List of Reading F.C. players

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This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.

Key

  • The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.

Club years

  • Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

  • League and total appearances prior to the Second World War are sourced to Joyce (2004),[1] from 1946–47 to 1989–90 to the Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database,[2] from 1990–91 to 1995–96 to Royals Record,[3][4] and for the 1996–97 season onwards to Soccerbase.[5] Reading's top 10 all time appearances makers and goalscorers are listed on the club's official website,[6] while statistics of selected players from all era's are also available at the Reading F.C. Former Players' Association.[7]

International career

  • Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
  • A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams[8] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[9] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.

Players with 100 or more appearances

As of match played 2 May 2026
More information Name, Position ...
NamePositionClub careerLeague
apps		League
goals		Total
apps		Total
goals		International careerRefs
Joe Bailey FW ????–1921 186 75 186+ 75+ [16]
Joe DuckworthGK1924?–1930?2020202+0—
Albert HayhurstDF1933–193823712237+12+—
Billy WrightMF1933–1938??1935—[17]
Tommy TaitFW1934–193914479144+103—
Jimmy WheelerFW1948–1964406147453168—
Eddie McLaren DF 1952–1959 184 2 207 3 —
Ray ReevesDF1952–19612842831732—
Maurice EvansMF1955–19674071345916—
Dennis AllenFW1961–19703368537795—
Colin MeldrumDF1962–197026683049—
Les ChappellMF1969–19742017824190—
Gordon CummingMF1969–19772955133161—
Steve DeathGK1969–198247105370—
Robin FridayFW1973–197612146121+53—
Ray HironFW1975–1978921410614—
Gary PetersDF1975–1979, 1985–19882561029412—
Paul BennettDF1976–197910531243—
Richie BowmanMF1976–198019430194+30+—
Mark WhiteDF1976–19882781132013—
Jerry WilliamsMF1976–19883091735717+—
Pat EarlesFW1977–19822476828485—
Alan LewisDF1977–198214951737—
Martin HicksDF1978–19915002360326—[a]
Mike KearneyFW1978–198314536145+36+—
Lawrie SanchezMF1978–19842622830531 Northern Ireland
Steve WoodDF1979–198721992519—
Stuart BeavonMF1980–19903964448155—
Kerry DixonFW1980–19831165113357 England
Steve RichardsonDF1982–199338034573—
Trevor SeniorFW1983–1987, 1988–1992301153362191—[b]
Michael GilkesMF1984–19973934348652 Barbados
Steve FrancisGK1987–199321602590—
Linden JonesDF1987–1992152819014 Wales
Steve MoranFW1987–19911163014338 England under-21
Mick TaitMF1987–199099913314—
Mick GoodingMF1989–19973142636830—[c]
Scott TaylorMF1989–19952072424829—
Ady WilliamsDF1989–1996, 2000–20043351839623 Wales
Stuart LovellFW1990–19982275826667 Australia
Keith McPhersonDF1990–199927183169—
Kevin DillonMF1991–199410141195 England under-21
Shaka HislopGK1992–199510401260 Trinidad and Tobago
Jeff HopkinsDF1992–199713131564 Wales
Jamie LambertMF1992–19991241615120—
Phil ParkinsonMF1992–20033622042524—
Jimmy QuinnFW1992–19971827121694 Northern Ireland[c]
Dylan KerrDF1993–19968951045—
Andy BernalDF1994–200018722244 Australia
Lee NoganFW1995–1997912610229 Wales
Martin WilliamsFW1995–20001272615629—
Darren CaskeyMF1996–20012033523245 England under-19
Barry HunterDF1996–20018641006 Northern Ireland
Scott HowieGK1997–20018501020 Scotland under-21
Linvoy PrimusDF1997–20009411131—
Jim McIntyreFW1998–20011001411316—
Graeme MurtyDF1998–200930623392 Scotland
Nicky ForsterFW1999–20051875921567 England under-21
Phil WhiteheadGK1999–20039701080—
Martin ButlerFW2000–20051033211836—
Jamie CuretonFW2000–20031135112755 England under-18
Sammy IgoeMF2000–20039071057—
Ricky NewmanMF2000–200511401372—
Marcus HahnemannGK2001–200928403030 United States
James HarperMF2001–20103162534826—
Andrew HughesMF2001–20051661818318—
John SalakoMF2001–20041111312114 England
Nicky ShoreyDF2001–2008, 2012–20132841231713 England
Ivar IngimarssonDF2003–20112511128112 Iceland
Dave KitsonFW2003–2008, 20091475616062—
Glen LittleMF2003–2008, 200911261236—
Steve SidwellMF2003–20071702918730 England under-21
Bobby ConveyMF2004–20099871128 United States
Ibrahima SonkoDF2004–200812781368 Senegal
Kevin DoyleFW2005–20091555516356 Republic of Ireland[d]
Adam FedericiGK2005–201519612291 Australia
Brynjar GunnarssonMF2005–2013142916310 Iceland
Stephen HuntMF2005–20091561717321 Republic of Ireland
Leroy LitaFW2005–2009832010032 England under-21
Shane LongFW2005–2011, 2022–20232044523556 Republic of Ireland
Alex PearceDF2006–20152011422615 Republic of Ireland
Simon ChurchFW2007–20131042212224 Wales
Jem KaracanMF2007–20151551117512Turkey Turkey A2[19][e]
Hal Robson-KanuMF2007–20161972422730 Wales
Noel HuntFW2008–20131453316239 Republic of Ireland
Jimmy KébéMF2008–20131752919031 Mali
Jobi McAnuffMF2009–20141891420616 Jamaica[f]
Jay TabbMF2009–20138901050 Republic of Ireland under-21
Mikele LeigertwoodMF2010–201497710910 Antigua and Barbuda
Jordan ObitaMF2010–202016351917 England under-21
Adam Le FondreFW2011–20141043911041—
Chris GunterDF2012–202028023144 Wales
Garath McClearyMF2012–20202422327027 Jamaica
Pavel PogrebnyakFW2012–2015942410628 Russia
Danny WilliamsMF2013–20171351315614 United States
Paul McShaneDF2015–20199631034 Republic of Ireland[g]
Liam MooreDF2016–202321982338 Jamaica[h]
John SwiftMF2016–20221873220234 England under-21
Tyler BlackettDF2016–202011001220 England under-21
Yakou MéïtéFW2016–20231564216547 Ivory Coast
Andy RinomhotaMF2018–2022, 2025–12831424—
Omar RichardsDF2017–20219321043 England under-21
Sone AlukoFW2017–20219361026 Nigeria
Andy YiadomDF2018–202624442534 Ghana
Ovie EjariaMF2019, 2019–2020, 2020–202312491279 England under-21
Michael MorrisonDF2019–202210881138—
Lucas JoãoFW2019–20231164211945 Portugal
 Angola
Tom HolmesDF2016–2024, 202412511331—
Tom McIntyreDF2016–202410561177 Scotland under-21
Amadou MbengueMF2022–2023, 2023–20259721093 Senegal under-23
Harvey KnibbsFW2023–2025892510032—
Lewis WingMF2023–1343014734—
Charlie SavageMF2023–1281014214 Wales
Kelvin EhibhatiomhanFW2021–1231913927—
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Players with fewer than 100 appearances

Main articles: List of Reading F.C. players (fewer than 25 appearances) and List of Reading F.C. players (25–99 appearances)

Notes

  1. [a]
    Club record appearances.[6]
  2. [b]
    Club record goals.[6]
  3. [c]
    Joint player-manager 1994–1997.[18]
  4. [d]
    Most capped Reading player.[15]
  5. [e]
    Club captain 2014–2015.
  6. [f]
    Club captain 2011–2014.[20]
  7. [g]
    Club captain 2015–2019.
  8. [h]
    Club captain 2019–2022.[21][22]

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