List of Chelsea F.C. players

• Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 13 May 2023. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.

Nationality

Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

Position

Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

Club career

Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

Total appearances and Total goals

Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Full Members Cup, FIFA Club World Cup and European Super Cup. Matches in friendlies and wartime competitions are excluded.

Dates and figures are for the individual's career with Chelsea only.

Figures are for all competitive matches and include substitute appearances.

• Bold indicates players currently playing for the club.

As of 13 May 2023

Name	Nationality	Position	Chelsea career	Appearances	Goals
Tommy Miller	Scotland	FB	1905–1909	120	0
Bob McRoberts	Scotland	FW	1905–1909	106	10
Jimmy Windridge	England	FW	1905–1911	152	57
Ted Birnie	England	FB	1906–1909	107	3
Billy Bridgeman	England	FB	1906–1914	159	0
George Hilsdon	England	FW	1906–1912	164	109
Jock Cameron	Scotland	HB	1907–1913	194	0
Jack Whitley	England	GK	1907–1914	138	0
Ben Warren	England	HB	1908–1914	101	4
Angus Douglas	Scotland	W	1908–1913	103	10
Samuel Downing	England	HB	1909–1914	145	10
Alec Ormiston	Scotland	HB	1909–1914	103	1
Vivian Woodward	England	FW	1909–1915	116	34
Fred Taylor	England	HB	1909–1915	171	4
Walter Bettridge	England	HB	1909–1922	254	0
Charlie Freeman	England	FW	1909–1920	105	22
Bob Whittingham	England	FW	1910–1919	129	84
Jim Molyneux	England	GK	1910–1923	239	0
Jack Harrow	England	FB	1911–1926	334	5
Harry Ford	England	W	1912–1923	248	47
Tommy Logan	Scotland	FB	1913–1920	116	8
Harold Halse	England	FB	1913–1921	111	24
Jimmy Croal	Scotland	FW	1914–1922	130	26
Bob McNeil	Scotland	FW	1914–1927	306	32
Jack Cock	England	FW	1919–1923	111	53
Harry Wilding	England	FB	1919–1928	265	26
Tommy Meehan	England	HB	1920–1924	133	6
John Priestley	Scotland	HB	1920–1928	204	19
George W. Smith	Scotland	FB	1921–1932	370	0
Albert Thain	England	FW	1922–1930	153	51
Andy Wilson	Scotland	FW	1923–1931	253	62
Willie Ferguson	Scotland	W	1923–1933	294	11
Jackie Crawford	England	W	1923–1934	308	28
Harold Miller	England	FW	1923–1939	365	45
Leslie Odell	England	FB	1924–1936	103	7
George Rodgers	Scotland	FB	1925–1931	122	2
Tommy Law	Scotland	FB	1925–1939	318	19
Sam Millington	England	GK	1926–1932	245	0
George Pearson	England	FW	1926–1933	215	37
Jack Townrow	England	FB	1927–1931	140	3
Willie Russell	Scotland	HB	1927–1935	160	6
Sid Bishop	England	HB	1928–1933	109	6
George Mills	England	FW	1929–1943	239	125
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	FW	1930–1934	144	81
George Barber	England	FB	1930–1941	294	1
Vic Woodley	England	GK	1931–1939	272	0
Eric Oakton	England	MF	1932–1937	112	30
John O'Hare	Scotland	FB	1932–1939	102	0
Len Allum	England	FB	1932–1939	102	2
George Gibson	Scotland	FW	1933–1938	143	24
Allan Craig	Scotland	FB	1933–1939	211	0
Jimmy Argue	Scotland	FW	1933–1947	125	35
Billy Mitchell	Ireland	HB	1934–1939	118	3
Dick Spence	England	W	1934–1950	246	66
Harry Burgess	England	FW	1935–1945	155	37
Sam Weaver	England	HB	1936–1945	125	4
Len Goulden	England	FW	1945–1950	111	19
Danny Winter	Wales	FB	1945–1951	155	0
John Harris	Scotland	FB	1945–1956	364	14
Tommy Walker	Scotland	FW	1946–1948	105	24
Jimmy MacAulay	Scotland	MF	1946–1951	94	5
Harry Medhurst	England	GK	1946–1952	157	0
Sydney Bathgate	Scotland	FB	1946–1953	147	0
Ken Armstrong	England  New Zealand	HB	1946–1957	402	30
Bill Robertson	Scotland	GK	1946–1960	215	0
William Dickson	Northern Ireland	HB	1947–1953	119	4
Bobby Campbell	Scotland	HB	1947–1954	213	39
Billy Hughes	England	FB	1948–1951	105	0
Billy Gray	England	FW	1948–1953	172	14
Roy Bentley	England	FW	1948–1956	367	150
Stan Willemse	England	FB	1949–1956	221	2
Eric Parsons	England	W	1950–1956	177	42
Les Stubbs	England	FW	1952–1958	123	35
John McNichol	Scotland	FW	1952–1958	202	66
Derek Saunders	England	HB	1953–1959	223	9
Ron Tindall	England	FW	1953–1961	174	69
Peter Sillett	England	FB	1953–1962	288	34
Frank Blunstone	England	W	1953–1964	347	54
John Sillett	England	FB	1954–1962	102	1
Peter Brabrook	England	FW	1955–1962	271	57
Reg Matthews	England	GK	1956–1961	148	0
Mel Scott	England	DF	1956–1963	104	0
John Mortimore	England	HB	1956–1965	279	10
Jimmy Greaves	England	FW	1957–1961	169	132
Ken Shellito	England	FB	1957–1969	123	2
Barry Bridges	England	FW	1958–1966	205	93
Bobby Tambling	England	FW	1959–1970	370	202
Peter Bonetti	England	GK	1959–1975 1976–1979	729	0
Allan Harris	England	LB	1960–1964 1966–1967	102	1
Terry Venables	England	MF	1960–1966	237	31
Bert Murray	England	FW	1961–1966	183	44
Ron Harris	England	DF	1961–1980	795	14
Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	LB	1962–1974	410	5
Peter Houseman	England	MF	1962–1975	343	39
John Hollins	England	MF	1963–1975 1983–1984	592	64
Marvin Hinton	England	CB	1963–1976	344	4
George Graham	Scotland	FW	1964–1966	102	46
John Boyle	Scotland	MF	1964–1973	266	12
Peter Osgood	England	ST	1964–1974 1978–1979	380	150
Charlie Cooke	Scotland	W	1966–1972 1974–1978	373	30
Tommy Baldwin	England	MF	1966–1974	239	91
Alan Hudson	England	MF	1968–1974 1983–1984	189	14
David Webb	England	CB/RB	1968–1974	299	34
Ian Hutchinson	England	ST	1968–1976	144	58
John Dempsey	Republic of Ireland	CB	1969–1978	207	7
John Phillips	Wales	GK	1970–1980	149	0
Micky Droy	England	CB	1970–1985	313	19
Chris Garland	England	MF	1971–1975	114	31
Steve Kember	England	MF	1971–1975	150	15
Gary Stanley	England	MF	1971–1979	120	15
Ian Britton	Scotland	MF	1971–1982	289	34
Gary Locke	England	RB	1971–1983	317	4
Bill Garner	England	ST	1972–1978	119	36
Ray Wilkins	England	MF	1972–1979	198	33
Graham Wilkins	England	FB	1972–1982	149	1
Kenny Swain	England	MF/ST	1973–1978	132	29
Steve Wicks	England	CB	1974–1979 1986–1988	164	9
David Hay	Scotland	MF	1974–1980	120	3
Tommy Langley	England	ST	1974–1980	152	43
Clive Walker	England	W	1975–1984	224	65
John Bumstead	England	MF	1976–1991	409	44
Mike Fillery	England	W	1978–1983	181	41
Gary Chivers	England	CB	1978–1983	148	4
Petar Borota	Yugoslavia	GK	1979–1982	114	0
Peter Rhoades-Brown	England	W	1979–1984	109	5
Colin Pates	England	CB	1979–1988	346	10
Chris Hutchings	England	LB	1980–1983	101	3
Colin Lee	England	ST	1980–1987	223	41
Paul Canoville	England	W	1981–1986	103	15
David Speedie	Scotland	ST	1982–1987	205	64
Nigel Spackman	England	MF	1983–1987 1992–1996	267	14
Eddie Niedzwiecki	Wales	GK	1983–1988	175	0
Pat Nevin	Scotland	W	1983–1988	242	45
Joe McLaughlin	Scotland	CB	1983–1989	268	7
Kerry Dixon	England	ST	1983–1992	420	193
Doug Rougvie	Scotland	DF	1984–1987	100	3
Darren Wood	England	FB	1984–1989	178	4
Micky Hazard	England	MF	1985–1990	103	12
Gordon Durie	Scotland	ST	1986–1991	153	63
Gareth Hall	Wales	DM	1986–1996	171	5
Clive Wilson	England	DF	1987–1990	103	5
Tony Dorigo	England	LB	1987–1991	180	12
Kevin Wilson	Northern Ireland	FW	1987–1992	191	55
Graeme Le Saux	England	LB	1987–1993 1997–2003	312	16
Steve Clarke	Scotland	RB	1987–1998	421	10
Kevin McAllister	Scotland	FW	1988–1991	140	13
David Lee	England	CB	1988–1998	194	13
Kevin Hitchcock	England	GK	1988–2001	135	0
Ken Monkou	Netherlands	CB	1989–1992	119	2
Dave Beasant	England	GK	1989–1993	157	0
Graham Stuart	England	MF	1989–1993	110	18
Craig Burley	Scotland	MF	1989–1997	137	11
Erland Johnsen	Norway	CB	1989–1997	183	1
Andy Townsend	Republic of Ireland	MF	1990–1993	138	19
Frank Sinclair	Jamaica	CB	1990–1998	218	13
Eddie Newton	England	MF	1990–1999	214	10
Dennis Wise	England	MF	1990–2001	445	76
Andy Myers	England	LB	1991–1999	106	2
John Spencer	Scotland	ST	1992–1996	137	43
Dmitri Kharine	Russia	GK	1992–1999	146	0
Gavin Peacock	England	MF	1993–1996	134	27
Michael Duberry	England	CB	1993–1999	115	3
Mark Hughes	Wales	ST	1995–1998	123	39
Dan Petrescu	Romania	RB	1995–2000	208	24
Jody Morris	England	MF	1995–2003	173	9
Frank Leboeuf	France	CB	1996–2001	204	24
Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	MF	1996–2002	175	26
Gianfranco Zola	Italy	FW	1996–2003	311	80
Gianluca Vialli	Italy	FW	1996–1999	58	21
Tore André Flo	Norway	ST	1997–2000	163	50
Gustavo Poyet	Uruguay	MF	1997–2001	145	49
Ed de Goey	Netherlands	GK	1997–2003	179	0
Celestine Babayaro	Nigeria	LB	1997–2005	197	8
Albert Ferrer	Spain	RB	1998–2003	113	1
Marcel Desailly	France	CB	1998–2004	222	7
John Terry	England	CB	1998–2017	717	67
Mario Melchiot	Netherlands	RB	1999–2004	165	5
Carlo Cudicini	Italy	GK	1999–2009	216	0
Jesper Grønkjær	Denmark	W	2000–2004	119	11
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	ST	2000–2004	177	87
Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	ST	2000–2006	263	78
William Gallas	France	DF	2001–2006	225	14
Frank Lampard	England	MF	2001–2014	648	211
Damien Duff	Republic of Ireland	W	2003–2006	125	19
Geremi	Cameroon	MF	2003–2007	109	4
Claude Makélélé	France	CDM	2003–2008	217	2
Wayne Bridge	England	LB	2003–2009	142	4
Joe Cole	England	MF	2003–2010	282	39
Arjen Robben	Netherlands	W	2004–2007	106	19
Ricardo Carvalho	Portugal	CB	2004–2010	210	11
Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	ST	2004–2012 2014–2015	381	164
Paulo Ferreira	Portugal	RB	2004–2013	217	2
Petr Čech	Czech Republic	GK	2004–2015 2020–2021	494	0
Shaun Wright-Phillips	England	W	2005–2008	125	10
Michael Essien	Ghana	MF	2005–2014	256	25
Michael Ballack	Germany	MF	2006–2010	166	25
Salomon Kalou	Ivory Coast	FW	2006–2012	254	61
Ashley Cole	England	LB	2006–2014	338	7
Mikel John Obi	Nigeria	MF	2006–2017	372	6
Alex	Brazil	CB	2007–2012	134	11
Florent Malouda	France	LW	2007–2013	228	45
José Bosingwa	Portugal	RB	2008–2012	125	3
Nicolas Anelka	France	FW	2008–2012	184	59
Branislav Ivanović	Serbia	DF	2008–2017	377	34
Nemanja Matić	Serbia	MF	2009–2011 2014–2017	154	7
Fernando Torres	Spain	ST	2010–2014	172	45
Ramires	Brazil	MF	2010–2016	246	33
Juan Mata	Spain	MF	2011–2014	135	33
David Luiz	Brazil	CB	2011–2014 2016–2019	248	18
Thibaut Courtois	Belgium	GK	2011–2018	154	0
Oscar	Brazil	MF	2012–2016	203	38
Gary Cahill	England	CB	2012–2019	290	25
Eden Hazard	Belgium	W	2012–2019	352	110
Victor Moses	Nigeria	RWB	2012–2021	128	18
César Azpilicueta	Spain	DF	2012–	505	17
Willian	Brazil	W	2013–2020	339	63
Andreas Christensen	Denmark	CB	2013–2022	161	2
Diego Costa	Spain	ST	2014–2017	120	59
Cesc Fàbregas	Spain	MF	2014–2019	198	22
Kurt Zouma	France	CB	2014–2021	151	10
Ruben Loftus-Cheek	England	MF	2014–	152	13
Pedro	Spain	W	2015–2020	206	43
Marcos Alonso	Spain	LWB	2016–2022	212	29
N'Golo Kanté	France	MF	2016–	269	13
Antonio Rüdiger	Germany	CB	2017–2022	203	12
Mason Mount	England	MF	2017–	195	33
Callum Hudson-Odoi	England	W	2017–	126	16
Olivier Giroud	France	FW	2018–2021	119	39
Ross Barkley	England	MF	2018–2022	100	12
Jorginho	Italy	MF	2018–2023	213	29
Kepa Arrizabalaga	Spain	GK	2018–	160	0
Mateo Kovačić	Croatia	MF	2018–	220	6
Reece James	England	RB/RWB	2018–	147	11
Christian Pulisic	United States	W	2019–	142	26
Kai Havertz	Germany	FW	2020–	136	32
Edouard Mendy	Senegal	GK	2020–	105	0
Thiago Silva	Brazil	CB	2020–	115	5
Hakim Ziyech	Morocco	FW	2020–	106	14

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