List of West Bromwich Albion F.C. players

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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.

Contents

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.

Explanation of List

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

League appearances and goals should include data for the following league spells, but should not include test or play-off matches:

Total appearances

The figures for total appearances and goals should include the League figures together with the following competitions:

Table

Statistics last updated on 16 December 2023. Name in bold are currently active at the club

NamePositionWest Brom careerLeague appsLeague goalsTotal appsTotal goalsNotes
Billy Bassett MF1886–18992616131177
Tom Pearson FW1886–189413872??
Roddy McLeod FW1891–189714950??
Jesse Pennington DF1903–192245504960
Sammy Timmins MF1906–191111131163
Fred Reed MF1914–192713841545
W.G. Richardson FW1929–1945320202354228Most WBA goals in a season (40)
Ray Barlow DF1944–19604033148248
Len Millard DF1946—195843674769
Ronnie Allen FW1950–1961415208458234
Stuart Williams DF1950–19622260??
Don Howe DF1952–19643421737919
Ray Potter GK1958–19672170??
Tony Brown MF1963–1980574218720279Record WBA appearances and record goalscorer
Jeff Astle FW1964—1974292137361174
John Osborne GK1967–1972, 1973–197825003120
Allan Glover FW/MF1969–197792910710
John Wile DF1970–19835002461929
Willie Johnston MF1972–19792071826128
Bryan Robson MF1974–19811983924946
Derek Statham DF1976–1987299837311
Laurie Cunningham MF1977–1979862111430
Cyrille Regis FW1977–198423782302112
Bob Taylor FW1992–1998, 2000–2003324113377131
Lee Hughes FW1997–2001, 2002–20042118923798
Larus Sigurdsson DF1999–200411611281
Neil Clement DF2000–20102642130026
Derek McInnes MF2000–20038861006
Jason Roberts FW2000–2004892410127
Scott Dobie FW2001–20041102112725
Russell Hoult GK2001–200719002130
Andy Johnson MF2001–200613271448
Darren Moore DF2001–200610461166
Jason Koumas MF2002–2005, 2006–20071232314123
Paul Robinson DF2003–201021442385
Martin Albrechtsen DF2004–200811841384
Zoltán Gera MF2004–2008, 2011–20141692519129
Jonathan Greening MF2004–200919972258
Roman Bednar FW2007–2012863010534
Chris Brunt MF2007–20203824542149
James Morrison MF2007–20193093434139
Robert Koren MF2007–20101271614922
Youssouf Mulumbu MF2008–20151971521115
Scott Carson GK2008–201111001180
Peter Odemwingie FW2010–201380308231First player in West Brom's Premier League history to score in four consecutive games
Craig Dawson DF2010–20191941422515
Ben Foster GK2011–201820902230
Saido Berahino FW2012–20171052312136
Claudio Yacob MF2012–201816011712
Salomón Rondón FW2015–20181082412028
Matt Phillips MF2016–2312824831
Hal Robson-Kanu FW2016–20211432115424
Jake Livermore MF2017–202320682169
Ahmed Hegazi DF2017–20209341044
Kieran Gibbs DF2017–20219351005
Kyle Bartley DF2018–1651117812
Sam Johnstone GK2018–202216501670
Dara O'Shea DF2018–20239671077
Conor Townsend DF2018–17431894
Grady Diangana MF2019–1391914619
Semi Ajayi DF2019–1431214913
Darnell Furlong DF2019–16971747

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