List of Swansea City A.F.C. players explained

Swansea City Association Football Club, a Welsh association football club based in the city of Swansea, was founded in 1912 under the name of Swansea Town and joined the Second Division of the Southern Football League. Following the First World War, the Southern League dropped its Second Division, and with many clubs droppin out due to financial difficulties, Swansea were placed in the First Division. After four seasons in the Southern League, Swansea Town became founder members of the new Third Division of the Football League in 1920. During the club's 106-year existence, it has competed in a number of nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

Roger Freestone holds the club record for most appearances in all competitions, having played 676 times in all competitions during two different spells spanning from 1989 to 2004. Wilfred Milne holds the record for the most league appearances, having made 583 appearances in his time at Swansea from 1920 to 1937. Ashley Williams holds the record for the number of international caps attained whilst playing for Swansea City. He represented Wales 64 times before he transferred to Everton in 2016.

The all-time goalscoring record is held by Ivor Allchurch. He scored 163 league goals, and 188 goals in all competitions during his two spells at Swansea. The nearest player that comes close to his tally, is Robbie James who scored 117 league goals in a Swansea career that began in 1972 and ended in 1990.

Key

• The list is ordered first by number of appearances in total, then by number of League appearances, and then if necessary by date of debut.
• Appearances as a substitute are included.
• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 31 March 2018. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Legend	Meaning
♦	Player currently plays for Swansea City
♠	Player inducted into the "Robbie James Wall of Fame"^[1] ^[2]
‡	Player has represented their country at the FIFA World Cup whilst playing for the club

Positions

GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
IF	Inside forward	FW	Forward
OF	Outside forward
CF	Centre forward

Players with 100 or more appearances

List of Swansea City A.F.C. players with 100 or more appearances in all competitions.

scope=col	Name	scope=col	Position	scope=col	Club career	scope=col	Total apps	scope=col	Total goals	scope=col	League apps	scope=col	League goals	scope=col	International selection	scope=col sort-data-type="text"	Caps	scope=col	Ref.	scope=col	Notes
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1989–1990 1991–2004	676	3	567	3		1		^[3]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1920–1937	651	7	583	7	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1958–1975	612	128	512	104		3	^[4]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1972–1983 1987–1990	592	150	484	117		19
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		2002–2010 2011–2018	520	17	453	12	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1947–1958 1965–1968	502	188	444	162	‡	42
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1949–1964	479	81	424	70		1
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1971–1983 1984–1985	446	20	388	19	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1972–1979 1980–1983 1989–1990	439	121	364	95		25
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1963–1973	436	76	356	56		6
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1965–1976	418	70	359	53	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1919–1931	409	46	363	42		9
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1950–1964	407	0	368	0		1
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1950–1961 1969–1971	400	70	347	60	‡	7
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		2007–2018	374	10	328	9	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1922–1931	362	99	322	90	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1919–1930	352	8	309	8	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		2008–2016	352	14	322	14		64		^[5]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1930–1939	346	11	311	11		8
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1924–1935	344	8	313	8	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		2002–2015	340	5	293	5	—	—		^[6]
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2009–	335	37	288	25	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1995–2010	334	11	284	10	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1975–1987	330	20	259	15		4
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1949–1960	325	18	298	16		2
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1983–1988 1992–1996	324	65	270	54		2		^[7]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1989–2000	316	10	267	9	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1976–1983	314	74	248	52		14	^[8]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1955–1962 1967–1971	308	16	257	12		9	^[9]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1926–1936	303	0	280	0	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1980–1989	302	2	230	2		1
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1993–2002 2003–2004	296	18	261	16	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1983–1992	295	13	227	9	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1989–1995	288	18	228	14	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1945–1958	286	1	264	1	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1958–1967 1968–1969	280	8	233	6	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		2004–2014	270	7	223	3	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1952–1959	264	76	233	69	‡	21
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1965–1973	264	82	217	58	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1962–1968	261	8	215	7		1
scope=row align="left"			1998–2004	261	2	231	2	—	—
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2011–	260	27	222	21	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1960–1968	245	96	199	76	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1932–1939	236	2	213	1	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1973–1980	234	9	199	8	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1945–1952	230	18	210	14	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1987–1992	228	34	191	27	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1997–2003	227	48	207	44	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		2003–2008	226	54	195	44	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1985–1991	224	13	178	9		0
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1997–2002	224	17	202	13	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1924–1930	223	32	199	30	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1927–1936	223	10	200	0		4	^[10]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1966–1971	221	7	179	7	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1919–1927	220	0	188	0	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1973–1978	219	21	191	18	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1948–1953	217	36	199	34		7	^[11]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1922–1928	216	104	188	84	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1990–1995	215	1	165	1		1	^[12]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1986–1990	213	29	175	22		4	^[13]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1931–1939	208	52	195	50	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1969–1974	208	0	178	0		8	^[14]
scope=row align="left"			1978–1985	208	14	152	11		6
scope=row align="left"			1988–1993	207	38	163	29		0
scope=row align="left"			1991–1995	206	9	160	7	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1959–1966	204	2	166	1		1
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1993–1997	204	57	161	44	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1997–2002	203	14	178	11	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		2007–2011	203	0	178	0	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1959–1968	201	1	162	1	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1919–1925	200	13	174	12	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1959–1964	199	33	166	23		7	^[15]
scope=row align="left"			2006–2011	199	31	177	26	—	—
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2015–	198	5	183	5	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1929–1934 1936–1938	197	61	176	51		0
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1987–1991	196	3	160	2		0
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		2003–2007 2009–2010	194	91	166	83	—	—		^[16]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1991–1996	193	18	149	16		2
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1952–1958	192	54	167	48	‡	19
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1963–1967 1972–1974	191	69	151	47		7	^[17]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1923–1930	189	120	167	102		6
scope=row align="left"			1973–1978	188	12	160	10	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1947–1955	184	0	164	0		1 4
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1958–1963	182	72	160	65		0
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1945–1954	181	76	162	55		2
scope=row align="left"			1996–2003	181	4	165	4	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1983–1988	180	0	139	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2010–2017	179	0	160	0		37 5	^[18]
scope=row align="left"			1994–1998	178	15	146	12	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1967–1972	177	17	145	14	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1968–1972	177	8	143	7	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1946–1950	176	13	160	13		9
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1959–1965	176	77	151	57	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1987–1989 1990–1992	175	16	127	12		3	^[19]
scope=row align="left"			1970–1976	174	14	150	13	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1930–1939	170	16	153	13		2	^[20]
scope=row align="left"			1965–1968	169	27	143	21		3	^[21]
scope=row align="left"			1949–1958	167	4	156	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1990–1995	167	39	123	26		1	^[22]
scope=row align="left"			1998–2004	167	10	142	8	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1960–1964	166	0	140	0		10	^[23]
scope=row align="left"			1995–2001	165	4	145	4	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1951–1956	164	69	147	60	‡	3
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1978–1980 1985–1986	162	53	130	43	—	—
scope=row color:black" align="left"			2012–2018	162	12	139	12	‡	117	^[24]
scope=row align="left"			1991 1994–1997	159	27	131	23	—	—		^[25]
scope=row align="left"			1968–1975	155	11	127	9	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1988–1992	155	11	117	7	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2004–2007	155	0	132	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1930–1934	154	4	137	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1959–1965	153	4	133	4	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1979–1985	153	8	123	7	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2004–2008	150	0	117	0		0
scope=row align="left"			2007–2012	150	7	127	7		8 5	^[26] ^[27]
scope=row color:black" align="left"			2014–2018	150	0	149	0		50
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1949–1957	149	4	132	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1985–1988	149	17	117	14	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1949–1954	148	34	137	29	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1993–1996	145	13	112	10	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2008–2013	145	3	128	3	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1933–1938	144	9	134	9		0
scope=row align="left"			1967–1971	144	0	117	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2006–2012	144	11	126	9		0
scope=row align="left"			1950–1954	143	6	130	4	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1993–1999	143	3	119	3	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1921–1924 1933–1936	142	25	128	22		3	^[28]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1979–1983	142	1	110	0		7	^[29]
scope=row align="left"			1996–2001	141	14	120	11	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1991–1997	140	13	107	9	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1985–1988	139	7	111	5	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		2003–2006	139	4	122	4	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1952–1958	138	4	122	3	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1988–1991	138	0	99	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1994–1998 2005	137	4	117	4		1		^[30]
scope=row align="left"			2003–2007	137	8	123	7	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1974–1978	136	0	118	0	—	—
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2014–	136	9	124	8	—	—		^[31]
scope=row align="left"			1935–1939	135	0	123	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1919–1922	133	0	117	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1920–1928	133	0	123	0		1	^[32]
scope=row align="left"			1990–1993	132	3	101	2	—	—
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2015–2016 2017–2018 2019–	131	44	126	41		92
scope=row align="left"			2012 2014–2017	131	37	124	34		29	^[33]	^[34]
scope=row align="left"			1947–1952	129	30	117	27		3 3
scope=row align="left"			1991–1992 1995 2001–2003	129	20	114	18	—	—		^[35]
scope=row align="left"			1932–1936	128	54	117	46		0
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1980–1983	127	33	98	28		16	^[36]
scope=row color:black" align="left"			2014–2018	127	2	118	2		32	^[37]
scope=row align="left"			1958–1962	125	34	109	30		0
scope=row style="background:#ffff44; color:black" align="left"	♦		2014–	124	4	114	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1998–2001 2004	124	15	104	15	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1930–1936	123	8	110	5		2
scope=row align="left"			1965–1969	122	0	99	0	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1978–1981	120	1	97	1		18	^[38]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1981–1984	120	53	87	35		0
scope=row align="left"			1967–1971	119	2	98	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1995–2003	118	3	104	2	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1985–1988	118	40	91	25	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1931–1939	116	1	104	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1987–1989	114	4	89	3		1
scope=row align="left"			1933–1936	113	18	102	16	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1980–1983	113	2	89	1		0
scope=row align="left"			1959–1963	112	5	98	3	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1946–1950	111	52	102	46		0
scope=row align="left"			1959–1962	111	0	91	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1925–1930	110	0	103	0		4	^[39]
scope=row align="left"			1979–1982	109	9	89	6	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		1998–2000	108	17	90	16	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1998–2001	108	11	91	8	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1919–1922	106	30	93	26	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1945–1951		106	0	97	0		1
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1981–1983 1983–1985		106	3	81	2		0
scope=row align="left"			1927–1933	105	36	94	34	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1954–1958	105	0	95	0		0
scope=row align="left"			1976–1978	105	10	90	8	—	—
scope=row align="left"			2004–2006	105	3	89	1		10
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; align="left"	♠		2007–2009	105	53	90	45		11	^[40]
scope=row align="left"			1945–1948	104	0	98	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1958–1962	103	20	89	9		5	^[41]
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1969–1970 1974 1981–1983	103	0	78	0		8	^[42]
scope=row align="left"			1923–1927	102	1	78	0	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1972–1975	102	7	92	7	—	—
scope=row style="background:#9bcbfb; color:black" align="left"	♠		1973 1983–1986	102	0	83	0		0
scope=row align="left"			1997–2000	102	22	86	18	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1975–1977	101	8	88	8	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1923–1926	100	1	90	1	—	—
scope=row align="left"			1967–1970	100	0	80	0	—	—

Footnotes

Player statistics include games played while on loan from:Player moved to Swansea permanently following a loan spell.

References

General

• Book: Jones, Colin . Swansea Town & City Football Club: The Complete Record 1912-2012 From Southern League to the Barclays Premier League . Dinefwr Publishers . 2012. 978-1904323-26-6.
• Soccerbase.com

Specific

Notes and References

1. Web site: Robbie James Wall Of Fame . swansea.net . 1 April 2018 .
2. Web site: Latest additions to the Robbie James Wall of Fame – Swansea City Supporters' Trust . www.swanstrust.co.uk . 29 July 2019.
3. [Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]
4. Web site: Past Players U - Z . swanseacity.net . 19 July 2015 .
5. [Stockport County F.C.|Stockport County]
6. [Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]
7. [Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]
8. Web site: Jeremy Charles. footballdatabase.eu . 19 July 2015 .
9. Web site: Melvyn Nurse. footballdatabase.eu . 19 July 2015 .
10. Web site: Harry Hanford. footballdatabase.eu . 17 July 2015 .
11. Web site: Billy Lucas. footballdatabase.eu . 17 July 2015 .
12. Web site: Steve Jenkins. footballdatabase.eu . 17 July 2015 .
13. Web site: Andy Melville. footballdatabase.eu . 17 July 2015 .
14. Web site: Football PLAYER: Tony Millington. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
15. Web site: Football PLAYER: Barrie Jones. eu-football.info . 22 July 2015 .
16. [Bristol City F.C.|Bristol City]
17. Web site: Football PLAYER: James McLaughlin. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
18. Web site: Football PLAYER: Neil Taylor. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
19. Web site: Football PLAYER: Alan Davies. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
20. Web site: Football PLAYER: Dai Nicholas. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
21. Web site: Football PLAYER: William Humphries. eu-football.info . 23 July 2015 .
22. Web site: Boot on other foot for Bowen. walesonline.co.uk . 19 July 2015 .
23. Web site: Football PLAYER: Noel Dwyer. eu-football.info . 22 July 2015 .
24. Web site: Korea Republic - Ki Sung-Yeung - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway . int.soccerway.com . 29 July 2019.
25. [Oxford United F.C.|Oxford United]
26. Web site: talkSPORT Opinion: Why Joe Allen would NOT be another British flop at Liverpool. talkSPORT . 19 July 2015 .
27. Web site: Liverpool's Joe Allen wins FA of Wales player of the year award . BBC Sport . 19 July 2015 .
28. Web site: Football PLAYER: Willie Davies. eu-football.info . 17 July 2015 .
29. Web site: Football PLAYER: John Mahoney. eu-football.info . 17 July 2015 .
30. [Bristol Rovers F.C.|Bristol Rovers]
31. Web site: Jay Fulton set to join Swansea City's 100 club Swansea . www.swanseacity.com . 30 March 2021 . en.
32. Web site: Football PLAYER: Ernie Morley. eu-football.info . 19 July 2015 .
33. News: Gylfi Sigurdsson . footballdatabase.eu . 20 July 2015.
34. [TSG 1899 Hoffenheim]
35. [Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]
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