List of Everton F.C. players

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This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Everton. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class 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 contribution - Andy Gray for example. 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.

Appearance figures as of 17 May 2008

Name	Position	Everton career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
George Farmer	FW	1887-1889	35	3	First ever competitive goalscorer
Alex McKinnon	FW	1888-1888	6	4	First hatrick scorer
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
Andrew Hannah	FB	1889–1891	44	0	Club captain 1889-1891
Alexander Brady	FW	1889–1891	36	20
Dan Doyle	CB	1889–1891	41	1
David Jardine	GK	1889–1894	137	0
Alex Latta	FW	1889–1895	148	70
Charlie Parry	FW	1889–1895	94	5
Fread Geary	FW	1889–1895	99	86	First goalscorer at Goodison Park
Duncan McLean	FB	1890–1891	26	0
William Campbell	MF	1890–1896	148	70
Robert Howarth	FB	1891–1893	68	0	Club captain 1892-1893
Richard Williams	GK	1891–1894	70	0
Jack Bell	FW	1892–1898, 1901–1903	199	70	First Everton goalscorer in a FA Cup Final
Dickie Boyle	HB	1892–1900	243	8
Billy Stewart	HB	1892–1900	137	6
Jack Southworth	FW	1893–1894	32	36	First ever double hatrick scorer
Tom McInnes	FW	1894–1895	47	18
Jack Taylor	HB	1896–1910	456	80	Club captain 1898-1910
Willie Muir	??	1897–1901	137	0
Sam Wolstenholme	??	1897–1903	170	8
Walter Balmer	FB	1897–1908	331	1
John Proudfoot	FW	1898–1901	89	31
Jack Crelley	FB	1898–1907	127	0
Jimmy Settle	FB	1899–1908	269	97
Walter Abbott	FW	1899–1908	292	37
Jack Sharp	FW	1899–1909	342	80
Tom Booth	??	1900–1907	185	11
Alex "Sandy" Young	FW	1901–1910	314	125
Bob Balmer	??	1902–1911	188	0
Harry Makepeace	HB	1902–1914	336	23
Harold Hardman	FW	1903–1908	156	29
Billy Scott	GK	1904–1912	289	0	First player born outside of the UK
William Stevenson	??	1907–1913	125	0
Jock Maconnachie	??	1907–1919	270	7
Val Harris	HB	1908–1914	214	2
Bill Lacey	Va	1909–1912	40	11
George Beare	??	1909–1913	125	19
Tom Fleetwood	??	1910–1922	285	10
Alan Greyner	??	1910–1922	148	9
Frank Jefferis	FW	1910–1919	137	22
Sam Chedgzoy	FW	1910–1925	300	36
Alan Grenyer	??	1911–1923	148	9
Bobby Parker	FW	1913–1922	92	71
George Harrison	??	1913–1923	190	17
Tommy Fern	GK	1913–1924	231	0
Joe Clennell	FW	1913–1921	74	33
Jimmy Galt	MF	1913–1915	36	4
Robert Thompson	??	1913–1921	89	0
William Brown	??	1914–1927	179	0
William Kirsopp	FW	1915–1921	63	29
Joe Peacock	??	1919–1926	161	12
Jock McDonald	??	1920–1926	224	0
David Ried	??	1920–1926	101	11
Wilf Chadwick	FW	1921–1925	109	55
Doug Livingstone	??	1921–1925	100	0
Bobby Irvine	FW	1921–1928	214	57
Hunter Hart	??	1921–1929	300	5
Neil McBain	HB	1922–1925	103	1
Alec Troup	FW	1922–1929	259	35
David Raitt	??	1922–1927	131	0
Jack O'Donnell	FB	1924–1929	198	10
Albert Virr	??	1924–1929	127	3
Dixie Dean	FW	1925–1937	431	377	Top all time goalscorer for Everton
Arthur Davies	??	1926–1929	94	0
Ted Critchley	FW	1926–1934	229	42
Warney Cresswell	FB	1926–1935	306	1
Anthony Weldon	??	1927–1929	74	13
Jeremiah Kelly	??	1927–1929	83	1
Tommy White	FW	1927–1937	201	66
Jimmy 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	??	1929–1935	139	0
Cliff Britton	HB	1930–1938	240	3
Charlie Gee	??	1930–1938	212	2
Albert Geldard	??	1932–1937	179	37
Joe Mercer	HB	1932–1937	184	2
Jimmy Cunliffe	FW	1932–1938	187	76
Billy Cook	??	1932–1938	250	6
Stan Bentham	FW	1932–1948	125	7
Jack Jones	??	1933–1937	108	0
Jackie Coulter	MF	1934–1937	88	2
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
Norman Greenhalgh	??	1937–1948	115	1
Johnny Carey	Va	1942–1943	-	-	Manager 1958-1961
Wally Fielding	FW	1945–1958	410	54
George Saunders	??	1946–1951	140	0
Jackie Grant	??	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	??	1949–1954	117	33
Eric Moore	??	1949–1956	184	0
Jack Lindsey	??	1950–1953	115	2
Jimmy O'Neill	GK	1950–1960	213	0
Tommy E. Jones	FB	1950–1961	411	14	Club captain 1957-1961
John Willie Parker	FW	1951–1956	176	89
Tony McNamara	??	1951–1957	113	22
Don Donovan	FB	1951–1958	187	2
Dave Hickson	FW	1951–1955, 1957–1959	253	111
Jim Tansey	??	1952–1959	142	0
Mick Meagan	FB	1952–1964	175	1
Jimmy Harris	FW	1955–1960	207	72
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
Johnny Morrissey	??	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	1964–1967	115	70
Ray Wilson	FB	1964–1969	153	0	World Cup Winner
Jimmy Husband	FW	1964–1973	197	55
Tommy Wright	FB	1964–1973	374	4
John Hurst	MF	1965–1975	388	34
Alan Ball	MF	1966–1971	250	78	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	1967–1978	178	0
Roger Kenyon	CB	1967–1978	308	9
Dai Davies	GK	1970–1976	94	0
John Connolly	FW	1971–1975	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
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	1976–1980, 1982–1984	222	3
George Wood	GK	1977–1979	126	0
Trevor Ross	MF	1977–1982	151	20
Billy Wright	CB	1977–1982	198	10	Club captain 1977-1982
Peter Eastoe	FW	1978–1981	115	33
Asa Hartford	FW	1979–1981	98	7
Kevin Ratcliffe	CB	1980–1991	494	2	Club captain 1982-1992
Graeme Sharp	FW	1980–1991	445	159
Steve McMahon	MF	1980–1982	120	14
Alan Irvine	MF	1981–1983	80	6
Kevin Richardson	MF	1981–1986	145	20
Neville Southall	GK	1981–1997	750	0	Most all time appearances for Everton
Derek Mountfield	CB	1982–1987	153	24
Adrian Heath	FW	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
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	38
Neil Pointon	FB	1985–1989	138	5
Dave Watson	CB	1986–2000	529	38	Club captain 1992-2000
Ian Snodin	FB	1987–1994	201	9
Stuart McCall	MF	1988–1990	141	10
Neil McDonald	FB	1988–1991	123	8
Pat Nevin	FW	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
David Unsworth	CB	1991–1997, 1998–2004	355	44	Most Premier League appearances for Everton
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
Anders Limpar	MF	1994–1997	82	6
Duncan Ferguson	FW	1994–1998, 2000–2006	272	72	Club captain 1997-1998, Most Premier League goals for Everton
Andrei Kanchelskis	MF	1995–1996	60	20
Craig Short	CB	1995–1998	114	4
Gary Speed	MF	1996–1998	65	18	Club captain 1997-1998, Holds record for most Premier League appearances
Michael Ball	FB	1996–2000	138	8
Nick Barmby	MF	1996–2000	133	23
Paul Gerrard	GK	1996–2002	99	0
Marco Materazzi	CF	1997–1998	27	1	World Cup Winner
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 2000-20001
Scot Gemmill	MF	1999–2003	107	5
Mark Pembridge	MF	1999–2003	101	4
Steve Watson	FB	2000–2005	139	16
Gary Naysmith	FB	2000–2007	151	7
Alessandro Pistone	FB	2000–2007	117	1
Thomas Gravesen	MF	2000–2005, 2007–2008	168	12
Leon Osman	MF	2000–	159	22
Tomasz Radzinski	FW	2001–2004	102	28
Alan Stubbs	CB	2001–2005, 2006-2008	192	7	Club captain 2001-2005
Tony Hibbert	FB	2001–	196	0
Lee Carsley	MF	2002–2008	198	12
Joseph Yobo	CB	2002–	200	7	Club vice captain 2007-present
Kevin Kilbane	MF	2003–2006	120	5
James McFadden	FW	2003–2008	139	19
Tim Cahill	MF	2004–	126	37
Mikel Arteta	MF	2005–	125	17
Phil Neville	FB	2005–	136	3	Club captain 2007-present