List of Chelsea F.C. players explained

Chelsea Football Club are an association football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League. Below is a list of all the players who made more than 100 appearances for the club.

Key

• Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.^[1]

Positions key

Pre-1960s		1960s–
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward

Players

• Bold indicates players currently playing for the club.

List of Chelsea F.C. players with 100 or more appearances

scope=col rowspan="2"	Player	scope=col rowspan="2"	Nationality	scope=col rowspan="2"	Pos	scope=col rowspan="2"	Club career	scope=col	Starts	scope=col	Subs	scope=col	Total	Goals
scope=col colspan="3"	Appearances
scope=row			FB	1905–1909	120	0	120	0
scope=row			FW	1905–1911	106	0	106	10
scope=row			FW	1905–1911	152	0	152	58
scope=row			FB	1906–1909	107	0	107	3
scope=row			FW	1906–1912	164	0	164	108
scope=row			FB	1906–1919	159	0	159	0
scope=row			HB	1907–1913	194	0	194	0
scope=row			GK	1907–1914	138	0	138	0
scope=row			HB	1908–1911	101	0	101	4
scope=row			FW	1908–1913	103	0	103	10
scope=row			FW	1908–1921	104	0	104	22
scope=row			HB	1909–1914	145	0	145	10
scope=row			FW	1909–1915	116	0	116	34
scope=row			HB	1909–1917	171	0	171	4
scope=row			HB	1909–1919	103	0	103	1
scope=row			HB	1909–1922	254	0	254	0
scope=row			FW	1910–1919	129	0	129	81
scope=row			GK	1910–1923	239	0	239	0
scope=row			FB	1911–1926	334	0	334	5
scope=row			FW	1912–1924	248	0	248	47
scope=row			FB	1913–1921	111	0	111	24
scope=row			FB	1913–1922	116	0	116	8
scope=row			FW	1914–1922	130	0	130	26
scope=row			FW	1914–1927	306	0	306	32
scope=row			FW	1919–1923	111	0	111	53
scope=row			FB	1919–1928	265	0	265	26
scope=row			HB	1920–1924	133	0	133	4
scope=row			HB	1920–1928	204	0	204	19
scope=row			FB	1921–1932	370	0	370	0
scope=row			FW	1922–1930	153	0	153	51
scope=row			FW	1922–1933	294	0	294	11
scope=row			FW	1923–1931	253	0	253	62
scope=row			FW	1923–1934	308	0	308	28
scope=row			FW	1923–1939	365	0	365	45
scope=row			FB	1924–1931	122	0	122	2
scope=row			FB	1924–1936	103	0	103	7
scope=row			FB	1925–1939	318	0	318	19
scope=row			GK	1926–1932	245	0	245	0
scope=row			FW	1926–1933	215	0	215	37
scope=row			FB	1927–1932	140	0	140	3
scope=row			HB	1927–1935	160	0	160	6
scope=row			HB	1928–1933	109	0	109	6
scope=row			FW	1929–1943	239	0	239	125
scope=row			FW	1930–1934	144	0	144	81
scope=row			FB	1930–1941	294	0	294	1
scope=row			GK	1931–1945	272	0	272	0
scope=row			MF	1932–1937	112	0	112	30
scope=row			FB	1932–1939	102	0	102	2
scope=row			FB	1932–1941	108	0	108	0
scope=row			FW	1933–1939	143	0	143	23
scope=row			FB	1933–1939	211	0	211	0
scope=row			HB	1933–1940	118	0	118	3
scope=row			FW	1933–1947	125	0	125	35
scope=row			FW	1934–1948	246	0	246	66
scope=row			FW	1935–1942	155	0	155	37
scope=row			HB	1936–1945	125	0	125	4
scope=row			FW	1945–1950	111	0	111	19
scope=row			FB	1945–1956	364	0	364	14
scope=row			FB	1943–1951	155	0	155	0
scope=row			FW	1946–1948	105	0	105	24
scope=row			GK	1946–1952	157	0	157	0
scope=row			FB	1946–1953	147	0	147	0
scope=row			HB	1946–1957	402	0	402	30
scope=row			GK	1946–1960	215	0	215	0
scope=row			HB	1947–1953	119	0	119	4
scope=row			HB	1947–1954	213	0	213	40
scope=row			FB	1948–1951	105	0	105	0
scope=row			FW	1948–1953	172	0	172	15
scope=row			FW	1948–1956	367	0	367	150
scope=row			FB	1949–1956	221	0	221	2
scope=row			FW	1950–1956	177	0	177	42
scope=row			FW	1952–1958	123	0	123	35
scope=row			FW	1952–1958	202	0	202	66
scope=row			HB	1953–1959	223	0	223	9
scope=row			FW	1953–1961	174	0	174	69
scope=row			FB	1953–1962	288	0	288	34
scope=row			FW	1953–1964	347	0	347	54
scope=row			FB	1954–1962	102	0	102	1
scope=row			FW	1954–1962	271	0	271	57
scope=row			GK	1956–1961	148	0	148	0
scope=row			DF	1956–1963	104	0	104	0
scope=row			HB	1956–1965	279	0	279	10
scope=row			FW	1957–1961	169	0	169	132
scope=row			FB	1959–1965	123	0	123	2
scope=row			FW	1958–1966	203	2	205	93
scope=row			FW	1959–1970	366	4	370	202
scope=row			GK	1959–1975 1976–1979	729	0	729	0
scope=row			DF	1960–1964 1966–1967	98	4	102	1
scope=row			MF	1960–1966	237	0	237	31
scope=row			FW	1961–1966	179	4	183	44
scope=row			DF	1962–1973	405	5	410	5
scope=row			DF	1962–1980	784	11	795	14
scope=row			MF	1963–1975	325	18	343	39
scope=row			MF	1963–1975 1983–1984	592	0	592	64
scope=row			DF	1963–1976	328	16	344	4
scope=row			FW	1964–1966	102	0	102	46
scope=row			MF	1964–1973	253	13	266	12
scope=row			FW	1964–1974 1978–1979	376	4	380	150
scope=row			FW	1966–1972 1974–1978	360	13	373	30
scope=row			MF	1966–1974	228	11	239	91
scope=row			DF	1968–1974	299	0	299	34
scope=row			FW	1968–1976	137	7	144	58
scope=row			MF	1969–1974 1983–1984	188	1	189	14
scope=row			DF	1969–1978	200	7	207	7
scope=row			GK	1970–1980	149	0	149	0
scope=row			DF	1970–1985	302	11	313	19
scope=row			MF	1971–1974	111	3	114	31
scope=row			MF	1971–1975	150	0	150	15
scope=row			MF	1971–1979	115	5	120	15
scope=row			DF	1971–1983	315	2	317	4
scope=row			FW	1972–1978	105	14	119	36
scope=row			MF	1972–1982	279	10	289	34
scope=row			FB	1972–1982	148	1	149	1
scope=row			MF/FW	1973–1978	127	5	132	29
scope=row			DF	1974–1978 1986–1988	163	1	164	9
scope=row			MF	1973–1979	193	5	198	33
scope=row			MF	1974–1980	118	2	120	3
scope=row			FW	1974–1980	139	13	152	43
scope=row			FW	1976–1984	191	33	224	65
scope=row			MF	1978–1991	379	30	409	44
scope=row			FW	1978–1983	176	5	181	41
scope=row			DF	1978–1983	143	5	148	4
scope=row			GK	1979–1982	114	0	114	0
scope=row			FW	1979–1984	97	12	109	5
scope=row			DF	1979–1988	345	1	346	10
scope=row			DF	1980–1983	97	4	101	3
scope=row			FW	1980–1987	200	23	223	41
scope=row			FW	1981–1986	67	36	103	15
scope=row			FW	1982–1987	197	8	205	64
scope=row			MF	1983–1987 1992–1996	254	13	267	14
scope=row			GK	1983–1988	175	0	175	0
scope=row			FW	1983–1988	237	5	242	45
scope=row			DF	1983–1989	268	0	268	7
scope=row			FW	1983–1992	413	7	420	193
scope=row			DF	1984–1987	100	0	100	3
scope=row			FB	1984–1989	167	11	178	4
scope=row			MF	1985–1990	94	9	103	12
scope=row			FW	1985–1991	101	39	140	13
scope=row			FW	1986–1991	145	8	153	63
scope=row			MF	1986–1996	148	23	171	5
scope=row			DF	1987–1990	85	18	103	5
scope=row			DF	1987–1991	180	0	180	12
scope=row			FW	1987–1992	155	36	191	55
scope=row			DF	1987–1993 1997–2003	280	32	312	16
scope=row			DF	1987–1998	407	14	421	10
scope=row			DF	1988–1998	148	46	194	13
scope=row			GK	1988–2001	131	4	135	0
scope=row			DF	1989–1992	117	2	119	2
scope=row			GK	1989–1993	157	0	157	0
scope=row			MF	1989–1993	89	21	110	18
scope=row			MF	1989–1997	105	32	137	11
scope=row			DF	1989–1997	170	13	183	1
scope=row			MF	1990–1993	138	0	138	19
scope=row			DF	1990–1998	211	7	218	13
scope=row			MF	1990–1999	181	33	214	10
scope=row			MF	1990–2001	434	11	445	75
scope=row			DF	1991–1999	89	17	106	2
scope=row			FW	1992–1997	100	37	137	43
scope=row			GK	1992–1999	146	0	146	0
scope=row			MF	1993–1996	119	15	134	27
scope=row			DF	1993–1999	106	9	115	3
scope=row			FW	1995–1998	109	14	123	39
scope=row			DF	1996–2000	186	22	208	24
scope=row			DF	1996–2001	200	4	204	24
scope=row			MF	1996–2002	155	20	175	26
scope=row			MF	1996–2003	113	60	173	9
scope=row			FW	1996–2003	260	52	312	80
scope=row			FW	1997–2000	94	69	163	50
scope=row			MF	1997–2001	110	35	145	49
scope=row			GK	1997–2003	178	1	179	0
scope=row			DF	1997–2005	177	20	197	8
scope=row			DF	1998–2003	105	8	113	1
scope=row			DF	1998–2004	219	3	222	7
scope=row			DF	1998–2017	686	31	717	67
scope=row			DF	1999–2004	149	16	165	5
scope=row			GK	1999–2009	210	6	216	0
scope=row			FW	2000–2004	77	42	119	11
scope=row			FW	2000–2004	156	21	177	87
scope=row			FW	2000–2006	177	86	263	78
scope=row			DF	2001–2006	213	12	225	14
scope=row			MF	2001–2014	593	55	648	211
scope=row			FW	2003–2006	95	30	125	19
scope=row			MF	2003–2007	74	35	109	4
scope=row			MF	2003–2008	201	16	217	2
scope=row			DF	2003–2009	124	18	142	4
scope=row			MF	2003–2010	189	93	282	39
scope=row			FW	2004–2007	74	32	106	19
scope=row			DF	2004–2010	203	7	210	11
scope=row			DF	2004–2012	115	19	134	10
scope=row			FW	2004–2012 2014–2015	288	93	381	164
scope=row			DF	2004–2013	167	50	217	2
scope=row			GK	2004–2015 2020–2021	492	2	494	0
scope=row			FW	2005–2008	65	60	125	10
scope=row			MF	2005–2014	223	33	256	25
scope=row			MF	2006–2010	139	27	166	26
scope=row			FW	2006–2012	147	107	254	61
scope=row			DF	2006–2014	325	13	338	7
scope=row			MF	2006–2017	282	90	372	6
scope=row			FW	2007–2013	173	56	229	45
scope=row			DF	2008–2012	110	15	125	3
scope=row			FW	2008–2012	145	39	184	59
scope=row			DF	2008–2017	352	25	377	34
scope=row			MF	2009–2011 2014–2017	134	20	154	7
scope=row			FW	2010–2014	117	55	172	45
scope=row			MF	2010–2016	204	47	251	34
scope=row			MF	2011–2014	116	19	135	33
scope=row			DF	2011–2014 2016–2019	232	16	248	18
scope=row			GK	2011–2018	154	0	154	0
scope=row			MF	2012–2016	147	56	203	38
scope=row			DF	2012–2019	270	20	290	25
scope=row			FW	2012–2019	297	55	352	110
scope=row			DF	2012–2021	98	30	128	18
scope=row			DF	2012–2023	467	41	508	17
scope=row			FW	2013–2020	250	89	339	63
scope=row			FW	2014–2017	109	11	120	59
scope=row			MF	2014–2019	159	39	198	22
scope=row			DF	2014–2021	124	27	151	10
scope=row			DF	2014–2022	146	15	161	2
scope=row			MF	2014–2023	74	81	155	13
scope=row			FW	2015–2020	140	66	206	43
scope=row			DF	2016–2022	199	13	212	29
scope=row			MF	2016–2023	232	37	269	13
scope=row			DF	2017–2022	195	8	203	12
scope=row			MF	2017–2023	158	37	195	33
scope=row			FW	2017–2023	66	60	126	16
scope=row			FW	2018–2021	60	59	119	39
scope=row			MF	2018–2022	56	44	100	12
scope=row			MF	2018–2023	187	26	213	29
scope=row			MF	2018–2023	164	57	221	6
scope=row			GK	2018–	160	3	163	0
scope=row			DF	2018–	119	39	158	11
scope=row			FW	2019–2023	83	62	145	26
scope=row			GK	2020–2023	104	1	105	0
scope=row			FW	2020–2023	102	37	139	32
scope=row			DF	2020–2024	140	15	155	9
scope=row			FW	2020–2024	60	47	107	14
scope=row			DF	2020–	83	23	106	9

Annual awards

See main article: Chelsea F.C. Player of the Year.

List of captains

Captain	Period
Roy Bentley	1953–1956
Ken Armstrong	1956–1957
Derek Saunders	1957–1959
Frank Blunstone	1959–1964
Terry Venables	1964–1966
Ron Harris	1966–1980
Micky Droy	1980–1984
Colin Pates	1984–1988
Graham Roberts	1988–1990
Peter Nicholas	1990–1991
Andy Townsend	1991–1993
Dennis Wise	1993–2001
Marcel Desailly	2001–2004
John Terry	2004–2017
Gary Cahill	2017–2019
César Azpilicueta	2019–2023
Reece James	2023–

Notable captains

Indicates captains who won the League in the Second Division.

Captain	League										Total
Roy Bentley	data-sort-value="1"	1954–55	data-sort-value="0" colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1955	data-sort-value="0" colspan="6" style="background: #ececec;"		2
Terry Venables	data-sort-value="0" colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1965	data-sort-value="0" colspan="7" style="background: #ececec;"		1
Ron Harris		data-sort-value="1"	1970	data-sort-value="0" colspan="5" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1971	data-sort-value="0" colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;"		2
	data-sort-value="1"	1983–84	data-sort-value="0" colspan="8" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1986	2
	data-sort-value="1"	1988–89	data-sort-value="0" colspan="9" style="background: #ececec;"		1
Peter Nicholas	data-sort-value="0" colspan="9" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1990	1
Dennis Wise		data-sort-value="2"	1997 2000	data-sort-value="1"	1998	data-sort-value="1"	2000	data-sort-value="0" colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	1998	data-sort-value="1"	1998	data-sort-value="0" colspan="2" style="background: #ececec;"		6
John Terry	data-sort-value="5"	2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2014–15 2016–17	data-sort-value="4"	2007 2009 2010 2012	data-sort-value="3"	2005 2007 2015	data-sort-value="2"	2005 2009	data-sort-value="1"	2012	data-sort-value="1"	2013					16
Gary Cahill	data-sort-value="0" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	2018	data-sort-value="0" colspan="3" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	2019	data-sort-value="0" colspan="4" style="background: #ececec;"		2
César Azpilicueta	data-sort-value="0" colspan="4" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	2021	data-sort-value="0" colspan="1" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	2021	data-sort-value="0" style="background: #ececec;"		data-sort-value="1"	2022	data-sort-value="0" style="background: #ececec;"		3

See also

• List of Chelsea F.C. players (1–24 appearances)
• List of Chelsea F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

References

General

• Player profiles
• Player database
• Book: Hockings, Ron . 90 Years Of The Blues – A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905–1995.
• List of all Chelsea players past and present and appearance data

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nick . Watts . 1963 to 1988 . The Football League . 12 February 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417050452/http://www.fl125.co.uk/history/1963-1988 . 17 April 2016 . dmy-all .