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List of India international footballers

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This is a list of Indian international footballers, who have played for the India national football team since its foundation in 1938, before the country's independence. Players with 22 or more official caps are listed here.[1][2][3]

  • Bold denotes players still playing international football.

All statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 30 May 2026.

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# Name Career Caps Goals
1 Sunil Chhetri[4] 2005–24 157 95
2 Gurpreet Singh Sandhu[5] 2011– 86 0
3 Bhaichung Bhutia[6] 1995–2011 84 27
4 Sandesh Jhingan[7] 2015– 74 5
5 Shabbir Ali[8] 1974–84 72 23
Climax Lawrence[9] 2003–11 72 3
I. M. Vijayan[10] 1989–2004 72 29
8 Gouramangi Singh[11] 2006–13 71 6
9 Subrata Paul[12] 2007–2017 67 92 (conceded)
10 Mahesh Gawli[13] 2000–11 66 1
11 Syed Rahim Nabi[14] 2004–13 61 7
12 Anirudh Thapa[15] 2017– 59 4
13 Renedy Singh[16] 1999–2011 59 4
14 Jeje Lalpekhlua[17] 2011–2019 56 23
15 Udanta Singh Kumam[18] 2016– 55 3
16 Lallianzuala Chhangte[19] 2015– 53 9
17 Surkumar Singh Irungbam[20] 2001–11 52 2
Pritam Kotal[21] 2015– 52 0
19 Steven Dias[22] 2004–11 51 7
20 Manvir Singh[23] 2017– 49 7
21 Rahul Bheke[24] 2019– 48 3
22 Deepak Mondal[25] 1999–2011 47 0
23 Clifford Miranda[26] 2005–14 45 6
24 N. P. Pradeep[27] 2005–11 42 9
Ashique Kuruniyan[28] 2018– 42 2
Sahal Abdul Samad[29] 2019– 42 3
27 V. P. Sathyan[30][31] 1985–1995 40+ 4
28 Subhasish Bose[32] 2017– 40 0
Suresh Singh Wangjam[33] 2021– 40 1
30 Samir Subash Naik[34] 2002–12 38 0
31 Pradip Kumar Banerjee[8] 1952–67 36 19
32 Abhishek Yadav[35] 2002–11 35 4
Rowllin Borges[36] 2015–2023 35 2
Anwar Ali[37] 2022– 35 2
35 Liston Colaço 2021- 34 1
36 Jo Paul Ancheri[38] 1992–2005 33 7
Anwar Ali Sr.[39] 2008–2019 33 0
Brandon Fernandes[40] 2019– 33 1
39 Mehrajuddin Wadoo[41] 2005–11 32 2
Akash Mishra[42] 2021– 32 1
41 Mehtab Hossain[43] 2005–15 31 2
Francis Fernandes[44] 2005-2015 31 1
Nikhil Poojary[45] 2017– 31 1
44 Robin Singh[46] 2012–2019 30 5
Mahesh Singh Naorem[47] 2023– 30 1
Jeakson Singh Thounaojam[48] 2021– 30 1
47 Anthony Pereira[49] 2009–2013 29 3
Narayan Das[50] 2011–2019 29 1
49 Jewel Raja[51] 2010–2013 28 3
50 Sushil Kumar Singh[52] 2008–2012 27 2
Arnab Mondal[53] 2013–2016 27 1
Halicharan Narzary[54] 2015–2021 27 1
53 Raju Gaikwad[55] 2011–2022 25 0
54 Eugeneson Lyngdoh[56] 2015–2021 24 0
Pronay Halder[57] 2017–2022 23 1
56 Lenny Rodrigues[58] 2012–2015 22 0
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Note. There might be more footballers who have played 22 or more official international matches for India.

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