List of Leeds United F.C. players

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This article is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leeds United. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included, as are the club's founder members and some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Don Revie).

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contract signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are also included.

Notable players

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Correct as of 29 July 2024 counting Leeds United first team games in either League, Cup or play-off games. Criteria for including players is 100+ games or being a particularly high profile player (e.g. Tony Yeboah)

Name Nationality Position Leeds career Appearances Goals
Jim Baker   England CB 1920–1926 208 2
Albert Duffield   England CB 1920–1925 211 0
Jimmy Frew   Scotland LB 1920–1924 99 0
Ernie Hart   England CB 1920–1936 472 15
Billy Down   England GK 1920–1925 101 0
Harry Sherwin   England CF 1921–1925 108 9
Jack Swann   England ST 1921–1925 116 50
Percy Whipp   Scotland IF 1922–1927 154 46
Joe Harris   Scotland RW 1922–1925 134 15
Bill Menzies   Scotland LB 1922–1932 260 2
George Reed   England CB 1924–1934 150 3
Tom Townsley   Scotland CB 1925–1931 167 2
Bobby Turnbull   England RW 1925–1932 215 46
Harry Duggan   Ireland/
  Republic of Ireland
W 1925–1936 196 47
Willis Edwards   England DF 1925–1943
WWII
444
24
6
2
Russell Wainscoat   England IF 1925–1931 226 93
Tom Jennings   Scotland FW 1925–1931 174 117
Jimmy Potts   England GK 1926–1934 262 0
Tom Mitchell   England LW 1926–1931 152 21
Charlie Keetley   England FW 1927–1934 169 110
Jock White   Scotland IF 1927–1930 117 33
Tom Cochrane   England LW 1928–1936 259 27
George Milburn   England RB 1928–1937 166 1
Jack Milburn   England LB 1928–1939
WWII
408
64
30
6
Billy Furness   England IL 1928–1937 257 66
Wilf Copping   England CB 1929–1934
WWII
183
28
4
0
John Mahon   England RW 1929–1935 117 33
Arthur Hydes   England CF 1930–1938 137 82
Bert Sproston   England RB 1933–1938 140 1
Gordon Hodgson   England CF 1933–1938 120 67
Eric Stephenson   England IL 1934–1944
WWII
115
39
22
7
Ken Gadsby   England LB 1934–1948
WWII
87
84
0
1
Bobby Browne   Ireland WH 1935–1947
WWII
114
7
0
0
Aubrey Powell   Wales IL 1935–1948
WWII
124
126
25
38
Jim Milburn   England LB 1936–1952
WWII
220
52
17
4
Tom Holley   England CH 1936–1949
WWII
169
104
1
2
George Ainsley   England CF 1936–1947
WWII
96
64
34
35
Jim Twomey   Ireland GK 1937–1949
WWII
112
5
0
0
Davy Cochrane   Ireland RW 1937–1950
WWII
186
13
32
7
John Short   England IF 1937–1948
WWII
63
59
19
36
Gerry Henry   England IR 1938–1947
WWII
47
186
5
94
Len Browning   England FW 1946–1951 105 46
Jimmy Dunn   Scotland RB 1947–1959 443 1
John Charles   Wales CB/FW 1947–1957
1962
327 157
Tommy Burden   England MF 1948–1954 259 13
Jimmy McCabe   England WH 1948–1954 161 0
Grenville Hair   England LB 1948–1964 474 2
Harry Searson   England GK 1949–1952 116 0
Ray Iggleden   England IL 1949–1955 181 50
Harold Williams   Wales RW 1949–1957 228 35
Eric Kerfoot   England MF 1949–1959 349 10
John Scott   England GK 1950–1956 114 0
Jack Charlton   England CB 1952–1973 762 95
Bobby Forrest   England RW 1952–1959 121 37
Albert Nightingale   England ST 1952–1957 135 48
Roy Wood   England GK 1952–1960 203 0
George Meek   Scotland RW 1952–1960 199 19
Jackie Overfield   England LW 1953–1960 163 20
Chris Crowe   England IR 1956–1960 98 27
Wilbur Cush   Northern Ireland RH 1957–1960 90 9
Don Revie   England IF 1958–1963 80 12
Noel Peyton   Republic of Ireland IL 1958–1963 117 20
Billy Bremner   Scotland MF 1959–1976 771 115
Freddie Goodwin   England HB 1960–1964 120 2
Willie Bell   Scotland LB 1960–1967 260 18
Albert Johanneson   South Africa LW 1961–1970 200 68
Paul Reaney   England RB 1961–1978 745 9
Norman Hunter   England CB 1961–1976 724 21
Terry Cooper   England LB 1961–1975 350 11
Paul Madeley   England CB 1962–1980 724 34
Peter Lorimer   Scotland ST 1962–1978
1983–1985
616 219
Gary Sprake   Wales GK 1962–1973 506 0
Jim Storrie   Scotland FW 1962–1967 156 67
Bobby Collins   Scotland MF 1962–1967 167 25
Rod Belfitt   England IF 1963–1971 128 33
Johnny Giles   Republic of Ireland IF 1963–1975 525 114
Jimmy Greenhoff   England ST 1963–1968 136 36
Mick Bates   England MF 1964–1976 187 9
Eddie Gray   Scotland LW 1965–1984 577 68
David Harvey   Scotland GK 1965–1979
1983–1985
446 0
Mike O'Grady   England RW 1965–1969 121 17
Terry Yorath   Wales MF 1967–1976 196 12
Mick Jones   England FW 1967–1975 312 111
Allan Clarke   England ST 1969–1978 364 151
Joe Jordan   Scotland FW 1970–1978 220 48
Frank Gray   Scotland LB 1971–1979 246 25
Trevor Cherry   England LB 1972–1982 484 31
Gordon McQueen   Scotland CB 1972–1978 171 19
Carl Harris   Wales RW 1973–1982 176 29
Byron Stevenson   Wales DF 1973–1982 110 5
Gwyn Thomas   Wales MF 1975–1984 103 3
Ray Hankin   England FW 1976–1980 103 36
Tony Currie   England MF 1976–1979 124 16
Arthur Graham   Scotland LW 1977–1983 260 47
Brian Flynn   Wales MF 1977–1982 177 11
Paul Hart   England CB 1978–1983 223 20
John Lukic   England GK 1978–1983
1990–1996
430 0
Terry Connor   England RW 1979–1983 108 22
Gary Hamson   England MF 1979–1986 152 4
Martin Dickinson   England CB 1980–1986 119 2
Neil Aspin   England RB 1981–1989 244 6
John Sheridan   Republic of Ireland CM 1982–1989 267 52
Andy Ritchie   England ST 1983–1987 159 44
Mervyn Day   England GK 1985–1993 268 0
Ian Baird   England FW 1985–1987
1990–1991
192 58
David Rennie   Scotland DF 1986–1989 119 7
Peter Haddock   England CB 1986–1991 146 1
Micky Adams   England LB 1987–1989 89 3
John Pearson   England FW 1987–1991 127 12
Glynn Snodin   England LB 1987–1992 116 13
David Batty   England CM 1987–1993
1998–2004
382 4
Bobby Davison   England ST 1987–1992 110 35
Gary Speed   Wales MF 1988–1996 311 57
Vinnie Jones   Wales MF 1989–1990 53 5
Gordon Strachan   Scotland MF 1989–1995 244 45
Chris Fairclough   England CB 1989–1995 240 23
Mel Sterland   England RB 1989–1994 146 20
Carl Shutt   England ST 1989–1993 106 25
Gary McAllister   Scotland MF 1990–1996 294 45
Chris Whyte   England CB 1990–1993 146 6
Lee Chapman   England FW 1990–1993
1996
174 80
Gary Kelly   Republic of Ireland RB 1991–2007 531 4
David Wetherall   England CB 1991–1999 250 18
Rod Wallace   England ST 1991–1998 256 66
Tony Dorigo   England LB 1991–1997 208 5
Eric Cantona   France FW 1992 34 11
Brian Deane   England FW 1993–1997
2004–2005
201 45
Carlton Palmer   England MF 1994–1997 130 7
Lucas Radebe   South Africa CB 1994–2005 262 3
Tony Yeboah   Ghana FW 1995–1997 62 33
Ian Harte   Republic of Ireland LB 1995–2004 288 39
Harry Kewell   Australia AM 1995–2003 242 63
Nigel Martyn   England GK 1996–2003 273 0
Stephen McPhail   Republic of Ireland CM 1996–2004 97 3
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   Netherlands ST 1997–1999 87 42
Lee Bowyer   England RM 1996–2003 265 55
Alfie Haaland   Norway MF 1997–2000 92 8
Alan Smith   England FW 1997–2004 228 56
Paul Robinson   England GK 1997–2004 119 1
Jonathan Woodgate   England CB 1996–2003 142 4
Eirik Bakke   Norway MF 1999–2006 196 21
Danny Mills   England RB 1999–2004 141 4
Michael Bridges   England FW 1999–2004 82 21
Jason Wilcox   England LW 1999–2004 106 6
Mark Viduka   Australia ST 2000–2004 166 72
Dominic Matteo   Scotland DF 2000–2004 146 4
Matthew Kilgallon   England CB 2000–2007 95 3
Rio Ferdinand   England CB 2000–2002 73 2
Robbie Fowler   England ST 2001–2003 33 14
Frazer Richardson   England RB 2001–2009 173 5
James Milner   England MF 2002–2004 54 5
Aaron Lennon   England RW 2003–2005 43 1
David Healy   Northern Ireland ST 2004–2007 121 31
Paul Butler   Republic of Ireland CB 2004–2007 106 4
Neil Sullivan   Scotland GK 2004–2007 110 0
Danny Pugh   England LB 2004–2006
2012–2014
119 10
Eddie Lewis   United States LM 2005–2007 96 9
Manuel Rui Marques   Angola CB 2005–2010 100 4
Jonathan Douglas   Republic of Ireland CM 2005–2009 166 11
Jonathan Howson   England CM 2006-2012 225 29
Jermaine Beckford   Jamaica
  England
ST 2006–2010 152 85
Fabian Delph   England CM 2006–2009
2012
57 6
Casper Ankergren   Denmark GK 2006–2010 143 0
Andrew Hughes   England MF 2007–2011 139 1
Neil Kilkenny   Australia CM 2008–2011 144 11
Bradley Johnson   England CM 2008–2011 140 17
Robert Snodgrass   Scotland RW 2008–2012 189 41
Luciano Becchio   Argentina FW 2008–2013 221 86
Aidan White   Republic of Ireland
  England
21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB 2008–2015 111 2
Tom Lees   England CB 2009–2014 135 4
Max Gradel   Ivory Coast LW 2009–2011 79 24
Ross McCormack   Scotland FW 2010–2014 158 58
Charlie Taylor   England 21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB 2011–2017 97 3
Jason Pearce   England CB 2012–2015 107 2
Rodolph Austin   Jamaica CM 2012–2015 112 10
Sam Byram   England RB 2012–2016
2023-
143
37
10
2
Alex Mowatt   England CM 2013–2017 125 13
Luke Murphy   England CM 2013–2018 111 7
Lewis Cook   England CM 2014–2016 85 2
Marco Silvestri   Italy GK 2014–2017 98 0
Gaetano Berardi   Switzerland FB 2014–2021 157 2
Liam Cooper   Scotland CB 2014– 285 12
Kalvin Phillips   England CM 2014–2022 232 14
Chris Wood   New Zealand FW 2015–2017 88 44
Stuart Dallas   Northern Ireland MF/DF 2015–2024 267 28
Kemar Roofe   Jamaica FW 2016–2019 122 34
Pablo Hernández   Spain W/AM 2016–2021 175 36
Luke Ayling   England RB 2016–2024 268 11
Pontus Jansson   Sweden CB 2016–2019 120 9
Ezgjan Alioski   North Macedonia LB / LW 2017–2021 171 22
Mateusz Klich   Poland CM 2017–2023 195 24
Jack Harrison   England LW/RW 2018– 206 34
Patrick Bamford   England FW 2018– 187 60
Illan Meslier   France GK 2019– 175 0
Pascal Struijk   Netherlands CB 2018– 121 9
Raphinha   Brazil RW 2020–2022 67 17
Rodrigo Moreno   Spain FW 2020–2023 97 28

Player of the Year

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Players in bold won the Player of the Year award on more than one occasion

Year Player of the Year Players' Player of the Year Young Player of the Year Academy Player of the Year Women's Player of the Year
1971 Norman Hunter
1972 Peter Lorimer
1973 Allan Clarke
1974 Mick Jones
1975 Gordon McQueen
1976 Paul Madeley
1977 Gordon McQueen
1978 Tony Currie
1979 Brian Flynn
1980 John Lukic
1981 Trevor Cherry
1982 Eddie Gray
1983 Kenny Burns
1984 Tommy Wright
1985 Neil Aspin
1986 Ian Snodin
1987 John Sheridan
1988 Peter Haddock
1989 Ian Baird
1990 Chris Fairclough
1991 David Batty
1992 Tony Dorigo
1993 Gordon Strachan
1994 Gary McAllister
1995 Brian Deane
1996 Tony Yeboah
1997 Nigel Martyn
1998 Lucas Radebe Tommy Knarvik
1999 Lee Bowyer Alan Smith
2000 Harry Kewell Eirik Bakke
2001 Lee Bowyer Lee Bowyer Paul Robinson
2002 Rio Ferdinand Alan Smith
2003 Paul Robinson Alan Smith James Milner
2004 Alan Smith Alan Smith
2005 Neil Sullivan Neil Sullivan Aaron Lennon
2006 Gary Kelly Paul Butler
Gary Kelly
Matthew Kilgallon
2007 Eddie Lewis
2008 Jermaine Beckford Jermaine Beckford Jonny Howson
2009 Jermaine Beckford Fabian Delph Fabian Delph
2010 Patrick Kisnorbo Patrick Kisnorbo Aidan White
2011 Max Gradel Max Gradel Jonny Howson
2012 Robert Snodgrass Robert Snodgrass Tom Lees
2013 Sam Byram Sam Byram Sam Byram
2014 Ross McCormack Ross McCormack Alex Mowatt
2015 Alex Mowatt Alex Mowatt Lewis Cook
2016 Charlie Taylor Stuart Dallas Lewis Cook
2017 Chris Wood Chris Wood Ronaldo Vieira Callum Nice
2018 Pablo Hernández Pablo Hernández Bailey Peacock-Farrell Cath Hammill
2019 Pablo Hernández Pablo Hernández Jack Clarke Cath Hammill
2020 Pablo Hernández Stuart Dallas Ben White Robbie Gotts Rebecca Hunt
2021 Stuart Dallas Stuart Dallas Illan Meslier Abbie Brown
2022 - - - -
2023 - - - -
2024 Ethan Ampadu Crysencio Summerville Archie Gray Jess Rousseau

Captains

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Jim Baker was the first ever captain of Leeds United and led the club to the 1923–24 second division championship.
From To Name Vice-captain Acting captains
1920 1926 Jim Baker
1926 1933 Jimmy Potts
1933 1934 Wilf Copping
1934 1937 Jock McDougall
1937 1949 Tom Holley
1949 1954 Tommy Burden
1954 1955 Eric Kerfoot
1955 1957 John Charles
1957 1960 Wilbur Cush Don Revie (1959–60)
1960 1962 Freddie Goodwin
1962 1966 Bobby Collins
1966 1976 Billy Bremner Jack Charlton (1965–66)
1976 1983 Trevor Cherry David Harvey (1982–83)
1983 1984 David Harvey
1984 1985 Peter Lorimer
1985 1986 Ian Snodin
1986 1987 Ian Baird
1987 1989 Mark Aizlewood Jack Ashurst (until 1988)
1989 1994 Gordon Strachan
1994 1996 Gary McAllister
1996 2001 Lucas Radebe Gary Kelly
2001 2002 Rio Ferdinand Dominic Matteo
2002 2004 Dominic Matteo Gary Kelly Lucas Radebe
2004 2006 Paul Butler Gary Kelly Sean Gregan
2006 2007 Kevin Nicholls Shaun Derry Jonathan Douglas
2007 2007 Jonathan Douglas David Healy Alan Thompson
2007 2008 Alan Thompson Jonathan Douglas Andrew Hughes
Rui Marques
2008 2009 Frazer Richardson Paul Telfer (until Jan 2009)
Richard Naylor (from Jan 2009)
2009 2011 Richard Naylor Jonny Howson Jermaine Beckford
2011 2012 Jonny Howson Patrick Kisnorbo
2012 2012 Robert Snodgrass Andy Lonergan
2012 2013 Lee Peltier Jason Pearce
2013 2014 Rodolph Austin Lee Peltier
2014 2014 Ross McCormack Jason Pearce
2014 2014 Jason Pearce Stephen Warnock
2014 2015 Stephen Warnock
2015 2015 Liam Cooper Sol Bamba
2015 2017 Liam Bridcutt Liam Cooper Kyle Bartley
2017 2021 Liam Cooper Luke Ayling Gaetano Berardi
2021 2023 Liam Cooper Luke Ayling Stuart Dallas
2023 2024 Liam Cooper Pascal Struijk Ethan Ampadu
2024 Pres. Ethan Ampadu Pascal Struijk Illan Meslier

References

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  • "Leeds United: Player Statistics". leeds-fans.org.uk. Retrieved 1 January 2008.