List of Bolton Wanderers F.C. players

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Bolton in 1874 as Christ Church F.C. and was renamed Bolton Wanderers F.C. in 1877. They played their first competitive match in October 1881, when they entered the First Round of the 1881–82 FA Cup. The club moved to Burnden Park in 1895 and the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, almost 140 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Bolton Wanderers's record appearance-maker is Eddie Hopkinson, who made more than 570 appearances between 1952 and 1970. The club's leading scorer is Nat Lofthouse with 285 goals in his 14 years with the club. Along with Hopkinson and Lofthouse, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances. Other than Lofthouse, only Joe Smith has scored more than 200 goals for the club. Of the players currently at the club, English midfielder Mark Davies has made the most appearances.

List of players

Table headers

• Apps — Number of games played as a starter
• Sub — Number of games played as a substitute
• Total — Total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute

Statistics correct as of match played 3 September 2016

Name	Nationality	Position	Bolton Wanderers career	Apps	Sub	Total	Goals
Jones, DiDi Jones	Wales	4 !FB	1888-1898	255	0	255	08	[1]
Somerville, JohnJohn Somerville	England	4 !RB	1890-1901	293	0	293	02	[2]
Brown, BobBob Brown	Scotland	4 !DF	1895-1901	136	0	136	14	[3]
Cassidy, JimJim Cassidy	Scotland	4 !FW	1889–1898	219	0	219	101	[4]
Jack, BobBob Jack	Scotland	4 !W	1895–1901	125	0	125	29	[1]
Sam, MarshMarsh Sam	England	4 !FW	1902–1912	201	81	[5]
Baverstock, BertBert Baverstock	England	4 !FB	1905–1921	388	0	388	4	[3]
Smith, JoeJoe Smith	England	4 !FW	1908–1927	492	0	492	277	[2]
Vizard, TedTed Vizard	Wales	4 !LW	1910–1931	512	0	512	70	[6]
Donaldson, AlexAlex Donaldson	Scotland	4 !FW	1912–1921	146	0	146	06	[7]
Jennings, BillyBilly Jennings	Wales	4 !MF	1912–1930	287	0	287	2	[1]
Buchan, TomTom Buchan	England	4 !MF	1914–1922	117	0	117	14	[3]
Seddon, JimmyJimmy Seddon	England	4 !CB	1919–1932	375	0	375	5	[2]
Jack, DavidDavid Jack	England	4 !FW	1920–1928	324	0	324	161	[1]
Butler, BillyBilly Butler	England	4 !RW	1920–1933	449	0	449	74	[3]
Pym, DickDick Pym	England	4 !GK	1921–1931	336	0	336	0	[8]
Nuttall, HarryHarry Nuttall	England	4 !FB	1921–1932	326	0	326	6	[9]
Smith, JackJack Smith	Scotland	4 !FW	1922–1928	174	0	174	87	[2]
Finney, AlexAlex Finney	England	4 !FB	1922–1937	530	0	530	2	[10]
Cook, WillieWillie Cook	Scotland	4 !MF	1928–1935	262	0	262	40	[4]
Goslin, HarryHarry Goslin	England	4 !DF	1930–1939	334	0	334	23	[11]
Westwood, RayRay Westwood	England	4 !FW	1930–1947	333	0	333	144	[12]
John Atkinson	England	4 !DF	1931–1948	263	0	263	5	[13]
Woodward, TomTom Woodward	England	4 !MF	1935–1949	169	0	169	19	[12]
Hanson, StanStan Hanson	England	4 !FW	1935–1955	423	0	423	0	[14]
Howe, DonDon Howe	England	4 !W	1936–1952	286	0	286	35	[14]
Roberts, JackieJackie Roberts	Wales	4 !MF	1936–1950	171	0	171	19	[15]
Hubbick, HarryHarry Hubbick	England	4 !DF	1937–1947	144	0	144	0	[14]
Banks, RalphRalph Banks	England	4 !DF	1940–1954	118	0	118	0	[3]
Gillies, MattMatt Gillies	Scotland	4 !DF	1942–1952	154	0	154	1	[11]
Moir, WillieWillie Moir	Scotland	4 !U	1943–1955	358	0	358	134	[5]
Barrass, MalcolmMalcolm Barrass	England	4 !U	1944–1956	357	0	357	27	[3]
Lofthouse, NatNat Lofthouse	England	4 !FW	1946–1960	503	0	503	285	[16]
Edwards, BryanBryan Edwards	England	4 !RB	1947–1965	518	0	518	9	[17]
Banks, TommyTommy Banks	England	4 !DF	1947–1961	255	0	255	2	[3]
Hennin, DerekDerek Hennin	England	4 !RW	1949–1961	183	0	183	9	[14]
Langton, BobbyBobby Langton	England	4 !MF	1949–1953	132	0	132	18	[16]
Ball, JohnJohn Ball	England	4 !DF	1950-1958	212	0	212	2	[3]
Holden, DougDoug Holden	England	4 !WH	1950–1962	463	0	463	44	[14]
Stevens, DennisDennis Stevens	England	4 !FW	1950–1962	310	0	310	101	[2]
Wheeler, JohnnyJohnny Wheeler	England	4 !WH	1951–1956	205	0	205	18	[12]
Hartle, RoyRoy Hartle	England	4 !DF	1951–1966	498	1	499	13	[14]
Hopkinson, EddieEddie Hopkinson	England	4 !GK	1952–1970	578	0	578	0	[14]
Hassall, HaroldHarold Hassall	England	4 !FW	1952–1955	109	0	109	34	[14]
Higgins, JohnJohn Higgins	England	4 !CB	1952–1961	202	0	202	0	[14]
Parry, RayRay Parry	England	4 !MF	1953–1960	299	0	299	79	[18]
Birch, BrianBrian Birch	England	4 !MF	1955–1964	191	0	191	28	[3]
Graham Stanley	England	4 !DF	1955–1965	161	0	161	4	[2]
Hill, FredFred Hill	England	4 !FW	1957–1969	410	2	412	79	[14]
Syd Farrimond	England	4 !DF	1958–1971	403	1	404	1	[10]
Rimmer, WarwickWarwick Rimmer	England	4 !DF	1958–1975	521	7	528	17	[15]
Lee, FrancisFrancis Lee	England	4 !FW	1959–1967	210	0	210	106	[16]
Hatton, DaveDave Hatton	England	4 !U	1961–1969	259	0	259	8	[14]
David Lennard	England	4 !DF	1961–1969	121	5	126	3	[16]
Davies, WynWyn Davies	Wales	4 !FW	1962–1966	170	0	170	74	[7]
Taylor, GordonGordon Taylor	England	4 !RW	1962–1970	281	5	286	46	[19]
Hulme, JohnJohn Hulme	England	4 !DF	1962–1972	213	2	215	9	[14]
Brian Bromley	England	4 !MF	1963–1968	183	1	184	26	[3]
Greaves, RoyRoy Greaves	England	4 !U	1965–1980	567	8	575	85	[11]
Phillips, RonnieRonnie Phillips	England	4 !MF	1965–1975	160	15	175	19	[8]
Byrom, JohnJohn Byrom	England	4 !FW	1966–1976	340	11	351	130	[3]
Ritson, JohnJohn Ritson	England	4 !RB	1966–1978	375	3	378	13	[15]
Williams, GarethGareth Williams	England	4 !MF	1967–1971	116	1	117	12	[20]
Wharton, TerryTerry Wharton	England	4 !MF	1967–1971	108	2	110	30	[20]
Garry Jones	England	4 !MF	1968–1975	236	11	247	55	[1]
Waldron, AlanAlan Waldron	England	4 !MF	1969–1977	153	17	170	9	[20]
Jones, PaulPaul Jones	England	4 !CB	1970–1983	502	4	506	43	[1]
McAllister, DonDon McAllister	England	4 !DF	1970–1975	176	1	177	2	[5]
Peter Nicholson	England	4 !RB	1971–1982	352	18	370	14	[9]
Siddall, BarryBarry Siddall	England	4 !GK	1972–1976	158	0	158	0	[2]
Dunne, TonyTony Dunne	Ireland	4 !LB	1973–1979	189	4	193	0	[7]
Allardyce, SamSam Allardyce	England	4 !CB	1973–1980 1985-1986	226	5	231	24	[13]
Thompson, PeterPeter Thompson	England	4 !LW	1973–1978	126	6	132	2	[19]
Whatmore, NeilNeil Whatmore	England	4 !FW	1973–1981 1982-1983 1983-1984 1987-1988	322	16	338	121	[12]
Reid, PeterPeter Reid	England	4 !MF	1974–1982	257	4	261	25	[15]
Walsh, MikeMike Walsh	England	4 !CB	1974–1981	192	9	201	5	[12]
McDonagh, JimJim McDonagh	Ireland	4 !GK	1976–1980 1981-1983	274	0	274	1	[21]
Morgan, WillieWillie Morgan	Scotland	4 !RW	1976–1980	177	2	179	12	[5]
Burke, DavidDavid Burke	England	4 !LB	1977–1981 1990-1994	208	8	216	2	[3]
Gowling, AlanAlan Gowling	England	4 !FW	1978–1982	163	2	165	31	[11]
Hoggan, DavidDavid Hoggan	England	4 !MF	1979–1983	93	11	104	15	[14]
McElhinney, GerryGerry McElhinney	Northern Ireland	4 !DF	1980–1985	125	2	127	2	[5]
Farnworth, SimonSimon Farnworth	England	4 !GK	1981–1986	139	1	140	0	[10]
Thompson, SteveSteve Thompson	England	4 !MF	1982–1991	416	6	422	57	[19]
Deakin, RayRay Deakin	England	4 !DF	1982–1985	120	1	121	2	[7]
Joyce, WarrenWarren Joyce	England	4 !MF	1983–1987	216	5	221	21	[1]
Phillips, JimmyJimmy Phillips	England	4 !MF	1983–1987 1993-2001	390	21	411	8	[8]
Caldwell, TonyTony Caldwell	England	4 !FW	1983–1987	166	9	177	78	[4]
Came, MarkMark Came	England	4 !DF	1984–1992	246	13	259	11	[4]
Hartford, AsaAsa Hartford	England	4 !MF	1985–1987	101	0	101	10	[14]
Darby, JulianJulian Darby	England	4 !MF	1986–1993	333	12	345	52	[7]
Winstanley, MarkMark Winstanley	England	4 !CB	1986–1994	279	6	285	6	[12]
Felgate, DavidDavid Felgate	Wales	4 !GK	1987–1993	300	0	300	0	[10]
Storer, StuartStuart Storer	England	4 !DF	1987–1993	127	38	165	15	[2]
Brown, PhilPhil Brown	England	4 !RB	1988–1994	330	2	332	17	[3]
Cowdrill, BarryBarry Cowdrill	England	4 !DF	1988–1992	157	3	160	6	[4]
Philliskirk, TonyTony Philliskirk	England	4 !FW	1989–1992	180	2	182	75	[8]
Reeves, DaveDave Reeves	England	4 !MF	1989–1993	142	31	173	42	[15]
Stubbs, AlanAlan Stubbs	England	4 !CB	1990–1996	232	24	256	15	[2]
Green, ScottScott Green	England	4 !DF	1990–1997	221	65	286	31	[11]
Seagraves, MarkMark Seagraves	England	4 !DF	1990–1995	190	5	195	9	[2]
McAteer, JasonJason McAteer	Ireland	4 !MF	1992–1995	139	6	145	15	[5]
McGinlay, JohnJohn McGinlay	Scotland	4 !FW	1992–1997	230	15	245	118	[5]
Branagan, KeithKeith Branagan	Ireland	4 !GK	1992–2000	263	0	263	0	[3]
Lee, DavidDavid Lee	England	4 !MF	1992–1997	164	35	199	20	[16]
Thompson, AlanAlan Thompson	England	4 !MF	1993–1998	180	18	198	42	[19]
Bergsson, GuðniGuðni Bergsson	Iceland	4 !CB	1995–2003	306	11	317	26	[3]
Blake, NathanNathan Blake	Wales	4 !FW	1995–1998	118	6	124	48	[3]
Sellars, ScottScott Sellars	England	4 !LW	1995–1999	119	7	126	16	[2]
Todd, AndyAndy Todd	England	4 !CB	1995–2000	84	23	107	2	[19]
Frandsen, PerPer Frandsen	Denmark	4 !MF	1996–1999 2000-2004	277	27	304	36	[10]
Johansen, MichaelMichael Johansen	Denmark	4 !MF	1996–2000	140	30	170	21	[1]
Jääskeläinen, JussiJussi Jääskeläinen	Finland	4 !GK	1997–2012	529	1	529	0	[1]
Gardner, RicardoRicardo Gardner	Jamaica	4 !U	1998–2012	340	69	409	25	[11]
Fish, MarkMark Fish	South Africa	4 !CB	1997–2000	125	2	127	4	[10]
Elliott, RobbieRobbie Elliott	England	4 !RB	1997–2001	85	18	103	7	[17]
Holdsworth, DeanDean Holdsworth	England	4 !FW	1997–2003	118	68	176	49	[14]
Whitlow, MikeMike Whitlow	England	4 !CB	1997–2003	149	14	163	2	[20]
Warhurst, PaulPaul Warhurst	England	4 !U	1998–2003	89	17	106	0	[20]
Jensen, ClausClaus Jensen	Denmark	4 !MF	1998–2000	108	1	109	10	[1]
Nolan, KevinKevin Nolan	England	4 !MF	1999–2009	291	54	345	50	[9]
Hansen, BoBo Hansen	Denmark	4 !MF	1999–2002	78	41	119	17	[14]
Ricketts, MichaelMichael Ricketts	England	4 !FW	2000–2003	68	44	112	46	[15]
Hunt, NickyNicky Hunt	England	4 !RB	2000–2010	143	18	161	1	[14]
Charlton, SimonSimon Charlton	England	4 !LB	2000–2004	120	14	134	0	[4]
Barness, AnthonyAnthony Barness	England	4 !RB	2000–2005	92	24	116	0	[3]
N'Gotty, BrunoBruno N'Gotty	France	4 !CB	2001–2006	164	8	172	7	[9]
Pedersen, HenrikHenrik Pedersen	Denmark	4 !U	2001–2007	109	62	171	29	[8]
Okocha, Jay-JayJay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	4 !MF	2002–2006	123	22	145	18	[22]
Campo, IvánIván Campo	Spain	4 !U	2002–2008	166	28	194	14	[4]
Davies, KevinKevin Davies	England	4 !FW	2003–2013	373	34	407	84	[7]
Giannakopoulos, SteliosStelios Giannakopoulos	Greece	4 !RW	2003–2008	118	59	177	28	[11]
Diouf, El HadjiEl Hadji Diouf	Senegal	4 !U	2003–2008	114	22	136	24	[7]
Speed, GaryGary Speed	Wales	4 !MF	2004–2008	130	9	139	14	[23]
Ben Haim, TalTal Ben Haim	Israel	4 !DF	2004–2007	103	7	110	1	[3]
Taylor, MatthewMatthew Taylor	England	4 !MF	2008–2011	114	23	137	23	[19]
Cahill, GaryGary Cahill	England	4 !DF	2008–2012	147	0	147	15	[4]
Muamba, FabriceFabrice Muamba	England	4 !MF	2008–2012	136	11	147	4	[5]
Steinsson, GrétarGrétar Steinsson	Iceland	4 !DF	2008–2012	133	6	139	6	[2]
Elmander, JohanJohan Elmander	Sweden	4 !FW	2008–2011	89	19	108	22	[17]
Knight, ZatZat Knight	England	4 !DF	2009-2014	180	11	191	04	[24]
Davies, MarkMark Davies	England	4 !MF	2008-	153	55	208	016	[25]
Chung-Yong, LeeLee Chung-Yong	South Korea	4 !MF	2009–2015	149	46	195	020	[4]
Ricketts, SamSam Ricketts	Wales	4 !DF	2009–2013	107	7	114	1	[15]
Eagles, ChrisChris Eagles	England	4 !MF	2011–2014	89	17	106	19	[26]
Bogdán, ÁdámÁdám Bogdán	Hungary	4 !GK	2010–2015	119	1	120	00	[3]
Pratley, DarrenDarren Pratley	England	4 !MF	2011–	131	26	157	015	[8]
Ream, TimTim Ream	United States	4 !DF	2012-2015	121	5	126	00	[15]
Spearing, JayJay Spearing	England	4 !MF	2012-	123	15	138	09	[27]
Danns, NeilNeil Danns	England	4 !MF	2013-2016	91	25	116	011	[7]
Wheater, DavidDavid Wheater	England	4 !DF	2011–	109	15	124	06	[12]

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