List of Derby County F.C. players explained

Derby County Football Club was founded in 1884, first entered the FA Cup in the same year, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888. The club's first team have been English champions twice, and have the FA Cup once. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Derby career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches.

List of players

Key

• Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname.
• Appearances as a substitute are included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the match played 1 December 2024.

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender	MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward	U
CB	Centre back	FB	Fullback	LB	Left back	RB	Right back	SW	Sweeper
HB	Half back	LH	Left half	WH	Right half	WH	Wing half	IF	Inside forward
AM	Attacking midfielder	CM	Central midfielder	DM	Defensive midfielder	LM	Left midfielder	RM	Right midfielder
IR	Inside right	LW	Left winger	IL	Inside left	RW	Right winger	W	Winger

Table

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 included.

List of Derby County F.C. players with 100 or more appearances

Player	Nationality	Pos	Club career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
									MF	1887–1894	129	4
		FW	1889–1899	238	85
		HB	1889–1903	423	52
		IL	1890–1896	126	50
		RH	1891–1899	238	7
		RB	1891–1906		511	0	Manager 1906–1922
		GK	1981–1987	180	0
		DF	1891–1901	141	0
		FW	1892–1906 1910–1914	525	332	Record Derby goalscorer
		FB	1892–1900	178	0
		OL	1895–1901	168	22
		FW	1896–1904	140	27
		GK	1897–1903	199	0
		WH	1898–1904	200	17
		WH	1898–1905	139	1
		HB	1899–1908	269	33
		DF	1900–1910	311	2
		OL	1899–1909	155	29
		WH	1901–1914	309	37
		GK	1902–1909	222	0
		CB	1903–1911	269	14
		W	1904–1910	153	13
		FB	1905–1912	143	0
		DF	1906–1920	240	6
		FW	1906–1911	168	112
		FB	1907–1922	325	3
		GK	1907–1915	192	3
		WH	1908–1921	294	3
		IL	1908–1914	167	78
		FW	1909–1912	135	72
		GK	1910–1924	145	0
		W	1910–1914	169	11
		FW	1911–1920	150	73
		IF	1913–1926	218	82
		OR	1919–1927	295	26
		CB	1919–1929	189	9
		RB	1919–1925	183	0
		HB	1920–1927	117	1
		IL	1921–1928	274	63
		GK	1921–1927	240	0
		RH	1921–1931	369	9
		W	1921–1928	235	49
		WH	1921–1927	156	3
		FB	1922–1927	211	0
		HB	1922–1928	195	4
		FW	1923–1929	200	86
		FW	1925–1930	218	153
		FB	1925–1933	109	0
		RB	1926–1934	266	1
		MF	1926–1932	155	31
		LB	1927–1936	334	0
		FW	1927–1946	445	111
		GK	1927–1933	220	0
		IF	1927–1931	120	56
		FW	1928–1936	220	183
		IL	1928–1937	255	60
		CB	1928–1939	353	2	Manager 1953–1955
		MF	1928–1947	383	16	FA Cup Winner 1946 Player-Manager 1942–1944
		GK	1929–1938	191	0
		LH	1930–1938	237	5
		LW	1932–1946	289	69	FA Cup Winner 1946
		WH	1932–1939	120	0
		DF	1936–1950	244	2
		RW	1937–1951	260	5	Manager 1962–1967
		FW	1939–1953	262	126	FA Cup Winner 1946
		CB	1945–1950	158	1	FA Cup Winner 1946
		FB	1945–1953	134	0	FA Cup Winner 1946
		RW	1945–1955	281	59	FA Cup Winner 1946
		WH	1945–1954	280	0	FA Cup Winner 1946
		FW	1946–1949	119	45
		RB	1946–1955	321	2
		IL	1947–1950	124	35
		IF	1948–1961	406	64
		GK	1948–1958	178	0
		IF	1949–1952	140	47
		IF	1948–1966	517	110
		LW	1949–1954	131	56
		DF	1949–1958	193	1
		WH	1949–1960	281	21
		GK	1951–1954	120	0
		FB	1951–1966	503	39
		CB	1953–1962	213	5
		CB	1954–1966	289	5
		CB	1954–1961 1965–1966	272	18
		WH	1955–1958	139	31
		CB	1957–1964	156	3
		GK	1957–1963	162	0
		U	1958–1963	128	22
		RB	1959–1962	107	1
		IF	1959–1967	158	43
		FW	1960–1965	164	76
		WH	1960–1964	116	57
		FB	1960–1968	131	6
		GK	1961–1968	246	0
		CB	1961–1967	115	5
		DF	1961–1978	535	7	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1973–74
		LB	1962–1965	129	0
		RB	1962–1971	133	5
		RW	1963–1968	201	24
		IF	1963–1973	403	112	League Champion 1971–72
		FW	1964–1967	113	49
		DF	1964–1968	108	1
		GK	1964–1978	344	0	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75
		CB	1965–1979	246	8	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1974–75
		CB	1967–1981 1983	530	48	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1968–69 Caretaker Manager 1984 Manager 1993–1995
		DF	1967–1972	211	5	League Champion 1971–72
		GK	1968–1971	129	0
		CB	1968–1971	145	7	Player of the Year 1970–71 Manager 1973–1976
		MF	1968–1974	237	20	League Champion 1971–72
		FW	1966–1978 1980–1982	589	201	Record Derby appearances League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1972–73
		FW	1967–1974	308	81	League Champion 1971–72 Player of the Year 1969–70
		LW	1967–1975	316	83	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75
		MF	1968–1970		108	16
		CB	1971–1978	371	10	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1971–72 Manager 2001–2002
		U	1971–1985	420	11	League Champion 1971–72, 1974–75 Player of the Year 1978–79
		FW	1971–1976 1979–1980	166	44	League Champion 1974–75
		DF	1972–1979	237	14	League Champion 1974–75
		MF	1973–1977	156	6	League Champion 1974–75
		DF	1973–1977	118	2	League Champion 1975–76
		MF	1974–1976 1977–1979	184	54	League Champion 1974–75
		FW	1975–1978 1982	147	56	Player of the Year 1975–76
		RB	1977–1980	155	1	Player of the Year 1977–78
		MF	1977–1980	122	34
		DF	1978–1986	266	25	Player of the Year 1979–80, 1981–82
		LW	1978–1983	138	13
		FW	1980–1983	125	32
		FW	1980–1985	141	19
		DF	1982–1990	200	1
		FW	1982–1987 1991	249	106	Player of the Year 1984–85
		CB	1984–1990	196	10
		MF	1985–1993	288	43
		CM	1985–1988	148	5	Player of the Year 1985–86
		MF	1985–1992	332	10	Player of the Year 1986–87
		MF	1985–1988	125	23	Manager 2002–2003
		FW	1985–1992	152	31
		DF	1986–1995	406	10	Player of the Year 1987–88
		FB	1986–1992	175	4
		RW	1986–1989 1990	100	13
		LW	1988–1993	153	14	Player of the Year 1991–92
		GK	1987–1992	211	0
		CB	1987–1991	171	10	Player of the Year 1988–89, 1989–90
		MF	1988–1991	106	14
		FW	1988–1991	131	57	Player of the Year 1990–1991
		CB	1989–1995	195	10
		GK	1989–1997	120	0	Player of the Year 1993–94
		DF	1990–1996	127	1
		FW	1991–2001	214	59
		FW	1992–1997	227	68	Player of the Year 1992–93
		W	1992–1997	202	57
		FW	1992–1994	131	49
		FW	1992–1995	129	41
		MF	1992–1995	140	37
		CB	1992–1997	122	0	Interim Manager 2016
		CB	1992–1995	143	13	Player of the Year 1994–95
		CM	1994–1999	166	5
		GK	1995–2000	138	0
		MF	1995–2002	227	11
		RB	1995–1998	120	4	Manager 2017–2018
		LB	1996–1998	101	2	Player of the Year 1996–97 Caretaker Manager 2016
		RB	1996–2000	153	3	Player of the Year 1998–99
		GK	1997–2003	166	0	Player of the Year 1999–2000
		MF	1997–2001	108	10
		FW	1997–2002	143	31
		MF	1998–2001	113	13
		CB	1998–2002	102	9
		FW	1998–2002	129	35
		LB	1999–2007	126	2
		MF	1999–2001 2005–2007	147	6
		FW	1999–2004	100	18
		MF	1999–2003	100	8	Player of the Year 2002–03
		DF	1999–2003 2011	100	7	Player of the Year 2000–01
		RB	1999–2007	127	0
		MF	2000–2007	181	11
		GK	2000–2007 2013–2017	186	0
		MF	2002–2005 2017–2020	185	3
		CB	2003–2008	150	5
		FW	2004–2007	103	24
		MF	2004–2007	112	10
		GK	2006–2011	168	0
		DF	2006–2012	126	1
		MF	2007–2012	126	4
		RW	2007–2010	104	5
		LB	2007–2010	101	6
		MF	2008–2011	137	7
		MF	2008–2012	143	13
		CB	2009–2015	105	6		Player of the Year 2009–10
		CB	2009–2016	159	13
			RB	2010–2013	117	3		Player of the Year 2010–11
		LB	2010–2013	104	1
		MF	2010–2016	214	26
		LW	2011–2015	149	34
			MF	2011–2019	276	42		Player of the Year 2011–12, 2013–14
			DF	2011–2012 2015–2018	111	3
			MF	2011–2017	187	12		Player of the Year 2014–15
		CB	2012–2019	355	12		Player of the Year 2012–13
			LB	2013–	358	11
		FW	2013–2020	225	76
		FW	2013–2018	162	28
		RB	2013–2014 2017–2021	145	2
		RB	2014–2017	117	2
		LW	2015–2017	114	38
		GK	2015–2021	171	0	Player of the Year 2015–16
		CB	2017–2023	175	9	Player of the Year 2021–22
		FW	2017–2022	185	37
		DM	2017–2024	200	10
		FW	2018–2021 2023–2024	150	37
		CM	2019–2023	166	14
		MF	2019–2024	173	20
		CB	2021–	139	5
		FW	2022–	112	31
		W	2022–	121	20

References

• • Book: Mortimer, Gerald . 2006 . Derby County: The Complete Record . nreedonbook . 465–487 . 1859835171.
• Soccerbase
• Soccerway