List of Manchester City F.C. players explained

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–93 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame.^[1] Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually since 1967 by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club based on a ballot of the supporters.

Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 565 matches between 1959 and 1976.^[2] If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 680.^[3]

As of 1 August 2020, the player who has won the most international caps while playing at the club is David Silva with 87 for Spain.^[4] Prior to Silva achieving this distinction the record had previously been held by Joe Hart (63 caps) and Colin Bell, the latter of which held the record for over 40 years with 48 England appearances between 1968 and 1975.^[5] The current squad member with the most caps is Kevin De Bruyne, who has a total of 107 caps for Belgium, of which 74 have been awarded while a City player.^[6] Bernardo Silva currently has been awarded 83 caps playing for Portugal while at the club; the most of the current squad.

The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times for England in total is Frank Lampard, who was capped 106 times for England between October 1999 and June 2014, but he only played for City for one season in 2014–15 after he had retired from international duty. The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times totally internationally is Shay Given, who was capped for the Republic of Ireland 134 times from 1996 to 2016. He played for the club for two and a half seasons between 2009 and 2011.

Sergio Agüero holds the Manchester City goalscoring record across all competitions; is the club's highest league goalscorer; the Premier League's leading foreign goal scorer; and holds numerous other club records set between 2011 and 2021. As of May 2021, when he left the club, Agüero's record stood at 184 league goals scored and 260 overall.^{[7] [8]}

Erling Haaland holds the club and Premier League records for league goals, and club record for total goals in a single season, with 36 league goals, 52 overall in 2022–23. This single season tally also means Haaland additionally currently holds the record for most goals scored per game played in a season, his 52 goals in 53 appearances yielding a goal scoring rate of 0.97 goals per game. Haaland is also the first City player to win five prestigious individual football awards in a season and the first to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award.__TOC__

Sourcing, currency and key for the statistics

The following information applies to both of the tables listed in the next section of this article:

Order

• Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club.

Legend

• Players listed in bold are inductees of one or more of the following: the Manchester City Hall of Fame,^[9] the National Football Museum Hall of Fame, the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame, or the Premier League Hall of Fame.
• Players listed in italics are winners of the Player of the Year award (and the number of times they have each received this award is shown in the "PotY" column).

Nationality

• Normally the player's country of birth or later adopted nationality. In the case of a country such as Germany that has been unified it will indicate whichever of the prior nations, West or East, determined how that player was capped at international level during his playing career despite his nationality now being simply German.

Club career

• Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below, regardless of how long the player was contracted to the club. For players who had two or more spells at the club, the years for each period are listed separately.

Positions tactical evolution

Pre-1970s		1970s onwards
GK	Goalkeeper
DF	Full back	DF	Full back or Wing back
MF	Centre half	DF	Centre back
MF	Half back	MF	Holding midfielder
FW	Outside forward (a.k.a. Winger)	DF MF	Wing back or Attacking midfielder
FW	Inside forward	MF FW	Attacking midfielder / Second striker
FW	Centre forward	FW	Centre forward / Striker / False #9

Position

• Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the more defensive emphasis in the responsibilities of many of the old forward and midfield positions, and their corresponding name changes, reflects the tactical evolution that occurred in the sport from the late 1960s onwards. The position listed is that in which the player played most frequently for the club.

The following information applies only to the table of "Historic players" listed in the next section:

Appearances and Goals

• Appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, UEFA European Cup, UEFA Cup, FA Charity Shield, Associate Members' Cup/Football League Trophy, and several now-defunct competitions — namely the European Cup Winners' Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, Anglo-Italian League Cup, Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup and Full Members' Cup.
• Substitute appearances in any of the above included fixtures, and any goals scored as a substitute, are also included.
• Appearances or goals scored in testimonial matches, exhibition games, or in any abandoned fixtures, are excluded.
• Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season (abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, and the records for which were expunged from official records), and any other matches played in wartime competitions, are excluded.

Statistics sourcing

• All of the Player of the Year data in the table is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12.
• All dates and numbers in the table are sourced from a hardcover book published in 2006 according to the inclusion / exclusion rules stated above. The individual table entries of a number of these players have subsequently been sourced from the web wherever possible.
• In the case of players whose football careers at Manchester City spanned either of the two world wars, the choice of which appearances, during and either side of the wartime period, are included in the "official" tally of games played may cause discrepancies with other possible sources of similar data for those particular players. Likewise, how competitions such as the Charity Shield, Anglo-Scottish Cup and the Texaco Cup are handled by other sources will also create discrepancies with the numbers included in the table below.

Currency

• The statistics are correct as of the beginning of 2004.

The following information applies only to the table of "Contemporary players" listed in the next section:

Appearances and goals

• Appearances and goals are broken out into four column pairs, with the rightmost column pair depicting the respective totals of the appearances and goals shown in the three leftmost column pairs.
• The appearances and goals listed under the "League" column pair heading comprise those in the top two tiers of the Football League (including any Football League play-off games) and the Premier League.
• The appearances and goals listed under the "Cups" column pair heading comprise only those in the FA Cup and Football League Cup.
• The appearances and goals listed under the "Other" column pair heading comprise those in the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League/UEFA Cup, the FA Community Shield, and the Football League Trophy.
• Substitute appearances in any of the above included fixtures, and any goals scored as a substitute, are also included.
• Appearances or goals scored in testimonial matches, exhibition games, or in any abandoned fixtures, are excluded.

Statistics sourcing

• Most of the Player of the Year data in the following table (and elsewhere in this article) is sourced from the history pages of the Happy to be Blue! web site, which lists all award winners up to, and including, season 2011–12. Winners of the PotY award since 2012 are individually cited from elsewhere on the web.
• Most of the dates and numbers in the table are sourced from the Soccerbase online database as indicated by the individual cited reference notes for each of the players. The remainder are sourced from Gary James' book.
• However, Soccerbase has a few issues. It seems to identify all player appearances and goals scored in Community Shield fixtures on an individual season basis, but does not necessarily include all those appearances in the total appearances tally of certain players. Regardless, the core match data on which those tallies are sometimes mis-totalled is quite sound and accessible in alternative ways, and thus can be used to (self-)correct the database's own tallying errors if properly footnoted.
• Goals later reassigned by the Premier League "Dubious Goals Committee" also tend to get overlooked by Soccerbase. Some goals that have never even come before the DGC have been misattributed to other players despite the rest of the football media correctly attributing them. Whatever the source of the discrepancy it can be addressed by footnote reference to alternative match reports for the games in question – which correctly attribute the dubious goal(s) – and by providing links to documentation of the pertinent DGC reassignment findings elsewhere on the web.

Currency

• The statistics are correct as of the last match of the 2022–23 season, which was played on 10 June 2023.

List of players

The list of Manchester City players with over 100 appearances, or winners of "Player of the Year" award, is presented below in two tables. The first table lists all the club's historic players, providing only the basic "appearances" and "goals" totals for each of them. The second table groups together the club's most recent players, providing a more detailed breakdown of their "appearances" and "goals" statistics (and with the current players highlighted in blue for easy reference).

Historic players

Player	Nat.	Position	Club career	Apps.	Goals	PotY	Refs.
Billy Meredith			1921–1924	393	151		^[10]
Charlie Williams			1894–1902	232	1
			1895–1903	163	7
Billy Holmes		Half back	1896–1904	166	4
Fred Williams			1896–1902	130	38
Billie Gillespie		Forward	1897–1905	231	132
William "Buxton" Smith		Half back	1897–1902	153	8
Di Jones			1898–1902	118	1
Sammy Frost		Half back	1901–1906	112	4
Tommy Hynds			1901–1906	171	9
		Winger	1902–1912	107	19		^[11]
Jack Hillman		Goalkeeper	1902–1906	124	0
Johnny McMahon		Centre half	1902–1906	109	1
		Forward	1902–1906	119	60		^[12]
Billy Lot Jones		Forward	1903–1915	301	74
Irvine Thornley		Forward	1904–1912	204	93
James Buchan		Half back	1905–1911	164	10
		Half back	1905–1912	211	65
		Winger	1906–1911	102	13
		Winger	1906–1911	175	30		^[13]
		Full back	1906–1913	151	3
		Half back	1906–1913	204	6
Bertram Jackson		Full back	1907–1911	101	0
		Half back	1908–1915	103	2		^[14]
		Half back	1908–1914	183	38
		Forward	1909–1919	127	59		^[15]
		Winger	1910–1920	138	17		^[16]
		Full back	1911–1925	326	2
		Goalkeeper	1911–1926	217	0
		Full back	1911–1919	157	1		^[17]
		Forward	1912–1921	101	28
		Forward	1913–1926	247	139		^[18]
		Forward	1914–1924	235	125		^[19]
		Full back	1919–1927	306	1
Tommy Johnson		Forward	1920–1930	354	166		^[20]
Billy "Spud" Murphy		Winger	1919–1926	220	31
Micky Hamill		Half back	1920–1924	128	2
Sammy Sharp		Half back	1920–1928	182	1
James Mitchell		Goalkeeper	1922–1926	109	0
Charlie Pringle		Half back	1922–1928	216	1
Frank Roberts		Forward	1922–1929	237	130
Billy Austin		Forward	1924–1931	172	47
Sam Cowan		Centre half	1924–1935	407	24
George Hicks		Winger	1924–1928	135	48
Phillip McCloy		Full back	1925–1929	157	0
Jimmy McMullan		Half back	1925–1933	242	12
		Half back / Forward	1925–1933	172	15
Eric Brook		Winger	1928–1939	493	178		^[21]
		Forward / Centre half	1928–1938	356	80		^[22]
		Full back	1927–1933	184	0
Fred Tilson		Forward	1928–1938	275	132		^[23]
Matt Busby		Half back	1928–1936	227	14
Ernie Toseland		Winger	1929–1939	411	75		^[24]
Jackie Bray		Half back	1929–1940	279	10
Len Langford		Goalkeeper	1930–1933	125	0
Bill Dale		Full back	1931–1938	271	0
		Forward	1933–1948	288	125		^[25]
Sam Barkas		Full back	1933–1947	196	1
Jack Percival		Half back	1933–1946	174	8
Frank Swift		Goalkeeper	1933–1949	375	0		^[26]
Peter Doherty		Forward	1936–1939	131^[27]	80^[28]		^[29]
		Half back	1937–1951	144	1
		Full back	1937–1953	260	5
Les McDowall		Half back	1938–1948	126	8
		Full back	1938–1949	131	5
	/	Half back	1938–1950	118	1
George Smith		Forward	1939–1951	179	80
Andy Black		Forward	1946–1950	146	52
Johnny Hart		Forward	1946–1961	178	73		^[30]
Roy Clarke		Winger	1947–1958	370	79		^[31]
		Full back	1948–1961	208	3
Jeff Street		Central Defender	1963–1975	123	6
Roy Little		Full back	1949–1958	187	2
Bert Trautmann		Goalkeeper	1949–1964	545	0		^[32]
Ken Barnes		Half back	1952–1961	282	19		^[33]
Roy Paul		Half back	1950–1957	294	9
		Half back	1950–1956	172	33
		Full back / Winger	1951–1955	141	31
Don Revie		Forward	1951–1956	178	41		^[34]
		Centre half	1953–1962	303	1		^[35]
Paddy Fagan		Winger	1953–1960	165	35
		Forward	1953–1965	364	152		^[36]
Bill Leivers		Full back	1953–1964	282	4
Billy McAdams		Forward	1953–1960	134	65
Bobby Johnstone		Forward	1955–1959	139	51		^[37]
Cliff Sear		Full back	1956–1967	279	1
Colin Barlow		Winger	1957–1963	189	80
Roy Cheetham		Winger	1957–1967	143	4
George Hannah		Forward	1958–1963	131	16
Alan Oakes			1959–1976	682	34	1	^[38]
Barrie Betts			1960–1964	117	6
		Winger	1960–1964	161	8		^[39]
Harry Dowd		Goalkeeper	1961–1970	219	1
Bobby Kennedy		Defender / Midfielder	1961–1969	254	9
Glyn Pardoe		Full back / Forward	1962–1975	380	22	ref name="Crossan"/>	1	^[40]
Neil Young		Forward	1961–1971	416	111		^[41]
		Winger	1962–1972 1974–1975	168	10
Matt Gray		Forward	1963–1967	101	23
Mike Doyle		Defender	1965–1978	570	41	2	^[42]
		Forward	1965–1967	110	28	ref name="Crossan">Sources differ over the scorer of an FA Cup goal against Blackpool in 1966. James and the MCFCstats website credit it to Johnny Crossan, Baskcomb credits it to Glyn Pardoe. The figures in this table assign the goal to Crossan.
George Heslop		Centre half	1965–1972	203	3
Mike Summerbee		Winger	1965–1975	452	68	2	^[43]
Tony Book		Full back	1966–1973	315	5	1	^[44]
Colin Bell		Midfielder	1966–1979	501	153	1
		Centre half	1968–1981	491^[45]	36	ref name="Royle"/>		^[46]
		Winger	1967–1969	104	16		^[47]
Joe Corrigan		Goalkeeper	1967–1983	603	0	3	^[48]
Francis Lee		Forward	1967–1974	330	148	1	^[49]
		Full back	1970–1980	436	2		^[50]
Tony Towers		Midfielder	1969–1974	165	12
		Forward	1972–1975	152	47		^[51]
Kenny Clements		Defender	1971–1979 1985–1988	282	2	1
		Winger	1974–1979 1987	161	22		^[52]
Asa Hartford		Midfielder	1974–1979 1981–1984	321	36	1	^[53]
		Forward	1974–1977	124	32	ref name="Royle">Sources differ over the scorer of a goal in an Anglo-Scottish Cup tie against Sheffield United played at Maine Road on 9 August 1975. James in his book (p. 515) credits it to Tommy Booth, but the Bluemoon website credits it to Joe Royle. The figures in this table assign the goal to Royle.
		Forward	1974–1978 1980–1983	275	109		^[54]
Dave Watson		Centre back	1975–1979	188	6	1	^[55]
Paul Power		Defender / Midfielder	1975–1986	444^[56]	36	2	^[57]
Gary Owen		Midfielder	1976–1979	124	23
Brian Kidd		Forward	1977–1979	128	57
		Defender	1978–1984 1993	235	1
		Defender	1978–1982 1982–1986	262	2
Tommy Caton		Defender	1979–1983	198	8	1
Bobby McDonald		Defender	1980–1983	112	16
Kevin Reeves		Forward	1980–1983	158	39
Kevin Bond		Defender	1981–1984	124	12	1
Steve Kinsey		Forward	1981–1986	115	18
Alex Williams		Goalkeeper	1981–1985	125	0
Clive Wilson		Defender	1981–1987	126	11
Graham Baker		Midfielder	1982–1987	138	21
Andy May		Midfielder	1982–1987	174	8
Paul Simpson		Forward	1982–1988	155	24
Mick McCarthy		Defender	1983–1987	163	3	1
Neil McNab		Midfielder	1983–1990	266	19	2
Ian Brightwell		Defender / Midfielder	1986–1998	382	19
Steve Redmond		Defender	1986–1992	287	7	1
David White		Forward	1986–1994	341	96
Paul Lake		Midfielder	1987–1992	134	11		^[58]
Andy Hinchcliffe		Defender	1987–1990	139	11
Andy Dibble		Goalkeeper	1988–1997	141	0
		Midfielder	1989 1998–2001	117	7
Colin Hendry		Defender	1989–1991	77	10	1
Peter Reid		Midfielder	1989–1993	114	2
Niall Quinn		Forward	1990–1996	243	78	1	^[59]
Tony Coton		Goalkeeper	1990–1995	194	0	2
Andy Hill		Defender	1990–1995	113	6
Keith Curle		Defender	1991–1996	204	13
Michel Vonk		Defender	1991–1995	103	6
Mike Sheron		Forward	1991–1994	119	28
Garry Flitcroft		Midfielder	1992–1996	141	15	1
Terry Phelan		Defender	1992–1995	122	2
Steve Lomas		Midfielder	1993–1997	137	11
Richard Edghill		Defender	1993–2001	210	1
Uwe Rösler		Forward	1994–1998	176^[60]	64	1	^[61]
Nicky Summerbee		Defender / Midfielder	1994–1997	156	10
Giorgi Kinkladze		Midfielder	1995–1998	121	22	2	^[62]
Kit Symons		Defender	1995–1998	139	4
Michael Brown		Midfielder	1995–2000	110	4	1
Jeff Whitley		Midfielder	1996–2001	141	8
Kevin Horlock		Midfielder	1996–2003	232	42

Contemporary players

Player	Nat.	Club career	Position	League		Cups		Other		Total		PotY	Refs.
				A	G	A	G	A	G	Apps.	data-sort-type="number"			Goals
		2006–2008	Forward	175	35	25	6			200	41
Gerard Wiekens		1997–2003	Defender	185	10	27	0	1	0	213	10	1	^[63]
		1998–2007	Goalkeeper	175	0	31	0	1	0	207	0		^[64]
Shaun Goater		1998–2003	Forward	187	85	25	18			212	103	1	^[65]
Danny Tiatto		1998–2004	Defender	139	3	14	1	5	0	158^[66]	4	1	^[67]
Shaun Wright-Phillips		1999–2005 2008–2011	Midfielder	217	35	34	7	24	5	275	47	1	^[68]
		2000–2003	Defender	94	11	9	0			103	11		^[69]
Richard Dunne		2000–2009	Defender	296	8	38	0	18	0	352	8^[70]	4	^[71]
Ali Benarbia		2001–2003	Midfielder	71	11	7	0			78	11	1	^[72]
Sun Jihai		2002–2008	Defender	130	3	16	0	5	1	151	4		^[73]
		2002–2005	Forward	89	37	9	4	5	4	103	45^[74]		^[75]
Sylvain Distin		2002–2007	Defender	178	5	23	1	5	0	206	6	1	^[76]
		2003–2007	Midfielder	130	15	18	2	5	0	153	17		^[77]
		2003–2006	Midfielder	92	11	14	3	1	1	107	15		^[78]
		2004–2006	Goalkeeper	93	0	7	0			100	0		^[79]
		2004–2012	Defender	95	3	14	1	7	1	116	5		^[80]
		2005–2009	Forward	103	17	15	4	6	1	124	22		^[81]
Stephen Ireland		2005–2010	Midfielder	138	16	24	4	14	3	176	23	1	^[82]
		2005–2014	Defender	179	7	33	3	33	0	245	10^[83]		^[84]
		2006–2017	Goalkeeper	266	0	19	0	63	0	348	0		^[85]
Vincent Kompany		2008–2019	Defender	265	18	36	1	59	1	360	20	1	^[86]
Pablo Zabaleta		2008–2017	Defender	230	9	48	2	55	1	284	10	1	^[87]
		2009–2012	Midfielder	104	1	17	1	16	0	137	2		^[88]
		2009–2013	Defender	82	2	12	1	8	0	102	3		^[89]
		2009–2013	Midfielder	132	6	24	2	19	0	175	8		^[90]
Carlos Tevez		2009–2013	Forward	113	58	21	14	14	1	148	73^[91]	1	^[92]
		2009–2014	Defender	107	7	32	1	21	1	160	9		^[93]
David Silva		2010–2020	Midfielder	309	60	53	6	74	11	436	77	1	^[94]
Yaya Touré		2010–2018	Midfielder	230	62	34	11	52	9	316 <	--Editors updating the following goals tally from Soccerbase should add 3 to the Soccerbase number - see attached ref note.-->	82^[95]	1	^[96]
		2010–2017	Defender	165	11	36	6	46	4	247	21		^[97]
		2010–2015	Midfielder	147	13	26	3	30	2	203^[98]	18		^[99]
		2011–2015	Forward	130	50	25	15	34	7	189^[100]	72		^[101]
		2011–2017	Defender	138	2	26	1	39	0	203	3		^[102]
Sergio Agüero		2011–2021	Forward	275	184	44	31	71	45	390	260	2	^[103]
		2011–2017	Midfielder	129	18	15	5	32	4	176	27		^[104]
		2013–2017	Midfielder	123	4	28	4	32	0	182	8		^[105]
		2013–2022	Midfielder	264	20	42	3	77	3	383	26		^[106]
		2013–2016	Defender	78	3	13	0	15	1	106	4		^[107]
		2014–2017	Midfielder	64	4	16	0	22	0	102	4		^[108]
		2015–2022	Forward	225	91	45	15	69	25	339	131		^[109]
		2015–2020	Defender	136	8	32	2	42	1	210	11		^[110]
Kevin De Bruyne		2015–	Midfielder	257	68	56	18	69	16	382	102	4	^[111]
		2016–	Defender	160	8	38	3	59	5	257	16		^[112]
		2016–2020	Forward	90	25	22	8	23	6	135	39		^[113]
		2016–2023 2024–	Midfielder	188	44	49	6	67	10	304	60		^[114]
Oleksandr Zinchenko		2016–2022	Defender	76	0	26	2	26	0	128	2		^[115]
Gabriel Jesus		2017–2022	Forward	159	58	37	17	40	20	236	95		^[116]
Ederson		2017–	Goalkeeper	250	0	10	0	72	0	332	0		^[117]
Bernardo Silva		2017–	Midfielder	233	39	56	13	76	15	355	67	1	^[118]
Kyle Walker		2017–	Defender	197	3	45	2	59	1	301	6		^[119]
Phil Foden		2017–	Midfielder	164	54	47	17	59	16	270	87	1	^[120]
Aymeric Laporte		2018–2023	Defender	121	8	26	2	33	2	180	12		^[121]
Riyad Mahrez		2018–2023	Forward	145	43	45	19	46	16	236	78		^[122]
		2019–	Midfielder	172	22	29	1	40	2	257	26		^[123]
João Cancelo		2019–2024	Defender	98	5	30	1	55	3	154	9		^[124]
Rúben Dias		2020–	Defender	117	3	17	0	44	1	178	4	1	^[125]
Nathan Aké		2020–	Defender	79	6	18	3	28	1	125	10		^[126]
Jack Grealish		2021–	Midfielder	74	11	17	2	34	1	125	14		^[127]
Julián Álvarez		2022–2024	Forward	67	20	14	5	22	11	103	36		^[128]
Erling Haaland		2022–	Forward	66	63	9	9	23	18	98	90	1	^[129]

Club captains

This is a list of City's official club captains, who are currently appointed via a vote of players and staff. Other players (vice-captains) have led the team on the pitch when the club captain is not playing or not available. Some players have been made captain on a one-off basis to celebrate or commemorate an event, e.g. Oleksandr Zinchenko captained the team in their 2021–22 FA Cup fifth round tie at Peterborough United in support of his country during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[130]

Years Pos. Captain 1904–1906 FW Billy Meredith 1906–1914 FW Lot Jones 1914–1919 No competitive football due to the First World War 1919–1923 DF Eli Fletcher 1923–1925 DF Max Woosnam 1926–1928 MF Charlie Pringle 1928–1932 MF Jimmy McMullan 1932–1935 DF Sam Cowan 1935–1936 MF Matt Busby 1937–1939 MF Les McDowall

Years Pos. Captain 1939–1946 No competitive football due to the Second World War 1946–1947 GK Frank Swift 1947–1950 DF Eric Westwood 1950–1957 DF Roy Paul 1957–1961 MF Ken Barnes 1961–1964 DF Bill Leivers 1965–1967 FW Johnny Crossan 1967–1974 DF Tony Book 1974–1975 MF Colin Bell 1975–1976 DF Mike Doyle

Years Pos. Captain 1976–1979 DF David Watson 1979–1986 DF/MF Paul Power 1986–1988 DF Kenny Clements 1988–1992 DF Steve Redmond 1992–1993 DF Terry Phelan 1993–1996 DF Keith Curle 1996–1998 DF Kit Symons 1998 MF Jamie Pollock 1998–2000 DF Andy Morrison 2000–2001 DF/MF Alfie Haaland

Years Pos. Captain 2001–2002 DF Stuart Pearce 2002–2003 MF Ali Benarbia 2003–2006 DF Sylvain Distin 2006–2009 DF Richard Dunne 2009–2010 DF Kolo Touré 2010–2011 FW Carlos Tevez 2011–2019 DF Vincent Kompany 2019–2020 MF David Silva 2020–2022 MF Fernandinho 2022–2023 MF İlkay Gündoğan

Most prolific goalscorers

The players who have scored the most goals in total during their entire club career can be determined by sorting on the appropriate column in either of the above tables. Below is an additional sortable list of the most prolific Manchester City strikers' acumen in front of goal based on their best individual seasons for the club. Current players are highlighted in blue.

Manchester City players who have scored 30 or more goals for the club in a single season

Player	Nat.	Season	No. of goals	No. of matches	Avg. goals per match	Total goals for club	Refs.
		1898–99	30	34	0.88	151	^[132]
		1902–03	30	33	0.91	132	^[133]
Tommy Browell		1920–21	31	43	0.72	139	^[134]
Frank Roberts		1924–25	32	39	0.82	130	^[135]
		1925–26	30	45	0.67		^[136]
Tommy Johnson		1928–29	38	39	0.97	166	^[137]
		1929–30	31	34	0.91	46	^[138]
		1931–32	32	45	0.71	51	^[139]
		1936–37	32	45	0.71	80	^[140]
		1962–63	32	49	0.65	32	^[141]
		1963–64	36	46	0.78	56	^[142]
Francis Lee		1971–72	35	46	0.76	148	^[143]
Shaun Goater		2001–02	32	46	0.70	103
Sergio Agüero		2011–12	30	48	0.63	260
		2014–15	32	42	0.76
		2016–17	33	45	0.73
		2017–18	30	39	0.77
		2018–19	32	46	0.70
Raheem Sterling		2019–20	31	52	0.60	131
		2022–23	52	53	0.98	90
		2023–24	38	43	0.88

Most England caps

The following is a list of the most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City. The list is initially presented in the chronological order of the dates each player made his debut for England at full international level but can be sorted based on the contents of the fourth column to display the players in order of most appearances for their country. The list includes all ten of the most capped players who played for England while also actively playing for the club (just sort the list instead based on the contents of the third column). Players who won all of their England caps playing for Manchester City are indicated in bold font. Internationals with no caps won while playing at Manchester City are indicated in italics. Players who are currently internationally active players are highlighted in blue.

Most capped England internationals to play for Manchester City (minimum 17 England caps)

Player		Caps while at club	data-sort-type="number"	Total caps *	Goals	data-sort-type="number"	Clean sheets	First capped	Last capped	England career span	Refs.
Eric Brook	FW	18	18	10	––				^[144]
Frank Swift	GK	19	19	0	9
Colin Bell	MF	48	48(3)	9	––				^[145]
Francis Lee	FW	27	27(0)	10	––				^[146]
	FW	1	46(2)	21	––				^[147]
Dave Watson	DF	30	65(2)	4	––				^[148]
	FW	10	52 (10)	12	––				^[149]
Peter Barnes	FW	14	22(4)	4	––				^[150]
Peter Beardsley	MF	0	59(13)	9	––				^[151]
Stuart Pearce	DF	0	78(4)	5	––				^[152]
David Seaman	GK	0	75(3)	0	40				^[153]
Steve McManaman	MF	0	37 (12)	3	––				^[154]
Robbie Fowler	FW	0	26 (15)	7	––				^[155]
David James	GK	13	53 (10)	0	21				^[156]
Frank Lampard	MF	0	106 (17)	29	––				^[157]
Gareth Barry	MF	24	53 (12)	2	––				^[158]
Danny Mills	DF	0	19 (8)	0	––				^[159]
Owen Hargreaves	MF	0	42 (25)	0	––				^[160]
	DF	4	36 (15)	1	––				^[161]
Darius Vassell	FW	0	22 (16)	6	––				^[162]
Shaun Wright-Phillips	MF	20	36 (21)	6	––				^[163]
Joleon Lescott	DF	21	28(6)	1	––				^[164]
Joe Hart	GK	64	75(5)	0	43				^[165]
James Milner	MF	42	61 (25)	1	––				^[166]
	DF	66	93(8)	1	––				^[167]
	MF	61	82(10)	20	––				^[168] ^[169]
	DF	73	83(9)	3	––				^[170]
	MF	14	20 (5)	0	––				^[171]
Phil Foden	MF	43	43(12)	4	––				^[172]
	MF	27	39(21)	4	––				^[173]
	MF	8	31(8)	1	––				^[174]

• Parenthetical number represents total substitute appearances included in larger total appearances tally for those players for whom substitution is applicable.

Player of the Year awards

Each season since the end of the 1966–67 season, the members of the Manchester City Official Supporters Club have voted by ballot to choose the player on the team they feel is the most worthy of recognition for his performances during that season. The following table lists all of the recipients of this award since its inception. All of these players are listed in italics font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.

Year Winner 1967 Tony Book 1968 Colin Bell 1969 Glyn Pardoe 1970 Francis Lee 1971 Mike Doyle 1972 Mike Summerbee 1973 Mike Summerbee 1974 Mike Doyle 1975 Alan Oakes 1976 Joe Corrigan

Year Winner 1977 David Watson 1978 Joe Corrigan 1979 Asa Hartford 1980 Joe Corrigan 1981 Paul Power 1982 Tommy Caton 1983 Kevin Bond 1984 Mick McCarthy 1985 Paul Power 1986 Kenny Clements

Year Winner 1987 Neil McNab 1988 Steve Redmond 1989 Neil McNab 1990 Colin Hendry 1991 Niall Quinn 1992 Tony Coton 1993 Garry Flitcroft 1994 Tony Coton 1995 Uwe Rösler 1996 Giorgi Kinkladze

Year Winner 1997 Giorgi Kinkladze 1998 Michael Brown 1999 Gerard Wiekens 2000 Shaun Goater 2001 Danny Tiatto 2002 Ali Benarbia 2003 Sylvain Distin 2004 Shaun Wright-Phillips 2005 Richard Dunne 2006 Richard Dunne

Year Winner 2007 Richard Dunne 2008 Richard Dunne 2009 Stephen Ireland 2010 Carlos Tevez 2011 Vincent Kompany 2012 Sergio Agüero 2013 Pablo Zabaleta^[175] 2014 Yaya Touré^[176] 2015 Sergio Agüero^[177] 2016 Kevin De Bruyne

Year Winner 2017 David Silva 2018 Kevin De Bruyne^[178] 2019 Bernardo Silva^[179] 2020 Kevin De Bruyne^[180] 2021 Rúben Dias^[181] 2022 Kevin De Bruyne^[182] 2023 Erling Haaland^[183] 2024 Phil Foden^[184]

Player of the month awards

The club have publicly awarded a Player of the Month award since the start of the 2007–08 season. Titled the Thomas Cook Player of the Month award until the end of the 2008–09 season it has been known as the Etihad Player of the Month award since then to the present day. Since 2010–11 it has been awarded by means of a public poll of registered "cityzen" users of the mancity.com website each month. Before that it was by a poll of members of the clubs official supporters club.

To date, the award has been made on 146 occasions to 55 individual players. The player awarded the most times is current current club vice-captain, Kevin De Bruyne. De Bruyne is also the only player to date to have been awarded it four times in a single season (2015–16). The player with the most consecutive awards is Bernardo Silva who won it three times between September and November 2021.

Players with the most awards

Current players at the club are highlighted in bold.

Player	No. of awards	Month of first award	Month of last award
Kevin De Bruyne	17	Sep. 15	Jan. 24
Sergio Agüero	12	Feb. 12	Jan. 20
David Silva	10	Oct. 10	Mar. 18
Riyad Mahrez	8	Oct. 18	Jan. 23
Erling Haaland	6	Aug. 22	Sep. 24
Raheem Sterling	5	Aug. 16	Oct. 19
Bernardo Silva	5	Dec. 18	Nov. 21
Vincent Kompany	5	Dec. 08	Feb. 16
Joe Hart	5	Feb. 08	Mar. 15
Edin Džeko	4	Jan. 11	Jan. 14
Carlos Tevez	4	Dec. 09	Mar. 13
Yaya Touré	4	Apr. 11	Dec. 16
James Milner	3	Nov. 11	Jan. 15
Samir Nasri	3	Mar. 12	Nov. 13
Pablo Zabaleta	3	Jan. 09	Jan. 13
Phil Foden	3	Dec. 23	Apr. 24
10 players	2	–
29 players	1	–

Former Manchester City players and managers inducted into Halls of Fame

A number of former Manchester City players and managers have been inducted into the club's own Hall of Fame (which was inaugurated in 2004) as well as the national football Halls of Fame of both Scotland (also inaugurated in 2004) and England / Wales (inaugurated in 2002). All of the honoured inductees in one of these three football halls of fame (listed below), who were former players at the club with more than one hundred appearances, are listed in bold font in the pair of tables presented in the main section of this article.

Manchester City Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Manchester City F.C. Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees in MCFC Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC	Notes
	Manchester City players who were the inaugural inductees in October 2004
2004^[185]	Billy Meredith		player		also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Tommy Johnson		player	1919–1930
	Eric Brook		player	1928–1939
	Frank Swift		player	1933–1949	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Peter Doherty	inside left	player	1936–1945	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Roy Clarke	left winger	player	1947–1958	Lifetime achievement award
		goalkeeper	player	1949–1964	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Roy Paul		player	1950–1957
	Mike Summerbee	centre forward & right winger	player	1965–1975	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Tony Book	right back	player manager interim mgr.	1966–1974 1974–1979 1973 1980 1989 1993
			player	1966–1979	also see NFM Hall of Fame
		forward	player chairman	1967–1974 1994–1998	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Joe Corrigan	goalkeeper	player	1967–1983
	Paul Lake		player	1987–1996
	Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	forward	player	1990–1996	also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Manchester City players and teams inducted since 2004
2005^[186]	Sam Cowan	centre half	player manager	1924–1935 1946–1947
	Ken Barnes		player	1950–1961	Lifetime achievement award
	Alan Oakes	midfielder	player	1958–1976
	Joe Mercer, OBE	left half	manager	1965–1971	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
	Malcolm Allison	centre half	assistant mgr. manager	1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980	Outstanding achievement award also see NFM Hall of Fame
2006^[187]	Ernie Toseland	right winger	player	1928–1938
	Johnny Hart	inside forward	player manager	1947–1960 1973	Lifetime achievement award
	Manchester City 1956 FA Cup-winning team	not applicable			en masse induction
	Mike Doyle		player	1965–1978
	Shaun Goater	forward	player	1998–2003	Cult hero award
2008^[188]	Fred Tilson	centre forward	player	1928–1939
	Neil Young	inside left & left winger	player	1961–1972
	Alex Williams, MBE	goalkeeper	player	1980–1986	Lifetime achievement award
2009^[189]	Uwe Rösler	forward	player	1994–1998

National Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the English Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the National Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the various categories:

Inductees in NFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Peter Doherty	inside left	player
	Denis Law, CBE	forward & midfielder	player	1960–1961 1973–1974
	Kevin Keegan, OBE	forward	manager	2001–2005
2003	Peter Schmeichel, MBE	goalkeeper	player	2002–2003
	Alan Ball, MBE	attacking midfielder	manager	1995–1996
2005	Bert Trautmann, OBE	goalkeeper	player	1949–1964
	Colin Bell, MBE	attacking midfielder	player	1966–1979
2007	Billy Meredith	right winger	player	1894–1906 1921–1924
	Peter Beardsley	midfielder	player	1998
		forward	manager	2008–2009
2009	Frank Swift	goalkeeper	player	1933–1949
2010	Francis Lee, CBE	forward	player	1967–1974
2013	Mike Summerbee	forward	player	1965–1975
2014	Trevor Francis	centre forward	player	1981–1982
			player EDS manager	2010–2011 2011–2015
2015	Stuart Pearce, MBE	left back	player coach manager	2001–2002 2002–2005 2005–2007
		defender	player	2002–2008
2016	David Seaman MBE	goalkeeper	player	2003–2004
2017	Frank Lampard OBE	attacking midfielder	player	2014–2015
2020	Justin Fashanu	centre forward	player	1989
2023	Vincent Kompany	centre half	player	2008–2019
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2002	Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG		player	1928–1936
2004	Don Revie, OBE	centre forward	player	1951–1956
2005		attacking midfielder	manager	1989–1990
2009	Joe Mercer, OBE	left half	manager	1965–1971
	Malcolm Allison	centre half	assistant mgr. manager	1965–1971 1971–1973 1979–1980
	Manchester City "Football Foundation Community Champions" inducted to date
2007	Niall Quinn, (Honorary) MBE	forward	player	1990–1996
	Manchester City teams inducted to date
2009	Manchester City 1967–70	not applicable

Premier League Hall of Fame

The following players have been inducted into the Premier League Hall of Fame, which is the hall of fame for association football players that have played in the Premier League. Inaugurated in 2020 but delayed a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hall of Fame is intended to recognise and honour players that have achieved great success and made a significant contribution to the league since its founding in 1992.

Inductees in Premier League Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2021	Frank Lampard, OBE	attacking midfielder	player	2014–2015
2022	Sergio Agüero	centre forward	player	2011–2021
		centre half	player	2008–2019
	Peter Schmeichel, MBE	goalkeeper	player	2002–2003
			player EDS manager	2010–2011 2011–2015
2024		centre forward	player	2005–2006

Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Scottish Football Hall of Fame (a.k.a. the Scottish Football Museum Hall of Fame) and are listed according to the year of their induction within the appropriate category:

Inductees in SFM Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Denis Law, CBE	forward	player	1973–1974
	Billy McNeill, MBE	defender	manager	1983–1986
2011	Bobby Johnstone	inside right	player	1955–1959
	Managers with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
2004	Sir Matt Busby, CBE, KCSG	inside right & right half	player	1928–1936

Welsh Sports Hall of Fame

The following former Manchester City players and managers are inductees in the Welsh Sports Hall of Fame and are listed according to the year of their induction:

Inductees in WS Hall of Fame
Year of induction	Player	Position	Role at MCFC	Years in role at MCFC
	Players with Manchester City backgrounds inducted to date
1990	Billy Meredith	right winger	player	1921–1924
1999		full back	player	1906
2003	Mark Hughes	forward	manager	2008–2009

See also

• List of Manchester City F.C. players with between 25 and 99 appearances
• List of Manchester City F.C. players with fewer than 25 appearances

List of players footnotes

Goals

List of players statistics references

Historic players table

Primary table reference

• Book: James, Gary . Manchester City – The Complete Record . Breedon . Derby . 2006 . 1-85983-512-0.

Individual player references

Contemporary players table

Other table references

Most prolific goalscorers

External links

• Web site: MCFC Alumni. 31 December 2006.
• Web site: MCFCstats. 31 December 2006.
• Web site: Tastyfootball. 10 July 2020.

Notes and References

1. The statistical data for the majority of the players who had played 100 or more matches for the club prior to the start of season 2003–04 is sourced from Manchester City – The Complete Record.
2. Web site: Man City in all time records . Soccerbase . 29 June 2015 . League appearances Alan Oakes: 565 1959/76.
3. Manchester City – The Complete Record, pp 155–167
4. Web site: David Silva. European Football. 4 June 2020.
5. Web site: St George's Day: Who are City's most-capped England internationals? . Manchester City Football Club . 23 April 2015 . 28 June 2015 . 2. Colin Bell (48 caps) If this list had been compiled as recently as last month, Colin Bell would have been top of the tree where he’s been for 40 years..
6. Web site: Kevin De Bruyne, international footballer. 2022-07-16. eu-football.info. en.
7. Web site: Detailed S. Agüero del Castillo player statistics. 2021-01-22. rowdie.co.uk.
8. Web site: Edwards. John. The stat ranking Sergio Aguero ahead of the Premier League's top goalscorers. 2021-01-22. www.mancity.com. en.
9. Web site: Past Players . Manchester City Football Club . 31 March 2011.
10. Web site: The List: City wingers . Manchester City F.C. . 13 June 2013 . 21 August 2015 . Billy Meredith 393 appearances 151 goals .
11. Web site: Frank Booth – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
12. Web site: Sandy Turnbull – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
13. Web site: Jimmy Conlin . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 . After 175 appearances and 30 goals he left for Birmingham City on 29 September 1911. .
14. Web site: Bill Bottomley – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 20 August 2015 .
15. Web site: George Wynn – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
16. Web site: Joe Dorsett – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
17. Web site: Billy Henry – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
18. Web site: Tommy Browell . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924051500/http://www.in.com/tommy-browell/biography-273959.html . dead . 24 September 2015 . in.com . 19 August 2015 . In total, he made 247 appearances for Manchester City, scoring 139 goals. .
19. Web site: Horace Barnes – Complete Career Statistical Record . Football and the First World War . Iain McMullen and the National Football Museum . 19 August 2015 .
20. Web site: City's top 50: No. 6 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 9 August 2013 . 6 July 2015 . (1920–30) (354 appearances, 166 goals) .
21. Web site: City's top 50: No. 4 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 13 August 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1928–39) (496 appearances, 178 goals) .
22. Web site: City's top 50: No. 38 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 19 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1928–38) (356 appearances, 80 goals) .
23. Web site: City's top 50: No. 19 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 16 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1928–38) (275 appearances, 132 goals) .
24. Web site: City's top 50: No. 28 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 4 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1929–39) (411 appearances, 75 goals) .
25. Web site: City's top 50: No. 42 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 13 June 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1933–48) (291 appearances, 125 goals) .
26. Web site: City's top 50: No. 9 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 2 August 2013 . 10 July 2015 . (1933–49) (378 appearances) .
27. Some well-respected statistics sources include in players' total appearances tallies the three rounds of league games played by Manchester City at the start of the 1939–40 season, before war was declared on 3 September and the football league was officially abandoned. Frank Swift, Eric Brook, Alec Herd and Peter Doherty all played in each of those matches, and when these three fixtures are included in their official appearances tallies they are three games larger than they should be. Because those matches have long been expunged from official league records and these games should similarly not be included in these players' official total games tallies. When these war time fixtures are properly accounted for Swift's total appearances for Manchester City become 375 (not 378), Brook's total appearances for the club become 493 (not 496), Herd's total appearances for the club become 288 (not 291), and Doherty's total appearances for the club become 131 (not 134).
28. Some well-respected statistics sources include in players' total goals tallies goals scored in the three rounds of league games played by Manchester City at the start of the 1939–40 season, before war was declared on 3 September and the football league was officially abandoned. Peter Doherty played in all of those matches and scored a goal in each of the first two games, and when these two goals are included in his official goals tally it is two goals larger than it should be. Because those matches have long been expunged from official league records and those goals should similarly not be included in his official total goals tally. When these war time fixtures are properly accounted for Doherty's total goals for Manchester City become 80 (not 82).
29. Web site: City's top 50: No. 7 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 6 August 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1936–39) (134 appearances, 82 goals) .
30. Web site: City greats: Johnny Hart . Manchester Evening News . James . Robson . 6 July 2014 . 5 August 2015 . ... he was limited to just 178 appearances in that time. His strike-rate of 73 goals ....
31. Web site: City's top 50: No. 26 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 5 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1947–58) (370 appearances, 79 goals) .
32. Web site: City's top 50: No. 2 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 15 August 2013 . 6 July 2015 . (1949–64) (545 appearances) .
33. Web site: City's top 50: No. 32 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 27 June 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1952–61) (282 appearances, 19 goals) .
34. Web site: City's top 50: No. 45 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 10 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1951–56) (178 appearances, 41 goals) .
35. Web site: City's top 50: No. 35 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 15 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (303 appearances, 1 goal) .
36. Web site: City's top 50: No. 17 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 19 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1953–65) (364 appearances, 152 goals) .
37. Web site: City's top 50: No. 43 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 12 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1955–59) (139 appearances, 51 goals) .
38. Web site: City's top 50: No. 3 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 15 August 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1959–76) (682 appearances, 34 goals) .
39. Web site: The List: City wingers . Manchester City F.C. . 13 June 2013 . 21 August 2015 . Dave Wagstaffe 161 appearances 8 goals .
40. Web site: City's top 50: No. 25 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 8 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1962–75) (380 appearances, 22 goals) .
41. Web site: City's top 50: No. 5 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 12 August 2013 . 16 July 2015 . (416 appearances, 111 goals) .
42. Web site: City's top 50: No. 11 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 30 July 2013 . 6 July 2015 . (1965–78) (570 appearances, 41 goals) .
43. Web site: City greats: Mike Summerbee . Manchester Evening News . James . Robson . 9 July 2014 . 5 August 2015 . in total he made 452 appearances for the club, scoring 68 goals .
44. Web site: City's top 50: No. 21 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 12 July 2013 . 11 July 2015 . (1966–73) (314 appearances, 5 goals) .
45. Tony Book's total appearances for the club are normally reported as 315 and Tommy Booth's total appearances for the club are normally reported as 491. These discrepancies relative to the M.E.N. sources being used to support the total appearances stats. of these two players are due to the UEFA European Cup Winners Cup tie away leg fixture played against Honved on 21 October 1970. The cited M.E.N. sources for both Book's and Booth's total appearances tallies align themselves with this team selection in which Book plays no part in the match, and his normal right back position is taken by Tommy Booth. However, at this particular time Tommy Booth was suffering from an injury that kept him out of first team action for around 3 months, so this data is believed to be erroneous. Likewise, the main book source for this table reports Book as being in the starting line-up for this game and Booth as taking no part in it. Consequently, this particular table entry has been editorially adjusted to be in alignment with the main book source.
46. Web site: City's top 50: No. 24 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 9 July 2013 . 9 July 2015 . (1968–81) (492 appearances, 36 goals) .
47. Web site: The List: City wingers . MCFC OWS . Manchester City F.C. . 13 June 2013 . 21 August 2015 . Tony Coleman 104 appearances 16 goals .
48. Web site: City's top 50: No. 13 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 25 July 2013 . 6 July 2015 . (1967–83) (603 appearances) .
49. Web site: City greats: Francis Lee . Manchester Evening News . James . Robson . 7 July 2014 . 5 August 2015 . he scored 148 goals in 330 appearances .
50. Web site: City's top 50: No. 39 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 18 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1970–80) (436 appearances, 2 goals) .
51. Web site: City's top 50: No. 44 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 11 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1972–75) (152 appearances, 47 goals) .
52. Web site: City's top 50: No. 41 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 14 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (161 appearances, 22 goals) .
53. Web site: City's top 50: No. 37 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 20 June 2013 . 11 July 2015 . (1974–79, 1981–84) (321 appearances, 36 goals) .
54. Web site: City's top 50: No. 15 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 23 July 2013 . 5 August 2015 . (275 appearances, 109 goals) .
55. Web site: City's top 50: No. 40 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 18 June 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (1975–79) (188 appearances, 6 goals) .
56. Sometimes this number is reported as 445. The discrepancy lies in the old First Division One league game played at home against Coventry City on 13 December 1975. The cited M.E.N. source for Power's total appearances tally aligns itself with this team selection in which Power plays no part in a match where no substitutes were used. The main book source for this table reports (p. 419) Power as being a substitute who replaced Tommy Booth.
57. Web site: City's top 50: No. 33 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 26 June 2013 . 10 July 2015 . (1975–86) (444 appearances, 36 goals) .
58. Web site: City's top 50: No. 20 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 15 July 2013 . 7 July 2015 . (134 appearances, 11 goals) .
59. Web site: City's top 50: No. 48 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 5 June 2013 . 15 July 2015 . (1990–96) (243 appearances, 78 goals) .
60. Sometimes this number is reported as 177. The discrepancy lies in the Second Round League Cup tie played away at Barnet on 20 September 1994. The cited M.E.N. source for Rösler's total appearances tally aligns itself with this team selection in which Rösler plays no part in this match. The main book source for this table reports Rösler as being in the starting line-up for this game instead of Foster (p. 457). In this version, Rösler (not Vonk) was substituted off to be replaced by Quinn, while Vonk was substituted off to be replaced by Foster who was not in the starting line-up.
61. Web site: City's top 50: No. 47 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 7 June 2013 . 11 July 2015 . (1994–98) (176 appearances, 64 goals) .
62. Web site: City's top 50: No. 27 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 4 July 2013 . 17 July 2015 . (1995–98) (121 appearances, 22 goals) .
63. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record
64. Web site: Nicholas Weaver . Soccerbase . 28 July 2015 .
65. Web site: Shaun Goater . Soccerbase . 28 July 2015 .
66. Sometimes this number is reported as 159. The discrepancy lies in the Football League Division One home game played against Fulham on 16 January 2000. The cited Soccerbase source for Tiatto's total appearances tally reports Tiatto as having played no substitute role in this game for which it reports no substitutes were utilised by Manchester City. The main book source used for many of the statistics depicted in this article aligns itself with this team sheet report in which Tiatto replaces Mark Kennedy in the only substitution done by the home team, giving him one additional appearance.
    Also note that the five "other appearances" by Tiatto consist of four appearances in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup competition and one appearance in the 1998–99 Football League Trophy (then known as the Auto Windscreens Shield for sponsorship purposes).
67. Web site: Danny Tiatto . Soccerbase . 28 July 2015 .
68. Web site: Shaun Wright-Phillips . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
69. Web site: Steve Howey . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
70. The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by Richard Dunne to another player: Charlton Athletic 2–2 Manchester City (2 April 2005) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Dunne as an own goal by defender Hermann Hreidarsson. This goal was also initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Hreidarsson, but it was later reassigned to Dunne by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
71. Web site: Richard Dunne . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
72. Web site: Ali Benarbia . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
73. Web site: Sun Jihai . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
74. The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by another player to Nicolas Anelka: Fulham 2–2 Manchester City, 20 September 2003 – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the 46th minute own goal scored by Fulham defender Zat Knight as a goal scored by Nicolas Anelka. This deflected goal was initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Anelka, but was later reassigned to be a Knight own goal by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
75. Web site: Nicolas Anelka . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
76. Web site: Sylvain Distin . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
77. Web site: Joey Barton . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
78. Web site: Antoine Sibierski . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
79. Web site: David James . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
80. Web site: Nedum Onuoha . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
81. Web site: Darius Vassell . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
82. Web site: Stephen Ireland . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
83. The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by Micah Richards to another player: Man City 4–2 Arsenal (12 September 2009) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Richards as an own goal by goalkeeper Manuel Almunia. This goal was also initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Almunia, but was later reassigned to Richards by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
84. Web site: Micah Richards . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
85. Web site: Joe Hart . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
86. Web site: Vincent Kompany . statcity . 4 August 2019 .
87. Web site: Pablo Zabaleta . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
88. Web site: Nigel de Jong . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
89. Web site: Kolo Toure . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
90. Web site: Gareth Barry . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
91. The following game recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credits a goal scored by another player to Carlos Tevez: Newcastle United 1–3 Manchester City (26 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the own goal scored by Newcastle defender Fabricio Coloccini as a second goal by Carlos Tevez. This goal was initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press to Tevez, but was reassigned almost five months later to be a Coloccini own goal by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at end of the 11v11 match report). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
92. Web site: Carlos Tevez . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
93. Web site: Joleon Lescott . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
94. Web site: David Silva . Statcity . 18 August 2020 .
95. The following games recorded by Soccerbase incorrectly credit goals scored by Yaya Touré to other players:
    (1) West Ham 1–3 Man City (11 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies one of the 2 goals scored by Touré as an own goal by goalkeeper Rob Green.
    (2) Man City 1–2 Everton (20 December 2010) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Touré as an own goal by defender Phil Jagielka.
    (3) Man City 4–0 Newcastle (30 March 2013) – Soccerbase mistakenly identifies the goal scored by Touré as an own goal by defender James Perch.
    All three of these goals were initially attributed by the majority of the sporting press as own goals scored by the above mentioned players, but in every case they were later reassigned to Touré by the PL 'Dubious Goals Committee' (see "Comments" at the end of each of the three 11v11 match reports). This total has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
96. Web site: Yaya Toure . Soccerbase . 5 August 2018 .
97. Web site: Aleksandar Kolarov . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
98. According to the 5 individual seasons (2010–2011 to 2014–2015) of Soccerbase records for James Milner, he has played in 20 UEFA Champions League matches (4, 2, 6, 8 for seasons 2011–2012 through 2014–2015 respectively); 7 Europa League matches (5 in 2010–2011 and 2 in 2011–2012); and 3 Community Shield finals (in 2011, 2012 and 2014). This yields a total of 30 (20+7+3) appearances that should be included in his total "Other appearances" tally. As of the closed season 2015 this total (Retrieved 27 July 2015) was erroneously showing as 28, 2 less than the same Soccerbase records indicate on an individual season basis, so it has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
99. Web site: James Milner . Soccerbase . 27 July 2015 .
100. According to the 5 individual seasons (2010–2011 to 2014–2015) of Soccerbase records for Edin Džeko, he has played in 24 UEFA Champions League matches (5, 6, 7, 6 for seasons 2011–2012 through 2014–2015 respectively); 7 Europa League matches (4 in 2010–2011 and 3 in 2011–2012); and 3 Community Shield finals (in 2011, 2012 and 2014). This yields a total of 34 (24+7+3) appearances that should be included in his total "Other appearances" tally. As of the closed season 2015 this total (Retrieved 27 July 2015) was erroneously showing as 32, 2 less than the same Soccerbase records indicate on an individual season basis, so it has been editorially adjusted for this article accordingly.
101. Web site: Edin Džeko . Soccerbase . 10 October 2015 .
102. Web site: Gaël Clichy . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
103. Web site: Sergio Aguero . Statcity . 2 May 2021 .
104. Web site: Samir Nasri . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
105. Web site: Jesús Navas . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
106. Web site: Fernandinho . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
107. Web site: Martin Demichelis . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
108. Web site: Fernando . Soccerbase . 23 July 2017 .
109. Web site: Raheem Sterling . StatCity . 13 October 2021 .
110. Web site: Nicolas Otamendi . Statcity . 18 August 2020 .
111. Web site: Kevin De Bruyne . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
112. Web site: John Stones . Statcity . 2 May 2021 .
113. Web site: Leroy Sane . Statcity . 18 August 2020 .
114. Web site: Ilkay Gundogan . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
115. Web site: Oleksandr Zinchenko . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
116. Web site: Gabriel Jesus . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
117. Web site: Ederson . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
118. Web site: Bernardo Silva . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
119. Web site: Kyle Walker . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
120. Web site: Phil Foden . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
121. Web site: Aymeric Laporte . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
122. Web site: Riyad Mahrez . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
123. Web site: Rodri . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
124. Web site: Cancelo Joao Cancelo . Statcity . 22 May 2022.
125. Web site: Ruben Dias . Statcity . 13 October 2021 .
126. Web site: Nathan Ake . Statcity . 25 May 2024 .
127. Web site: Jack Grealish . Statcity . 25 May 2024 .
128. Web site: Julian-Alvarez . Statcity . 25 May 2024 .
129. Web site: Erling Haaland . Statcity . 12 June 2023 .
130. News: Killen . Stephen . Flintham . Jack . Pep Guardiola explains why Oleksandr Zinchenko captained Man City in FA Cup vs Peterborough . 30 September 2023 . Manchester Evening News . 1 March 2022.
131. Web site: Leigh . Neil . 18 September 2023 . Walker 'honoured and privileged' to wear the City captain's armband . Manchester City F.C..
132. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 283.
133. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 291.
134. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 319.
135. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 327.
136. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 329.
137. Web site: City's top 50: No. 6 . Manchester Evening News . James . Scott . 9 August 2013 . 6 July 2015 . During the 1928–9 season the Lancashire-born striker scored an incredible 38 goals in 39 games .
138. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 337.
139. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 341.
140. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 351.
141. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 393.
142. Gary James, Manchester City – The Complete Record, p. 395.
143. Web site: Players Profile – Francis Lee . happyaxeman.co.uk . Happy to be Blue! . 2 July 2015 .
144. Web site: England Players Index – Eric Brook . England Football Online . 28 September 2014 . 10 July 2015.
145. Web site: England Players Index – Colin Bell . England Football Online . 17 July 2013 . 10 July 2015.
146. Web site: England Players Index – Francis Lee . England Football Online . 23 November 2012 . 10 July 2015.
147. Web site: Sporting Heroes – Mick Channon . George Herringshaw & sporting-heroes.net . 22 July 2015.
148. Web site: Sporting Heroes – Dave Watson . George Herringshaw & sporting-heroes.net . 22 July 2015.
149. Web site: Sporting Heroes – Trevor Francis . George Herringshaw & sporting-heroes.net . 22 July 2015.
150. Web site: England Players Index – Peter Barnes . England Football Online . 25 June 2013 . 22 July 2015.
151. Web site: England Players Index – Peter Beardsley . England Football Online . 25 June 2013 . 22 July 2015.
152. Web site: England Players Index – Stuart Pearce . England Football Online . 29 December 2013 . 22 July 2015.
153. Web site: England Goalkeepers – Most Capped . England Football Online . 15 June 2015 . 22 July 2015.
154. Web site: England Players Index – Steve McManaman . England Football Online . 17 February 2013 . 22 July 2015.
155. Web site: Sporting Heroes – Robbie Fowler . George Herringshaw & sporting-heroes.net . 22 July 2015.
156. Web site: England Goalkeepers – David James . England Football Online . 27 September 2012 . 22 July 2015.
157. Web site: England Players Index – Frank Lampard . England Football Online . 13 June 2015 . 22 July 2015.
158. Web site: England Players Index – Gareth Barry . England Football Online . 29 May 2015 . 10 July 2015.
159. Web site: England Players Index – Danny Mills . England Football Online . 29 May 2015 . 10 July 2015.
160. Web site: England Players Index – Owen Hargreaves . England Football Online . 17 May 2012 . 22 July 2015.
161. Web site: England Players Index – Wayne Bridge . England Football Online . 7 May 2015 . 22 July 2015.
162. Web site: England Players Index – Darius Vassell . England Football Online . 24 January 2009 . 22 July 2015.
163. Web site: England Players Index – Shaun Wright-Phillips . England Football Online . 30 May 2015 . 10 July 2015.
164. Web site: England Players Index – Joleon Lescott . England Football Online . 30 May 2015 . 23 October 2019.
165. Web site: England Goalkeepers – Joe Hart . England Football Online . 25 November 2015 . 23 October 2019.
166. Web site: England Players Index – James Milner . England Football Online . 10 October 2015 . 23 October 2019.
167. Web site: England Players Index – Kyle Walker . England Football Online . 23 October 2019 . 23 October 2019.
168. Web site: England Players Index – Raheem Sterling . England Football Online . 25 November 2015 . 31 March 2021.
169. Web site: Manchester City . EU-football.info . 2 May 2021.
170. Web site: England Players Index – John Stones . England Football Online . 23 October 2019 . 23 October 2019.
171. Web site: England Players Index – Fabian Delph . England Football Online . 10 October 2015 . 31 March 2021.
172. Web site: England Players Index – Phil Foden . England Football Online . 17 November 2021 . 17 November 2021.
173. Web site: England Players Index – Jack Grealish . England Football Online . 17 November 2021 . 17 November 2021.
174. Web site: England Players Index – Kalvin Phillips . England Football Online . 17 November 2021 . 17 November 2021.
175. News: Zabaleta is Etihad Player of the Year . Manchester City F.C. . 4 June 2012 . 31 July 2015 .
176. News: Yaya wins fourth successive CAF Player of the Year award . Manchester City F.C. . 8 January 2015 . 2 July 2015 . ... following yet another supreme year for City's Ivorian midfielder in which he also won the Club's Etihad Player of the Year award. .
177. News: Sergio Aguero claims Man City Player of the Year award . Manchester Evening News . Chris . Slater . 5 August 2015 . 5 August 2015.
178. Web site: Kevin De Bruyne wins Etihad Player of the Season award. Manchester City F.C.. 14 May 2018. 14 May 2018.
179. Web site: Bernardo voted Etihad Player of the Season. Manchester City F.C.. 20 May 2019. 6 August 2020.
180. News: De Bruyne wins Etihad Player of the Season award!. Manchester City F.C.. 6 August 2020. 6 August 2020.
181. News: Dias named Etihad Player of the Season . Manchester City F.C. . 24 May 2021 . 25 May 2021.
182. News: Clayton . David . 23 May 2022 . De Bruyne voted Manchester City's Etihad Player of the Season . 23 May 2022 . Manchester City F.C..
183. News: Clayton . David . 12 June 2023 . Haaland wins Etihad Player of the Season vote . 12 June 2023 . Manchester City F.C..
184. News: Munford . Jack . 26 May 2024 . Foden wins 2023/24 Etihad Player of the Season . 26 May 2024 . Manchester City F.C..
185. News: Starting line-up inducted into City Hall of Fame . Manchester Evening News . 10 August 2004 . 7 July 2015.
186. News: King Ken collects plaudits . Manchester Evening News . M.E.N. Media . 9 February 2005 . 30 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524145959/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/manchester_city/s/145/145636_king_ken_collects_plaudits.html . 24 May 2011.
187. News: City legends honoured . Manchester Evening News . M.E.N. Media . 22 February 2006 . 30 March 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121112175038/http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/sport/football/s/205/205320_city_legends_honoured.html . 12 November 2012.
188. Web site: Academy honoured at Hall of Fame . (Manchester City Football Club) . 6 March 2008 . 2 July 2015.
189. Web site: Uwe Rosler exclusive interview . Manchester City Football Club . 2 December 2009 . 2 July 2015.