This is a list of notable footballers who have played for West Bromwich Albion. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can also be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.
For a list of all West Brom players with a Wikipedia article, see, and for the current squad see the main West Bromwich Albion F.C. article.
Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below, and if a player's data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.
League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include test or play-off matches:
The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:
Statistics last updated on 16 December 2023. Name in bold are currently active at the club
Name | Position | West Brom career | League apps | League goals | Total apps | Total goals | Notes |
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Billy Bassett | MF | 1886–1899 | 261 | 61 | 311 | 77 | |
Tom Pearson | FW | 1886–1894 | 138 | 72 | ? | ? | |
Roddy McLeod | FW | 1891–1897 | 149 | 50 | ? | ? | |
Jesse Pennington | DF | 1903–1922 | 455 | 0 | 496 | 0 | |
Sammy Timmins | MF | 1906–1911 | 111 | 3 | 116 | 3 | |
Fred Reed | MF | 1914–1927 | 138 | 4 | 154 | 5 | |
W.G. Richardson | FW | 1929–1945 | 320 | 202 | 354 | 228 | Most WBA goals in a season (40) |
Ray Barlow | DF | 1944–1960 | 403 | 31 | 482 | 48 | |
Len Millard | DF | 1946—1958 | 436 | 7 | 476 | 9 | |
Ronnie Allen | FW | 1950–1961 | 415 | 208 | 458 | 234 | |
Stuart Williams | DF | 1950–1962 | 226 | 0 | ? | ? | |
Don Howe | DF | 1952–1964 | 342 | 17 | 379 | 19 | |
Ray Potter | GK | 1958–1967 | 217 | 0 | ? | ? | |
Tony Brown | MF | 1963–1980 | 574 | 218 | 720 | 279 | Record WBA appearances and record goalscorer |
Jeff Astle | FW | 1964—1974 | 292 | 137 | 361 | 174 | |
John Osborne | GK | 1967–1972, 1973–1978 | 250 | 0 | 312 | 0 | |
Allan Glover | FW/MF | 1969–1977 | 92 | 9 | 107 | 10 | |
John Wile | DF | 1970–1983 | 500 | 24 | 619 | 29 | |
Willie Johnston | MF | 1972–1979 | 207 | 18 | 261 | 28 | |
Bryan Robson | MF | 1974–1981 | 198 | 39 | 249 | 46 | |
Derek Statham | DF | 1976–1987 | 299 | 8 | 373 | 11 | |
Laurie Cunningham | MF | 1977–1979 | 86 | 21 | 114 | 30 | |
Cyrille Regis | FW | 1977–1984 | 237 | 82 | 302 | 112 | |
Bob Taylor | FW | 1992–1998, 2000–2003 | 324 | 113 | 377 | 131 | |
Lee Hughes | FW | 1997–2001, 2002–2004 | 211 | 89 | 237 | 98 | |
Larus Sigurdsson | DF | 1999–2004 | 116 | 1 | 128 | 1 | |
Neil Clement | DF | 2000–2010 | 264 | 21 | 300 | 26 | |
Derek McInnes | MF | 2000–2003 | 88 | 6 | 100 | 6 | |
Jason Roberts | FW | 2000–2004 | 89 | 24 | 101 | 27 | |
Scott Dobie | FW | 2001–2004 | 110 | 21 | 127 | 25 | |
Russell Hoult | GK | 2001–2007 | 190 | 0 | 213 | 0 | |
Andy Johnson | MF | 2001–2006 | 132 | 7 | 144 | 8 | |
Darren Moore | DF | 2001–2006 | 104 | 6 | 116 | 6 | |
Jason Koumas | MF | 2002–2005, 2006–2007 | 123 | 23 | 141 | 23 | |
Paul Robinson | DF | 2003–2010 | 214 | 4 | 238 | 5 | |
Martin Albrechtsen | DF | 2004–2008 | 118 | 4 | 138 | 4 | |
Zoltán Gera | MF | 2004–2008, 2011–2014 | 169 | 25 | 191 | 29 | |
Jonathan Greening | MF | 2004–2009 | 199 | 7 | 225 | 8 | |
Roman Bednar | FW | 2007–2012 | 86 | 30 | 105 | 34 | |
Chris Brunt | MF | 2007–2020 | 382 | 45 | 421 | 49 | |
James Morrison | MF | 2007–2019 | 309 | 34 | 341 | 39 | |
Robert Koren | MF | 2007–2010 | 127 | 16 | 149 | 22 | |
Youssouf Mulumbu | MF | 2008–2015 | 197 | 15 | 211 | 15 | |
Scott Carson | GK | 2008–2011 | 110 | 0 | 118 | 0 | |
Peter Odemwingie | FW | 2010–2013 | 80 | 30 | 82 | 31 | First player in West Brom's Premier League history to score in four consecutive games |
Craig Dawson | DF | 2010–2019 | 194 | 14 | 225 | 15 | |
Ben Foster | GK | 2011–2018 | 209 | 0 | 223 | 0 | |
Saido Berahino | FW | 2012–2017 | 105 | 23 | 121 | 36 | |
Claudio Yacob | MF | 2012–2018 | 160 | 1 | 171 | 2 | |
Salomón Rondón | FW | 2015–2018 | 108 | 24 | 120 | 28 | |
Matt Phillips | MF | 2016– | 231 | 28 | 248 | 31 | |
Hal Robson-Kanu | FW | 2016–2021 | 143 | 21 | 154 | 24 | |
Jake Livermore | MF | 2017–2023 | 206 | 8 | 216 | 9 | |
Ahmed Hegazi | DF | 2017–2020 | 93 | 4 | 104 | 4 | |
Kieran Gibbs | DF | 2017–2021 | 93 | 5 | 100 | 5 | |
Kyle Bartley | DF | 2018– | 165 | 11 | 178 | 12 | |
Sam Johnstone | GK | 2018–2022 | 165 | 0 | 167 | 0 | |
Dara O'Shea | DF | 2018–2023 | 96 | 7 | 107 | 7 | |
Conor Townsend | DF | 2018– | 174 | 3 | 189 | 4 | |
Grady Diangana | MF | 2019– | 139 | 19 | 146 | 19 | |
Semi Ajayi | DF | 2019– | 143 | 12 | 149 | 13 | |
Darnell Furlong | DF | 2019– | 169 | 7 | 174 | 7 |
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