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Blackburn Rovers Football Club was founded in 1875, first entered the FA Cup four years later, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. The club's first team have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one Full Members' Cup. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Rovers career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team(s) for which the player was selected.

Key

  • Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname.
  • Appearances as a substitute are included.
  • Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the 2023–24 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season.
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Positions key
GK Goalkeeper
DF Defender
FB Full back
CD Central defender
MF Midfielder
CH Centre half
WH Wing half
W Winger
FW Forward
IF Inside forward
CF Centre forward
U Utility player
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Player
Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
Players marked ‡ have won the Blackburn Rovers F.C. Player of the Year award.[1]
Position
Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
League appearances and League goals
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League and the Premier League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, EFL Trophy and predecessors, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup, and FA Charity Shield. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.
International selection
Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except for players who competed for more than one country, for whom the highest level reached for each country is shown.

Players with 100 or more appearances

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Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection
Player Pos. Club career League Total International
selection		 Notes Refs.
Apps Goals Apps Goals
Jimmy Forrest WH1883–189514821957 England[2]
Nat Walton IF/GK1884–18931103713949 England[3]
Jack Southworth CF1887–189310897132121 England[4]
Billy Townley W1887–1892
1893–1894		973712351 England[a][6]
John Forbes FB1888–189410611272—[2]
Tom Brandon FB1889–1891
1893–1900		21622452 Scotland[7]
Harry Campbell IF1889–1894982211326 Scotland[8]
Geordie Dewar CH/WH1889–1897174719610 Scotland[9]
Harry Chippendale W1891–18971345014752 England[8]
Geordie Anderson CH1892–1897
1898–1900		1781920020—[L 1][10]
John Murray FB1892–189610901220—[11]
Adam Ogilvie GK1893–189710801200—[12]
Tom Booth WH1896–19001111012311 England[7]
Kelly Houlker WH1896–1902
1906–1909		15121632 England[13]
Bob Crompton FB1897–19205291457614 England[b][8]
Fred Blackburn W1898–19051922520631 England[7]
Bob Haworth CH/WH1898–190312251295—[13]
Jack Dewhurst CF1899–19031694318247—[9]
Sammy McClure CH1899–19061441215212—[11]
Arnie Whittaker W1899–19082505726557—[3]
Willie McIver GK1901–190812601320—[11]
Adam Bowman FW1903–1907994210443—[7]
Billy Bradshaw WH1903–19203863642639 England[7]
Bob Evans GK1903–190810401130 Wales[15]
Sam Wolstenholme WH1904–19089811052 England[3]
Arthur Cowell FB1905–191927803050 England[8]
Bill Davies CF1905–19121326714370 Wales[9]
Walter Aitkenhead IF/HB1906–19152107523995 Scotland[10]
Eddie Latheron IF1906–191525694281104 England[16]
Tommy Suttie FB1907–191510301100—[4]
Albert Walmsley WH1907–192027263006—[3]
Walter Anthony W1908–19141491116414—[10]
Jimmy Ashcroft GK1908–191311401290 England[10]
George Chapman CH/CF1908–1910
1911–1915		1383415242—[8]
Percy Smith CH1910–192017251936—[4]
Alfred Robinson GK1911–192014401570—[17]
Jock Simpson W1911–19151511516922 England[4]
Joe Hodkinson W1913–19232281924420 England[13]
Danny Shea IF1913–1920976210565 England[4]
Percy Dawson CF1914–19231407115173—[9]
Ernest Hawksworth IF1919–1924963410034—[13]
Harry Healless WH/CH1919–19323601239713 England[13]
Peter Holland FW1919–19281162412525—[13]
Frank Reilly CH1919–192312781389—[17]
Dave Rollo FB1919–192620752256 Ireland[17]
Ronnie Sewell GK1920–192722702480 England[4]
Jock McKay IF1921–19271504616149 Scotland[11]
Jimmy McKinnell WH1921–192611101240—[11]
Tom Wylie FB1921–192517401910—[3]
Johnny McIntyre IF/WH1922–19271753819438—[11]
Austen Campbell WH1923–192916171849 England[8]
John Crisp W1923–1926981810819—[8]
Ted Harper CF1923–1927
1933–1934		171121177122 England[13]
Jack Roscamp WH/FW1923–19322233725144—[17]
Robert Roxburgh FB1924–193011401280—[17]
Jock Crawford GK1925–193215501730—[8]
Syd Puddefoot IF1925–19322507927687 England[18]
Arthur Rigby W1925–19291564116944 England[17]
Jock Hutton FB1926–193212741465 Scotland[13]
Herbert Jones FB1926–193324702610 England[19]
Tommy McLean IF1927–19352474427549—[11]
Willie Rankin CH1927–193214441624—[17]
Jack Bruton W1929–1938324108344115 England[c][7]
Bill Imrie WH1929–19341652317624—[20]
Tom Turner W1929–19361132411524—[6]
Cliff Binns GK1930–193618301960—[7]
Jesse Carver CH1930–193614321462—[8]
Arthur Cunliffe W1930–19331294714055 England[8]
Jimmy Gorman FB1931–193721302250—[21]
Ernie Thompson CF1931–19361718217984—[6]
Walter Crook FB1932–194721822372 England wartime[d][8]
Bob Pryde CH1933–19493201134511—[18]
Arnold Whiteside WH1933–194921832393—[3]
Len Butt IF1937–19461104411748—[7]
Bobby Langton W1938–1948
1953–1956		2125723058 England[16]
Eric Bell WH1946–195632393339—[13]
Jackie Campbell U1946–19552241924520—[8]
Jack Patterson GK1946–195610701120—[18]
Les Graham FW1947–19521504215744—[21]
David Gray FB1947–195310751115—[21]
Eddie Crossan IF1948–19572877330274 Northern Ireland[8]
Bill Eckersley FB1948–19604062043221 England[15]
Jackie Wharton W1948–19521291513817—[3]
Ron Suart FB/CH1949–195517601870—[4]
Ronnie Clayton WH1951–19695811566516 England[8]
Reg Elvy GK1951–195619202080—[15]
Willie Kelly CH1951–195618612021—[23]
Eddie Quigley IF1951–19561599216695—[e][24]
Tommy Briggs CF1952–1957194140204143 England B[7]
Bill Smith U1952–19601191012812—[4]
Bryan Douglas FW1954–1969438101503115 England[9]
Ken Taylor FB1954–196920002330—[6]
Roy Vernon IF1955–19601314914452 Wales[25]
Peter Dobing FW1956–196117988205104 England U23[9]
Harry Leyland GK1956–196116601880—[16]
Ally MacLeod W1956–19611934721853 Scottish Schools[11]
Mick McGrath WH1956–1965268831212 Republic of Ireland[11]
Matt Woods CH1956–196326023073—[3]
John Bray FB1959–196515321842—[7]
Mike England CH1959–19661652118421 Wales[15]
Andy McEvoy IF/WH1959–196718389213103 Republic of Ireland[11]
Fred Pickering CF1959–1964
1971		1346115874 England[18]
Keith Newton FB1960–1969306935710 England[26]
John Byrom W1961–19661245014964—[7]
Fred Else GK1961–196618702210—[15]
Mike Ferguson W1962–19682202924936—[2]
Mike Harrison W1962–19671604018143—[13]
Walter Joyce MF1964–196712041354—[19]
Dick Mulvaney CD1964–197114141514—[11]
Malcolm Darling FW1965–19701283014134—[9]
Eamonn Rogers MF1965–19711653018339 Republic of Ireland[17]
George Sharples WH/CH1965–196910351135 England U18[4]
Billy Wilson FB1965–197124702770—[3]
John Connelly W1966–19701493616439 England[8]
Adam Blacklaw GK1967–19709601100—[7]
Don Martin CF1968–19752245725563—[11][27]
Stuart Metcalfe MF1968–1980
1983		3872145126 England U18[11][27]
Roger Jones GK1970–197624202770 England U23[19][27]
Tony Parkes MF1970–19813503840946—[f][18][27]
Mick Wood FB1970–197814821704—[3][27]
Preben Arentoft MF/DF1971–19749431083—[10]
Derek Fazackerley ‡ CD1971–19865962468926—[g][2][27]
Tony Field FW1971–19741064512054—[2]
Terry Garbett MF1971–19749061037—[21]
Mick Heaton FB1971–197617111941—[13][27]
John Waddington CD/MF1973–19791481817520—[3][27]
Ken Beamish FW1974–1976861810428—[7][27]
Graham Hawkins CD1974–197710941314—[13][27]
Kevin Hird MF/FB1974–19791322016021—[13][27]
John Bailey FB1975–197912011441 England B[7][27]
Glenn Keeley CH1976–19873702343124 England U18[23][27]
Noel Brotherston W1977–19873174038154 Northern Ireland[7][27]
John Butcher GK1977–198010401220—[7][27]
Simon Garner ‡ CF1978–1992484168570194—[h][21][27]
Jim Branagan FB1979–198729453385—[7][27]
Mick Rathbone ‡ FB1979–198727323102—[17][27]
John Lowey CF/MF1980–19861411415616—[16][27]
Terry Gennoe ‡ GK1981–199028903340 England U18[21][27]
David Hamilton MF1981–198611471237—[13]
Ian Miller W1981–19892681630518—[11]
David Mail ‡ CD1982–199020642484—[11]
Simon Barker ‡ MF1983–19881823520841 England U21[i][7]
Mark Patterson W1983–19881012011522—[18]
Chris Thompson CF1983–1986852410026—[6]
Scott Sellars ‡ MF1986–19922023524541 England[4]
Howard Gayle ‡ FW1987–19911162914434 England U21[21][30]
Colin Hendry ‡ CD1987–1989
1991–1998		3363440835 Scotland[13][30]
Keith Hill CD1987–19929641135—[13]
John Millar FB/MF1987–199112611511 Scotland U18[11]
Bobby Mimms GK1987
1991–1995		13401620 England[L 2][11][30]
Nicky Reid MF1987–1992174920910 England U21[17]
Chris Sulley FB1987–199113431563—[4]
Mark Atkins FB/MF1988–19952573431439—[10][30]
David May CD1989–199412321515—[11]
Kevin Moran ‡ CD1990–19941471017312 Republic of Ireland[11]
Jason Wilcox W1990–19992693131234 England[3][30]
Mike Newell FW1991–19961302816748 England B[26][30][31]
Stuart Ripley W1992–19981871322816 England[17][30]
Alan Shearer ‡ FW1992–1996138112171130 England[4][30]
Tim Sherwood MF1992–19992462530031 England[L 3][4][30][32]
Henning Berg DF1993–1997
2000–2003		25072967 Norway[L 4][j][7][30][33]
Tim Flowers GK1993–199917702170 England[2][30]
Kevin Gallacher FW1993–19991444616953 Scotland[21][30]
Graeme Le Saux FB1993–199712971547 England[34]
Chris Sutton ‡ FW1994–19991304716159 England[35]
Jeff Kenna FB1995–200115511941 Republic of Ireland[36]
Billy McKinlay MF1995–19999031034 Scotland[37]
Garry Flitcroft MF1996–20052461428020 England U21[38][39]
Damien Duff ‡ W1997–20031842722335 Republic of Ireland[40]
David Dunn MF1998–2003
2007–2015		3165037859 England[41][30]
Keith Gillespie W1998–200311351376 Northern Ireland[42]
Martin Taylor CD1998–20048851256 England U21[43]
Matt Jansen ‡ FW1999–20051534418257 England U21[30]
Craig Short DF1999–200513441465—[44]
Brad Friedel ‡ GK2000–200828813571 United States[45]
Nils-Eric Johansson DF2001–20058601102 Sweden[46]
Tugay Kerimoğlu ‡ MF2001–20092331029412 Turkey[47]
Lucas Neill DF/MF2001–200718852278 Australia[48]
Andy Cole FW2002–2004832710037 England[k][49]
Andy Todd ‡ DF2002–20078841135—[50]
Brett Emerton W2003–20112471329419 Australia[51][52]
Steven Reid MF2003–201011361348
[53][54]
Morten Gamst Pedersen MF2004–20132883534947 Norway[55]
David Bentley ‡ MF2005–2008
2013		1071314021 England[L 5][56]
Aaron Mokoena DF2005–200910101392 South Africa[57]
Ryan Nelsen DF2005–201117282088 New Zealand[58]
Robbie Savage MF2005–20077611003 Wales[59]
Benni McCarthy FW2006–20101093714052 South Africa[60]
Jason Roberts FW2006–20111342415628 Grenada[61]
Martin Olsson DF/MF2007–201311731425 Sweden[62]
Christopher Samba CD2007–20111611618518 Congo[63]
Stephen Warnock ‡ DF/MF2007–20098851096 England[64]
Paul Robinson ‡ GK2008–201418902010 England[65]
Gaël Givet DF2009
2009–2013		11531325 France[L 6][66]
Grant Hanley ‡ DF2009–201618372008 Scotland[67]
Scott Dann DF2011–20149851067 England U21[68]
Jason Lowe MF2011–201717311961 England U21[69]
Marcus Olsson ‡ DF2012–201610411141 Sweden[70]
Jordan Rhodes ‡ FW2012–20161598316985 Scotland[k][72]
Corry Evans MF2013–202120642195 Northern Ireland[73]
Ben Marshall MF2013–20171261114015 England U21[74]
Craig Conway MF2014–20191781920022 Scotland[75]
Jason Steele GK2014–201711301200
[76]
Darragh Lenihan DF2015–2022233925210 Republic of Ireland[77]
Ryan Nyambe DF2015–202218302010 Namibia[78]
David Raya GK2015–20199801080 Spain[79]
Sam Gallagher * FW2016–2017
2019–2024		2224523747
[L 7][80][30][81]
Elliott Bennett MF2016–202117781929—[82]
Danny Graham ‡ FW2016
2016–2020		1765219157 England U20[L 8][83][84]
Charlie Mulgrew DF2016–20191002710927 Scotland[85]
Derrick Williams ‡ DF2016–202013861526 Republic of Ireland[86]
Bradley Dack ‡ MF2017–20231585017357—[87]
Lewis Travis * DF2017–202523982548—[88]
Adam Armstrong ‡ FW2018–20211515816064 England U21[L 9][89]
Ben Brereton Díaz FW2018–20231604517747
[L 10][90][91]
Joe Rothwell MF2018–20221491016111 England U20[92][30]
John Buckley * MF2019–202514861709—[93]
Tyrhys Dolan * FW2020–20251922321126 England U20[30]
Thomas Kaminski ‡ GK2020–202311501180 Belgium[30]
Harry Pickering * DF2021–present12441394—[94]
Scott Wharton * DF2016–present9251089—[95]
Joe Rankin-Costello * MF2017–202511561318—[96]
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Billy Townley played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals; in the second, in 1891, he became the first man to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final as Blackburn beat Sheffield Wednesday 6–1.[5]
  2. [b]
    Bob Crompton was manager of Blackburn from 1926 to 1931 and again from 1938 to 1941.[14]
  3. [c]
    Jack Bruton was manager of Blackburn from 1947 to 1949.[14]
  4. [d]
    Walter Crook set a club record for most consecutive League appearances, with 208 between 1934 and 1946.[22]
  5. [e]
    Eddie Quigley was manager of Blackburn from 1967 to 1970.[14]
  6. [f]
    Tony Parkes was caretaker manager of Blackburn on six separate occasions between 1986 and 2004.[28]
  7. [g]
    Derek Fazackerley holds the club record for most league appearances with 596.[22]
  8. [h]
    Simon Garner holds the club goalscoring record, with 168 in league competition.[22]
  9. [i]
    Simon Barker's 1988 sale to Queens Park Rangers set a then club record for fee received of £400,000.[29]
  10. [j]
    Henning Berg of Norway holds the record for most senior international caps as a Blackburn player.[22] He briefly managed the club in 2012.[14]
  11. [k]
    Blackburn's record fee paid for a player, of £8,000,000, is shared by Andy Cole, who signed from Manchester United in 2001, and Jordan Rhodes, who joined from Huddersfield Town in 2012.[71]

Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source.

  1. [1]
    New Brighton Tower
  2. [2]
    Everton
  3. [3]
    Norwich City
  4. [4]
    Manchester United
  5. [5]
    Tottenham Hotspur
  6. [6]
    Olympique Marseille
  7. [7]
    Southampton
  8. [8]
    Sunderland
  9. [9]
    Newcastle United
  10. [10]
    Nottingham Forest

Sources

  • Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers The Official Encyclopedia. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-873626-70-2.
  • Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005–2006. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
  • Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.

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