List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for West Bromwich Albion. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can also be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.

For a list of all West Brom players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:West Bromwich Albion F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main West Bromwich Albion F.C. article.

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Explanation of List

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

League appearances

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include test or play-off matches:

Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:

Table

Statistics up to date as of 15 June 2011.

Name Position West Brom career League apps League goals Total apps Total goals Notes
Bassett, BillyBilly Bassett MF 1886-1899 261 61 311 77
Pearson, TomTom Pearson FW 1886-1894 138 72 ? ?
McLeod, RoddyRoddy McLeod FW 1891-1897 149 50 ? ?
Pennington, JesseJesse Pennington DF 1903-1922 455 0 496 0
Richardson, W.G.W.G. Richardson FW 1929-1945 320 202 354 228 Most WBA goals in a season (40)
Barlow, RayRay Barlow DF 1944-1960 403 31 482 48
Millard, LenLen Millard DF 1946-1958 436 7 ? ?
Allen, RonnieRonnie Allen FW 1950-1961 415 208 458 234
Howe, DonDon Howe DF 1952-1964 342 17 379 19
Potter, RayRay Potter GK 1958-1967 217 0 ? ?
Brown, TonyTony Brown MF 1963-1980 574 218 720 279 Record WBA appearances and record goalscorer
Astle, JeffJeff Astle FW 1964-1974 292 137 361 174
Osborne, JohnJohn Osborne GK 1967-1972, 1973-1978 250 0 312 0
Wile, JohnJohn Wile DF 1970-1983 500 24 619 29
Johnston, WillieWillie Johnston MF 1972-1979 207 18 261 28
Robson, BryanBryan Robson MF 1974-1981 198 39 249 46
Statham, DerekDerek Statham DF 1976-1987 299 8 373 11
Cunningham, LaurieLaurie Cunningham MF 1977-1979 86 21 114 30
Regis, CyrilleCyrille Regis FW 1977-84 237 82 302 112
Taylor, BobBob Taylor FW 1992–1998, 2000-2003 324 113 377 131
Hughes, LeeLee Hughes FW 1997-2001, 2002-2004 211 89 237 98
Sigurdsson, LarusLarus Sigurdsson DF 1999-2004 116 1 128 1
Clement, NeilNeil Clement DF 2000-2010 264 21 300 26
McInnes, DerekDerek McInnes DF 2000-2003 88 6 100 6
Roberts, JasonJason Roberts FW 2000-2004 89 24 101 27
Dobie, ScottScott Dobie FW 2001-2004 110 21 127 25
Hoult, RussellRussell Hoult GK 2001-2007 190 0 213 0
Johnson, AndyAndy Johnson MF 2001-2006 132 7 144 8
Moore, DarrenDarren Moore DF 2001-2006 104 6 116 6
Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson DF 2003-2010 214 4 238 5
Greening, JonathanJonathan Greening MF 2004-2010 199 7 225 8
Bednar, RomanRoman Bednar FW 2007- 86 30 105 34
Brunt, ChrisChris Brunt MF 2007- 142 30 157 31
Koren, RobertRobert Koren MF 2007-2010 127 16 149 22
Morrison, JamesJames Morrison MF 2007- 107 12 117 14
Carson, ScottScott Carson GK 2008-2011 110 0 118 0

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