List of Reading F.C. players explained

This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.

Key

• The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.

Club years

• Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

• League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004),^[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database,^[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record,^{[3] [4]} and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase.^[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website, while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association.^[6]

International career

• Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
• A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams^[7] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.^[8] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with 100 or more appearances

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	class=unsortable	Refs
	FW	????–1921	186	75	186+	75+		^[9]
	GK	1924?–1930?	202	0	202+	0	—
	DF	1933–1938	237	12	237+	12+	—
	MF	1933–1938	?	?	193	5	—	^[10]
	FW	1934–1939	144	79	144+	103	—
	FW	1948–1964	406	147	453	168	—
	DF	1952–1959	184	2	207	3	—
	DF	1952–1961	284	28	317	32	—
	MF	1955–1967	407	13	459	16	—
	FW	1961–1970	336	85	377	95	—
	DF	1962–1970	266	8	304	9	—
	MF	1969–1974	201	78	241	90	—
	MF	1969–1977	295	51	331	61	—
	GK	1969–1982	471	0	537	0	—
	FW	1973–1976	121	46	121+	53	—
	FW	1975–1978	92	14	106	14	—
	DF	1975–1979, 1985–1988	256	10	294	12	—
	DF	1976–1979	105	3	124	3	—
	MF	1976–1980	194	30	194+	30+	—
	DF	1976–1988	278	11	320	13	—
	MF	1976–1988	309	17	357	17+	—
	FW	1977–1982	247	68	284	85	—
	DF	1977–1982	149	5	173	7	—
	DF	1978–1991	500	23	603	26	—
	FW	1978–1983	145	36	145+	36+	—
	MF	1978–1984	262	28	305	31
	DF	1979–1987	219	9	251	9	—
	MF	1980–1990	396	44	481	55	—
	FW	1980–1983	116	51	133	57
	DF	1982–1993	380	3	457	3	—
	FW	1983–1987, 1988–1992	301	153	362	191	—
	MF	1984–1997	393	43	486	52
	GK	1987–1993	216	0	259	0	—
	DF	1987–1992	152	8	190	14
	FW	1987–1991	116	30	143	38
	MF	1987–1990	99	9	133	14	—
	MF	1989–1997	314	26	368	30	—
	MF	1989–1995	207	24	248	29	—
	DF	1989–1996, 2000–2004	335	18	396	23
	FW	1990–1998	227	58	266	67
	DF	1990–1999	271	8	316	9	—
	MF	1991–1994	101	4	119	5
	GK	1992–1995	104	0	126	0
	DF	1992–1997	131	3	156	4
	MF	1992–1999	124	16	151	20	—
	MF	1992–2003	362	20	425	24	—
	FW	1992–1997	182	71	216	94
	DF	1993–1996	89	5	104	5	—
	DF	1994–2000	187	2	224	4
	FW	1995–1997	91	26	102	29
	FW	1995–2000	127	26	156	29	—
	MF	1996–2001	203	35	232	45
	DF	1996–2001	86	4	100	6
	GK	1997–2001	85	0	102	0
	DF	1997–2000	94	1	113	1	—
	FW	1998–2001	100	14	113	16	—
	DF	1998–2009	306	2	339	2
	FW	1999–2005	187	59	215	67
	GK	1999–2003	97	0	108	0	—
	FW	2000–2005	103	32	118	36	—
	FW	2000–2003	113	51	127	55
	MF	2000–2003	90	7	105	7	—
	MF	2000–2005	114	0	137	2	—
	GK	2001–2009	284	0	303	0
	MF	2001–2010	316	25	348	26	—
	MF	2001–2005	166	18	183	18	—
	MF	2001–2004	111	13	121	14
	DF	2001–2008, 2012–2013	284	12	317	13
	DF	2003–2011	251	11	281	12
	FW	2003–2008, 2009	147	56	160	62	—
	MF	2003–2008, 2009	112	6	123	6	—
	MF	2003–2007	170	29	187	30
	MF	2004–2009	98	7	112	8
	DF	2004–2008	127	8	136	8
	FW	2005–2009	155	55	163	56
	GK	2005–2015	196	1	229	1
	MF	2005–2013	142	9	163	10
	MF	2005–2009	156	17	173	21
	FW	2005–2009	83	20	100	32
	FW	2005–2011, 2022–2023	204	45	235	56
	DF	2006–2015	201	14	226	15
	FW	2007–2013	104	22	122	24
	MF	2007–2015	155	11	175	12	Turkey A2^[11]
	MF	2007–2016	197	24	227	30
	FW	2008–2013	145	33	162	39
	MF	2008–2013	175	29	190	31
	MF	2009–2014	189	14	206	16
	MF	2009–2013	89	0	105	0
	MF	2010–2014	97	7	109	10
	MF	2010–2020	163	5	191	7
	FW	2011–2014	104	39	110	41	—
	DF	2012–2020	280	2	314	4
	MF	2012–2020	242	23	270	27
	FW	2012–2015	94	24	106	28
	MF	2013–2017	135	13	156	14
	DF	2015–2019	96	3	103	4
	DF	2016–2023	219	8	233	8
	MF	2016–2022	187	32	202	34
	DF	2016–2020	110	0	122	0
	FW	2016–2023	156	42	165	47
	MF	2018–2022	125	3	139	4	—
	DF	2017–2021	93	2	104	3
	FW	2017–2021	93	6	102	6
	DF	2018–	201	4	208	4
	MF	2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2023	124	9	127	9
	DF	2019–2022	108	8	113	8	—
	FW	2019–2023	116	42	119	45
	DF	2016–2024, 2024	125	1	133	1	—
	DF	2016–2024	105	6	117	7

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

See main article: List of Reading F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances) and List of Reading F.C. players (25–99 appearances).

Notes and References

1. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . SoccerData . 2004 . 978-1-899468-67-6.
2. Web site: Reading . Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database . Neil Brown . 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
3. Web site: Career appearance records . Royals Record . 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
4. Web site: Career goalscoring records . Royals Record . 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
5. Web site: Reading squad stats . Soccerbase . Centurycomm . 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
6. Web site: Our members . Reading F.C. Former Players' Association . 10 December 2013.
7. Web site: Home . National Football Teams . 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
8. Web site: All Reading Football Club players . The Association of Football Statisticians . 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.
9. Web site: Reading Club History History Our World War One heroes. https://web.archive.org/web/20111217081113/http://www.readingfc.co.uk/page%2FHistory%2F0%2C%2C10306~2220780%2C00.html. 17 December 2011. dead. 28 November 2017.
10. https://www.vintagefootballers.com/product/wright-billy-image-1-bolton-1931/ Wright Billy Image 1 Bolton 1931
11. Web site: Jem Paul Karacan . Turkish Football Federation . 10 December 2013 . Turkish.