List of Rangers F.C. players explained

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Rangers.

The list includes all players that have appeared in one hundred or more first-team (league, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish Challenge Cup or European competition) matches for the club which totals 243 current and former players. Further to this, a player can also be included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club (e.g. players involved in the 1971–72 Cup Winners' Cup campaign or have been named club captain), but the reason for their inclusion should be indicated in the Notes column. All Rangers Hall of Fame members are denoted by an emboldened name.

For a full list of all Rangers players with Wikipedia articles see Category:Rangers F.C. players. For player appearance records see Rangers F.C. records.

Players should be listed according to the date they first signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Notable players

Positions key
Pre-1960sPost-1960s
GKGoalkeeper
FBFull backDFDefender
HBHalf backMFMidfielder
FWForward
UUtility player
NameNationalityPositionRangers careerAppearancesGoalsNotes
26HB1872–18823410[1] [2]
22 HB1872–187770
26 HB1872–187650
40 FW1872–18792415
13 FB1874–1884380[3]
22 HB1889–19001718
23 HB1889–18961254
15 FB1890–1894
1896–1897
10911
41 FW1891–1902281121
12 FB1892–19042236
16 FB1893–19052056
28 FW1894–1915481152[4]
26 HB1894–190419222
01 GK1896–19041750
15 FB1897–190410928
42 FW1897–1906
1907–1908
209184
15 FB1899–190513025
41 FW1900–190612150
15 FB1900–1907
1908–1910
21314
32 FB1904–191014916
40 FW1904–190811052
16 FB1904–1914
1916–1917
1600
13 FB1906–1912
1916–1917
1111
22 FB1909–19171477
50 U1906–191421156
22 HB1906–19142065
12 FB1907–192033465
41 FW1908–191720153
41 FW1909–191310745
01 GK1909–19202380
42 FW1909–1920230195
41 FW1910–192232166
28 HB1910–192016841
01 GK1912–19191500
12 FB1912–19171188
41 FW1913–1927457154
43 FW1913–191910326
41 FW1914–1929389182
15 FB1914–19191281
13 FB1915–19274185
52 U1917–1924
1925–1930
35349
22HB1917–1934580148[5]
15 FB1917–19263618
32 HB1918–19241064
12 FB1919–193656346
44 FW1919–1927195142
28FW1920–1933440105
14FB1920–19302319
01 GK1920–19262510[6]
01 GK1923–19342810
32 HB1923–193527538
42 FW1925–1934268223
41 FW1925–1934225125
16 FB1925–19465552[7]
42 FW1927–1940408261[8]
15 FB1927–19403316
14 FB1927–19331430
13 FB1927–19311153
12 FB1928–19382091
31 HB1929–194126923
27 HB1929–193915835
44 FW1930–1946259249
42 FW1931–19337241[9]
01 GK1931–19452110
41 FW1933–1935
1946–1950
14062
41 FW1933–1946201102
28 FW1934–194410932
44 FW1936–1954308194
12 FB1938–19532871
15 FB1938–19543291
42 FW1939–195014059
26 FW1939–195530155
20 FB1941–195742831
20 FB1945–196052614
32 HB1946–19571797
16 FB1946–195534016
01 GK1946–19562960
26 HB1946–195214028
41 FW1947–195411465
42 FW1947–195716468
28 FW1949–1959238106
44 FW1950–1959239163
14 FB1950–19612751
16 FB1950–195614237
01 GK1951–19603270
42 FW1952–195610659
12 DF1953–196640725
27 MF1954–196333146
42 FW1954–1965317206
28 MF1955–196017952
42 FW1955–1963154121[10]
16 DF1955–19654074
44 FW1955–1967317162
28 MF1956–1967373157
01 GK1956–19673390
32 MF1956–196426113
16 DF1958–197026211
01 GK1958–19701100
41 FW1958–196419455
32 MF1958–19621031
15 DF1958–19621160
22 MF1960–1965
1969–1970
25424
26 MF1960–197242662
29 DF1960–19734732
12 DF1961–1978755120[11]
42 FW1962–1967163145[12]
44 FW1962–196711782
15 DF1963–198250640
26 MF1964–1972
1980–1982
393125
14 DF1964–19752503
13 DF1964–198267477
16DF1965–19702389
24 MF1966–197430111
16DF1967–198330630
22MF1967–197315049
26MF1967–197011331
42 FW1968–1973
1975–1977
20678
22MF1968–197414939
22 MF1968–198050394
50 U1970–1983
1985–1986
546210
01 GK1970–19865350
42 FW1970–1980300111
27 MF1971–198245257
15 DF1972–19823266
28MF1972–197611638
01 GK1973–19801310
23MF1974–197811917[13]
16 DF1975–19873168
40 U1977–1980
1982
15751
23 MF1977–198627046
26 MF1977–198954075
42 FW1978–198623077
22 MF1980–198315230
22MF1980–198624742
15 DF1981–19841538
15DF1981–1987
1992–1994
42438
22 MF1982–198511820
16DF1982–19861412
15DF1982–198712912
13 DF1983–1984
1986–1989
1060
42 FW1983–198710434
22 MF1983–19901457
14DF1983–19912333
42 FW1983–1998581355[14]
25 MF1983–199834745
16DF1985–19931189
15 DF1986–199017611
25 MF1986–1991735[15]
01 GK1986–19912300
22 MF1987–1989963[16] [17]
26 MF1987–199114352
15 DF1987–1997
1997–1998
42734
13 DF1988–19942469
12 DF1988–199727818
22 MF1988–200033646
42 FW1989–199210046
22MF1989–19931243
27 MF1989–1991
1992–1997
18425
44 FW1990–1995
1997
222115
26 MF1990–199515826
33 MF1991–199613424
14 DF1991–199725119
01 GK1991–19982600[18]
25 MF1991–199826520
22MF1992–199911516
44 FW1993–200017158
15 DF1993–1998
1999–2005
25317
33 MF1994–199815045
25 MF1995–199810339
13DF1995–19981337
25 MF1996–2003
2005–2009
43161[19]
22 MF1996–200118282
13DF1997–20011337
12 DF1997–200215911
15 DF1997–200322424
13 DF1997–20051083
51U1997–20061153
25 MF1998–200111822
42 FW1998–200112256
27 MF1998–200211319
28 MF1998–200317125
14 DF1998–20031766
01 GK1998–20072980
42 FW1999–200414748
51 U2000–20031179
42 FW2000–2001
2008–2011
2014–2018
301116
33 MF2000–200412940
40 FW2000–200618254
51 U2000–200625420
40 FW2001–200513257
01 GK2001–2012
2018–2023
5050[20] [21]
13 DF2002–20081224
27 MF2002–200913114
13 DF2004–2010
2013–2015
1115
44 FW2004–200712437
40 FW2004–201025571
25 MF2005–20091082
44 FW2005–2010
2014–2015
235138
15 DF2007–20122315
14 DF2006–20122277
13 DF2007–201220928
22 MF2008–2012
2019–2023
37028
25 U2007–201530370
25 MF2007–20101093
40FW2007–201214033
13DF2007–20121211
44FW2008–2012
2018–2019
16844
15DF2008–20111135
25 MF2008–201212512
15DF2011–201925725
44FW2012–201714020
25MF2012–20151158
25MF2012–201612431
25MF2013–201612226
44FW2013–201610724
15DF2009–2010
2015–2018
1075
01GK2015–20201430
15DF2015–462125
25MF2015–202011614
25MF2015–202015218
44FW2017–2023269124[22]
25MF2017–202421016
15DF2018–202430923
25MF2018–202323343
25MF2018–202321833
15DF2018–202423610
44FW2019–20227432[23]
25MF2019–20231939
25MF2019–202214926
15DF2020–2022651[24]
44FW2020–202410238
25MF2021–11912
25MF2021–202415311

Club captains

Since the club's formation in 1872, over thirty players have permanently held the position of club captain for Rangers. The first was Tom Vallance, from 1876 to 1882. The longest-serving captain is John Greig, who held the role from 1965 until his retirement in 1978. The current club captain is James Tavernier, who took over from Lee Wallace in 2018.

Although many players have held the position of captain during matches – and in many occasions several matches in a row, when the club captain was injured or suspended – this list only includes players that have been officially appointed as the captain of Rangers.

NameFromToTenureNotes
187618826 yearsFirst known club captain.
188218942 yearsFirst captain to win the Scottish Cup.
189418984 years
189819068 years
4 yearsCaptain for four years between 1906 and 1916.
1916192610 years
192619271 yearFirst non-Scottish captain of the club.
192719303 years
193019388 years
193819402 years
1940195713 years
195319574 years
195719603 years
196019622 years
196219653 years
1965197813 yearsRetired as a footballer to become manager of the club.
197819835 yearsNamed captain by Greig after requesting a transfer.
198321 September 19841 yearStripped of captaincy in September due to contract talks.
Made captain on day signed, 1 August.
Appointed captain after a row between Souness and Butcher.
First non-British captain of the club.
Returned to the club in October and was re-appointed captain.[25]
Appointed by Dick Advocaat and was the club's first Catholic captain.[26]
Became captain aged only 22.[27] [28]
Removed as captain after disagreement with McLeish.[29]
First goalkeeper captain,[30] Ricksen stood-in after he was injured.
Stripped of captaincy by Paul Le Guen.[31]
Captained the club for only 13 days.[32]
Stripped of captaincy by Walter Smith.[33]
Made captain on 3 April, having previously been vice captain.[34]
Stand in at start of 2011–12 season, permanent from 20 January.[35]
Club captain for only seven games.[36]
Club captain over three divisions.[37]
Former VC, became captain from start of season, officially 16 August.[38]
Former VC, now current captain from 6 July.[39]

Hall of Fame players

The Rangers Football Club Hall of fame is a list established in 2000 by the then Rangers chairman, David Murray. The club was the first in Britain to establish a Roll of Honour for former players.[40] [41] Murray decided that the club should remember and honour the achievements and contribution made by its finest players throughout its history. A mahogany panel above the famous marble staircase was assigned to display the names of those inducted into the Hall of Fame and an annual presentation ceremony was instigated where the players honoured received their award. The first member elected was Moses McNeil, one of the founders of Rangers.The following criteria are considered by the panel when selecting new members:

Honours key
League titleScottish PremiershipScottish CupScottish Cup
League CupScottish League CupCup Winner's CupUEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Second-tier titleScottish ChampionshipThird-tier titleScottish League One
Fourth-tier titleScottish Third DivisionChallenge CupScottish Challenge Cup
InducteeInduction
Year
PositionRangers
Career
AppearancesHonoursInternational
Caps
12000MF1872–188234None2
22010MF1872–18777None 0
32010FW1872–187924None 2
42010 MF1872–18765None 0
5DF1877–188438None 7
6FW1891–1902281League title (5)
Scottish Cup (3)
9
72011DF1892–1904225League title (4),
Scottish Cup (4)
14
8DF1893–1905205League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3)
12
92011MF1894–1904192 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3)
14
102000MF1894–1915481League title (4)20
112011FW1897 - 1906
1907–1908
209 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (2)
11
122007DF1907–1920334League title (5)10
132011MF1910–1922351 League title (6) 2
142000MF1913–1927457League title (6)6
15FW1914–1929389League title (7),
Scottish Cup (1)
12
16DF1915–1927218League title (7)5
17DF1917–1926 393 League title (6) 0
18MF1917–1924
1925–1930
353League title (8)8
19MF1917–1934580League title (13),
Scottish Cup (3)
8
202000 DF1919–1936563League title (12),
Scottish Cup (5)
15
212000 MF1920–1933440League title (9),
Scottish Cup (3)
31
222012 U1923–1935League title (5),
Scottish Cup (2)
8
23DF1925–1947555League title (10),
Scottish Cup (6)
10
242012 FW1925–19343
252000 FW1927–1940408League title (9),
Scottish Cup (6)
16
262011DF1927–194114
272010DF1929–1941269League title (7),
Scottish Cup (4)
19
28FW1930–1946259 League title (5),
Scottish Cup (3)
2
292002GK1931–1945211 League title (5),
Scottish Cup (2)
14
302009FW1931–193372 League title (1),
Scottish Cup (1)
2
31FW1933–1935
1946–1950
140 League title (1),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (2)
5
322006FW1933–1946201 League title (3),
Scottish Cup (2)
3
332000 FW1936–1954308League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
4
342000DF1938–1953287 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
4
35DF1938–1954329 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
24
362000MF1939–1955301 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (2)
17
37DF1941–1957428 League title (6),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (2)
53
38cDF1945–1960526League title (6),
Scottish Cup (5),
League Cup (2)
14
392002GK1946–1956296League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
3
402003MF1946–1955340League title (3),
Scottish Cup (2)
24
412011GK1947–1961328League title (5),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (1)
0
422008MF1949–1959238League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1)
1
432003FW1950–1959239League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1)
12
442012DF1951–1960275League title (2),
Scottish Cup (2)
1
45DF1953–1966407League title (5),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (3)
40
462006MF1954–1963331League title (4),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (2)
16
472002FW1954–1965317League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (4)
8
482003FW1955–1967317League title (3),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (3)
2
49DF1955–1965407League title (5),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (4)
4
502008GK1955–1967339League title (2),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (3)
1
512003MF1956–1967373League title (2),
Scottish Cup (5),
League Cup (2)
22
522009DF1956–1964261League title (4),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (2)
0
532004DF1958–1970262League title (1),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
5
542010FW1958–1964194League title (2),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
6
552002MF1960–1972426League title (2),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (2)
29
562004DF1960–1973473League title (2),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (3)
28
572000 MF1960–1965
1969–1970
254League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (4)
34
582000DF1961–1978755League title (5),
Scottish Cup (6),
League Cup (1),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
44
59DF1963–1982506League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (5)
8
602000DF1964–1982674League title (3),
Scottish Cup (5),
League Cup (5),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
34
612002MF1964–1972
1980–1982
393Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (2),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
22
622007DF1964–1975250Scottish Cup (1),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
0
632007DF1966–1974301Cup Winners' Cup (1)2
642003MF1968–1980503League title (3),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (4),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
1
652002FW1968–1973
1975–1977
206League Cup (2),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
21
662007MF1968–1974149Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (1),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
2
67cGK1970–1986535 League title (1),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (4),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
4
682010FW1970–1980300League title (2),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (2)
12
69cFW1970–1983
1985–1986
546League title (3),
Scottish Cup (5),
League Cup (5),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
14
702004MF1971–1982452League title (3),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (3),
Cup Winners' Cup (1)
9
712003DF1972–1982326League title (3),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (2)
22
722011DF1975–1987316 Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (4)
5
732000MF1977–1989540League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (7)
24
742006MF1977–1986370League title (1),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (4)
0
752012DF1980–1987
1992–1994
330League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (4)
27
762000FW1983–1998581League title (9),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (9)
61
772002MF1983–1998347League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (4)
19
782003MF1986–199173League title (1)54
792002DF1986–1990176League title (3),
League Cup (2)
77
802004GK1986–1991230League title (4),
League Cup (3)
43
812002DF1987–1997
1997–1998
427League title (9),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (6)
61
822006MF1988–2000336League title (10),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (5)
9
832003MF1987–198996League title (1),
League Cup (1)
84
842004DF1988–1997278 League title (6),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (3)
0
852003FW1990–1995
1997
222League title (5),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (3)
32
862000GK1991–1998260League title (5),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
48
872008MF1991–1998265League title (5),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (2)
40
882000MF1994–1998150League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (1)
75
892003MF1995–1998103League title (2),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (1)
57
902002MF1996–2001182 League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (2)
3
912004MF1996–2003
2005–2009
431League title (5),
Scottish Cup (5),
League Cup (5)
45
922010DF1997–2003224League title (3),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (3)
0
932009GK1998–2007298 League title (4),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (2)
0
942014DF2000–2006254League title (2),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (3)
12
952014FW2004–2010255League title (3),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (2)
0
962011DF 2007–2012 215League title (3),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (3)
69
972014[42] DF2007–2015303League title (3),
Scottish Cup (2),
League Cup (3),
Third-tier title (1),
Fourth-tier title (1)
18
982023[43] GK2001–2012
2018–2023
505League title (4),
Scottish Cup (4),
League Cup (5)
42
992023MF2008–2012
2019–2023
370League title (4),
Scottish Cup (3),
League Cup (3)
140
1002023DF2015-457League title (1),
Scottish Cup (1),
League Cup (1),
Second-tier title (1),
Challenge Cup (1)
0

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Notes and References

  1. One of the four founders of Rangers.
  2. McNeil became the first Rangers player to play international football when he played for Scotland against Wales in 1876.
  3. Vallance was Rangers' first captain.
  4. Holds the record for most Scottish Cup appearances by a Rangers player, with 74 in his career.
  5. Holds the record for most league appearances by a Rangers player, with 513 between 1917 and 1934.
  6. Robb played in 241 consecutive matches for Rangers between 1920 and 1925
  7. The longest serving first-team player with Rangers for 21 years and 60 days.
  8. Rangers' second top goalscorer of all time, with 261 goals in 408 matches.
  9. English holds the record for the most league goals scored in a season for Rangers, with 44 in the 1931–1932 season.
  10. Murray scored Rangers' first goal in European football, against OGC Nice in 1956.
  11. Greig holds the record for most appearances for Rangers, with 755 in his seventeen year spell at the club. He was voted the Greatest Ever Ranger in 1999.
  12. Holds the record for the most goals scored in one season for Rangers, with 57 in the 1964–1965 season.
  13. McKean died while still a Rangers first team player, in a carbon monoxide poisoning accident in 1978.
  14. Rangers' all-time record goalscorer, with 355 goals between 1983 and 1998.
  15. Souness is the only player-manager in the history of Rangers.
  16. Ray Wilkins was inducted into the Rangers Hall of Fame in 2003
  17. Web site: Ray Wilkins – Rangers. Sporting Heroes. 7 June 2017.
  18. Goram was voted Rangers "Greatest ever goalkeeper" .
  19. Ferguson became Rangers' youngest ever captain in the 2001–2002 season.
  20. Holds the record for the oldest first-team player, aged 41 years 113 days.
  21. McGregor holds the record for most European football appearances for the club with 109.
  22. Morelos is the record European competition goalscorer for the club with 29.
  23. Holds the record for the oldest first-team goalscorer, aged 38 years 220 days.
  24. Rangers received the highest transfer fee in their history when Bassey was sold to AFC Ajax for £19,600,000 in 2022.
  25. News: Week Beginning 11 October 1997 . reocities . 24 April 2011 .
  26. News: Amo strikes at Catholic schools . BBC Sport . 20 June 2003 .
  27. News: Deposed captain in new Ibrox row . BBC Sport . 1 November 2000 .
  28. News: Rovers sign Ferguson . BBC Sport . 29 August 2003 .
  29. News: Rangers transfer list Moore . BBC Sport . 8 July 2004.
  30. News: Klos new captain for Gers. BBC Sport . 17 July 2004 .
  31. News: Gers strip Ferguson of captaincy . BBC Sport . 1 January 2007 .
  32. News: Ferguson back as Rangers captain . BBC Sport . 13 January 2007 .
  33. News: Scots end Gers pair's cap career . BBC Sport . 3 April 2009 .
  34. News: Weir is stand-in Rangers captain . 19 July 2008 . BBC Sport .
  35. News: Reluctant David Weir ready for Rangers bow. BBC Sport . 20 January 2012.
  36. News: Carlos Bocanegra joins Racing Santander on loan . 31 August 2012 . BBC Sport .
  37. News: Rangers 5–1 Elgin City . 2 September 2012 . BBC Sport .
  38. News: Wallace Honoured To Be Skip. Rangers Football Club. Rangers.co.uk . Alice. Hedworth. 16 August 2015 .
  39. News: Tavernier Is My Leader. Rangers Football Club. Rangers.co.uk . Nick. Thomson. 6 July 2018 .
  40. News: Hall of Fame . 11 February 2015 . Rangers.co.uk .
  41. News: Hall of Fame inductees . Rangers.co.uk . Rangers Football Club . 5 March 2014.
  42. News: Lee McCulloch, Fernando Ricksen and Nacho Novo have been inducted into the Hall of Fame. Twitter, Inc. Rangers FC. 31 March 2014.
  43. News: McGregor, Davis & Tavernier Inducted Into Hall of Fame. Rangers.co.uk . 19 February 2023.