List of Manchester United F.C. players

Billy Meredith made 335 appearances for Manchester United and is considered one of football's first superstars.

Jack Rowley made 424 appearances for Manchester United and was the first of only four players to score 200 goals for the club.

Bobby Charlton is United's second-highest goalscorer and has the second-most appearances for the club, and captained the club between 1968 and 1973.

George Best made 470 appearances for Manchester United, and is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.[3]

Paul Scholes made the third-highest number of appearances for Manchester United, with 718.[4]

Peter Schmeichel made 398 appearances for Manchester United.

Eric Cantona made 185 appearances and scored 87 goals for Manchester United. He was also the club's first non British/Irish captain.

David Beckham made 394 appearances and scored 85 goals with Manchester United.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær made 366 appearances with Manchester United. He is the current manager of the club.

Rio Ferdinand made 455 appearances in 12 seasons with Manchester United.[5]

Cristiano Ronaldo made 292 appearances and scored 118 goals with Manchester United.

Wayne Rooney is the club's all-time top scorer with 253 goals. He also captained the club from 2014 to 2017.

Nemanja Vidić made 300 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2011 to 2014.

Patrice Evra made 379 appearances for Manchester United.

David de Gea has made over 380 appearances for Manchester United.

Paul Pogba has made over 150 appearances in two separate spells at Manchester United. His 2016 transfer from Juventus made him the most expensive footballer in the world at the time.

Robin van Persie made 105 appearances for Manchester United.

Marcus Rashford has made over 200 appearances for Manchester United.

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.

Statistics correct as of match played 12 March 2020

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• 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.
• Manchester United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Manchester United to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of matches started.
• Sub – The number of matches played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of matches played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

List of Manchester United F.C. players with at least 100 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester United career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
Bob Donaldson	Scotland	FW	1892–1897	147	0	155	66	[6]
Fred Erentz	Scotland	FB	1892–1902	310	0	310	9	[7]
Joe Cassidy	Scotland	FW	1893 1895–1900	174	0	174	100	[8]
James McNaught	Scotland	HB	1893–1898	157	0	157	12	[9]
Dick Smith	England	FW	1894–1898 1900–1901	100	0	100	37	[10]
Walter Cartwright	England	HB	1895–1905	257	0	257	8	[11]
Harry Stafford	England	FB	1896–1903	200	0	200	1	[12]
William Bryant	England	FW	1896–1900	127	0	127	33	[13]
Frank Barrett	Scotland	GK	1896–1900	136	0	136	0	[14]
Billy Morgan	England	HB	1897–1903	152	0	152	7	[15]
Billy Griffiths	England	HB	1899–1905	175	0	175	30	[16]
Alf Schofield	England	FW	1900–1907	179	0	179	35	[17]
Vince Hayes	England	FB	1901–1907 1908–1910	128	0	128	2	[18]
Jack Peddie	Scotland	FW	1902–1903 1904–1907	121	0	121	58	[19]
Alex Downie	Scotland	HB	1902–1909	191	0	191	14	[20]
Alex Bell	Scotland	HB	1903–1913	309	0	309	10	[21]
Bob Bonthron	Scotland	FB	1903–1907	134	0	134	3	[22]
Harry Moger	England	GK	1903–1912	266	0	266	0	[23]
Dick Duckworth	England	HB	1903–1915	254	0	254	11	[24]
Charlie Roberts	England	HB	1904–1913	302	0	302	23	[25]
Dick Holden	England	FB	1905–1914	117	0	117	0	[26]
Jack Picken	Scotland	FW	1905–1911	122	0	122	46	[27]
George Wall	England	FW	1906–1915	319	0	319	100	[28]
Billy Meredith	Wales	FW	1907–1921	335	0	335	36	[29]
Sandy Turnbull	Scotland	FW	1907–1915	247	0	247	101	[30]
George Stacey	England	FB	1907–1915	270	0	270	9	[31]
Harold Halse	England	FW	1908–1912	125	0	125	56	[32]
Arthur Whalley	England	HB	1909–1920	106	0	106	6	[33]
Enoch West	England	FW	1910–1916	181	0	181	80	[34]
Bobby Beale	England	GK	1912–1919	112	0	112	0	[35]
Jack Mew	England	GK	1912–1926	199	0	199	0	[36]
Lal Hilditch	England	HB	1919–1932	322	0	322	7	[37]
Jack Silcock	England	FB	1919–1934	449	0	449	2	[38]
Joe Spence	England	FW	1919–1933	510	0	510	168	[39]
Charlie Moore	England	FB	1919–1921 1922–1931	328	0	328	0	[40]
John Grimwood	England	HB	1919–1927	205	0	205	8	[41]
Teddy Partridge	England	FW	1920–1929	160	0	160	18	[42]
Alf Steward	England	GK	1920–1932	326	0	326	0	[43]
Ray Bennion	Wales	HB	1921–1932	301	0	301	3	[44]
Arthur Lochhead	Scotland	FW	1921–1925	153	0	153	50	[45]
Harry Thomas	Wales	FW	1922–1931	135	0	135	13	[46]
Frank Barson	England	HB	1922–1928	152	0	152	4	[47]
Frank Mann	England	HB	1923–1930	197	0	197	5	[48]
Frank McPherson	England	FW	1923–1928	175	0	175	52	[49]
Tom Jones	Wales	FB	1924–1937	200	0	200	0	[50]
Jimmy Hanson	England	FW	1924–1931	147	0	147	52	[51]
Jack Wilson	England	HB	1926–1932	140	0	140	3	[52]
Hugh McLenahan	England	HB	1928–1937	116	0	116	12	[53]
Harry Rowley	England	FW	1928–1932 1934–1937	180	0	180	55	[54]
Tommy Reid	Scotland	FW	1929–1933	101	0	101	67	[55]
George McLachlan	Scotland	FW	1929–1933	116	0	116	4	[56]
Jack Mellor	England	FB	1930–1937	122	0	122	0	[57]
Tom Manley	England	HB	1931–1939	195	0	195	41	[58]
George Vose	England	HB	1933–1939	209	0	209	1	[59]
Jack Griffiths	England	FB	1934–1944	173	0	173	1	[60]
Bill McKay	Scotland	HB	1934–1940	182	0	182	15	[61]
George Mutch	Scotland	FW	1934–1937	120	0	120	49	[62]
Tommy Bamford	Wales	FW	1934–1938	109	0	109	57	[63]
Billy Bryant	England	FW	1934–1939	157	0	157	42	[64]
James Brown	Scotland	HB	1935–1939	110	0	110	1	[65]
Johnny Carey	Ireland	FB	1937–1953	344	0	344	17	[66]
Jack Rowley	England	FW	1937–1955	424	0	424	211	[67]
Stan Pearson	England	FW	1937–1954	343	0	343	148	[68]
Jack Warner	Wales	HB	1938–1950	115	0	115	2	[69]
John Aston Sr.	England	FB	1946–1954	284	0	284	30	[70]
Allenby Chilton	England	HB	1946–1955	391	0	391	3	[71]
Henry Cockburn	England	HB	1946–1954	275	0	275	4	[72]
Jack Crompton	England	GK	1946–1956	212	0	212	0	[73]
Jimmy Delaney	Scotland	FW	1946–1950	184	0	184	28	[74]
Billy McGlen	England	HB	1946–1952	122	0	122	2	[75]
Charlie Mitten	England	FW	1946–1952	162	0	162	61	[76]
Johnny Downie	Scotland	FW	1949–1953	116	0	116	37	[77]
Ray Wood	England	GK	1949–1958	208	0	208	0	[78]
Don Gibson	England	HB	1950–1955	115	0	115	0	[79]
Mark Jones	England	HB	1950–1958	121	0	121	1	[80]
Johnny Berry	England	FW	1951–1958	276	0	276	45	[81]
Jackie Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	HB	1951–1958	117	0	117	27	[82]
Roger Byrne	England	FB	1951–1958	280	0	280	20	[83]
David Pegg	England	FW	1952–1958	150	0	150	28	[84]
Bill Foulkes	England	DF	1952–1970	685	3	688	9	[85]
Tommy Taylor	England	FW	1953–1958	191	0	191	131	[86]
Duncan Edwards	England	HB	1953–1958	177	0	177	21	[87]
Dennis Viollet	England	FW	1953–1962	293	0	293	179	[88]
Freddie Goodwin	England	HB	1954–1960	107	0	107	8	[89]
Albert Scanlon	England	FW	1954–1960	127	0	127	35	[90]
Eddie Colman	England	HB	1955–1958	108	0	108	2	[91]
Ronnie Cope	England	HB	1956–1961	106	0	106	2	[92]
Bobby Charlton	England	FW	1956–1973	756	2	758	249	[93]
David Gaskell	England	GK	1956–1967	119	0	119	0	[94]
Harry Gregg	Northern Ireland	GK	1957–1966	247	0	247	0	[95]
Shay Brennan	Ireland	FB	1958–1970	358	1	359	6	[96]
Albert Quixall	England	FW	1958–1963	184	0	184	56	[97]
Johnny Giles	Ireland	FW	1959–1963	115	0	115	13	[98]
Nobby Stiles	England	HB	1959–1971	395	0	395	19	[99]
Maurice Setters	England	HB	1960–1964	194	0	194	14	[100]
Tony Dunne	Ireland	DF	1960–1973	534	1	535	2	[101]
Noel Cantwell	Ireland	FB	1960–1967	146	0	146	8	[102]
David Herd	Scotland	FW	1961–1968	264	1	265	145	[103]
Denis Law	Scotland	FW	1962–1973	398	6	404	237	[104]
David Sadler	England	U	1962–1973	328	7	335	27	[105]
Pat Crerand	Scotland	HB	1963–1971	397	0	397	15	[106]
George Best	Northern Ireland	FW	1963–1974	470	0	470	179	[107]
John Connelly	England	FW	1964–1966	112	1	113	35	[108]
John Fitzpatrick	Scotland	DF	1965–1973	141	6	147	10	[109]
John Aston Jr.	England	FW	1965–1972	166	21	187	27	[110]
Alex Stepney	England	GK	1966–1979	539	0	539	2	[111]
Brian Kidd	England	FW	1967–1974	257	9	266	70	[112]
Francis Burns	Scotland	DF	1967–1972	143	13	156	7	[113]
Willie Morgan	Scotland	MF	1968–1975	293	3	296	34	[114]
Steve James	England	HB	1968–1975	160	1	161	4	[115]
Sammy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	MF	1971–1982	391	28	419	71	[116]
Martin Buchan	Scotland	DF	1972–1983	456	0	456	4	[117]
David McCreery	Northern Ireland	MF	1972–1979	57	53	110	8	[118]
Alex Forsyth	Scotland	FB	1973–1978	116	3	119	5	[119]
Lou Macari	Scotland	FW	1973–1984	374	27	401	97	[120]
Gerry Daly	Ireland	MF	1973–1977	137	5	142	32	[121]
Brian Greenhoff	England	DF	1973–1979	268	3	271	17	[122]
Stewart Houston	Scotland	DF	1974–1980	248	2	250	16	[123]
Stuart Pearson	England	FW	1974–1979	179	1	180	66	[124]
Arthur Albiston	Scotland	FB	1974–1988	467	18	485	7	[125]
Steve Coppell	England	MF	1975–1983	393	3	396	70	[126]
Jimmy Nicholl	Northern Ireland	DF	1975–1982	235	13	248	6	[127]
Gordon Hill	England	MF	1975–1978	133	1	134	51	[128]
Jimmy Greenhoff	England	FW	1976–1980	119	4	123	36	[129]
Ashley Grimes	Ireland	DF	1977–1983	77	30	107	11	[130]
Joe Jordan	Scotland	FW	1978–1981	125	1	126	41	[131]
Gordon McQueen	Scotland	DF	1978–1985	229	0	229	26	[132]
Gary Bailey	England	GK	1978–1987	375	0	375	0	[133]
Mickey Thomas	Wales	MF	1978–1981	110	0	110	15	[134]
Kevin Moran	Ireland	DF	1979–1988	284	5	289	24	[135]
Ray Wilkins	England	MF	1979–1984	191	3	194	10	[136]
Mike Duxbury	England	DF	1980–1990	345	33	378	7	[137]
John Gidman	England	DF	1981–1986	116	4	120	4	[138]
Frank Stapleton	Ireland	FW	1981–1987	267	21	288	78	[139]
Remi Moses	England	MF	1981–1988	188	11	199	12	[140]
Bryan Robson	England	MF	1981–1994	437	24	461	99	[141]
Norman Whiteside	Northern Ireland	FW	1982–1989	256	18	274	67	[142]
Paul McGrath	Ireland	DF	1982–1989	192	7	199	16	[143]
Mark Hughes	Wales	FW	1983–1986 1988–1995	453	14	467	163	[144]
Graeme Hogg	Scotland	DF	1984–1988	108	2	110	1	[145]
Clayton Blackmore	Wales	U	1984–1994	201	44	245	26	[146]
Jesper Olsen	Denmark	MF	1984–1988	149	27	176	24	[147]
Gordon Strachan	Scotland	MF	1984–1989	195	6	201	38	[148]
Peter Davenport	England	FW	1986–1988	83	23	106	26	[149]
Brian McClair	Scotland	U	1987–1998	398	73	471	127	[150]
Steve Bruce	England	DF	1987–1996	411	3	414	51	[151]
Lee Martin	England	DF	1988–1994	84	25	109	2	[152]
Lee Sharpe	England	MF	1988–1996	213	50	263	36	[153]
Mal Donaghy	Northern Ireland	DF	1988–1992	98	21	119	0	[154]
Mike Phelan	England	U	1989–1994	127	19	146	3	[155]
Neil Webb	England	MF	1989–1992	105	5	110	11	[156]
Gary Pallister	England	DF	1989–1998	433	4	437	15	[157]
Paul Ince	England	MF	1989–1995	276	5	281	29	[158]
Denis Irwin	Ireland	DF	1990–2002	511	18	529	33	[159]
Ryan Giggs	Wales	MF	1991–2014	802	161	963	168	[1]
Andrei Kanchelskis	Soviet Union  CIS  Russia	MF	1991–1995	132	29	161	36	[160]
Paul Parker	England	DF	1991–1996	137	9	146	2	[161]
Peter Schmeichel	Denmark	GK	1991–1999	398	0	398	1	[162]
Gary Neville	England	DF	1992–2011	566	36	602	7	[163]
David Beckham	England	MF	1992–2003	356	38	394	85	[164]
Nicky Butt	England	MF	1992–2004	307	80	387	26	[165]
Eric Cantona	France	FW	1992–1997	184	1	185	82	[166]
Roy Keane	Ireland	MF	1993–2005	458	22	480	51	[167]
David May	England	DF	1994–2002	98	20	118	8	[168]
Paul Scholes	England	MF	1994–2011 2012–2013	577	141	718	155	[169]
Andy Cole	England	FW	1995–2001	231	44	275	121	[170]
Phil Neville	England	U	1995–2005	301	85	386	8	[171]
Ronny Johnsen	Norway	DF	1996–2002	131	19	150	9	[172]
Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Norway	FW	1996–2007	216	150	366	126	[173]
Teddy Sheringham	England	FW	1997–2001	101	52	153	46	[174]
Henning Berg	Norway	DF	1997–2000	81	22	103	3	[175]
Wes Brown	England	DF	1998–2011	313	49	362	5	[176]
Jaap Stam	Netherlands	DF	1998–2001	125	2	127	1	[177]
Dwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	FW	1998–2002	120	32	152	66	[178]
Quinton Fortune	South Africa	MF	1999–2006	88	38	126	11	[179]
Mikaël Silvestre	France	DF	1999–2008	326	35	361	10	[180]
John O'Shea	Ireland	U	1999–2011	301	92	393	15	[181]
Fabien Barthez	France	GK	2000–2004	139	0	139	0	[182]
Ruud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	FW	2001–2006	200	19	219	150	[183]
Rio Ferdinand	England	DF	2002–2014	444	11	455	8	[5]
Darren Fletcher	Scotland	MF	2003–2015	266	76	342	24	[184]
Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	MF	2003–2009	244	48	292	118	[185]
Louis Saha	France	FW	2004–2008	76	48	124	42	[186]
Wayne Rooney	England	FW	2004–2017	497	62	559	253	[187]
Edwin van der Sar	Netherlands	GK	2005–2011	266	0	266	0	[188]
Park Ji-sung	South Korea	MF	2005–2012	146	59	205	27	[189]
Patrice Evra	France	DF	2006–2014	357	22	379	10	[190]
Nemanja Vidić	Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia	DF	2006–2014	290	10	300	21	[191]
Michael Carrick	England	MF	2006–2018	395	69	464	24	[192]
Nani	Portugal	MF	2007–2015	178	52	230	40	[193]
Anderson	Brazil	MF	2007–2015	128	53	181	9	[194]
Jonny Evans	Northern Ireland	DF	2007–2015	179	19	198	7	[195]
Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	FW	2008–2012	108	41	149	56	[196]
Rafael	Brazil	DF	2008–2015	150	20	170	5	[197]
Danny Welbeck	England	FW	2008–2014	90	52	142	29	[198]
Antonio Valencia	Ecuador	U	2009–2019	277	62	339	25	[199]
Javier Hernández	Mexico	FW	2010–2015	85	72	157	59	[200]
Chris Smalling	England	DF	2010–	281	42	323	18	[201]
David de Gea	Spain	GK	2011–	394	0	394	0	[202]
Phil Jones	England	U	2011–	196	28	224	6	[203]
Ashley Young	England	U	2011–2020	202	59	261	19	[204]
Paul Pogba	France	MF	2011–2012 2016–	133	17	150	31	[205]
Robin van Persie	Netherlands	FW	2012–2015	89	16	105	58	[206]
Marouane Fellaini	Belgium	MF	2013–2019	106	71	177	22	[207]
Juan Mata	Spain	MF	2014–	197	52	249	48	[208]
Daley Blind	Netherlands	U	2014–2018	132	9	141	6	[209]
Jesse Lingard	England	FW	2014–	134	68	202	31	[210]
Ander Herrera	Spain	MF	2014–2019	140	49	189	20	[211]
Marcos Rojo	Argentina	DF	2014–	105	17	122	2	[212]
Luke Shaw	England	DF	2014–	119	13	132	2	[213]
Anthony Martial	France	FW	2015–	155	53	208	64	[214]
Marcus Rashford	England	FW	2016–	137	64	201	64	[215]
Nemanja Matić	Serbia	MF	2017–	104	5	109	4	[216]
Victor Lindelöf	Sweden	DF	2017–	99	5	104	2	[217]

Caesar Jenkyns served as captain during the 1896–97 season.

Bryan Robson made 461 appearances for Manchester United and is the longest serving captain in the club's history, serving for twelve years.

Roy Keane made 480 appearances with Manchester United and is the most decorated captain in club history, serving from 1997 to 2005.

Gary Neville made 602 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2005 to 2011.

Harry Maguire is the current captain of Manchester United, serving since January 2020.

Since 1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C.[218] The first club captain was E. Thomas, who was captain from 1882 to 1883.[218] The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure.[218] Roy Keane, who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Community Shield, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. The current club captain is Harry Maguire, who took over after Ashley Young departed in 2020.

Dates	Captain	Ref.
1878–1882	Unknown	[218]
1882–1883	E. Thomas
1883–1887	Sam Black
1887–1891	Jack Powell
1891–1892	Bob McFarlane
1892–1893	Joe Cassidy
1893–1894	Unknown
1894–1896	James McNaught
1896–1897	Caesar Jenkyns
1897–1903	Harry Stafford
1903–1904	John Willie Sutcliffe
1904–1905	Jack Peddie
1905–1913	Charlie Roberts
1913–1914	George Stacey
1914–1915	George Hunter
1915–1917	Patrick O'Connell
1917–1918	George Anderson
1918–1919	Jack Mew
1919–1922	Lal Hilditch
1922–1928	Frank Barson
1928–1929	Jack Wilson
1929–1930	Charlie Spencer
1930–1931	Jack Silcock
1931–1932	George McLachlan
1932	Louis Page
1932–1934	Jack Silcock
1934–1935	Bill McKay
1935–1937	James Brown
1937–1939	George Roughton
1939–1940	Bill McKay
1940–1944	No competitive football was played during the Second World War
1944–1945	George Roughton
1945–1953	Johnny Carey[upper-alpha 1]
1953	Stan Pearson
1953–1955	Allenby Chilton
1955–1958	Roger Byrne
1958–1959	Bill Foulkes
1959–1960	Dennis Viollet
1960–1962	Maurice Setters
1962–1967	Noel Cantwell
1967–1968	Denis Law
1968–1973	Bobby Charlton
1973–1974	George Graham
1974–1975	Willie Morgan
1975–1983	Martin Buchan
1983–1994	Bryan Robson[upper-alpha 2]
1994–1996	Steve Bruce
1996–1997	Eric Cantona[upper-alpha 3]
1997–2005	Roy Keane
2005–2011	Gary Neville
2011–2014	Nemanja Vidić	[219]
2014–2017	Wayne Rooney	[220]
2017–2018	Michael Carrick	[221]
2018–2019	Antonio Valencia[upper-alpha 4]	[222]
2019–2020	Ashley Young	[223]
2020–present	Harry Maguire	[224]

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

General

• Ponting, Ivan (2008). Manchester United Player by Player (8th ed.). Studley: Know the Score Books. ISBN 978-1-84818-300-1. ASIN 1848183003.
• "The Website of Dreams". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Barn End Media. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

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