List of Arsenal F.C. players

Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. The club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below.

David O'Leary holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Arsenal. Between 1975 and 1993 the Irish defender played 722 times for the club.^[1] As of 2009, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances for Arsenal, including four of the so-called "famous five" defenders of the 1990s,^[2] Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, David Seaman and Nigel Winterburn. The club's goalscoring record is held by Thierry Henry, who scored 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007 and during a loan spell with the club in 2012.^[3] He surpassed the previous record of 185 goals, held by Ian Wright, in 2005,^[4] and became the first player to score 200 goals for Arsenal the following year.^[5]

Key

• Appearance and goal totals include matches in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.

Playing positions

GK	Goalkeeper	RB	Right back	RW	Right winger	DF	Defender
IF	Inside forward	LB	Left back	LW	Left winger	CB	Centre back
FW	Forward	FB	Full back	W	Winger	MF	Midfielder
ST	Striker	WH	Wing half	AM	Attacking midfielder	CM	Central midfielder

Players

Tony Adams, who lies second in the all time appearance list with 669. He was also captain from 1988 to 2002

Nicknamed "The Romford Pelé", Ray Parlour has 464 appearances

Seen here during his time with Portsmouth, Paul Merson has 423 appearances

Dennis Bergkamp has more appearances than any other overseas player

Patrick Vieira was captain from 2002 to 2005

Frank McLintock made 403 appearances for the Gunners

Kenny Sansom preceded Tony Adams as captain, holding the post until 1988

Record goalscorer Thierry Henry, who was also captain from 2005 to 2007

Percy Sands made 350 appearances in the early years, when the team was known as Woolwich Arsenal

Another early player, Joe Shaw made 326 appearances

Kolo Touré made 326 appearances for the Arsenal

Bob Wilson made 308 appearances for the club in the 1960s and 70s

Cesc Fàbregas the Gunners' youngest ever goalscorer and captain from 2008 to 2011

Robin Van Persie was captain from 2011 to 2012

Thomas Vermaelen was captain from 2012 to 2014

William Gallas was captain from 2007 to 2008

Mikel Arteta is the current captain of Arsenal

Theo Walcott has the most appearances and goals in the current squad

Francis Coquelin is the most recent player to have achieved the 100 games milestone

As of 21 April 2016^[6]

Name	Nationality	Position	Arsenal career	Appearances	Goals
Crawford, GavinGavin Crawford	Scotland	RW	1891–1898	138	18
Davis, FredFred Davis	England	MF	1893–1899	150	10
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	England	MF	1896–1903	153	11
Dick, JohnJohn Dick	Scotland	MF	1898–1912	284	13
McNichol, DuncanDuncan McNichol	Scotland	RB/LB	1899–1903	112	1
Jackson, JimmyJimmy Jackson	Scotland	LB	1899–1905	204	1
Cross, ArchieArchie Cross	England	RB	1900–1910	149	0
Ashcroft, JimmyJimmy Ashcroft	England	GK	1900–1908	303	0
Briercliffe, TommyTommy Briercliffe	England	RW	1901–1905	133	34
Gooing, BillBill Gooing	England	FW	1901–1905	106	48
Coleman, TimTim Coleman	England	FW	1902–1908	196	84
McEachrane, RoddyRoddy McEachrane	Scotland	MF	1902–1915	346	0
Sands, PercyPercy Sands	England	CB	1902–1919	350	12
Gray, ArchieArchie Gray	Scotland	RB	1904–1912	200	0
Neave, DavidDavid Neave	Scotland	LW	1904–1912	168	32
Satterthwaite, CharlieCharlie Satterthwaite	England	FW	1904–1910	141	48
Ducat, AndyAndy Ducat	England	MF	1905–1912	188	21
Sharp, JimmyJimmy Sharp	Scotland	LB	1905–1908	116	5
McDonald, HughHugh McDonald	Scotland	GK	1906 1908–1910 1912–1913	103	0
Lewis, CharlesCharles Lewis	England	FW	1907–1920	220	34
Shaw, JoeJoe Shaw	England	LB	1907–1923	326	0
Greenaway, DavidDavid Greenaway	Scotland	RW	1908–1921	170	13
McKinnon, AngusAngus McKinnon	Scotland	MF	1908–1922	217	4
Flanagan, PatPat Flanagan	England	FW	1910–1917	121	28
Graham, AlexAlex Graham	Scotland	CB	1911–1924	179	20
Rutherford, JockJock Rutherford	England	RW	1913–1923 1923–1926[7]	232	27
Blyth, BillyBilly Blyth	Scotland	MF	1914–1929	343	51
Bradshaw, FrankFrank Bradshaw	England	LB	1914–1923	142	14
Butler, JackJack Butler	England	CB	1914–1930	296	8
Hutchins, ArthurArthur Hutchins	England	LB	1919–1923	108	1
White, HenryHenry White	England	FW	1919–1923	109	45
Toner, JoeJoe Toner	Northern Ireland	LW	1919–1926	100	6
Williamson, ErnestErnest Williamson	England	GK	1919–1923	113	0
Baker, AlfAlf Baker	England	MF	1919–1931	351	26
Mackie, AlecAlec Mackie	Northern Ireland	RB	1921–1926	118	1
Milne, BillyBilly Milne	Scotland	MF	1921–1927	124	3
Robson, JockJock Robson	Scotland	GK	1921–1925	101	0
John, BobBob John	Wales	MF	1922–1937	470	13
Kennedy, AndyAndy Kennedy	Northern Ireland	LB	1922–1928	129	0
Brain, JimmyJimmy Brain	England	FW	1924–1931	232	139
Hoar, SidneySidney Hoar	England	LW	1924–1929	117	18
Lewis, DanDan Lewis	Wales	GK	1924–1931	167	0
Buchan, CharlieCharlie Buchan	England	FW	1925–1928	120	56
Hulme, JoeJoe Hulme	England	RW	1926–1937	374	125
Lambert, JackJack Lambert	England	FW	1926–1933	161	109
Parker, TomTom Parker	England	RB	1926–1932	294	17
Roberts, HerbieHerbie Roberts	England	CB	1926–1937	335	5
Hapgood, EddieEddie Hapgood	England	LB	1927–1939	440	2
Jack, DavidDavid Jack	England	MF	1928–1934	208	124
Jones, CharlieCharlie Jones	Wales	LW	1928–1934	195	8
Bastin, CliffCliff Bastin	England	LW	1929–1947	396	178
James, AlexAlex James	Scotland	MF	1929–1937	261	27
Compton, LeslieLeslie Compton	England	CB	1930–1950	273	6
Male, GeorgeGeorge Male	England	RB	1930–1948	318	0
Moss, FrankFrank Moss	England	GK	1931–1936	161	1
Bowden, RayRay Bowden	England	FW	1933–1937	138	48
Copping, WilfWilf Copping	England	MF	1934–1939	189	0
Crayston, JackJack Crayston	England	MF	1934–1939	187	17
Drake, TedTed Drake	England	ST	1934–1939	184	139
Kirchen, AlfAlf Kirchen	England	RW	1935–1939	101	45
Lewis, RegReg Lewis	England	FW	1935–1953	176	118
Swindin, GeorgeGeorge Swindin	England	GK	1936–1953	297	0
Barnes, WalleyWalley Barnes	Wales	RB	1946–1955	294	12
Logie, JimmyJimmy Logie	Scotland	MF	1946–1955	328	76
McPherson, IanIan McPherson	Scotland	RW	1946–1951	163	21
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer	England	MF	1946–1954	275	2
Scott, LaurieLaurie Scott	England	RB	1946–1951	126	0
Macaulay, ArchieArchie Macaulay	Scotland	MF	1947–1950	108	1
Roper, DonDon Roper	England	FW	1947–1956	321	95
Forbes, AlexAlex Forbes	Scotland	MF	1948–1956	240	20
Lishman, DougDoug Lishman	England	FW	1948–1955	244	137
Smith, LionelLionel Smith	England	LB	1948–1954	181	0
Goring, PeterPeter Goring	England	FW/MF	1949–1959	240	53
Kelsey, JackJack Kelsey	Wales	GK	1949–1962	352	0
Holton, CliffCliff Holton	England	FW	1950–1958	217	88
Bowen, DaveDave Bowen	Wales	MF	1951–1959	162	2
Evans, DennisDennis Evans	England	LB	1951–1960	207	12
Dodgin, BillBill Dodgin	England	CB	1953–1960	207	1
Wills, LenLen Wills	England	RB	1953–1961	208	4
Bloomfield, JimmyJimmy Bloomfield	England	FW	1954–1960	227	56
Clapton, DannyDanny Clapton	England	RW	1954–1962	225	27
Haverty, JoeJoe Haverty	Ireland	LW	1954–1961	122	26
Tapscott, DerekDerek Tapscott	Wales	MF	1954–1958	132	68
Charlton, StanStan Charlton	England	RB	1955–1958	110	3
Groves, VicVic Groves	England	MF	1955–1964	203	37
Herd, DavidDavid Herd	Scotland	FW	1955–1961	180	107
Barnwell, JohnJohn Barnwell	England	MF	1957–1964	151	24
Henderson, JackieJackie Henderson	Scotland	FW	1958–1961	111	29
McCullough, BillyBilly McCullough	Northern Ireland	LB	1958–1966	268	5
Magill, EddieEddie Magill	Northern Ireland	RB/LB	1959–1965	131	0
Eastham, GeorgeGeorge Eastham	England	FW	1960–1966	223	41
Neill, TerryTerry Neill	Northern Ireland	CB	1960–1970	275	10
Skirton, AlanAlan Skirton	England	RW	1960–1966	154	54
Strong, GeoffGeoff Strong	England	FW	1960–1964	137	77
Brown, LaurieLaurie Brown	England	CB	1961–1963	109	2
MacLeod, JohnnyJohnny MacLeod	Scotland	RW	1961–1964	112	28
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	England	RW	1962–1977	621	68
Baker, JoeJoe Baker	England	FW	1962–1966	156	100
Court, DavidDavid Court	England	MF	1962–1970	204	18
Furnell, JimJim Furnell	England	GK	1963–1968	167	0
Sammels, JonJon Sammels	England	MF	1963–1971	270	52
Ure, IanIan Ure	Scotland	CB	1963–1969	202	2
Wilson, BobBob Wilson	Scotland	GK	1963–1974	308	0
McLintock, FrankFrank McLintock	Scotland	CB	1964–1973	403	32
Radford, JohnJohn Radford	England	ST	1964–1976	481	149
Simpson, PeterPeter Simpson	England	CB	1964–1978	477	15
Storey, PeterPeter Storey	England	RB	1965–1977	501	17
Graham, GeorgeGeorge Graham	Scotland	FW	1966–1972	308	77
McNab, BobBob McNab	England	LB	1966–1975	365	6
Rice, PatPat Rice	Northern Ireland	RB	1967–1980	528	13
George, CharlieCharlie George	England	FW	1969–1975	179	49
Kelly, EddieEddie Kelly	Scotland	MF	1969–1975	222	19
Kennedy, RayRay Kennedy	England	FW	1969–1974	212	71
Nelson, SammySammy Nelson	Northern Ireland	LB	1969–1981	339	12
Ball, AlanAlan Ball	England	MF	1971–1976	217	52
Brady, LiamLiam Brady	Ireland	MF	1973–1980	307	59
Price, DavidDavid Price	England	MF	1973–1981	176	19
Rimmer, JimmyJimmy Rimmer	England	GK	1974–1977	146	0
O'Leary, DavidDavid O'Leary	Ireland	CB	1973–1993	722	14
Stapleton, FrankFrank Stapleton	Ireland	FW	1975–1981	300	108
Devine, JohnJohn Devine	Ireland	RB	1976–1983	111	0
Macdonald, MalcolmMalcolm Macdonald	England	FW	1976–1979	108	57
Jennings, PatPat Jennings	Northern Ireland	GK	1977–1984	327	0
Rix, GrahamGraham Rix	England	LW	1977–1988	464	51
Sunderland, AlanAlan Sunderland	England	FW	1977–1983	281	92
Young, WillieWillie Young	Scotland	CB	1977–1981	237	19
Hollins, JohnJohn Hollins	England	MF	1979–1983	172	13
Talbot, BrianBrian Talbot	England	MF	1979–1985	327	49
Davis, PaulPaul Davis	England	MF	1980–1994	447	37
Sansom, KennyKenny Sansom	England	LB	1980–1988	394	6
Robson, StewartStewart Robson	England	MF	1981–1986	186	21
Whyte, ChrisChris Whyte	England	CB	1981–1985	113	8
Woodcock, TonyTony Woodcock	England	FW	1982–1986	169	68
Adams, TonyTony Adams	England	CB	1983–2002	669	48
Allinson, IanIan Allinson	England	MF	1983–1987	105	23
Nicholas, CharlieCharlie Nicholas	Scotland	FW	1983–1987	184	54
Anderson, VivViv Anderson	England	RB	1984–1987	150	15
Williams, SteveSteve Williams	England	MF	1984–1988	121	5
Lukic, JohnJohn Lukic	England	GK	1984–1990 1996–2001	298	0
Hayes, MartinMartin Hayes	England	LW	1985–1990	132	34
Rocastle, DavidDavid Rocastle	England	MF	1985–1992	277	34
Keown, MartinMartin Keown	England	CB	1985–1986 1993–2004	449	8
Groves, PerryPerry Groves	England	RW	1986–1992	203	28
Merson, PaulPaul Merson	England	FW	1986–1997	423	99
Smith, AlanAlan Smith	England	ST	1987–1995	347	115
Richardson, KevinKevin Richardson	England	MF	1987–1990	121	8
Thomas, MichaelMichael Thomas	England	MF	1987–1991	208	30
Bould, SteveSteve Bould	England	CB	1988–1999	369	22
Campbell, KevinKevin Campbell	England	FW	1988–1995	228	59
Dixon, LeeLee Dixon	England	RB	1988–2002	618	28
Winterburn, NigelNigel Winterburn	England	LB	1988–2000	584	12
Hillier, DavidDavid Hillier	England	MF	1990–1996	142	2
Limpar, AndersAnders Limpar	Sweden	LW	1990–1994	116	20
Linighan, AndyAndy Linighan	England	CB	1990–1996	156	8
Seaman, DavidDavid Seaman	England	GK	1990–2003	563	0
Wright, IanIan Wright	England	ST	1991–1998	288	185
Jensen, JohnJohn Jensen	Denmark	MF	1992–1996	138	1
Parlour, RayRay Parlour	England	MF	1992–2004	464	32
Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	FW	1995–2006	423	120
Platt, DavidDavid Platt	England	MF	1995–1998	108	15
Vieira, PatrickPatrick Vieira	France	MF	1996–2005	407	33
Grimandi, GillesGilles Grimandi	France	CB/MF	1997–2002	169	6
Overmars, MarcMarc Overmars	Netherlands	LW	1997–2000	143	41
Petit, EmmanuelEmmanuel Petit	France	MF	1997–2000	118	11
Ljungberg, FreddieFreddie Ljungberg	Sweden	RW	1998–2007	328	72
Cole, AshleyAshley Cole	England	LB	1999–2006	228	9
Henry, ThierryThierry Henry	France	ST	1999–2007 2012	377	228
Kanu, NwankwoNwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	ST	1999–2004	197	44
Luzhny, OlegOleg Luzhny	Ukraine	RB	1999–2003	110	0
Wiltord, SylvainSylvain Wiltord	France	FW	2000–2004	176	49
Pires, RobertRobert Pires	France	LW	2000–2006	284	84
Lauren, Lauren	Cameroon	RB	2000–2007	241	9
Campbell, SolSol Campbell	England	CB	2001–2006 2010	211	12
Edu, Edu	Brazil	MF	2001–2005	127	15
Silva, GilbertoGilberto Silva	Brazil	MF	2002–2008	245	24
Touré, KoloKolo Touré	Ivory Coast	CB	2002–2009	326	14
Lehmann, JensJens Lehmann	Germany	GK	2003–2008 2011	200	0
Fàbregas, CescCesc Fàbregas	Spain	MF	2003–2011	303	57
Clichy, GaëlGaël Clichy	France	LB	2003–2011	264	2
Senderos, PhilippePhilippe Senderos	Switzerland	CB	2003–2010	117	4
Almunia, ManuelManuel Almunia	Spain	GK	2004–2012	175	0
Antonio Reyes, JoséJosé Antonio Reyes	Spain	FW	2004–2007	110	23
van Persie, RobinRobin van Persie	Netherlands	ST	2004–2012	278	132
Flamini, MathieuMathieu Flamini	France	MF	2004–2008 2013–	246	13
Djourou, JohanJohan Djourou	Switzerland	CB	2004–2014	144	1
Eboué, EmmanuelEmmanuel Eboué	Ivory Coast	RB	2005–2011	214	10
Hleb, AlexanderAlexander Hleb	Belarus	MF	2005–2008	130	10
Bendtner, NicklasNicklas Bendtner	Denmark	ST	2005–2014	171	47
Song, AlexandreAlexandre Song	Cameroon	MF	2005–2012	204	10
Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor	Togo	ST	2006–2009	142	62
Gallas, WilliamWilliam Gallas	France	CB	2006–2010	142	17
Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	England	RW	2006–	342	85
Diaby, AbouAbou Diaby	France	MF	2006-2015	180	19
Rosický, TomášTomáš Rosický	Czech Republic	MF	2006–	246	28
Denílson, Denílson	Brazil	MF	2006–2013	153	10
Sagna, BacaryBacary Sagna	France	RB	2007–2014	284	5
Gibbs, KieranKieran Gibbs	England	LB	2007–	208	6
Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey	Wales	MF	2008–	262	43
Nasri, SamirSamir Nasri	France	MF	2008–2011	125	27
Wilshere, JackJack Wilshere	England	MF	2008–	154	12
Coquelin, FrancisFrancis Coquelin	France	MF	2008–	105	0
Arshavin, AndreyAndrey Arshavin	Russia	MF	2009–2013	144	31
Vermaelen, ThomasThomas Vermaelen	Belgium	CB	2009–2014	150	15
Szczesny, WojciechWojciech Szczesny	Poland	GK	2009–	181	0
Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny	France	CB	2010–	244	20
Oxlade-Chamberlain, AlexAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain	England	MF	2011–	149	14
Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker	Germany	CB	2011–	205	8
Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta	Spain	MF	2011–	149	16
Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud	France	ST	2012–	183	78
Cazorla, SantiSanti Cazorla	Spain	MF	2012–	168	27
Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal	Spain	LB	2013–	127	2
Özil, MesutMesut Özil	Germany	MF	2013–	114	20

References

General

• "Arsenal Player Database". Arsenal F.C. Retrieved 28 September 2009.

Specific

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2. Pearce, Jonathan (18 September 2009). "Missing link is hurting Gunners". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
3. "Thierry Henry: Forget Adebayor, Arsenal can still win the title". Daily Mail. 23 July 2009. Retrieved 28 September 2009.
4. Davies, Christopher (19 October 2005). "Henry strikes twice to secure Arsenal record". The Daily Telegraph (London). Retrieved 29 September 2009.
5. "Thierry Henry factfile". Daily Mail. 23 June 2007. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
6. "Arsenal Player Database". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
7. Rutherford left Arsenal to join Stoke in March 1923, but returned six months later.