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

Ryan Giggs is Manchester United's most capped player of all time making 963 appearances in 23 years for the club. He later served as caretaker manager for the club in 2014.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Newton Heath in 1878 as Newton Heath LYR F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1886, when they entered the First Round of the 1886–87 FA Cup. The club was renamed Manchester United F.C. in 1902, and moved to Old Trafford in 1910. Since playing their first competitive match, 951 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, of whom 221 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances).

Manchester United's record appearance-maker is Ryan Giggs, who made a total of 963 appearances over a 23-year playing career; he broke Bobby Charlton's previous appearance record in the 2008 UEFA Champions League Final. Giggs also holds the record for the most starts, having started in 797 matches. Charlton was also the club's top goalscorer with 249 goals in his 17 years with the club. He held the mark for 45 years, until Charlton's mark was overtaken by Wayne Rooney scoring his 250th goal during the 2016–17 season; Rooney finished his 13-year tenure with Manchester United with 253 goals in 559 appearances. Other than Charlton, Giggs and Rooney, only seven players have made more than 500 appearances for the club, including three members of the 1968 European Cup-winning team (Tony Dunne, Alex Stepney and Bill Foulkes as well as Charlton) and three members of the 1999 Treble-winning team (Denis Irwin, Gary Neville and Paul Scholes as well as Giggs); the seventh is Joe Spence, who played for the club during the interwar period. Other than Charlton and Rooney, only two players (Denis Law and Jack Rowley) have scored more than 200 goals for the club. The most recent player to reach 100 appearances for the club is Bruno Fernandes, who reached the milestone on 2 December 2021.

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Billy Meredith made 335 appearances for Manchester United and is considered one of football's first superstars.

Jack Rowley made 424 appearances for Manchester United and was the first of only four players to score 200 goals for the club.

Tommy Taylor scored 131 goals in just 161 appearances for Manchester United. He was one of eight players to be killed in the Munich air disaster.

Bobby Charlton is United's second-highest goalscorer and has the second-most appearances for the club. He captained the club from 1968 to 1973.

George Best made 470 appearances for United, and is considered one of the greatest footballers of all time.

Paul Scholes made the third-highest number of appearances for Manchester United, with 718.

Peter Schmeichel made 398 appearances for Manchester United.

Eric Cantona made 185 appearances and scored 87 goals for Manchester United. He was the club's first non British/Irish captain.

David Beckham made 394 appearances and scored 85 goals with Manchester United.

Ole Gunnar Solskjær made 366 appearances with United and managed the club from 2018 to 2021.

Rio Ferdinand made 455 appearances in 12 seasons with Manchester United.

Cristiano Ronaldo made 346 appearances in two spells at Manchester United, winning the Ballon d'Or in 2008, as well as becoming the only United player to date to win the European Golden Shoe.

Wayne Rooney is the club's all-time top scorer with 253 goals. He captained the club from 2014 to 2017.

Nemanja Vidić made 300 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2011 to 2014.

Patrice Evra made 379 appearances for United.

David de Gea has made over 500 appearances for Manchester United.

Paul Pogba made 233 appearances in two separate spells at Manchester United. His 2016 transfer from Juventus made him the world's most expensive footballer at the time.

Robin van Persie made 105 appearances for Manchester United.

Juan Mata made 285 appearances for Manchester United.

Marcus Rashford has made over 300 appearances for Manchester United.

Bruno Fernandes has made over 100 appearances for United.

• Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Charity/Community Shield, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, Super Cup and Club World Cup matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.
• Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.

Statistics correct as of match played 13 November 2022

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• Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
• Manchester United career – The year of the player's first appearance for Manchester United to the year of his last appearance.
• Starts – The number of matches started.
• Sub – The number of matches played as a substitute.
• Total – The total number of matches played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

List of Manchester United F.C. players with at least 100 appearances

Name	Nationality	Position	Manchester United career	Starts	Subs	Total	Goals	Ref
				Appearances
Donaldson, BobBob Donaldson	Scotland	6 FW	1892–1897	147	0	155	66
Erentz, FredFred Erentz	Scotland	2 FB	1892–1902	310	0	310	9
Cassidy, JoeJoe Cassidy	Scotland	6 FW	1893 1895–1900	174	0	174	100
Macnaught, JamesJames McNaught	Scotland	4 HB	1893–1898	157	0	157	12
Smith, DickDick Smith	England	6 FW	1894–1898 1900–1901	100	0	100	37
Cartwright, WalterWalter Cartwright	England	4 HB	1895–1905	257	0	257	8
Stafford, HarryHarry Stafford	England	2 FB	1896–1903	200	0	200	1
Bryant, WilliamWilliam Bryant	England	6 FW	1896–1900	127	0	127	33
Barrett, FrankFrank Barrett	Scotland	1 GK	1896–1900	136	0	136	0
Morgan, BillyBilly Morgan	England	4 HB	1897–1903	152	0	152	7
Griffiths, BillyBilly Griffiths	England	4 HB	1899–1905	175	0	175	30
Schofield, AlfAlf Schofield	England	6 FW	1900–1907	179	0	179	35
Hayes, VinceVince Hayes	England	2 FB	1901–1907 1908–1910	128	0	128	2
Peddie, JackJack Peddie	Scotland	6 FW	1902–1903 1904–1907	121	0	121	58
Downie, AlexAlex Downie	Scotland	4 HB	1902–1909	191	0	191	14
Bell, AlexAlex Bell	Scotland	4 HB	1903–1913	309	0	309	10
Bonthron, BobBob Bonthron	Scotland	2 FB	1903–1907	134	0	134	3
Moger, HarryHarry Moger	England	1 GK	1903–1912	266	0	266	0
Duckworth, DickDick Duckworth	England	4 HB	1903–1915	254	0	254	11
Roberts, CharlieCharlie Roberts	England	4 HB	1904–1913	302	0	302	23
Holden, DickDick Holden	England	2 FB	1905–1914	117	0	117	0
Picken, JackJack Picken	Scotland	6 FW	1905–1911	122	0	122	46
Wall, GeorgeGeorge Wall	England	6 FW	1906–1915	319	0	319	100
Meredith, BillyBilly Meredith	Wales	6 FW	1907–1921	335	0	335	36
Turnbull, SandySandy Turnbull	Scotland	6 FW	1907–1915	247	0	247	101
Stacey, GeorgeGeorge Stacey	England	2 FB	1907–1915	270	0	270	9
Halse, HaroldHarold Halse	England	6 FW	1908–1912	125	0	125	56
Whalley, ArthurArthur Whalley	England	4 HB	1909–1920	106	0	106	6
West, EnochEnoch West	England	6 FW	1910–1916	181	0	181	80
Beale, BobbyBobby Beale	England	1 GK	1912–1919	112	0	112	0
Mew, JackJack Mew	England	1 GK	1912–1926	199	0	199	0
Hilditch, LalLal Hilditch	England	4 HB	1919–1932	322	0	322	7
Silcock, JackJack Silcock	England	2 FB	1919–1934	449	0	449	2
Spence, JoeJoe Spence	England	6 FW	1919–1933	510	0	510	168
Moore, CharlieCharlie Moore	England	2 FB	1919–1921 1922–1931	328	0	328	0
Grimwood, JohnJohn Grimwood	England	4 HB	1919–1927	205	0	205	8
Partridge, TeddyTeddy Partridge	England	6 FW	1920–1929	160	0	160	18
Steward, AlfAlf Steward	England	1 GK	1920–1932	326	0	326	0
Bennion, RayRay Bennion	Wales	4 HB	1921–1932	301	0	301	3
Lochhead, ArthurArthur Lochhead	Scotland	6 FW	1921–1925	153	0	153	50
Thomas, HarryHarry Thomas	Wales	6 FW	1922–1931	135	0	135	13
Barson, FrankFrank Barson	England	4 HB	1922–1928	152	0	152	4
Mann, FrankFrank Mann	England	4 HB	1923–1930	197	0	197	5
Macpherson, FrankFrank McPherson	England	6 FW	1923–1928	175	0	175	52
Jones, TomTom Jones	Wales	2 FB	1924–1937	200	0	200	0
Hanson, JimmyJimmy Hanson	England	6 FW	1924–1931	147	0	147	52
Wilson, JackJack Wilson	England	4 HB	1926–1932	140	0	140	3
Maclenahan, HughHugh McLenahan	England	4 HB	1928–1937	116	0	116	12
Rowley, HarryHarry Rowley	England	6 FW	1928–1932 1934–1937	180	0	180	55
Reid, TommyTommy Reid	Scotland	6 FW	1929–1933	101	0	101	67
Maclachlan, GeorgeGeorge McLachlan	Scotland	6 FW	1929–1933	116	0	116	4
Mellor, JackJack Mellor	England	2 FB	1930–1937	122	0	122	0
Manley, TomTom Manley	England	4 HB	1931–1939	195	0	195	41
Vose, GeorgeGeorge Vose	England	4 HB	1933–1939	209	0	209	1
Griffiths, JackJack Griffiths	England	2 FB	1934–1944	173	0	173	1
Mackay, BillBill McKay	Scotland	4 HB	1934–1940	182	0	182	15
Mutch, GeorgeGeorge Mutch	Scotland	6 FW	1934–1937	120	0	120	49
Bamford, TommyTommy Bamford	Wales	6 FW	1934–1938	109	0	109	57
Bryant, BillyBilly Bryant	England	6 FW	1934–1939	157	0	157	42
Brown, JamesJames Brown	Scotland	4 HB	1935–1939	110	0	110	1
Carey, JohnnyJohnny Carey	[[|Ireland]]  Republic of Ireland	2 FB	1937–1953	344	0	344	17
Rowley, JackJack Rowley	England	6 FW	1937–1955	424	0	424	211
Pearson, StanStan Pearson	England	6 FW	1937–1954	343	0	343	148
Warner, JackJack Warner	Wales	4 HB	1938–1950	115	0	115	2
Aston, John Sr. John Aston Sr.	England	2 FB	1946–1954	284	0	284	30
Chilton, AllenbyAllenby Chilton	England	4 HB	1946–1955	391	0	391	3
Cockburn, HenryHenry Cockburn	England	4 HB	1946–1954	275	0	275	4
Crompton, JackJack Crompton	England	1 GK	1946–1956	212	0	212	0
Delaney, JimmyJimmy Delaney	Scotland	6 FW	1946–1950	184	0	184	28
Macglen, BillyBilly McGlen	England	4 HB	1946–1952	122	0	122	2
Mitten, CharlieCharlie Mitten	England	6 FW	1946–1952	162	0	162	61
Downie, JohnnyJohnny Downie	Scotland	6 FW	1949–1953	116	0	116	37
Wood, RayRay Wood	England	1 GK	1949–1958	208	0	208	0
Gibson, DonDon Gibson	England	4 HB	1950–1955	115	0	115	0
Jones, MarkMark Jones	England	4 HB	1950–1958	121	0	121	1
Berry, JohnnyJohnny Berry	England	6 FW	1951–1958	276	0	276	45
Blanchflower, JackieJackie Blanchflower	Northern Ireland	4 HB	1951–1958	117	0	117	27
Byrne, RogerRoger Byrne	England	2 FB	1951–1958	280	0	280	20
Pegg, DavidDavid Pegg	England	6 FW	1952–1958	150	0	150	28
Foulkes, BillBill Foulkes	England	3 DF	1952–1970	685	3	688	9
Taylor, TommyTommy Taylor	England	6 FW	1953–1958	191	0	191	131
Edwards, DuncanDuncan Edwards	England	4 HB	1953–1958	177	0	177	21
Viollet, DennisDennis Viollet	England	6 FW	1953–1962	293	0	293	179
Goodwin, FreddieFreddie Goodwin	England	4 HB	1954–1960	107	0	107	8
Scanlon, AlbertAlbert Scanlon	England	6 FW	1954–1960	127	0	127	35
Colman, EddieEddie Colman	England	4 HB	1955–1958	108	0	108	2
Cope, RonnieRonnie Cope	England	4 HB	1956–1961	106	0	106	2
Charlton, BobbyBobby Charlton	England	6 FW	1956–1973	756	2	758	249
Gaskell, DavidDavid Gaskell	England	1 GK	1956–1967	119	0	119	0
Gregg, HarryHarry Gregg	Northern Ireland	1 GK	1957–1966	247	0	247	0
Brennan, ShayShay Brennan	Republic of Ireland	2 FB	1958–1970	358	1	359	6
Quixall, AlbertAlbert Quixall	England	6 FW	1958–1963	184	0	184	56
Giles, JohnnyJohnny Giles	Republic of Ireland	6 FW	1959–1963	115	0	115	13
Stiles, NobbyNobby Stiles	England	4 HB	1959–1971	395	0	395	19
Setters, MauriceMaurice Setters	England	4 HB	1960–1964	194	0	194	14
Dunne, TonyTony Dunne	Republic of Ireland	3 DF	1960–1973	534	1	535	2
Cantwell, NoelNoel Cantwell	Republic of Ireland	2 FB	1960–1967	146	0	146	8
Herd, DavidDavid Herd	Scotland	6 FW	1961–1968	264	1	265	145
Law, DenisDenis Law	Scotland	6 FW	1962–1973	398	6	404	237
Sadler, DavidDavid Sadler	England	7 U	1962–1973	328	7	335	27
Crerand, PatPat Crerand	Scotland	4 HB	1963–1971	397	0	397	15
Best, GeorgeGeorge Best	Northern Ireland	6 FW	1963–1974	470	0	470	179
Connelly, JohnJohn Connelly	England	6 FW	1964–1966	112	1	113	35
Fitzpatrick, JohnJohn Fitzpatrick	Scotland	3 DF	1965–1973	141	6	147	10
Aston, John Jr. John Aston Jr.	England	6 FW	1965–1972	166	21	187	27
Stepney, AlexAlex Stepney	England	1 GK	1966–1979	539	0	539	2
Kidd, BrianBrian Kidd	England	6 FW	1967–1974	257	9	266	70
Burns, FrancisFrancis Burns	Scotland	3 DF	1967–1972	143	13	156	7
Morgan, WillieWillie Morgan	Scotland	5 MF	1968–1975	293	3	296	34
James, SteveSteve James	England	4 HB	1968–1975	160	1	161	4
Macilroy, SammySammy McIlroy	Northern Ireland	5 MF	1971–1982	391	28	419	71
Buchan, MartinMartin Buchan	Scotland	3 DF	1972–1983	456	0	456	4
Maccreery, DavidDavid McCreery	Northern Ireland	5 MF	1972–1979	57	53	110	8
Forsyth, AlexAlex Forsyth	Scotland	2 FB	1973–1978	116	3	119	5
Macari, LouLou Macari	Scotland	6 FW	1973–1984	374	27	401	97
Daly, GerryGerry Daly	Republic of Ireland	5 MF	1973–1977	137	5	142	32
Greenhoff, BrianBrian Greenhoff	England	3 DF	1973–1979	268	3	271	17
Houston, StewartStewart Houston	Scotland	3 DF	1974–1980	248	2	250	16
Pearson, StuartStuart Pearson	England	6 FW	1974–1979	179	1	180	66
Albiston, ArthurArthur Albiston	Scotland	2 FB	1974–1988	467	18	485	7
Coppell, SteveSteve Coppell	England	5 MF	1975–1983	393	3	396	70
Nicholl, JimmyJimmy Nicholl	Northern Ireland	3 DF	1975–1982	235	13	248	6
Hill, GordonGordon Hill	England	5 MF	1975–1978	133	1	134	51
Greenhoff, JimmyJimmy Greenhoff	England	6 FW	1976–1980	119	4	123	36
Grimes, AshleyAshley Grimes	Republic of Ireland	3 DF	1977–1983	77	30	107	11
Jordan, JoeJoe Jordan	Scotland	6 FW	1978–1981	125	1	126	41
Macqueen, GordonGordon McQueen	Scotland	3 DF	1978–1985	229	0	229	26
Bailey, GaryGary Bailey	England	1 GK	1978–1987	375	0	375	0
Thomas, MickeyMickey Thomas	Wales	5 MF	1978–1981	110	0	110	15
Moran, KevinKevin Moran	Republic of Ireland	3 DF	1979–1988	284	5	289	24
Wilkins, RayRay Wilkins	England	5 MF	1979–1984	191	3	194	10
Duxbury, MikeMike Duxbury	England	3 DF	1980–1990	345	33	378	7
Gidman, JohnJohn Gidman	England	3 DF	1981–1986	116	4	120	4
Stapleton, FrankFrank Stapleton	Republic of Ireland	6 FW	1981–1987	267	21	288	78
Moses, RemiRemi Moses	England	5 MF	1981–1988	188	11	199	12
Robson, BryanBryan Robson	England	5 MF	1981–1994	437	24	461	99
Whiteside, NormanNorman Whiteside	Northern Ireland	6 FW	1982–1989	256	18	274	67
Macgrath, PaulPaul McGrath	Republic of Ireland	3 DF	1982–1989	192	7	199	16
Hughes, MarkMark Hughes	Wales	6 FW	1983–1986 1988–1995	453	14	467	163
Hogg, GraemeGraeme Hogg	Scotland	3 DF	1984–1988	108	2	110	1
Blackmore, ClaytonClayton Blackmore	Wales	7 U	1984–1994	201	44	245	26
Olsen, JesperJesper Olsen	Denmark	5 MF	1984–1988	149	27	176	24
Strachan, GordonGordon Strachan	Scotland	5 MF	1984–1989	195	6	201	38
Davenport, PeterPeter Davenport	England	6 FW	1986–1988	83	23	106	26
Mcclair, BrianBrian McClair	Scotland	7 U	1987–1998	398	73	471	127
Bruce, SteveSteve Bruce	England	3 DF	1987–1996	411	3	414	51
Martin, LeeLee Martin	England	3 DF	1988–1994	84	25	109	2
Sharpe, LeeLee Sharpe	England	5 MF	1988–1996	213	50	263	36
Donaghy, MalMal Donaghy	Northern Ireland	3 DF	1988–1992	98	21	119	0
Phelan, MikeMike Phelan	England	7 U	1989–1994	127	19	146	3
Webb, NeilNeil Webb	England	5 MF	1989–1992	105	5	110	11
Pallister, GaryGary Pallister	England	3 DF	1989–1998	433	4	437	15
Ince, PaulPaul Ince	England	5 MF	1989–1995	276	5	281	29
Irwin, DenisDenis Irwin	Republic of Ireland	3 DF	1990–2002	511	18	529	33
Giggs, RyanRyan Giggs	Wales	5 MF	1991–2014	802	161	963	168
Kanchelskis, AndreiAndrei Kanchelskis	Soviet Union  CIS  Russia	5 MF	1991–1995	132	29	161	36
Parker, PaulPaul Parker	England	3 DF	1991–1996	137	9	146	2
Schmeichel, PeterPeter Schmeichel	Denmark	1 GK	1991–1999	398	0	398	1
Neville, GaryGary Neville	England	3 DF	1992–2011	566	36	602	7
Beckham, DavidDavid Beckham	England	5 MF	1992–2003	356	38	394	85
Butt, NickyNicky Butt	England	5 MF	1992–2004	307	80	387	26
Cantona, EricEric Cantona	France	6 FW	1992–1997	184	1	185	82
Keane, RoyRoy Keane	Republic of Ireland	5 MF	1993–2005	458	22	480	51
May, DavidDavid May	England	3 DF	1994–2002	98	20	118	8
Scholes, PaulPaul Scholes	England	5 MF	1994–2011 2012–2013	577	141	718	155
Cole, AndyAndy Cole	England	6 FW	1995–2001	231	44	275	121
Neville, PhilPhil Neville	England	7 U	1995–2005	301	85	386	8
Johnsen, RonnyRonny Johnsen	Norway	3 DF	1996–2002	131	19	150	9
Solskjaer, Ole GunnarOle Gunnar Solskjær	Norway	6 FW	1996–2007	216	150	366	126
Sheringham, TeddyTeddy Sheringham	England	6 FW	1997–2001	101	52	153	46
Berg, HenningHenning Berg	Norway	3 DF	1997–2000	81	22	103	3
Brown, WesWes Brown	England	3 DF	1998–2011	313	49	362	5
Stam, JaapJaap Stam	Netherlands	3 DF	1998–2001	125	2	127	1
Yorke, DwightDwight Yorke	Trinidad and Tobago	6 FW	1998–2002	120	32	152	66
Fortune, QuintonQuinton Fortune	South Africa	5 MF	1999–2006	88	38	126	11
Silvestre, MikaelMikaël Silvestre	France	3 DF	1999–2008	326	35	361	10
Oshea, JohnJohn O'Shea	Republic of Ireland	7 U	1999–2011	301	92	393	15
Barthez, FabienFabien Barthez	France	1 GK	2000–2004	139	0	139	0
Nistelrooy, Ruud vanRuud van Nistelrooy	Netherlands	6 FW	2001–2006	200	19	219	150
Ferdinand, RioRio Ferdinand	England	3 DF	2002–2014	444	11	455	8
Fletcher, DarrenDarren Fletcher	Scotland	5 MF	2003–2015	266	76	342	24
Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	6 MF	2003–2009 2021–2022	289	57	346	145
Saha, LouisLouis Saha	France	6 FW	2004–2008	76	48	124	42
Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney	England	6 FW	2004–2017	497	62	559	253
Sar, Edwin van derEdwin van der Sar	Netherlands	1 GK	2005–2011	266	0	266	0
Park Ji-sung	South Korea	5 MF	2005–2012	146	59	205	27
Evra, PatricePatrice Evra	France	3 DF	2006–2014	357	22	379	10
Vidic, NemanjaNemanja Vidić	Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia	3 DF	2006–2014	290	10	300	21
Carrick, MichaelMichael Carrick	England	5 MF	2006–2018	395	69	464	24
Nani	Portugal	5 MF	2007–2015	178	52	230	40
Anderson	Brazil	5 MF	2007–2015	128	53	181	9
Evans, JonnyJonny Evans	Northern Ireland	3 DF	2007–2015	179	19	198	7
Berbatov, DimitarDimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	6 FW	2008–2012	108	41	149	56
Rafael	Brazil	3 DF	2008–2015	150	20	170	5
Welbeck, DannyDanny Welbeck	England	6 FW	2008–2014	90	52	142	29
Valencia, AntonioAntonio Valencia	Ecuador	7 U	2009–2019	277	62	339	25
Hernández, JavierJavier Hernández	Mexico	6 FW	2010–2015	85	72	157	59
Smalling, ChrisChris Smalling	England	3 DF	2010–2019	281	42	323	18
de Gea, DavidDavid de Gea	Spain	1 GK	2011–	507	0	507	0
Jones, PhilPhil Jones	England	7 U	2011–	198	31	229	6
Young, AshleyAshley Young	England	7 U	2011–2020	202	59	261	19
Pogba, PaulPaul Pogba	France	5 MF	2011–2012 2016–2022	195	38	233	39
Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie	Netherlands	6 FW	2012–2015	89	16	105	58
Fellaini, MarouaneMarouane Fellaini	Belgium	4 MF	2013–2019	106	71	177	22
Mata, JuanJuan Mata	Spain	4 MF	2014–2022	213	72	285	51
Blind, DaleyDaley Blind	Netherlands	7 U	2014–2018	132	9	141	6
Lingard, JesseJesse Lingard	England	6 FW	2014–2022	143	89	232	35
Herrera, AnderAnder Herrera	Spain	4 MF	2014–2019	140	49	189	20
Rojo, MarcosMarcos Rojo	Argentina	3 DF	2014–2019	105	17	122	2
Shaw, LukeLuke Shaw	England	3 DF	2014–	204	24	228	3
Martial, AnthonyAnthony Martial	France	6 FW	2015–	200	76	276	83
Rashford, MarcusMarcus Rashford	England	6 FW	2016–	228	94	322	101
Bailly, EricEric Bailly	Ivory Coast	3 DF	2016–	99	14	113	1
Matić, NemanjaNemanja Matić	Serbia	4 MF	2017–2022	152	37	189	4
Lindelöf, VictorVictor Lindelöf	Sweden	3 DF	2017–	197	10	207	3
McTominay, ScottScott McTominay	Scotland	4 MF	2017–	137	51	188	18
Fred Fred	Brazil	4 MF	2018–	138	35	173	9
Greenwood, MasonMason Greenwood	England	6 FW	2019–	83	46	129	35
Maguire, HarryHarry Maguire	England	2 DF	2019–	146	7	153	7
Wan-Bissaka, AaronAaron Wan-Bissaka	England	2 DF	2019–	124	3	127	2
Fernandes, BrunoBruno Fernandes	Portugal	3 MF	2020–	134	12	146	53

Club captains

Caesar Jenkyns served as captain during the 1896–97 season.

Bryan Robson made 461 appearances for Manchester United and is the longest serving captain in the club's history, serving for twelve years.

Roy Keane made 480 appearances with Manchester United and is the most decorated captain in club history, serving from 1997 to 2005.

Gary Neville made 602 appearances for Manchester United and served as captain from 2005 to 2011.

Harry Maguire is the current captain of Manchester United, serving since January 2020.

Since 1882, 46 players have held the position of club captain for Newton Heath LYR F.C., Newton Heath F.C. or Manchester United F.C. The first club captain was E. Thomas, who was captain from 1882 to 1883. The longest-serving captain is Bryan Robson, who was club captain from 1982 to 1994, although he held the position jointly with Steve Bruce for the last two years of his tenure. Roy Keane, who was captain from 1997 to 2005, has the distinction of having won the most trophies as captain; he won four Premier League titles, two FA Cups, one Community Shield, one UEFA Champions League and one Intercontinental Cup. The current club captain is Harry Maguire, who took over after Ashley Young departed in 2020.

Dates	Captain	Ref.
1878–1882	Unknown
1882–1883	E. Thomas
1883–1887	Sam Black
1887–1891	Jack Powell
1891–1892	Bob McFarlane
1892–1893	Joe Cassidy
1893–1894	Unknown
1894–1896	James McNaught
1896–1897	Caesar Jenkyns
1897–1903	Harry Stafford
1903–1904	John Willie Sutcliffe
1904–1905	Jack Peddie
1905–1913	Charlie Roberts
1913–1914	George Stacey
1914–1915	George Hunter
1915–1917	Patrick O'Connell
1917–1918	George Anderson
1918–1919	Jack Mew
1919–1922	Lal Hilditch
1922–1928	Frank Barson
1928–1929	Jack Wilson
1929–1930	Charlie Spencer
1930–1931	Jack Silcock
1931–1932	George McLachlan
1932	Louis Page
1932–1934	Jack Silcock
1934–1935	Bill McKay
1935–1937	James Brown
1937–1939	George Roughton
1939–1940	Bill McKay
1940–1944	No competitive football was played during the Second World War
1944–1945	George Roughton
1945–1953	Johnny Carey
1953	Stan Pearson
1953–1955	Allenby Chilton
1955–1958	Roger Byrne
1958–1959	Bill Foulkes
1959–1960	Dennis Viollet
1960–1962	Maurice Setters
1962–1967	Noel Cantwell
1967–1968	Denis Law
1968–1973	Bobby Charlton
1973–1974	George Graham
1974–1975	Willie Morgan
1975–1982	Martin Buchan
1982–1994	Bryan Robson
1994–1996	Steve Bruce
1996–1997	Eric Cantona
1997–2005	Roy Keane
2005–2010	Gary Neville
2010–2014	Nemanja Vidić
2014–2017	Wayne Rooney
2017–2018	Michael Carrick
2018–2019	Antonio Valencia
2019–2020	Ashley Young
2020–present	Harry Maguire

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Futbolistas del Manchester United Football Club para niños