Preston North End F.C. is a football club located in Preston, Lancashire. The team currently plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.
Preston were the first English league champions and won the FA Cup in the same season without conceding a goal, thereby achieving the first football "Double", and earning the nickname "The Invincibles" for completing a season unbeaten in both league and cup competition.
GK | Goalkeeper | |||||||||
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RB | Right back | LB | Left back | FB | Full back | CB | Centre back | DF | Defender | |
WH | Wing half | HB | Half back | CH | Centre half | DM | Defensive midfielder | CM | Central midfielder | |
RW | Right winger | LW | Left winger | W | Winger | AM | Attacking midfielder | MF | Midfielder | |
OF | Outside forward | IF | Inside forward | CF | Centre forward | ST | Striker | FW | Forward |
Nationality | Position | Preston North End career | scope=col | League | scope=col | Other | scope=col | Total | League Goals | Other Goals | Ref | |
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scope=row style=text-align:left | 1883–1899[3] | 139 | 19 | 158 | 36 | 4 | [4] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1883–1894 | 124 | 27 | 151 | 91 | 10 | Scored 19 FA Cup goals during the 1887–88 season, which remains an FA Cup record. In 1887, scored 7 goals in a single match (a club record) as Preston North End beat Hyde 26–0 (a club and FA Cup record). Top goalscorer 1891–92 (18 goals), 1893–94 (24 goals). | [5] [6] [7] [8] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1883–1888, 1889–1893 | 95 | 14 | 109 | 25 | 2 | Top goalscorer 1889–90 (23 goals) as Preston North End retained the league title. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1887–1899 | 253 | 22 | 275 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1888–1894 | 113 | 20 | 133 | 27 | 7 | In 1891, scored Preston North End's first penalty kick. | [9] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1888–1902 | 300 | 26 | 326 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1891–1895, 1900–1901 | 113 | 16 | 129 | 46 | 19 | Top goalscorer 1892–93 (23 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1891–1899 | 210 | 19 | 229 | 20 | 3 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1894–1899 | 114 | 10 | 124 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1894–1901 | ? | ? | 179 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1897–1912 | 442 | 27 | 469 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1901–1905 | 99 | 13 | 112 | 42 | 3 | Top goalscorer 1901–02 (14 goals). | [10] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1902–1909 | 148 | 17 | 165 | 34 | 3 | Top goalscorer 1905–06 (17 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1902–1904 1905–1912 | 156 | n/a | n/a | 23 | n/a | [11] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1902–1910 | 240 | 15 | 255 | 94 | 1 | Top goalscorer 1903–04 (26 goals) as Preston North End won the Second Division title. Also top goalscorer 1904–05 (14 goals), 1907–08 (12 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1904–1911 | 162 | 7 | 169 | 32 | 0 | Top goalscorer 1908–09 (11 goals) | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1905–1924 | 370 | 25 | 395 | 15 | 0 | Captained Preston North End in the 1922 FA Cup Final. | [12] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1910–1922 | 107 | 8 | 115 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1919–1924 | 113 | 8 | 121 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1919–1924, 1926–1927 | 254 | 23 | 277 | 148 | 32 | Top goalscorer 1919–20 (29 goals), 1920–21 (25 goals), 1921–22 (25 goals), 1922–23 (29 goals), 1923–24 (26 goals), 1926–27 (30 goals). | [13] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1920–1922 | 87 | 13 | 100 | 10 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1920–1923 | 147 | 17 | 164 | 17 | 6 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1921–1932 | 392 | 15 | 407 | 17 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1921–1929 | 267 | 14 | 281 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1925–1930 | 133 | 5 | 138 | 35 | 0 | [14] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1925–1929 | 147 | 6 | 153 | 53 | 0 | Top goalscorer 1925–26 (14 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1925–1929 | 146 | 7 | 153 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1927–1935 | 139 | 6 | 145 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1927–1933 | 208 | 8 | 216 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1927–1933 | 193 | 8 | 201 | 50 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1930–1939 | 209 | 21 | 230 | 11 | 1 | Captained Preston North End in the 1937 FA Cup Final. | [15] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1932–1939 | 266 | 26 | 292 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1932–1939 | 230 | 26 | 256 | 9 | 2 | Managed Preston North End 1961–1968. | [16] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1933–1947 | 171 | 24 | 195 | 51 | 6 | Top goalscorer 1938–39 (19 goals). | [17] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1933–1949 | 297 | 42 | 339 | 13 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1934–1938 | 129 | 9 | 138 | 60 | 5 | Top goalscorer 1934–35 (26 goals), 1935–36 (19 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1935–1947 | 125 | 15 | 140 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1935–1937 | 92 | 9 | 101 | 36 | 12 | Top goalscorer 1936–37 (27 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1935–1939 | 132 | 16 | 148 | 29 | 5 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1937–1954 | 264 | 25 | 289 | 49 | 13 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1946–1960 | 433 | 40 | 473 | 187 | 23 | Club record league and overall goalscorer. Most-capped Preston player (76 caps, 30 goals for England). First player to be voted Footballer of the Year twice (1954, 1957). Top goalscorer 1959–60 (21 goals). | [18] [19] | [20] | |||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1946–1952 | 135 | 6 | 141 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1948–1957 | 262 | 18 | 280 | 70 | 4 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1948–1961 | 401 | 34 | 435 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1949–1963 | 437 | 50 | 487 | 3 | 0 | Club record number of appearances for an outfield player. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1949–1958 | 323 | 26 | 349 | 5 | 0 | Briefly managed Preston North End in 1981. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1950–1954 | 157 | 14 | 171 | 105 | 12 | Top goalscorer 1950–51 (29 goals) as Preston North End won the Second Division title. Also top goalscorer 1951–52 (24 goals), 1952–53 (26 goals),1953–54 (32 goals). | [21] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1950–1956 | 192 | 19 | 211 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1950–1955 | 185 | 15 | 200 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1952–1959 | 245 | 22 | 267 | 65 | 6 | Top goalscorer 1954–55 (17 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1952–1956 | 140 | 15 | 155 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1952–1962 | 91 | 9 | 100 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1953–1961 | 215 | 23 | 238 | 0 | 0 | [22] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1955–1961 | 188 | 25 | 213 | 117 | 11 | Top goalscorer 1955–56 (24 goals), 1956–57 (29 goals), 1957–58 (34 goals, the club record for goals scored in a single top flight season), 1958–59 (21 goals). Scored in a club record 11 consecutive league matches. | [23] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1956–1961 | 118 | 11 | 129 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1958–1973 | 447 | 64 | 511 | 0 | 0 | Club record number of appearances. Kept a club record 126 clean sheets. Managed Preston North End 1983–1985. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1958–1969 | 314 | 43 | 357 | 13 | 3 | [24] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1960–1967, 1968–1974 | 281 | 41 | 322 | 39 | 2 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1960–1973 | 386 | 52 | 438 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1960–1968 | 287 | 43 | 330 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1960–1974, 1977–1979 | 424 | 60 | 484 | 26 | 5 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1960–1963 | 121 | 25 | 146 | 20 | 11 | Top goalscorer 1960–61 (12 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1961–1967 | 197 | 40 | 237 | 114 | 18 | Top goalscorer 1962–63 (27 goals), 1963–64 (36 goals), 1964–65 (27 goals), 1966–67 (13 goals). | [25] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1963–1967 | 127 | 20 | 147 | 52 | 5 | Top goalscorer 1965–66 (20 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1963–1967 | 104 | 20 | 124 | 13 | 2 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1963–1967 | 143 | 21 | 164 | 22 | 1 | Captained Preston North End in the 1964 FA Cup Final. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1964–1967 | 98 | 10 | 108 | 28 | 3 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1967–1970 | 99 | 12 | 111 | 13 | 1 | Top goalscorer 1969–70 (6 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1967–1974 | 245 | 24 | 269 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1967–1974 | 224 | 21 | 245 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1967–1972 | 93 | 14 | 107 | 5 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1967–1976 | 225 | 23 | 248 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1968–1973 | 154 | 20 | 174 | 13 | 1 | [26] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1968–1971 | 110 | 14 | 124 | 40 | 4 | Top goalscorer 1970–71 (24 goals) as Preston North End won the Third Division title. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1970–1979 | 257 | 34 | 291 | 7 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1971–1975 | 166 | 19 | 185 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1971–1974, 1975–1983 | 363 | 41 | 404 | 157 | 14 | Top goalscorer 1972–73 (13 goals), 1973–74 (9 goals), 1976–77 (26 goals), 1977–78 (30 goals), 1978–79 (26 goals), 1980–81 (15 goals), 1981–82 (19 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1973–1981 | 273 | 34 | 307 | 9 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1973–1983 | 269 | 32 | 301 | 25 | 5 | [27] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1973–1977 | 105 | 16 | 121 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1974–1981 | 226 | 5 | 231 | 17 | 1 | [28] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1974–1982 | 197 | 29 | 226 | 8 | 5 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1974–1978, 1980 | 202 | 25 | 227 | 63 | 9 | Top goalscorer 1975–76 (16 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1974–1981, 1988–1990 | 302 | 40 | 342 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1975–1981 | 122 | 12 | 134 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1977–1981 | 113 | 9 | 122 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1978–1983 | 158 | 18 | 176 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1982 | 99 | 8 | 107 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1983 | 143 | 14 | 157 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1984 | 208 | 23 | 231 | 70 | 8 | Top goalscorer 1979–80 (23 goals), 1982–83 (23 goals), 1983–84 (20 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1985 | 128 | 22 | 150 | 11 | 2 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1985 | 107 | 24 | 131 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1979–1986, 1988–1989 | 251 | 40 | 291 | 9 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1981–1987 | 110 | 25 | 135 | 10 | 1 | Caretaker Preston North End manager in 1986. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1981–1985 | 130 | 34 | 164 | 27 | 3 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1983–1986 | 98 | 20 | 118 | 4 | 3 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1985–1990 | 200 | 42 | 242 | 5 | 4 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1985–1989 | 166 | 36 | 202 | 58 | 14 | Top goalscorer 1985–86 (joint, 18 goals), 1987–88 (20 goals). | [29] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1985–1992 | 142 | 22 | 164 | 0 | 0 | [30] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1985–1987, 1990–1992 | 105 | 25 | 130 | 43 | 11 | Top goalscorer 1985–86 (joint, 18 goals), 1986–87 (28 goals) as Preston North End gained promotion from the Fourth Division. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1986–1989, 1992 | 93 | 28 | 121 | 2 | 2 | Caretaker Preston North End manager in 1992. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1986–1989 | 101 | 30 | 131 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1986–1992 | 199 | 48 | 247 | 37 | 8 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1993, 1996–1998 | 156 | 28 | 184 | 35 | 6 | Top goalscorer 1997–98 (16 goals). | [31] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1989, 1992–1994 | 158 | 36 | 194 | 75 | 13 | Top goalscorer 1989–90 (20 goals), 1992–93 (25 goals), 1993–94 (31 goals). | [32] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1992 | 177 | 33 | 210 | 34 | 10 | Top goalscorer 1989–90 (13 goals). | [33] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1991 | 128 | 23 | 151 | 20 | 5 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1991 | 91 | 20 | 111 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1987–1992 | 166 | 31 | 197 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1989–1993 | 136 | 26 | 162 | 7 | 1 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1989–1992 | 121 | 21 | 142 | 29 | 12 | Top goalscorer 1990–91 (15 goals), 1991–92 (17 goals). | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1990–2004 | 403 | 69 | 472 | 26 | 4 | [34] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1990–1993 | 98 | 19 | 117 | 11 | 0 | ||||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1992, 1992–1995, 2002 | 92 | 19 | 111 | 13 | 2 | [35] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1992–2002 | 262 | 55 | 317 | 10 | 2 | [36] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1993–1997 | 151 | 25 | 176 | 19 | 2 | [37] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1993–1996 | 93 | 23 | 116 | 1 | 1 | [38] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1993–1999 | 143 | 29 | 174 | 15 | 4 | Managed Preston North End 1998–2002, winning the 1999–2000 Second Division title and reaching the 2000–01 First Division play-off final. | [39] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1994–2004 | 123 | 27 | 150 | 0 | 0 | [40] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1995–1998 | 110 | 19 | 129 | 1 | 1 | [41] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1995–1998 | 108 | 14 | 122 | 21 | 1 | [42] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1995–2003 | 163 | 27 | 190 | 0 | 0 | [43] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1996–2003 | 238 | 36 | 274 | 12 | 3 | [44] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2001 | 121 | 24 | 145 | 12 | 3 | [45] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2000 | 112 | 21 | 133 | 20 | 7 | [46] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2002 | 218 | 37 | 255 | 12 | 2 | [47] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2004 | 251 | 37 | 288 | 17 | 2 | [48] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2002 | 189 | 40 | 229 | 63 | 11 | Top goalscorer 1999–2000 (25 goals) as Preston North End won the Second Division title. Also top goalscorer 2000–01 (22 goals). | [49] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2009 | 417 | 53 | 470 | 30 | 2 | [50] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2003 | 180 | 34 | 214 | 6 | 0 | [51] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2000 | 96 | 21 | 117 | 27 | 4 | Top goalscorer 1998–99 (21 goals). | [52] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1997–2001 | 88 | 21 | 109 | 6 | 2 | [53] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1999–2007, 2011–2012 | 372 | 49 | 421 | 54 | 11 | Caretaker Preston North End manager in 2011–2012. | [54] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1999–2004 | 169 | 28 | 197 | 4 | 1 | [55] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2000–2011 | 208 | 24 | 232 | 1 | 0 | [56] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2001–2005 | 187 | 19 | 206 | 48 | 9 | Top goalscorer 2001–02 (16 goals), 2002–03 (16 goals), 2004–05 (20 goals). | [57] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2001–2004 | 138 | 19 | 157 | 44 | 1 | Club record transfer fee paid (£1.5m) when bought from Manchester United, December 2000. | [58] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2001–2006 | 189 | 21 | 210 | 11 | 0 | [59] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2002–2006 | 134 | 15 | 149 | 17 | 1 | [60] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2002–2005 | 111 | 13 | 124 | 15 | 1 | [61] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2002–2006 | 112 | 15 | 127 | 5 | 2 | [62] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2002–2009 | 120 | 11 | 131 | 14 | 3 | [63] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2003–2006 | 94 | 14 | 108 | 4 | 0 | [64] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2004–2008 | 122 | 13 | 135 | 21 | 0 | [65] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2004–2011 | 166 | 15 | 181 | 21 | 1 | [66] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2004–2010 | 174 | 24 | 198 | 8 | 0 | [67] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2004–2010 | 229 | 26 | 255 | 12 | 2 | [68] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2005–2008 | 105 | 14 | 119 | 0 | 0 | [69] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2005–2007, 2019–2021 | 118 | 14 | 132 | 34 | 4 | Top goalscorer 2005–06 (11 goals), 2006–07 (17 goals). Club record transfer fee received (£6m) when sold to Portsmouth, July 2007. | [70] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2005–2012 | 130 | 21 | 151 | 38 | 5 | Top goalscorer 2007–08 (10 goals), 2008–09 (12 goals). | [71] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2006–2010 | 97 | 10 | 107 | 2 | 0 | [72] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2006–2011 | 185 | 15 | 200 | 10 | 1 | [73] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2007–2011 | 94 | 15 | 109 | 4 | 2 | [74] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2007–2011 | 160 | 14 | 174 | 13 | 0 | [75] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2007–2008, 2013–2021 | 283 | 30 | 313 | 34 | 10 | Gallagher's first 113 appearances were all made while on loan at the club, an English record for loan appearances at a single club.[76] | [77] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2008–2011 | 106 | 14 | 120 | 18 | 5 | [78] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2008–2012 | 93 | 11 | 104 | 9 | 1 | [79] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2008–2011 | 101 | 8 | 109 | 28 | 3 | Top goalscorer 2009–10 (13 goals). | [80] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2009–2017 | 179 | 26 | 205 | 8 | 0 | [81] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2012–2022 | 260 | 46 | 306 | 12 | 6 | Player of the Year 2014–15 | [82] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2012–2015 | 78 | 24 | 102 | 7 | 3 | [83] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2012–2015 | 84 | 24 | 108 | 5 | 2 | [84] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2012–2018 | 143 | 33 | 176 | 3 | 0 | Player of the Year 2012–13 | [85] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2013–2016 | 129 | 22 | 151 | 49 | 8 | Player of the Year and top goalscorer 2013–14 (24 goals). Top goalscorer 2014–15 (27 goals) as Preston North End gained promotion from League One through the playoffs. | [86] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2013–2020 | 211 | 36 | 247 | 12 | 3 | [87] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2013–2016 | 106 | 27 | 133 | 7 | 1 | [88] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2014– | 374 | 40 | 414 | 43 | 3 | Player of the Year 2017–18 | [89] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2015–2023 | 312 | 24 | 336 | 53 | 4 | [90] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2014–2019 | 150 | 10 | 160 | 35 | 6 | [91] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2014–2018 | 103 | 11 | 114 | 23 | 7 | [92] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2015–20182021- | 163 | 15 | 178 | 7 | 0 | Player of the Year 2015–16 | [93] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2016–2021 | 158 | 7 | 165 | 2 | 0 | [94] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2013–2013, 2017–2022 | 181 | 15 | 196 | 0 | 0 | [95] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2017–2022 | 199 | 10 | 209 | 33 | 5 | [96] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2013–2021 | 136 | 9 | 145 | 2 | 0 | [97] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2017–2021 | 111 | 8 | 119 | 1 | 0 | [98] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2017–2023 | 159 | 11 | 170 | 22 | 2 | [99] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2018– | 185 | 12 | 197 | 7 | 2 | [100] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2019– | 184 | 15 | 199 | 15 | 1 | [101] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2018– | 156 | 18 | 174 | 3 | 1 | [102] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2018– | 153 | 18 | 171 | 4 | 0 | [103] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2020– | 109 | 9 | 118 | 23 | 5 | [104] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2021– | 124 | 8 | 132 | 10 | 0 | [105] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2019– | 94 | 9 | 103 | 7 | 1 | [106] |
Preston North End players who did not make 100 appearances, but otherwise made a significant contribution to the club's history, are listed below.
Nationality | Position | Preston North End career | scope=col | League | scope=col | Other | scope=col | Total | League Goals | Other Goals | Ref | |
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scope=row style=text-align:left | 1885–1889 | 21 | 35 | 56 | 21 | 29 | Top goalscorer in the inaugural 1888–89 Football League season as Preston North End won the "Double". | [107] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1886–1888 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Widely considered to be the world's first black professional footballer, Wharton played in Preston's 1886–87 FA Cup semi-final, but left the club soon after the first Football League season began. | [108] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1888–1895 | 24 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 1 | Scored Preston North End's first ever league goal and captained the side in their 1889 FA Cup Final victory that clinched the first "Double", scoring the opening goal. | [109] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1913–1920 | 68 | 5 | 73 | 40 | 4 | Top goalscorer 1913–14 (26 goals) and 1914–15 (17 goals) as Preston North End gained promotion from the Second Division. | [110] [111] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1928–1930 | 45 | 1 | 46 | 20 | 0 | Top goalscorer 1928–29 (19 goals) | [112] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1931–1933 | 75 | 5 | 80 | 67 | 2 | Top goalscorer 1931–32 (26 goals), 1932–33 (37 goals, the club record for goals scored in a single season). | [113] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1936–1939 | ? | 50 | 0 | 0 | Captained Preston North End in their 1938 FA Cup Final victory. | [114] | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1937–1939 1946 | 83 | 10 | 93 | 24 | 8 | Top goalscorer 1937–38 (18 goals), including the winning penalty in the 1938 FA Cup Final. | |||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 1995–1996 | 56 | 10 | 66 | 30 | 1 | Top goalscorer 1995–96 (30 goals) as Preston North End won the Third Division title. | [115] | ||||
scope=row style=text-align:left | 2014–2017 | 51 | 9 | 60 | 15 | 6 | Scored 12 league goals plus 6 playoff goals, including a hat-trick in the final, as Preston North End gained promotion from League One through the playoffs. | [116] |
The following players had successful football careers after playing for Preston North End: