List of Arsenal players
The list of Arsenal FC players includes all players who have played at least 100 first-team appearances for English football club Arsenal FC . This includes league games, as well as FA Cup , League Cup and European Cup . The list is current as of June 1, 2020.
- Player: gives the name of the player in the form surname , first name
- Nationality: states the nationality of the player. For players with multiple nationalities, the country for whose national team the player competed or would have competed has priority.
- from and to: states the period in which the player had a professional contract with the club. For players whose contract still is ongoing, the to be released column.
- Position: States the position in which the player actively played. For players who have played in more than one position, both positions are mentioned. (Wingers are reported as midfield .)
- Games: The number of games the player played for Arsenal. All league games as well as cup competitions are taken into account. Only friendly matches and matches for the amateur team are not considered.
- Goals: The number of goals the player has scored for Arsenal in all competitions.
Note: The list can be sorted : clicking on a column header sorts the list according to this column, clicking twice reverses the sorting. Any desired combination can be achieved by clicking two columns in a row.
player | nationality | from | to | position | Games | Gates | National players |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adams, Tony | - ENG | 1985 | 2002 | Defense | 669 | 48 | X |
Adebayor, Emmanuel | - TGO | 2006 | 2009 | Storm | 142 | 62 | X |
Allinson, Ian | - ENG | 1983 | 1987 | Storm | 105 | 9 | |
Almunia, Manuel | - ESP | 2004 | 2012 | goal | 175 | 0 | |
Anderson, John | - ENG | 1896 | 1903 | midfield | 153 | 11 | |
Anderson, Viv | - ENG | 1984 | 1987 | Defense | 150 | 15th | X |
Armstrong, George | - ENG | 1961 | 1977 | midfield | 621 | 68 | |
Arshavin, Andrei | - RUS | 2009 | 2013 | midfield | 144 | 31 | X |
Arteta, Mikel | - ESP | 2011 | 2016 | midfield | 150 | 16 | X |
Ashcroft, James | - ENG | 1900 | 1908 | goal | 303 | 0 | X |
Baker, Alf | - ENG | 1919 | 1931 | midfield | 351 | 26th | |
Baker, Joe | - ENG | 1962 | 1966 | Storm | 156 | 100 | X |
Ball, Alan | - ENG | 1971 | 1976 | midfield | 217 | 52 | X |
Barines, Walley | - WHALE | 1943 | 1955 | Defense | 294 | 12 | |
Barnwell, John | - ENG | 1955 | 1964 | midfield | 151 | 24 | |
Bastin, Cliff | - ENG | 1929 | 1946 | midfield | 396 | 178 | X |
Bellerín, Héctor | - ESP | 2013 | Defense | 195 | 8th | X | |
Bendtner, Nicklas | - DNK | 2005 | 2014 | Storm | 171 | 47 | X |
Bergkamp, Dennis | - NED | 1995 | 2006 | Storm | 423 | 120 | X |
Bloomfield, Jimmy | - ENG | 1954 | 1960 | Storm | 227 | 56 | |
Blyth, Billy | - SCO | 1914 | 1929 | midfield | 343 | 51 | |
Bould, Steve | - ENG | 1988 | 1999 | Defense | 372 | 8th | X |
Bowden, Ray | - ENG | 1933 | 1937 | Storm | 138 | 48 | X |
Bowen, Dave | - WHALE | 1950 | 1959 | midfield | 162 | 2 | |
Bradshaw, Frank | - ENG | 1914 | 1929 | Defense / midfield | 142 | 14th | |
Brady, Liam | - IRL | 1971 | 1980 | midfield | 307 | 56 | |
Brain, Jimmy | - ENG | 1923 | 1931 | Storm | 232 | 139 | |
Tommy Briercliffe | - ENG | 1901 | 1905 | midfield | 133 | 34 | |
Brown, Laurie | - ENG | 1961 | 1964 | Defense | 109 | 2 | |
Buchan, Charlie | - ENG | 1909 | 1928 | Storm | 120 | 56 | X |
Butler, Jack | - ENG | 1914 | 1930 | Defense | 296 | 8th | X |
Campbell, Kevin | - ENG | 1988 | 1995 | Storm | 228 | 59 | |
Campbell, Sol | - ENG | 2001 2010 |
2006 2010 * |
Defense | 211 | 12 | X |
Cazorla, Santi | - ESP | 2012 | 2018 | midfield | 180 | 29 | X |
Čech, Petr | - CZE | 2015 | 2019 | goal | 139 | 0 | X |
Chambers, Calum | - ENG | 2014 | Defense | 101 | 4th | X | |
Charlton, Stan | - ENG | 1955 | 1958 | Defense | 110 | 3 | |
Clapton, Danny | - ENG | 1953 | 1962 | midfield | 225 | 27 | X |
Clichy, Gaël | - FRA | 2003 | 2011 | Defense | 264 | 2 | |
Cole, Ashley | - ENG | 1997 | 2006 | Defense | 228 | 9 | X |
Coleman, Tim | - ENG | 1902 | 1908 | Storm | 196 | 84 | |
Compton, Leslie | - ENG | 1931 | 1952 | Defense | 273 | 6th | |
Copping, Wilf | - ENG | 1934 | 1939 | midfield | 189 | 0 | X |
Coquelin, Francis | - FRA | 2008 | 2018 | midfield | 160 | 0 | |
Court, David | - ENG | 1959 | 1970 | midfield | 204 | 18th | |
Gavin Crawford | - SCO | 1891 | 1898 | midfield | 138 | 17th | |
Crayston, Jack | - ENG | 1934 | 1943 | midfield | 187 | 17th | X |
Cross, Archie | - ENG | 1900 | 1910 | Defense | 149 | 0 | |
Davis, Fred | - ENG | 1893 | 1899 | midfield | 150 | 10 | |
Davis, Paul | - ENG | 1978 | 1995 | midfield | 447 | 37 | |
Denilson | - BRA | 2006 | 2013 | midfield | 153 | 10 | |
Devine, John | - IRL | 1974 | 1983 | Defense | 111 | 0 | |
Diaby, Abou | - FRA | 2006 | 2015 | midfield | 180 | 19th | |
Dick, John | - SCO | 1898 | 1912 | midfield | 284 | 13 | |
Dixon, Lee | - ENG | 1988 | 2002 | Defense | 619 | 28 | X |
Djourou, Johann | - CHE | 2004 | 2014 | Defense | 144 | 1 | X |
Dodgin, Bill | - ENG | 1952 | 1961 | Defense | 208 | 1 | |
Drake, Ted | - ENG | 1934 | 1945 | Storm | 184 | 139 | X |
Ducat, Andy | - ENG | 1905 | 1912 | midfield | 188 | 12 | X |
Eastham, George | - ENG | 1960 | 1966 | Storm | 223 | 41 | X |
Eboué, Emmanuel | - CIV | 2005 | 2011 | Defense | 210 | 9 | X |
Edu | - BRA | 2001 | 2005 | midfield | 127 | 15th | |
Evans, Dennis | - ENG | 1951 | 1953 | Defense | 207 | 12 | |
Fàbregas, Cesc | - ESP | 2003 | 2011 | midfield | 297 | 57 | X |
Flamini, Mathieu | - FRA | 2004 2013 |
2008 2016 |
midfield | 246 | 13 | X |
Forbes, Alex | - SCO | 1948 | 1956 | midfield | 240 | 20th | |
Furnell, Jim | - ENG | 1963 | 1968 | goal | 167 | 0 | |
Gallas, William | - FRA | 2006 | 2010 | Defense | 142 | 17th | X |
George, Charlie | - ENG | 1966 | 1975 | Storm | 179 | 49 | X |
Gibbs, Kieran | - ENG | 2007 | 2017 | Defense | 230 | 6th | X |
Giroud, Olivier | - FRA | 2012 | 2018 | Storm | 253 | 105 | X |
Going, Bill | - ENG | 1901 | 1905 | Storm | 106 | 48 | |
Goring, Peter | - ENG | 1948 | 1960 | Forward / midfield | 240 | 53 | |
Graham, Alex | - SCO | 1911 | 1924 | Defense | 179 | 20th | X |
Graham, George | - SCO | 1966 | 1972 | Storm | 308 | 77 | X |
Gray, Archie | - SCO | 1904 | 1912 | Defense | 200 | 0 | X |
Greenaway, David | - SCO | 1908 | 1921 | midfield | 170 | 13 | |
Grimandi, Gilles | - FRA | 1997 | 2002 | Defense / midfield | 170 | 5 | |
Groves, Perry | - ENG | 1986 | 1992 | midfield | 203 | 28 | |
Groves, Vic | - ENG | 1955 | 1964 | midfield | 203 | 37 | |
Haverty, Joe | - IRL | 1954 | 1961 | midfield | 122 | 26th | X |
Hayes, Martin | - ENG | 1981 | 1990 | midfield | 132 | 34 | |
Henderson, Jackey | - SCO | 1958 | 1962 | Storm | 111 | 29 | X |
Henry, Thierry | - FRA | 1999 | 2007 | Storm | 370 | 226 | X |
Hearth, David | - SCO | 1954 | 1961 | Storm | 180 | 107 | X |
Hillier, David | - ENG | 1985 | 1996 | midfield | 143 | 2 | |
Hleb, Alexander | - BLR | 2004 | 2008 | midfield | 129 | 11 | X |
Hoar, Sid | - ENG | 1924 | 1929 | midfield | 117 | 18th | |
Hollins, John | - ENG | 1979 | 1983 | midfield | 173 | 13 | X |
Holton, Cliff | - ENG | 1947 | 1958 | Forward / midfield | 217 | 88 | |
Hulme, Joe | - ENG | 1926 | 1938 | midfield | 374 | 125 | X |
Hutchins, Arthur | - ENG | 1916 | 1923 | Defense | 108 | 1 | |
Iwobi, Alex | - NGA | 2015 | 2019 | midfield | 149 | 15th | X |
Jack, David | - ENG | 1928 | 1934 | midfield | 208 | 124 | X |
Jackson, Jimmy | - SCO | 1899 | 1905 | Defense / midfield | 204 | 1 | |
James, Alex | - SCO | 1929 | 1937 | midfield | 261 | 27 | |
Jennings, Pat | - NIR | 1977 | 1985 | goal | 327 | 0 | |
Jensen, John | - DNK | 1992 | 1996 | midfield | 138 | 1 | X |
John, Bob | - WHALE | 1922 | 1937 | midfield | 470 | 13 | |
Jones, Charlie | - WHALE | 1928 | 1934 | midfield | 195 | 8th | |
Canoe, Nwankwo | - NGR | 1999 | 2004 | Storm | 198 | 44 | |
Kelly, Eddie | - SCO | 1966 | 1976 | midfield | 222 | 19th | |
Kelsey, Jack | - WHALE | 1949 | 1962 | goal | 352 | 0 | |
Kennedy, Andy | - NIR | 1922 | 1929 | Defense | 129 | 0 | |
Kennedy, Ray | - ENG | 1968 | 1974 | Storm | 212 | 71 | X |
Keown, Martin | - ENG | 1981 | 2004 | Defense | 449 | 8th | X |
Kirchen, Alf | - ENG | 1935 | 1943 | midfield | 101 | 45 | X |
Koscielny, Laurent | - FRA | 2010 | 2019 | Defense | 353 | 27 | X |
Lacazette, Alexandre | - FRA | 2017 | Storm | 114 | 45 | X | |
Lambert, Jack | - ENG | 1926 | 1933 | Storm | 161 | 109 | |
Lauren | - CMR | 2000 | 2007 | Defense | 241 | 9 | |
Lehmann, Jens | - GER | 2003 | 2008 | goal | 199 | 0 | X |
Lewis, Charles | - ENG | 1907 | 1921 | Storm | 220 | 34 | |
Lewis, Dan | - WHALE | 1924 | 1931 | Storm | 167 | 0 | X |
Lewis, Reg | - ENG | 1935 | 1953 | Storm | 176 | 118 | |
Limpar, different | - SWE | 1990 | 1994 | midfield | 116 | 20th | X |
Linighan, Andy | - ENG | 1990 | 1997 | Defense | 156 | 8th | |
Lishman, Doug | - ENG | 1948 | 1956 | Storm | 244 | 137 | |
Ljungberg, Freddie | - SWE | 1998 | 2007 | midfield | 328 | 72 | |
Logie, Jimmy | - SCO | 1939 | 1955 | midfield | 328 | 76 | X |
Lukic, John | - ENG | 1984 | 1990 | goal | 298 | 0 | |
Luzhny, Oleg | - UKR | 1999 | 2003 | Defense | 110 | 0 | X |
Macaulay, Archie | - SCO | 1947 | 1950 | midfield | 108 | 1 | |
Macdonald, Hugh | - SCO | 1906 | 1913 | goal | 103 | 0 | X |
Macdonald, Malcolm | - ENG | 1976 | 1979 | Storm | 108 | 57 | |
Mackie, Alec | - NIR | 1921 | 1928 | Defense | 118 | 1 | X |
MacLeod, Johnny | - SCO | 1961 | 1964 | midfield | 112 | 28 | X |
Magill, Jimmy | - NIR | 1959 | 1965 | Defense | 131 | 0 | X |
Male, George | - ENG | 1929 | 1948 | Defense | 318 | 0 | X |
Mccullough, Billy | - NIR | 1958 | 1966 | Defense | 268 | 5 | X |
McEarchrane, Roddy | - SCO | 1902 | 1915 | midfield | 346 | 0 | |
Mckinnon, Angus | - SCO | 1908 | 1922 | midfield | 217 | 4th | |
McLintock, Frank | - SCO | 1964 | 1973 | Defense / midfield | 403 | 32 | X |
Mcnab, Bob | - ENG | 1966 | 1975 | Defense | 365 | 6th | X |
Mcnichol, Duncan | - SCO | 1899 | 1903 | Defense | 112 | 1 | |
McPherson, Ian | - SCO | 1946 | 1951 | midfield | 163 | 21st | |
Mercer, Joe | - ENG | 1946 | 1954 | midfield | 275 | 2 | X |
Mertesacker, Per | - GER | 2011 | 2018 | Defense | 221 | 10 | X |
Milne, Billy | - SCO | 1921 | 1927 | midfield | 124 | 3 | |
Monreal, Nacho | - ESP | 2013 | 2019 | Defense | 251 | 10 | X |
Moss, Frank | - ENG | 1931 | 1937 | goal | 161 | 1 | X |
Mustafi, Shkodran | - GER | 2016 | Defense | 133 | 9 | X | |
Nasri, Samir | - FRA | 2008 | 2011 | midfield | 125 | 27 | X |
Neave, David | - SCO | 1904 | 1912 | midfield | 168 | 32 | |
Neill, Terry | - NIR | 1959 | 1970 | Defense | 275 | 10 | X |
Nelson, Sammy | - NIR | 1966 | 1981 | Defense | 339 | 12 | X |
Nicholas, Charlie | - SCO | 1983 | 1988 | Storm | 184 | 54 | X |
O'Leary, David | - IRL | 1973 | 1993 | Defense | 722 | 14th | X |
Overmars, Marc | - NED | 1997 | 2000 | midfield | 142 | 41 | X |
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Alex | - ENG | 2011 | 2017 | midfield | 198 | 20th | X |
Özil, Mesut | - GER | 2013 | midfield | 254 | 44 | X | |
Parker, Tom | - ENG | 1926 | 1933 | Defense | 294 | 17th | X |
Parlor, Ray | - ENG | 1988 | 2004 | midfield | 466 | 32 | X |
Persie, Robin van | - NED | 2004 | 2012 | Storm | 218 | 89 | X |
Petit, Emmanuel | - FRA | 1997 | 2000 | midfield | 118 | 11 | X |
Pires, Robert | - FRA | 2000 | 2006 | midfield | 284 | 84 | X |
Platt, David | - ENG | 1995 | 1998 | midfield | 108 | 15th | X |
Price, David | - ENG | 1970 | 1981 | midfield | 176 | 19th | |
Radford, John | - ENG | 1962 | 1976 | Storm | 481 | 149 | X |
Ramsey, Aaron | - WHALE | 2008 | 2019 | midfield | 369 | 64 | X |
Reyes, José Antonio | - ESP | 2004 | 2007 | Storm | 110 | 23 | X |
Rice, Pat | - NIR | 1964 | 1980 | Defense | 528 | 13 | X |
Richardson, Kevin | - ENG | 1987 | 1990 | midfield | 122 | 8th | X |
Rimmer, Jimmy | - ENG | 1974 | 1977 | goal | 146 | 0 | X |
Rix, Graham | - ENG | 1974 | 1988 | midfield | 464 | 51 | X |
Roberts, Herbie | - ENG | 1926 | 1937 | Defense | 335 | 5 | X |
Robson, Jock | - SCO | 1921 | 1926 | goal | 101 | 0 | |
Robson, Stewart | - ENG | 1980 | 1987 | midfield | 186 | 21st | |
Rocastle, David | - ENG | 1982 | 1992 | midfield | 277 | 34 | X |
Roper, Don | - ENG | 1947 | 1957 | Storm | 321 | 95 | |
Rosický, Tomáš | - CZE | 2006 | 2016 | midfield | 246 | 28 | X |
Rutherford, jock | - ENG | 1913 | 1926 | midfield | 232 | 27 | X |
Sagna, Bacary | - FRA | 2007 | 2014 | Defense | 284 | 5 | X |
Sánchez, Alexis | - CHI | 2014 | 2018 | Storm | 166 | 80 | X |
Sammels, Jon | - ENG | 1961 | 1971 | midfield | 270 | 52 | |
Sands, Percy | - ENG | 1902 | 1919 | Defense | 350 | 12 | |
Sansom, Kenny | - ENG | 1980 | 1988 | Defense | 394 | 6th | X |
Satterthwaite, Charlie | - ENG | 1904 | 1910 | Storm | 141 | 48 | |
Scott, Laurie | - ENG | 1937 | 1951 | Defense | 126 | 0 | X |
Seaman, David | - ENG | 1990 | 2003 | goal | 564 | 0 | X |
Senderos, Philippe | - CHE | 2004 | 2010 | Defense | 117 | 4th | X |
Sharp, Jimmy | - SCO | 1905 | 1908 | Defense | 116 | 5 | X |
Shaw, Joe | - ENG | 1907 | 1923 | Defense | 326 | 0 | |
Silva, Gilberto | - BRA | 2002 | 2008 | midfield | 244 | 24 | X |
Simpson, Peter | - ENG | 1960 | 1978 | Defense | 477 | 15th | |
Skirton, Alan | - ENG | 1959 | 1966 | midfield | 154 | 54 | |
Smith, Alan | - ENG | 1987 | 1995 | Storm | 347 | 115 | X |
Smith, Lionel | - ENG | 1939 | 1954 | Defense | 181 | 0 | X |
Song, Alexandre | - CMR | 2005 | 2012 | midfield | 204 | 10 | X |
Stapleton, Frank | - IRL | 1972 | 1981 | Storm | 300 | 108 | X |
Storey, Peter | - ENG | 1961 | 1977 | Defense / midfield | 501 | 17th | X |
Strong, Geoff | - ENG | 1957 | 1964 | Storm | 137 | 77 | |
Sunderland, Alan | - ENG | 1977 | 1984 | Storm | 281 | 92 | X |
Swindin, George | - ENG | 1936 | 1954 | goal | 297 | 0 | |
Szczęsny, Wojciech | - POL | 2009 | 2017 | goal | 181 | 0 | X |
Talbot, Brian | - ENG | 1979 | 1985 | midfield | 327 | 49 | X |
Tapscott, Derek | - WHALE | 1953 | 1958 | midfield | 132 | 68 | X |
Thomas, Michael | - ENG | 1982 | 1991 | midfield | 208 | 30th | X |
Toner, Joe | - NIR | 1919 | 1926 | midfield | 100 | 6th | X |
Touré, Kolo | - CIV | 2002 | 2009 | Defense | 326 | 14th | X |
Ure, Ian | - SCO | 1963 | 1969 | Defense | 202 | 2 | X |
Vermaelen, Thomas | - BEL | 2009 | 2014 | Defense | 150 | 15th | X |
Vieira, Patrick | - FRA | 1996 | 2005 | midfield | 406 | 33 | X |
Walcott, Theo | - ENG | 2006 | 2018 | midfield | 397 | 108 | X |
Welbeck, Danny | - ENG | 2014 | 2019 | Storm | 126 | 32 | X |
White, Bert | - ENG | 1919 | 1923 | Storm | 109 | 45 | |
Williamson, Ernest | - ENG | 1919 | 1923 | goal | 113 | 0 | X |
Wills, Len | - ENG | 1949 | 1962 | Defense | 209 | 4th | |
Wilshere, Jack | - ENG | 2008 | 2018 | midfield | 197 | 14th | |
Wilson, Bob | - SCO | 1963 | 1974 | goal | 308 | 0 | X |
Wiltord, Sylvain | - FRA | 2000 | 2004 | Storm | 175 | 49 | X |
Winterburn, Nigel | - ENG | 1987 | 2000 | Defense | 584 | 12 | X |
Woodcock, Tony | - ENG | 1982 | 1986 | Storm | 169 | 68 | X |
Wright, Ian | - ENG | 1991 | 1998 | Storm | 288 | 185 | X |
Xhaka, granite | - CHE | 2016 | midfield | 163 | 11 | X | |
Young, Willie | - SCO | 1977 | 1981 | Defense | 237 | 19th |
Players in bold are currently active at Arsenal .
* Sol Campbell was again under contract with Arsenal from January 2010 to July 2010.
Web links
- Arsenal.com player database from Arsenal London