List of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players explained

125px|thumb|upright|Steve Perryman holds the record of 854 appearances for Spurs.This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Tottenham Hotspur since its foundation as Hotspur F.C. in 1882.

The list comprises those who have: -

• made 100 or more first-team appearances for the club including substitutions, and/or
• made 50 or more first-team and represented their country at full International level while on the club's books, and/or
• achieved notability through making a major contribution to the club as a player, e.g. club captain, founder member or achieved notability in other ways, e.g .

Records for some players vary from one data source to another and where possible these have been verified with reference to more than one such source. Corrections and updates should include a reference to source in the edit summary or on the Talk Page. To see a list of all Tottenham players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article .

List of players

Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.First team appearances include, Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are excluded.

International appearances are those at Full International level, including substitutions while on the club's books.

Positions

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender	RB	Right back	MF	Midfielder	RW	Right winger
CB	Central back	FB	Fullback	LB	Left back	FW	Forward	LW	Left winger

An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player is still a current player at the club.

This is a list of notable players for Tottenham Hotspur. Please do not add the names and details of the current squad unless it meets the notability criteria above.

Table of notable players

Name	Nationality	Position	Tottenham Hotspur career	Club Apps	Goals	Int. Apps (at club)	Int. Apps (all)	Notes
		MF	1882 - 1895	53	25			^[1]
		FB	1882 - 1894	159	24			^[2]
		GK	1894 - 1895 1896 - 1900	133	0
		MF	1897 - 1904	226	13	15	17	^[3]
		FW	1898 - 1907	111	43	0	1
		DF	1899 - 1905	148	8	6	14
		LW	1899 - 1905	347	97	12	1
		MF	1899 - 1912	523	3
		FW	1900 - 1901	57	45
		FW	1901 - 1909	197	63	21	28
		FW	1903 - 1907	133	24
		FW	1903 - 1907	36	7	5	11
		CB	1908 - 1912	141	4
		FW	1908 - 1915	245	45
		CB	1908 - 1919	160	3
		LW	1908 - 1920	261	55
		FW	1908 - 1920	334	101
		FW	1909 - 1911	10	2
		FB	1910 - 1915	122	1
		CB	1910 - 1921	110	1
		MF	1912 - 1917	101	2
		FW	1912 - 1922	215	106	1	1
		FW	1912 - 1923	176	84
		MF	1912 - 1927	360	27	6	6	^[4]
		RW	1913 - 1924	237	24	2	2
		GK	1914 - 1922	138	0
		FB	1914 - 1929	351	24	4	4
		MF	1919 - 1921	24	1
		MF	1919 - 1925	117	0
		LW	1919 - 1931	438	112	3	3
		FW	1919 - 1930	224	48
		CB	1920 - 1923	125	0
		FW	1920 - 1927	254	77	5	5
		FW	1921 - 1928	141	29
		FB	1921 - 1930	244	0
		MF	1921 - 1930	166	22
		MF	1921 - 1931	319	10	2	2
		MF	1923 - 1929	200	50
		FB	1923 - 1933	158	3
		FW	1924 - 1931	220	82	2	4
		MF	1924 - 1931	229	0
		GK	1927 - 1932	169	0
		FW	1927 - 1935	263	99	11	11
		GK	1927 - 1936	129	0
		MF	1929 - 1935	189	6
		MF	1929 - 1936	101	4
		RW	1930 - 1933	115	19
		LW	1930 - 1936	90	0	1	1
		FW	1930 - 1937	198	138	3	3
		MF	1930 - 1939	182	28
		FW	1931 - 1936	195	86	6	6
		MF	1931 - 1938	201	0	1	1
		FW	1932 - 1939	222	29	10	10
		FB	1932 - 1939	254	2	3	3
		CF	1932 - 1946	154	101
		RW	1932 - 1946	150	28
		FB	1933 - 1936	109	1
		FW	1934 - 1943	103	26
		GK	1934 - 1945	108	0
		RW	1934 - 1946	109	31
		FB	1935 - 1949	230	1
		FB	1936 - 1946	132	11
		RW	1938 - 1949	105	18
		MF	1938 - 1954	341	6	1	1
		LW	1939 - 1953	164	46	6	6
		MF	1939 - 1954	324	16	32	32	^[5]
		FB	1946 - 1951	101	0
		FW	1946 - 1954	294	117
		FB	1946 - 1954	160	1	1	1
		GK	1946 - 1958	452	0	6	6
		FW	1947 - 1949	57	14	?	4
		FW	1947 - 1955	325	69	9	9
		FW	1947 - 1957	307	134
		MF	1947 - 1957	234	71
		FB	1948 - 1956	164	2
		FB	1949 - 1955	250	25	31	32
		CB	1949 - 1956	322	4	1	1
		MF	1949 - 1957 1959 - 1965	232	7
		FW	1951 - 1960	222	51
		LW	1952 - 1958	200	58	1	1
		LB	1952 - 1964	240	0	34	34
		FW	1953 - 1959	179	51	3	3
		FW	1959 - 1964	183	40	22	22
		RB	1953 - 1965	342	3
		MF	1954 - 1963	382	21	41	56	^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9]
		FW	1955 - 1964	317	208	15	15
		FW	1955 - 1965	209	55
		MF	1954 - 1967	102	20
		LB	1955 - 1965	287	1	1	1
		MF	1955 - 1965	411	19	23	23
		FW	1956 - 1963	215	72	?	30
		LW	1958 - 1968	378	159	?	58
		FW	1959 - 1965	137	61
		GK	1959 - 1966	262	0	29	29
		MF	1959 - 1968	318	51	22	22	^[10]
		FW	1960 - 1967	129	44
		FW	1961 - 1970	379	266^[11]	42	57
		DF	1963 - 1975	420	1
		RW	1964 - 1968	181	31	1	1
		MF	1964 - 1972	374	30	35	35	^[12] ^[13]
		FW	1964 - 1974	439	133	17	22
		LB	1964 - 1975	506	17	4	4
		GK	1964 - 1977	590	1	71	119
		MF	1966 - 1969	141	9	0	2
		CB	1966 - 1975	397	19	?	44
		RB	1966 - 1975	258	2	26	26
		CB	1968 - 1972	101	5
		FW	1968 - 1973	193	35
		FW	1968 - 1976	367		174	24	24
		FB	1969 - 1975	181	4
		MF	1969 - 1980	415	49
		MF	1969 - 1986	854^[14]	39	1	1	^[15] ^[16] ^[17]
		MF	1970 - 1975	260	76	34	67	^[18]
		FW	1970 - 1976	156	11
		DF	1970 - 1980	301	4
		MF	1971 - 1977	248	23	4	2
		GK	1971 - 1981	173	0
		FW	1974 - 1978	120	62
		CB	1974 - 1978	127	14
		FW	1974 - 1982	185	42
		DF	1975 - 1981	202	10
		MF	1975 - 1987	490	110	44	53
		FW	1976 - 1980	98	16	27	63
		LW	1976 - 1980	140	33
		LB	1977–1981	92	2	13	30
		MF	1978 - 1983	179	25	?	25
		CB	1978 - 1983	152	3
		MF	1978 - 1982 1983 - 1988	311	25	?	53
		MF	1979 - 1981	62	1	6	59
		FW	1979 - 1986	236	89
		MF	1979 - 1987	273	31	19	29
		DF	1979 - 1987	285	10
		FB	1979 - 1990	398	19	44	53
		FW	1980 - 1984	189	77	19	27
		FW	1980 - 1985	182	75
		CD	1980 - 1986	287	35	6	6
		GK	1980 - 1988	37	0	0	0	^[19]
		MF	1980 - 1985 1993 - 1995	170	25
		CD	1981 - 1984	62	0	12	25
		GK	1981 - 1987	330	0	5	61
		DF	1982 - 1998	611	38	16	16	^[20]
		DF	1983 - 1987	200	8	7	7
		DF	1983 - 1987	116	1	0	2
		RW	1984 - 1986	75	14	2	9
		FW	1984 - 1988	135	84^[21]	5	5
		LW	1985 - 1989	173	42	36	62
		MF	1985 - 1993	370	28
		DF	1986 - 1987	65	2	7	61
		FW	1986 - 1988	63	23	10	36
		MF	1986 - 1988	54	9	4	24
		FB	1986 - 1991	157	6
		MF	1987 - 1994	247	17
		MF	1988 - 1991	112	33	20	57
		FW	1988 - 1992	171	37	3	3
		FW	1988 - 1992	156	21	0	5
		DF	1988 - 1993	118	10	1	20
		DF	1988 - 1994	86	2	34	80
		GK	1988 - 1996	218	0	45	97
		MF	1988 - 1998	335	27
		FW	1989 - 1992	106	67	21	80
		DF	1989 - 1993	145	0	0	13
		MF	1989 - 1993	144	18
		CB	1989 - 1994	211	11
		FB	1990 - 2000	276	1
		FW	1991 - 1993	78	17	11	43
		GK	1991 - 2001	313	0	3	4
		FW	1992 - 1995	108	27	2	23
		FB	1992 - 1997	150	0
		CB	1992 - 2001	315	15	40	73	^[22]
		FW	1992 - 1997 2001 - 2003	277	125	21	51
		RW	1992 - 2004	358	48	30	30
		DF	1993 - 1999	199	7	32	36
		RB	1993 - 2004	270	8	27	44
		FW	1994 - 1997	100	11	19	60
		FW	1994 - 1995 1997 - 1998	68	38	10	108
		RW	1995 - 2000	129	15	0	2
		FW	1995 - 2002	173	62
		MF	1996 - 1999	100	7	0	12
		MF	1996 - 2000	115	18	7	44
		FW	1996 - 2003	176	47	34	79
		LW	1997 - 2000	127	22	0	17
		MF	1997 - 2003	109	3
		FW	1997 - 2003	149	39	4	17
		MF	1999 - 2002	72	11	18	86
		MF	1999 - 2003	131	0	0	21
		DF	1999 - 2003	146	4
		MF	1999 - 2003	118	16	3	3
		DF	1999 - 2004	156	2
		CB	1999–2012	318	12	21	21	2 style="background: #faecc8; color:black"	^[23]
		GK	2000–2003	81	0	13	28
		CB	2000–2004	77	8	24	34
		FW	2000–2004	76	13	29	75
		MF	2000–2005	146	18	24	58
		CB	2000–2008	144	3	1	1
		MF	2001–2004	98	23	0	26
		FB	2001–2004	55	10	13	72
		GK	2001–2005	85	0	25	102
		MF	2002–2005	49	4	0	17	^[24]
		FW	2002 - 2008 2009 - 2011	306	122	51	146
		FW	2003–2005	73	21	11	39
		MF	2004–2006	75	2	5	34
		GK	2004–2008	175	1	37	41
		FW	2004–2008 2009–2014	363	143	45	57
		FW	2005–2007	63	20	13	51
		MF	2005–2008	83	3	11	64
		LB	2005–2008	93	0	30	127
		MF	2005–2013	209	15	3	3
		MF	2005–2013	202	26	9	21
		CB	2005–2014	324	10	4	4
		RW	2005–2015	364	30	21	21
		FW	2006–2008	102	46	17	78
		RB	2006–2008 2009 - 2009	103	4	0	1
		MF	2006–2009	134	0	22	123
		LB	2006–2015	200	4	19	24
		FW	2007–2009	79	25	2	13
		LW	2007–2013 2020–2021	237	72	36	85	^[25]
		DF	2007–2008 2010–2015	153	8	4	6
		RB	2008–2011	66	2	11	50
		CB	2008–2011	65	3	2	8
		DF	2008–2012	109	1	11	103
		MF	2008–2012	71	11	6	81
		MF	2008–2012	159	17	21	120
		FW	2008–2012	113	42	11	51
		RW	2008–2013	62	5	1	7
		GK	2008–2014	130	0	2	11
		RW	2008 - 2016	93	11	10	13
		MF	2008 - 2016	70	4	1	1
		FW	2009–2011	93	24	8	42
		MF	2009–2011	86	1	15	97
		CB	2009–2012	71	3	13	18
		RB	2010–2017	228	4	25	46
		MF	2010–2012	78	28	13	109
		MF	2010–2014	96	3	15	17
		LB		214	10	26	26
		MF	2011 - 2013	63	0	15	18
		FW	2011 - 2015	113	42	14	87
		FW	2011 - 2023	435	280^[26]	80	80
		MF	2012 - 2014	83	13	15	66
Clint Dempsey		MF	2012-2013	29	7
		MF	2012 - 2018	249	10	42	82
		GK	2012 - 2024	447	0	107	145
		CB	2012 - 2020	315	14	80	118
		MF	2013 - 2023	203	5	6	6
		MF	2013 - 2015	67	10	14	56
		MF	2013 - 2020	304	69	49	87
		MF	2013 - 2016	66	1	19	35
		MF	2013 - 2016	119	25	18	56
		FW	2013 - 2015	76	16	1	12
		MF	2013 - 2021	257	37	21	24
		MF	2014 - present	364	13	47	47
		LB	2014 - present	327	9	64	74
		CB	2015 - 2021	236	9	43	90
		MF	2015 - 2022	269	67	35	35
		FW	2015 - present	393	159	60	104
		FB	2015 - 2019	114	2	16	16
		MF	2016 - 2021	202	5	12	56
		MF	2016 - 2020	97	7	7	52
		DF	2017 - 2023	207	5	17	19
		RB	2017 - 2021	110	8	18	58
		MF	2018 - 2023	221	39	1	35
		MF	2019 - present	96	10	4	21
		MF	2019 - present	91	10	1	7
		MF	2020 - 2022	83	8	?	?
		MF	2020 - present	166	10	?	?
		DF	2020 - present	67	2	3	6
		DF	2020 - 2023	71	3	?	?
		DF	2021 - present	94	4	?	?
		DF	2021 - present	79	4	?	?
		MF	2022 - present	50	6	?	?
		MF	2022 - present	78	12	?	?
		MF	2022 - present	50	1	?	?
		FW	2022 - present	55	10	?	?

• Players correct up to the 2022 January transfer window. Premier League and International statistics correct up to

13 May 2019

Club captains

Dates	Captain
1882–1883	Bobby Buckle^[27]
1884–1894
1895–1896
1897–1904	Jack L. Jones
1904–1907	Sandy Tait
1907-1908	Walter Bull ^[28]
1908–1912	Danny Steel^[29]
1912–1914	^[30]
1914–1915	Bobby Steel
1919	Billy Minter^[31]
1919-1920	Thomas Clay^[32]
1920–1929	Arthur Grimsdell^[33]
1929–1930	Cecil Poynton^[34]
1930–1932
1932–1933	Billy Felton^[35]
1933–1935	Arthur Rowe^[36]
1935–1936
1936–1937	Bill Whatley
1937–1939
1946–1954	Ron Burgess^[37]
1954–1955	Alf Ramsey^[38]
1955–1956	Danny Blanchflower^[39]
1956–1957	Tony Marchi
1957–1958	John Ryden
1958–1959	Bobby Smith^[40]
1959–1964	Danny Blanchflower
1964–1968	Dave Mackay^[41]
1968–1972	Alan Mullery
1972–1975	Martin Peters
1975–1986	Steve Perryman
1986	Ray Clemence
1987	Richard Gough^[42]
1987–1998	Gary Mabbutt
1998–2001	Sol Campbell
2001–2003	Teddy Sheringham
2003–2005	Jamie Redknapp
2005–2012	Ledley King
2012–2014	Michael Dawson
2014–2015	Younès Kaboul
2015–2023	Hugo Lloris
2023–	Son Heung-min^[43]

Notes

References

• Records and history of players on Tottenham Hotspur F.C. official site
• Every player ever to play for Spurs in a competitive match on www.topspurs.com
• Details of Honours, pen pictures of key players throughout the history of the club on www.mehstg.com
• Appearances, caps transfers etc on Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database on www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/spurs/spurs.html
• Statistics on players appearances for Club and National Team on Soccerbase.com
• National Team stats etc run by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Records of Pre WW2 Welsh International Players on Welsh Football Data Archive
• Records of all Scottish International Players on Scottish Football Association Archive
• Record and Pen portraits for Northern Ireland International Players on Northern Ireland Football Greats
• Record of all the English International Players on Englandstats.com
• Record of Icelandic International Players on Iceland National Football site
• Russian National Team Results
• Croatian National Federation website

Notes and References

1. 'Founding player of Hotspur F.C "A Romance of Football p8" http://www.spurshistory.com/pages/8.htm Retrieved March 23, 2008
2. Founding player of Hotspur F.C. "A Romance of Football p8" http://www.spurshistory.com/pages/8.htm Retrieved March 23, 2008
3. http://www.mehstg.com/1901.htm FA Cup Winners 1901
4. http://www.mehstg.com/1921.htm FA Cup Winners 1921
5. First Division Champions 1951 Reported on Jim Duggan's www.topspurs.com http://www.topspurs.com/5051.htm
6. http://www.topspurs.com/6061.htm First Division Champions 1961
7. http://www.mehstg.com/1961.htm FA Cup Winners 1961
8. http://www.mehstg.com/1962.htm FA Cup Winners 1962
9. [1962–63 European Cup Winners' Cup|European Cup Winners Cup 1963]
10. http://www.mehstg.com/1967.htm FA Cup Winners 1967
11. Club Record - Most goals for club (266) 1961/70 Reported on THFC official Site Web site: Tottenhamhotspur.com - Spurs Legends - Jimmy Greaves . 2009-11-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003135756/http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/legends/jimmygreaves.html . 2009-10-03 .
12. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/hall_of_fame/alanmullery.html League Cup Winners 1971
13. [1971–72 UEFA Cup|UEFA Cup Winners 1972]
14. Club Record - Most appearances for club (854) 1969/86 Reported on THFC official Site http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/legends/steveperryman.html
15. Web site: FA Cup. www.mehstg.com.
16. Web site: FA Cup 1982. www.mehstg.com.
17. [UEFA Cup 1983-84|UEFA Cup Winners 1984]
18. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/hall_of_fame/martinpeters.html League Cup Winners 1972
19. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1999/05/99/uniteds_euro_showdown/347906.stm "Hero" of UEFA Cup Final 1984
20. http://www.mehstg.com/1991.htm FA Cup Winners 1991
21. Club Record - Most goals (49) in one season 1986/87 Reported on THFC official Site http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/history/legends/cliveallen.html
22. http://www.mehstg.com/1999.htm League Cup Winners 1999
23. http://archive.mehstg.com/nut240208.htm#Ch League Cup Winners 2008
24. News: Redknapps set to link up at Spurs . 12 May 2009 . 17 January 2017 .
25. News: Gareth Bale joins Real Madrid from Spurs in £85m world record deal . 1 September 2013 . BBC Sport .
26. Web site: 267 - Harry Kane becomes our all-time record goalscorer . 2023-08-29 . Tottenham Hotspur . en.
27. Book: Duggan, Jim. 2012. The Glory of Spurs. 9781780592183.
28. Web site: First Team Photo 1907-08 – My Eyes Have Seen the Glory.
29. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club 1911–12.
30. http://bellewaarde1915.co.uk/men/sgt
31. Web site: Spurs Odyssey - Norman Giller's Blog (No. 311 - 23.03.20). www.spursodyssey.com.
32. Web site: Tommy clay - fact file.
33. Web site: Arthur grimsdell - fact file.
34. Web site: From Brownhills to Tottenham.
35. Graham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 99. .
36. Web site: Obituary: Arthur Rowe. Independent.co.uk. 23 October 2011.
37. Web site: Obituary: Ron Burgess.
38. Web site: Class of 51 - Alf Ramsey.
39. Web site: The Double – 1960-61 – Spurs For Life.
40. Web site: Obituary: Bobby Smith.
41. Book: Duggan, Jim. 2012. The Glory of Spurs.
42. Web site: Catching up with... Richard Gough.
43. Web site: 12 August 2023 . Sonny named Club captain . 12 August 2023 . Tottenham Hotspur .