List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

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 between 25 and 99 matches (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

List of players edit

Statistics correct as of match played 20 April 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
George Antonio   England FW 1935–1946 98 0 98 15
Lawrie Leslie   Scotland GK 1963–1965 97 0 97 0
Maurice Setters   England HB 1965–1967 97 0 97 5
Ian Clarkson   England DF 1993–1996 91 5 96 0
George Clawley   England GK 1894–1899 96 0 96 0
Carl Hoefkens   Belgium DF 2005–2007 93 3 96 5
Bert Ralphs   England MF 1922–1925 96 0 96 6
Ronnie Sinclair   Scotland GK 1991–1996 94 2 96 0
Ally Pickering   England DF 1996–1999 93 2 95 1
Sergei Shtanuk   Belarus DF 2001–2003 95 0 95 5
Frank Whitehouse   England FW 1900–1904 95 0 95 24
Vic Rouse   England HB 1922–1925 94 0 94 2
Tony Ellis   England FW 1989–1992 75 18 93 20
Joe Mawson   England FW 1928–1933 93 0 93 50
Jackie Mudie   Scotland FW 1961–1963 93 0 93 33
Leslie Johnston   Scotland FW 1949–1953 92 0 92 22
Simon Sturridge   England FW 1993–1999 56 36 92 15
Xherdan Shaqiri   Switzerland FW 2015–2018 87 5 92 15
Harry Benson   England FB 1901–1907 91 0 91 0
Howard Kendall   England MF 1977–1979 91 0 91 10
Gifton Noel-Williams   England FW 2003–2005 83 8 91 23
Noel Blake   Jamaica DF 1990–1992 87 3 90 3
Cyril Watkin   England FB 1948–1952 90 0 90 0
Justin Whittle   England DF 1994–1998 73 17 90 1
Tommy Broad   England MF 1921–1924 89 0 89 4
Jermaine Pennant   England MF 2010–2014 64 25 89 4
Danny Pugh   England MF 2007–2012 52 37 89 3
Tom Wilkes   England GK 1894–1897 89 0 89 0
Lewis Baker   England MF 2022– 65 24 89 19
Lee Dixon   England DF 1986–1988 88 0 88 5
Peter Handyside   England DF 2001–2003 88 0 88 1
Peter Hoekstra   Netherlands MF 2001–2004 73 15 88 12
Geoff Scott   England DF 1977–1980 86 2 88 3
Marcus Hall   England FW 2002–2005 84 3 87 1
Joey Williams   England FW 1926–1929 86 0 86 17
Sam Vokes   Wales FW 2019–2021 39 47 86 12
Harry Brough   England HB 1922–1925 85 0 85 1
George Gallimore   England FW 1903–1908 85 0 85 17
Bojan Krkić   Spain FW 2014–2019 59 26 85 16
John Eustace   England MF 2003–2008 63 21 84 6
Abdoulaye Faye   Senegal DF 2008–2011 81 3 84 6
Jimmy Grewer   Scotland DF 1894–1897 84 0 84 1
Gary Hackett   England MF 1987–1989 73 11 84 7
Mikael Hansson   Sweden DF 1999–2001 84 0 84 3
Clint Hill   England DF 2003–2008 75 9 84 3
Richard Cresswell   England FW 2007–2010 61 22 83 13
Chris Greenacre   England FW 2002–2005 51 32 83 9
Dick Johnson   England FW 1925–1928 83 0 83 25
Neil Cutler   England GK 2001–2004 77 5 82 0
Lewis Neal   England MF 2000–2005 35 47 82 3
Steven Fletcher   Scotland FW 2020–2022 46 36 82 12
Paul Peschisolido   Canada FW 1994–1996 73 8 81 24
John Cull   England FW 1925–1930 80 0 80 9
James Hay   Scotland MF 1909–1911 80 0 80 1
Charlie Parker   England DF 1914–1920 79 0 79 5
Ernie Millward   England MF 1908–1910 78 0 78 25
Dave Regis   England FW 1992–1994 62 16 78 20
Morgan Fox   Wales DF 2020–2023 72 6 78 0
Sammy Irvine   Scotland MF 1978–1980 77 0 77 13
Tom Kay   England GK 1919–1921 77 0 77 0
Bert Gadsden   England GK 1912–1915 76 0 76 0
Roy John   Wales MF 1932–1934 76 0 76 0
Mike Sheron   England FW 1995–1997 71 5 76 39
Carl Asaba   England FW 2003–2005 44 31 75 10
Roy Brown   England U 1946–1953 74 0 74 14
John Halls   England DF 2003–2006 72 2 74 2
Peter Jackson   England HB 1924–1931 74 0 74 1
David Oldfield   Australia MF 1998–2000 57 17 74 7
Tom Revill   England FW 1910–1914 74 0 74 24
Josh Laurent   England MF 2022– 62 12 74 8
George Kelly   Scotland FW 1955–1958 73 0 73 37
Tony A.O. Kelly   England FW 1989–1993 41 32 73 8
Arthur Lockett   England FW 1900–1903 73 0 73 7
Fred Rouse   England FW 1903–1906 73 0 73 26
Billy Dunn   Scotland FW 1889–1892 72 0 72 21
Phil Robinson   England MF 1998–2000 61 10 72 2
Marc Goodfellow   England FW 2000–2004 25 46 71 9
Chris Kamara   England DF 1988–1990 71 0 71 7
Eddie Stuart   South Africa DF 1962–1964 71 0 71 2
James Chester   Wales DF 2020–2022 67 4 71 0
Tony Henry   England MF 1987–1989 67 3 70 11
Jack Kennedy   Scotland FW 1897–1900 70 0 70 12
Harry Leigh   England HB 1909–1911 70 0 70 14
Ryan Shotton   England DF 2008–2015 51 19 70 3
Stephen Ireland   Republic of Ireland MF 2013–2018 34 36 70 6
Harry Souttar   Australia DF 2017–2023 69 1 70 2
Alf Edge   England FW 1884–1893 69 0 69 28
Jimmie Robertson   Scotland FW 1892–1895 68 0 68 21
Dean Crowe   England FW 1996–2001 33 34 67 13
Billy Herbert   England FW 1912–1919 67 0 67 28
Cameron Jerome   England FW 2011–2014 25 42 67 12
Jack Robinson   England GK 1909–1912 67 0 67 0
Marc Muniesa   Spain DF 2013–2017 49 18 67 3
Ade Akinbiyi   Nigeria FW 2003–2005 58 8 66 19
Arthur Capes   England FW 1901–1904 65 0 65 20
Mark Devlin   Scotland MF 1990–1997 47 18 65 2
Peter Durber   England DF 1896–1901 65 0 65 0
Jack Eyres   England FW 1922–1928 65 0 65 23
Mick Kennedy   Republic of Ireland MF 1990–1992 64 1 65 3
Edward Parsons   England HB 1897–1900 65 0 65 1
Ben Petty   England DF 1999–2001 40 25 65 1
Stefan Thordarson   Iceland FW 2000–2002 28 37 65 11
Lee Fowler   England DF 1987–1992 55 9 64 0
Peter Griffiths   England MF 1980–1984 46 17 64 5
Jack Short   England DF 1954–1956 64 0 64 2
Brian Talbot   England MF 1986–1988 61 3 64 7
David Watson   England DF 1982–1983 64 0 64 6
James Westland   Scotland FW 1935–1938 64 0 64 16
Glen Johnson   England DF 2015–2018 60 4 64 0
Ewart Beswick   England DF 1921–1926 63 0 63 2
Bill Capewell   England HB 1895–1902 63 0 63 0
Ted Evans   England FW 1891–1894 63 0 63 19
Stewart Jump   England DF 1970–1973 55 8 63 2
Jack Miller   England MF 1905–1907 63 0 63 5
Jimmy Turner   England MF 1894–1900 63 0 63 1
Phil Bardsley   Scotland DF 2014–2017 59 5 63 5
Eddie Clamp   England HB 1962–1964 62 0 62 2
Bill Finney   England FW 1952–1955 62 0 62 15
Arthur Rowley   England HB 1896–1899 62 0 62 0
Peter Beagrie   England MF 1988–1989 61 0 61 8
Derrick Ward   England FW 1952–1961 61 0 61 9
Dick Williams   England GK 1926–1929 61 0 61 0
Jack Bonham   Republic of Ireland GK 2021– 60 1 61 0
Viv Busby   England FW 1977–1980 38 22 60 12
Scott Barrett   England GK 1987–1990 60 0 60 0
Danny Collins   Wales DF 2009–2012 52 8 60 0
Carl Dickinson   England DF 2004–2011 39 21 60 0
John Dreyer   England DF 1994–1996 42 18 60 4
Paul A. Johnson   England MF 1975–1982 54 6 60 0
Gerry McMahon   Northern Ireland MF 1996–1998 44 16 60 3
Joe Turner   England FW 1898–1900 60 0 60 15
Jurgen Vandeurzen   Belgium MF 2001–2003 49 11 60 5
Andy Clark   Scotland FB 1901–1903 59 0 59 0
David McAughtrie   Scotland DF 1980–1984 56 3 59 3
Brian Siddall   England MF 1950–1953 59 0 59 10
Wilmot Turner   England FW 1890–1892 59 0 59 22
Ki-Jana Hoever   Netherlands DF 2023– 49 10 59 8
Ed de Goey   Netherlands GK 2003–2006 56 2 58 0
Graham Potter   England DF 1993–1996 53 5 58 1
Wilf Hall   England GK 1954–1960 57 0 57 0
Ian Moores   England FW 1974–1976 46 11 57 16
Dai Nicholas   Wales MF 1921–1924 57 0 57 4
Harry Ware   England FW 1930–1934 57 0 57 15
Arthur Hartshorne   England FB 1903–1905 56 0 56 0
Tommy Howe   England DF 1921–1925 56 0 56 2
Robbie James   Wales MF 1983–1984 56 0 56 7
Joe Murphy   England FW 1897–1899 56 0 56 2
Jack Proctor   England DF 1891–1893 56 0 56 1
Gerry Taggart   Northern Ireland DF 2003–2006 56 0 56 5
Steve Waddington   England MF 1976–1979 53 3 56 6
Philipp Wollscheid   Germany DF 2015–2017 55 1 56 0
Saido Berahino   Burundi FW 2017–2019 31 25 56 5
Luke Chadwick   England MF 2005–2007 50 5 55 6
Jack Hall   England FW 1904–1906 55 0 55 18
Harold Hardman   England FW 1911–1913 55 0 55 10
Joe Kasher   England DF 1922–1923 55 0 55 1
Kevin Russell   England FW 1992–1993 44 11 55 7
Tuncay   Turkey FW 2009–2011 26 29 55 8
Ibrahim Afellay   Netherlands MF 2015–2019 34 21 55 3
Bill Bentley   England DF 1964–1968 49 4 53 2
Leon Cort   England DF 2007–2010 50 3 53 8
Wilson Palacios   Honduras MF 2011–2015 28 25 53 0
Bryan Small   England DF 1998–2001 47 5 53 0
Bill Winstanley   England DF 1935–1938 53 0 53 0
Josef Bursik   England GK 2020–2023 53 0 53 0
David Brown   Scotland FW 1919–1921 52 0 52 17
Wally McReddie   Scotland FW 1889–1894 52 0 52 14
Alan Philpott   England MF 1960–1968 47 5 52 2
Albert Pitt   England HB 1903–1912 52 0 52 5
George Smart   England DF 1911–1920 52 0 52 0
Lewis Ballham   England FW 1890–1892 52 0 52 15
Tony Bentley   England MF 1958–1961 51 0 51 15
Wilf Kirkham   England FW 1929–1931 51 0 51 30
Paul Randall   England FW 1978–1980 41 10 51 8
Peter Etebo   Nigeria MF 2018–2022 40 11 51 2
Tom Edwards   England DF 2017–2024 46 5 51 1
Benik Afobe   DR Congo FW 2018–2022 38 13 51 9
Billy Leech   England HB 1900–1901 50 0 50 2
Sam Meredith   Wales DF 1901–1904 50 0 50 0
Lee Gregory   England FW 2019–2021 29 21 50 7
Phil Jagielka   England DF 2022–2023 48 2 50 2
Dwight Gayle   England FW 2022–2024 36 14 50 3
Dave Bamber   England FW 1988–1989 49 0 49 11
Rikhardur Dadason   Iceland FW 2000–2002 22 27 49 12
Tommy Hyslop   Scotland FW 1894–1895 49 0 49 30
Derek Statham   England DF 1989–1991 49 0 49 1
Arthur Arrowsmith   England FW 1906–1907 48 0 48 9
Peter Bullock   England FW 1958–1962 48 0 48 16
Paul Connor   England FW 1999–2001 23 25 48 10
Cecil Eastwood   England DF 1926–1927 48 0 48 0
David Herd   Scotland FW 1968–1970 43 5 48 11
Paul Gallagher   Scotland FW 2005–2008 37 10 47 12
Jack Peart   England FW 1909–1912 47 0 47 41
Bob Ramsay   England FB 1888–1890 47 0 47 5
Steven Tweed   Scotland DF 1997–1998 42 5 47 0
Nathan Collins   Republic of Ireland DF 2019–2021 33 14 47 2
Danny Bowers   England DF 1974–1978 41 5 46 2
Jack Challinor   England FB 1937–1938 46 0 46 0
Kris Commons   Scotland MF 2001–2004 22 24 46 5
Frederick Groves   England FW 1921–1922 46 0 46 13
Richard Herron   England GK 1910–1915 46 0 46 0
Mark Higgins   England DF 1988–1989 44 2 46 1
Terry Ward   England DF 1959–1963 46 0 46 0
Will Smallbone   Republic of Ireland MF 2022–2023 40 6 46 3
Arthur Cartlidge   England GK 1899–1912 45 0 45 0
Ellis Hall   England DF 1909–1910 45 0 45 4
Neil MacKenzie   England MF 1996–2001 16 29 45 1
Derek Parkin   England DF 1982–1983 45 0 45 0
Vincent Péricard   France FW 2006–2009 26 19 45 4
Ramadan Sobhi   Egypt MF 2016–2018 24 21 45 3
Jordan Cousins   England MF 2019–2021 27 18 45 0
Ben Pearson   England MF 2023– 38 7 45 0
Archie Dyke   England MF 1909–1914 44 0 44 3
Ted Holdcroft   England HB 1903–1905 44 0 44 11
Anders Jacobsen   Norway DF 1999–2000 39 5 44 2
Tony A.G. Kelly   England MF 1984–1986 41 3 44 4
Frode Kippe   Norway DF 1999–2001 40 4 44 1
Mick Mills   England DF 1985–1987 44 0 44 0
Sammy Smyth   Northern Ireland FW 1951–1953 44 0 44 19
Loek Ursem   Netherlands MF 1978–1982 36 8 44 7
Jackie Chalmers   Scotland FW 1905–1907 43 0 43 19
Ezekiel Johnston   Ireland GK 1896–1898 43 0 43 0
Marlon Broomes   England DF 2005–2008 41 1 42 2
Jack Farrell   England FW 1894–1899 42 0 42 12
Andy Graver   England FW 1955–1957 42 0 42 14
Tommy Thompson   England FW 1961–1963 42 0 42 18
Darren Fletcher   Scotland MF 2017–2019 32 10 42 2
Tony Dorigo   England DF 2000–2001 39 2 41 0
Harry Meakin   England FB 1946–1950 41 0 41 0
Chris Short   England DF 1998–2000 38 3 41 0
Peter Sweeney   Scotland MF 2005–2008 22 19 41 2
Mikel John Obi   Nigeria MF 2020–2021 38 3 41 0
Adam Davies   Wales GK 2019–2022 41 0 41 0
Michael Rose   Scotland DF 2023– 38 3 41 1
James Beattie   England FW 2008–2010 29 11 40 10
Sam Johnson   England DF 1924–1926 40 0 40 0
Dave Kitson   England FW 2008–2010 23 17 40 5
Steve Woods   England DF 1994–1999 39 1 40 0
Neil Adams   England MF 1985–1986 38 1 39 4
Samuel Ashworth   England DF 1901–1903 39 0 39 0
Arthur Box   England GK 1907–1909 39 0 39 0
Jon Parkin   England FW 2007–2008 12 27 39 6
Ryan Woods   England MF 2018–2021 38 1 39 0
Wouter Burger   Netherlands MF 2023– 34 5 39 4
Luke McNally   Republic of Ireland DF 2023– 35 4 39 2
Charles Baker   England FW 1889–1894 38 0 38 13
Tom Coxon   England FB 1993–1994 38 0 38 6
Henry Hargreaves   England MF 1912–1915 38 0 38 4
Ian Scott   England MF 1989–1992 28 10 38 2
Jack Whitley   England GK 1904–1905 38 0 38 1
Bae Jun-ho   South Korea MF 2023– 25 13 38 2
Lloyd Davies   Wales FB 1903–1907 37 0 37 3
Harry Hutsby   England DF 1908–1910 37 0 37 0
Joe Hutton   Scotland FW 1953–1957 37 0 37 8
John Lenaghan   England FW 1911–1913 37 0 37 10
Alan Maxwell   Scotland FW 1895–1896 37 0 37 6
Billy Twemlow   England FB 1919–1921 37 0 37 2
Kurt Zouma   France DF 2017–2018 36 1 37 1
Ashley Williams   Wales DF 2018–2019 31 6 37 1
Oussama Assaidi   Morocco MF 2013–2015 18 18 36 5
John Walker   England HB 1924–1925 36 0 36 1
Donald Whiston   England MF 1949–1956 36 0 36 5
Tom Bailey   England HB 1912–1915 35 0 35 1
Kenny Campbell   Scotland GK 1923–1925 35 0 35 0
Joe Clennell   England FW 1925–1926 35 0 35 9
Jimmy Hill   Scotland FW 1897–1898 35 0 35 13
Jimmy McAlinden   Northern Ireland FW 1947–1948 35 0 35 2
Harry Mellor   England FW 1897–1899 35 0 35 4
Lee Grant   England GK 2016–2018 35 0 35 0
Mario Vrančić   Bosnia and Herzegovina MF 2021–2022 25 10 35 3
Hughie Clifford   Scotland HB 1890–1893 34 0 34 2
Jeff Cook   England FW 1977–1981 25 9 34 7
Paul Johnson   England DF 1977–1981 33 1 34 0
Mike Macari   Scotland FW 1996–1997 15 19 34 3
Iain Munro   Scotland MF 1980–1981 34 0 34 1
Doug Newlands   Scotland MF 1959–1960 34 0 34 8
Henrik Risom   Denmark DF 2000–2001 16 18 34 0
Simon Stainrod   England FW 1987–1988 33 1 34 7
John Gayle   England FW 1995–1997 19 14 33 4
Charles Hallam   England FW 1924–1926 33 0 33 2
George Jarvis   Scotland FW 1919–1920 33 0 33 10
Dick Smith   England FW 1913–1915 33 0 33 21
Elijah Smith   England HB 1883–1890 33 0 33 0
Louis Williams   England DF 1907–1908 33 0 33 1
Arthur Jepson   England GK 1946–1948 32 0 32 0
Fred Rathbone   England GK 1907–1911 32 0 32 0
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting   Cameroon FW 2017–2018 27 5 32 5
Mehdi Léris   Algeria MF 2023– 21 11 32 3
William Bradbury   England HB 1910–1911 31 0 31 0
William Cope   England FB 1907–1908 31 0 31 0
Harry Crossthwaite   England HB 1920–1921 31 0 31 0
William Davies   England FW 1907–1909 31 0 31 16
Bobby Irvine   Northern Ireland GK 1963–1966 31 0 31 0
Alec McClure   England DF 1980–1984 31 0 31 0
John Shirley   England FW 1927–1929 31 0 31 11
John Tudor   England FW 1976–1977 29 2 31 3
Peter Odemwingie   Nigeria FW 2014–2016 19 12 31 5
Paul Barnes   England FW 1990–1992 13 17 30 5
Gerry Daly   Republic of Ireland MF 1987–1988 25 5 30 3
Kevin Harper   Scotland MF 2005–2007 16 14 30 1
Tommy Kiernan   Scotland FW 1947–1948 30 0 30 7
George Shutt   England HB 1883–1889 30 0 30 2
Lynden Gooch   United States DF 2023– 20 10 30 2
André Vidigal   Portugal MF 2023– 18 12 30 7
Sammy Bangoura   Guinea FW 2005–2007 25 4 29 9
Freddie Brown   England FW 1906–1907 29 0 29 11
Ernest Hodkin   England HB 1911–1913 29 0 29 1
Jimmy Jones   England FW 1899–1900 29 0 29 9
Hannes Sigurðsson   Iceland FW 2005–2006 10 19 29 1
Gabriel Zakuani   DR Congo DF 2006–2008 21 8 29 0
Jack Tennant   England DF 1930–1939 29 0 29 0
Romaine Sawyers   Saint Kitts and Nevis MF 2021–2022 24 5 29 3
Daniel Johnson   Jamaica MF 2023– 21 8 29 2
Dave Goodwin   England FW 1973–1977 24 4 28 3
Graham Harbey   England DF 1992–1993 26 2 28 0
Lee Hendrie   England MF 1903–1905 26 2 28 3
Charles Kelly   England FW 1923–1925 28 0 28 5
Percy Knott   England GK 1920–1925 28 0 28 0
John Lumsdon   England DF 1975–1978 26 2 28 0
Keith Scott   England FW 1994–1995 24 4 28 4
Giannelli Imbula   France MF 2016–2020 26 2 28 2
Dujon Sterling   England DF 2022–2023 26 2 28 0
Terry Lees   England MF 1969–1973 19 8 27 0
John Cunliffe   England MF 1959–1960 27 0 27 3
Billy McIntosh   Scotland FW 1951–1953 27 0 27 6
Jimmy McColl   Scotland FW 1920–1921 27 0 27 5
Matthew Upson   England DF 2011–2013 25 2 27 3
Joselu   Spain FW 2015–2017 13 14 27 4
Badou Ndiaye   Senegal MF 2018–2021 25 2 27 2
Ryan Mmaee   Morocco FW 2023– 19 8 27 4
Michael Kightly   England MF 2012–2014 18 8 26 3
Harold Taylor   England FW 1929–1931 26 0 26 11
Moritz Bauer   Austria DF 2018–2021 24 2 26 0
David Gregory   England FW 1977–1978 24 1 25 4
John McGillivray   England HB 1911–1912 25 0 25 0
Dominic Matteo   Scotland DF 2006–2009 24 1 25 1
Clement Smith   England MF 1937–1939 25 0 25 7
Paul Stewart   England FW 1997–1998 25 0 25 3
Fred Tomlinson   England FW 1909–1910 25 0 25 4

Notes edit

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

References edit

  • 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.