2005–2007
China Sun Jihai defender player 2002–2008
Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002 Scotland Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG inside right
& right half		 player 1928–1936
2004 England Don Revie, OBE centre forward player 1951–1956
2005 England Howard Kendall attacking midfielder manager 1989–1990
2009 England Joe Mercer, OBE left half manager 1965–1971
England Malcolm Allison centre half assistant mgr.
manager 		1965–1971
1971–1973
1979–1980
Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date
2007 Republic of Ireland Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE forward player 1990–1996
Manchester City teams inducted to date
2009 England Manchester City 1967–70 not applicable

Last updated: 2 January 2016.
Source: list of NFM Hall of Fame inductees

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

Iconic Celtic defender Billy McNeill managed the club between 1983 and 1986, securing promotion back to the top flight in his second season in charge.
Dubbed the "Welsh Wizard" by his admirers, Billy Meredith made 394 appearances for the club in two separate spells with the Blues between 1894–1906 and 1921–1924, scoring a total of 151 goals.

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the appropriate category:

Inductees in SFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004 Scotland Denis Law, CBE forward player 1960–1961
1973–1974
Scotland Billy McNeill, MBE defender manager 1983–1986
2011 Scotland Bobby Johnstone inside right player 1955–1959
Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004 Scotland Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG inside right
& right half		 player 1928–1936

Last updated: 1 January 2016.
Source: list of SFM Hall of Fame inductees

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees in WS Hall of Fame
Year of induction Player Position Role at MCFC Years in role at MCFC
Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
1990 Wales Billy Meredith right winger player 1894–1906
1921–1924
1999 Wales Horace Blew full back player 1906
2003 Wales Mark Hughes forward manager 2008–2009

Last updated: 18 July 2015.
Source: list of WS Hall of Fame inductees

See also

List of players footnotes

Appearances

  1. ^ a b c d Some well-respected statistics sources include in players' total appearances tallies the three rounds of league games played by Manchester City at the start of the 1939–40 season, before war was declared on 3 September and the football league was officially abandoned. Frank Swift, Eric Brook, Alec Herd and Peter Doherty all played in each of those matches, and when these three fixtures are included in their official appearances tallies they are three games larger than they should be. Because those matches have long been expunged from official league records and these games should similarly not be included in these players' official total games tallies. When these war time fixtures are properly accounted for Swift's total appearances for Manchester City become 375 (not 378), Brook's total appearances for the club become 493 (not 496), Herd's total appearances for the club become 288 (not 291), and Doherty's total appearances for the club become 131 (not 134).
  2. ^ a b Tony Book's total appearances for the club are normally reported as 315 and Tommy Booth's total appearances for the club are normally reported as 491. These discrepancies relative to the M.E.N. sources being used to support the total appearances stats. of these two players are due to the UEFA European Cup Winners Cup tie away leg fixture played against Honved on 21 October 1970. The cited M.E.N. sources for both Book's and Booth's total appearances tallies align themselves with this team selection in which Book plays no part in the match, and his normal right back position is taken by Tommy Booth. However, at this particular time Tommy Booth was suffering from an injury that kept him out of first team action for around 3 months, so this data is believed to be erroneous. Likewise, the main book source for this table reports Book as being in the starting line-up for this game and Booth as taking no part in it. Consequently, this particular table entry has been editorially adjusted to be in alignment with the main book source.
  3. ^ Sometimes this number is reported as 445. The discrepancy lies in the old First Division One league game played at home against Coventry City on 13 December 1975. The cited M.E.N. source for Power's total appearances tally aligns itself with this team selection in which Power plays no part in a match where no substitutes were used. The main book source for this table reports (p. 419) Power as being a substitute who replaced Tommy Booth.
  4. ^ Sometimes this number is reported as 177. The discrepancy lies in the Second Round League Cup tie played away at Barnet on 20 September 1994. The cited M.E.N. source for Rösler's total appearances tally aligns itself with this team selection in which Rösler plays no part in this match. The main book source for this table reports Rösler as being in the starting line-up for this game instead of Foster (p. 457). In this version, Rösler (not Vonk) was substituted off to be replaced by Quinn, while Vonk was substituted off to be replaced by Foster who was not in the starting line-up.
  5. ^ Sometimes this number is reported as 159. The discrepancy lies in the Football League Division One home game played against Fulham on 16 January 2000. The cited Soccerbase source for Tiatto's total appearances tally reports Tiatto as having played no substitute role in this game for which it reports no substitutes were utilised by Manchester City. The main book source used for many of the statistics depicted in this article aligns itself with this team sheet report in which Tiatto replaces Mark Kennedy in the only substitution done by the home team, giving him one additional appearance.
    Also note that the five "other appearances" by Tiatto consist of four appearances in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup competition and one appearance in the 1998–99 Football League Trophy (then known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship purposes).
  6. ^ According to the 5 individual seasons (2010–2011 to 2014–2015) of Soccerbase records for James Milner, he has played in 20 UEFA Champions League matches (4, 2, 6, 8 for seasons 2011–2012 through 2014–2015 respectively); 7 Europa League matches (5 in 2010–2011 and 2 in 2011–2012); and 3 Community Shield finals (in 2011, 2012 and 2014). This yields a total of 30 (20+7+3) appearances that should be included in his total "Other appearances" tally. As of the closed season 2015 this total (Retrieved 27 July 2015) was erroneously showing as 28, 2 less than the same Soccerbase records indicate on an individual season basis, so it has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
  7. ^ According to the 5 individual seasons (2010–2011 to 2014–2015) of Soccerbase records for Edin Džeko, he has played in 24 UEFA Champions League matches (5, 6, 7, 6 for seasons 2011–2012 through 2014–2015 respectively); 7 Europa League matches (4 in 2010–2011 and 3 in 2011–2012); and 3 Community Shield finals (in 2011, 2012 and 2014). This yields a total of 34 (24+7+3) appearances that should be included in his total "Other appearances" tally. As of the closed season 2015 this total (Retrieved 27 July 2015) was erroneously showing as 32, 2 less than the same Soccerbase records indicate on an individual season basis, so it has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.

Goals

  1. ^ Some well-respected statistics sources include in players' total goals tallies goals scored in the three rounds of league games played by Manchester City at the start of the 1939–40 season, before war was declared on 3 September and the football league was officially abandoned. Peter Doherty played in all of those matches and scored a goal in each of the first two games, and when these two goals are included in his official goals tally it is two goals larger than it should be. Because those matches have long been expunged from official league records and those goals should similarly not be included in his official total goals tally. When these war time fixtures are properly accounted for Doherty's total goals for Manchester City become 80 (not 82).
  2. ^ a b Sources differ over the scorer of an FA Cup goal against Blackpool in 1966. James and the MCFCstats website credit it to Johnny Crossan, Baskcomb credits it to Glyn Pardoe. The figures in this table assign the goal to Crossan.
  3. ^ a b Sources differ over the scorer of a goal in an Anglo-Scottish Cup tie against Sheffield United played at Maine Road on 9 August 1975. James in his book (p. 515) credits it to Tommy Booth, but the Bluemoon website credits it to Joe Royle. The figures in this table assign the goal to Royle.
  4. ^ The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by Richard Dunne to another player: Charlton Athletic 2–2 Manchester City (2 April 2005) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Dunne as an own goal by defender Hermann Hreidarsson. This goal was also initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Hreidarsson, but it was later reassigned to Dunne by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
  5. ^ The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by another player to Nicolas Anelka: Fulham 2–2 Manchester City, 20 September 2003 – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the 46th minute own goal scored by Fulham defender Zat Knight as a goal scored by Nicolas Anelka. This deflected goal was initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Anelka, but was later reassigned to be a Knight own goal by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
  6. ^ The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by Micah Richards to another player: Man City 4–2 Arsenal (12 September 2009) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Richards as an own goal by goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. This goal was also initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Almunia, but was later reassigned to Richards by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
  7. ^ The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by another player to Carlos Tevez: Newcastle United 1–3 Manchester City (26 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the own goal scored by Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini as a second goal by Carlos Tevez. This goal was initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Tevez, but was reassigned almost five months later to be a Coloccini own goal by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
  8. ^ The following games recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credit goals scored by Yaya Touré to other players:
    (1) West Ham 1–3 Man City (11 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies one of the 2 goals scored by Touré as an own goal by goalkeeper Rob Green.
    (2) Man City 1–2 Everton (20 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Touré as an own goal by defender Phil Jagielka.
    (3) Man City 4–0 Newcastle (30 March 2013) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Touré as an own goal by defender James Perch.
    All three of these goals were initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press as own goals scored by the above mentioned players, but in every case they were later reassigned to Touré by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at the end of each of the three 11v11 match reports). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.

List of players statistics references

Historic players table

Primary table reference

  1. ^ The statistical data for the majority of the players who had played 100 or more matches for the club prior to the start of season 2003–04 is sourced from Manchester City – The Complete Record.
  • James, Gary (2006). Manchester City – The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon. ISBN 1-85983-512-0.

Individual player references

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  31. ^ Scott, James (30 July 2013). "City's top 50: No. 11". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 July 2015. (1965-78) (570 appearances, 41 goals)
  32. ^ Robson, James (9 July 2014). "City greats: Mike Summerbee". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 5 August 2015. in total he made 452 appearances for the club, scoring 68 goals
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Contemporary players table

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  2. ^ "Shaun Goater". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ^ "Danny Tiatto". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Shaun Wright-Phillips". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ^ "Steve Howey". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Richard Dunne". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  7. ^ "Ali Benarbia". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ^ "Sun Jihai". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
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  25. ^ "Joleon Lescott". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  26. ^ "David Silva". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
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  28. ^ "Aleksandar Kolarov". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  29. ^ "James Milner". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  30. ^ "Edin Džeko". Soccerbase. Retrieved 10 October 2015.
  31. ^ "Gaël Clichy". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  32. ^ "Sergio Aguero". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  33. ^ "Samir Nasri". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  34. ^ "Jesús Navas". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  35. ^ "Fernandinho". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  36. ^ "Martin Demichelis". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  37. ^ "Fernando". Soccerbase. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  38. ^ "Raheem Sterling". StatCity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  39. ^ "Nicolas Otamendi". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  40. ^ "Kevin De Bruyne". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  41. ^ "John Stones". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  42. ^ "Leroy Sane". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  43. ^ "Ilkay Gundogan". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  44. ^ "Gabriel Jesus". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  45. ^ "Ederson". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  46. ^ "Bernardo Silva". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  47. ^ "Kyle Walker". Statcity. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

Other table references

Most England caps

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  9. ^ "England Players Index - Stuart Pearce". England Football Online. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  10. ^ "England Players Index - Steve McManaman". England Football Online. 17 February 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
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  14. ^ "England Players Index - Gareth Barry". England Football Online. 29 May 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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Most prolific goalscorers

  1. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 283.
  2. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 291.
  3. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 319.
  4. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 327.
  5. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 329.
  6. ^ Scott, James (9 August 2013). "City's top 50: No. 6". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 6 July 2015. During the 1928-9 season the Lancashire-born striker scored an incredible 38 goals in 39 games
  7. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 337.
  8. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 341.
  9. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 351.
  10. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 393.
  11. ^ Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 395.
  12. ^ "Players Profile – Francis Lee". happyaxeman.co.uk. Happy to be Blue!. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  13. ^ "Games played by Shaun Goater in 2001/2002". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Games played by Sergio Aguero in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  15. ^ "Games played by Sergio Aguero in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
  16. ^ "Games played by Sergio Aguero in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  17. ^ "Games played by Sergio Aguero in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
  18. ^ "Games played by Sergio Aguero in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

All other references

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  2. ^ Manchester City – The Complete Record, pp 155–167
  3. ^ "David Silva". European Football. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "St George's Day: Who are City's most-capped England internationals?". Manchester City Football Club. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015. 2. Colin Bell (48 caps) If this list had been compiled as recently as last month, Colin Bell would have been top of the tree where he's been for 40 years.
  5. ^ "Tales of your City". Manchester City Football Club. Retrieved 28 June 2015. Most League goals by one player in a season: 38 by Tommy Johnson in Division One 1928-29
  6. ^ a b "Revealed! The most lethal Premier League goal scorers of all-time". talksport.com. 7 October 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2015. 1) Sergio Aguero: 114.35 mins per PL goal (correct up to 7 October 2014) The Man City striker ... leads the way in terms of minutes per goal.
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  9. ^ "Yaya wins fourth successive CAF Player of the Year award". Manchester City Football Club. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015. ... following yet another supreme year for City's Ivorian midfielder in which he also won the Club's Etihad Player of the Year award.
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  16. ^ "Uwe Rosler exclusive interview". Manchester City Football Club. 2 December 2009. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
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