List of Crystal Palace F.C. players explained

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crystal Palace F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role have also been included for their contributions; for example, Attilio Lombardo and Don Rogers.

This page also lists recipients of the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year, and players who have been named in the PFA Team of the Year, while playing for the club.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included. Names in bold are currently active at the club

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper	RB	Right back	RM	Right midfielder	OR	Outside right
CB	Central back	LB	Left back	LM	Left midfielder	OL	Outside left
DF	Defender	FB	Full back	MF	Midfielder	W	Winger
FW	Forward	HB	Half back	CM	Central midfielder

Players

Statistics correct as of match played 19 May 2024

Name	Nationality	Position	Palace career	Apps	Goals	Captaincy	Notes
Archie Needham		Various	1905–1909	112	26
		CB	1905–1909	133	7	1906–1909
George Woodger		OL	1905–1910	166	39	1909–1910
Harry Collyer		RB	1906–1915	281	1
Jimmy Bauchop		FW	1907–1909	46	25
Billy Davies		OR	1907–1908, 1910–1915	206	24
Joshua Johnson		GK	1907–1919	293	0
George Garratt		DF	1908–1913	185	8
Jimmy Williams		FW	1909–1914	148	56
Joe Bulcock		RB	1909–1914	146	2
Harry Hanger		DF	1909–1915	178	8	1910–1915
Bob Spottiswood		MF	1909–1915	188	2
James Hughes		DF	1909–1920	209	15
Charles Hewitt		FW	1910–1919	155	42
Edwin Smith		FW	1911–1922	192	124
John Whibley		OL	1911–1923	150	27
Horace Colclough		LB	1912–1915	88	0
Ben Bateman		OR	1913–1924	180	11
John Conner		FW	1919–1923	104	57
Jack Alderson		GK	1919–1924	205	0
Jack Little		DF	1919–1926	261	0
Bill Hand		FW	1920–1925	109	16
Robert McCracken		DF	1920–1926	190	2
Albert Harry		MF	1921–1934	440	55
Bob Greener		DF	1921–1932	317	6
George Whitworth		FW	1922–1925	118	50
Cecil Blakemore		FW	1922–1927	141	56
Charles Cross		DF	1922–1928	237	0
Jimmy Hamilton		MF	1922–1931	196	5
Billy Callender		GK	1923–1932	224	0
George Clarke		OL	1925–1933	299	105
Percy Cherrett		FW	1925–1927	75	65
Bill Turner		MF	1925–1936	302	37
Stan Charlton		RB	1928–1932	136	7	1928–1930
Hubert Butler		FW	1928–1932	124	39
Tom Crilly		LB	1928–1933	126	1
Jimmy Wilde		DF	1928–1938	293	6	1930–1936
Peter Simpson		FW	1929–1935	195	165
Frank Manders		FW	1931–1935	103	33
Ossie Parry		DF	1931–1936	150	0
Ronnie Dunn		GK	1931–1937	175	0
Albert Dawes		FW	1933–1939	156	92
Bob Bigg		OL	1934–1939	114	41
Ted Owens		DF	1934–1945	172	0
Nick Collins		DF	1934–1946	151	7
Jack Blackman		FW	1935–1946	107	55
Fred Dawes		DF	1935–1950	237	2	1936–1937
George Walker		CB	1936–1939	111	1	1938–1939
Jack Lewis		MF	1938–1949	126	6
Geoff Chilvers		DF	1942–1954	123	1
Dick Graham		GK	1945–1951	161	0
Fred Kurz		FW	1946–1951	151	48
Ron George		DF	1947–1954	125	2
Harry Briggs		DF	1947–1955	153	4
Ted Broughton		FW	1948–1954	100	6
Wally Hanlon		MF	1949–1955	129	9
Roy Bailey		GK	1949–1956	119	0
Jack Edwards		RB	1949–1959	239	0	1956–1959
Harry McDonald		LB	1950–1955	146	1
Peter Berry		OR	1951–1958	161	27
Albert "Cam" Burgess		FW	1951–1953	50	40
Bob Thomas		FW	1952–1955	102	33
Cecil Andrews		MF	1952–1956	105	11
Len Choules		DF	1952–1962	280	4
Jimmy Belcher		MF	1954–1958	138	22
Roy Greenwood		DF	1954–1959	116	0
Mike Deakin		FW	1954–1960	151	63
Bernard Harrison		MF	1955–1959	100	12
Alf Noakes		LB	1955–1962	209	14
Terry Long		DF	1955–1969	480	16
Johnny Byrne		FW	1956–1962	220	95
Vic Rouse		GK	1956–1963	257	0
Roy Summersby		FW	1958–1963	190	60
Johnny McNichol		Various	1958–1963	205	15	1958–1963
Bert Howe		DF	1958–1967	212	1
George Petchey		MF/DF	1960–1965	153	12
Bill Glazier		GK	1961–1964	113	0
Ronnie Allen		FW/MF	1961–1965	109	37	1963–1964
Brian Wood		DF	1961–1966	152	4
Alan Stephenson		CB	1961–1968	185	13	1966
Cliff Holton		FW	1962–1965	112	49
Peter Burridge		FW	1962–1965	124	50
John Sewell		RB	1963–1971	258	9	1967–1971
Bobby Kellard		MF	1963–1966, 1971–1973	137	10	1971–1973
David Payne		MF/DF	1964–1973	318	12
John Jackson		GK	1964–1974	388	0
Jack Bannister		DF	1965–1969	129	7
John McCormick		CB	1965–1973	194	6
Steve Kember		MF	1965–1971, 1978–1980	295	38	1971
Cliff Jackson		FW	1966–1970	120	30
Bobby Woodruff		MF	1966–1970	139	48
Tony Taylor		LB	1968–1974	195	8
Mel Blyth		CB	1968–1978	254	12
Gerry Queen		FW	1969–1972	127	30
Peter Wall		DF	1970–1977	208	3
Paul Hammond		GK	1971–1977	142	0
Jim Cannon		DF	1972–1988	663	34	1977–1988
Don Rogers		MF	1972–1975	78	30
Alan Whittle		FW/MF	1972–1976	122	24
Peter Taylor		MF	1973–1976	142	39
Derek Jeffries		DF/MF	1973–1977	122	1
Dave Swindlehurst		FW	1973–1980	276	81
Roy Barry		DF	1973–1975	45	1	1973–1975
Nick Chatterton		MF	1973–1979	181	36
Paul Hinshelwood		RB	1974–1983	319	29
Ian Evans		CB	1974–1979	163	16	1975–1977
Phil Holder		MF	1975–1979	112	6
Kenny Sansom		LB	1975–1980	197	4
Ian Walsh		FW	1975–1982	133	27
Jerry Murphy		MF	1976–1985	268	25
Vince Hilaire		MF	1976–1984	293	36
Peter Nicholas		DF/MF	1976–1981, 1983–1985	174	14
Billy Gilbert		DF	1977–1984	273	4
John Burridge		GK	1978–1980	102	0
Paul Barron		GK	1980–1983	108	0
Gavin Nebbeling		CB	1981–1989	165	8
David Giles		MF	1982–1984	100	6
Henry Hughton		MF/DF	1982–1986	130	6
Gary Locke		DF	1982–1986	100	1
George Wood		GK	1983–1988	218	0
Gary Stebbing		MF	1983–1988	116	3
Phil Barber		MF	1983–1991	288	41
Alan Irvine		MF	1984–1987	125	14
Andy Gray		MF	1984–1987, 1989–1992	242	51
Tony Finnigan		MF	1985–1988	116	10
Ian Wright		FW	1985–1991	277	117
John Salako		MF	1986–1995	273	33
Richard Shaw		DF	1986–1995	207	3
Mark Bright		FW	1986–1992	286	114
Alan Pardew		MF	1987–1991	170	12
Geoff Thomas		MF	1987–1993	249	35	1989–1993
John Pemberton		RB	1988–1990	105	2
Eddie McGoldrick		RW	1988–1993	189	16
Gareth Southgate		CB/CM	1989–1995	152	15	1993–1995
Nigel Martyn		GK	1989–1996	349	0
Andy Thorn		DF	1989–1994	128	3
Simon Rodger		MF	1990–2002	328	11
Eric Young		DF	1990–1995	161	15
Chris Coleman		DF	1991–1995	154	13
Chris Armstrong		FW	1992–1995	136	58
George Ndah		FW	1992–1997	101	11
Bruce Dyer		FW	1994–1998	165	44
Dougie Freedman		FW	1995–1997, 2000–2008	368	108
David Hopkin		MF	1995–1997, 2001–2002	112	25
Marc Edworthy		RB	1995–1998	151	1
Andy Roberts		MF	1995–1998	131	4	1995–1997
Steven Thomson		MF	1995–2000	122	4
Neil Shipperley		FW	1996–1998, 2003–2005	117	31	2003–2004
Andy Linighan		DF	1997–2000	128	6	1997–2000
Attilio Lombardo		RM	1997–1999	48	10
Clinton Morrison		FW	1997–2002, 2005–2008	312	112
Fan Zhiyi		CB	1998–2001	102	6
Hayden Mullins		CM	1998–2003	257	20	2002–2003
Dean Austin		DF	1998–2002	167	6	2001–2002
Neil Ruddock		CB	2000–2001	26	3	2000–2001
Tommy Black		LM	2000–2007	153	17
Aki Riihilahti		CM	2001–2006	160	14
Tony Popovic		CB	2001–2006	144	8	2004–2006
Wayne Routledge		RM	2001–2005	123	10
Danny Granville		LB	2001–2007	138	10
Andy Johnson		FW	2002–2006, 2014–2015	161	85
Gary Borrowdale		LB	2002–2007	114	0
Danny Butterfield		RB	2002–2010	269	7
Shaun Derry		CM	2002–2005, 2007–2010	226	6	2008–2010
Michael Hughes		CM	2003–2007	141	10	2004–2005
Ben Watson		CM	2003–2009	189	20
Tom Soares		CM	2003–2008	162	12
Mark Hudson		CB	2003–2008	136	7	2007–2008
Gábor Király		GK	2004–2007	111	0
Julián Speroni		GK	2004–2019	405	0
Fitz Hall		CB	2004–2006	75	3	2005–2006
Emmerson Boyce		RB	2004–2006	77	2
Leon Cort		CB	2006–2008	50	7
Carl Fletcher		CM	2006–2009	74	4	2006–2007
Matthew Lawrence		DF	2006–2010	135	1
Clint Hill		DF	2007–2010	127	6
Sean Scannell		W/FW	2007–2012	141	13
Neil Danns		CM	2008–2011	114	20
Paddy McCarthy		CB	2008–2016	144	6	2010–2012
Darren Ambrose		MF	2009–2012	124	37
Nathaniel Clyne		RB	2008–2012, 2020–	218	1
Wilfried Zaha		W/FW	2010–2013, 2014–2023	458	90
Jonathan Parr		LB	2011–2014	101	2
Kagisho Dikgacoi		CM	2011–2014	114	8
Dean Moxey		LB	2011–2014	103	1
Glenn Murray		FW	2011–2015	125	47
Mile Jedinak		CM	2011–2016	178	10	2012–2016
Jonny Williams		MF	2011–2019	70	1
Yannick Bolasie		W	2012–2016	144	13
Joel Ward		FB	2012–	360	6	2023–present
Damien Delaney		CB	2012–2018	193	7
Jason Puncheon		MF	2013–2019	168	16	2017–2018
Scott Dann		CB	2014–2021	181	16	2016–2017
James McArthur		MF	2014–2023	253	19
Martin Kelly		DF	2014–2022	148	1
Wayne Hennessey		GK	2014–2021	132	0
Yohan Cabaye		CM	2015–2018	106	11
Christian Benteke		FW	2016–2022	177	37
Andros Townsend		RM	2016–2021	185	16
James Tomkins		CB	2016–2024	136	10
Luka Milivojević		CM	2017–2023	198	29	2018–2023
Patrick van Aanholt		LB	2017–2021		134	14
Jeffrey Schlupp		DF/MF	2017–	231	19
Aaron Wan-Bissaka		RB	2018–2019	46	0
Jordan Ayew		FW	2018–	211	23
Cheikhou Kouyate		MF/CB	2018–2022	142	3
Vicente Guaita		GK	2018–2023	154	0
Eberechi Eze		MF	2020–	124	26
Tyrick Mitchell		LB	2020–	143	3
Jean-Philippe Mateta		FW	2021–	106	29
Michael Olise		MF	2021–2024	90	16
Marc Guéhi		DF	2021–	111	5
Joachim Andersen		DF	2021–	111	3
Conor Gallagher		CM	2021–2022	39	8
Odsonne Édouard		FW	2021-	101	21
Cheick Doucouré		CM	2022–	47	0

Player of the Year

See main article: article and Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year.

Year Winner 1972 John McCormick 1973 Tony Taylor 1974 Peter Taylor 1975 Derek Jeffries 1976 Peter Taylor 1977 Kenny Sansom 1978 Jim Cannon 1979 Kenny Sansom 1980 Paul Hinshelwood 1981 Paul Hinshelwood 1982 Paul Barron

Year Winner 1983 Jerry Murphy 1984 Billy Gilbert 1985 Jim Cannon 1986 George Wood 1987 Jim Cannon 1988 Geoff Thomas 1989 Ian Wright 1990 Mark Bright 1991 Geoff Thomas 1992 Eddie McGoldrick 1993 Andy Thorn

Year Winner 1994 Chris Coleman 1995 Richard Shaw 1996 Andy Roberts 1997 David Hopkin 1998 Marc Edworthy 1999 Hayden Mullins 2000 Andy Linighan 2001 Fan Zhiyi 2002 Dougie Freedman 2003 Hayden Mullins 2004 Andrew Johnson

Year Winner 2005 Andrew Johnson 2006 Emmerson Boyce 2007 Leon Cort 2008 Julián Speroni 2009 Julián Speroni 2010 Julián Speroni 2011 Nathaniel Clyne 2012 Jonathan Parr 2013 Mile Jedinak 2014 Julián Speroni 2015 Scott Dann

Year Winner 2016 Wilfried Zaha 2017 Wilfried Zaha 2018 Wilfried Zaha 2019 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 2020 Jordan Ayew 2021 Vicente Guaita 2022 Conor Gallagher 2023 Cheick Doucouré 2024 Jean-Philippe Mateta

Young Player of the Year

• Gary Stebbing – 1983
• Gary Stebbing – 1984
• Dave Lindsay – 1985
• Richard Shaw – 1986
• John Salako – 1987
• John Salako – 1988
• David Stevens – 1989
• Simon Osborn – 1990
• Dean Gordon – 1991
• Mark Hawthorne – 1992
• George Ndah – 1993
• Brian Launders – 1994
• No award from 1995–2001
• Julian Gray – 2002
• Wayne Routledge – 2003
• Wayne Routledge – 2004
• Tom Soares – 2005
• Ben Watson – 2006
• Gary Borrowdale – 2007
• Sean Scannell – 2008
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2009
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2010
• Wilfried Zaha – 2011
• Wilfried Zaha – 2012
• Jon Williams – 2013
• Joel Ward – 2014
• No award from 2015-2021
• Tyrick Mitchell - 2022
• Michael Olise - 2023
• No award in 2024

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Crystal Palace:

• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1978 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1979 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – First Division 1980 (First Tier)
• Mark Bright – Second Division 1988 (Second Tier)
• Ian Wright – Second Division 1989 (Second Tier)
• Nigel Martyn – First Division 1994 (Second Tier)
• Dean Gordon – First Division 1996 (Second Tier)
• Dougie Freedman – First Division 2002 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – First Division 2004 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – Premier League 2005 (First Tier)
• Nathaniel Clyne – Championship 2012 (Second Tier)
• Glenn Murray – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Wilfried Zaha – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Yannick Bolasie – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)

External links

• List of Palace Player Appearances – official site
• List of Palace Golascorers – official site