England Football Players Appearances & Goals 1872 to 2021
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The 186 football players who have appeared 20 times or more for England, together with goals scored and first and last matches played.
Find here the players who scored the most goals for England.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter Shilton | GK | 125 | 0 | 25/11/1970 | 07/07/1990 |
| Wayne Rooney | FW | 120 | 53 | 12/02/2003 | 15/11/2018 |
| David Beckham | MF | 115 | 17 | 01/09/1996 | 14/10/2009 |
| Steven Gerrard | MF | 114 | 21 | 31/05/2000 | 24/06/2014 |
| Bobby Moore | DF | 108 | 2 | 20/05/1962 | 14/11/1973 |
| Ashley Cole | DF | 107 | 0 | 28/03/2001 | 05/03/2014 |
| Bobby Charlton | FW / MF | 106 | 49 | 19/04/1958 | 14/06/1970 |
| Frank Lampard | MF | 106 | 29 | 10/10/1999 | 24/06/2014 |
| Billy Wright | HB | 105 | 3 | 28/09/1946 | 28/05/1959 |
| Bryan Robson | MF | 90 | 26 | 06/02/1980 | 16/10/1991 |
| Michael Owen | FW | 89 | 40 | 11/02/1998 | 26/03/2008 |
| Kenny Sansom | DF | 86 | 1 | 23/05/1979 | 18/06/1988 |
| Gary Neville | DF | 85 | 0 | 03/06/1995 | 07/02/2007 |
| Ray Wilkins | MF | 84 | 3 | 28/05/1976 | 12/11/1986 |
| Rio Ferdinand | DF | 81 | 3 | 15/11/1997 | 04/06/2011 |
| Gary Lineker | FW | 80 | 48 | 26/05/1984 | 17/06/1992 |
| John Barnes | MF | 79 | 11 | 28/05/1983 | 06/09/1995 |
| Stuart Pearce | DF | 78 | 5 | 19/05/1987 | 08/09/1999 |
| John Terry | DF | 78 | 6 | 03/06/2003 | 07/09/2012 |
| Terry Butcher | DF | 77 | 3 | 31/05/1980 | 04/07/1990 |
| Tom Finney | FW | 76 | 30 | 28/09/1946 | 22/10/1958 |
| David Seaman | GK | 75 | 0 | 16/11/1988 | 16/10/2002 |
| Joe Hart * | GK | 75 | 0 | 01/06/2008 | 14/11/2017 |
| Gordon Banks | GK | 73 | 0 | 06/04/1963 | 27/05/1972 |
| Sol Campbell | DF | 73 | 1 | 18/05/1996 | 21/11/2007 |
| Alan Ball | FW | 72 | 8 | 09/05/1965 | 24/05/1975 |
| Martin Peters | MF | 67 | 20 | 04/05/1966 | 18/05/1974 |
| Tony Adams | DF | 66 | 5 | 18/02/1987 | 07/10/2000 |
| Paul Scholes | MF | 66 | 14 | 24/05/1997 | 24/06/2004 |
| David Watson | DF | 65 | 4 | 03/04/1974 | 02/06/1982 |
| Ray Wilson | DF | 63 | 0 | 09/04/1960 | 08/06/1968 |
| Kevin Keegan | MF / FW | 63 | 21 | 15/11/1972 | 05/07/1982 |
| Alan Shearer | FW | 63 | 30 | 19/02/1992 | 20/06/2000 |
| Emlyn Hughes | DF / MF | 62 | 1 | 05/11/1969 | 24/05/1980 |
| Chris Waddle | MF | 62 | 6 | 26/03/1985 | 16/10/1991 |
| David Platt | MF | 62 | 27 | 15/11/1989 | 26/06/1996 |
| Emile Heskey | FW | 62 | 7 | 28/04/1999 | 27/06/2010 |
| Ray Clemence | GK | 61 | 0 | 15/11/1972 | 16/11/1983 |
| James Milner * | MF / DF | 61 | 1 | 12/08/2009 | 11/06/2016 |
| Gary Cahill * | DF | 61 | 5 | 03/09/2010 | 28/06/2018 |
| Raheem Sterling * | MF / FW | 61 | 14 | 14/11/2012 | 31/03/2021 |
| Peter Beardsley | FW | 59 | 9 | 29/01/1986 | 23/05/1996 |
| Des Walker | DF | 59 | 0 | 14/09/1988 | 17/11/1993 |
| Phil Neville | DF | 59 | 0 | 23/05/1996 | 13/10/2007 |
| Jordan Henderson * | MF | 58 | 0 | 17/11/2010 | 15/11/2020 |
| Jimmy Greaves | FW | 57 | 44 | 17/05/1959 | 27/05/1967 |
| Paul Gascoigne | MF | 57 | 10 | 14/09/1988 | 29/05/1998 |
| Gareth Southgate | DF | 57 | 2 | 12/12/1995 | 31/03/2004 |
| Jermain Defoe * | FW | 57 | 20 | 31/03/2004 | 10/06/2017 |
| Johnny Haynes | FW | 56 | 18 | 02/10/1954 | 10/06/1962 |
| Joe Cole | MF | 56 | 10 | 25/05/2001 | 27/06/2010 |
| Kyle Walker * | DF | 55 | 0 | 12/11/2011 | 31/03/2021 |
| Stanley Matthews | FW | 54 | 11 | 29/09/1934 | 15/05/1957 |
| Glen Johnson | DF | 54 | 1 | 16/11/2003 | 19/06/2014 |
| Glenn Hoddle | MF | 53 | 8 | 22/11/1979 | 18/06/1988 |
| Paul Ince | MF | 53 | 2 | 09/09/1992 | 20/06/2000 |
| David James | GK | 53 | 0 | 29/03/1997 | 27/06/2010 |
| Gareth Barry | DF / MF | 53 | 3 | 31/05/2000 | 26/05/2012 |
| Harry Kane * | FW | 53 | 34 | 27/03/2015 | 31/03/2021 |
| Trevor Francis | FW | 52 | 12 | 09/02/1977 | 23/04/1986 |
| Teddy Sheringham | FW | 51 | 11 | 29/05/1993 | 21/06/2002 |
| Phil Neal | DF | 50 | 5 | 24/03/1976 | 21/09/1983 |
| Ron Flowers | HB | 49 | 10 | 15/05/1955 | 29/06/1966 |
| Geoff Hurst | FW | 49 | 24 | 23/02/1966 | 29/04/1972 |
| Jimmy Dickinson | HB | 48 | 0 | 18/05/1949 | 05/12/1956 |
| Colin Bell | MF | 48 | 9 | 22/05/1968 | 30/10/1975 |
| Trevor Brooking | MF | 47 | 5 | 03/04/1974 | 05/07/1982 |
| Theo Walcott * | FW / MF | 47 | 8 | 30/05/2006 | 15/11/2016 |
| Mick Channon | FW | 46 | 21 | 11/10/1972 | 07/09/1977 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 46 | 0 | 06/06/1985 | 03/06/1992 |
| Mark Wright | DF | 45 | 1 | 02/05/1984 | 18/05/1996 |
| Eric Dier * | MF / DF | 45 | 3 | 13/11/2015 | 18/11/2020 |
| Jimmy Armfield | DF | 43 | 0 | 13/05/1959 | 26/06/1966 |
| Chris Woods | GK | 43 | 0 | 16/06/1985 | 09/06/1993 |
| Martin Keown | DF | 43 | 2 | 19/02/1992 | 26/05/2002 |
| Mick Mills | DF / MF | 42 | 0 | 11/10/1972 | 05/07/1982 |
| Phil Thompson | DF | 42 | 1 | 24/03/1976 | 17/11/1982 |
| Steve Coppell | MF | 42 | 7 | 16/11/1977 | 30/03/1983 |
| Tony Woodcock | FW | 42 | 16 | 16/05/1978 | 26/02/1986 |
| David Batty | MF | 42 | 0 | 21/05/1991 | 08/09/1999 |
| Owen Hargreaves | MF / DF | 42 | 0 | 15/08/2001 | 28/05/2008 |
| Peter Crouch | FW | 42 | 22 | 31/05/2005 | 17/11/2010 |
| Danny Welbeck * | FW | 42 | 16 | 29/03/2011 | 11/09/2018 |
| John Stones * | DF | 42 | 2 | 30/05/2014 | 31/03/2021 |
| Bob Crompton | FB | 41 | 0 | 03/03/1902 | 04/04/1914 |
| Paul Robinson | GK | 41 | 0 | 12/02/2003 | 17/10/2007 |
| Phil Jagielka * | DF | 40 | 3 | 01/06/2008 | 15/11/2016 |
| Marcus Rashford * | FW | 40 | 11 | 27/05/2016 | 14/10/2020 |
| Nicky Butt | MF | 39 | 0 | 29/03/1997 | 17/11/2004 |
| Ashley Young * | MF / DF | 39 | 7 | 16/11/2007 | 11/07/2018 |
| Jamie Carragher | DF | 38 | 0 | 28/04/1999 | 18/06/2010 |
| George Cohen | DF | 37 | 0 | 06/05/1964 | 22/11/1967 |
| Steve McManaman | MF / FW | 37 | 3 | 16/11/1994 | 06/10/2001 |
| Dele Alli * | MF | 37 | 3 | 09/10/2015 | 09/06/2019 |
| Bryan Douglas | FW | 36 | 11 | 19/10/1957 | 05/06/1963 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 36 | 4 | 27/02/1985 | 14/06/1992 |
| Graeme Le Saux | DF | 36 | 1 | 09/03/1994 | 07/10/2000 |
| Wayne Bridge | DF | 36 | 1 | 13/02/2002 | 14/11/2009 |
| Shaun Wright-Phillips | MF / FW | 36 | 6 | 18/08/2004 | 12/10/2010 |
| Ronnie Clayton | HB | 35 | 0 | 02/11/1955 | 11/05/1960 |
| Alan Mullery | MF | 35 | 1 | 09/12/1964 | 13/10/1971 |
| Jack Charlton | DF | 35 | 6 | 10/04/1965 | 11/06/1970 |
| Paul Mariner | FW | 35 | 13 | 30/03/1977 | 01/05/1985 |
| Stewart Downing * | MF | 35 | 0 | 09/02/2005 | 18/11/2014 |
| Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain * | MF | 35 | 7 | 26/05/2012 | 17/11/2019 |
| Roger Hunt | FW | 34 | 18 | 04/04/1962 | 15/01/1969 |
| Michael Carrick | MF | 34 | 0 | 25/05/2001 | 13/11/2015 |
| Jack Wilshere * | MF | 34 | 2 | 11/08/2010 | 27/06/2016 |
| Adam Lallana * | MF | 34 | 3 | 15/11/2013 | 27/03/2018 |
| Nat Lofthouse | FW | 33 | 30 | 22/11/1950 | 26/11/1958 |
| Roger Byrne | FB | 33 | 0 | 03/04/1954 | 27/11/1957 |
| Ron Springett | GK | 33 | 0 | 18/11/1959 | 29/06/1966 |
| Ian Wright | FW | 33 | 9 | 06/02/1991 | 18/11/1998 |
| Kieron Dyer | MF / DF | 33 | 0 | 04/09/1999 | 22/08/2007 |
| Ross Barkley * | MF | 33 | 6 | 06/09/2013 | 14/10/2019 |
| Alf Ramsey | FB | 32 | 3 | 02/12/1948 | 25/11/1953 |
| Mark Hateley | FW | 32 | 9 | 02/06/1984 | 25/03/1992 |
| Harry Maguire * | DF | 32 | 3 | 08/10/2017 | 31/03/2021 |
| Chris Smalling * | DF | 31 | 1 | 02/09/2011 | 10/06/2017 |
| Eddie Hapgood | FB | 30 | 0 | 13/05/1933 | 18/05/1939 |
| Viv Anderson | DF | 30 | 2 | 29/11/1978 | 24/05/1988 |
| Darren Anderton | MF / DF | 30 | 7 | 09/03/1994 | 10/11/2001 |
| Leighton Baines | DF | 30 | 1 | 03/03/2010 | 27/03/2015 |
| Jordan Pickford * | GK | 30 | 0 | 10/11/2017 | 18/11/2020 |
| Danny Rose * | DF | 29 | 0 | 26/03/2016 | 11/10/2019 |
| Nobby Stiles | MF | 28 | 1 | 10/04/1965 | 25/04/1970 |
| Norman Hunter | DF | 28 | 2 | 08/12/1965 | 30/10/1974 |
| Roy McFarland | DF | 28 | 0 | 03/02/1971 | 17/11/1976 |
| Neil Franklin | HB | 27 | 0 | 28/09/1946 | 15/04/1950 |
| Keith Newton | DF | 27 | 0 | 23/02/1966 | 14/06/1970 |
| Francis Lee | FW | 27 | 10 | 11/12/1968 | 29/04/1972 |
| Colin Todd | DF | 27 | 0 | 23/05/1972 | 28/05/1977 |
| Trevor Cherry | DF / MF | 27 | 0 | 24/03/1976 | 18/06/1980 |
| Phil Jones * | DF | 27 | 0 | 07/10/2011 | 14/07/2018 |
| Jesse Lingard * | MF | 27 | 4 | 08/10/2016 | 31/03/2021 |
| Billy Wedlock | HB | 26 | 2 | 16/02/1907 | 16/03/1914 |
| Ernie Blenkinsop | FB | 26 | 0 | 17/05/1928 | 01/04/1933 |
| Sammy Crooks | FW | 26 | 7 | 05/04/1930 | 02/12/1936 |
| Wilf Mannion | FW | 26 | 11 | 28/09/1946 | 03/10/1951 |
| Brian Labone | DF | 26 | 0 | 20/10/1962 | 14/06/1970 |
| Neil Webb | MF | 26 | 4 | 09/09/1987 | 17/06/1992 |
| Robbie Fowler | FW | 26 | 7 | 27/03/1996 | 15/06/2002 |
| Joleon Lescott | DF | 26 | 1 | 13/10/2007 | 26/03/2013 |
| Daniel Sturridge | FW | 26 | 8 | 15/11/2011 | 08/10/2017 |
| Jamie Vardy * | FW | 26 | 7 | 07/06/2015 | 11/07/2018 |
| Kieran Trippier * | DF | 26 | 1 | 13/06/2017 | 25/03/2021 |
| Jesse Pennington | FB | 25 | 0 | 18/03/1907 | 10/04/1920 |
| Roy Goodall | FB | 25 | 0 | 17/04/1926 | 06/12/1933 |
| Harry Hibbs | GK | 25 | 0 | 20/11/1929 | 05/02/1936 |
| Stan Mortensen | FW | 25 | 23 | 25/05/1947 | 25/11/1953 |
| Terry McDermott | MF | 25 | 3 | 07/09/1977 | 02/06/1982 |
| Bert Williams | GK | 24 | 0 | 22/05/1949 | 22/10/1955 |
| Martin Chivers | FW | 24 | 13 | 03/02/1971 | 17/10/1973 |
| Paul Madeley | DF / MF | 24 | 0 | 15/05/1971 | 09/02/1977 |
| Steve Hodge | MF | 24 | 0 | 26/03/1986 | 01/05/1991 |
| Steve Bloomer | FW | 23 | 28 | 9 March 1895 | 06/04/1907 |
| Vivian Woodward | FW | 23 | 29 | 14/02/1903 | 13/03/1911 |
| Tommy Lawton | FW | 23 | 22 | 22/10/1938 | 26/09/1948 |
| Gil Merrick | GK | 23 | 0 | 14/11/1951 | 26/06/1954 |
| Don Howe | FB | 23 | 0 | 19/10/1957 | 18/11/1959 |
| Maurice Norman | DF | 23 | 0 | 20/05/1962 | 09/12/1964 |
| Nigel Martyn | GK | 23 | 0 | 29/04/1992 | 26/05/2002 |
| Nick Barmby | MF | 23 | 4 | 29/03/1995 | 06/10/2001 |
| Wes Brown | DF | 23 | 1 | 28/04/1999 | 03/03/2010 |
| Ben Warren | HB | 22 | 2 | 17/02/1906 | 01/04/1911 |
| Peter Barnes | MF | 22 | 4 | 16/11/1977 | 25/05/1982 |
| Gary Pallister | DF | 22 | 0 | 27/04/1988 | 09/10/1996 |
| Lee Dixon | DF | 22 | 1 | 25/04/1990 | 10/02/1999 |
| Darius Vassell | FW | 22 | 6 | 13/02/2002 | 24/06/2004 |
| Sam Hardy | GK | 21 | 0 | 16/02/1907 | 10/04/1920 |
| Cliff Bastin | FW | 21 | 12 | 18/11/1931 | 26/05/1938 |
| Dennis Wise | MF | 21 | 1 | 01/05/1991 | 11/10/2000 |
| Paul Merson | MF | 21 | 3 | 11/09/1991 | 18/11/1998 |
| Rob Lee | MF / DF | 21 | 2 | 12/10/1994 | 14/10/1998 |
| Ledley King | DF | 21 | 2 | 27/03/2002 | 12/06/2010 |
| Jermaine Jenas | MF | 21 | 1 | 12/02/2003 | 14/11/2009 |
| Matthew Upson | DF | 21 | 2 | 22/05/2003 | 27/06/2010 |
| Aaron Lennon * | MF / FW | 21 | 0 | 03/06/2006 | 06/02/2013 |
| G. O. Smith | FW | 20 | 11 | 25/02/1893 | 30/03/1901 |
| Alfred Strange | HB | 20 | 0 | 05/04/1930 | 06/12/1933 |
| Wilf Copping | HB | 20 | 0 | 13/05/1933 | 24/05/1939 |
| Bobby Robson | FW / HB | 20 | 4 | 27/11/1957 | 09/05/1962 |
| John Connelly | FW | 20 | 7 | 17/10/1959 | 11/07/1966 |
| Terry Cooper | DF | 20 | 0 | 12/03/1969 | 20/11/1974 |
| Terry Fenwick | DF | 20 | 0 | 02/05/1984 | 17/02/1988 |
| Fabian Delph * | MF | 20 | 0 | 03/09/2014 | 09/06/2019 |
England’s Captains
Bobby Moore (90), Billy Wright (90), Bryan Robson (65), David Beckham (59), Steven Gerrard (38), Alan Shearer (34), John Terry (34), Kevin Keegan (31) and Harry Kane (24).
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