List of Everton F.C. players explained

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Everton. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-team matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role in a league title win have also been included for their – for example Andy Gray.Players in Everton's early history are also included despite not necessarily playing 100 matches.

For a list of all Everton players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Everton F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Everton F.C. article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Notable players

Appearance figures as of 21 May 2022

Name	Nationality	Position	Everton career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
George Fleming		MF	1887–1888	5	2	First League goalscorer for Everton
George Farmer		FW	1887–1889	35	3	First competitive goalscorer for Everton
Alex McKinnon		FW	1888	6	4	First hat-trick goalscorer
Nick Ross		FB/FW	1888–1889	19	5	Club captain 1888–1889
Bob Kelso		FB	1888–1889, 1891–1895	103	5
Alf Milward		FW	1888–1896	224	96
Edgar Chadwick		FW	1888–1898	300	110	Club captain 1897
Johnny Holt		FB	1888–1898	252	4	First England international
Andrew Hannah		FB	1889–1891	44	0	Club captain 1889–1891
Alexander Brady		FW	1889–1891	36	20	Member of 1890-91 title winning side
Dan Doyle		CB	1889–1891	41	1	Captained Everton's first title-winning side
David Jardine		GK	1889–1894	137	0
Alex Latta		FW	1889–1895	148	70
Charlie Parry		FB	1889–1895	94	5	First Everton player to win an international cap for Wales
Fred Geary		FW	1889–1895	99	86	First goalscorer at Goodison Park
Duncan McLean		FB	1890–1891	26	0	Joined Liverpool FC after the 1892 split
Bob Howarth		FB	1891–1893	68	0	Club captain 1892–1893
Richard Williams		GK	1891–1894	70	0	Member of Everton's first FA Cup final team
Jack Bell		FW	1892–1898, 1901–1903	199	70	First Everton goalscorer in a FA Cup Final
Dickie Boyle		HB	1892–1900	243	8
William Stewart		HB	1892–1900	137	6
Jack Southworth		FW	1893–1894	32	36	First ever double hat-trick scorer
Tom McInnes		FW	1894–1895	47	18	Scorer of the first goal in a Merseyside derby
Jack Taylor		HB	1896–1910	456	80	Club captain 1898–1910
Willie Muir		GK	1897–1901	137	0
Sam Wolstenholme		FB	1897–1903	170	8
Walter Balmer		FB	1897–1908	331	1
John Proudfoot		FW	1898–1901	89	31	Inclusion reason required*
Jack Crelley		FB	1898–1907	127	0
Jimmy Settle		FB	1899–1908	269	97	Top Football League goalscorer in 1901–02
Walter Abbott		FW	1899–1908	292	37
Jack Sharp		FW	1899–1909	342	80
Tom Booth		HB	1900–1907	185	11
Alex "Sandy" Young		FW	1901–1910	314	125	Top Football League goalscorer in 1906–07
Bob Balmer		FB	1902–1911	188	0
Harry Makepeace		HB	1902–1914	336	23
Thomas McDermott		HB	1903–1905	73	19	Inclusion reason required*
Harold Hardman		FW	1903–1908	156	29
Billy Scott		GK	1904–1912	289	0
Hugh Bolton		FW	1906–1908	87	34	Member of the first Everton team to win the FA Cup.
Joe Donnachie		CB	1906–1908, 1919–1920	58	0	Inclusion reason required*
William Stevenson		DF	1907–1913	125	0
Jock Maconnachie		FB	1907–1919	270	7
Tim Coleman		FW	1908–1910	71	30	Prominent member of the Players' Union.
Bert Freeman		CF	1908–1911	94	67	Top Football League goalscorer in 1908–09
Val Harris		HB	1908–1914	214	2
Bill Lacey	/	Va	1909–1912	40	11	First player to be capped at full international level while playing for both Everton and Liverpool
George Beare		FW	1909–1913	125	19
Tom Fleetwood		HB	1910–1922	285	10
Frank Jefferis		FW	1910–1919	137	22
Sam Chedgzoy		FW	1910–1925	300	36
Joe Smith		FW	1911–1912	10	0	Inclusion reason required*
Alan Grenyer		CH	1911–1923	148	9
Bobby Parker		FW	1913–1922	92	71	Top Football League goalscorer in 1914–15
George Harrison		FW	1913–1923	190	17
Tommy Fern		GK	1913–1924	231	0
Joe Clennell		FW	1913–1921	74	33	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Jimmy Galt		MF	1913–1915	36	4	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Bob Thompson		FB	1913–1921	89	0	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
William Brown		HB	1914–1927	179	0
Billy Kirsopp		FW	1915–1921	63	29	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Joe Peacock		HB	1919–1926	161	12
Jock McDonald		FB	1920–1926	224	0
David Reid		FW	1920–1926	101	11
Wilf Chadwick		FW	1921–1925	109	55	Top Football League goalscorer in 1923–24
Doug Livingstone		FB	1921–1925	100	0
Bobby Irvine		FW	1921–1928	214	57
Hunter Hart		MF	1921–1929	300	5
Neil McBain		HB	1922–1925	103	1
Alec Troup		FW	1922–1929	259	35
David Raitt		FB	1922–1927	131	0
Jack O'Donnell		FB	1924–1929	198	10
Albert Virr		HB	1924–1929	127	3
Dixie Dean		FW	1925–1937	431	377	All-time leading goalscorer for Everton
Arthur Davies		GK	1926–1929	94	0	Inclusion reason required*
Edward Critchley		FW	1926–1934	229	42
Warney Cresswell		FB	1926–1935	306	1
Tony Weldon		FW	1927–1929	74	13	Member of 1927–28 title-winning team
Jeremiah Kelly		HB	1927–1929	83	1	Member of 1927–28 title-winning team
Tommy White		FW	1927–1937	201	66
James Dunn		FW	1928–1934	155	49
Jimmy Stein		FW	1928–1936	215	65
Jock Thomson		HB	1929–1938	296	5
Ted Sagar		GK	1929–1952	495	0
Tommy Johnson		FW	1929–1933	161	65
Ben Williams		FB	1929–1935	139	0
Cliff Britton		HB	1930–1938	240	3
Charlie Gee		HB	1930–1938	212	2
Albert Geldard		FW	1932–1937	179	37
Joe Mercer		HB	1932–1946	184	2
Jimmy Cunliffe		FW	1932–1938	187	76
Billy Cook		FB	1932–1938	250	6
Stan Bentham		FW	1932–1948	125	7
Jack Jones		DF	1933–1937	108	0
Jackie Coulter		MF	1934–1937	88	2	Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame member
Alex Stevenson	/	FW	1934–1949	271	90
Torry Gillick		FW	1935–1938	133	44
T. G. Jones		FB	1936–1949	175	5
Tommy Lawton		FW	1937–1945	95	70	Top Football League goalscorer in 1937–38, 1938–39
Norman Greenhalgh		FB	1937–1949	115	1
Johnny Carey	/	Va	1942–1943	—	—	Manager 1958–1961
Wally Fielding		FW	1945–1959	410	54
George Saunders		FB	1946–1951	140	0
Jackie Grant		HB	1946–1954	133	11
Eddie Wainwright		FW	1946–1955	228	76
Tommy Eglington	/	FW	1946–1957	428	82
Peter Farrell	/	HB	1946–1957	453	17	Club captain 1954–1957
Cyril Lello		HB	1947–1956	255	9
Peter Corr		MF	1948–1949	24	2	Member of the first non-UK side to beat England at home
Ted Buckle		FW	1949–1954	117	33
Eric Moore		FB	1949–1956	184	0
Jack Lindsay		FB	1950–1953	115	2
Jimmy O'Neill		GK	1949–1960	213	0
Tommy E. Jones		FB	1948–1961	411	14	Club captain 1957–1961
John Willie Parker		FW	1947–1956	176	89
Tony McNamara		FW	1951–1957	113	22
Don Donovan		FB	1949–1958	187	2
Dave Hickson		FW	1948–1955, 1957–1959	253	111
Jimmy Tansey		FB	1952–1959	142	0
Mick Meagan		FB	1952–1964	175	1
Jimmy Harris		FW	1955–1960	207	72	First League Cup goalscorer for Everton
Brian Harris		FW	1955–1966	360	29
Albert Dunlop		GK	1956–1963	231	0
Derek Temple		FW	1956–1967	277	84
Bobby Collins		MF	1958–1962	147	48
Alex Parker		FB	1958–1964	230	5
Brian Labone		CB	1958–1971	533	2	Club captain 1965–1971
Billy Bingham		MF	1960–1962	98	26	Manager 1973–1977
Roy Vernon		FW	1960–1965	203	111	Club captain 1962–1965
Alex Young		FW	1960–1968	275	109
Jimmy Gabriel		MF	1960–1967	304	37	Caretaker manager 1990, 1993–1994
Dennis Stevens		MF	1962–1965	145	32	First European goalscorer for Everton
Johnny Morrissey		FW	1962–1971	313	50
Gordon West		GK	1962–1972	402	0
Alex Scott		FW	1962–1966	180	26
Sandy Brown		FB	1963–1970	253	11
Andy Rankin		GK	1963–1970	106	0
Colin Harvey		MF	1963–1974	386	24	Manager 1987–1990
Fred Pickering		FW	1963–1967	115	70
Ray Wilson		FB	1964–1969	153	0	1966 World Cup winner
Jimmy Husband		FW	1964–1973	197	55
Tommy Wright		FB	1964–1974	374	4
John Hurst		MF	1964–1976	388	34
Alan Ball		MF	1966–1971	250	78	1966 World Cup winner
Joe Royle		FW	1966–1974	276	119	Manager 1994–1997
Howard Kendall		MF	1967–1974	275	30	Club captain 1971–1974, Manager 1981–87, 1990–93, 1997–98
Terry Darracott		FB	1967–1979	178	0
Roger Kenyon		CB	1967–1979	308	9
Dai Davies		GK	1970–1977	94	0
Henry Newton		MF	1970–1973	85	6	Everton's record signing at the time.
John Connolly		FW	1972–1976	118	16
Mick Buckley		MF	1971–1977	158	12
Mick Lyons		CB	1971–1981	462	59
Mike Bernard		MF	1972–1976	172	8
David Lawson		GK	1972–1976	152	0
Dave Clements		FB	1973–1975	99	8	Club captain 1974–1975
Bob Latchford		FW	1973–1980	289	138	Top Football League goalscorer in 1977–78
George Telfer		FW	1973–1980	113	22
Jim Pearson		FW	1974–1977	126	19
Martin Dobson		MF	1974–1978	231	39
Dave Jones		FB	1975–1978	103	2
Andy King		MF	1976–1980, 1982–1984	247	68
Mark Higgins		CB	1976–1984	181	6	Club captain 1982
John Bailey		FB	1979–1986	222	3
George Wood		GK	1977–1980	126	0
Trevor Ross		MF	1977–1983	151	20
Billy Wright		CB	1977–1983	198	10	Club captain 1977–1982
Peter Eastoe		FW	1979–1982	115	33
Asa Hartford		FW	1979–1981	98	7	Everton's record signing at the time.
Kevin Ratcliffe		CB	1980–1991	494	2	Club captain 1982–1992
Graeme Sharp		FW	1980–1991	445	159
Steve McMahon		MF	1980–1983	120	14
Alan Irvine		MF	1981–1984	80	6	Assistant manager 2002–2007
Kevin Richardson		MF	1981–1986	145	20
Neville Southall		GK	1981–1997	750	0	Most all-time appearances for Everton
Derek Mountfield		CB	1982–1988	153	24
Adrian Heath		MF	1982–1988	306	94
Gary Stevens		RB	1982–1988	294	13
Peter Reid		MF	1982–1988	234	13
Kevin Sheedy		MF	1982–1992	368	97
Andy Gray		FW	1983–1985	68	22	Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame member
Trevor Steven		MF	1983–1989	298	59
Alan Harper		FB	1983–1988, 1991–1993	240	5
Paul Bracewell		MF	1984–1989	143	10
Pat Van Den Hauwe		FB	1984–1989	203	3
Gary Lineker		FW	1985–1986	52	40	Top Football League goalscorer in 1985–86
Neil Pointon		FB	1985–1989	138	5
Dave Watson		CB	1986–2000	529	38	Club captain 1992–2000; Caretaker manager 1997
Ian Snodin		FB	1987–1994	201	9
Stuart McCall		MF	1988–1990	141	10
Neil McDonald		FB	1988–1991	123	8
Pat Nevin		MF	1988–1991	148	21
Tony Cottee		FW	1988–1994	230	99
Martin Keown		CB	1989–1992	126	0
John Ebbrell		MF	1989–1997	266	19
Peter Beagrie		MF	1989–1994, 1998	143	17
Gary Ablett		CB	1990–1995	155	6
Matt Jackson		CB	1990–1995	165	6
Andy Hinchcliffe		FB	1990–1997	222	9
Peter Beardsley		FW	1991–1992	95	32	One of only two players to have scored for both sides in Merseyside derbies
David Unsworth		CB	1991–1997, 1998–2004	355	44
Barry Horne		MF	1992–1996	150	3
Paul Rideout		FW	1992–1996	140	40
Graham Stuart		MF	1993–1997	161	31
Joe Parkinson		MF	1993–1999	107	4
Daniel Amokachi		MF	1994–1996	54	12	Olympic gold medalist
Anders Limpar		MF	1994–1997	82	6	World Cup bronze medalist
Duncan Ferguson		FW	1994–1998, 2000–2006	272	72	Club captain 1997–1998
Andrei Kanchelskis		MF	1995–1997	60	20	Club record signing at the time
Craig Short		CB	1995–1998	114	4
Gary Speed		MF	1996–1998	65	18	Club captain 1997–1998
Michael Ball		FB	1996–2000	138	8
Nick Barmby		MF	1996–2000	133	23
Paul Gerrard		GK	1996–2002	99	0	Everton's first £1m+ goalkeeper.
Marco Materazzi		CB	1997–1998	27	1	2006 World Cup winner
Thomas Myhre		GK	1997–2001	70	0	Inclusion reason required*
Kevin Campbell		FW	1997–2005	163	51
David Weir		CB	1998–2007	269	11	Club captain 2005–2007
Richard Gough		CB	1999–2001	42	1	Club captain 2000–2001
Scot Gemmill		MF	1999–2003	107	5
Mark Pembridge		MF	1999–2003	101	4
Steve Watson		FB	2000–2005	139	16
Thomas Gravesen		MF	2000–2005, 2007–2008	168	12
Gary Naysmith		FB	2000–2007	151	7
Alessandro Pistone		FB	2000–2007	117	1
Leon Osman		MF	2000–2016	433	57
Tomasz Radzinski		FW	2001–2004	102	28
Alan Stubbs		CB	2001–2005, 2006–2008	192	7	Club captain 2001–2005
Tony Hibbert		FB	2001–2016	329	0
Wayne Rooney		FW	2002–2004, 2017–2018	117	28	2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player
Lee Carsley		MF	2002–2008	198	12
Joseph Yobo		CB	2002–2012	259	10	Club vice-captain 2007–2012
Kevin Kilbane		MF	2003–2006	120	5
James McFadden		FW	2003–2008, 2011–2012	139	19
Tim Cahill		MF/FW	2004–2012	242	68
Mikel Arteta		MF	2005–2011	209	35	2005–06, 2006–07 Everton Player of the Year
Phil Neville		FB	2005–2013	303	5	Club captain 2007–2013
Joleon Lescott		CB/FB	2006–2009	143	17	2007–08 Everton Player of the Year
Victor Anichebe		FW	2006–2013	168	26	Olympic silver medal winner; Most-used substitute in Everton history
Tim Howard		GK	2006–2016	414	1	2008 US Soccer Athlete of the Year
Yakubu		FW	2007–2011	107	31
Jack Rodwell		MF	2007–2012	109	8
Leighton Baines		FB	2007–2020	420	39	2010–11 & 2012–13 Everton Player of the Year
Phil Jagielka		CB	2007–2019	385	19	2008–09 & 2014-15 Everton Player of the Year Club captain 2013–2019
Steven Pienaar		MF	2007–2010, 2012–2016	229	24	2009–10 Everton Player of the Year
Louis Saha		FW	2008–2012	115	35
Marouane Fellaini		MF	2008–2013	177	33	Young Player of the Season 2008–09
John Heitinga		DF	2009–2014	140	5	2011–12 Everton Player of the Year
Séamus Coleman		DF	2009–	422	28	2013–14 Everton Player of the YearClub Captain 2019-2022
Sylvain Distin		CB	2009–2015	210	5	2011–12 Everton Players' Player of the Year
Ross Barkley		MF	2011–2018	179	27
Kevin Mirallas		FW	2012–2019	186	38
Steven Naismith		FW	2012–2016	123	25
Gareth Barry		MF	2013–2017	155	5	Most Premier League appearances of all time
Romelu Lukaku		FW	2013–2017	166	87	Everton's record Premier League goalscorer
James McCarthy		MF	2013–2019	133	6
Mason Holgate		CB	2016–	149	5
Tom Davies		MF	2016–2023	179	7
Idrissa Gueye		MF	2016–	171	8
Dominic Calvert-Lewin		FW	2016–	248	68
Jordan Pickford		GK	2017–	279	0
Michael Keane		DF	2017–	212	13
Gylfi Sigurðsson		MF	2017–2022	156	31
Richarlison		FW	2018–2022	152	53
Alex Iwobi		MF	2019–	140	9
Abdoulaye Doucouré		MF	2020–	130	17

Club captains

Since 1888, 48 players have held the position of club captain for Everton. The club's first captain was Nick Ross, who captained Everton during the 1888-89 season. The longest-serving captain is Peter Farrell, who was club captain for 9 years – from 1948 to 1957. Despite his long tenure, Peter Farrell never won a trophy at Everton. Kevin Ratcliffe, who captained Everton during their most successful period in history, is Everton's most decorated captain. He won 7 trophies as captain, including 2 First Division titles, 4 Charity Shields, and 1 Cup Winners' Cup. Everton's current captain is Séamus Coleman. He has been captain since Phil Jagielka left the club in 2019.

Dates	Name	Nationality	Pos.	Honours as captain
1888–89	Nick Ross		DF/FW
1889–91	Andrew Hannah		DF	1 First Division title
1891–93	Johnny Holt		MF
1893–94	Bob Howarth		DF
1894–96	Dickie Boyle		MF
1896–97	Billy Stewart		MF
1897–98	Dickie Boyle		MF
1898–1900	Jack Taylor		FW
1900–01	Jimmy Settle		FW
1901–04	Tom Booth		MF
1904–05	Billy Balmer		DF
1905–08	Jack Taylor		FW	1 FA Cup
1908–10	Jack Sharp		FW
1910–11	Harry Makepeace		MF
1911–14	John Maconnachie		DF
1914–15	Jimmy Galt		DF	1 First Division title
1919–20	Tom Fleetwood		MF/FW
1920–21	Dickie Downs		DF
1921–22	Jock McDonald		DF
1922–27	Hunter Hart		DF/MF
1927–29	Warney Cresswell		DF	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup
1929–30	Hunter Hart		DF/MF
1930–31	Ben Williams		DF
1931–37	Dixie Dean		FW	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup 1 Charity Shield
1937–38	Billy Cook		DF
1938–39	Jock Thomson		MF	1 FA Cup
1946–48	Norman Greenhalgh		DF
1948–57	Peter Farrell		DF
1957–61	T.E. Jones		MF
1961–65	Roy Vernon		FW	1 First Division title 1 Charity Shield
1965–70	Brian Labone		DF	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup
1970–71	Alan Ball		FW	1 Charity Shield
1972–74	Howard Kendall		MF
1974–76	Roger Kenyon		DF
1976–82	Mick Lyons		DF
1982–83	Billy Wright		MF
1983–84	Mark Higgins		DF	1 First Division title
1984–92	Kevin Ratcliffe		DF	2 First Division titles 4 Community Shields 1 Cup Winners' Cup
1992–97	Dave Watson		DF	1 FA Cup
1997–98	Gary Speed		MF
1998–2001	Dave Watson		DF
2001–02	Kevin Campbell		FW
2002–04	Duncan Ferguson		FW
2004–05	Alan Stubbs		DF
2005–07	David Weir		DF
2007–13	Phil Neville		DF
2013–19	Phil Jagielka		DF
2019–present	Séamus Coleman		DF

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External links

• Soccerbase
• Player Galleries at efchistory.co.uk
• Everton: 1946/47 – 2013/14 at the Post War English & Scottish Football League Player's
• Everton club captain history

Transfer Database

• ToffeeWeb

Notes and References

1. https://www.evertonfc.com/club/history/players-and-managers/club-captains Everton club captain history