List of Wigan Warriors players explained

Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.

Jim Sullivan has made the most career appearances for Wigan, having played 774 games between 1921 and 1946. Sullivan is also the club's all-time top goal scorer (2,317) and point scorer (4,883), and holds the club record for most points scored in a single match, with 44 against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925.

The try scoring record is held by Billy Boston, who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards share the record for most tries scored in one game, with Offiah scoring ten tries against Leeds in 1992 before Edwards repeated the feat against Swinton later that year.

List of players

The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Wigan since the formation of the Northern Union in 1895. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by date of debut, then by surname and first name.

Symbol!scope=col
Meaning
Inducted into the Hall of Fame
^Club record holder
+Played for Wigan prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895
Positions
FBUBUtility back
WG
CN
SO
SH
PRFWForward
HK
SR
LF
NamePositionClub careerAppearancesTriesGoalsDGsPointsRepresentativeRefs
FW 1895–1900+ 129 8 0 24 –
FW 1895–1903+ 258 2 2 10
FW 1895–1902+ 188 15 2 49 –
FW 1895–1902 162 5 0 15
FW 1896–1908 227 3 0 9 –
FW 1898–1903 138 7 0 21 –
FW 1898–1906 197 8 1 26 –
FW 1900–10 105 4 0 12 –
FW 1900–04 116 3 0 9 –
FW 1901–09 127 7 1 23
FW 1901–09 213 15 1 47 –
FB 1902–06 153 2 118 242 –
SO 1902–06 149 14 18 78
SO 1903–14 193 20 1 62
FB 1903–12 278 7 135 291 /
FW 1903–14 297 22 0 66 –
WG 1903–11 280 258 267 1308 /
CN 1904–20 389 182 0 546 /
SH 1904–19 388 108 439 1202 /
FW 1905–20 313 35 0 105 /
FW 1906–10 135 16 0 48 –
FW 1907–18 243 16 0 48
WG 1907–19 206 151 2 457 /
CN/WG 1908–13 185 126 7 392
LF 1910–20 226 76 0 228
FW 1910–12 111 17 0 51 –
WG 1911–24 129 48 8 160 –
WG 1911–14 106 117 0 351 –
FW 1912–24 280 79 0 237 /
FW 1912–19 130 41 44 211 –
FW 1913–26 142 5 0 15 –
SO 1913–27 218 54 8 178
SH 1914–27 245 54 23 208
SO 1914–22 114 22 19 104
FW 1918–24 128 25 0 75 –
FW 1919–22 106 33 1 101
CN/SH 1919–25 199 72 3 222 /
CN 1920–26 219 101 28 359 /
FW 1920–24 159 20 1 62
PR 1921–30 277 35 0 105
FB 1921–45 774^ 83 2317 4883^ / /
WG 1922–31 331 368 4 1112 /
LF 1922–27 177 71 0 213 /
CN 1923–30 240 113 0 339
WG 1923–26 127 107 0 321
SR 1923–28 178 26 0 78
LF 1924–32 198 37 0 111
PR 1924–30 262 10 0 30
CN/SH 1924–28 158 52 2 160
HK 1925–30 210 5 0 15 /
SR 1925–30 207 7 0 21
SH 1926–32 171 49 1 149 –
CN 1927–33 184 81 0 243
WG 1927–30 130 106 0 318
SR 1927–35 365 50 5 160
SO 1927–30 121 15 0 45
SR 1929–33 111 23 0 69
SR 1929–33 128 7 0 21 –
CN 1930–39 300 127 0 381
SO 1930–37 232 101 5 313
WG 1932–39 292 223 4 677 / /
SH 1932–44 353 73 3 225 –
SR 1933–40 181 6 0 18 –
CN 1933–37 155 60 4 188 –
PR 1933–37 146 8 0 24
HK 1934–38 182 10 0 30 –
WG 1934–36 103 90 0 270
PR 1935–54 559 54 508 1178 /
SR 1936–39 112 9 0 27 –
FB 1936–43 113 7 41 103
PR 1936–48 246 14 0 42 –
SR 1936–45 106 34 3 108 –
CN 1938–50, 1953 213 57 480 1131 /
HK 1938–49 362 28 12 108 /
CN 1938–48 219 187 128 817 /
LF 1939–47 149 32 8 112
SH 1939–51 302 35 0 105 /
LF 1939–45 113 21 0 63 –
UB 1939–59 447 85 371 997 /
SR 1940–44 110 27 0 81 –
FB/CN 1940–44 106 20 0 60 –
FB 1940–52 300 67 63 327 /
FW 1940–47 184 40 1 122
SO 1941–54 131 41 0 123 –
PR 1941–52 279 35 0 105 /
FW 1942–53 137 122 0 366 /
CN 1942–58 530 241 0 723 /
SR 1943–48 116 16 0 48 –
WG 1945–53 212 185 0 555 /
SR/LF 1945–52 255 77 4 239 /
WG 1946–54 294 312 109 1154
SO 1946–50 210 70 55 320
CN 1947–53 123 40 0 120 –
SR 1947–54 195 64 0 192 /
SH 1948–53 155 31 0 93
PR/SR 1949–51 113 16 0 48
CN 1949–56 215 59 0 177
HK 1950–57 211 11 0 33
SR/PR 1951–66 422 44 3 138
LF 1951–55 163 32 0 96
PR/SR 1951–63 323 26 27 132
FB 1953–58 108 22 47 160 –
SR 1953–62 257 80 0 240 /
WG 1953–67 487 478 7 1448
SO 1954–63 300 127 4 389
HK 1954–65 295 16 0 48
CN 1955–68 497 231 448 1589 /
PR 1956–59 119 13 0 39 –
PR 1956–66 278 24 0 72
SH 1956–59 102 5 1 17 –
LF 1957–65 282 34 0 102
WG 1957–60 125 84 0 252
FB 1957–62 161 43 663 1455 –
CN 1958–67 152 58 0 174
SR 1959–69 328 73 0 219
WG 1960–65 123 95 0 285
SH 1961–71 309 95 15 315
CN 1961–64 133 52 0 156
WG 1962–66 140 132 0 396 –
HK 1963–77 436 75 0 225
PR 1963–78 238 23 0 69
SR/LF 1963–67 143 17 384 819
U 1964–75 309 57 0 171 under-24
UB 1964–77 400 159 43 563 /
FB 1964–67 124 10 1 32
SO/CN 1964–70 192 57 0 171
PR 1965–68 149 2 0 6
CN 1966–73 218 55 0 165
FB 1967–74 248 88 813 1890
LF 1967–72 185 38 0 114
PR 1967–74 143 18 0 54
SO/CN 1967–76 329 113 15 369
CN/SR 1968–73, 1977–78 186 74 146 520
SR 1968–77 207 19 0 57
WG 1969–75 173 103 0 309
SR 1969–74 107 45 0 135
SR 1970–74 147 17 0 51
UB 1970–79 260 93 0 279
SH 1970–73 131 64 6 204 –
PR 1971–76 141 5 2 19 –
UF 1971–80 171 26 0 78 –
SH 1972–77 185 41 90 312 under-24
SR 1972–81 177 38 0 123
SH 1973–80 134 32 0 96 –
WG 1973–80 168 86 1 260
SR 1973–77 154 40 0 120
WG 1973–82 201 87 3 267 under-24
CN 1974–80 119 36 6 120 /
FB 1974–80 207 30 583 11 1267 /
WG 1976–84 194 62 4 199 –
PR 1976–81 124 12 0 39
HK 1978–89 260 36 0 134
SO 1979–83 115 34 0 103
LF 1979–84 122 29 45 182 –
PR 1979–85 145 12 0 38 –
SR 1981–84 125 12 0 41 –
WG 1981–89 226 145 106 762 /
FB/CN 1981–85 149 46 379 13 937
PR 1982–90 149 11 0 43
CN 1982–87 214 71 286 845
SR/PR 1982–90 202 49 0 189
PR 1983–88 197 14 0 54
SO/SH 1983–97 466 274 23 1146 /
FB 1983–93 304 55 48 319
SR 1984–88 190 12 0 48
HK 1985–96 231 21 0 87
PR 1985–92 178 12 0 48
SR/LF 1985–92 224 79 0 316
SO/LF 1985–90 204 189 9 776
UB 1986–94 262 89 283 16 938
CN 1986–94 253 96 0 384
SR 1987–94 139 4 0 16 under-21
SH 1987–91 182 17 22 118
SR 1987–95, 1998–2001 367 129 1 518
UB 1987–90 107 25 0 100
CN 1987–90 100 60 36 312
PR 1988–94 200 24 0 96
LF 1989–95 154 23 0 92 /
SO/WG 1990–95 180 66 827 13 1931
PR 1990–96 176 21 0 84 /
UB 1991–94 119 45 0 180 –
PR 1991–2001 330 34 0 137 /
LF 1991–2005 370 111 1336 19 3135 /
WG 1992–96 159 186 1 749 /
SR 1992–2004 368 52 0 208 / /
WG 1992–2000 281 171 0 685 /
HK 1993–97 141 29 18 153
CN 1993–2002, 2004 313 137 6 560 / /
FB 1993–2006 323 183 1 734 /
SR 1993–2002 174 55 0 220 /
CN/WG 1994–97 102 62 3 254
SO 1994–98 147 78 119 550
PR 1994–2004 306 13 0 52 /
CN/SR 1995–2003 133 56 0 224
HK 1999–2004 124 12 0 48 –
WG 2000–06 177 107 0 428 –
HK 2000–05 186 73 0 292 /
CN/WG 2000–04 117 48 0 192
SH 2001–04 119 44 1 10 188 –
CN 2001–05 109 33 0 132 A
WG 2001–05 111 48 1 194
CN/SR 2001–05 100 30 0 120 /
LF 2002–20 459 88 3 360 /
SR 2002–06 141 34 217 572 A
SR 2003–12 191 48 0 192 /
SR 2004–13 242 43 0 172 /
PR 2004–13 146 5 0 20
SR/CN 2005–11, 2014–18 236 65 0 260
CN 2005–14 174 72 0 288
PR 2006–10 145 21 0 84
WG 2006–13 224 168 896 2468
PR 2006–12 141 3 0 12 /
CN/SR 2007–10 101 15 0 60 –
SH 2007–12, 2017–22 327 74 0 297
HK 2007–17 241 24 0 96 /
CN 2008–12 154 80 0 320
PR 2008–11 125 13 0 52 –
PR 2008–13, 2015–16 165 13 0 52
FB 2008–13, 2016–18 213 168 137 10 956
WG 2010–16 173 164 103 862
SR/LF 2010– 321 130 0 520
PR 2012–16 102 7 0 28 –
SH 2012–16 139 22 304 25 721
CN 2012–17 115 52 0 208
PR 2012–20 184 21 0 84
HK 2012– 250 40 12 188 Knights
WG 2013–15, 2017–20 129 107 0 428
SO 2013–19 179 61 70 385
CN 2014–16, 2018–19 125 35 0 140
SR 2014–18, 2021–22 174 40 0 160
PR 2014–18 118 11 0 44 –
PR 2014–21 165 23 0 92 –
PR 2015–19 132 4 0 16 –
CN 2015–21 143 65 0 260
SR 2016– 190 16 0 64 –
WG 2017– 122 95 10 400 –
LF 2019– 105 2 0 8

Historically notable players

Hall of Fame

NameNationalityYear of
induction		Ref.
1998[1]
1998
1999[2]
1999[3]
2007[4]
2007[5]
2016[6]
2016
2016
2020[7]
2020[8]
2023[9]
2024[10]
2024
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Player of the Year

YearPlayerRef.
2008 Pat Richards
2009 Sam Tomkins
2010 Pat Richards
2011 Sam Tomkins
2012 George Carmont
2013 Sean O'Loughlin
2014 Sean O'Loughlin
2015 John Bateman
2016 John Bateman
2017 Sean O'Loughlin
2018 John Bateman[11]
2019 Zak Hardaker[12]
2020 Bevan French[13]
2021 Jackson Hastings[14]
2022 Jai Field[15]
2023 Abbas Miski[16]
2024 Jake Wardle[17]

Captains

(Super League era)

PlayerYearNation
Andy Farrell1996–2004
Terry Newton2005
Sean O'Loughlin2006–2020
Thomas Leuluai2021–2022
Liam Farrell2023–present

Testimonials

Once players have been at a club for a certain length of time (usually ten years), they may be offered a friendly game celebrating their time at the club, known as a testimonial match. This is a list of players who have received testimonials from Wigan RLFC, in ascending chronological order with respect to when they received it.

Team of the Decade

In 2005 during the tenth season of the current Super League championship format, the fans of Wigan RLFC voted for their best thirteen players of the 'Nighties' and the 'Naughties', called the Team of the Decade. This is a list of the ballot's resulting thirteen players.[18]

No.Player namePositionYears at club
1Kris Radlinski (MBE)1993–2006
2Jason Robinson (OBE)1992–2000
3Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM)1993–1996
4Gary Connolly1992–2002, 2004
5Martin Offiah (MBE)1991–1996
6Henry Paul1994–1998
7Shaun Edwards (OBE)1983–1996
8Craig Smith2002–2004
9Terry Newton2000–2005
10Terry O'Connor1994–2004
11Denis Betts1986–1995, 1998–2001
12Mick Cassidy1990–2004
13Andy Farrell (OBE)1991–2004

Reference

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sporting digest: Rugby League. 20 March 1998. The Independent. 22 July 2017.
  2. News: [no title] ]. Wigan Observer . 11 May 1999 . 47 . . subscription.
  3. Web site: Billy Blan . Wigan Warriors . 16 October 2024.
  4. Web site: Wigan to Honour Dean Bell. Wigan Warriors. 21 July 2017. 7 February 2007.
  5. News: Ellery Hanley Inducted into Wigan Hall of Fame . Wigan Warriors . 11 September 2007 . 22 July 2017.
  6. Web site: Three Legends Honoured. Wigan Warriors. 22 July 2017. 13 May 2016.
  7. Web site: Wilkinson . Phil . Hall of Fame honour for retiring Sean O'Loughlin . Wigan Today . 14 February 2022 . 14 November 2020.
  8. Web site: Radlinski inducted into Hall of Fame - Wigan Warriors . 4 September 2022 .
  9. Web site: Warriors 2023 Awards Dinner . 9 October 2023 .
  10. Web site: Ashurst and West inducted to Warriors Hall of Fame . Wigan Warriors . 16 October 2024.
  11. https://www.wiganwarriorsfans.com/viewtopic.php?t=35664
  12. https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/wigan-warriors/zak-hardaker-picks-up-trio-of-honours-at-wigan-warriors-end-of-season-awards-932389
  13. Web site: 2020 Awards night winners . 20 November 2020 .
  14. Web site: End of Season Awards . 4 October 2021 .
  15. Web site: Warriors 2022 Season Awards . 5 September 2022 .
  16. Web site: Warriors 2023 Awards Dinner . 9 October 2023 .
  17. https://www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-league/the-winners-from-wigan-warriors-end-of-season-gala-dinner-with-jake-wardle-rewarded-for-consistent-season-4813087
  18. Web site: Team of the Decade . wiganwarriors.com (Wigan Warriors) . 5 July 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090522210557/http://www.wiganwarriors.com/MidContent.asp?cid=165 . 22 May 2009 .

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