| ENGLAND PLAYERS APPEARANCES & GOALS 1872-2010 (20 or more caps) | ||||||||
| Player | Club(s) | Pos | Starts | Sub | Apps | Goals | ||
| Shilton, Peter Leslie | Leicester City, Stoke City, Nottingham Forest, Southampton, Derby County | G | 125 | 0 | 125 | 0 | ||
| Beckham, David Robert Joseph | Manchester United, Real Madrid (Spain), LA Galaxy (US), AC Milan (Italy) | C/RM | 101 | 14 | 115 | 17 | ||
| Moore, Robert Frederick Chelsea | West Ham United | RH/CD | 108 | 0 | 108 | 2 | ||
| Charlton, Robert | Manchester United | OL/CF/M | 105 | 1 | 106 | 49 | ||
| Wright, William Ambrose | Wolverhampton Wanderers | CH | 105 | 0 | 105 | 3 | ||
| Robson, Bryan | West Bromwich Albion, Manchester United | M | 90 | 0 | 90 | 26 | ||
| Owen, Michael James | Liverpool, Real Madrid (Spain), Newcastle United | F | 77 | 12 | 89 | 40 | ||
| Sansom, Kenneth Graham | Crystal Palace, Arsenal | LB | 85 | 1 | 86 | 1 | ||
| Neville, Gary Alexander | Manchester United | RB | 80 | 5 | 85 | 0 | ||
| Wilkins, Raymond Colin | Chelsea, Manchester United, Milan (Italy) | M | 78 | 6 | 84 | 3 | ||
| Lineker, Gary Winston | Leicester City, Everton, Barcelona (Spain), Tottenham Hotspur | F | 74 | 6 | 80 | 48 | ||
| Barnes, John Charles Bryan | Watford, Liverpool | OL | 65 | 14 | 79 | 11 | ||
| Gerrard, Steven George | Liverpool | M | 76 | 2 | 78 | 16 | ||
| Pearce, Stuart | Nottingham Forest, West Ham United | LB | 74 | 4 | 78 | 5 | ||
| Lampard, Frank James | West Ham United, Chelsea | M | 66 | 11 | 77 | 20 | ||
| Cole, Ashley | Arsenal, Chelsea | LB | 77 | 0 | 77 | 0 | ||
| Butcher, Terence Ian | Ipswich Town, Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) | CD | 77 | 0 | 77 | 3 | ||
| Ferdinand, Rio Gavin | West Ham United, Leeds United, Manchester United | CD | 70 | 6 | 76 | 3 | ||
| Finney, Thomas | Preston North End | OR/L/CF | 76 | 0 | 76 | 30 | ||
| Seaman, David Andrew | Queens Park Rangers, Arsenal | G | 72 | 3 | 75 | 0 | ||
| Banks, Gordon | Leicester City, Stoke City | G | 73 | 0 | 73 | 0 | ||
| Campbell, Sulzeer Jeremiah | Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth | D | 67 | 6 | 73 | 1 | ||
| Ball, Alan James | Blackpool, Everton, Arsenal | M | 69 | 3 | 72 | 8 | ||
| Peters, Martin Stanford | West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur | M | 64 | 3 | 67 | 20 | ||
| Adams, Tony Alexander | Arsenal | CD | 66 | 0 | 66 | 5 | ||
| Scholes, Paul | Manchester United | M | 64 | 2 | 66 | 14 | ||
| Watson, David Vernon | Sunderland, Manchester City, Werder Bremen (W Germany), Southampton, Stoke City | CH | 63 | 2 | 65 | 4 | ||
| Wilson, Ramon | Huddersfield Town, Everton | LB | 62 | 1 | 63 | 0 | ||
| Keegan, Joseph Kevin | Liverpool, SV Hamburg (West Germany), Southampton | F | 62 | 1 | 63 | 21 | ||
| Shearer, Alan | Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United | CF | 61 | 2 | 63 | 30 | ||
| Hughes, Emlyn Walter | Liverpool, Wolverhampton Wanderers | LB | 59 | 3 | 62 | 1 | ||
| Waddle, Christopher Roland | Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Olympique de Marseille (France) | OL | 48 | 14 | 62 | 6 | ||
| Platt, David Andrew | Aston Villa, Bari (Italy), Juventus (Italy), Sampdoria (Italy), Arsenal | M | 55 | 7 | 62 | 27 | ||
| Clemence, Raymond Neal | Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur | G | 60 | 1 | 61 | 0 | ||
| Terry, John George | Chelsea | CD | 58 | 1 | 59 | 6 | ||
| Beardsley, Peter Andrew | Newcastle United, Liverpool, Newcastle United | F | 46 | 13 | 59 | 9 | ||
| Walker, Desmond Sinclair | Nottingham Forest, Sampdoria (Italy), Sheffield Wednesday | CD | 56 | 3 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Neville, Philip John | Manchester United, Everton | RB | 36 | 23 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Rooney, Wayne Mark | Everton, Manchester United | F | 54 | 4 | 58 | 25 | ||
| Heskey, Emile William Ivanhoe | Leicester City, Liverpool, Birmingham City, Wigan Athletic, Aston Villa | F | 38 | 19 | 57 | 7 | ||
| Greaves, James Peter | Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur | IF | 57 | 0 | 57 | 44 | ||
| Gascoigne, Paul John | Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio (Italy), Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), Middlesbrough | M | 46 | 11 | 57 | 10 | ||
| Southgate, Gareth | Aston Villa, Middlesbrough | CD | 44 | 13 | 57 | 2 | ||
| Haynes, John Norman | Fulham | IL | 56 | 0 | 56 | 18 | ||
| Matthews, Stanley | Stoke City, Blackpool | OR | 54 | 0 | 54 | 11 | ||
| Cole, Joseph John | West Ham United, Chelsea | M | 31 | 22 | 53 | 10 | ||
| Hoddle, Glenn | Tottenham Hotspur, Monaco (France) | M | 43 | 10 | 53 | 8 | ||
| Ince, Paul Emerson Carlyle | Manchester United, Internazionale Milano (Italy), Liverpool, Middlesbrough | M | 50 | 3 | 53 | 2 | ||
| Francis, Trevor John | Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Manchester City, Sampdoria (Italy) | F | 42 | 10 | 52 | 12 | ||
| Sheringham, Edward Paul | Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Tottenham Hotspur | F | 30 | 21 | 51 | 11 | ||
| Neal, Philip George | Liverpool | RB | 49 | 1 | 50 | 5 | ||
| James, David Benjamin | Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester City, Portsmouth | G | 39 | 10 | 49 | 0 | ||
| Flowers, Ronald | Wolverhampton Wanderers | R/ | 48 | 1 | 49 | 10 | ||
| Hurst, Geoffrey Charles | West Ham United | F | 47 | 2 | 49 | 24 | ||
| Dickinson, James William | Portsmouth | L/ | 48 | 0 | 48 | 0 | ||
| Bell, Colin | Manchester City | M | 45 | 3 | 48 | 9 | ||
| Brooking, Trevor David | West Ham United | M | 42 | 5 | 47 | 5 | ||
| Channon, Michael Roger | Southampton, Manchester City | F | 44 | 2 | 46 | 21 | ||
| Stevens, Michael Gary | Everton, Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) | RB | 45 | 1 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Wright, Mark | Southampton, Derby County, Liverpool | CD | 42 | 3 | 45 | 1 | ||
| Armfield, James Christopher | Blackpool | RB | 43 | 0 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Woods, Christopher Charles Eric | Norwich City, Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), Sheffield Wednesday | G | 34 | 9 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Keown, Martin Raymond | Everton, Arsenal | CD | 39 | 4 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Mills, Michael Denis | Ipswich Town | FB | 40 | 2 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Thompson, Philip Bernard | Liverpool | CD | 40 | 2 | 42 | 1 | ||
| Coppell, Stephen James | Manchester United | OR | 39 | 3 | 42 | 7 | ||
| Woodcock, Anthony Stewart | Nottingham Forest, Köln (West Germany), Arsenal | F | 30 | 12 | 42 | 16 | ||
| Batty, David | Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Leeds United | M | 32 | 10 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Crompton, Robert | Blackburn Rovers | RB | 41 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Robinson, Paul William | Leeds United, Tottenham Hotspur | GK | 37 | 4 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Hargreaves, Owen Lee | FC Bayern München AG (Germany), Manchester United | M | 17 | 25 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Defoe, Jermain Colin | Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth | F | 13 | 26 | 39 | 11 | ||
| Butt, Nicholas | Manchester United, Newcastle United | M | 27 | 12 | 39 | 0 | ||
| Crouch, Peter James | Southampton, Liverpool | F | 17 | 20 | 37 | 20 | ||
| Cohen, George Reginald | Fulham | RB | 37 | 0 | 37 | 0 | ||
| McManaman, Steven | Liverpool, Real Madrid (Spain) | M | 25 | 12 | 37 | 3 | ||
| Barry, Gareth | Aston Villa, Manchester City | D/M | 27 | 9 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Bridge, Wayne Michael | Southampton, Chelsea, Fulham | LB | 21 | 15 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Douglas, Bryan | Blackburn Rovers | OR | 36 | 0 | 36 | 11 | ||
| Steven, Trevor McGregor | Everton, Glasgow Rangers (Scotland), Olympique de Marseille (France) | M | 28 | 8 | 36 | 4 | ||
| Le Saux, Graeme Pierre | Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea | LB | 33 | 3 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Clayton, Ronald | Blackburn Rovers | RH | 35 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Charlton, John | Leeds United | CH | 35 | 0 | 35 | 6 | ||
| Mullery, Alan Patrick | Tottenham Hotspur | M | 33 | 2 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Mariner, Paul | Ipswich Town, Arsenal | CF | 30 | 5 | 35 | 13 | ||
| Hunt, Roger | Liverpool | F | 34 | 0 | 34 | 18 | ||
| Carragher, James Lee Duncan | Liverpool | D | 16 | 18 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Lofthouse, Nathaniel | Bolton Wanderers | CF | 33 | 0 | 33 | 30 | ||
| Byrne, Roger William | Manchester United | LB | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Springett, Ronald Deryk George | Sheffield Wednesday | G | 33 | 0 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Wright, Ian Edward | Crystal Palace, Arsenal, West Ham United | F | 17 | 16 | 33 | 9 | ||
| Dyer, Kieron Courtney | Newcastle United | M | 8 | 25 | 33 | 0 | ||
| Ramsey, Alfred Ernest | Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur | RB | 32 | 0 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Hateley, Mark Wayne | Portsmouth, Milan (Italy), Monaco (France), Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) | CF | 20 | 12 | 32 | 9 | ||
| Wright-Phillips, Shaun Cameron | Manchester City, Chelsea, Manchester City | AM | 15 | 15 | 30 | 6 | ||
| Hapgood, Edris Albert | Arsenal | LB | 30 | 0 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Anderson, Vivian Alexander | Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United | RB | 30 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Anderton, Darren Robert | Tottenham Hotspur | W/ | 28 | 2 | 30 | 7 | ||
| Stiles, Norbert Peter | Manchester United | HB | 28 | 0 | 28 | 1 | ||
| Hunter, Norman | Leeds United | M | 24 | 4 | 28 | 2 | ||
| McFarland, Roy Leslie | Derby County | CH | 28 | 0 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Franklin, Cornelius | Stoke City | CH | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Newton, Keith Robert | Blackburn Rovers, Everton | L/ | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Lee, Francis Henry | Manchester City | F | 27 | 0 | 27 | 10 | ||
| Todd, Colin | Derby County | CD | 25 | 2 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Cherry, Trevor John | Leeds United | R/L | 23 | 4 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Wedlock, William John | Bristol City | CH | 26 | 0 | 26 | 2 | ||
| Blenkinsop, Ernest | Sheffield/The Wednesday | LB | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Crooks, Samuel Dickinson | Derby County | OR | 26 | 0 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Mannion, Wilfred James | Middlesbrough | IL | 26 | 0 | 26 | 11 | ||
| Labone, Brian Leslie | Everton | CH | 26 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Webb, Neil John | Nottingham Forest, Manchester United | M | 21 | 5 | 26 | 4 | ||
| Fowler, Robert Bernard | Liverpool | F | 11 | 15 | 26 | 7 | ||
| Pennington, Jesse | West Bromwich Albion | LB | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Goodall, Frederick Roy | Huddersfield Town | RB | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Hibbs, Henry Edward | Birmingham | G | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Mortensen, Stanley Harding | Blackpool | I/ | 25 | 0 | 25 | 23 | ||
| McDermott, Terence | Liverpool | M | 19 | 6 | 25 | 3 | ||
| Williams, Bert Frederick | Wolverhampton Wanderers | G | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Chivers, Martin Harcourt | Tottenham Hotspur | F | 22 | 2 | 24 | 13 | ||
| Madeley, Paul Edward | Leeds United | D | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Hodge, Stephen Brian | Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest | M | 18 | 6 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Brown, Wesley Michael | Manchester United | LB/CD | 16 | 7 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Downing, Stewart | Middlesbrough | LW | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Bloomer, Stephen | Derby County, Middlesbrough | IR | 23 | 0 | 23 | 28 | ||
| Woodward, Vivian John | Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea | CF | 23 | 0 | 23 | 29 | ||
| Lawton, Thomas | Everton, Chelsea, Notts County | CF | 23 | 0 | 23 | 22 | ||
| Merrick, Gilbert Harold | Birmingham City | G | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Howe, Donald | West Bromwich Albion | RB | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Norman, Maurice | Tottenham Hotspur | CH | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Martyn, Antony Nigel | Crystal Palace, Leeds United | G | 19 | 4 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Barmby, Nicholas Jonathan | Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Everton, Liverpool | W | 13 | 10 | 23 | 4 | ||
| Warren, Benjamin | Derby County, Chelsea | RH | 22 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| Barnes, Peter Simon | Manchester City, West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United | OL | 18 | 4 | 22 | 4 | ||
| Pallister, Gary Andrew | Middlesbrough, Manchester United | CD | 20 | 2 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Dixon, Lee Michael | Arsenal | RB | 21 | 1 | 22 | 1 | ||
| Vassell, Darius | Aston Villa | F | 6 | 16 | 22 | 6 | ||
| Carrick, Michael | West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United | M | 12 | 9 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Jenas, Jermaine Anthony | Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur | M | 5 | 16 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Hardy, Samuel | Liverpool, Aston Villa | G | 21 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Bastin, Clifford Sydney | Arsenal | O/ | 21 | 0 | 21 | 12 | ||
| Wise, Dennis Frank | Chelsea | M | 16 | 5 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Merson, Paul Charles | Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa | M | 9 | 12 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Lee, Robert Martin | Newcastle United | M | 13 | 8 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Smith, Gilbert Oswald | Oxford University, Old Carthusians, Corinthians | CF | 20 | 0 | 20 | 11 | ||
| Strange, Alfred Henry | Sheffield Wednesday | RH | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Copping, Wilfred | Leeds United, Arsenal | LH | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Robson, Robert William | West Bromwich Albion | IR/ | 20 | 0 | 20 | 4 | ||
| Connelly, John Michael | Burnley, Manchester United | OR | 20 | 0 | 20 | 7 | ||
| Cooper, Terence | Leeds United | LB | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Fenwick, Terence William | Queens Park Rangers, Tottenham Hotspur | CD | 18 | 2 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Johnson, Glen McLeod | Chelsea, Portsmouth, Liverpool | RB | 15 | 5 | 20 | 0 | ||
| Players still active highlighted in yellow. Statistics correct to 20th March 2010 | ||||||||