List of Stoke City F.C. players

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 1959–1976. Stoke's top senior goalscorer is John Ritchie with 176 goals.

List of players

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, United Counties League, Birmingham & District League, Southern League, Birmingham League Cup, Watney Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Full Members Cup and Football League Trophy matches; 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 3 December 2016

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.

Name	Nationality	Position	Stoke City career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals
				Appearances
Skeels, EricEric Skeels	England	DF	1959–1976	579	18	597	7
McCue, JohnJohn McCue	England	DF	1946–1960	542	0	542	2
McGrory, BobBob McGrory	Scotland	FB	1921–1935	511	0	511	0
Smith, DenisDenis Smith	England	DF	1968–1982	492	1	493	42
Bloor, AlanAlan Bloor	England	DF	1961–1977	478	4	482	19
Fox, PeterPeter Fox	England	GK	1978–1993	477	0	477	0
Allen, TonyTony Allen	England	DF	1957–1970	470	3	473	4
Marsh, JackieJackie Marsh	England	DF	1967–1979	435	9	444	3
Bowyer, FrankFrank Bowyer	England	FW	1937–1960	436	0	436	149
Mountford, FrankFrank Mountford	England	U	1946–1957	425	0	425	24
Dodd, AlanAlan Dodd	England	DF	1972–1982	410	8	418	4
Sellars, JohnJohn Sellars	England	HB	1946–1958	413	0	413	15
Davies, HarryHarry Davies	England	FW	1922–1937	411	0	411	101
Sellars, HarryHarry Sellars	England	HB	1923–1935	395	0	395	19
Dobing, PeterPeter Dobing	England	FW	1963–1973	372	5	377	95
Shawcross, RyanRyan Shawcross	England	DF	2007–	354	4	358	22
Matthews, StanleyStanley Matthews	England	MF	1932–1947 1961–1965	355	0	355	62
Spencer, BillyBilly Spencer	England	FB	1926–1936	354	0	354	0
Ritchie, JohnJohn Ritchie	England	FW	1962–1975	340	11	351	176
Oscroft, HarryHarry Oscroft	England	FW	1950–1959	349	0	349	107
Greenhoff, JimmyJimmy Greenhoff	England	FW	1969–1976	346	0	346	103
Pejic, MikeMike Pejic	England	DF	1968–1976	344	0	344	9
Asprey, BillBill Asprey	England	FB	1954–1965	341	0	341	26
Conroy, TerryTerry Conroy	Ireland	FW	1967–1979	302	31	333	67
Mahoney, JohnJohn Mahoney	Wales	MF	1967–1977	318	15	333	28
Sandford, LeeLee Sandford	England	DF	1989–1996	321	3	324	13
Whelan, GlennGlenn Whelan	Ireland	MF	2008–	272	48	320	8
Butler, JohnJohn Butler	England	DF	1988–1995	314	5	319	9
Liddle, BobbyBobby Liddle	England	MF	1928–1938	316	0	316	64
Turner, ArthurArthur Turner	England	DF	1930–1939	312	0	312	17
King, JohnnyJohnny King	England	FW	1953–1961	311	0	311	113
Thomson, KenKen Thomson	Scotland	DF	1952–1960	302	0	302	7
O'Callaghan, BrendanBrendan O'Callaghan	Ireland	FW	1977–1984	284	10	294	47
Burrows, HarryHarry Burrows	England	FW	1965–1974	272	9	281	76
Cranson, IanIan Cranson	England	MF	1989–1996	277	4	281	12
Archibald, BobbyBobby Archibald	Scotland	FW	1925–1931	276	0	276	40
Milne, AlecAlec Milne	England	FB	1912–1926	276	0	276	0
Beeston, CarlCarl Beeston	England	MF	1985–1997	258	13	271	17
Berry, GeorgeGeorge Berry	Wales	DF	1982–1990	261	8	269	30
Holford, TomTom Holford	England	MF	1898–1908	269	0	269	33
Clarke, CliveClive Clarke	Ireland	DF	1999–2005	242	22	264	10
Ratcliffe, DonDon Ratcliffe	England	MF	1954–1963	260	0	260	19
Walters, JonathanJonathan Walters	Ireland	FW	2010–	216	44	260	59
Bradley, JamesJames Bradley	England	FB	1898–1915	256	0	256	6
Clare, TommyTommy Clare	England	FB	1883–1897	251	0	251	6
Steele, FreddieFreddie Steele	England	FW	1933–1949	251	0	251	159
Banks, GordonGordon Banks	England	GK	1967–1972	250	0	250	0
Robertson, BillBill Robertson	England	GK	1952–1960	250	0	250	0
Kirton, JockJock Kirton	Scotland	MF	1936–1952	249	0	249	2
Kavanagh, GrahamGraham Kavanagh	Ireland	MF	1996–2001	234	10	244	45
Eastham, GeorgeGeorge Eastham	England	MF	1966–1973	227	13	240	5
Schofield, JoeJoe Schofield	England	FW	1891–1899	230	0	230	94
Sigurðsson, LárusLárus Sigurðsson	Iceland	DF	1994–1999	225	3	228	7
Baddeley, GeorgeGeorge Baddeley	England	HB	1901–1908	225	0	225	19
Sale, TommyTommy Sale	England	FW	1930–1946	222	0	222	103
Tempest, BillyBilly Tempest	England	MF	1912–1924	217	0	217	31
Thomas, WayneWayne Thomas	England	DF	2000–2005	215	2	217	8
Herod, DennisDennis Herod	England	GK	1946–1953	215	0	215	1
Overson, VinceVince Overson	England	DF	1991–1996	212	3	215	7
Brodie, DavyDavy Brodie	Scotland	HB	1889–1897	212	0	212	3
Bould, SteveSteve Bould	England	DF	1980–1988	207	4	211	7
O'Connor, JamesJames O'Connor	Ireland	MF	1996–2003	209	2	211	22
Wallace, RayRay Wallace	England	DF	1994–1999	182	29	211	16
Delap, RoryRory Delap	Ireland	MF	2006–2013	188	20	208	8
Fuller, RicardoRicardo Fuller	Jamaica	FW	2006–2012	137	71	208	50
Gleghorn, NigelNigel Gleghorn	England	FW	1992–1996	204	4	208	31
Viollet, DennisDennis Viollet	England	FW	1962–1967	206	1	207	66
Baddeley, SamSam Baddeley	England	DF	1908–1915	203	0	203	9
Keen, KevinKevin Keen	England	MF	1994–2000	169	34	203	12
Armitage, LenLen Armitage	England	HB	1924–1932	200	0	200	19
Dixon, BobBob Dixon	England	GK	1922–1928	200	0	200	0
Tutin, ArthurArthur Tutin	England	HB	1933–1939	198	0	198	3
Wilkinson, NormanNorman Wilkinson	England	GK	1935–1951	198	0	198	0
Bussey, WalterWalter Bussey	England	FW	1925–1932	197	0	197	50
Cairns, BobbyBobby Cairns	Scotland	MF	1954–1961	196	0	196	11
Johnson, FreddieFreddie Johnson	England	FW	1895–1903	196	0	196	20
Palmer, CalvinCalvin Palmer	England	MF	1963–1967	196	0	196	27
Burgess, CharlieCharlie Burgess	England	FB	1901–1907	195	0	195	0
Mould, BillyBilly Mould	England	DF	1937–1951	194	0	194	0
Wilkinson, AndyAndy Wilkinson	England	DF	2001–2015	152	42	194	0
Johnson, JoeJoe Johnson	England	FW	1931–1937	193	0	193	57
Farmer, JohnJohn Farmer	England	GK	1966–1974	192	0	192	0
Ormston, AlexanderAlexander Ormston	England	MF	1937–1951	192	0	192	30
Saunders, CarlCarl Saunders	England	FW	1982–1990	151	40	191	30
Malkin, JohnJohn Malkin	England	DF	1947–1956	190	0	190	27
Mullineux, ErnestErnest Mullineux	England	DF	1907–1914	189	0	189	0
Turner, GeorgeGeorge Turner	England	DF	1908–1914	189	0	189	17
Thorne, PeterPeter Thorne	England	FW	1997–2001	173	16	189	80
Huth, RobertRobert Huth	Germany	DF	2009–2015	183	5	188	18
Eccles, JackJack Eccles	England	FB	1890–1900	187	0	187	1
Simonsen, SteveSteve Simonsen	England	GK	2004–2010	180	7	187	0
Muggleton, CarlCarl Muggleton	England	GK	1993–2001	185	1	186	0
Sidibe, MamadyMamady Sidibe	Mali	FW	2005–2013	164	22	186	26
Soo, FrankFrank Soo	England	FW	1933–1945	185	0	185	10
Russell, DarelDarel Russell	England	MF	2003–2008	176	6	182	16
Biggins, WayneWayne Biggins	England	FW	1989–1994	168	13	181	63
Crouch, PeterPeter Crouch	England	FW	2011–	132	49	181	47
Bernard, MikeMike Bernard	England	DF	1965–1972	170	10	180	11
Heath, PhilPhil Heath	England	MF	1983–1988	166	13	179	19
Wilson, MarcMarc Wilson	Ireland	MF	2010–2016	159	19	178	1
Etherington, MatthewMatthew Etherington	England	MF	2009–2014	153	24	177	16
Baker, FrankFrank Baker	England	FW	1936–1949	174	0	174	33
Maxwell, WilliamWilliam Maxwell	Scotland	FW	1895–1900	173	0	173	85
Watkin, ArthurArthur Watkin	England	FW	1913–1925	172	0	172	74
Begović, AsmirAsmir Begović	Bosnia and Herzegovina	GK	2010–2015	170	2	172	1
Lewis, NormanNorman Lewis	England	GK	1929–1935	170	0	170	0
Wilson, CharlieCharlie Wilson	England	FW	1925–1930	167	0	167	120
Clarke, GeorgeGeorge Clarke	England	HB	1919–1923	165	0	165	4
Shaw, GrahamGraham Shaw	England	FW	1985–1995	124	41	165	29
Crooks, GarthGarth Crooks	England	FW	1976–1980	154	10	164	53
Franklin, NeilNeil Franklin	England	DF	1946–1950	162	0	162	0
Hudson, AlanAlan Hudson	England	MF	1974–1985	161	1	162	9
Williamson, TomTom Williamson	Scotland	HB	1926–1930	162	0	162	15
Guðjónsson, BjarniBjarni Guðjónsson	Iceland	MF	2000–2003	143	18	161	17
Gunnarsson, BrynjarBrynjar Gunnarsson	Iceland	MF	2000–2004	155	6	161	20
Whitehead, DeanDean Whitehead	England	MF	2009–2013	117	43	160	5
Richmond Roose, LeighLeigh Richmond Roose	Wales	GK	1901–1907	159	0	159	0
Mountford, GeorgeGeorge Mountford	England	FW	1946–1950	158	0	158	29
Hampton, PeterPeter Hampton	England	DF	1980–1984	152	4	156	4
Cameron, GeoffGeoff Cameron	United States	MF	2012–	138	16	154	2
Howitt, BobbyBobby Howitt	Scotland	HB	1958–1963	150	0	150	16
Smith, AlfAlf Smith	England	FW	1903–1915	150	0	150	72
O'Neill, JimmyJimmy O'Neill	Ireland	GK	1960–1964	149	0	149	0
Haslegrave, SeanSean Haslegrave	England	MF	1970–1976	136	10	146	8
McIlroy, SammySammy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	MF	1982–1985	143	1	144	14
Carr, CliffCliff Carr	England	DF	1987–1991	134	9	143	1
Rowley, BillBill Rowley	England	GK	1887–1896	143	0	143	0
Richardson, PaulPaul Richardson	England	MF	1977–1981	137	5	142	11
Bracewell, PaulPaul Bracewell	England	MF	1979–1983	135	6	141	6
Smith, WilliamWilliam Smith	England	FW	1909–1913	141	0	141	62
Ware, PaulPaul Ware	England	MF	1987–1994	115	26	141	14
Robertson, JimmyJimmy Robertson	Scotland	MF	1972–1977	121	19	140	14
Watkins, MartMart Watkins	Wales	FW	1900–1908	139	0	139	52
Griffin, AndyAndy Griffin	England	DF	1996–2010	126	11	137	5
Parkin, SteveSteve Parkin	England	DF	1983–1989	128	9	137	5
Beachill, ArthurArthur Beachill	England	FB	1926–1933	136	0	136	0
Henry, KarlKarl Henry	England	MF	2000–2006	75	61	136	1
Christie, DavyDavy Christie	Scotland	HB	1889–1894	135	0	135	3
Dickson, WilliamWilliam Dickson	Scotland	FW	1892–1896	135	0	135	48
Ford, TonyTony Ford	England	MF	1986–1989	135	0	135	14
Sturgess, AlbertAlbert Sturgess	England	FB	1902–1908	135	0	135	4
Foley, SteveSteve Foley	England	MF	1992–1994	134	0	134	13
Salmons, GeoffGeoff Salmons	England	MF	1974–1977	131	3	134	16
Stein, MarkMark Stein	England	FW	1992–1997	134	0	134	72
Wood, AlfAlf Wood	England	HB	1895–1901	134	0	134	10
Adam, CharlieCharlie Adam	Scotland	MF	2012–	80	53	133	19
Scrimshaw, CharlieCharlie Scrimshaw	England	FB	1929–1938	132	0	132	0
Jones, KenwyneKenwyne Jones	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	2004–2005 2010–2014	93	37	130	31
Underwood, AlfAlf Underwood	England	FB	1887–1893	130	0	130	0
Andrew, RonRon Andrew	England	DF	1957–1963	129	0	129	2
Jones, JoeJoe Jones	Wales	DF	1911–1920	129	0	129	12
Lightbourne, KyleKyle Lightbourne	Bermuda	FW	1998–2001	100	29	129	25
Sørensen, ThomasThomas Sørensen	Denmark	GK	2008–2015	128	1	129	0
Doyle, MikeMike Doyle	England	DF	1978–1981	128	0	128	6
Higginbotham, DannyDanny Higginbotham	England	DF	2006–2013	125	3	128	14
Robertson, TomTom Robertson	Scotland	DF	1894–1900	128	0	128	3
Pieters, ErikErik Pieters	Netherlands	DF	2013–	125	3	127	1
Coleman, NevilleNeville Coleman	England	FW	1953–1958	126	0	126	52
Hurst, GeoffGeoff Hurst	England	FW	1972–1975	123	5	126	37
Robertson, WilliamWilliam Robertson	Scotland	DF	1929–1933	126	0	126	3
Lawrence, LiamLiam Lawrence	Ireland	MF	2006–2010	108	17	125	24
Arnautović, MarkoMarko Arnautović	Austria	FW	2013–	109	16	125	21
Bebbington, KeithKeith Bebbington	England	FW	1962–1966	123	1	124	22
Chamberlain, MarkMark Chamberlain	England	MF	1982–1985	122	2	124	18
Brittleton, TomTom Brittleton	England	FB	1920–1925	123	0	123	5
Dyson, PaulPaul Dyson	England	DF	1983–1986	123	0	123	5
Higginson, SamSam Higginson	England	U	1899–1904	123	0	123	23
Painter, IanIan Painter	England	FW	1982–1986	114	9	123	24
Griffiths, ArthurArthur Griffiths	England	FW	1905–1912	121	0	121	51
Shilton, PeterPeter Shilton	England	GK	1974–1977	121	0	121	0
Maguire, PaulPaul Maguire	Scotland	MF	1980–1984	105	15	120	25
Thomas, MickeyMickey Thomas	Wales	MF	1983–1991	113	7	120	22
N'Zonzi, StevenSteven N'Zonzi	France	MF	2012–2015	117	3	120	7
Brigham, HarryHarry Brigham	England	FB	1936–1946	119	0	119	0
Carruthers, MartinMartin Carruthers	England	FW	1993–1996	80	39	119	20
Heath, AdrianAdrian Heath	England	MF	1979–1982	115	3	118	17
Broad, JimmyJimmy Broad	England	FW	1921–1923	116	0	116	67
McIlroy, JimmyJimmy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	MF	1963–1965	114	2	116	19
Martin, AlanAlan Martin	England	U	1951–1955	115	0	115	6
Mohan, NickyNicky Mohan	England	DF	1999–2001	115	0	115	7
Brammer, DaveDave Brammer	England	MF	2005–2007	96	16	112	3
Jones, RogerRoger Jones	England	GK	1977–1980	112	0	112	0
Bridgwood, GerryGerry Bridgwood	England	MF	1960–1968	106	5	111	8
Kinnell, GeorgeGeorge Kinnell	Scotland	DF	1963–1966	109	2	111	8
Orlygsson, ToddyToddy Orlygsson	Iceland	MF	1993–1995	107	4	111	19
Stevenson, WillieWillie Stevenson	Scotland	MF	1967–1973	98	13	111	7
Smith, DickieDickie Smith	England	HB	1919–1922	110	0	110	2
Bourne, GeorgeGeorge Bourne	England	DF	1952–1956	109	0	109	1
Fielding, RossRoss Fielding	England	MF	1902–1908	109	0	109	12
Wilshaw, DennisDennis Wilshaw	England	FW	1957–1961	109	0	109	50
Forsyth, RichardRichard Forsyth	England	MF	1996–1999	102	6	108	18
Maskery, ChrisChris Maskery	England	MF	1982–1987	96	12	108	5
Chapman, LeeLee Chapman	England	FW	1978–1982	103	4	107	38
Diao, SalifSalif Diao	Senegal	MF	2006–2012	82	24	106	1
Peppitt, SydSyd Peppitt	England	MF	1936–1950	106	0	106	29
Evans, RayRay Evans	England	DF	1979–1982	105	0	105	2
Hemming, ChrisChris Hemming	England	MF	1984–1989	96	9	105	2
Morgan, NickyNicky Morgan	England	FW	1986–1990	88	16	104	26
Bertschin, KeithKeith Bertschin	England	FW	1984–1987	93	10	103	33
Iwelumo, ChrisChris Iwelumo	Scotland	FW	2000–2004	52	51	103	22
Cooke, AndyAndy Cooke	England	FW	2000–2003	78	24	102	23
Duberry, MichaelMichael Duberry	England	DF	2004–2007	102	0	102	1
Kevan, DaveDave Kevan	Scotland	MF	1990–1993	96	6	102	2
Baddeley, AmosAmos Baddeley	England	FW	1907–1912	101	0	101	56
Elder, AlexAlex Elder	Northern Ireland	DF	1967–1972	95	6	101	1
Naughton, WillieWillie Naughton	Scotland	FW	1890–1895	101	0	101	25
Prudhoe, MarkMark Prudhoe	England	GK	1993–1997	100	1	101	0
Vernon, RoyRoy Vernon	Wales	FW	1965–1970	97	3	100	24
Ward, GavinGavin Ward	England	GK	1999–2002	100	0	100	0

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.