List of Leeds United F.C. players facts for kids

This article is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leeds United. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who have played fewer matches are also included, as are the club's founder members and some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history (e.g. Don Revie).

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contract signed with the club. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are also included.

Notable players

Correct as of 25 May 2023 counting Leeds United first team games in either League, Cup or play-off games. Criteria for including players is 100+ games or being a particularly high profile player (e.g. Tony Yeboah)

Name	Nationality	Position	Leeds career	Appearances	Goals
Baker, JimJim Baker	England	CB	1920–1926	208	2
Duffield, AlbertAlbert Duffield	England	CB	1920–1925	211	0
Frew, JimmyJimmy Frew	Scotland	LB	1920–1924	99	0
Hart, ErnieErnie Hart	England	CB	1920–1936	472	15
Down, BillyBilly Down	England	GK	1920–1925	101	0
Sherwin, HarryHarry Sherwin	England	CF	1921–1925	108	9
Swann, JackJack Swann	England	ST	1921–1925	116	50
Whipp, PercyPercy Whipp	Scotland	IF	1922–1927	154	46
Harris, JoeJoe Harris	Scotland	RW	1922–1925	134	15
Menzies, BillBill Menzies	Scotland	LB	1922–1932	260	2
Reed, GeorgeGeorge Reed	England	CB	1924–1934	150	3
Townsley, TomTom Townsley	Scotland	CB	1925–1931	167	2
Turnbull, BobbyBobby Turnbull	England	RW	1925–1932	215	46
Duggan, HarryHarry Duggan	[[|Ireland]]/  Republic of Ireland	W	1925–1936	196	47
Edwards, WillisWillis Edwards	England	DF	1925–1943 WWII	444 24	6 2
Wainscoat, RussellRussell Wainscoat	England	IF	1925–1931	226	93
Jennings, TomTom Jennings	Scotland	FW	1925–1931	174	117
Potts, JimmyJimmy Potts	England	GK	1926–1934	262	0
Mitchell, TomTom Mitchell	England	LW	1926–1931	152	21
Keetley, CharlieCharlie Keetley	England	FW	1927–1934	169	110
White, JockJock White	Scotland	IF	1927–1930	117	33
Cochrane, TomTom Cochrane	England	LW	1928–1936	259	27
Milburn, GeorgeGeorge Milburn	England	RB	1928–1937	166	1
Milburn, JackJack Milburn	England	LB	1928–1939 WWII	408 64	30 6
Furness, BillyBilly Furness	England	IL	1928–1937	257	66
Copping, WilfWilf Copping	England	CB	1929–1934 WWII	183 28	4 0
Mahon, JohnJohn Mahon	England	RW	1929–1935	117	33
Hydes, ArthurArthur Hydes	England	CF	1930–1938	137	82
Sproston, BertBert Sproston	England	RB	1933–1938	140	1
Hodgson, GordonGordon Hodgson	England	CF	1933–1938	120	67
Stephenson, EricEric Stephenson	England	IL	1934–1944 WWII	115 39	22 7
Gadsby, KenKen Gadsby	England	LB	1934–1948 WWII	87 84	0 1
Browne, BobbyBobby Browne	[[|Ireland]]	WH	1935–1947 WWII	114 7	0 0
Powell, AubreyAubrey Powell	Wales	IL	1935–1948 WWII	124 126	25 38
Milburn, JimJim Milburn	England	LB	1936–1952 WWII	220 52	17 4
Holley, TomTom Holley	England	CH	1936–1949 WWII	169 104	1 2
Ainsley, GeorgeGeorge Ainsley	England	CF	1936–1947 WWII	96 64	34 35
Twomey, JimJim Twomey	[[|Ireland]]	GK	1937–1949 WWII	112 5	0 0
Cochrane, DavyDavy Cochrane	[[|Ireland]]	RW	1937–1950 WWII	186 13	32 7
Short, JohnJohn Short	England	IF	1937–1948 WWII	63 59	19 36
Henry, GerryGerry Henry	England	IR	1938–1947 WWII	47 186	5 94
Browning, LenLen Browning	England	FW	1946–1951	105	46
Dunn, JimmyJimmy Dunn	Scotland	RB	1947–1959	443	1
Charles, JohnJohn Charles	Wales	CB/FW	1947–1957 1962	327	157
Burden, TommyTommy Burden	England	MF	1948–1954	259	13
McCabe, JimmyJimmy McCabe	England	WH	1948–1954	161	0
Hair, GrenvilleGrenville Hair	England	LB	1948–1964	474	2
Searson, HarryHarry Searson	England	GK	1949–1952	116	0
Iggleden, RayRay Iggleden	England	IL	1949–1955	181	50
Williams, HaroldHarold Williams	Wales	RW	1949–1957	228	35
Kerfoot, EricEric Kerfoot	England	MF	1949–1959	349	10
Scott, JohnJohn Scott	England	GK	1950–1956	114	0
Charlton, JackJack Charlton	England	CB	1952–1973	762	95
Forrest, BobbyBobby Forrest	England	RW	1952–1959	121	37
Nightingale, AlbertAlbert Nightingale	England	ST	1952–1957	135	48
Wood, RoyRoy Wood	England	GK	1952–1960	203	0
Meek, GeorgeGeorge Meek	Scotland	RW	1952–1960	199	19
Overfield, JackieJackie Overfield	England	LW	1953–1960	163	20
Crowe, ChrisChris Crowe	England	IR	1956–1960	98	27
Cush, WilburWilbur Cush	Northern Ireland	RH	1957–1960	90	9
Revie, DonDon Revie	England	IF	1958–1963	80	12
Peyton, NoelNoel Peyton	Republic of Ireland	IL	1958–1963	117	20
Bremner, BillyBilly Bremner	Scotland	MF	1959–1976	771	115
Goodwin, FreddieFreddie Goodwin	England	HB	1960–1964	120	2
Bell, WillieWillie Bell	Scotland	LB	1960–1967	260	18
Johanneson, AlbertAlbert Johanneson	South Africa	LW	1961–1970	200	68
Reaney, PaulPaul Reaney	England	RB	1961–1978	745	9
Hunter, NormanNorman Hunter	England	CB	1961–1976	724	21
Cooper, TerryTerry Cooper	England	LB	1961–1975	350	11
Madeley, PaulPaul Madeley	England	CB	1962–1980	724	34
Lorimer, PeterPeter Lorimer	Scotland	ST	1962–1978 1983–1985	616	219
Sprake, GaryGary Sprake	Wales	GK	1962–1973	506	0
Storrie, JimJim Storrie	Scotland	FW	1962–1967	156	67
Collins, BobbyBobby Collins	Scotland	MF	1962–1967	167	25
Belfitt, RodRod Belfitt	England	IF	1963–1971	128	33
Giles, JohnnyJohnny Giles	Republic of Ireland	IF	1963–1975	525	114
Greenhoff, JimmyJimmy Greenhoff	England	ST	1963–1968	136	36
Bates, MickMick Bates	England	MF	1964–1976	187	9
Gray, EddieEddie Gray	Scotland	LW	1965–1984	577	68
Harvey, DavidDavid Harvey	Scotland	GK	1965–1979 1983–1985	446	0
O'Grady, MikeMike O'Grady	England	RW	1965–1969	121	17
Yorath, TerryTerry Yorath	Wales	MF	1967–1976	196	12
Jones, MickMick Jones	England	FW	1967–1975	312	111
Clarke, AllanAllan Clarke	England	ST	1969–1978	364	151
Jordan, JoeJoe Jordan	Scotland	FW	1970–1978	220	48
Gray, FrankFrank Gray	Scotland	LB	1971–1979	246	25
Cherry, TrevorTrevor Cherry	England	LB	1972–1982	484	31
McQueen, GordonGordon McQueen	Scotland	CB	1972–1978	171	19
Harris, CarlCarl Harris	Wales	RW	1973–1982	176	29
Stevenson, ByronByron Stevenson	Wales	DF	1973–1982	110	5
Thomas, GwynGwyn Thomas	Wales	MF	1975–1984	103	3
Hankin, RayRay Hankin	England	FW	1976–1980	103	36
Currie, TonyTony Currie	England	MF	1976–1979	124	16
Graham, ArthurArthur Graham	Scotland	LW	1977–1983	260	47
Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn	Wales	MF	1977–1982	177	11
Hart, PaulPaul Hart	England	CB	1978–1983	223	20
Lukic, JohnJohn Lukic	England	GK	1978–1983 1990–1996	430	0
Connor, TerryTerry Connor	England	RW	1979–1983	108	22
Hamson, GaryGary Hamson	England	MF	1979–1986	152	4
Dickinson, MartinMartin Dickinson	England	CB	1980–1986	119	2
Aspin, NeilNeil Aspin	England	RB	1981–1989	244	6
Sheridan, JohnJohn Sheridan	Republic of Ireland	CM	1982–1989	267	52
Ritchie, AndyAndy Ritchie	England	ST	1983–1987	159	44
Day, MervynMervyn Day	England	GK	1985–1993	268	0
Baird, IanIan Baird	England	FW	1985–1987 1990–1991	192	58
Rennie, DavidDavid Rennie	Scotland	DF	1986–1989	119	7
Haddock, PeterPeter Haddock	England	CB	1986–1991	146	1
Adams, MickyMicky Adams	England	LB	1987–1989	89	3
Pearson, JohnJohn Pearson	England	FW	1987–1991	127	12
Snodin, GlynnGlynn Snodin	England	LB	1987–1992	116	13
Batty, DavidDavid Batty	England	CM	1987–1993 1998–2004	382	4
Davison, BobbyBobby Davison	England	ST	1987–1992	110	35
Speed, GaryGary Speed	Wales	MF	1988–1996	311	57
Jones, VinnieVinnie Jones	Wales	MF	1989–1990	53	5
Strachan, GordonGordon Strachan	Scotland	MF	1989–1995	244	45
Fairclough, ChrisChris Fairclough	England	CB	1989–1995	240	23
Sterland, MelMel Sterland	England	RB	1989–1994	146	20
Shutt, CarlCarl Shutt	England	ST	1989–1993	106	25
McAllister, GaryGary McAllister	Scotland	MF	1990–1996	294	45
Whyte, ChrisChris Whyte	England	CB	1990–1993	146	6
Chapman, LeeLee Chapman	England	FW	1990–1993 1996	174	80
Kelly, GaryGary Kelly	Republic of Ireland	RB	1991–2007	531	4
Wetherall, DavidDavid Wetherall	England	CB	1991–1999	250	18
Wallace, RodRod Wallace	England	ST	1991–1998	256	66
Dorigo, TonyTony Dorigo	England	LB	1991–1997	208	5
Cantona, EricEric Cantona	France	FW	1992	34	11
Deane, BrianBrian Deane	England	FW	1993–1997 2004–2005	201	45
Palmer, CarltonCarlton Palmer	England	MF	1994–1997	130	7
Radebe, LucasLucas Radebe	South Africa	CB	1994–2005	262	3
Yeboah, TonyTony Yeboah	Ghana	FW	1995–1997	62	33
Harte, IanIan Harte	Republic of Ireland	LB	1995–2004	288	39
Kewell, HarryHarry Kewell	Australia	AM	1995–2003	242	63
Martyn, NigelNigel Martyn	England	GK	1996–2003	273	0
McPhail, StephenStephen McPhail	Republic of Ireland	CM	1996–2004	97	3
Hasselbaink, Jimmy FloydJimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	ST	1997–1999	87	42
Bowyer, LeeLee Bowyer	England	RM	1996–2003	265	55
Haaland, AlfieAlfie Haaland	Norway	MF	1997–2000	92	8
Smith, AlanAlan Smith	England	FW	1997–2004	228	56
Robinson, PaulPaul Robinson	England	GK	1997–2004	119	1
Woodgate, JonathanJonathan Woodgate	England	CB	1996–2003	142	4
Bakke, EirikEirik Bakke	Norway	MF	1999–2006	196	21
Mills, DannyDanny Mills	England	RB	1999–2004	141	4
Bridges, MichaelMichael Bridges	England	FW	1999–2004	82	21
Wilcox, JasonJason Wilcox	England	LW	1999–2004	106	6
Viduka, MarkMark Viduka	Australia	ST	2000–2004	166	72
Matteo, DominicDominic Matteo	Scotland	DF	2000–2004	146	4
Kilgallon, MatthewMatthew Kilgallon	England	CB	2000–2007	95	3
Ferdinand, RioRio Ferdinand	England	CB	2000–2002	73	2
Fowler, RobbieRobbie Fowler	England	ST	2001–2003	33	14
Richardson, FrazerFrazer Richardson	England	RB	2001–2009	173	5
Milner, JamesJames Milner	England	MF	2002–2004	54	5
Lennon, AaronAaron Lennon	England	RW	2003–2005	43	1
Healy, DavidDavid Healy	Northern Ireland	ST	2004–2007	121	31
Butler, PaulPaul Butler	Republic of Ireland	CB	2004–2007	106	4
Sullivan, NeilNeil Sullivan	Scotland	GK	2004–2007	110	0
Pugh, DannyDanny Pugh	England	LB	2004–2006 2012–2014	119	10
Lewis, EddieEddie Lewis	United States	LM	2005–2007	96	9
Rui Marques, ManuelManuel Rui Marques	Angola	CB	2005–2010	100	4
Douglas, JonathanJonathan Douglas	Republic of Ireland	CM	2005–2009	166	11
Howson, JonathanJonathan Howson	England	CM	2006-2012	225	29
Beckford, JermaineJermaine Beckford	Jamaica  England	ST	2006–2010	152	85
Delph, FabianFabian Delph	England	CM	2006–2009 2012	57	6
Ankergren, CasperCasper Ankergren	Denmark	GK	2006–2010	143	0
Hughes, AndrewAndrew Hughes	England	MF	2007–2011	139	1
Kilkenny, NeilNeil Kilkenny	Australia	CM	2008–2011	144	11
Johnson, BradleyBradley Johnson	England	CM	2008–2011	140	17
Snodgrass, RobertRobert Snodgrass	Scotland	RW	2008–2012	189	41
Becchio, LucianoLuciano Becchio	Argentina	FW	2008–2013	221	86
White, AidanAidan White	Republic of Ireland  England	21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB	2008–2015	111	2
Lees, TomTom Lees	England	CB	2009–2014	135	4
Gradel, MaxMax Gradel	Ivory Coast	LW	2009–2011	79	24
McCormack, RossRoss McCormack	Scotland	FW	2010–2014	158	58
Taylor, CharlieCharlie Taylor	England	21 ♙LB♙L♙LLB	2011–2017	97	3
Pearce, JasonJason Pearce	England	CB	2012–2015	107	2
Austin, RodolphRodolph Austin	Jamaica	CM	2012–2015	112	10
Byram, SamSam Byram	England	RB	2012–2016	143	10
Mowatt, AlexAlex Mowatt	England	CM	2013–2017	125	13
Murphy, LukeLuke Murphy	England	CM	2013–2018	111	7
Cook, LewisLewis Cook	England	CM	2014–2016	85	2
Silvestri, MarcoMarco Silvestri	Italy	GK	2014–2017	98	0
Berardi, GaetanoGaetano Berardi	Switzerland	FB	2014–2021	157	2
Cooper, LiamLiam Cooper	Scotland	CB	2014–	266	11
Phillips, KalvinKalvin Phillips	England	CM	2014–2022	232	14
Wood, ChrisChris Wood	New Zealand	FW	2015–2017	88	44
Dallas, StuartStuart Dallas	Northern Ireland	MF/DF	2015–	267	28
Roofe, KemarKemar Roofe	Jamaica	FW	2016–2019	122	34
Hernández, PabloPablo Hernández	Spain	W/AM	2016–2021	175	36
Ayling, LukeLuke Ayling	England	RB	2016–	252	10
Jansson, PontusPontus Jansson	Sweden	CB	2016–2019	120	9
Alioski, EzgjanEzgjan Alioski	Macedonia	LB / LW	2017–2021	171	22
Klich, MateuszMateusz Klich	Poland	CM	2017–2023	195	24
Harrison, JackJack Harrison	England	LW/RW	2018–	206	34
Bamford, PatrickPatrick Bamford	England	FW	2018–	151	51
Meslier, IllanIllan Meslier	France	GK	2019–	126	0

Player of the Year

Players in bold won the Player of the Year award on more than one occasion

Captains

Jim Baker was the first ever captain of Leeds United and led the club to the 1923–24 second division championship.