List of Crystal Palace F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crystal Palace F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role have also been included for their contributions; for example, Attilio Lombardo and Don Rogers.

This page also lists recipients of the Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year, and players who have been named in the PFA Team of the Year, while playing for the club.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included. Names in bold are currently active at the club

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper	RB	Right back	RM	Right midfielder	OR	Outside right
CB	Central back	LB	Left back	LM	Left midfielder	OL	Outside left
DF	Defender	FB	Full back	MF	Midfielder	W	Winger
FW	Forward	HB	Half back	CM	Central midfielder

Current squad

Main article: Crystal Palace F.C. § First-team squad

Players

See also: Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players

• 
  Peter Taylor was the first Palace player to score for England, and the second player to represent England whilst in Division Three.
• 
  Ian Wright scored 117 goals in 277 appearances, the club's record post-war goalscorer.
• 
  Geoff Thomas won nine caps for England and captained Crystal Palace to the FA Cup final in 1990.

Statistics correct as of match played 04 January 2025

  Palace captain  Spent time as player-manager

Name	Nationality	Position	Palace career	Apps	Goals	Captaincy	Notes
Archie Needham	England	Various	1905–1909	112	26		[nb 1]
Wilf Innerd	England	CB	1905–1909	133	7	1906–1909	[nb 2]
George Woodger	England	OL	1905–1910	166	39	1909–1910
Harry Collyer	England	RB	1906–1915	281	1		[nb 3]
Jimmy Bauchop	Scotland	FW	1907–1909	46	25		[nb 4]
Billy Davies	Wales	OR	1907–1908, 1910–1915	206	24		[nb 5]
Joshua Johnson	England	GK	1907–1919	293	0
George Garratt	England	DF	1908–1913	185	8
Jimmy Williams	Wales	FW	1909–1914	148	56
Joe Bulcock	England	RB	1909–1914	146	2
Harry Hanger	England	DF	1909–1915	178	8	1910–1915
Bob Spottiswood	England	MF	1909–1915	188	2
James Hughes	England	DF	1909–1920	209	15
Charles Hewitt	England	FW	1910–1919	155	42
Edwin Smith	England	FW	1911–1922	192	124
John Whibley	England	OL	1911–1923	150	27
Horace Colclough	England	LB	1912–1915	88	0		[nb 6]
Ben Bateman	England	OR	1913–1924	180	11
John Conner	Scotland	FW	1919–1923	104	57		[nb 7]
Jack Alderson	England	GK	1919–1924	205	0
Jack Little	England	DF	1919–1926	261	0
Bill Hand	England	FW	1920–1925	109	16
Robert McCracken	Ireland	DF	1920–1926	190	2
Albert Harry	England	MF	1921–1934	440	55
Bob Greener	England	DF	1921–1932	317	6
George Whitworth	England	FW	1922–1925	118	50
Cecil Blakemore	England	FW	1922–1927	141	56
Charles Cross	England	DF	1922–1928	237	0
Jimmy Hamilton	England	MF	1922–1931	196	5
Billy Callender	England	GK	1923–1932	224	0
George Clarke	England	OL	1925–1933	299	105
Percy Cherrett	England	FW	1925–1927	75	65
Bill Turner	England	MF	1925–1936	302	37
Stan Charlton	England	RB	1928–1932	136	7	1928–1930
Hubert Butler	England	FW	1928–1932	124	39
Tom Crilly	England	LB	1928–1933	126	1
Jimmy Wilde	England	DF	1928–1938	293	6	1930–1936
Peter Simpson	Scotland	FW	1929–1935	195	165		[nb 8]
Frank Manders	England	FW	1931–1935	103	33
Ossie Parry	Wales	DF	1931–1936	150	0
Ronnie Dunn	England	GK	1931–1937	175	0
Albert Dawes	England	FW	1933–1939	156	92
Bob Bigg	England	OL	1934–1939	114	41
Ted Owens	England	DF	1934–1945	172	0
Nick Collins	England	DF	1934–1946	151	7
Jack Blackman	England	FW	1935–1946	107	55		[nb 9]
Fred Dawes	England	DF	1935–1950	237	2	1936–1937	[nb 10]
George Walker	Scotland	CB	1936–1939	111	1	1938–1939
Jack Lewis	England	MF	1938–1949	126	6
Geoff Chilvers	England	DF	1942–1954	123	1
Dick Graham	England	GK	1945–1951	161	0
Fred Kurz	England	FW	1946–1951	151	48
Ron George	England	DF	1947–1954	125	2
Harry Briggs	England	DF	1947–1955	153	4
Ted Broughton	England	FW	1948–1954	100	6
Wally Hanlon	Scotland	MF	1949–1955	129	9
Roy Bailey	England	GK	1949–1956	119	0
Jack Edwards	Wales	RB	1949–1959	239	0	1956–1959
Harry McDonald	England	LB	1950–1955	146	1
Peter Berry	England	OR	1951–1958	161	27
Albert "Cam" Burgess	England	FW	1951–1953	50	40
Bob Thomas	England	FW	1952–1955	102	33
Cecil Andrews	England	MF	1952–1956	105	11
Len Choules	England	DF	1952–1962	280	4
Jimmy Belcher	England	MF	1954–1958	138	22
Roy Greenwood	England	DF	1954–1959	116	0
Mike Deakin	England	FW	1954–1960	151	63
Bernard Harrison	England	MF	1955–1959	100	12
Alf Noakes	England	LB	1955–1962	209	14
Terry Long	England	DF	1955–1969	480	16
Johnny Byrne	England	FW	1956–1962	220	95
Vic Rouse	Wales	GK	1956–1963	257	0
Roy Summersby	England	FW	1958–1963	190	60
Johnny McNichol	Scotland	Various	1958–1963	205	15	1958–1963
Bert Howe	England	DF	1958–1967	212	1
George Petchey	England	MF/DF	1960–1965	153	12
Bill Glazier	England	GK	1961–1964	113	0
Ronnie Allen	England	FW/MF	1961–1965	109	37	1963–1964
Brian Wood	England	DF	1961–1966	152	4
Alan Stephenson	England	CB	1961–1968	185	13	1966
Cliff Holton	England	FW	1962–1965	112	49
Peter Burridge	England	FW	1962–1965	124	50
John Sewell	England	RB	1963–1971	258	9	1967–1971
Bobby Kellard	England	MF	1963–1966, 1971–1973	137	10	1971–1973
David Payne	England	MF/DF	1964–1973	318	12
John Jackson	England	GK	1964–1974	388	0
Jack Bannister	England	DF	1965–1969	129	7
John McCormick	Scotland	CB	1965–1973	194	6		[1]
Steve Kember	England	MF	1965–1971, 1978–1980	295	38	1971
Cliff Jackson	England	FW	1966–1970	120	30
Bobby Woodruff	England	MF	1966–1970	139	48
Tony Taylor	Scotland	LB	1968–1974	195	8		[2]
Mel Blyth	England	CB	1968–1978	254	12
Gerry Queen	Scotland	FW	1969–1972	127	30
Peter Wall	England	DF	1970–1977	208	3
Paul Hammond	England	GK	1971–1977	142	0
Jim Cannon	Scotland	DF	1972–1988	663	34	1977–1988	[nb 11] [3]
Don Rogers	England	MF	1972–1975	78	30
Alan Whittle	England	FW/MF	1972–1976	122	24
Peter Taylor	England	MF	1973–1976	142	39		[4]
Derek Jeffries	England	DF/MF	1973–1977	122	1		[5]
Dave Swindlehurst	England	FW	1973–1980	276	81
Roy Barry	Scotland	DF	1973–1975	45	1	1973–1975
Nick Chatterton	England	MF	1973–1979	181	36
Paul Hinshelwood	England	RB	1974–1983	319	29		[6]
Ian Evans	Wales	CB	1974–1979	163	16	1975–1977
Phil Holder	England	MF	1975–1979	112	6
Kenny Sansom	England	LB	1975–1980	197	4		[7]
Ian Walsh	Wales	FW	1975–1982	133	27
Jerry Murphy	Republic of Ireland	MF	1976–1985	268	25		[8]
Vince Hilaire	England	MF	1976–1984	293	36
Peter Nicholas	Wales	DF/MF	1976–1981, 1983–1985	174	14
Billy Gilbert	England	DF	1977–1984	273	4		[9]
John Burridge	England	GK	1978–1980	102	0
Paul Barron	England	GK	1980–1983	108	0		[10]
Gavin Nebbeling	South Africa	CB	1981–1989	165	8
David Giles	Wales	MF	1982–1984	100	6
Henry Hughton	Republic of Ireland	MF/DF	1982–1986	130	6
Gary Locke	England	DF	1982–1986	100	1
George Wood	Scotland	GK	1983–1988	218	0		[11]
Gary Stebbing	England	MF	1983–1988	116	3
Phil Barber	England	MF	1983–1991	288	41
Alan Irvine	Scotland	MF	1984–1987	125	14
Andy Gray	England	MF	1984–1987, 1989–1992	242	51
Tony Finnigan	England	MF	1985–1988	116	10
Ian Wright	England	FW	1985–1991	277	117		[nb 12] [12]
John Salako	England	MF	1986–1995	273	33
Richard Shaw	England	DF	1986–1995	207	3		[13]
Mark Bright	England	FW	1986–1992	286	114		[14]
Alan Pardew	England	MF	1987–1991	170	12
Geoff Thomas	England	MF	1987–1993	249	35	1989–1993	[nb 13] [15]
John Pemberton	England	RB	1988–1990	105	2
Eddie McGoldrick	Republic of Ireland	RW	1988–1993	189	16		[16]
Gareth Southgate	England	CB/CM	1989–1995	152	15	1993–1995
Nigel Martyn	England	GK	1989–1996	349	0		[nb 14]
Andy Thorn	England	DF	1989–1994	128	3		[17]
Simon Rodger	England	MF	1990–2002	328	11
Eric Young	England	DF	1990–1995	161	15
Chris Coleman	Wales	DF	1991–1995	154	13		[18]
Chris Armstrong	England	FW	1992–1995	136	58
George Ndah	England	FW	1992–1997	101	11
Bruce Dyer	England	FW	1994–1998	165	44
Dougie Freedman	Scotland	FW	1995–1997, 2000–2008	368	108		[19]
David Hopkin	Scotland	MF	1995–1997, 2001–2002	112	25		[20]
Marc Edworthy	England	RB	1995–1998	151	1		[21]
Andy Roberts	England	MF	1995–1998	131	4	1995–1997	[22]
Steven Thomson	Scotland	MF	1995–2000	122	4
Neil Shipperley	England	FW	1996–1998, 2003–2005	117	31	2003–2004
Andy Linighan	England	DF	1997–2000	128	6	1997–2000	[23]
Attilio Lombardo	Italy	RM	1997–1999	48	10		[nb 15]
Clinton Morrison	Republic of Ireland	FW	1997–2002, 2005–2008	312	112
Fan Zhiyi	China	CB	1998–2001	102	6		[24]
Hayden Mullins	England	CM	1998–2003	257	20	2002–2003	[25]
Dean Austin	England	DF	1998–2002	167	6	2001–2002
Neil Ruddock	England	CB	2000–2001	26	3	2000–2001
Tommy Black	England	LM	2000–2007	153	17
Aki Riihilahti	Finland	CM	2001–2006	160	14
Tony Popovic	Australia	CB	2001–2006	144	8	2004–2006
Wayne Routledge	England	RM	2001–2005	123	10
Danny Granville	England	LB	2001–2007	138	10
Andy Johnson	England	FW	2002–2006, 2014–2015	161	85		[26]
Gary Borrowdale	England	LB	2002–2007	114	0
Danny Butterfield	England	RB	2002–2010	269	7
Shaun Derry	England	CM	2002–2005, 2007–2010	226	6	2008–2010
Michael Hughes	Northern Ireland	CM	2003–2007	141	10	2004–2005
Ben Watson	England	CM	2003–2009	189	20
Tom Soares	England	CM	2003–2008	162	12
Mark Hudson	England	CB	2003–2008	136	7	2007–2008
Gábor Király	Hungary	GK	2004–2007	111	0
Julián Speroni	Argentina	GK	2004–2019	405	0		[27]
Fitz Hall	England	CB	2004–2006	75	3	2005–2006
Emmerson Boyce	Barbados	RB	2004–2006	77	2		[28]
Leon Cort	Guyana	CB	2006–2008	50	7		[29]
Carl Fletcher	Wales	CM	2006–2009	74	4	2006–2007
Matthew Lawrence	England	DF	2006–2010	135	1
Clint Hill	England	DF	2007–2010	127	6
Sean Scannell	Republic of Ireland	W/FW	2007–2012	141	13		[30]
Neil Danns	England	CM	2008–2011	114	20
Paddy McCarthy	Republic of Ireland	CB	2008–2016	144	6	2010–2012
Darren Ambrose	England	MF	2009–2012	124	37
Nathaniel Clyne	England	RB	2008–2012, 2020–	228	1		[31]
Wilfried Zaha	Ivory Coast	W/FW	2010–2013, 2014–2023	458	90		[32]
Jonathan Parr	Norway	LB	2011–2014	101	2		[33]
Kagisho Dikgacoi	South Africa	CM	2011–2014	114	8
Dean Moxey	England	LB	2011–2014	103	1
Glenn Murray	England	FW	2011–2015	125	47
Mile Jedinak	Australia	CM	2011–2016	178	10	2012–2016	[34]
Jonny Williams	Wales	MF	2011–2019	70	1		[35]
Yannick Bolasie	DR Congo	W	2012–2016	144	13
Joel Ward	England	FB	2012–	361	6	2023–2024	[36]
Damien Delaney	Republic of Ireland	CB	2012–2018	193	7
Jason Puncheon	England	MF	2013–2019	168	16	2017–2018
Scott Dann	England	CB	2014–2021	181	16	2016–2017	[37]
James McArthur	Scotland	MF	2014–2023	253	19
Martin Kelly	England	DF	2014–2022	148	1
Wayne Hennessey	Wales	GK	2014–2021	132	0
Yohan Cabaye	France	CM	2015–2018	106	11		[nb 16]
Christian Benteke	Belgium	FW	2016–2022	177	37		[nb 17]
Andros Townsend	England	RM	2016–2021	185	16
James Tomkins	England	CB	2016–2024	136	10
Luka Milivojević	Serbia	CM	2017–2023	198	29	2018–2023
Patrick van Aanholt	Netherlands	LB	2017–2021	134	14
Jeffrey Schlupp	Ghana	DF/MF	2017–	245	19
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	England	RB	2018–2019	46	0		[38]
Jordan Ayew	Ghana	FW	2018–2024	212	23		[39]
Cheikhou Kouyate	Senegal	MF/CB	2018–2022	142	3
Vicente Guaita	Spain	GK	2018–2023	154	0		[40]
Eberechi Eze	England	MF	2020–	144	30
Tyrick Mitchell	England	LB	2020–	167	3		[41]
Jean-Philippe Mateta	France	FW	2021–	130	37		[42]
Michael Olise	France	MF	2021–2024	90	16		[43]
Marc Guéhi	England	DF	2021–	134	7
Joachim Andersen	Denmark	DF	2021–2024	112	3
Conor Gallagher	England	CM	2021–2022	39	8		[44]
Will Hughes	England	CM	2021–	104	2
Odsonne Édouard	France	FW	2021-	103	21
Cheick Doucouré	Mali	CM	2022–	55	0		[45]

1. Top goal scorer in Crystal Palace's first season 1905/06
2. First player to reach 100 appearances for the club
3. First player to be granted a testimonial match
4. First player to join Crystal Palace with international honours
5. First player to gain international honours while playing for Crystal Palace
6. First player to play for England while on the books of Crystal Palace
7. Top goal scorer in Division Three in the 1920–21 season.
8. Top all time goalscorer for Crystal Palace
9. Not including wartime appearances
10. Not including wartime appearances
11. Most all time appearances for Crystal Palace
12. Top post-wartime Crystal Palace goalscorer
13. Captained Crystal Palace's first FA Cup Final side
14. First goalkeeper to attract a million-pound transfer fee in English football
15. Palace player–manager
16. First player to cost Crystal Palace £10 million or more
17. First player to cost Crystal Palace £20 million or more

Player of the Year

Main article: Crystal Palace F.C. Player of the Year

Year Winner 1972 John McCormick 1973 Tony Taylor 1974 Peter Taylor 1975 Derek Jeffries 1976 Peter Taylor 1977 Kenny Sansom 1978 Jim Cannon 1979 Kenny Sansom 1980 Paul Hinshelwood 1981 Paul Hinshelwood 1982 Paul Barron

Year Winner 1983 Jerry Murphy 1984 Billy Gilbert 1985 Jim Cannon 1986 George Wood 1987 Jim Cannon 1988 Geoff Thomas 1989 Ian Wright 1990 Mark Bright 1991 Geoff Thomas 1992 Eddie McGoldrick 1993 Andy Thorn

Year Winner 1994 Chris Coleman 1995 Richard Shaw 1996 Andy Roberts 1997 David Hopkin 1998 Marc Edworthy 1999 Hayden Mullins 2000 Andy Linighan 2001 Fan Zhiyi 2002 Dougie Freedman 2003 Hayden Mullins 2004 Andrew Johnson

Year Winner 2005 Andrew Johnson 2006 Emmerson Boyce 2007 Leon Cort 2008 Julián Speroni 2009 Julián Speroni 2010 Julián Speroni 2011 Nathaniel Clyne 2012 Jonathan Parr 2013 Mile Jedinak 2014 Julián Speroni 2015 Scott Dann

Year Winner 2016 Wilfried Zaha 2017 Wilfried Zaha 2018 Wilfried Zaha 2019 Aaron Wan-Bissaka 2020 Jordan Ayew 2021 Vicente Guaita 2022 Conor Gallagher 2023 Cheick Doucouré 2024 Jean-Philippe Mateta

Young Player of the Year

• Gary Stebbing – 1983
• Gary Stebbing – 1984
• Dave Lindsay – 1985
• Richard Shaw – 1986
• John Salako – 1987
• John Salako – 1988
• David Stevens – 1989
• Simon Osborn – 1990
• Dean Gordon – 1991
• Mark Hawthorne – 1992
• George Ndah – 1993
• Brian Launders – 1994
• No award from 1995–2001
• Julian Gray – 2002
• Wayne Routledge – 2003
• Wayne Routledge – 2004
• Tom Soares – 2005
• Ben Watson – 2006
• Gary Borrowdale – 2007
• Sean Scannell – 2008
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2009
• Nathaniel Clyne – 2010
• Wilfried Zaha – 2011
• Wilfried Zaha – 2012
• Jon Williams – 2013
• Joel Ward – 2014
• No award from 2015-2021
• Tyrick Mitchell - 2022
• Michael Olise - 2023
• No award in 2024

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Crystal Palace:

• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Peter Taylor – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
• Ian Evans – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1978 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1979 (Second Tier)
• Kenny Sansom – First Division 1980 (First Tier)
• Mark Bright – Second Division 1988 (Second Tier)
• Ian Wright – Second Division 1989 (Second Tier)
• Nigel Martyn – First Division 1994 (Second Tier)
• Dean Gordon – First Division 1996 (Second Tier)
• Dougie Freedman – First Division 2002 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – First Division 2004 (Second Tier)
• Andrew Johnson – Premier League 2005 (First Tier)
• Nathaniel Clyne – Championship 2012 (Second Tier)
• Glenn Murray – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Wilfried Zaha – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
• Yannick Bolasie – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)

References

1. Player of the year in 1972
2. Player of the year in 1973
3. Player of the year in 1978, 1985 and 1987
4. Player of the year in 1974 and 1976
5. Player of the year in 1975
6. Player of the year in 1980 and 1981
7. Player of the year in 1977 and 1979
8. Player of the year in 1983
9. Player of the year in 1984
10. Player of the year in 1982
11. Player of the year in 1986
12. Player of the year in 1989
13. Player of the year in 1995
14. Player of the year in 1990
15. Player of the year in 1988 and 1991
16. Player of the year in 1992
17. Player of the year in 1993
18. Player of the year in 1994
19. Player of the year in 2002
20. Player of the year in 1997
21. Player of the year in 1998
22. Player of the year in 1996
23. Player of the year in 2000
24. Player of the year in 2001
25. Player of the year in 1999 and 2003
26. Player of the year in 2004 and 2005
27. Player of the year in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014
28. Player of the year in 2006
29. Player of the year in 2007
30. Young player of the year in 2008
31. Young player of the year in 2009 and 2010. Player of the year in 2011
32. Young player of the year in 2011 & 2012. Player of the year in 2016, 2017 & 2018
33. Player of the year in 2012
34. Player of the year in 2013
35. Young player of the year in 2013
36. Young player of the year in 2014
37. Player of the year in 2015
38. Player of the year in 2019
39. Player of the year in 2020
40. Player of the year in 2021
41. Young player of the year in 2022
42. Player of the year in 2024
43. Young player of the year in 2023
44. Player of the year in 2022
45. Player of the year in 2023

External links

• List of Palace Player Appearances – official site
• List of Palace Golascorers – official site