List of Arsenal F.C. players facts for kids

David O'Leary has played 722 times for Arsenal, more than any other player.

Arsenal Football Club is a famous football team from Islington, London. It started way back in 1886 as Dial Square. They were the first team from the south of England to join the Football League in 1893. Before that, they mostly played in cup games and friendly matches.

The club's name changed to Woolwich Arsenal and then just Arsenal in 1914, a year after they moved to their new home, Highbury. After the First World War, Arsenal rejoined the top league, the First Division, even though they had finished fifth in the Second Division. Since then, they have never left the top league in English football, holding the record for the longest time in the top division without being relegated!

This article lists all the amazing players who have played 100 or more games for Arsenal in official competitions.

David O'Leary holds the record for playing the most games for Arsenal. This Irish defender played an incredible 722 times for the club between 1975 and 1993. As of 2009, seven other players have played over 500 games for Arsenal. These include four of the famous defenders from the 1990s: Tony Adams, Lee Dixon, David Seaman, and Nigel Winterburn.

The player who has scored the most goals for Arsenal is Thierry Henry. He scored 228 goals in all competitions between 1999 and 2007, and then again during a short loan spell in 2012. He broke the old record of 185 goals, held by Ian Wright, in 2005. The very next year, he became the first player to score 200 goals for Arsenal!

In 2013, Arsenal started the "100 Club" to officially celebrate retired players who had played over 100 league games. By September 2016, 75 living players had joined this special club, with 26 more set to join once they finish their playing careers.

How to Read the Players List

This list helps you learn about Arsenal's top players. Here's what the information means:

• Players are listed by when they first played for Arsenal. If they started at the same time, they are listed in alphabetical order.
• Games where a player came on as a substitute (someone who comes into the game after it has started) are included. This rule for substitutes started in the Football League in the 1965–66 season.
• The numbers for games played are correct up to April 28, 2024. If a player left the club after this date, their stats are updated to the day they left.

• Nationality: This is usually the country a player has played for in international matches. If they haven't played internationally, it's their country of birth.
• Position: This shows where the player played on the field. The names of positions have changed over time as football tactics have evolved.
• Club career: This shows the first and last years a player appeared for Arsenal in any of the main competitions.
• Total appearances and Total goals: These numbers include games and goals from major competitions like the Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, FA Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Football League Centenary Trophy and European Super Cup. Some minor or wartime games are not counted.

Arsenal's Top Players

Tony Adams is second in all-time appearances with 669 games. He was also captain for 14 years!

Percy Sands played 350 games in the early days when the team was called Woolwich Arsenal.

Another early player, Joe Shaw, played 326 games.

Bob Wilson played 308 games for the club in the 1960s and 70s.

Frank McLintock played 403 games for the Gunners.

Nicknamed "The Romford Pelé", Ray Parlour played 464 games.

Paul Merson played 423 games for Arsenal.

Ian Wright is Arsenal's second-highest all-time goalscorer.

Dennis Bergkamp has played more games than any other player from outside the UK.

Patrick Vieira was captain from 2002 to 2005.

Kenny Sansom was captain before Tony Adams, until 1988.

Record goalscorer Thierry Henry was also captain from 2005 to 2007.

Kolo Touré played 326 games for Arsenal.

Cesc Fàbregas is Arsenal's youngest-ever goalscorer, and he captained the team from 2008 to 2011.

Per Mertesacker played 221 games for Arsenal and now manages the Arsenal Academy.

Mikel Arteta played 150 games for Arsenal and is now the team's manager.

Players whose names are in bold are still playing for Arsenal today.

List of Arsenal F.C. players with 100 or more appearances

Player	Nationality	Pos	Club career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals
				Appearances
Crawford, GavinGavin Crawford	Scotland	FW	1891–1898	138	0	138	18
Davis, FredFred Davis	England	HB	1893–1899	150	0	150	10
Anderson, JohnJohn Anderson	England	HB	1896–1903	153	0	153	11
Dick, JohnJohn Dick	Scotland	HB	1898–1912	284	0	284	13
McNichol, DuncanDuncan McNichol	Scotland	FB	1899–1903	112	0	112	1
Jackson, JimmyJimmy Jackson	Scotland	FB	1899–1905	204	0	204	1
Cross, ArchieArchie Cross	England	FB	1900–1910	149	0	149	0
Ashcroft, JimmyJimmy Ashcroft	England	GK	1900–1908	303	0	303	0
Briercliffe, TommyTommy Briercliffe	England	FW	1901–1905	133	0	133	34
Gooing, BillBill Gooing	England	FW	1901–1905	106	0	106	48
Coleman, TimTim Coleman	England	FW	1902–1908	196	0	196	84
McEachrane, RoddyRoddy McEachrane	Scotland	HB	1902–1915	346	0	346	0
Sands, PercyPercy Sands	England	HB	1902–1919	350	0	350	12
Gray, ArchieArchie Gray	Scotland	FB	1904–1912	200	0	200	0
Neave, DavidDavid Neave	Scotland	FW	1904–1912	168	0	168	32
Satterthwaite, CharlieCharlie Satterthwaite	England	FW	1904–1910	141	0	141	48
Ducat, AndyAndy Ducat	England	HB	1905–1912	188	0	188	21
Sharp, JimmyJimmy Sharp	Scotland	FB	1905–1908	116	0	116	5
McDonald, HughHugh McDonald	Scotland	GK	1906 1908–1910 1912–1913	103	0	103	0
Lewis, CharlesCharles Lewis	England	FW	1907–1920	220	0	220	34
Shaw, JoeJoe Shaw	England	FB	1907–1923	326	0	326	0
Greenaway, DavidDavid Greenaway	Scotland	FW	1908–1921	170	0	170	13
McKinnon, AngusAngus McKinnon	Scotland	HB	1908–1922	217	0	217	4
Flanagan, PatPat Flanagan	England	FW	1910–1917	121	0	121	28
Graham, AlexAlex Graham	Scotland	HB	1911–1924	179	0	179	20
Rutherford, JockJock Rutherford	England	FW	1913–1923 1923–1926	232	0	232	27
Blyth, BillyBilly Blyth	Scotland	HB	1914–1929	343	0	343	51
Bradshaw, FrankFrank Bradshaw	England	FB	1914–1923	142	0	142	14
Butler, JackJack Butler	England	HB	1914–1930	296	0	296	8
Hutchins, ArthurArthur Hutchins	England	FB	1919–1923	108	0	108	1
White, HenryHenry White	England	FW	1919–1923	109	0	109	45
Toner, JoeJoe Toner	[[|Ireland]]	FW	1919–1926	100	0	100	6
Williamson, ErnestErnest Williamson	England	GK	1919–1923	113	0	113	0
Baker, AlfAlf Baker	England	HB	1919–1931	351	0	351	26
Mackie, AlecAlec Mackie	[[|Ireland]]	FB	1921–1926	118	0	118	1
Milne, BillyBilly Milne	Scotland	HB	1921–1927	124	0	124	3
Robson, JockJock Robson	Scotland	GK	1921–1925	101	0	101	0
John, BobBob John	Wales	HB	1922–1937	470	0	470	13
Kennedy, AndyAndy Kennedy	[[|Ireland]]	FB	1922–1928	129	0	129	0
Brain, JimmyJimmy Brain	England	FW	1924–1931	232	0	232	139
Hoar, SidneySidney Hoar	England	FW	1924–1929	117	0	117	18
Lewis, DanDan Lewis	Wales	GK	1924–1931	167	0	167	0
Buchan, CharlieCharlie Buchan	England	FW	1925–1928	120	0	120	56
Hulme, JoeJoe Hulme	England	FW	1926–1937	374	0	374	125
Lambert, JackJack Lambert	England	FW	1926–1933	161	0	161	109
Parker, TomTom Parker	England	FB	1926–1932	294	0	294	17
Roberts, HerbieHerbie Roberts	England	HB	1926–1937	335	0	335	5
Hapgood, EddieEddie Hapgood	England	FB	1927–1939	440	0	440	2
Jack, DavidDavid Jack	England	HB	1928–1934	208	0	208	124
Jones, CharlieCharlie Jones	Wales	FW	1928–1934	195	0	195	8
Bastin, CliffCliff Bastin	England	FW	1929–1947	396	0	396	178
James, AlexAlex James	Scotland	HB	1929–1937	261	0	261	27
Compton, LeslieLeslie Compton	England	HB	1930–1950	273	0	273	6
Male, GeorgeGeorge Male	England	FB	1930–1948	318	0	318	0
Moss, FrankFrank Moss	England	GK	1931–1936	161	0	161	1
Bowden, RayRay Bowden	England	FW	1933–1937	138	0	138	48
Copping, WilfWilf Copping	England	HB	1934–1939	189	0	189	0
Crayston, JackJack Crayston	England	HB	1934–1939	187	0	187	17
Drake, TedTed Drake	England	FW	1934–1939	184	0	184	139
Kirchen, AlfAlf Kirchen	England	FW	1935–1939	101	0	101	45
Lewis, RegReg Lewis	England	FW	1935–1953	176	0	176	118
Swindin, GeorgeGeorge Swindin	England	GK	1936–1953	297	0	297	0
Barnes, WalleyWalley Barnes	Wales	FB	1946–1955	294	0	294	12
Logie, JimmyJimmy Logie	Scotland	HB	1946–1955	328	0	328	76
McPherson, IanIan McPherson	Scotland	FW	1946–1951	163	0	163	21
Mercer, JoeJoe Mercer	England	HB	1946–1954	275	0	275	2
Scott, LaurieLaurie Scott	England	FB	1946–1951	126	0	126	0
Macaulay, ArchieArchie Macaulay	Scotland	HB	1947–1950	108	0	108	1
Roper, DonDon Roper	England	FW	1947–1956	321	0	321	95
Forbes, AlexAlex Forbes	Scotland	HB	1948–1956	240	0	240	20
Lishman, DougDoug Lishman	England	FW	1948–1955	244	0	244	137
Smith, LionelLionel Smith	England	FB	1948–1954	181	0	181	0
Goring, PeterPeter Goring	England	FW/MF	1949–1959	240	0	240	53
Kelsey, JackJack Kelsey	Wales	GK	1949–1962	352	0	352	0
Holton, CliffCliff Holton	England	FW	1950–1958	217	0	217	88
Bowen, DaveDave Bowen	Wales	HB	1951–1959	162	0	162	2
Evans, DennisDennis Evans	England	FB	1951–1960	207	0	207	12
Dodgin, BillBill Dodgin	England	HB	1953–1960	207	0	207	1
Wills, LenLen Wills	England	FB	1953–1961	209	0	209	4
Bloomfield, JimmyJimmy Bloomfield	England	FW	1954–1960	227	0	227	56
Clapton, DannyDanny Clapton	England	FW	1954–1962	225	0	225	27
Haverty, JoeJoe Haverty	Republic of Ireland	FW	1954–1961	122	0	122	26
Tapscott, DerekDerek Tapscott	Wales	HB	1954–1958	132	0	132	68
Charlton, StanStan Charlton	England	FB	1955–1958	110	0	110	3
Groves, VicVic Groves	England	HB	1955–1964	203	0	203	37
Herd, DavidDavid Herd	Scotland	FW	1955–1961	180	0	180	107
Barnwell, JohnJohn Barnwell	England	HB	1957–1964	151	0	151	24
Henderson, JackieJackie Henderson	Scotland	FW	1958–1961	111	0	111	29
McCullough, BillyBilly McCullough	Northern Ireland	DF	1958–1966	268	0	268	5
Magill, EddieEddie Magill	Northern Ireland	DF	1959–1965	131	0	131	0
Eastham, GeorgeGeorge Eastham	England	FW	1960–1966	223	0	223	41
Neill, TerryTerry Neill	Northern Ireland	DF	1960–1970	272	3	275	10
Skirton, AlanAlan Skirton	England	MF	1960–1966	153	1	154	54
Strong, GeoffGeoff Strong	England	FW	1960–1964	137	0	137	77
Brown, LaurieLaurie Brown	England	DF	1961–1963	109	0	109	2
MacLeod, JohnnyJohnny MacLeod	Scotland	MF	1961–1964	112	0	112	28
Armstrong, GeorgeGeorge Armstrong	England	MF	1962–1977	607	14	621	68
Baker, JoeJoe Baker	England	FW	1962–1966	156	0	156	100
Court, DavidDavid Court	England	MF	1962–1970	194	10	204	18
Furnell, JimJim Furnell	England	GK	1963–1968	167	0	167	0
Sammels, JonJon Sammels	England	MF	1963–1971	266	4	270	52
Ure, IanIan Ure	Scotland	DF	1963–1969	202	0	202	2
Wilson, BobBob Wilson	Scotland	GK	1963–1974	308	0	308	0
McLintock, FrankFrank McLintock	Scotland	DF	1964–1973	401	2	403	32
Radford, JohnJohn Radford	England	FW	1964–1976	475	6	481	149
Simpson, PeterPeter Simpson	England	DF	1964–1978	458	19	477	15
Storey, PeterPeter Storey	England	DF	1965–1977	494	7	501	17
Graham, GeorgeGeorge Graham	Scotland	FW	1966–1972	296	12	308	77
McNab, BobBob McNab	England	DF	1966–1975	362	3	365	6
Rice, PatPat Rice	Northern Ireland	DF	1967–1980	521	7	528	13
George, CharlieCharlie George	England	FW	1969–1975	157	22	179	49
Kelly, EddieEddie Kelly	Scotland	MF	1969–1975	211	11	222	19
Kennedy, RayRay Kennedy	England	FW	1969–1974	206	6	212	71
Nelson, SammySammy Nelson	Northern Ireland	DF	1969–1981	325	14	339	12
Ball, AlanAlan Ball	England	MF	1971–1976	217	0	217	52
Brady, LiamLiam Brady	Republic of Ireland	MF	1973–1980	295	12	307	59
Price, DavidDavid Price	England	MF	1973–1981	165	11	176	19
Rimmer, JimmyJimmy Rimmer	England	GK	1974–1977	146	0	146	0
O'Leary, DavidDavid O'Leary	Republic of Ireland	DF	1973–1993	681	41	722	14
Stapleton, FrankFrank Stapleton	Republic of Ireland	FW	1975–1981	297	3	300	108
Devine, JohnJohn Devine	Republic of Ireland	DF	1976–1983	108	3	111	0
Macdonald, MalcolmMalcolm Macdonald	England	FW	1976–1979	107	1	108	57
Jennings, PatPat Jennings	Northern Ireland	GK	1977–1984	327	0	327	0
Rix, GrahamGraham Rix	England	MF	1977–1988	447	17	464	51
Sunderland, AlanAlan Sunderland	England	FW	1977–1983	278	3	281	92
Young, WillieWillie Young	Scotland	DF	1977–1981	236	1	237	19
Hollins, JohnJohn Hollins	England	MF	1979–1983	164	9	172	13
Talbot, BrianBrian Talbot	England	MF	1979–1985	311	16	327	49
Davis, PaulPaul Davis	England	MF	1980–1994	416	31	447	37
Sansom, KennyKenny Sansom	England	DF	1980–1988	394	0	394	6
Robson, StewartStewart Robson	England	MF	1981–1986	185	1	186	21
Whyte, ChrisChris Whyte	England	DF	1981–1985	108	5	113	8
Woodcock, TonyTony Woodcock	England	FW	1982–1986	164	5	169	68
Adams, TonyTony Adams	England	DF	1983–2002	663	6	669	48
Allinson, IanIan Allinson	England	MF	1983–1987	75	30	105	23
Nicholas, CharlieCharlie Nicholas	Scotland	FW	1983–1987	176	8	184	54
Anderson, VivViv Anderson	England	DF	1984–1987	150	0	150	15
Williams, SteveSteve Williams	England	MF	1984–1988	119	2	121	5
Lukic, JohnJohn Lukic	England	GK	1984–1990 1996–2001	298	0	298	0
Hayes, MartinMartin Hayes	England	MF	1985–1990	92	40	132	34
Rocastle, DavidDavid Rocastle	England	MF	1985–1992	260	17	277	34
Keown, MartinMartin Keown	England	DF	1985–1986 1993–2004	408	41	449	8
Groves, PerryPerry Groves	England	MF	1986–1992	120	83	203	28
Merson, PaulPaul Merson	England	FW	1986–1997	381	44	425	99
Smith, AlanAlan Smith	England	FW	1987–1995	318	29	347	115
Richardson, KevinKevin Richardson	England	MF	1987–1990	111	11	121	8
Thomas, MichaelMichael Thomas	England	MF	1987–1991	187	21	208	30
Bould, SteveSteve Bould	England	DF	1988–1999	348	24	372	22
Campbell, KevinKevin Campbell	England	FW	1988–1995	166	62	228	59
Dixon, LeeLee Dixon	England	DF	1988–2002	598	21	618	28
Winterburn, NigelNigel Winterburn	England	DF	1987–2000	572	12	584	12
Hillier, DavidDavid Hillier	England	MF	1990–1996	113	30	143	2
Limpar, AndersAnders Limpar	Sweden	MF	1990–1994	96	20	116	20
Linighan, AndyAndy Linighan	England	DF	1990–1996	135	21	156	8
Seaman, DavidDavid Seaman	England	GK	1990–2003	564	0	564	0
Wright, IanIan Wright	England	FW	1991–1998	279	9	288	185
Jensen, JohnJohn Jensen	Denmark	MF	1992–1996	130	8	138	1
Parlour, RayRay Parlour	England	MF	1992–2004	390	76	464	32
Bergkamp, DennisDennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	FW	1995–2006	345	78	423	120
Platt, DavidDavid Platt	England	MF	1995–1998	77	31	108	15
Vieira, PatrickPatrick Vieira	France	MF	1996–2005	396	10	406	33
Grimandi, GillesGilles Grimandi	France	DF/MF	1997–2002	128	42	170	6
Overmars, MarcMarc Overmars	Netherlands	MF	1997–2000	127	15	142	41
Petit, EmmanuelEmmanuel Petit	France	MF	1997–2000	114	4	118	11
Ljungberg, FreddieFreddie Ljungberg	Sweden	MF	1998–2007	285	43	328	72
Cole, AshleyAshley Cole	England	DF	1999–2006	218	10	228	9
Henry, ThierryThierry Henry	France	FW	1999–2007 2012	337	40	377	228
Kanu, NwankwoNwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	FW	1999–2004	104	94	198	44
Luzhnyi, OlehOleh Luzhnyi	Ukraine	DF	1999–2003	91	19	110	0
Wiltord, SylvainSylvain Wiltord	France	FW	2000–2004	124	51	175	49
Pires, RobertRobert Pires	France	MF	2000–2006	238	46	284	84
Lauren	Cameroon	DF	2000–2007	227	14	241	9
Campbell, SolSol Campbell	England	DF	2001–2006 2010	208	3	211	12
Edu	Brazil	MF	2001–2005	76	51	127	15
Silva, GilbertoGilberto Silva	Brazil	MF	2002–2008	213	31	244	24
Toure, KoloKolo Touré	Ivory Coast	DF	2002–2009	295	31	326	14
Lehmann, JensJens Lehmann	Germany	GK	2003–2008 2011	199	1	200	0
Fabregas, CescCesc Fàbregas	Spain	MF	2003–2011	266	37	303	57
Clichy, GaelGaël Clichy	France	DF	2003–2011	230	34	264	2
Senderos, PhilippePhilippe Senderos	Switzerland	DF	2003–2010	105	12	117	4
Almunia, ManuelManuel Almunia	Spain	GK	2004–2012	173	2	175	0
Reyes, Jose AntonioJosé Antonio Reyes	Spain	FW	2004–2007	89	21	110	23
Persie, Robin VanRobin van Persie	Netherlands	FW	2004–2012	211	67	278	132
Flamini, MathieuMathieu Flamini	France	MF	2004–2008 2013–2016	174	72	246	13
Djourou, JohanJohan Djourou	Switzerland	DF	2004–2014	123	21	144	1
Eboue, EmmanuelEmmanuel Eboué	Ivory Coast	DF	2005–2011	159	55	214	10
Hleb, AlexanderAlexander Hleb	Belarus	MF	2005–2008	109	21	130	10
Bendtner, NicklasNicklas Bendtner	Denmark	FW	2005–2014	83	88	171	47
Song, AlexAlex Song	Cameroon	MF	2005–2012	179	25	204	10
Diaby, AbouAbou Diaby	France	MF	2006–2015	136	44	180	19
Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor	Togo	FW	2006–2009	114	28	142	62
Rosicky, TomasTomáš Rosický	Czech Republic	MF	2006–2016	158	88	246	28
Walcott, TheoTheo Walcott	England	FW	2006–2018	252	145	397	108
Gallas, WilliamWilliam Gallas	France	DF	2006–2010	142	0	142	17
Denílson	Brazil	MF	2006–2013	120	33	153	10
Sagna, BacaryBacary Sagna	France	DF	2007–2014	272	12	284	5
Gibbs, KieranKieran Gibbs	England	DF	2007–2017	183	47	230	6
Ramsey, AaronAaron Ramsey	Wales	MF	2008–2019	261	108	369	64
Nasri, SamirSamir Nasri	France	MF	2008–2011	110	15	125	27
Wilshere, JackJack Wilshere	England	MF	2008–2018	150	47	197	14
Coquelin, FrancisFrancis Coquelin	France	MF	2008–2018	115	45	160	0
Arshavin, AndreyAndrey Arshavin	Russia	MF	2009–2013	97	47	144	31
Vermaelen, ThomasThomas Vermaelen	Belgium	DF	2009–2014	136	14	150	15
Szczesny, WojciechWojciech Szczęsny	Poland	GK	2009–2017	181	0	181	0
Koscielny, LaurentLaurent Koscielny	France	DF	2010–2019	342	11	353	27
Oxlade-Chamberlain, AlexAlex Oxlade-Chamberlain	England	MF	2011–2017	115	83	198	20
Mertesacker, PerPer Mertesacker	Germany	DF	2011–2018	215	6	221	10
Arteta, MikelMikel Arteta	Spain	MF	2011–2016	131	19	150	16
Giroud, OlivierOlivier Giroud	France	FW	2012–2018	169	84	253	105
Cazorla, SantiSanti Cazorla	Spain	MF	2012–2018	166	14	180	29
Monreal, NachoNacho Monreal	Spain	DF	2013–2019	223	28	251	10
Ozil, MesutMesut Özil	Germany	MF	2013–2021	237	17	254	44
Bellerín, HéctorHéctor Bellerín	Spain	DF	2013–2022	220	19	239	9
Sanchez, AlexisAlexis Sánchez	Chile	FW	2014–2018	153	13	166	80
Chambers, CalumCalum Chambers	England	DF	2014–2022	87	35	122	5
Welbeck, DannyDanny Welbeck	England	FW	2014–2019	78	48	126	32
Maitland-Niles, AinsleyAinsley Maitland-Niles	England	MF	2014–2023	88	44	132	3
Cech, PetrPetr Čech	Czech Republic	GK	2015–2019	139	0	139	0
Iwobi, AlexAlex Iwobi	Nigeria	MF	2015–2019	103	46	149	15
Elneny, MohamedMohamed Elneny	Egypt	MF	2016–	108	53	161	6
Holding, RobRob Holding	England	DF	2016–2023	132	30	162	5
Xhaka, GranitGranit Xhaka	Switzerland	MF	2016–2023	279	18	297	23
Mustafi, ShkodranShkodran Mustafi	Germany	DF	2016–2021	142	9	151	9
Kolasinac, SeadSead Kolašinac	Bosnia and Herzegovina	DF	2017–2022	94	24	118	5
Lacazette, AlexandreAlexandre Lacazette	France	FW	2017–2022	150	56	206	71
Nketiah, EddieEddie Nketiah	England	FW	2017–	70	98	168	38
Aubameyang, Pierre-EmerickPierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	FW	2018–2022	142	21	163	92
Leno, BerndBernd Leno	Germany	GK	2018–2022	124	1	125	0
Smith Rowe, EmileEmile Smith Rowe	England	MF	2018–	63	51	114	18
Saka, BukayoBukayo Saka	England	FW	2018–	197	27	224	57
Pépé, NicolasNicolas Pépé	Ivory Coast	FW	2019–2023	67	45	112	27
Martinelli, GabrielGabriel Martinelli	Brazil	FW	2019–	120	51	171	41
Tierney, KieranKieran Tierney	Scotland	DF	2019–	91	33	124	5
Magalhães, GabrielGabriel Magalhães	Brazil	DF	2020–	158	7	165	15
Partey, ThomasThomas Partey	Ghana	MF	2020–	84	28	112	5
Ødegaard, MartinMartin Ødegaard	Norway	MF	2021–	136	14	150	35
White, BenBen White	England	DF	2021–	119	12	131	6

Team Captains

Since Arsenal started as Dial Square F.C. in 1886, 64 different players have been captain. The very first captain was the club's founder, David Danskin, who led the team until he had to stop playing due to an injury in 1889.

The captain who served the longest was Tony Adams. He was captain for 14 years, from 1988 to 2002! Because of this amazing achievement, he is often called "Mr. Arsenal." The current captain of Arsenal is Martin Ødegaard.

Dates	Captain
1886–1889	David Danskin
1889	Arthur Brown
1889–1890	Morris Bates
1890–1891	Bill Julian
1891–1892	Sandy Robertson Robert Buist David Howat Tom Graham William Stewart
1892–1893	Charles Booth
1893–1894	Joe Powell
1894–1895	David Howat
1895–1896	Caesar Jenkyns
1896–1898	Gavin Crawford
1898–1899	John Anderson
1899–1900	Joe Murphy
1900–1901	Duncan McNichol
1901–1905	Jimmy Jackson
1905–1906	John Dick
1906–1919	Percy Sands
1919–1920	Joe Shaw
1920–1922	Frank Bradshaw
1922–1923	Alex Graham
1923–1924	Billy Blyth
1924–1925	Alf Baker
1925–1928	Charlie Buchan
1928–1929	Billy Blyth
1929–1932	Tom Parker
1932–1933	Charlie Jones
1933–1937	Alex James
1937–1944	Eddie Hapgood
1944–1947	George Male
1947–1954	Joe Mercer
1954	Jimmy Logie
1954–1955	Walley Barnes
1955–1956	Don Roper
1956	Cliff Holton
1956–1957	Peter Goring
1957	Cliff Holton
1957–1958	Dennis Evans
1958–1959	Dave Bowen
1959–1962	Vic Groves
1962–1963	Terry Neill
1963–1966	George Eastham
1966–1967	Don Howe
1967–1973	Frank McLintock
1973–1974	Bob McNab
1974–1975	Alan Ball
1975	Eddie Kelly
1975–1976	Alan Ball
1976–1980	Pat Rice
1980–1983	David O'Leary
1983–1986	Graham Rix
1986–1988	Kenny Sansom
1988–2002	Tony Adams
2002–2005	Patrick Vieira
2005–2007	Thierry Henry
2007–2008	William Gallas
2008–2011	Cesc Fabregas
2011–2012	Robin van Persie
2012–2014	Thomas Vermaelen
2014–2016	Mikel Arteta
2016–2018	Per Mertesacker
2018–2019	Laurent Koscielny
2019	Granit Xhaka
2019–2021	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
2021–2022	Alexandre Lacazette
2022–present	Martin Ødegaard