List of Chelsea F.C. players

Chelsea Football Club are an association football club based in Fulham, West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League. Below is a list of all the players who made more than 100 appearances for the club.

Key

  • Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season.[1]
Positions key
Pre-1960s 1960s–
GK Goalkeeper
FB Full back DF Defender
HB Half back MF Midfielder
FW Forward
Nationality
The nationality of a player is determined by the country which he has played for during their Chelsea career, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player signed for and left Chelsea.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Full Members Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and European Super Cup. Matches in friendlies and wartime competitions are excluded.

Players

  • Bold indicates players currently playing for the club.
As of 17 March 2024
List of Chelsea F.C. players with 100 or more appearances
Player Nationality Pos Club career Starts Subs Total Goals
Appearances
Tommy Miller  Scotland FB 1905–1909 120 0 120 0
Bob McRoberts  Scotland FW 1905–1911 106 0 106 10
Jimmy Windridge  England FW 1905–1911 152 0 152 58
Ted Birnie  England FB 1906–1909 107 0 107 3
George Hilsdon  England FW 1906–1912 164 0 164 108
Billy Bridgeman  England FB 1906–1919 159 0 159 0
Jock Cameron  Scotland HB 1907–1913 194 0 194 0
Jack Whitley  England GK 1907–1914 138 0 138 0
Ben Warren  England HB 1908–1911 101 0 101 4
Angus Douglas  Scotland FW 1908–1913 103 0 103 10
Charlie Freeman  England FW 1908–1921 104 0 104 22
Samuel Downing  England HB 1909–1914 145 0 145 10
Vivian Woodward  England FW 1909–1915 116 0 116 34
Fred Taylor  England HB 1909–1917 171 0 171 4
Alec Ormiston  Scotland HB 1909–1919 103 0 103 1
Walter Bettridge  England HB 1909–1922 254 0 254 0
Bob Whittingham  England FW 1910–1919 129 0 129 81
Jim Molyneux  England GK 1910–1923 239 0 239 0
Jack Harrow  England FB 1911–1926 334 0 334 5
Harry Ford  England FW 1912–1924 248 0 248 47
Harold Halse  England FB 1913–1921 111 0 111 24
Tommy Logan  Scotland FB 1913–1922 116 0 116 8
Jimmy Croal  Scotland FW 1914–1922 130 0 130 26
Bob McNeil  Scotland FW 1914–1927 306 0 306 32
Jack Cock  England FW 1919–1923 111 0 111 53
Harry Wilding  England FB 1919–1928 265 0 265 26
Tommy Meehan  England HB 1920–1924 133 0 133 4
John Priestley  Scotland HB 1920–1928 204 0 204 19
George W. Smith  Scotland FB 1921–1932 370 0 370 0
Albert Thain  England FW 1922–1930 153 0 153 51
Willie Ferguson  Scotland FW 1922–1933 294 0 294 11
Andy Wilson  Scotland FW 1923–1931 253 0 253 62
Jackie Crawford  England FW 1923–1934 308 0 308 28
Harold Miller  England FW 1923–1939 365 0 365 45
George Rodgers  Scotland FB 1924–1931 122 0 122 2
Leslie Odell  England FB 1924–1936 103 0 103 7
Tommy Law  Scotland FB 1925–1939 318 0 318 19
Sam Millington  England GK 1926–1932 245 0 245 0
George Pearson  England FW 1926–1933 215 0 215 37
Jack Townrow  England FB 1927–1932 140 0 140 3
Willie Russell  Scotland HB 1927–1935 160 0 160 6
Sid Bishop  England HB 1928–1933 109 0 109 6
George Mills  England FW 1929–1943 239 0 239 125
Hughie Gallacher  Scotland FW 1930–1934 144 0 144 81
George Barber  England FB 1930–1941 294 0 294 1
Vic Woodley  England GK 1931–1945 272 0 272 0
Eric Oakton  England MF 1932–1937 112 0 112 30
Len Allum  England FB 1932–1939 102 0 102 2
John O'Hare  Scotland FB 1932–1941 108 0 108 0
George Gibson  Scotland FW 1933–1939 143 0 143 23
Allan Craig  Scotland FB 1933–1939 211 0 211 0
Billy Mitchell  Ireland HB 1933–1940 118 0 118 3
Jimmy Argue  Scotland FW 1933–1947 125 0 125 35
Dick Spence  England FW 1934–1948 246 0 246 66
Harry Burgess  England FW 1935–1942 155 0 155 37
Sam Weaver  England HB 1936–1945 125 0 125 4
Len Goulden  England FW 1945–1950 111 0 111 19
John Harris  Scotland FB 1945–1956 364 0 364 14
Danny Winter  Wales FB 1943–1951 155 0 155 0
Tommy Walker  Scotland FW 1946–1948 105 0 105 24
Harry Medhurst  England GK 1946–1952 157 0 157 0
Sydney Bathgate  Scotland FB 1946–1953 147 0 147 0
Ken Armstrong  England HB 1946–1957 402 0 402 30
Bill Robertson  Scotland GK 1946–1960 215 0 215 0
William Dickson  Northern Ireland HB 1947–1953 119 0 119 4
Bobby Campbell  Scotland HB 1947–1954 213 0 213 40
Billy Hughes  England FB 1948–1951 105 0 105 0
Billy Gray  England FW 1948–1953 172 0 172 15
Roy Bentley  England FW 1948–1956 367 0 367 150
Stan Willemse  England FB 1949–1956 221 0 221 2
Eric Parsons  England FW 1950–1956 177 0 177 42
Les Stubbs  England FW 1952–1958 123 0 123 35
John McNichol  Scotland FW 1952–1958 202 0 202 66
Derek Saunders  England HB 1953–1959 223 0 223 9
Ron Tindall  England FW 1953–1961 174 0 174 69
Peter Sillett  England FB 1953–1962 288 0 288 34
Frank Blunstone  England FW 1953–1964 347 0 347 54
John Sillett  England FB 1954–1962 102 0 102 1
Peter Brabrook  England FW 1954–1962 271 0 271 57
Reg Matthews  England GK 1956–1961 148 0 148 0
Mel Scott  England DF 1956–1963 104 0 104 0
John Mortimore  England HB 1956–1965 279 0 279 10
Jimmy Greaves  England FW 1957–1961 169 0 169 132
Ken Shellito  England FB 1959–1965 123 0 123 2
Barry Bridges  England FW 1958–1966 203 2 205 93
Bobby Tambling  England FW 1959–1970 366 4 370 202
Peter Bonetti  England GK 1959–1975
1976–1979
729 0 729 0
Allan Harris  England DF 1960–1964
1966–1967
98 4 102 1
Terry Venables  England MF 1960–1966 237 0 237 31
Bert Murray  England FW 1961–1966 179 4 183 44
Eddie McCreadie  Scotland DF 1962–1973 405 5 410 5
Ron Harris  England DF 1962–1980 784 11 795 14
Peter Houseman  England MF 1963–1975 325 18 343 39
John Hollins  England MF 1963–1975
1983–1984
592 0 592 64
Marvin Hinton  England DF 1963–1976 328 16 344 4
George Graham  Scotland FW 1964–1966 102 0 102 46
John Boyle  Scotland MF 1964–1973 253 13 266 12
Peter Osgood  England FW 1964–1974
1978–1979
376 4 380 150
Charlie Cooke  Scotland FW 1966–1972
1974–1978
360 13 373 30
Tommy Baldwin  England MF 1966–1974 228 11 239 91
David Webb  England DF 1968–1974 299 0 299 34
Ian Hutchinson  England FW 1968–1976 137 7 144 58
Alan Hudson  England MF 1969–1974
1983–1984
188 1 189 14
John Dempsey  Republic of Ireland DF 1969–1978 200 7 207 7
John Phillips  Wales GK 1970–1980 149 0 149 0
Micky Droy  England DF 1970–1985 302 11 313 19
Chris Garland  England MF 1971–1974 111 3 114 31
Steve Kember  England MF 1971–1975 150 0 150 15
Gary Stanley  England MF 1971–1979 115 5 120 15
Gary Locke  England DF 1971–1983 315 2 317 4
Bill Garner  England FW 1972–1978 105 14 119 36
Ian Britton  Scotland MF 1972–1982 279 10 289 34
Graham Wilkins  England FB 1972–1982 148 1 149 1
Kenny Swain  England MF/FW 1973–1978 127 5 132 29
Steve Wicks  England DF 1974–1978
1986–1988
163 1 164 9
Ray Wilkins  England MF 1973–1979 193 5 198 33
David Hay  Scotland MF 1974–1980 118 2 120 3
Tommy Langley  England FW 1974–1980 139 13 152 43
Clive Walker  England FW 1976–1984 191 33 224 65
John Bumstead  England MF 1978–1991 379 30 409 44
Mike Fillery  England FW 1978–1983 176 5 181 41
Gary Chivers  England DF 1978–1983 143 5 148 4
Petar Borota  Yugoslavia GK 1979–1982 114 0 114 0
Peter Rhoades-Brown  England FW 1979–1984 97 12 109 5
Colin Pates  England DF 1979–1988 345 1 346 10
Chris Hutchings  England DF 1980–1983 97 4 101 3
Colin Lee  England FW 1980–1987 200 23 223 41
Paul Canoville  England FW 1981–1986 67 36 103 15
David Speedie  Scotland FW 1982–1987 197 8 205 64
Nigel Spackman  England MF 1983–1987
1992–1996
254 13 267 14
Eddie Niedzwiecki  Wales GK 1983–1988 175 0 175 0
Pat Nevin  Scotland FW 1983–1988 237 5 242 45
Joe McLaughlin  Scotland DF 1983–1989 268 0 268 7
Kerry Dixon  England FW 1983–1992 413 7 420 193
Doug Rougvie  Scotland DF 1984–1987 100 0 100 3
Darren Wood  England FB 1984–1989 167 11 178 4
Micky Hazard  England MF 1985–1990 94 9 103 12
Kevin McAllister  Scotland FW 1985–1991 101 39 140 13
Gordon Durie  Scotland FW 1986–1991 145 8 153 63
Gareth Hall  Wales MF 1986–1996 148 23 171 5
Clive Wilson  England DF 1987–1990 85 18 103 5
Tony Dorigo  England DF 1987–1991 180 0 180 12
Kevin Wilson  Northern Ireland FW 1987–1992 155 36 191 55
Graeme Le Saux  England DF 1987–1993
1997–2003
280 32 312 16
Steve Clarke  Scotland DF 1987–1998 407 14 421 10
David Lee  England DF 1988–1998 148 46 194 13
Kevin Hitchcock  England GK 1988–2001 131 4 135 0
Ken Monkou  Netherlands DF 1989–1992 117 2 119 2
Dave Beasant  England GK 1989–1993 157 0 157 0
Graham Stuart  England MF 1989–1993 89 21 110 18
Craig Burley  Scotland MF 1989–1997 105 32 137 11
Erland Johnsen  Norway DF 1989–1997 170 13 183 1
Andy Townsend  Republic of Ireland MF 1990–1993 138 0 138 19
Frank Sinclair  Jamaica DF 1990–1998 211 7 218 13
Eddie Newton  England MF 1990–1999 181 33 214 10
Dennis Wise  England MF 1990–2001 434 11 445 75
Andy Myers  England DF 1991–1999 89 17 106 2
John Spencer  Scotland FW 1992–1997 100 37 137 43
Dmitri Kharine  Russia GK 1992–1999 146 0 146 0
Gavin Peacock  England MF 1993–1996 119 15 134 27
Michael Duberry  England DF 1993–1999 106 9 115 3
Mark Hughes  Wales FW 1995–1998 109 14 123 39
Dan Petrescu  Romania DF 1996–2000 186 22 208 24
Frank Leboeuf  France DF 1996–2001 200 4 204 24
Roberto Di Matteo  Italy MF 1996–2002 155 20 175 26
Jody Morris  England MF 1996–2003 113 60 173 9
Gianfranco Zola  Italy FW 1996–2003 260 52 312 80
Tore André Flo  Norway FW 1997–2000 94 69 163 50
Gustavo Poyet  Uruguay MF 1997–2001 110 35 145 49
Ed de Goey  Netherlands GK 1997–2003 178 1 179 0
Celestine Babayaro  Nigeria DF 1997–2005 177 20 197 8
Albert Ferrer  Spain DF 1998–2003 105 8 113 1
Marcel Desailly  France DF 1998–2004 219 3 222 7
John Terry  England DF 1998–2017 686 31 717 67
Mario Melchiot  Netherlands DF 1999–2004 149 16 165 5
Carlo Cudicini  Italy GK 1999–2009 210 6 216 0
Jesper Grønkjær  Denmark FW 2000–2004 77 42 119 11
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink  Netherlands FW 2000–2004 156 21 177 87
Eiður Guðjohnsen  Iceland FW 2000–2006 177 86 263 78
William Gallas  France DF 2001–2006 213 12 225 14
Frank Lampard  England MF 2001–2014 593 55 648 211
Damien Duff  Republic of Ireland FW 2003–2006 95 30 125 19
Geremi  Cameroon MF 2003–2007 74 35 109 4
Claude Makélélé  France MF 2003–2008 201 16 217 2
Wayne Bridge  England DF 2003–2009 124 18 142 4
Joe Cole  England MF 2003–2010 189 93 282 39
Arjen Robben  Netherlands FW 2004–2007 74 32 106 19
Ricardo Carvalho  Portugal DF 2004–2010 203 7 210 11
Alex  Brazil DF 2004–2012 115 19 134 10
Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast FW 2004–2012
2014–2015
288 93 381 164
Paulo Ferreira  Portugal DF 2004–2013 167 50 217 2
Petr Čech  Czech Republic GK 2004–2015
2020–2021
492 2 494 0
Shaun Wright-Phillips  England FW 2005–2008 65 60 125 10
Michael Essien  Ghana MF 2005–2014 223 33 256 25
Michael Ballack  Germany MF 2006–2010 139 27 166 26
Salomon Kalou  Ivory Coast FW 2006–2012 147 107 254 61
Ashley Cole  England DF 2006–2014 325 13 338 7
John Obi Mikel  Nigeria MF 2006–2017 282 90 372 6
Florent Malouda  France FW 2007–2013 173 56 229 45
José Bosingwa  Portugal DF 2008–2012 110 15 125 3
Nicolas Anelka  France FW 2008–2012 145 39 184 59
Branislav Ivanović  Serbia DF 2008–2017 352 25 377 34
Nemanja Matić  Serbia MF 2009–2011
2014–2017
134 20 154 7
Fernando Torres  Spain FW 2010–2014 117 55 172 45
Ramires  Brazil MF 2010–2016 204 47 251 34
Juan Mata  Spain MF 2011–2014 116 19 135 33
David Luiz  Brazil DF 2011–2014
2016–2019
232 16 248 18
Thibaut Courtois  Belgium GK 2011–2018 154 0 154 0
Oscar  Brazil MF 2012–2016 147 56 203 38
Gary Cahill  England DF 2012–2019 270 20 290 25
Eden Hazard  Belgium FW 2012–2019 297 55 352 110
Victor Moses  Nigeria DF 2012–2021 98 30 128 18
César Azpilicueta  Spain DF 2012–2023 467 41 508 17
Willian  Brazil FW 2013–2020 250 89 339 63
Diego Costa  Spain FW 2014–2017 109 11 120 59
Cesc Fàbregas  Spain MF 2014–2019 159 39 198 22
Kurt Zouma  France DF 2014–2021 124 27 151 10
Andreas Christensen  Denmark DF 2014–2022 146 15 161 2
Ruben Loftus-Cheek  England MF 2014–2023 74 81 155 13
Pedro  Spain FW 2015–2020 140 66 206 43
Marcos Alonso  Spain DF 2016–2022 199 13 212 29
N'Golo Kanté  France MF 2016–2023 232 37 269 13
Antonio Rüdiger  Germany DF 2017–2022 195 8 203 12
Mason Mount  England MF 2017–2023 158 37 195 33
Callum Hudson-Odoi  England FW 2017–2023 66 60 126 16
Olivier Giroud  France FW 2018–2021 60 59 119 39
Ross Barkley  England MF 2018–2022 56 44 100 12
Jorginho  Italy MF 2018–2023 187 26 213 29
Mateo Kovačić  Croatia MF 2018–2023 164 57 221 6
Kepa Arrizabalaga  Spain GK 2018– 160 3 163 0
Reece James  England DF 2018– 119 37 156 11
Christian Pulisic  United States FW 2019–2023 83 62 145 26
Édouard Mendy  Senegal GK 2020–2023 104 1 105 0
Kai Havertz  Germany FW 2020–2023 102 37 139 32
Thiago Silva  Brazil DF 2020– 133 13 146 8
Hakim Ziyech  Morocco FW 2020– 60 47 107 14
Ben Chilwell  England DF 2020– 83 21 104 9

Annual awards

List of captains

Captain Period
England Roy Bentley 1953–1956
England Ken Armstrong 1956–1957
England Derek Saunders 1957–1959
England Frank Blunstone 1959–1964
England Terry Venables 1964–1966
England Ron Harris 1966–1980
England Micky Droy 1980–1984
England Colin Pates 1984–1988
England Graham Roberts 1988–1990
Wales Peter Nicholas 1990–1991
Republic of Ireland Andy Townsend 1991–1993
England Dennis Wise 1993–2001
France Marcel Desailly 2001–2004
England John Terry 2004–2017
England Gary Cahill 2017–2019
Spain César Azpilicueta 2019–2023
England Reece James 2023–

Notable captains

‡ Indicates captains who won the League in the Second Division.

Captain League FAC. LC. CS. UCL. UEL. USC. CWC. FCWC. FMC. Total
England Roy Bentley 1954–55 1955 2
England Terry Venables 1965 1
England Ron Harris 1970 1971 2
England Colin Pates 1983–84 1986 2
England Graham Roberts ‡ 1988–89 1
Wales Peter Nicholas 1990 1
England Dennis Wise 1997
2000
1998 2000 1998 1998 6
England John Terry 2004–05
2005–06
2009–10
2014–15
2016–17
2007
2009
2010
2012
2005
2007
2015
2005
2009
2012 2013 16
England Gary Cahill 2018 2019 2
Spain César Azpilicueta 2021 2021 2022 3

See also

  • List of Chelsea F.C. players (1–24 appearances)
  • List of Chelsea F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

References

General

  • Player profiles
  • Player database
  • Hockings, Ron. 90 Years Of The Blues – A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905–1995.
  • List of all Chelsea players past and present and appearance data

Specific

  1. ^ Watts, Nick. "1963 to 1988". The Football League. Archived from the original on 17 April 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
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