The following is a list of the 918 footballers who have made at least 500 domestic league appearances in English league football. This includes the appearances and goals of current and former players in the Premier League and English Football League.
Peter Shilton has made the most appearances, and is the only player to have played in over one thousand games. Chris O'Grady made appearances for 17 different clubs, while 49 players made their appearances for only one team. Frank Womack is the only outfield player who failed to score a goal in his appearances, while Arthur Rowley scored 434. Stanley Matthews made his appearances during a career spanning 34 seasons.
★ | English Football Hall of Fame inductee |
Players still active in the English leagues are listed in bold
Basil Derek John Acres was an English professional footballer of the 1950s, who played at full back.
Paul Anthony Atkin is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Bury, York City, Leyton Orient and Scarborough.
John Steele was a Scottish football player and manager.
Ayodeji Opeyemi "Yemi" Abiodun is an English retired professional footballer who played as a striker.
Kenneth Achampong is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger. Achampong played for three teams in the Football League between 1984 and 1993, scoring 22 goals in 174 games.
George Adams was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League, as a wing half for Leyton Orient.
Mark Simon Taylor is an English former footballer who played as a left back in the Football League for Darlington, Fulham and Northampton Town. He began his career with Middlesbrough, but never played for them in the League, and also played non-league football for Netherfield.
Robert "Bobby" Warrender was a Scottish former professional footballer who played as an inside forward or as a winger in Scottish football for East Fife, Brechin City and East Stirlingshire and in the Football League for York City.
Wayne Osborne is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City and in non-League football for Bishop Auckland.
Philip Anthony Taylor is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger in the Football League for York City and Darlington, in non-League football for Woodland Rangers and Guisborough Town and was on the books of Lincoln City without making a league appearance.
Austin Collier was an English professional footballer who played as a half-back in the Football League for Mansfield Town, York City, Rochdale and Halifax Town, in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South, in non-League football for Upton Colliery, Frickley Colliery, Goole Town and Scarborough, and was on the books of Partick Thistle, Celtic, Third Lanark and Hibernian without making a league appearance. He later served as assistant manager at Halifax Town.
John Craig "Jackie" Robertson was a Scottish professional footballer who played as a striker in the Scottish Football League for Ayr United and East Stirlingshire, and in the Football League for Portsmouth, York City and Barrow.
David John King was an English professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Hull City, and in non-League football for King's Lynn.
Graham Lee Rennison is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Whitby Town.
Scott Emmerson is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Blyth Spartans.
John Robert Fielding is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for York City, and in non-League football for Harrogate Town.
Marc Robert Salvati is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Whitby Town, and was on the books of Manchester United without making a league appearance.
Craig Anthony Wilding is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Stafford Rangers, and was on the books of Chesterfield without making a league appearance.
Paul Michael Talbot is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender or as a midfielder in the Football League for York City, in non-League football for Gateshead, Burton Albion and Spennymoor United, in the Scottish Football League for Queen of the South, and was on the books of Newcastle United without making a league appearance.
Lee Julian Rogers is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender in the Football League for Chesterfield, in non-League football for Gainsborough Trinity, and was on the books of Doncaster Rovers without making a league appearance.