List of Watford F.C. players

For players who made fewer than 50 appearances for Watford, see List of Watford F.C. players (1–49 appearances).

John Barnes made 31 appearances for England during his Watford career.

Watford Football Club is an English association football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. Formed on 15 April 1898 as a result of the amalgamation of two strong local clubs, Watford St. Mary's and West Herts. West Herts began life as Watford Rovers in 1881, and renamed West Herts in 1891, the team joined the Southern League in 1896. West Herts amalgamated with local rivals Watford St. Mary's for the start of the 1898–99 season, to form a new club, Watford Football Club. ^[2] Between 1898 and 1920, Watford competed in the Southern League, winning the championship in 1914–15. The Southern League was suspended for the next four seasons due to the First World War. On the league's resumption in 1919–20, Watford finished as runners up on goal average. ^[3] At the start of 1920–21, Watford joined the Football League Third Division, and transferred to the Third Division South when the league was reorganised the following season. They have played in the Football League ever since, with the exception of 1939–1946, when competitive football was suspended due to the Second World War, and the 1999–2000 and 2006–07 seasons, when they competed in the Premier League. In addition to the latter two seasons, the club also competed in the top division of English football between 1982 and 1988, ^[4] achieving their highest league placing of second in the 1982–83 season. ^[5]

Many of Watford's individual records are held by former centre forward Luther Blissett. He has made more Watford appearances (503, including substitute appearances) and scored more goals for the club (186) than anyone else. His corresponding totals in the Football League (415 appearances and 148 goals) are also Watford records. ^[5] Cliff Holton has scored the most goals for Watford in a single season; 48 in all competitions in the 1959–60 season, including 42 in the Football League. ^{[5] [6]} Eddie Mummery's five-goal haul against Newport County on 5 January 1924 is the club record for goals scored by a player in a Football League match. ^[5] Watford's most-used goalkeeper is Skilly Williams, who played for the club 341 times between 1913 and 1926. ^[7] John Barnes and Kenny Jackett share the record for the most international caps won while playing for Watford. Barnes made his first 31 England appearances before transferring from Watford to Liverpool in 1987. ^[8] Jackett, a one-club man, ^[9] made the same number of appearances for Wales. ^[1] Seven people have played competitively for the club while managing them: John Goodall, Harry Kent, Fred Pagnam, Neil McBain, Bill Findlay, Ken Furphy, and most recently Mike Keen between 1973 and 1975. ^[10]

Key

This list contains players who have made 50 or more competitive appearances for Watford, since the amalgamation of West Herts and Watford St Mary's. Non-professional players (or any player who has not signed a first team contract) or any other academy player(s) are not on the list. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} It includes appearances and goals in the Premier League, Football League, Southern Football League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Football League Trophy, Full Members Cup, UEFA Cup and Anglo-Italian Cup. Appearances and goals in other competitions or non-competitive matches are not included. The table does not include appearances and goals from 1939–40; the season was abandoned after three matches due to the Second World War, and playing records from those matches were annulled. ^[12]

Positions ^{[lower-alpha 2]}

GK	Goalkeeper
FB	Full back	DF	Defender
HB	Half back	MF	Midfielder
IF	Inside forward	FW	Forward
OF	Outside forward
CF	Centre forward

Key

Symbol	Meaning
‡	Player still at the club
†	Won the Player of the Season award. Multiple symbols denote multiple wins.
[PM]	Spent time as player-manager
*	Player holds club record(s)
Apps	Number of appearances for Watford

Players

Maurice Cook (right) missed only four games between his debut and final appearance for Watford.

Troy Deeney (left) celebrates a goal with Nyron Nosworthy

Danny Graham was the Football League Championship's top scorer in the 2010–11 season.

Heiðar Helguson played for the club in two periods between 1999 and 2010.

Andy Hessenthaler played for the team between 1991 and 1996.

Goalkeeper David James started his career at Watford, and went on to play for England.

Scott Loach playing in goal for Watford

Malky Mackay played for Watford as a centre back, and later managed the team.

Jack McNee played for West Hertfordshire, prior to their merger with Watford St. Mary's in 1898.

Midfielder Gavin Mahon was voted Watford F.C. Player of the Season in 2003–04.

Adrian Mariappa graduated from Watford's academy, and has captained the team.

Tommy Mooney made 287 Watford appearances between 1994 and 2001.

Academy graduate Gifton Noel-Williams played for Watford between 1996 and 2003.

Hungary striker Tamás Priskin

Tommy Smith won the Player of the Season award twice during his second spell at the club.

Centre back Martin Taylor joined Watford in 2010.

Skilly Williams was Watford's goalkeeper as they won the 1914–15 Southern League.

Ashley Young left Watford for a club record fee of £9.65 million in 2007.

Current players' statistics correct at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Name	Position	Years at Watford [lower-alpha 3]	Apps	Goals	International honours [lower-alpha 4]	Notes/refs
Almen Abdi	MF	2012–2016	131	25	Switzerland
Chris Adams	OF	1954–1956	82	6	None	—
Malcolm Allen	CF	1985–1988	58	13	Wales	—
Manuel Almunia	GK	2012–2014	81	0	None	—
Tommy Anderson	IF / OF	1957–1958, 1965	75	16	Scotland schoolboys	[21]
Gabriele Angella	DF	2013–2015	82	10	Italy under-21	—
Ikechi Anya	MF	2012–2016	138	9	Scotland	—
Neal Ardley	MF	2002–2005	128	7	England under-21	[22]
Gerry Armstrong	CF	1980–1983	97	19	Northern Ireland	—
Jimmy Armstrong	HB	1933–1939	201	2	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Barry Ashby	DF	1989–1994	127	3	None	—
Charlie Aston	FB	1905–1908	110	1	None	—
Daniel Bachmann ‡	GK	2017-	84	0	Austria	—
George Badenoch	HB / OF	1903–1906	89	10	None	—
Bert Badger	HB	1906–1908	56	5	None	—
Al Bangura	MF	2005–2009	78	1	Sierra Leone	[24]
David Bardsley	DF	1983–1987	121	9	England	—
Jack Barnes	OF	1931–1933	83	11	None	—
John Barnes *	MF	1981–1987	296	85	England	[lower-alpha 6]
Tommy Barnett	IF	1928–1939	431	160	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Bob Barnshaw	HB	1914–1921	61	4	None	—
Ted Bassett	OF	1919–1921	73	9	None	—
Colin Bateman	FB	1954–1957	56	0	None	—
Cristian Battocchio	MF	2012–2015	66	7	Italy under-21	—
Darren Bazeley	DF / MF	1990–1999	281	27	England under-21	—
Bobby Bell	FB	1957–1964	300	2	None	—
Ted Bennett	GK	1953–1956	86	0	Great Britain England amateur	[lower-alpha 7]
Micky Benning	OF	1959–1962	122	15	None	—
Arthur Betts	FB	1907–1910	100	0	None	—
Dave Bewley	FB	1953–1956	120	1	None	—
Billy Biggar	GK	1904–1910	234	1	None	—
Luther Blissett *	CF	1976–1983, 1984–1988, 1991–1993	503	186	England	[lower-alpha 8] [26]
Ian Bolton	DF / MF	1977–1983	287	36	None	†
Dennis Bond	HB / MF	1964–1966, 1972–1977	301	42	England youth	[27]
Dennis Booth	MF	1977–1980	117	2	None	—
Hamer Bouazza	FW	2004–2007	100	13	Algeria	[28]
Jimmy Bowie	IF	1952–1955	130	40	None	—
Joe Brooks	FB	1903–1907	114	0	None	—
Roland Brown	OF	1901–1904	61	5	None	—
Roy Brown	HB / CF	1953–1957	147	41	None	—
Tommy Brown	IF / HB	1949–1953	113	12	None	—
William Brown	FB	1928–1935	241	0	None	—
Chris Bulling	HB	1911–1914	68	5	None	—
Harold Bulling	FB	1911–1915	103	1	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Freddie Bunce	OF	1955–1962	173	40	England youth	—
Dave Butler	DF	1970–1975	186	3	None	—
Steve Butler	CF	1991–1992	73	9	England C	—
Nigel Callaghan	MF	1980–1987, 1991	298	52	England B	[30]
Wilf Carter	HB	1920–1925	131	4	None	—
Etienne Capoue	MF	2015–2020	181	14	France	—
Marco Cassetti	DF	2012–2014	81	1	Italy	—
George Catleugh	HB	1954–1964	318	16	None	—
Alec Chamberlain	GK	1996–2007	288	0	None	††
James Chambers	DF	2004–2007	106	2	England youth	[31]
Billy Chapman	OF	1928–1934	232	10	None	—
Ken Charlery	CF	1992–1993	53	13	Saint Lucia England C	[32]
Sammy Chung	HB / CF	1957–1965	243	24	None	—
Peter Coffill	MF	1975–1977	69	7	None	—
Tony Collins	OF	1950–1953, 1957	112	10	None	[33]
Bobby Cook	OF	1951–1952	56	9	None	—
Lee Cook	MF	2001–2004	64	7	None	—
Maurice Cook	CF	1953–1958	218	77	None	—
Jack Cother	FB	1898–1905	123	0	None	—
Tony Coton	GK	1984–1990	291	0	England B	†††
Don Cowie	MF	2009–2011	94	9	Scotland	[34]
Neil Cox	DF	1999–2005	248	21	England under-21	[22]
Laurie Craker	MF / DF	1973–1976	72	4	None	—
Ron Crisp	HB / IF	1961–1965	101	17	None	—
Horace Cumner	OF	1948–1950	66	7	Wales	—
Arthur Daniels	OF	1926–1930	146	17	None	—
Taffy Davies	OF / IF	1931–1950	312	72	Wales wartime	[lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 10]
Tom Davies	HB	1933–1937	61	3	None	—
Joe Davison	FB	1927–1931	147	2	None	—
Troy Deeney ‡	FW	2010–2021	419	140	None	—
Gerard Deulofeu	FW	2018–2020	70	17	Spain	—
Jay DeMerit	DF	2004–2010	213	10	United States	[36]
Bill Devan	IF	1933–1937	95	34	None	—
Paul Devlin	MF	2003–2006	88	6	Scotland	[37]
Tommy Dixon	CF	1911–1913	80	26	None	—
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MF	2016–2020	141	17	Mali	—
Bobby Downes	MF	1974–1979	230	22	None	—
Lloyd Doyley	DF	2001–	443	2	Jamaica	[38]
Jason Drysdale	DF / MF	1989–1994	160	11	England youth	—
Keith Dublin	DF	1990–1994	190	2	England youth	—
Len Dunderdale	CF	1938–1939, 1946–1948	81	36	None	[lower-alpha 5] [39]
Sean Dyche	DF	2002–2005	78	0	None	—
Bruce Dyer	CF	1993–1994, 2003–2005	116	23	England under-21	[40]
Clint Easton	MF	1996–2001	79	2	England under-20	[41]
Keith Eddy	DF / MF	1966–1972	274	31	None	—
George Edmonds	CF	1913–1920, 1926–1927	112	60	None	[lower-alpha 9] [42]
Tommy Eggleston	HB / FB	1948–1952	186	9	None	—
Jimmy Eggleton	HB	1923–1926	52	2	None	—
Nathan Ellington	FW	2007–2011	56	5	None	—
Joel Ekstrand	DF	2012-2016	100	2	Sweden	—
Barry Endean	CF	1968–1971	93	37	None	—
John Eustace	MF	2008–2013	168	16	None	—
Ralph Evans	IF	1937–1948	96	32	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Willie Falconer	MF	1988–1991	116	13	Scotland youth	—
John Farley	MF	1971–1974	115	9	None	—
Les Farnen	HB	1946–1949	81	0	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Alec Farrall	MF	1966–1967	56	11	England schoolboys	—
Tiny Fayers	HB	1908–1910	69	2	England amateur	—
Bill Findlay	HB	1932–1939	137	6	None	[PM] [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 11]
Ken Fisher	HB	1947–1951	110	2	None	—
Scott Fitzgerald	FW	2003–2005	59	12	None	—
Ben Foster	GK	2005–2007 2018–2022	207	0	England	† [43]
Fernando Forestieri	FW	2012–2015	92	21	Italy under-21
Colin Foster	DF	1994–1996	78	8	None	—
Cyril Foster	IF	1925–1928	71	24	None	—
Jack Foster	CF	1905–1907	59	30	None	—
Damien Francis	MF	2006–2008	57	9	Jamaica	[44]
Colin Franks	MF	1969–1973	124	9	None	—
Eddie Fuller	HB	1927–1929	59	0	None	—
Paul Furlong	CF	1992–1994	91	41	England C	†
Ken Furphy	DF	1964–1968	111	1	None	[PM] [lower-alpha 12]
George Fyfe	HB / FW	1905–1910	128	7	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Len Gallimore	FB	1937–1946	75	0	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Terry Garbett	FW	1966–1971	231	50	None	—
Alan Garner	DF	1975–1979	232	16	None	†
Brian Garvey	MF	1965–1970	201	2	None	—
Marcus Gayle	DF/FW	2002–2005	115	9	Jamaica	† [45]
Tony Geidmintis	DF	1976–1978	61	0	None	—
Nigel Gibbs	DF	1983–2002	491	7	England under-21	†
Stephen Glass	MF	2001–2003	69	5	Scotland	[46]
John Goodall *	IF	1903–1907	69	17	England	[PM] [lower-alpha 13]
Ken Goodeve	DF	1974–1976	73	5	None	—
Danny Graham	FW	2009–2011	98	41	England under-20	† [47] [48]
Les Graham	IF	1955–1957	94	32	None	—
Andre Gray	FW	2017-2021	125	21	Jamaica	—
Albert Green	IF	1913–1915	50	13	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Fred Gregory	FB	1911–1926	333	17	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Tony Gregory	OF / HB	1960–1963	119	17	England youth	—
Val Gregory	HB	1911–1920	161	16	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Jock Grieve	HB	1909–1911	68	1	None	—
Dixie Hale	MF	1967–1970	113	10	None	—
Jamie Hand	MF	2001–2006	61	0	None	—
Charlie Hare	CF	1898–1900	55	35	None	—
Jon Harley	DF	2008–2010	83	2	England under-21	[49]
Tommy Harmer	IF	1960–1962	74	7	England B	—
Joe Harper	HB	1946–1952	170	1	None	—
George Harris	OF	1962–1966	178	60	None	—
Tommy Harris	FB	1936–1948	102	6	None	—
Steve Harrison	DF	1978–1981	102	0	None	—
Jack Harrop	FB	1956–1960	117	0	None	—
Johnny Hartburn	OF	1949–1951	71	21	None	—
Heiðar Helguson	FW	1999–2005, 2009, 2010	228	75	Iceland	† [50] [51]
Darius Henderson	FW	2005–2008	117	31	None	—
Mick Henderson	DF	1979–1982	67	0	None	—
Andy Hessenthaler	MF	1991–1996	217	15	England C	—
Joe Hewitt	GK	1927–1931	110	0	None	—
Johnny Hill	OF	1898–1900	55	19	Scotland junior	[lower-alpha 14]
Alf Hitch	HB	1906–1908	72	2	None	—
Tommie Hoban	DF	2011-2019	57	2	Republic of Ireland under-21	—
Frank Hoddinott	CF	1919–1921	54	32	Wales	—
Glyn Hodges	MF	1987–1990	102	19	Wales	†
Lee Hodson	DF	2009–2013	91	1	Northern Ireland	[53]
Jonathan Hogg	MF	2011-2013	84	0	None	—
Rick Holden	MF	1988–1989	54	10	None	—
David Holdsworth	DF	1988–1996	303	14	England under-21	—
Tom Holland	GK	1930–1932	73	0	None	—
Cliff Holton *	CF	1958–1961, 1965–1966	163	104	None	[lower-alpha 15] [54]
Arthur Horsfield	CF	1975–1977	83	16	England youth	—
Fred Horsman	FB	1919–1924	138	0	None	—
Will Hoskins	FW	2007–2010	70	9	England under-20	[55]
Billy Houghton	HB	1964–1966	51	3	England youth	—
Trevor How	DF	1975–1979	101	2	None	—
Bobby Howfield	CF	1957–1959, 1962–1963	99	24	None	[56]
Archie Hubbard	IF	1908–1909	53	20	None	—
Will Hughes	MF	2017–2021	118	8	England Under 21s	—
Micah Hyde	MF	1997–2004	286	44	Jamaica	[57]
Kenny Jackett *	DF / MF	1980–1990	428	34	Wales	[lower-alpha 6]
David James	GK	1990–1992	98	0	England	† [58]
George James	CF	1930–1933	94	76	None	—
Ross Jenkins	MF	2008–2014	95	2	England under-20	[59]
Ross Jenkins	CF	1972–1983	398	142	None	††
Billy Jennings	CF	1970–1974	100	37	England youth	†
Pat Jennings	GK	1963–1964	52	0	Northern Ireland	—
Joe Johnson	FB	1920–1924	102	1	None	—
Richard Johnson	MF	1991–2003	277	22	Australia	[60]
Bryn Jones	FB / DF	1963–1966	99	1	None	—
Jimmy Jones	FB	1947–1954	167	0	Wales amateur	—
Tommy Jones	OF	1935–1946	131	26	Wales	[lower-alpha 5]
Roger Joslyn	MF	1974–1979	214	21	None	—
Christian Kabasele	DF	2016–2023	166	7	Belgium	—
Mike Keen	DF	1972–1975	136	6	None	[PM] [lower-alpha 16]
Frank Kelly	OF	1905–1909	50	8	None	—
Jimmy Kelly	HB	1950–1954	123	4	None	—
Jim Kennedy	HB	1913–1915	52	3	None	—
Peter Kennedy	MF	1997–2001	134	22	Northern Ireland	[61]
Harry Kent	HB	1909–1913	69	9	None	[PM] [lower-alpha 17]
Marlon King	FW	2005–2008	87	37	Jamaica	† [62]
Bobby Laing	OF	1950–1952	60	8	None	—
Billy Lane	IF	1932–1936	127	68	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Bunny Larkin	HB	1962–1964	57	3	None	—
Gerard Lavin	DF	1992–1995	147	3	Scotland under-21	—
Billy Law	OF	1906–1908	66	7	None	—
Richard Lee	GK	2001–2010	110	0	None	—
Walter Lees	DF	1968–1976	253	11	Scotland junior	—
Bernie Lewis	MF	1967–1970	57	9	Wales under-23	—
Jim Lewis	FB	1931–1939	116	0	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Billy Lindsay	FB	1903–1906	68	0	None	—
Jimmy Lindsay	MF	1971–1973	73	13	None	—
Jimmy Linton	GK	1959–1963	87	0	None	—
Charlie Livesey	CF	1962–1965	71	28	None	—
Scott Loach	GK	2008–2012	163	0	England under-21	[63]
Arthur Lockett	FB	1908–1912	154	1	England	—
Jan Lohman	MF	1981–1986	81	10	Netherlands under-21	—
Harry Lowe	IF	1929–1935	130	47	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Ray Lugg	MF	1969–1972	67	6	None	—
Jimmy McAnearney	IF	1963–1966	88	19	None	—
Jobi McAnuff	FW	2007–2009	92	5	Jamaica	[64]
Neil McBain	HB	1928–1931	94	5	Scotland	[PM] [lower-alpha 18]
Dave McCartney	HB	1903–1906	91	14	None	—
John McClelland	DF	1984–1989, 1990	234	3	Northern Ireland	†† [65]
Larry McGettigan	MF	1971–1974	55	3	None	—
Malky Mackay	DF	2005–2008	61	5	Scotland	[66]
Jimmy MacLaine	IF	1908–1911	107	35	None	—
Jim McLaren	GK	1933–1939	208	0	Scotland schoolboys	—
Joe McLaughlin	DF	1990–1992	53	2	Scotland under-21	—
Anthony McNamee	MF	2002–2008	103	3	None	—
Jack McNee	IF	1898–1900	52	27	None	[lower-alpha 14]
Vince McNeice	HB	1957–1964	259	1	None	—
Frank McPherson	CF	1928–1930, 1933–1936	102	75	None	[67]
Gavin Mahon	MF	2002–2008	215	7	None	†
Sandy Main	HB	1904–1911	75	1	None	—
Terry Mancini	HB	1961–1965	76	0	Republic of Ireland	—
Adrian Mariappa	DF	2005–2012	247	4	Jamaica	† [68] [69]
Adam Masina	DF	2018–2022	90	3	Morocco	—
Alan Mayes	CF	1974–1979	157	36	None	—
Johnny Meadows	HB / IF	1951–1960	236	46	None	—
Keith Mercer *	CF	1973–1979	154	53	None	† [lower-alpha 19]
Keith Millen	DF	1994–1999	191	6	None	—
Kevin Miller	GK	1994–1997	151	0	None	††
Frank Mitchell	HB	1952–1957	205	0	None	—
Tommy Mitchell	OF	1912–1914	63	9	None	—
Tommy Mooney	DF / FW	1994–2001	287	64	None	††
Jamie Moralee	CF	1994–1996	61	7	None	—
Jack Moran	FB	1932–1935	106	0	None	—
Lew Morgan	RB	1946–1947	54	0	Scotland schoolboys	—
Tom Morgan	HB	1935–1938	113	6	None	—
Harry Morris	HB	1925–1928	50	4	None	—
Mark Morris	DF	1987–1989	53	2	None	—
Pat Morrissey	CF	1971–1974	117	29	Republic of Ireland under-23	—
Geoff Morton	GK	1948–1951	113	0	None	—
Eddie Mummery *	IF / HB	1921–1925	126	23	None	[lower-alpha 20]
Sean Murray	MF	2010-2015	85	14	Republic of Ireland under-21	—
Michel Ngonge	FW	1998–2000	57	11	DR Congo	[70]
Ken Nicholas	FB	1959–1964	219	6	England youth	—
Fred Nidd	FB / GK	1900–1902	60	0	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Allan Nielsen	MF	2000–2003	113	19	Denmark	[71]
Gifton Noel-Williams	FW	1996–2003	193	41	England under-18	[72]
Lee Nogan	CF	1991–1994	117	30	Wales	—
Phil Nolan	IF	1947–1954	95	8	None	—
Nyron Nosworthy	DF	2011-2014	61	2	Jamaica	[73]
Mick O'Brien	HB	1931–1933	71	6	Ireland   Republic of Ireland	—
Vic O'Brien	FB	1934–1946	202	10	None	[lower-alpha 5]
John-Joe O'Toole	MF	2007–2009	66	12	Republic of Ireland under-21	[74]
Harry Oliver	FB / HB	1948–1952	128	4	England schoolboys	—
Ken Oliver	CF	1963–1964	63	28	None	—
Brian Owen	MF	1963–1970	170	20	None	—
Mike Packer	DF	1968–1973	77	2	None	—
Rob Page	DF / DF	1993–2001	252	3	Wales	† [75]
Fred Pagnam	CF	1921–1927	157	74	None	[PM] [lower-alpha 21]
Steve Palmer	MF [lower-alpha 22]	1995–2001	272	9	None	†
Johnny Paton	OF	1952–1955	91	17	Scotland schoolboys	—
Tommy Paton	HB	1948–1952	149	1	None	—
Roberto Pereyra	FW	2016–2020	115	18	Argentina	—
Gary Penrice	CF	1989–1991, 1995–1997	93	22	None	[77]
Kevin Phillips	CF	1994–1997	65	25	England	[78]
Brian Pollard	MF	1977–1979	85	8	England youth	—
Andy Porter	HB	1960–1963	80	4	None	—
Gary Porter	MF / DF	1984–1997	472	57	England under-21	†
Malcolm Poskett	CF	1980–1982	80	31	None	—
Ryan Porteous ‡	DF	2023–	57	5	Scotland	—
George Prior	FB	1924–1930	189	3	None	—
Tamás Priskin	FW	2006–2009	82	19	Hungary	[79]
Keith Pritchett	DF	1976–1982	171	9	None	—
Sebastian Prödl	DF	2015–2020	85	13	Austria	—
Daniel Pudil	DF	2012–2015	108	3	Czech Republic	—
Trevor Putney	MF	1991–1993	65	2	None	—
Craig Ramage	MF	1994–1997	120	29	England under-21	—
Andy Rankin	GK	1971–1979	329	0	England under-23	††
Alf Reed	HB	1935–1939	133	5	None	[lower-alpha 5]
George Reilly	CF	1983–1985	61	19	None	—
Pat Rice	DF	1980–1984	137	1	Northern Ireland	—
Jack Richardson	HB	1898–1909	179	5	None	[lower-alpha 14]
Kevin Richardson	MF	1986–1987	50	2	England	—
Tommy Rigg	GK	1946–1948	85	0	None	—
Iwan Roberts	CF	1986–1990	83	12	Wales	—
Paul Robinson	DF	1996–2003	252	9	England under-21	[80]
Glenn Roeder	DF	1989–1991	86	3	England B	—
Peter Ronald	IF	1914–1921	102	29	None	—
Wilf Rostron	DF	1979–1989	404	30	England schoolboys	††
Reg Saphin	GK	1951–1954	59	0	None	—
Ismaïla Sarr	FW	2019–2023	131	34	Senegal	—
Stewart Scullion	MF	1966–1971, 1973–1976	348	55	None	[81]
Ken Sema ‡	FW	2018–	159	12	Sweden	—
Albie Sharp	FB / HB	1898–1901	69	3	None	—
Bill Sheppard	IF	1927–1929	95	39	None	—
Steve Sherwood	GK	1977–1987	269	1	None	—
Tim Sherwood	MF	1987–1989	51	2	England	[82]
Bill Shipwright	FB / HB	1954–1959	153	0	None	—
Danny Shittu	DF	2006–2008	75	11	Nigeria	[83]
Francisco Sierralta ‡	DF	2020–	88	2	Chile	–
Steve Sims	DF	1978–1984, 1986–1987	219	8	England B	† [84]
Lee Sinnott	DF	1983–1987	95	2	England under-21	—
Reg Slade	FB	1921–1929	124	0	None	—
Bert Slater	GK	1965–1969	152	0	None	—
Allan Smart	FW	1998–2001	64	13	None	—
Bert Smith	HB	1925–1927	55	1	Ireland	—
Frank Smith	IF / HB	1921–1931	341	31	None	—
Tommy Smith	FW	1997–2003, 2006–2009	306	64	England under-21	†† [85] [86]
Jason Soloman	DF	1989–1995	116	6	England youth	—
Marvin Sordell	FW	2009–2012	81	27	England under-21 Great Britain	[lower-alpha 23] [88]
Matthew Spring	MF	2005–2007	53	9	None	—
Arthur Squires	IF	1909–1913	116	25	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Eric Steele	GK	1979–1984	65	0	England youth	—
Jimmy Stephenson	OF	1922–1927	209	20	None	—
Worrell Sterling	MF	1983–1988	122	17	None	—
Alex Stewart	FB	1910–1915	160	4	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Jordan Stewart	MF	2005–2008	117	2	England under-21	[89]
John Stirk	DF	1978–1979	60	0	England youth	—
Jock Strain	HB	1921–1927	193	6	None	—
Jack Swann	CF	1925–1927	59	31	None	—
Brian Talbot	MF	1985–1986	59	8	England	—
Wally Tattersall	OF	1910–1912	72	8	None	—
Les Taylor	MF	1980–1985	211	20	None	†
Martin Taylor	DF	2010–2012	95	10	England under-21	[90]
Jimmy Tennant	OF	1902–1905	92	21	Scotland junior	—
Steve Terry	DF	1980–1988	208	20	None	—
Dave Thomas	CF	1948–1950	111	43	None	—
Rod Thomas	FW	1988–1992	95	9	England under-21	—
Cyril Thompson	CF	1951–1953	83	41	None	—
Dániel Tőzsér ‡	MF	2014-	66	5	Hungary	—
Ray Train	MF	1978–1982	112	4	None	—
Peter Turner	IF	1904–1907	108	22	Scotland junior	—
Dave Underwood	GK	1952–1953, 1956–1957, 1960–1963	192	0	None	[91]
Dennis Uphill	CF	1959–1960	58	36	None	—
Paolo Vernazza	MF	2000–2004	108	3	England under-21	[92]
Matěj Vydra	FW	2012-13, 2014-	92	38	Czech Republic	—
Micky Walker	GK	1968–1973	159	0	Wales under-23	—
Peter Walker	CF	1954–1962	183	42	None	—
Tom Walley	HB	1967–1971, 1976–1977	248	18	Wales	[93]
Ernie Wallington	OF / IF	1921–1922	53	5	None	—
Jimmy Walsh	DF	1974–1977	70	0	None	—
Tom Walters	CF	1935–1938	59	25	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Dai Ward	CF	1962–1963	66	32	Wales	—
Darren Ward	DF	1996–2001, 2008	77	4	None	[94]
Jack Warner	IF	1926–1930	115	25	None	—
Tommy Waterall	OF	1914–1921	112	20	None	—
Danny Webber	FW	2002, 2003–2005	80	21	England under-20	[95] [96]
Joe Webster	GK	1910–1914	148	0	None	[97]
Duncan Welbourne *	HB / DF	1963–1974	457	25	None	[lower-alpha 24]
Colin West	CF	1985–1986	56	23	None	—
Charlie White	IF	1909–1925	372	86	None	[lower-alpha 9]
Ron Wigg	CF	1970–1973	110	27	None	—
Fred Wilkinson	HB	1919–1921	74	1	None	—
John Wilkinson	OF	1921–1923	65	7	None	—
Paul Wilkinson	CF	1988–1991, 1995	159	55	England under-21	[99]
Johnny Williams	DF	1964–1975	419	2	None	—
Skilly Williams *	GK	1913–1926	341	0	None	[lower-alpha 9] [lower-alpha 25]
Lee Williamson	MF	2007–2009	78	5	None	—
Tug Wilson	CF / HB	1951–1957	51	12	None	—
Micky Wood	HB / IF	1898–1901	61	2	None	[lower-alpha 14]
Lew Woodroffe	IF / OF	1947–1951	64	6	None	—
Arthur Woodward	HB / GK	1926–1939	420	18	None	[lower-alpha 5]
Arthur Woolliscroft	IF	1930–1933	67	16	None	—
Nordin Wooter	FW	1999–2002	70	3	Netherlands under-21	[100]
Mark Yeates	MF	2011-2013	66	7	Republic of Ireland B	[101]
Ashley Young	MF	2003–2007	110	22	England	[102]

Notes

1. Appearances made before the start of the 1898–99 season are not included, because West Hertfordshire and Watford St Mary's competed in the FA Cup as separate entities. ^[11]
2. For more information, see Formation (association football).
3. Years given denote the span between a player's first and last peacetime appearance—they do not take into account appearances for Watford while peacetime competitions were suspended due to the First and Second World Wars. Where a player spent multiple periods at the club, these periods are denoted as multiple ranges of years.
4. Where a player did not compete internationally, no country is denoted. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except where a player competed for more than one country, in which case the highest level for each country is shown. Between 1926 and 1950, two competing teams claimed to represent the island of Ireland.
   denotes players who played for the Irish Football Association team.
   denotes players who played for the Football Association of Ireland team.
   For more information, see Ireland national football team (1882–1950) and Republic of Ireland national football team. ^{[19] [20]}
5. Also played for Watford during the Second World War. ^[23]
6. Barnes and Jackett share the record for the most senior international caps won by a player while at Watford. Barnes made 31 appearances for England while at Watford; Jackett made 31 appearances for Wales during his one-club career. ^[1]
7. Bennett played for Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics. ^[25]
8. Blissett holds the record for the most total appearances and goals for Watford. He also holds the club's records for the most Football League games and goals (415 games, 148 goals). ^[5]
9. Also played for Watford during the First World War. ^[29]
10. Davies played for the senior Wales team in a wartime international match. Matches played during the Second World War were not subsequently recognised as full internationals, and are regarded as "unofficial". ^[35]
11. Findlay was player-manager between 1937 and 1944, and continued managing until 1947. ^[10]
12. Furphy was player-manager for the entirety of his Watford playing career, and continued as manager until 1971. ^[10]
13. Goodall was player-manager for the entirety of his Watford playing career. He continued managing the club until 1910. ^[10] He is the oldest player ever to play for the club; on his last appearance he was 44 years 87 days old. ^[5]
14. Player made additional appearances for West Hertfordshire prior to the start of the 1898–99 season. ^[52]
15. Holton holds the Watford record for the most goals in a season; 48 in 1959–60. ^[6] His 42 goals in the Football League that season is also a club record. ^[5]
16. Keen was player-manager between 1973 and 1975, and continued as manager until 1977. ^[10]
17. Kent was player-manager between 1910 and 1913, and continued to manage the club until 1926. ^[10]
18. McBain player-managed the club between 1929 and 1931. He continued managing until 1937, and returned for a second spell as manager between 1956 and 1959. ^[10]
19. Mercer was the youngest player to play for Watford in a competitive match, aged 16 years 125 days. ^[5]
20. Mummery holds the record for the most goals by a Watford player in a Football League match. He scored five times against Newport County on 5 January 1924. ^[5]
21. Pagnam was player-manager between 1926 and 1927, and continued managing until 1929. ^[10]
22. Although primarily a midfielder, Palmer played in every position for the club during the 1997–98 season. ^[76]
23. Sordell played for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. ^[87]
24. Welbourne holds the Watford record for the most consecutive league games (280). ^[98]
25. Williams has played more games in goal for Watford than anyone else. ^[7]

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