List of Crystal Palace F.C. players

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crystal Palace F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role have also been included for their contributions – Attilio Lombardo and Don Rogers for example.

For the current Crystal Palace first-team squad, see Current squad.

This page also lists recipients of the Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year and players who have been named in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for the club. For a list of all Crystal Palace players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Crystal Palace F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Crystal Palace F.C. article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.

Positions key
GK	Goalkeeper	RB	Right back	RM	Right midfielder	OR	Outside right
CB	Central back	LB	Left back	LM	Left midfielder	OL	Outside left
DF	Defender	FB	Full back	MF	Midfielder	W	Winger
FW	Forward	HB	Half back	CM	Central midfielder

Players

Peter Taylor was the first Palace player to score for England, and the second player to represent England whilst in Division Three.

Ian Wright scored 117 goals in 277 appearances, the club's record post-war goalscorer.

Geoff Thomas won nine caps for England and captained Crystal Palace to the FA Cup final in 1990.

Statistics correct as of match played 8 February 2021

Palace captain Spent time as player-manager

Name	Position	Palace career	Apps	Goals	Captaincy	Notes
Archie Needham	Various	1905–1909	112	26		[nb 1]
Wilf Innerd	CB	1905–1909	133	7	1906–1909	[nb 2]
George Woodger	OL	1905–1910	166	39	1909–1910
Harry Collyer	RB	1906–1915	281	1		[nb 3]
Jimmy Bauchop	FW	1907–1909	46	25		[nb 4]
Billy Davies	OR	1907–1908, 1910–1915	206	24		[nb 5]
Joshua Johnson	GK	1907–1919	293	0
George Garratt	DF	1908–1913	185	8
Jimmy Williams	FW	1909–1914	148	56
Joe Bulcock	RB	1909–1914	146	2
Harry Hanger	DF	1909–1915	178	8	1910–1915
Bob Spottiswood	MF	1909–1915	188	2
James Hughes	DF	1909–1920	209	15
Charles Hewitt	FW	1910–1919	155	42
Edwin Smith	FW	1911–1922	192	124
John Whibley	OL	1911–1923	150	27
Horace Colclough	LB	1912–1915	88	0		[nb 6]
Ben Bateman	OR	1913–1924	180	11
John Conner	FW	1919–1923	104	57		[nb 7]
Jack Alderson	GK	1919–1924	205	0
Jack Little	DF	1919–1926	261	0
Bill Hand	FW	1920–1925	109	16
Robert McCracken	DF	1920–1926	190	2
Albert Harry	MF	1921–1934	440	55
Bob Greener	DF	1921–1932	317	6
George Whitworth	FW	1922–1925	118	50
Cecil Blakemore	FW	1922–1927	141	56
Charles Cross	DF	1922–1928	237	0
Jimmy Hamilton	MF	1922–1931	196	5
Billy Callender	GK	1923–1932	224	0
George Clarke	OL	1925–1933	299	105
Percy Cherrett	FW	1925–1927	75	65
Bill Turner	MF	1925–1936	302	37
Stan Charlton	RB	1928–1932	136	7	1928–1930
Hubert Butler	FW	1928–1932	124	39
Tom Crilly	LB	1928–1933	126	1
Jimmy Wilde	DF	1928–1938	293	6	1930–1936
Peter Simpson	FW	1929–1935	195	165		[nb 8]
Frank Manders	FW	1931–1935	103	33
Ossie Parry	DF	1931–1936	150	0
Ronnie Dunn	GK	1931–1937	175	0
Albert Dawes	FW	1933–1939	156	92
Bob Bigg	OL	1934–1939	114	41
Ted Owens	DF	1934–1945	172	0
Nick Collins	DF	1934–1946	151	7
Jack Blackman	FW	1935–1946	107	55		[nb 9]
Fred Dawes	DF	1935–1950	237	2	1936–1937	[nb 10]
George Walker	CB	1936–1939	111	1	1938–1939
Jack Lewis	MF	1938–1949	126	6
Geoff Chilvers	DF	1942–1954	123	1
Dick Graham	GK	1945–1951	161	0
Fred Kurz	FW	1946–1951	151	48
Ron George	DF	1947–1954	125	2
Harry Briggs	DF	1947–1955	153	4
Ted Broughton	FW	1948–1954	100	6
Wally Hanlon	MF	1949–1955	129	9
Roy Bailey	GK	1949–1956	119	0
Jack Edwards	RB	1949–1959	239	0	1956–1959
Harry McDonald	LB	1950–1955	146	1
Peter Berry	OR	1951–1958	161	27
Albert "Cam" Burgess	FW	1951–1953	50	40
Bob Thomas	FW	1952–1955	102	33
Cecil Andrews	MF	1952–1956	105	11
Len Choules	DF	1952–1962	280	4
Jimmy Belcher	MF	1954–1958	138	22
Roy Greenwood	DF	1954–1959	116	0
Mike Deakin	FW	1954–1960	151	63
Bernard Harrison	MF	1955–1959	100	12
Alf Noakes	LB	1955–1962	209	14
Terry Long	DF	1955–1969	480	16
Johnny Byrne	FW	1956–1962	220	95
Vic Rouse	GK	1956–1963	257	0
Roy Summersby	FW	1958–1963	190	60
Johnny McNichol	Various	1958–1963	205	15	1958–1963
Bert Howe	DF	1958–1967	212	1
George Petchey	MF/DF	1960–1965	153	12
Bill Glazier	GK	1961–1964	113	0
Ronnie Allen	FW/MF	1961–1965	109	37	1963–1964
Brian Wood	DF	1961–1966	152	4
Alan Stephenson	CB	1961–1968	185	13	1966
Cliff Holton	FW	1962–1965	112	49
Peter Burridge	FW	1962–1965	124	50
John Sewell	RB	1963–1971	258	9	1967–1971
Bobby Kellard	MF	1963–1966, 1971–1973	137	10	1971–1973
David Payne	MF/DF	1964–1973	318	12
John Jackson	GK	1964–1974	388	0
Jack Bannister	DF	1965–1969	129	7
John McCormick	CB	1965–1973	194	6		[1]
Steve Kember	MF	1965–1971, 1978–1980	295	38	1971
Cliff Jackson	FW	1966–1970	120	30
Bobby Woodruff	MF	1966–1970	139	48
Tony Taylor	LB	1968–1974	195	8		[2]
Mel Blyth	CB	1968–1978	254	12
Gerry Queen	FW	1969–1972	127	30
Peter Wall	DF	1970–1977	208	3
Paul Hammond	GK	1971–1977	142	0
Jim Cannon	DF	1972–1988	663	34	1977–1988	[nb 11][3]
Don Rogers	MF	1972–1975	78	30
Alan Whittle	FW/MF	1972–1976	122	24
Peter Taylor	MF	1973–1976	142	39		[4]
Derek Jeffries	DF/MF	1973–1977	122	1		[5]
Dave Swindlehurst	FW	1973–1980	276	81
Roy Barry	DF	1973–1975	45	1	1973–1975
Nick Chatterton	MF	1973–1979	181	36
Paul Hinshelwood	RB	1974–1983	319	29		[6]
Ian Evans	CB	1974–1979	163	16	1975–1977
Phil Holder	MF	1975–1979	112	6
Kenny Sansom	LB	1975–1980	197	4		[7]
Ian Walsh	FW	1975–1982	133	27
Jerry Murphy	MF	1976–1985	268	25		[8]
Vince Hilaire	MF	1976–1984	293	36
Peter Nicholas	DF/MF	1976–1981, 1983–1985	174	14
Billy Gilbert	DF	1977–1984	273	4		[9]
John Burridge	GK	1978–1980	102	0
Paul Barron	GK	1980–1983	108	0		[10]
Gavin Nebbeling	CB	1981–1989	165	8
David Giles	MF	1982–1984	100	6
Henry Hughton	MF/DF	1982–1986	130	6
Gary Locke	DF	1982–1986	100	1
George Wood	GK	1983–1988	218	0		[11]
Gary Stebbing	MF	1983–1988	116	3
Phil Barber	MF	1983–1991	288	41
Alan Irvine	MF	1984–1987	125	14
Andy Gray	MF	1984–1987, 1989–1992	242	51
Tony Finnigan	MF	1985–1988	116	10
Ian Wright	FW	1985–1991	277	117		[nb 12] [12]
John Salako	MF	1986–1995	273	33
Richard Shaw	DF	1986–1995	207	3		[13]
Mark Bright	FW	1986–1992	286	114		[14]
Alan Pardew	MF	1987–1991	170	12
Geoff Thomas	MF	1987–1993	249	35	1989–1993	[nb 13] [15]
John Pemberton	RB	1988–1990	105	2
Eddie McGoldrick	RW	1988–1993	189	16		[16]
Gareth Southgate	CB/CM	1989–1995	152	15	1993–1995
Nigel Martyn	GK	1989–1996	349	0		[nb 14]
Andy Thorn	DF	1989–1994	128	3		[17]
Simon Rodger	MF	1990–2002	328	11
Eric Young	DF	1990–1995	161	15
Chris Coleman	DF	1991–1995	154	13		[18]
Chris Armstrong	FW	1992–1995	136	58
George Ndah	FW	1992–1997	101	11
Bruce Dyer	FW	1994–1998	165	44
Dougie Freedman	FW	1995–1997, 2000–2008	368	108		[19]
David Hopkin	MF	1995–1997, 2001–2002	112	25		[20]
Marc Edworthy	RB	1995–1998	151	1		[21]
Andy Roberts	MF	1995–1998	131	4	1995–1997	[22]
Steven Thomson	MF	1995–2000	122	4
Neil Shipperley	FW	1996–1998, 2003–2005	117	31	2003–2004
Andy Linighan	DF	1997–2000	128	6	1997–2000	[23]
Attilio Lombardo	RM	1997–1999	48	10		[nb 15]
Clinton Morrison	FW	1997–2002, 2005–2008	312	112
Fan Zhiyi	CB	1998–2001	102	6		[24]
Hayden Mullins	CM	1998–2003	257	20	2002–2003	[25]
Dean Austin	DF	1998–2002	167	6	2001–2002
Neil Ruddock	CB	2000–2001	26	3	2000–2001
Tommy Black	LM	2000–2007	153	17
Aki Riihilahti	CM	2001–2006	160	14
Tony Popovic	CB	2001–2006	144	8	2004–2006
Wayne Routledge	RM	2001–2005	123	10
Danny Granville	LB	2001–2007	138	10
Andy Johnson	FW	2002–2006, 2014–2015	161	85		[26]
Gary Borrowdale	LB	2002–2007	114	0
Danny Butterfield	RB	2002–2010	269	7
Shaun Derry	CM	2002–2005, 2007–2010	226	6	2008–2010
Michael Hughes	CM	2003–2007	141	10	2004–2005
Ben Watson	CM	2003–2009	189	20
Tom Soares	CM	2003–2008	162	12
Mark Hudson	CB	2003–2008	136	7	2007–2008
Gábor Király	GK	2004–2007	111	0
Julián Speroni	GK	2004–2019	405	0		[27]
Fitz Hall	CB	2004–2006	75	3	2005–2006
Emmerson Boyce	RB	2004–2006	77	2		[28]
Leon Cort	CB	2006–2008	50	7		[29]
Carl Fletcher	CM	2006–2009	74	4	2006–2007
Matthew Lawrence	DF	2006–2010	135	1
Clint Hill	DF	2007–2010	127	6
Sean Scannell	W/FW	2007–2012	141	13
Neil Danns	CM	2008–2011	114	20
Paddy McCarthy	CB	2008–2016	144	6	2010–2012
Darren Ambrose	MF	2009–2012	124	37
Nathaniel Clyne	RB	2008–2012, 2020–	150	1		[30]
Wilfried Zaha	W/FW	2010–2013, 2014–	382	66		[31]
Jonathan Parr	LB	2011–2014	101	2		[32]
Kagisho Dikgacoi	CM	2011–2014	114	8
Dean Moxey	LB	2011–2014	103	1
Glenn Murray	FW	2011–2015	125	47
Mile Jedinak	CM	2011–2016	178	10	2012–2016	[33]
Yannick Bolasie	W	2012–2016	144	13
Joel Ward	FB	2012–	259	5
Damien Delaney	CB	2012–2018	193	7
Jason Puncheon	MF	2013–2019	168	16	2017–2018
Scott Dann	CB	2014–	177	16	2016–2017	[34]
James McArthur	MF	2014–	226	19
Martin Kelly	DF	2014–	145	1
Wayne Hennessey	GK	2014–	132	0
Yohan Cabaye	CM	2015–2018	106	11		[nb 16]
Christian Benteke	FW	2016–	132	26		[nb 17]
Andros Townsend	RM	2016–	172	16
James Tomkins	CB	2016–	112	8
Luka Milivojević	CM	2017–	145	27	2018–
Patrick van Aanholt	LB	2017–	125	14
Jeffrey Schlupp	DF/MF	2017–	113	10
Aaron Wan-Bissaka	RB	2018–2019	46	0		[35]
Jordan Ayew	FW	2018–	83	12		[36]

Top goal scorer in Crystal Palace's first season 1905/06
First player to reach 100 appearances for the club
First player to be granted a testimonial match
First player to join Crystal Palace with international honours
First player to gain international honours while playing for Crystal Palace
First player to play for England while on the books of Crystal Palace
Top goal scorer in Division Three in the 1920–21 season.
Top all time goalscorer for Crystal Palace
Not including wartime appearances
Not including wartime appearances
Most all time appearances for Crystal Palace
Top post-wartime Crystal Palace goalscorer
Captained Crystal Palace's first FA Cup Final side
First goalkeeper to attract a million-pound transfer fee in English football
Palace player–manager
First player to cost Crystal Palace £10 million or more
First player to cost Crystal Palace £20 million or more

Player of the Year

Year	Winner
1972	John McCormick
1973	Tony Taylor
1974	Peter Taylor
1975	Derek Jeffries
1976	Peter Taylor
1977	Kenny Sansom
1978	Jim Cannon
1979	Kenny Sansom
1980	Paul Hinshelwood
1981	Paul Hinshelwood

Year	Winner
1982	Paul Barron
1983	Jerry Murphy
1984	Billy Gilbert
1985	Jim Cannon
1986	George Wood
1987	Jim Cannon
1988	Geoff Thomas
1989	Ian Wright
1990	Mark Bright
1991	Geoff Thomas

Year	Winner
1992	Eddie McGoldrick
1993	Andy Thorn
1994	Chris Coleman
1995	Richard Shaw
1996	Andy Roberts
1997	David Hopkin
1998	Marc Edworthy
1999	Hayden Mullins
2000	Andy Linighan
2001	Fan Zhiyi

Year	Winner
2002	Dougie Freedman
2003	Hayden Mullins
2004	Andrew Johnson
2005	Andrew Johnson
2006	Emmerson Boyce
2007	Leon Cort
2008	Julián Speroni
2009	Julián Speroni
2010	Julián Speroni
2011	Nathaniel Clyne

Year	Winner
2012	Jonathan Parr
2013	Mile Jedinak
2014	Julián Speroni
2015	Scott Dann
2016	Wilfried Zaha
2017	Wilfried Zaha
2018	Wilfried Zaha
2019	Aaron Wan-Bissaka
2020	Jordan Ayew

Young Player of the Year

Gary Stebbing – 1983
Gary Stebbing – 1984
Dave Lindsay – 1985
Richard Shaw – 1986
John Salako – 1987
John Salako – 1988
David Stevens – 1989
Simon Osborn – 1990
Dean Gordon – 1991

Mark Hawthorne – 1992
George Ndah – 1993
Brian Launders – 1994
No award from 1995–2001
Julian Gray – 2002
Wayne Routledge – 2003
Wayne Routledge – 2004
Tom Soares – 2005
Ben Watson – 2006

Development Player of the Year

The Young Player of the Year award was renamed Development Player of the Year in 2015.

Sullay Kaikai - 2015

Hiram Boateng - 2016

Aaron Wan-Bissaka - 2018

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year while playing for Crystal Palace:

Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
Peter Taylor – Third Division 1975 (Third Tier)
Ian Evans – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
Derek Jeffries – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
Peter Taylor – Third Division 1976 (Third Tier)
Ian Evans – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
Kenny Sansom – Third Division 1977 (Third Tier)
Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1978 (Second Tier)
Kenny Sansom – Second Division 1979 (Second Tier)
Kenny Sansom – First Division 1980 (First Tier)
Mark Bright – Second Division 1988 (Second Tier)

Ian Wright – Second Division 1989 (Second Tier)
Nigel Martyn – First Division 1994 (Second Tier)
Dean Gordon – First Division 1996 (Second Tier)
Dougie Freedman – First Division 2002 (Second Tier)
Andrew Johnson – First Division 2004 (Second Tier)
Andrew Johnson – Premier League 2005 (First Tier)
Nathaniel Clyne – Championship 2012 (Second Tier)
Glenn Murray – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
Wilfried Zaha – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)
Yannick Bolasie – Championship 2013 (Second Tier)

References

Player of the year in 1972
Player of the year in 1973
Player of the year in 1978, 1985 and 1987
Player of the year in 1974 and 1976
Player of the year in 1975
Player of the year in 1980 and 1981
Player of the year in 1977 and 1979
Player of the year in 1983
Player of the year in 1984
Player of the year in 1982
Player of the year in 1986
Player of the year in 1989
Player of the year in 1995
Player of the year in 1990
Player of the year in 1988 and 1991
Player of the year in 1992
Player of the year in 1993
Player of the year in 1994
Player of the year in 2002
Player of the year in 1997
Player of the year in 1998
Player of the year in 1996
Player of the year in 2000
Player of the year in 2001
Player of the year in 1999 and 2003
Player of the year in 2004 and 2005
Player of the year in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014
Player of the year in 2006
Player of the year in 2007
Player of the year in 2011
Player of the year in 2016, 2017 & 2018
Player of the year in 2012
Player of the year in 2013
Player of the year in 2015
Player of the year in 2019
Player of the year in 2020

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[1] Top goal scorer in Crystal Palace's first season 1905/06

[2] First player to reach 100 appearances for the club

[3] First player to be granted a testimonial match

[4] First player to join Crystal Palace with international honours

[5] First player to gain international honours while playing for Crystal Palace

[6] First player to play for England while on the books of Crystal Palace

[7] Top goal scorer in Division Three in the 1920–21 season.

[8] Top all time goalscorer for Crystal Palace

[9] Not including wartime appearances

[10] Not including wartime appearances

[13] Most all time appearances for Crystal Palace

[23] Top post-wartime Crystal Palace goalscorer

[27] Captained Crystal Palace's first FA Cup Final side

[30] First goalkeeper to attract a million-pound transfer fee in English football

[38] Palace player–manager

[50] First player to cost Crystal Palace £10 million or more

[51] First player to cost Crystal Palace £20 million or more

[11] Player of the year in 1972

[12] Player of the year in 1973

[14] Player of the year in 1978, 1985 and 1987

[15] Player of the year in 1974 and 1976

[16] Player of the year in 1975

[17] Player of the year in 1980 and 1981

[18] Player of the year in 1977 and 1979

[19] Player of the year in 1983

[20] Player of the year in 1984

[21] Player of the year in 1982

[22] Player of the year in 1986

[24] Player of the year in 1989

[25] Player of the year in 1995

[26] Player of the year in 1990

[28] Player of the year in 1988 and 1991

[29] Player of the year in 1992

[31] Player of the year in 1993

[32] Player of the year in 1994

[33] Player of the year in 2002

[34] Player of the year in 1997

[35] Player of the year in 1998

[36] Player of the year in 1996

[37] Player of the year in 2000

[39] Player of the year in 2001

[40] Player of the year in 1999 and 2003

[41] Player of the year in 2004 and 2005

[42] Player of the year in 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2014

[43] Player of the year in 2006

[44] Player of the year in 2007

[45] Player of the year in 2011

[46] Player of the year in 2016, 2017 & 2018

[47] Player of the year in 2012

[48] Player of the year in 2013

[49] Player of the year in 2015

[52] Player of the year in 2019

[53] Player of the year in 2020

Crystal Palace Football Club
Players Player of the Year Managers Current Season
Club	Crystal Palace F.C. Original 1861 club
History	History Seasons Records and Statistics
Grounds	Crystal Palace Stadium Herne Hill Velodrome The Nest Selhurst Park
Rivalries	Rivalry with Brighton & Hove Albion South London derby
Subsidiary teams	U23s / Academy Crystal Palace Women