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List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. players

This article is about Bolton Wanderers players with at least 100 appearances. For a list of all Bolton Wanderers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bolton Wanderers F.C. players. For the current Bolton Wanderers first-team squad, see Bolton Wanderers F.C. § First-team squad.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Bolton in 1874 as Christ Church F.C. and was renamed Bolton Wanderers F.C. in 1877. They played their first competitive match in October 1881, when they entered the First Round of the 1881–82 FA Cup. The club moved to Burnden Park in 1895 and the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, 170 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Bolton Wanderers's record appearance-maker is Eddie Hopkinson, who made more than 570 appearances between 1952 and 1970. The club's leading scorer is Nat Lofthouse with 285 goals in his 14 years with the club. Along with Hopkinson and Lofthouse, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances. Other than Lofthouse, only Joe Smith has scored more than 200 goals for the club.

List of players edit

Table headers
  • Apps — Number of games played as a starter
  • Sub — Number of games played as a substitute
  • Total — Total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute
Positions key
GK Goalkeeper RB Right back RM Right midfielder RW Right winger
CB Central back LB Left back LM Left midfielder LW Left winger
DF Defender FB Fullback MF Midfielder W Winger
FW Forward HB Half back CM Central midfielder U Utility

Statistics correct as of match played 3 May 2024

Name Nationality Position Bolton Wanderers
career		 Apps Sub Total Goals
Di Jones   Wales FB 1888–1898 255 0 255 08 [1]
John Somerville   Scotland RB 1890–1901 293 0 293 02 [2]
Bob Brown   Scotland DF 1895–1901 136 0 136 14 [3]
Jim Cassidy   Scotland FW 1889–1898 219 0 219 101 [4]
Bob Jack   Scotland W 1895–1901 125 0 125 29 [1]
Jocky Wright   Scotland FW 1895–1898
1902–1904		 128 0 128 22 [5]
Walter White   Scotland FW 1902–1908 217 0 217 93 [5]
Sam Marsh   England FW 1902–1912 201 0 201 81 [6]
Bert Baverstock   England FB 1905–1921 388 0 388 4 [3]
Marshall McEwan   Scotland W 1905–1910 164 0 164 15 [6]
Joe Smith   England FW 1908–1927 492 0 492 277 [2]
Ted Vizard   Wales LW 1910–1931 512 0 512 70 [7]
Alex Donaldson   Scotland FW 1912–1921 146 0 146 06 [8]
Billy Jennings   Wales MF 1912–1930 287 0 287 2 [1]
Tom Buchan   England MF 1914–1922 117 0 117 14 [3]
Jimmy Seddon   England CB 1919–1932 375 0 375 5 [2]
David Jack   England FW 1920–1928 324 0 324 161 [1]
Billy Butler   England RW 1920–1933 449 0 449 74 [3]
Dick Pym   England GK 1921–1931 336 0 336 0 [9]
Harry Nuttall   England FB 1921–1932 326 0 326 6 [10]
Jack Smith   Scotland FW 1922–1928 174 0 174 87 [2]
Billy Wright   England RM 1922–1933 159 0 159 22 [5]
Alex Finney   England FB 1922–1937 530 0 530 2 [11]
George Gibson   Scotland FW 1927–1933 255 0 255 81 [12]
Willie Cook   Scotland MF 1928–1935 262 0 262 40 [4]
Harry Goslin   England DF 1930–1939 334 0 334 23 [13]
George Taylor   England LH 1930–1939 220 3 244 3 [14]
Ray Westwood   England FW 1930–1947 333 0 333 144 [5]
John Atkinson   England DF 1931–1948 263 0 263 5 [15]
Tom Woodward   England MF 1935–1949 169 0 169 19 [5]
Stan Hanson   England GK 1935–1955 423 0 423 0 [16]
Don Howe   England W 1936–1952 286 0 286 35 [16]
Jackie Roberts   Wales MF 1936–1950 171 0 171 19 [17]
Harry Hubbick   England DF 1937–1947 144 0 144 0 [16]
Ralph Banks   England DF 1940–1954 118 0 118 0 [3]
Matt Gillies   Scotland DF 1942–1952 154 0 154 1 [13]
Willie Moir   Scotland U 1943–1955 358 0 358 134 [6]
Malcolm Barrass   England U 1944–1956 357 0 357 27 [3]
Nat Lofthouse   England FW 1946–1960 503 0 503 285 [18]
Bryan Edwards   England RB 1947–1965 518 0 518 9 [19]
Tommy Banks   England DF 1947–1961 255 0 255 2 [3]
Derek Hennin   England RW 1949–1961 183 0 183 9 [16]
Bobby Langton   England MF 1949–1953 132 0 132 18 [18]
John Ball   England DF 1950–1958 212 0 212 2 [3]
Doug Holden   England WH 1950–1962 463 0 463 44 [16]
Dennis Stevens   England FW 1950–1962 310 0 310 101 [2]
Johnny Wheeler   England WH 1951–1956 205 0 205 18 [5]
Roy Hartle   England DF 1951–1966 498 1 499 13 [16]
Eddie Hopkinson   England GK 1952–1970 578 0 578 0 [16]
Harold Hassall   England FW 1952–1955 109 0 109 34 [16]
John Higgins   England CB 1952–1961 202 0 202 0 [16]
Ray Parry   England MF 1953–1960 299 0 299 79 [9]
Brian Birch   England MF 1955–1964 191 0 191 28 [3]
Graham Stanley   England DF 1955–1965 161 0 161 4 [2]
Fred Hill   England FW 1957–1969 410 2 412 79 [16]
Syd Farrimond   England DF 1958–1971 403 1 404 1 [11]
Warwick Rimmer   England DF 1958–1975 521 7 528 17 [17]
Francis Lee   England FW 1959–1967 210 0 210 106 [18]
Dave Hatton   England U 1961–1969 259 0 259 8 [16]
Dave Lennard   England DF 1961–1969 121 5 126 3 [18]
Wyn Davies   Wales FW 1962–1966 170 0 170 74 [8]
Gordon Taylor   England RW 1962–1970 281 5 286 46 [14]
John Hulme   England DF 1962–1972 213 2 215 9 [16]
Brian Bromley   England MF 1963–1968 183 1 184 26 [3]
Roy Greaves   England U 1965–1980 567 8 575 85 [13]
Ronnie Phillips   England MF 1965–1975 160 15 175 19 [9]
John Byrom   England FW 1966–1976 340 11 351 130 [3]
John Ritson   England RB 1966–1978 375 3 378 13 [17]
Gareth Williams   England MF 1967–1971 116 1 117 12 [5]
Terry Wharton   England MF 1967–1971 108 2 110 30 [5]
Garry Jones   England MF 1968–1975 236 11 247 55 [1]
Alan Waldron   England MF 1969–1977 153 17 170 9 [5]
Paul Jones   England CB 1970–1983 502 4 506 43 [1]
Don McAllister   England DF 1970–1975 176 1 177 2 [6]
Peter Nicholson   England RB 1971–1982 352 18 370 14 [10]
Barry Siddall   England GK 1972–1976 158 0 158 0 [2]
Tony Dunne   Republic of Ireland LB 1973–1979 189 4 193 0 [8]
Sam Allardyce   England CB 1973–1980
1985–1986		 226 5 231 24 [15]
Peter Thompson   England LW 1973–1978 126 6 132 2 [14]
Neil Whatmore   England FW 1973–1981
1982–1983
1983–1984
1987–1988		 322 16 338 121 [5]
Peter Reid   England MF 1974–1982 257 4 261 25 [17]
Mike Walsh   England CB 1974–1981 192 9 201 5 [5]
Jim McDonagh   Republic of Ireland GK 1976–1980
1981–1983		 274 0 274 1 [6]
Willie Morgan   Scotland RW 1976–1980 177 2 179 12 [6]
David Burke   England LB 1977–1981
1990–1994		 208 8 216 2 [3]
Alan Gowling   England FW 1978–1982 163 2 165 31 [13]
David Hoggan   England MF 1979–1983 93 11 104 15 [16]
Gerry McElhinney   Northern Ireland DF 1980–1985 125 2 127 2 [6]
Simon Farnworth   England GK 1981–1986 139 1 140 0 [11]
Steve Thompson   England MF 1982–1991 416 6 422 57 [14]
Ray Deakin   England DF 1982–1985 120 1 121 2 [8]
Warren Joyce   England MF 1983–1987 216 5 221 21 [1]
Jimmy Phillips   England MF 1983–1987
1993–2001		 390 21 411 8 [9]
Tony Caldwell   England FW 1983–1987 166 9 177 78 [4]
Mark Came   England DF 1984–1992 246 13 259 11 [4]
Asa Hartford   England MF 1985–1987 101 0 101 10 [16]
Julian Darby   England MF 1986–1993 333 12 345 52 [8]
Mark Winstanley   England CB 1986–1994 279 6 285 6 [5]
David Felgate   Wales GK 1987–1993 300 0 300 0 [11]
Stuart Storer   England DF 1987–1993 127 38 165 15 [2]
Phil Brown   England RB 1988–1994 330 2 332 17 [3]
Barry Cowdrill   England DF 1988–1992 157 3 160 6 [4]
Tony Philliskirk   England FW 1989–1992 180 2 182 75 [9]
Dave Reeves   England MF 1989–1993 142 31 173 42 [17]
Alan Stubbs   England CB 1990–1996 232 24 256 15 [2]
Scott Green   England DF 1990–1997 221 65 286 31 [13]
Mark Seagraves   England DF 1990–1995 190 5 195 9 [2]
Jason McAteer   Republic of Ireland MF 1992–1995 139 6 145 15 [6]
John McGinlay   Scotland FW 1992–1997 230 15 245 118 [6]
Keith Branagan   Republic of Ireland GK 1992–2000 263 0 263 0 [3]
David Lee   England MF 1992–1997 164 35 199 20 [18]
Alan Thompson   England MF 1993–1998 180 18 198 42 [14]
Guðni Bergsson   Iceland CB 1995–2003 306 11 317 26 [3]
Nathan Blake   Wales FW 1995–1998 118 6 124 48 [3]
Scott Sellars   England LW 1995–1999 119 7 126 16 [2]
Andy Todd   England CB 1995–2000 84 23 107 2 [14]
Per Frandsen   Denmark MF 1996–1999
2000–2004		 277 27 304 36 [11]
Michael Johansen   Denmark MF 1996–2000 140 30 170 21 [1]
Jussi Jääskeläinen   Finland GK 1997–2012 529 1 530 0 [1]
Ricardo Gardner   Jamaica U 1998–2012 341 69 410 25 [13]
Mark Fish   South Africa CB 1997–2000 125 2 127 4 [11]
Robbie Elliott   England RB 1997–2001 85 18 103 7 [19]
Dean Holdsworth   England FW 1997–2003 118 68 176 49 [16]
Mike Whitlow   England CB 1997–2003 149 14 163 2 [5]
Paul Warhurst   England U 1998–2003 89 17 106 0 [5]
Claus Jensen   Denmark MF 1998–2000 108 1 109 10 [1]
Kevin Nolan   England MF 1999–2009 291 54 345 50 [10]
Bo Hansen   Denmark MF 1999–2002 78 41 119 17 [16]
Michael Ricketts   England FW 2000–2003 68 44 112 46 [17]
Nicky Hunt   England RB 2000–2010 143 18 161 1 [16]
Simon Charlton   England LB 2000–2004 120 14 134 0 [4]
Anthony Barness   England RB 2000–2005 92 24 116 0 [3]
Bruno Ngotty   France CB 2001–2006 164 8 172 7 [10]
Henrik Pedersen   Denmark U 2001–2007 109 62 171 29 [9]
Jay-Jay Okocha   Nigeria MF 2002–2006 123 22 145 18 [20]
Iván Campo   Spain U 2002–2008 166 28 194 14 [4]
Kevin Davies   England FW 2003–2013 373 34 407 85 [8]
Stelios Giannakopoulos   Greece RW 2003–2008 118 59 177 28 [13]
El Hadji Diouf   Senegal U 2003–2008 114 22 136 24 [8]
Gary Speed   Wales MF 2004–2008 130 9 139 14 [2]
Tal Ben Haim   Israel DF 2004–2007 103 7 110 1 [3]
Matthew Taylor   England MF 2008–2011 114 23 137 23 [14]
Gary Cahill   England DF 2008–2012 147 0 147 15 [4]
Fabrice Muamba   England MF 2008–2012 136 11 147 4 [6]
Grétar Steinsson   Iceland DF 2008–2012 133 6 139 6 [2]
Johan Elmander   Sweden FW 2008–2011 89 19 108 22 [19]
Zat Knight   England DF 2009–2014 180 11 191 04 [21]
Mark Davies   England MF 2008–2017 153 55 208 016 [8]
Lee Chung-Yong   South Korea MF 2009–2015 149 46 195 020 [4]
Sam Ricketts   Wales DF 2009–2013 107 7 114 1 [17]
Chris Eagles   England MF 2011–2014 89 17 106 19 [19]
Ádám Bogdán   Hungary GK 2010–2015 119 1 120 00 [3]
Darren Pratley   England MF 2011–2018 174 29 203 017 [9]
Tim Ream   United States DF 2012–2015 121 5 126 00 [17]
Jay Spearing   England MF 2012–2017 156 17 173 010 [2]
Neil Danns   Guyana MF 2013–2016 91 25 116 011 [8]
David Wheater   England DF 2011–2019 218 18 236 016 [5]
Josh Vela   England MF 2012–2019 161 21 182 013 [5]
Gary Madine   England FW 2015–2018 93 14 107 025 [10]
Mark Beevers   England DF 2016–2019 131 1 132 012 [3]
Alex Baptiste   England DF 2013–2015
2020–2022		 92 11 103 05 [3]
Ricardo Santos   Portugal DF 2020– 171 2 173 05 [2]
Oladapo Afolayan   England U 2021–2023 81 20 101 021 [22]
Gethin Jones   Australia DF 2020– 150 9 159 08 [1]
MJ Williams   Wales U 2021–2023 88 12 100 01 [23]
Dion Charles   Northern Ireland FW 2022– 105 13 118 049 [4]
George Thomason   England MF 2020– 97 24 121 08 [14]
Aaron Morley   England MF 2022– 81 39 120 012 [10]
Kyle Dempsey   England MF 2022– 70 37 107 010 [8]
Josh Sheehan   Wales MF 2021– 82 23 105 010 [2]


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