List of Leeds United F.C. players

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leeds United. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included, as are the club's founder members and some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Don Revie).

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contract signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are also included.

Notable players

Correct as of 22 August 2018.

Name	Nationality	Position	Leeds career	Appearances	Goals
Jim Baker	England	36 CB	1920–1926	208	2
Oliver Dykes	Scotland	36 LB	1920–1924	99	0
Albert Duffield	England	36 CB	1920–1925	211	0
Jack Swann	England	36 ST	1921–1925	116	50
Ernie Hart	England	36 CB	1920–1936	472	15
Joe Harris	Scotland	21 RW	1922–1925	134	15
Bill Menzies	Scotland	21 LB	1922–1932	260	2
George Reed	England	21 CB	1924–1934	150	3
Tom Townsley	Scotland	21 CB	1925–1931	167	2
Bobby Turnbull	England	21 RW	1925–1932	215	46
Harry Duggan	Ireland	21 W	1925–1936	196	47
Willis Edwards	England	36 DF	1925–1943	444	6
Russell Wainscoat	England	36 IF	1925–1931	226	93
Tom Jennings	Scotland	36 FW	1925–1931	174	117
Jimmy Potts	England	36 GK	1926–1934	262	0
Charlie Keetley	England	36 FW	1927–1934	169	110
Tom Cochrane	England	36 LW	1928–1936	259	27
George Milburn	England	36 RB	1928–1937	166	1
Jack Milburn	England	36 LB	1928–1939	408	30
Billy Furness	England	36 IL	1928–1937	257	66
Wilf Copping	England	36 CB	1929–1934 1939–1942	183	4
Bert Sproston	England	36 RB	1933–1938	140	1
Eric Stephenson	England	36 IL	1934–1944	115	22
Bobby Browne	Northern Ireland	36 WH	1935–1947	114	0
Aubrey Powell	Wales	36 IL	1935–1948	119	25
Jim Milburn	England	36 LB	1936–1952	220	17
Jim Twomey	Northern Ireland	36 GK	1937–1949	111	0
David Cochrane	Northern Ireland	36 RW	1937–1950	185	32
Len Browning	England	36 FW	1946–1951	105	46
Jimmy Dunn	Scotland	36 RB	1947–1959	443	1
John Charles	Wales	36 CB/FW	1947–1957 1962	327	157
Tommy Burden	England	36 MF	1948–1954	259	13
Jim McCabe	England	36 WH	1948–1954	161	0
Grenville Hair	England	36 LB	1948–1964	474	2
Harry Searson	England	36 GK	1949–1952	116	0
Ray Iggleden	England	36 IL	1949–1955	181	50
Harold Williams	Wales	36 RW	1949–1957	228	35
Eric Kerfoot	England	36 MF	1949–1959	349	10
John Scott	England	36 GK	1950–1956	114	0
Jack Charlton	England	36 CB	1952–1973	762	95
Bobby Forrest	England	36 RW	1952–1959	121	37
Albert Nightingale	England	36 ST	1952–1957	135	48
Roy Wood	England	36 GK	1952–1960	203	0
George Meek	Scotland	36 RW	1952–1960	199	19
Jack Overfield	England	36 RW	1953–1960	163	20
Chris Crowe	England	36 W	1956–1960	98	27
Wilbur Cush	Northern Ireland	36 IR	1957–1960	90	9
Don Revie	England	36 IF	1958–1963	80	12
Noel Peyton	Ireland	36 IL	1958–1963	117	20
Billy Bremner	Scotland	36 MF	1959–1976	771	115
Freddie Goodwin	England	36 HB	1960–1964	120	2
Willie Bell	Scotland	36 LB	1960–1967	260	18
Albert Johanneson	South Africa	36 LW	1961–1970	200	68
Paul Reaney	England	36 RB	1961–1978	745	9
Norman Hunter	England	36 CB	1961–1976	724	21
Terry Cooper	England	36 LB	1961–1975	350	11
Paul Madeley	England	36 CB	1962–1980	724	34
Peter Lorimer	Scotland	36 ST	1962–1978 1983–1985	616	219
Gary Sprake	Wales	36 GK	1962–1973	506	0
Jim Storrie	Scotland	36 FW	1962–1967	156	67
Bobby Collins	Scotland	36 MF	1962–1967	167	25
Rod Belfitt	England	36 IF	1963–1971	128	33
Johnny Giles	Ireland	36 IF	1963–1975	525	114
Jimmy Greenhoff	England	36 ST	1963–1968	136	36
Mick Bates	England	36 MF	1964–1976	187	9
Eddie Gray	Scotland	36 LW	1965–1984	577	68
David Harvey	Scotland	36 GK	1965–1979 1983–1985	446	0
Mike O'Grady	England	36 RW	1965–1969	121	17
Terry Yorath	Wales	36 MF	1967–1976	196	12
Mick Jones	England	36 FW	1967–1975	312	111
Allan Clarke	England	36 ST	1969–1978	364	151
Joe Jordan	Scotland	36 FW	1970–1978	220	48
Frank Gray	Scotland	36 LB	1971–1979	246	25
Trevor Cherry	England	36 LB	1972–1982	484	31
Gordon McQueen	Scotland	36 CB	1972–1978	171	19
Carl Harris	Wales	36 RW	1973–1982	176	29
Byron Stevenson	Wales	36 DF	1973–1982	110	5
Gwyn Thomas	Wales	36 MF	1975–1984	103	3
Ray Hankin	England	36 FW	1976–1980	103	36
Tony Currie	England	36 MF	1976–1979	124	16
Arthur Graham	Scotland	36 LW	1977–1983	260	47
Brian Flynn	Wales	36 MF	1977–1982	177	11
Paul Hart	England	36 CB	1978–1983	223	20
John Lukic	England	36 GK	1978–1983 1990–1996	430	0
Terry Connor	England	36 RW	1979–1983	108	22
Gary Hamson	England	36 MF	1979–1986	152	4
Martin Dickinson	England	36 CB	1980–1986	119	2
Neil Aspin	England	36 RB	1981–1989	244	6
John Sheridan	Ireland	36 CM	1982–1989	267	52
Andy Ritchie	England	36 ST	1983–1987	159	44
Mervyn Day	England	36 GK	1985–1993	268	0
Ian Baird	England	36 FW	1985–1987 1990–1991	192	58
David Rennie	Scotland	36 DF	1986–1989	119	7
Peter Haddock	England	36 CB	1986–1991	146	1
Micky Adams	England	36 LB	1987–1989	89	3
John Pearson	England	36 FW	1987–1991	127	12
Glynn Snodin	England	36 LB	1987–1992	116	13
David Batty	England	36 CM	1987–1993 1998–2004	382	4
Bobby Davison	England	36 ST	1987–1992	110	35
Gary Speed	Wales	36 MF	1988–1996	311	57
Vinnie Jones	Wales	21 MF	1989–1990	53	5
Gordon Strachan	Scotland	21 MF	1989–1995	244	45
Chris Fairclough	England	36 CB	1989–1995	240	23
Mel Sterland	England	36 RB	1989–1993	146	20
Carl Shutt	England	36 ST	1989–1993	106	25
Gary McAllister	Scotland	21 MF	1990–1996	294	45
Chris Whyte	England	36 CB	1990–1993	146	6
Lee Chapman	England	36 FW	1990–1993 1996	174	80
Gary Kelly	Ireland	21 RB	1991–2007	531	4
David Wetherall	England	36 CB	1991–1999	250	18
Rod Wallace	England	36 ST	1991–1998	256	66
Tony Dorigo	England	21 LB	1991–1997	208	5
Eric Cantona	France	36 FW	1992	34	11
Brian Deane	England	36 FW	1993–1997 2004–2005	201	45
Carlton Palmer	England	36 MF	1994–1997	130	7
Lucas Radebe	South Africa	36 CB	1994–2005	262	3
Tony Yeboah	Ghana	21 FW	1995–1997	62	33
Ian Harte	Ireland	21 LB	1995–2004	288	39
Harry Kewell	Australia	21 AM	1995–2003	242	63
Nigel Martyn	England	21 GK	1996–2003	273	0
Stephen McPhail	Ireland	21 CM	1996–2004	97	3
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	36 ST	1997–1999	87	42
Lee Bowyer	England	21 RM	1996–2003	265	55
Alf-Inge Håland	Norway	36 MF	1997–2000	92	8
Alan Smith	England	21 FW	1997–2004	228	56
Paul Robinson	England	21 GK	1997–2004	119	1
Jonathan Woodgate	England	21 CB	1996–2003	142	4
Eirik Bakke	Norway	21 MF	1999–2006	196	21
Danny Mills	England	21 RB	1999–2004	141	4
Michael Bridges	England	21 FW	1999–2004	82	21
Jason Wilcox	England	21 LW	1999–2004	106	6
Mark Viduka	Australia	21 ST	2000–2004	166	72
Dominic Matteo	Scotland	21 DF	2000–2004	146	4
Matthew Kilgallon	England	21 CB	2000–2007	95	3
Rio Ferdinand	England	21 CB	2000–2002	73	2
Frazer Richardson	England	21 RB	2001–2009	173	5
James Milner	England	21 MF	2002–2004	54	5
Aaron Lennon	England	21 RW	2003–2005	43	1
David Healy	Northern Ireland	21 ST	2004–2007	121	31
Paul Butler	Ireland	21 CB	2004–2007	106	4
Neil Sullivan	Scotland	21 GK	2004–2007	110	0
Danny Pugh	England	21 LB	2004–2006 2012–2014	119	10
Eddie Lewis	United States	21 LM	2005–2007	96	9
Manuel Rui Marques	Angola	21 CB	2005–2010	100	4
Jonathan Douglas	Ireland	21 CM	2005–2009	166	11
Jonathan Howson	England	21 CM	2006-2012	225	29
Jermaine Beckford	Jamaica  England	21 ST	2006–2010	152	85
Fabian Delph	England	21 CM	2006–2009 2012	57	6
Casper Ankergren	Denmark	21 GK	2006–2010	143	0
Andrew Hughes	England	21 MF	2007–2011	139	1
Neil Kilkenny	Australia	21 CM	2008–2011	144	11
Bradley Johnson	England	21 CM	2008–2011	140	17
Robert Snodgrass	Scotland	21 RW	2008–2012	189	41
Luciano Becchio	Argentina	21 FW	2008–2013	221	86
Aidan White	Ireland  England	21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB	2008–2015	111	2
Tom Lees	England	21 CB	2009–2014	135	4
Max Gradel	Ivory Coast	21 LW	2009–2011	79	24
Ross McCormack	Scotland	21 FW	2010–2014	158	58
Charlie Taylor	England	21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB	2011–2017	97	3
Jason Pearce	England	21 CB	2012–2015	107	2
Rodolph Austin	Jamaica	21 CM	2012–2015	112	10
Sam Byram	England	21 RB	2012–2016	143	10
Alex Mowatt	England	21 CM	2013–2017	125	13
Luke Murphy	England	21 CM	2013–2018	111	7
Lewis Cook	England	21 CM	2014–2016	85	2
Marco Silvestri	Italy	21 GK	2014–2017	98	0
Gaetano Berardi	Switzerland	21 FB	2014–	118	1
Liam Cooper	Scotland	21 CB	2014–	125	4
Kalvin Phillips	England	21 CM	2014–	100	9
Chris Wood	New Zealand	21 FW	2015–2017	88	44
Stuart Dallas	Northern Ireland	21 RW	2015–	117	10

Key to positions

Leeds United's 100 greatest players

The following list was compiled in 2004 by Leeds United.^[1]

Players in bold attained international caps

Greatest ever team

The following team was voted the greatest ever Leeds United team by supporters and announced on 10 April 2006 on the Leeds United Web-site.^[2] A formal dinner also took place to reward all the players voted into the team.

• Nigel Martyn (1996–2003)
• Paul Reaney (1962–1978)
• Norman Hunter (1962–1976)
• Jack Charlton (1952–1973)
• Terry Cooper (1963–1974)
• Peter Lorimer (1962–1979, 1983–1985)
• Billy Bremner (1959–1976)
• Johnny Giles (1963–1975)
• Eddie Gray (1965–1983)
• Allan Clarke (1969–1977)
• John Charles (1948–1957, 1962)

There is an alternative version here ^[3] voted for by fans visiting fan sites.

Player of the Year

Captains

Jim Baker was the first ever captain of Leeds United and led the club to the 1923–24 second division championship.

References