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List of Stoke City F.C. players

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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 100 matches+ (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Despite a lack of success Stoke have had a number of famous players over the years such as Stanley Matthews, Gordon Banks, Jimmy Greenhoff and Denis Smith. Stoke City's record appearance-maker is Eric Skeels who made 596 appearances between 1959 and 1976. Stoke's top senior goalscorer is John Ritchie with 176 goals.

List of players

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Statistics correct as of match played 29 October 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.
Positions key
Pre-1960s Post-1960s
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
Eric Skeels  England DF 1959–1976 579 18 597 7
John McCue  England DF 1946–1960 542 0 542 2
Bob McGrory  Scotland FB 1921–1935 511 0 511 0
Denis Smith  England DF 1968–1982 492 1 493 42
Alan Bloor  England DF 1961–1977 478 4 482 19
Peter Fox  England GK 1978–1993 477 0 477 0
Tony Allen  England DF 1957–1970 470 3 473 4
Ryan Shawcross  England DF 2007–2021 444 9 453 25
Jackie Marsh  England DF 1967–1979 435 9 444 3
Frank Bowyer  England FW 1937–1960 436 0 436 149
Frank Mountford  England U 1946–1957 425 0 425 24
Alan Dodd  England DF 1972–1982 409 8 417 4
John Sellars  England HB 1946–1958 413 0 413 15
Harry Davies  England FW 1922–1937 411 0 411 101
Harry Sellars  England HB 1923–1935 395 0 395 19
Peter Dobing  England FW 1963–1973 372 5 377 95
Stanley Matthews  England MF 1932–1947
1961–1965
355 0 355 62
Billy Spencer  England FB 1926–1936 354 0 354 0
John Ritchie  England FW 1962–1975 340 11 351 176
Harry Oscroft  England FW 1950–1959 349 0 349 107
Jimmy Greenhoff  England FW 1969–1976 346 0 346 103
Mike Pejic  England DF 1968–1976 344 0 344 9
Bill Asprey  England FB 1954–1965 341 0 341 26
Glenn Whelan  Republic of Ireland MF 2008–2017 287 51 338 8
John Mahoney  Wales MF 1967–1977 322 15 337 28
Terry Conroy  Republic of Ireland FW 1967–1979 304 31 335 67
Lee Sandford  England DF 1989–1996 321 3 324 13
John Butler  England DF 1988–1995 314 5 319 9
Bobby Liddle  England MF 1928–1938 316 0 316 64
Arthur Turner  England DF 1930–1939 312 0 312 17
Johnny King  England FW 1953–1961 311 0 311 113
Ken Thomson  Scotland DF 1952–1960 302 0 302 7
Brendan O'Callaghan  Republic of Ireland FW 1977–1984 284 10 294 47
Harry Burrows  England FW 1965–1974 276 9 285 77
Ian Cranson  England MF 1989–1996 277 4 281 12
Bobby Archibald  Scotland FW 1925–1931 276 0 276 40
Alec Milne  England FB 1912–1926 276 0 276 0
Carl Beeston  England MF 1985–1997 258 13 271 17
Jonathan Walters  Republic of Ireland FW 2010–2017 224 47 271 62
George Berry  Wales DF 1982–1990 261 8 269 30
Tom Holford  England MF 1898–1908 269 0 269 33
Clive Clarke  Republic of Ireland DF 1999–2005 242 22 264 10
Peter Crouch  England FW 2011–2019 163 98 261 62
Don Ratcliffe  England MF 1954–1963 260 0 260 19
James Bradley  England FB 1898–1915 256 0 256 6
Tommy Clare  England FB 1883–1897 252 0 252 6
Freddie Steele  England FW 1933–1949 251 0 251 159
Gordon Banks  England GK 1967–1972 250 0 250 0
Bill Robertson  England GK 1952–1960 250 0 250 0
Jock Kirton  Scotland MF 1936–1952 249 0 249 2
Graham Kavanagh  Republic of Ireland MF 1996–2001 235 10 245 45
George Eastham  England MF 1966–1973 227 13 240 5
Lárus Sigurðsson  Iceland DF 1994–1999 225 3 228 7
Joe Schofield  England FW 1891–1899 227 0 227 93
George Baddeley  England HB 1901–1908 225 0 225 19
Tommy Sale  England FW 1930–1946 222 0 222 103
Joe Allen  Wales MF 2016–2022 211 10 221 20
Billy Tempest  England MF 1912–1924 217 0 217 31
Wayne Thomas  England DF 2000–2005 215 2 217 8
Dennis Herod  England GK 1946–1953 215 0 215 1
Vince Overson  England DF 1991–1996 212 3 215 7
Davy Brodie  Scotland HB 1889–1897 213 0 213 3
Steve Bould  England DF 1980–1988 207 4 211 7
James O'Connor  Republic of Ireland MF 1996–2003 209 2 211 22
Ray Wallace  England DF 1994–1999 182 29 211 16
Rory Delap  Republic of Ireland MF 2006–2013 188 20 208 8
Ricardo Fuller  Jamaica FW 2006–2012 137 71 208 50
Nigel Gleghorn  England FW 1992–1996 204 4 208 31
Dennis Viollet  England FW 1962–1967 206 1 207 66
Erik Pieters  Netherlands DF 2013–2019 199 7 206 3
Kevin Keen  England MF 1994–2000 169 34 203 12
Len Armitage  England HB 1924–1932 200 0 200 19
Bob Dixon  England GK 1922–1928 200 0 200 0
Sam Baddeley  England DF 1908–1915 199 0 199 9
Arthur Tutin  England HB 1933–1939 198 0 198 3
Norman Wilkinson  England GK 1935–1951 198 0 198 0
Walter Bussey  England FW 1925–1932 197 0 197 50
Bobby Cairns  Scotland MF 1954–1961 196 0 196 11
Freddie Johnson  England FW 1895–1903 196 0 196 20
Calvin Palmer  England MF 1963–1967 196 0 196 27
Charlie Burgess  England FB 1901–1907 195 0 195 0
Billy Mould  England DF 1937–1951 194 0 194 0
Andy Wilkinson  England DF 2001–2015 152 42 194 0
Joe Johnson  England FW 1931–1937 193 0 193 57
John Farmer  England GK 1966–1974 192 1 193 0
Alexander Ormston  England MF 1937–1951 192 0 192 30
Carl Saunders  England FW 1982–1990 151 40 191 30
John Malkin  England DF 1947–1956 190 0 190 27
George Turner  England DF 1908–1914 189 0 189 17
Peter Thorne  England FW 1997–2001 173 16 189 80
Robert Huth  Germany DF 2009–2015 183 5 188 18
Ernest Mullineux  England DF 1907–1914 189 0 187 0
Steve Simonsen  England GK 2004–2010 180 7 187 0
Jack Eccles  England FB 1890–1900 186 0 186 1
Carl Muggleton  England GK 1993–2001 185 1 186 0
Mamady Sidibe  Mali FW 2005–2013 164 22 186 26
Geoff Cameron  United States MF 2012–2018 167 19 186 2
Frank Soo  England FW 1933–1945 185 0 185 10
Darel Russell  England MF 2003–2008 176 6 182 16
Wayne Biggins  England FW 1989–1994 168 13 181 63
Mike Bernard  England DF 1965–1972 169 12 181 11
Phil Heath  England MF 1983–1988 166 13 179 19
Charlie Adam  Scotland MF 2012–2019 107 72 179 21
Marc Wilson  Republic of Ireland DF 2010–2016 159 19 178 1
Matthew Etherington  England MF 2009–2014 153 24 177 16
Frank Baker  England FW 1936–1949 174 0 174 33
William Maxwell  Scotland FW 1895–1900 173 0 173 85
Arthur Watkin  England FW 1913–1925 172 0 172 74
Asmir Begović  Bosnia and Herzegovina GK 2010–2015 170 2 172 1
Norman Lewis  England GK 1929–1935 170 0 170 0
Jack Butland  England GK 2013–2020 168 1 169 0
Charlie Wilson  England FW 1925–1930 167 0 167 120
George Clarke  England HB 1919–1923 165 0 165 4
Graham Shaw  England FW 1985–1995 124 41 165 29
Jordan Thompson  Northern Ireland MF 2020– 112 53 165 4
Garth Crooks  England FW 1976–1980 154 10 164 52
Tyrese Campbell  England FW 2018–2024 98 66 164 36
Neil Franklin  England DF 1946–1950 162 0 162 0
Alan Hudson  England MF 1974–1985 161 1 162 9
Tom Williamson  Scotland HB 1926–1930 162 0 162 15
Bjarni Guðjónsson  Iceland MF 2000–2003 143 18 161 16
Brynjar Gunnarsson  Iceland MF 2000–2004 155 6 161 20
Dean Whitehead  England MF 2009–2013 117 43 160 5
Leigh Richmond Roose  Wales GK 1901–1907 159 0 159 0
George Mountford  England FW 1946–1950 158 0 158 29
Mame Biram Diouf  Senegal FW 2014–2020 99 58 157 25
Peter Hampton  England DF 1980–1984 152 4 156 4
Bobby Howitt  Scotland HB 1958–1963 150 0 150 16
Alf Smith  England FW 1903–1915 150 0 150 72
Jimmy O'Neill  Republic of Ireland GK 1960–1964 149 0 149 0
Sean Haslegrave  England MF 1970–1976 136 10 146 8
Marko Arnautović  Austria FW 2013–2017 129 16 145 26
Sammy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF 1982–1985 143 1 144 14
Bill Rowley  England GK 1887–1896 144 0 144 0
Cliff Carr  England DF 1987–1991 134 9 143 1
Sam Clucas  England MF 2018–2023 117 26 143 19
Paul Richardson  England MF 1977–1981 137 5 142 11
Paul Bracewell  England MF 1979–1983 135 6 141 6
William Smith  England FW 1909–1913 141 0 141 62
Paul Ware  England MF 1987–1994 115 26 141 14
Jacob Brown  Scotland FW 2020–2023 106 35 141 30
Jimmy Robertson  Scotland MF 1972–1977 121 19 140 14
Mart Watkins  Wales FW 1900–1908 139 0 139 52
Andy Griffin  England DF 1996–2010 126 11 137 5
Steve Parkin  England DF 1983–1989 128 9 137 5
Bruno Martins Indi  Netherlands DF 2016–2021 131 6 137 2
Arthur Beachill  England FB 1926–1933 136 0 136 0
Davy Christie  Scotland HB 1889–1894 136 0 136 3
Karl Henry  England MF 2000–2006 75 61 136 1
William Dickson  Scotland FW 1892–1896 135 0 135 48
Tony Ford  England MF 1986–1989 135 0 135 14
Albert Sturgess  England FB 1902–1908 135 0 135 4
Steve Foley  England MF 1992–1994 134 0 134 13
Geoff Salmons  England MF 1974–1977 131 3 134 16
Mark Stein  England FW 1992–1997 134 0 134 72
Alf Wood  England HB 1895–1901 134 0 134 10
Charlie Scrimshaw  England FB 1929–1938 132 0 132 0
Alf Underwood  England FB 1887–1893 131 0 131 0
Kenwyne Jones  Trinidad and Tobago FW 2004–2005
2010–2014
93 37 130 31
Ron Andrew  England DF 1957–1963 129 0 129 2
Joe Jones  Wales DF 1911–1920 129 0 129 12
Kyle Lightbourne  Bermuda FW 1998–2001 100 29 129 25
Thomas Sørensen  Denmark GK 2008–2015 128 1 129 0
Mike Doyle  England DF 1978–1981 128 0 128 6
Danny Higginbotham  Gibraltar DF 2006–2013 125 3 128 14
Tom Robertson  Scotland DF 1894–1900 128 0 128 3
Neville Coleman  England FW 1953–1958 126 0 126 52
Geoff Hurst  England FW 1972–1975 123 5 126 37
William Robertson  Scotland DF 1929–1933 126 0 126 3
Liam Lawrence  Republic of Ireland MF 2006–2010 108 17 125 24
Keith Bebbington  England FW 1962–1966 123 1 124 22
Mark Chamberlain  England MF 1982–1985 122 2 124 18
Tom Brittleton  England FB 1920–1925 123 0 123 5
Paul Dyson  England DF 1983–1986 123 0 123 5
Sam Higginson  England U 1899–1904 123 0 123 23
Ian Painter  England FW 1982–1986 114 9 123 24
Ben Wilmot  England DF 2021– 116 7 123 6
Josh Tymon  England DF 2017–2023 99 23 122 4
Arthur Griffiths  England FW 1905–1912 121 0 121 51
Peter Shilton  England GK 1974–1977 121 0 121 0
Paul Maguire  Scotland MF 1980–1984 105 15 120 25
Mickey Thomas  Wales MF 1983–1991 113 7 120 22
Steven Nzonzi  France MF 2012–2015 117 3 120 7
Harry Brigham  England FB 1936–1946 119 0 119 0
Martin Carruthers  England FW 1993–1996 80 39 119 20
Adrian Heath  England MF 1979–1982 115 3 118 17
Nick Powell  England MF 2019–2023 90 28 118 28
Jimmy Broad  England FW 1921–1923 116 0 116 67
Jimmy McIlroy  Northern Ireland MF 1963–1965 114 2 116 19
Alan Martin  England U 1951–1955 115 0 115 6
Nicky Mohan  England DF 1999–2001 115 0 115 7
Dave Brammer  England MF 2005–2007 96 16 112 3
Roger Jones  England GK 1977–1980 112 0 112 0
Gerry Bridgwood  England MF 1960–1968 106 5 111 8
George Kinnell  Scotland DF 1963–1966 109 2 111 8
Toddy Orlygsson  Iceland MF 1993–1995 107 4 111 19
Willie Stevenson  Scotland MF 1967–1973 98 13 111 7
James McClean  Republic of Ireland MF 2018–2021 92 19 111 12
Dickie Smith  England HB 1919–1922 110 0 110 2
George Bourne  England DF 1952–1956 109 0 109 1
Ross Fielding  England MF 1902–1908 109 0 109 12
Dennis Wilshaw  England FW 1957–1961 109 0 109 50
Richard Forsyth  England MF 1996–1999 102 6 108 18
Chris Maskery  England MF 1982–1987 96 12 108 5
Lee Chapman  England FW 1978–1982 103 4 107 38
Danny Batth  England DF 2019–2022 101 6 107 6
Salif Diao  Senegal MF 2006–2012 82 24 106 1
Syd Peppitt  England MF 1936–1950 106 0 106 29
Tommy Smith  England DF 2019–2022 99 7 106 3
Ray Evans  England DF 1979–1982 105 0 105 2
Chris Hemming  England MF 1984–1989 96 9 105 2
Nicky Morgan  England FW 1986–1990 88 16 104 26
Keith Bertschin  England FW 1984–1987 93 10 103 33
Chris Iwelumo  Scotland FW 2000–2004 52 51 103 22
Tom Ince  England MF 2018–2022 80 23 103 14
Andy Cooke  England FW 2000–2003 78 24 102 23
Michael Duberry  England DF 2004–2007 102 0 102 1
Dave Kevan  Scotland MF 1990–1993 96 6 102 2
Amos Baddeley  England FW 1907–1912 101 0 101 56
Alex Elder  Northern Ireland DF 1967–1972 95 6 101 1
Willie Naughton  Scotland FW 1890–1895 101 0 101 25
Mark Prudhoe  England GK 1993–1997 100 1 101 0
Roy Vernon  Wales FW 1965–1970 97 3 100 24
Gavin Ward  England GK 1999–2002 100 0 100 0

Notes

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  • ^ A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

References

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  • 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.