List of Stoke City F.C. players (25–99 appearances) explained

Stoke City F.C. is an English association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. The club was formed in 1863 as Stoke Ramblers F.C., and played their first competitive match in November 1883, when they entered the First Round of the 1883–84 FA Cup. In 1888 they joined the inaugural Football League thus becoming founding members. The club was renamed Stoke City F.C. in 1925, and they moved to Britannia Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1000 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played between 25 and 99 matches (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

List of players

Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, Football Alliance, Birmingham & District League, Southern League, FA Cup, League Cup, League Trophy, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Anglo-Italian Cup, Birmingham League Cup, Full Members' Cup, United Counties League, Texaco Cup and Watney Cup. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total.
Highlighted players members of the current squad.

Statistics correct as of match played 17 August 2024

Table headers

Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
Stoke City career – The year of the player's first appearance for Stoke City to the year of his last appearance.
Starts – The number of games started.
Sub – The number of games played as a substitute.
Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

Positions key
Pre-1960s		Post-1960s
GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
FW	Forward
U	Utility player

Name	Nationality	Position	Stoke City career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals
Name	Nationality	Position	Stoke City career	Appearances			Goals
		FW	1935–1946	98	0	98	15
		GK	1963–1965	97	0	97	0
		HB	1965–1967	97	0	97	5
		DF	1993–1996	91	5	96	0
		GK	1894–1899	96	0	96	0
		DF	2005–2007	93	3	96	5
		MF	1922–1925	96	0	96	6
		GK	1991–1996	94	2	96	0
		DF	1996–1999	93	2	95	1
		DF	2001–2003	95	0	95	5
		FW	1900–1904	95	0	95	24
		HB	1922–1925	94	0	94	2
		FW	1989–1992	75	18	93	20
		FW	1928–1933	93	0	93	50
		FW	1961–1963	93	0	93	33
		FW	1949–1953	92	0	92	22
		FW	1993–1999	56	36	92	15
		FW	2015–2018	87	5	92	15
		MF	2022–	66	26	92	20
		FB	1901–1907	91	0	91	0
		MF	1977–1979	91	0	91	10
		FW	2003–2005	83	8	91	23
		DF	1990–1992	87	3	90	3
		FB	1948–1952	90	0	90	0
		DF	1994–1998	73	17	90	1
		MF	1921–1924	89	0	89	4
		MF	2010–2014	64	25	89	4
		MF	2007–2012	52	37	89	3
		GK	1894–1897	89	0	89	0
		DF	1986–1988	88	0	88	5
		DF	2001–2003	88	0	88	1
		MF	2001–2004	73	15	88	12
		DF	1977–1980	86	2	88	3
		FW	2002–2005	84	3	87	1
		FW	1926–1929	86	0	86	17
		FW	2019–2021	39	47	86	12
		HB	1922–1925	85	0	85	1
		FW	1903–1908	85	0	85	17
		FW	2014–2019	59	26	85	16
		MF	2003–2008	63	21	84	6
		DF	2008–2011	81	3	84	6
		DF	1894–1897	84	0	84	1
		MF	1987–1989	73	11	84	7
		DF	1999–2001	84	0	84	3
		DF	2003–2008	75	9	84	3
		FW	2007–2010	61	22	83	13
		FW	2002–2005	51	32	83	9
		FW	1925–1928	83	0	83	25
		GK	2001–2004	77	5	82	0
		MF	2000–2005	35	47	82	3
		FW	2020–2022	46	36	82	12
		FW	1994–1996	73	8	81	24
		FW	1925–1930	80	0	80	9
		MF	1909–1911	80	0	80	1
		DF	1914–1920	79	0	79	5
		MF	2022–	66	13	79	8
		MF	1908–1910	78	0	78	25
		FW	1992–1994	62	16	78	20
		DF	2020–2023	72	6	78	0
		MF	1978–1980	77	0	77	13
		GK	1919–1921	77	0	77	0
		GK	1912–1915	76	0	76	0
		MF	1932–1934	76	0	76	0
		FW	1995–1997	71	5	76	39
		FW	2003–2005	44	31	75	10
		U	1946–1953	74	0	74	14
		DF	2003–2006	72	2	74	2
		HB	1924–1931	74	0	74	1
		MF	1998–2000	57	17	74	7
		FW	1910–1914	74	0	74	24
		FW	1955–1958	73	0	73	37
		FW	1989–1993	41	32	73	8
		FW	1900–1903	73	0	73	7
		FW	1903–1906	73	0	73	26
		FW	1889–1892	72	0	72	21
		MF	1998–2000	61	10	72	2
		FW	2000–2004	25	46	71	9
		DF	1988–1990	71	0	71	7
		DF	1962–1964	71	0	71	2
		DF	2020–2022	67	4	71	0
		MF	1987–1989	67	3	70	11
		FW	1897–1900	70	0	70	12
		HB	1909–1911	70	0	70	14
		DF	2008–2015	51	19	70	3
		MF	2013–2018	34	36	70	6
		DF	2017–2023	69	1	70	2
		FW	1884–1893	69	0	69	28
		FW	1892–1895	68	0	68	21
		FW	1996–2001	33	34	67	13
		FW	1912–1919	67	0	67	28
		FW	2011–2014	25	42	67	12
		GK	1909–1912	67	0	67	0
		DF	2013–2017	49	18	67	3
		FW	2003–2005	58	8	66	19
		FW	1901–1904	65	0	65	20
		MF	1990–1997	47	18	65	2
		DF	1896–1901	65	0	65	0
		FW	1922–1928	65	0	65	23
		MF	1990–1992	64	1	65	3
		HB	1897–1900	65	0	65	1
		DF	1999–2001	40	25	65	1
		FW	2000–2002	28	37	65	11
		DF	1987–1992	55	9	64	0
		MF	1980–1984	46	17	64	5
		DF	1954–1956	64	0	64	2
		MF	1986–1988	61	3	64	7
		DF	1982–1983	64	0	64	6
		FW	1935–1938	64	0	64	16
		DF	2015–2018	60	4	64	0
		DF	1921–1926	63	0	63	2
		HB	1895–1902	63	0	63	0
		FW	1891–1894	63	0	63	19
		DF	1970–1973	55	8	63	2
		MF	1905–1907	63	0	63	5
		MF	1894–1900	63	0	63	1
		DF	2014–2017	59	5	63	5
		HB	1962–1964	62	0	62	2
		FW	1952–1955	62	0	62	15
		HB	1896–1899	62	0	62	0
		MF	1988–1989	61	0	61	8
		FW	1952–1961	61	0	61	9
		GK	1926–1929	61	0	61	0
		GK	2021–	60	1	61	0
		DF	2023–2024	51	10	61	8
		FW	1977–1980	38	22	60	12
		GK	1987–1990	60	0	60	0
		DF	2009–2012	52	8	60	0
		DF	2004–2011	39	21	60	0
		DF	1994–1996	42	18	60	4
		MF	1975–1982	54	6	60	0
		MF	1996–1998	44	16	60	3
		FW	1898–1900	60	0	60	15
		MF	2001–2003	49	11	60	5
		FB	1901–1903	59	0	59	0
		DF	1980–1984	56	3	59	3
		MF	1950–1953	59	0	59	10
		FW	1890–1892	59	0	59	22
		GK	2003–2006	56	2	58	0
		DF	1993–1996	53	5	58	1
		GK	1954–1960	57	0	57	0
		FW	1974–1976	46	11	57	16
		MF	1921–1924	57	0	57	4
		FW	1930–1934	57	0	57	15
		FB	1903–1905	56	0	56	0
		DF	1921–1925	56	0	56	2
		MF	1983–1984	56	0	56	7
		FW	1897–1899	56	0	56	2
		DF	1891–1893	56	0	56	1
		DF	2003–2006	56	0	56	5
		MF	1976–1979	53	3	56	6
		DF	2015–2017	55	1	56	0
		FW	2017–2019	31	25	56	5
		MF	2005–2007	50	5	55	6
		FW	1904–1906	55	0	55	18
		FW	1911–1913	55	0	55	10
		DF	1922–1923	55	0	55	1
		FW	1992–1993	44	11	55	7
		FW	2009–2011	26	29	55	8
		MF	2015–2019	34	21	55	3
		DF	1964–1968	49	4	53	2
		DF	2007–2010	50	3	53	8
		MF	2011–2015	28	25	53	0
		DF	1998–2001	47	5	53	0
		DF	1935–1938	53	0	53	0
		GK	2020–2023	53	0	53	0
		FW	1919–1921	52	0	52	17
		FW	1889–1894	52	0	52	14
		MF	1960–1968	47	5	52	2
		HB	1903–1912	52	0	52	5
		DF	1911–1920	52	0	52	0
		FW	1890–1892	52	0	52	15
		MF	1958–1961	51	0	51	15
		FW	1929–1931	51	0	51	30
		FW	1978–1980	41	10	51	8
		MF	2018–2022	40	11	51	2
		DF	2017–2024	46	5	51	1
		FW	2018–2022	38	13	51	9
		HB	1900–1901	50	0	50	2
		DF	1901–1904	50	0	50	0
		FW	2019–2021	29	21	50	7
		DF	2022–2023	48	2	50	2
		FW	2022–2024	36	14	50	3
		FW	1988–1989	49	0	49	11
		FW	2000–2002	22	27	49	12
		FW	1894–1895	49	0	49	30
		DF	1989–1991	49	0	49	1
		FW	1906–1907	48	0	48	9
		FW	1958–1962	48	0	48	16
		FW	1999–2001	23	25	48	10
		DF	1926–1927	48	0	48	0
		FW	1968–1970	43	5	48	11
		FW	2005–2008	37	10	47	12
		FW	1909–1912	47	0	47	41
		FB	1888–1890	47	0	47	5
		DF	1997–1998	42	5	47	0
		DF	2019–2021	33	14	47	2
		DF	1974–1978	41	5	46	2
		FB	1937–1938	46	0	46	0
		MF	2001–2004	22	24	46	5
		FW	1921–1922	46	0	46	13
		GK	1910–1915	46	0	46	0
		DF	1988–1989	44	2	46	1
		DF	1959–1963	46	0	46	0
		MF	2022–2023	40	6	46	3
		GK	1899–1912	45	0	45	0
		DF	1909–1910	45	0	45	4
		MF	1996–2001	16	29	45	1
		DF	1982–1983	45	0	45	0
		FW	2006–2009	26	19	45	4
		MF	2016–2018	24	21	45	3
		MF	2019–2021	27	18	45	0
		MF	2023–	38	7	45	0
		MF	1909–1914	44	0	44	3
		HB	1903–1905	44	0	44	11
		DF	1999–2000	39	5	44	2
		MF	1984–1986	41	3	44	4
		DF	1999–2001	40	4	44	1
		DF	1985–1987	44	0	44	0
		FW	1951–1953	44	0	44	19
		MF	1978–1982	36	8	44	7
		MF	2023–	37	7	44	4
		FW	1905–1907	43	0	43	19
		GK	1896–1898	43	0	43	0
		DF	2005–2008	41	1	42	2
		FW	1894–1899	42	0	42	12
		FW	1955–1957	42	0	42	14
		FW	1961–1963	42	0	42	18
		MF	2017–2019	32	10	42	2
		DF	2000–2001	39	2	41	0
		FB	1946–1950	41	0	41	0
		DF	1998–2000	38	3	41	0
		MF	2005–2008	22	19	41	2
Mikel John Obi		MF	2020–2021	38	3	41	0
		GK	2019–2022	41	0	41	0
		DF	2023–	38	3	41	1
		DF	2023–2024	37	4	41	2
		MF	2023–	27	14	41	2
		FW	2008–2010	29	11	40	10
		DF	1924–1926	40	0	40	0
		FW	2008–2010	23	17	40	5
		DF	1994–1999	39	1	40	0
		MF	1985–1986	38	1	39	4
		DF	1901–1903	39	0	39	0
		GK	1907–1909	39	0	39	0
		FW	2007–2008	12	27	39	6
		MF	2018–2021	38	1	39	0
		FW	1889–1894	38	0	38	13
		FB	1993–1994	38	0	38	6
		MF	1912–1915	38	0	38	4
		MF	1989–1992	28	10	38	2
		GK	1904–1905	38	0	38	1
		FB	1903–1907	37	0	37	3
		DF	1908–1910	37	0	37	0
		FW	1953–1957	37	0	37	8
		FW	1911–1913	37	0	37	10
		FW	1895–1896	37	0	37	6
		FB	1919–1921	37	0	37	2
		DF	2017–2018	36	1	37	1
		DF	2018–2019	31	6	37	1
		MF	2013–2015	18	18	36	5
		HB	1924–1925	36	0	36	1
		MF	1949–1956	36	0	36	5
		HB	1912–1915	35	0	35	1
		GK	1923–1925	35	0	35	0
		FW	1925–1926	35	0	35	9
		FW	1897–1898	35	0	35	13
		FW	1947–1948	35	0	35	2
		FW	1897–1899	35	0	35	4
		GK	2016–2018	35	0	35	0
		MF	2021–2022	25	10	35	3
		HB	1890–1893	34	0	34	2
		FW	1977–1981	25	9	34	7
		DF	1977–1981	33	1	34	0
		FW	1996–1997	15	19	34	3
		MF	1980–1981	34	0	34	1
		MF	1959–1960	34	0	34	8
		DF	2000–2001	16	18	34	0
		FW	1987–1988	33	1	34	7
		FW	1995–1997	19	14	33	4
		FW	1924–1926	33	0	33	2
		FW	1919–1920	33	0	33	10
		FW	1913–1915	33	0	33	21
		HB	1883–1890	33	0	33	0
		DF	1907–1908	33	0	33	1
		MF	2023–2024	21	12	33	3
		DF	2023–	22	11	33	2
		GK	1946–1948	32	0	32	0
		GK	1907–1911	32	0	32	0
		FW	2017–2018	27	5	32	5
		HB	1910–1911	31	0	31	0
		FB	1907–1908	31	0	31	0
		HB	1920–1921	31	0	31	0
		FW	1907–1909	31	0	31	16
		GK	1963–1966	31	0	31	0
		DF	1980–1984	31	0	31	0
		FW	1927–1929	31	0	31	11
		FW	1976–1977	29	2	31	3
		FW	2014–2016	19	12	31	5
		MF	2023–	18	13	31	7
		MF	2023–	22	9	31	2
		FW	1990–1992	13	17	30	5
		MF	1987–1988	25	5	30	3
		MF	2005–2007	16	14	30	1
		FW	1947–1948	30	0	30	7
		HB	1883–1889	30	0	30	2
		FW	2005–2007	25	4	29	9
		FW	1906–1907	29	0	29	11
		HB	1911–1913	29	0	29	1
		FW	1899–1900	29	0	29	9
		FW	2005–2006	10	19	29	1
		DF	2006–2008	21	8	29	0
		DF	1930–1939	29	0	29	0
		MF	2021–2022	24	5	29	3
		FW	1973–1977	24	4	28	3
		DF	1992–1993	26	2	28	0
		MF	1903–1905	26	2	28	3
		FW	1923–1925	28	0	28	5
		GK	1920–1925	28	0	28	0
		DF	1975–1978	26	2	28	0
		FW	1994–1995	24	4	28	4
		MF	2016–2020	26	2	28	2
		DF	2022–2023	26	2	28	0
		FW	2023–	19	9	28	4
		MF	1969–1973	19	8	27	0
		MF	1959–1960	27	0	27	3
		FW	1951–1953	27	0	27	6
		FW	1920–1921	27	0	27	5
		DF	2011–2013	25	2	27	3
Joselu		FW	2015–2017	13	14	27	4
		MF	2018–2021	25	2	27	2
		MF	2012–2014	18	8	26	3
		FW	1929–1931	26	0	26	11
		DF	2018–2021	24	2	26	0
		FW	1977–1978	24	1	25	4
		HB	1911–1912	25	0	25	0
		DF	2006–2009	24	1	25	1
		MF	1937–1939	25	0	25	7
		FW	1997–1998	25	0	25	3
		FW	1909–1910	25	0	25	4

Notes

A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

References

Book: Matthews, Tony . Encyclopaedia of Stoke City . 1997 . Lion Press . 1-85983-100-1 .
Book: Lowe, Simon . Stoke City The Modern Era - A Complete Record . 2005 . Desert Island Books . 1-874287-39-2 .