List of Derby County F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Derby County. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all Derby County players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Derby County F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Derby County F.C. article.

Table

As of 24 January 2020

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

The 'International' column denotes footballers who gained a full international cap.

Name	International	Position	Derby career	League Apps	League Goals	Total Apps	Total Goals	Notes
John Goodall		FW	1889–1898	?	?	238	85
Archie Goodall		CD	1889–1902	?	?	423	52
Jimmy Methven		RB	1891–1906	?	?	511	0	Manager 1906–1922
Steve Bloomer		FW	1892–1905, 1910–1913	?	293	525	332	Record Derby goalscorer
Jack Atkin		FB	1907–1921	308	3	325	3
Johnny McIntyre		RB	1921–1931	?	?	369	9
Jack Barker		CD	1923–1938	?	?	353	2	Manager 1953–1955
Jack Bowers		FW	1924–1936	?	?	220	183
Harry Bedford		FW	1925–1930	?	?	218	153
Bert Chandler		RB	1919–1925	169	0	183	0
Tommy Cooper		RB	1925–1934	?	?	266	1
George Collin		LB	1927–1935	?	?	334	0
Sammy Crooks		FW	1927–1946	?	?	445	111
Errington Keen		DF	1930–1937	?	?	237	5
Dally Duncan		LW	1931–1946	?	?	289	69	1946 FA Cup Winner
Jack Howe		DF	1935–1949	?	?	244	2
Leon Leuty		CD	1945–1949	131	1	158	1	1946 FA Cup Winner
Reg Harrison		RW	1945–1954	?	?	281	59	1946 FA Cup Winner
Johnny Morris		FW	1948–1952	?	?	140	47
Albert Mays		CD	1949–1959	?	?	281	21
Geoff Barrowcliffe		FB	1951–1965	475	37	?	?
Glyn Davies		CD	1953–1961	?	?	213	5
Bill Curry		FW	1960–1964	?	?	164	76	'
Reg Matthews		GK	1961–1967	?	?	246	0
John Richardson		FB	1962–1971	?	?	118	4
Gordon Hughes		MF	1963–1967	?	?	201	24
Alan Durban		MF	1963–1972	?	?	403	112
Colin Boulton		GK	1964–1977	?	?	344	0
Peter Daniel		LB	1965–1978	?	?	246	8
Roy McFarland		CD	1967–1980 & 1983	?	?	530	48	Manager 1993–1995
Les Green		GK	1968–1970	?	?	129	0
Dave Mackay		CD	1968–1970	?	?	145	7	Manager 1973–1976
John McGovern		MF	1968–1973	?	?	237	20
Kevin Hector		FW	1966–1977, 1980–1981	486	155	589	201	Record Derby appearances
Alan Hinton		LW	1967–1975	?	?	316	83
Willie Carlin		MF	1968–1970	?	?	108	16
Archie Gemmill		MF	1970–1977 & 1982–1983	?	?	404	33
Roger Davies		FW	1971–1975 & 1979	?	?	166	44
Charlie George		FW	1975–1978 & 1981	?	?	147	56
Bobby Davison		FW	1982–1987 & 1991	?	?	249	106
Rob Hindmarch		CD	1984–1989	164	9	?	?
Gary Micklewhite		MF	1984–1992	?	?	288	43
John Gregory		MF	1985–1987	?	?	125	23	Manager 2002–2003
Ted McMinn		LW	1987–1992	?	?	153	14
Peter Shilton		GK	1987–1992	?	?	211	0
Dean Saunders		FW	1988–1991	?	?	131	57
Marco Gabbiadini		FW	1991–1996	?	?	227	68
Dean Sturridge		FW	1991–2001	190	53	214	59
Darryl Powell		MF	1995–2002	?	?	227	11
Mart Poom		GK	1997–2003	146	0	166	0
Stefano Eranio		MF	1997–2001	?	?	108	10
Deon Burton		FW	1997–2002	?	?	143	31
Rory Delap		MF	1998–2001	?	?	113	13
Horacio Carbonari		CD	1998–2002	90	9	102	9
Paul Boertien		LB	1999–2007	?	?	126	2
Seth Johnson		MF	1999–2001, 2005–2007	111	8	124	8
Chris Riggott		DF	1999–2003 & 2011	91	5	100	7
Richard Jackson		RB	1999–2007	?	?	127	0
Adam Bolder		MF	2000–2007	?	?	181	11
Lee Grant		GK	2000–2007, 2013–2017	170	0	186	0
Tom Huddlestone		MF	2002–2005, 2017–	137	2	144	2
Michael Johnson		CD	2003–2008	?	?	150	5
Stephen Bywater		GK	2006–2011	153	0	168	0
Dean Leacock		DF	2006–2012	?	?	126	1
Stephen Pearson		MF	2007–2012	?	?	125	4
Gary Teale		RW	2007–2010	?	?	104	5
Jay McEveley		LB	2007–2010	?	?	101	6
Kris Commons		MF	2008–2011	80	21	94	24
Rob Hulse		FW	2008–2010	82	28	96	31
Robbie Savage		MF	2008–2011	124	7	137	7
Paul Green		MF	2008–2012	125	10	143	13
Shaun Barker		CD	2009–2015	98	6	105	6
Jake Buxton		CD	2009–2016	128	10	139	10
John Brayford		RB	2010–2013	109	2	117	3
Gareth Roberts		LB	2010–2013	96	1	104	1
Jeff Hendrick		MF	2010–2016	196	22	214	26
Will Hughes		MF	2011–2017	165	9	187	12
Craig Bryson		MF	2011–2019	253	40	288	42
Jason Shackell		DF	2011–2012, 2015–2018	100	2	107	3
Jamie Ward		LW	2011–2015	132	34	148	34
Richard Keogh		CD	2012–2019	315	10	355	12
Craig Forsyth		LB	2013–	159	3	165	3
Chris Martin		FW	2013–	163	55	182	63
Johnny Russell		FW	2013–2018	152	25	162	28
Cyrus Christie		RB	2015–2017	107	2	119	2
Tom Ince		LW	2015–2017	100	36	115	38

References

• List of Derby County F.C. players at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database