#	Card	Player ⇅	Position ⇅		Club ⇅	Div	Nat	Joined	Left	Span	Apps ▼	Goals ⇅
1	no card	Dean Lewington	Defender		MK Dons	L1		2004	2025	21 yrs	793	21
2		John Trollope	Defender		Swindon Town	L2		1960	1981	21 yrs	770	21
3		Jimmy Dickinson	Midfielder		Portsmouth	CH		1946	1965	19 yrs	764	9
4	no card	Roy Sproson	Defender		Port Vale	L2		1950	1972	22 yrs	760	30
5		Terry Paine	Forward		Southampton	CH		1956	1974	18 yrs	713	160
6		Alan Knight	Goalkeeper		Portsmouth	CH		1979	2004	25 yrs	683	–
7		Ryan Giggs	Midfielder		Manchester United	PL		1990	2014	24 yrs	672	114
8		Billy Bonds	Defender		West Ham United	CH		1967	1988	21 yrs	663	48
9		John Martin	Goalkeeper		Airdrieonians (original)			1980	1999	19 yrs	658	1
10		Steve Perryman	Midfielder		Tottenham Hotspur	PL		1969	1986	17 yrs	655	31
11		Ron Harris	Defender		Chelsea	PL		1961	1980	19 yrs	655	13
12		John McDermott	Defender		Grimsby Town	L2		1987	2007	20 yrs	649	10
13		Ian Callaghan	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1959	1978	19 yrs	640	50
14		Joe Shaw	Midfielder		Sheffield United	CH		1948	1966	18 yrs	632	7
15	no card	Steve Fletcher	Forward		AFC Bournemouth	PL		1992	2013	21 yrs	628	103
16		Jack Charlton	Midfielder		Leeds United	PL		1952	1973	21 yrs	628	70
17		Jim Fallon	Defender		Clydebank			1968	1986	18 yrs	619	23
18		Maurice Malpas	Defender		Dundee United			1981	2000	19 yrs	617	18
19		Dave Blakey	Midfielder		Chesterfield	L2		1948	1967	19 yrs	617	20
20		Bob McKinlay	Midfielder		Nottingham Forest	PL		1949	1970	21 yrs	614	9
21		Jamie Coppinger	Midfielder		Doncaster Rovers	L1		2004	2021	17 yrs	614	67
22	no card	Micky Cook	Defender		Colchester United	L2		1969	1984	15 yrs	614	21
23		Jim Gallacher	Goalkeeper		Clydebank			1972	1992	20 yrs	613	–
24		Bobby Charlton	Forward		Manchester United	PL		1956	1973	17 yrs	606	199
25		David Narey	Defender		Dundee United			1973	1994	21 yrs	603	22
26		Peter Bonetti	Goalkeeper		Chelsea	PL		1960	1979	19 yrs	600	–
27	no card	Jack Brownsword	Defender		Scunthorpe United			1950	1965	15 yrs	597	50
28	no card	Derek Fazackerley	Defender		Blackburn Rovers	CH		1970	1987	17 yrs	596	23
29		John Atyeo	Forward		Bristol City	CH		1951	1966	15 yrs	596	314
30	no card	Harold Bell	Midfielder		Tranmere Rovers	L2		1946	1960	14 yrs	595	11
31		Johnny Haynes	Forward		Fulham	PL		1952	1970	18 yrs	594	146
32	no card	Ron Ashman	Defender		Norwich City	CH		1947	1964	17 yrs	592	55
33		Mick Mills	Defender		Ipswich Town	PL		1965	1983	18 yrs	591	22
34		Arfon Griffiths	Midfielder		Wrexham	CH		1959	1979	20 yrs	591	120
35	no card	Wilf Milne	Defender		Swansea City	CH		1920	1937	17 yrs	586	7
36		Billy Bremner	Midfielder		Leeds United	PL		1959	1977	18 yrs	586	90
37		Ronnie Clayton	Midfielder		Blackburn Rovers	CH		1951	1969	18 yrs	581	15
38		Neville Southall	Goalkeeper		Everton	PL		1981	1998	17 yrs	579	–
39		Sam Bartram	Goalkeeper		Charlton Athletic	CH		1934	1956	22 yrs	579	–
40	no card	Alan Ball	Goalkeeper		Queen Of The South			1963	1982	19 yrs	579	–
41		Alan Hodgkinson	Goalkeeper		Sheffield United	CH		1954	1971	17 yrs	576	–
42		Tony Brown	Midfielder		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1963	1980	17 yrs	574	218
43	no card	John Simpson	Goalkeeper		Gillingham	L2		1957	1962	5 yrs	571	–
44		Kevin Keelan	Goalkeeper		Norwich City	CH		1963	1980	17 yrs	571	–
45		Jim Cannon	Defender		Crystal Palace	PL		1972	1988	16 yrs	571	30
46		Jimmy Armfield	Defender		Blackpool	L1		1954	1971	17 yrs	568	6
47	no card	Ray Mathias	Defender		Tranmere Rovers	L2		1967	1985	18 yrs	567	6
48	no card	Roger Freestone	Goalkeeper		Swansea City	CH		1989	2004	15 yrs	567	3
49		Bill Foulkes	Defender		Manchester United	PL		1952	1970	18 yrs	566	7
50		Louis Carey	Defender		Bristol City	CH		1995	2014	19 yrs	565	12
51		Alan Oakes	Midfielder		Manchester City	PL		1959	1976	17 yrs	564	26
52		Albert Iremonger	Goalkeeper		Notts County	L1		1904	1925	21 yrs	564	–
53		Tim Williamson	Goalkeeper		Middlesbrough	CH		1902	1923	21 yrs	563	2
54	no card	Ron Hillyard	Goalkeeper		Gillingham	L2		1974	1991	17 yrs	563	–
55	no card	Ian Chapman	Defender		Brighton & Hove Albion	PL		1986	1995	9 yrs	562	27
56		Charlie Aitken	Defender		Aston Villa	PL		1960	1976	16 yrs	561	14
57		Paul Reaney	Defender		Leeds United	PL		1962	1978	16 yrs	558	6
58		David O'Leary	Defender		Arsenal	PL		1975	1993	18 yrs	558	11
59		Willie Miller	Defender		Aberdeen			1972	1990	18 yrs	558	20
60		Maurice Owen	Forward		Swindon Town	L2		1946	1963	17 yrs	555	150
61		Frank Lampard	Defender		West Ham United	CH		1967	1985	18 yrs	551	18
62	no card	Stuart Taylor	Defender		Bristol Rovers	L2		1965	1980	15 yrs	546	28
63		Bobby Moore	Defender		West Ham United	CH		1958	1974	16 yrs	544	24
64		Norman Hunter	Defender		Leeds United	PL		1962	1977	15 yrs	540	18
65		Alan Woodward	Forward		Sheffield United	CH		1963	1979	16 yrs	538	158
66		John Wark	Midfielder		Ipswich Town	PL		1974	1997	23 yrs	538	135
67		Jim Montgomery	Goalkeeper		Sunderland	PL		1961	1977	16 yrs	537	–
68		Paul Madeley	Defender		Leeds United	PL		1963	1981	18 yrs	536	25
69		Keith Peacock	Midfielder		Charlton Athletic	CH		1962	1979	17 yrs	534	92
70		Gelson Fernandes	Midfielder		Saint-Étienne			2009	2012	3 yrs	533	–
71	no card	Ross Caven	Midfielder		Queens Park			1982	2002	20 yrs	532	96
72	no card	Kevin Hodges	Midfielder		Plymouth Argyle	L1		1978	1993	15 yrs	530	81
73		Bob Crompton	Defender		Blackburn Rovers	CH		1896	1919	23 yrs	530	14
74		Trevor Brooking	Midfielder		West Ham United	CH		1967	1984	17 yrs	528	88
75		Adam Black	Defender		Leicester City	L1		1919	1934	15 yrs	528	4
76		Peter Lorimer	Forward		Leeds United	PL		1962	1986	24 yrs	526	168
77		Gianluigi Buffon	Goalkeeper		Juventus			2001	2021	20 yrs	526	–
78		Ian Wood	Defender		Oldham Athletic	L2		1965	1980	15 yrs	525	22
79	no card	Len Weare	Goalkeeper		Newport County	L2		1955	1970	15 yrs	525	–
80		Barry Kitchener	Defender		Millwall	CH		1966	1982	16 yrs	523	25
81	no card	Paul Jonquin	Defender		Airdrieonians			1961	1979	18 yrs	523	30
82		Jerry Dawson	Goalkeeper		Burnley	CH		1906	1928	22 yrs	522	–
83		Billy Smith	Forward		Huddersfield Town	L1		1914	1934	20 yrs	521	114
84	no card	Tommy Fowler	Forward		Northampton Town	L2		1946	1962	16 yrs	521	84
85		Lionel Messi	Forward		Barcelona			2004	2021	17 yrs	520	474
86		Andy Davidson	Defender		Hull City	PL		1952	1968	16 yrs	520	18
87		Eddie Hopkinson	Goalkeeper		Bolton Wanderers	CH		1956	1970	14 yrs	519	–
88	no card	Neil Wainwright	Midfielder		Darlington			1999	Present	27 yrs	518	56
89	no card	David Clarke	Defender		East Fife			1968	1987	19 yrs	517	9
90		Gary Mackay	Midfielder		Hearts			1980	1997	17 yrs	516	45
91		Eoin Jess	Midfielder		Aberdeen			1987	2001	14 yrs	515	130
92	no card	Barry Murphy	Defender		Barnsley	L1		1962	1978	16 yrs	514	3
93		Paul McStay	Midfielder		Celtic			1981	1997	16 yrs	514	57
94	no card	Tony Ingham	Defender		Queens Park Rangers	CH		1950	1963	13 yrs	514	3
95	no card	Ken Coote	Defender		Brentford	PL		1949	1964	15 yrs	514	14
96	no card	Herbie Williams	Forward		Swansea City	CH		1958	1975	17 yrs	513	104
97		Steve Mungall	Defender		Tranmere Rovers	L2		1979	1996	17 yrs	513	14
98		Alex Del Piero	Forward		Juventus			1993	2012	19 yrs	513	208
99		Mick Channon	Forward		Southampton	CH		1965	1982	17 yrs	511	185
100	no card	Tug Wilson	Forward		Brighton & Hove Albion	PL		1922	1935	13 yrs	509	67
101		Fred Hawkes	Midfielder		Luton Town	L1		1899	1920	21 yrs	509	22
102		Bert Trautmann	Goalkeeper		Manchester City	PL		1949	1964	15 yrs	508	–
103		Jamie Carragher	Defender		Liverpool	PL		1994	2013	19 yrs	508	3
104		Eric Skeels	Defender		Stoke City	CH		1959	1976	17 yrs	507	7
105		Steve Ogrizovic	Goalkeeper		Coventry City	PL		1984	2000	16 yrs	507	1
106		Ally Robertson	Defender		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1969	1986	17 yrs	506	8
107	no card	Jamie Hewitt	Defender		Chesterfield	L2		1985	2002	17 yrs	506	26
108		Mick Stockwell	Midfielder		Ipswich Town	PL		1982	2000	18 yrs	505	35
109		Jimmy Ruffell	Forward		West Ham United	CH		1921	1937	16 yrs	505	159
110	no card	Xavier Hernández	Midfielder		Barcelona			1997	2015	18 yrs	505	58
111		Norman Bullock	Forward		Bury			1920	1935	15 yrs	505	123
112		Tony Adams	Defender		Arsenal	PL		1984	2002	18 yrs	504	32
113		Steven Gerrard	Forward		Liverpool	PL		1998	2015	17 yrs	503	120
114	no card	Cec Podd	Defender		Bradford City	L1		1970	1984	14 yrs	502	3
115	no card	John McCue	Defender		Stoke City	CH		1946	1960	14 yrs	502	2
116	no card	Andy Wilson	Forward		Sheffield Wednesday	L1		1900	1920	20 yrs	501	199
117		Gianni Rivera	Midfielder		AC Milan			1960	1979	19 yrs	501	122
118		Derek Parkin	Defender		Wolverhampton Wanderers	CH		1967	1982	15 yrs	501	6
119		John Wile	Defender		West Bromwich Albion	CH		1970	1983	13 yrs	500	24
120		Paul Scholes	Midfielder		Manchester United	PL		1993	2013	20 yrs	500	107
121	no card	Martin Hicks	Defender		Reading	L1		1977	1991	14 yrs	500	23
122		George Armstrong	Forward		Arsenal	PL		1961	1977	16 yrs	500	53

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