Sunderland squad numbers during their Premier League era: 1996–97 to 2025–26. Each season’s squad list includes the shirt numbers worn by Sunderland players during their time in the Premier League. Explore our interactive table to view every Sunderland kit number by season, and browse complete Premier League Squad Numbers lists for all clubs
Sunderland FC Premier League Player’s Squad Numbers 1996-97 to 2025-26
| # | 1996-97 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2005-06 | 2007-08 | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2025-26 | # |
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| 1 | Tony Coton | Thomas Sørensen | Thomas Sørensen | Thomas Sørensen | Thomas Sørensen | Kelvin Davis | Craig Gordon | Craig Gordon | Craig Gordon | Craig Gordon | Craig Gordon | Costel Pantilimon | Costel Pantilimon | Vito Mannone | Anthony Patterson (L) | 1 | ||
| 2 | Dariusz Kubicki | Chris Makin | Patrice Carteron | Bernt Haas | Stephen Wright | Stephen Wright | Phillip Bardsley | Phillip Bardsley | Phillip Bardsley | Phillip Bardsley | Phillip Bardsley | Billy Jones | Billy Jones | Billy Jones | Niall Huggins (L) | 2 | ||
| 3 | Martin Scott | Michael Gray | Michael Gray | Michael Gray | Michael Gray | George McCartney | Ian Harte | George McCartney | George McCartney | Kieran Richardson | Asamoah Gyan / Wayne Bridge | Danny Rose | Patrick van Aanholt | Patrick van Aanholt | Patrick van Aanholt | Dennis Cirkin | 3 | |
| 4 | Paul Bracewell | Kevin Kilbane | Don Hutchison | Claudio Reyna | Claudio Reyna | Rory Delap | Dickson Etuhu | Teemu Tainio | Michael Turner | Michael Turner | Michael Turner | Alfred N'Diaye | Liam Bridcutt | Liam Bridcutt | Younès Kaboul | Dan Neil (L) | 4 | |
| 5 | Kevin Ball | Steve Bould | Stanislav Varga | Phil Babb | Gary Breen | Nyron Nosworthy | Nyron Nosworthy | Anton Ferdinand | John Mensah | Wes Brown | Wes Brown | Wes Brown | Wes Brown | Wes Brown | Papy Djilobodji | Daniel Ballard | 5 | |
| 6 | Andy Melville | Paul Butler | Emerson Thome | Emerson Thome | Stephen Caldwell | Paul McShane | Dean Whitehead | Alan Hutton | Lee Cattermole | Lee Cattermole | Lee Cattermole | Cabral | Lee Cattermole | Lee Cattermole | Lee Cattermole | Lutsharel Geertruida | 6 | |
| 7 | Michael Gray | Nicky Summerbee | Patrick Mboma | Matthew Piper | Liam Lawrence | Carlos Edwards | Carlos Edwards | Boudewijn Zenden | Boudewijn Zenden | Sebastian Larsson | Sebastian Larsson | Sebastian Larsson | Sebastian Larsson | Sebastian Larsson | Sebastian Larsson | Chemsdine Talbi | 7 | |
| 8 | Richard Ord | Thomas Helmer | Gavin McCann | Gavin McCann | Gavin McCann | Dean Whitehead | Dean Whitehead | Steed Malbranque | Steed Malbranque | Steed Malbranque | Craig Gardner | Craig Gardner | Craig Gardner | Jack Rodwell | Jack Rodwell | Jack Rodwell | Alan Browne (L) | 8 |
| 9 | Craig Russell | Niall Quinn | Niall Quinn | Niall Quinn | Tore Andre Flo | Jonathan Stead | Anthony Stokes | Djibril Cissé | Fraizer Campbell | Fraizer Campbell | Fraizer Campbell | FC / Danny Graham | Steven Fletcher | Steven Fletcher | Fabio Borini | Fabio Borini | Brian Brobbey | 9 |
| 10 | Paul Stewart | Kevin Phillips | Kevin Phillips | Kevin Phillips | Kevin Phillips | Stephen Elliott | Kieran Richardson | Kieran Richardson | Kieran Richardson | Jordan Henderson | Connor Wickham | Connor Wickham | Connor Wickham | Connor Wickham | Dame N'Doye | Wahbi Khazri | Nilson Angulo | 10 |
| 11 | Steve Agnew | Allan Johnston | Kevin Kilbane | Kevin Kilbane | Kevin Kilbane | Andy Welsh | Daryl Murphy | Darren Bent | DB / Sulley Muntari | Kieran Richardson | James McFadden | Adam Johnson | Adam Johnson | Adam Johnson | Chris Rigg | 11 | ||
| 12 | Gareth Hall | Danny Dichio | Danny Dichio | Joachim Björklund | Joachim Björklund | Nyron Nosworthy | Liam Miller | Tal Ben Haim | John Mensah | Marcos Angeleri | Matthew Kilgallon | Matthew Kilgallon | Ondřej Čelůstka | Adam Matthews | Eliezer Mayenda | 12 | ||
| 13 | David Preece | Andy Marriott | Michael Ingham | Michael Ingham | Ben Alnwick | Darren Ward | Darren Ward | Jordan Pickford | Jordan Pickford | Jordan Pickford | Jordan Pickford | Luke O'Nien | 13 | |||||
| 14 | Lee Howey | Darren Holloway | Nicolás Medina | Thomas Butler | Tommy Miller | Danny Higginbotham | Daryl Murphy | Paulo da Silva | Jack Colback | Jack Colback | Jack Colback | Jordi Gómez | Jordi Gómez | Duncan Watmore | Romaine Mundle | 14 | ||
| 15 | Alex Rae | Carsten Fredgaard | Carsten Fredgaard | David Bellion | David Bellion | Danny Collins | Danny Collins | Danny Collins | Liam Noble | Nedum Onuoha | David Vaughan | David Vaughan | David Vaughan | Anthony Réveillère | Younès Kaboul | Omar Alderete | 15 | |
| 16 | David Kelly | Alex Rae | Alex Rae | Jason McAteer | Jason McAteer | Kevin Kyle | Michael Chopra | Jordan Henderson | Cristian Riveros | John O'Shea | John O'Shea | John O'Shea | John O'Shea | John O'Shea | John O'Shea | Blondy Nna Noukeu (to Jan-2026) | 16 | |
| 17 | Niall Quinn | Jody Craddock | Jody Craddock | Jody Craddock | Jody Craddock | Anthony Le Tallec | Kenwyne Jones | Kenwyne Jones | Kenwyne Jones | Danny Welbeck | Ji Dong-Won | Ji Dong-Won | Jozy Altidore | Jozy Altidore | Jeremain Lens | Jeremain Lens | Reinildo Mandava | 17 |
| 18 | Martin Smith | Darren Williams | Darren Williams | Darren Williams | Darren Williams | Andy Gray | Grant Leadbitter | Grant Leadbitter | David Meyler | David Meyler | David Meyler | DM/ Kader Mangane | Mikaël Mandron | Charalambos Mavrias | Jermain Defoe | Jermain Defoe | Wilson Isidor | 18 |
| 19 | Michael Bridges | Paul Thirlwell | Kevin Kyle | Kevin Kyle | Martin Woods | Dwight Yorke | Dwight Yorke | Lorik Cana | Titus Bramble | Titus Bramble | Titus Bramble | David Moberg Karlsson | Danny Graham | Danny Graham | Paddy McNair | Habib Diarra | 19 | |
| 20 | Darren Holloway | Stefan Schwarz | Stefan Schwarz | Stefan Schwarz | Stefan Schwarz | Chris Brown | Andy Reid | Andy Reid | Andy Reid | Andy Reid | Keiren Westwood | Keiren Westwood | Keiren Westwood | Ricardo Álvarez | Ola Toivonen | Nordi Mukiele | 20 | |
| 21 | Sam Aiston | Gavin McCann | Paul Thirlwell | Paul Thirlwell | Paul Thirlwell | Kevin Smith | Russell Anderson | Calum Davenport | Oumare Tounkara | Adam Johnson | Modibo Diakité | Yann M'Vila | Simon Moore | 21 | ||||
| 22 | John Mullin | Neil Wainwright | Neil Wainwright | Simon Ramsden | Talal el Karkouri | Paulo da Silva | Simon Mignolet | Simon Mignolet | Simon Mignolet | El-Hajdi Ba | Sebastián Coates | SC / Wahbi Khazri | Donald Love | Robin Roefs | 22 | |||
| 23 | Darren Williams | Chris Lumsdon | Chris Lumsdon | Nicolas Medina | Grant Leadbitter | Roy O'Donovan | David Healy | James McClean | James McClean | Emanuele Giaccherini | Emanuele Giaccherini | Lamine Koné | Lamine Koné | Jenson Seelt (L) | 23 | |||
| 24 | Paul Heckinbottom | Sam Aiston | George McCartney | George McCartney | Sean Thornton | Trevor Carson | Trevor Carson | Trevor Carson | Trevor Carson | Trevor Carson | Trevor Carson | Carlos Cuéllar | Carlos Cuéllar | DeAndre Yedlin | 24 | |||
| 25 | Chris Waddle | Mark Maley | Mark Maley | Mark Maley | Ben Clark | Neill Collins | Jean-Yves Mvoto | Jean-Yves Mvoto | Roy O'Donovan | Jack Colback | Sotirios Kyrgiakos | Louis Saha | Vito Mannone | Vito Mannone | Vito Mannone | Ethan Robson | Bertrand Traoré | 25 |
| 26 | Allan Johnston | Michael Proctor | Thomas Butler | Thomas Butler | Thomas Myhre | Daryl Murphy | Phillip Bardsley | Anton Ferdinand | Adam Reed | Jordan Cook | Jordan Cook | Steven Fletcher | Steven Fletcher | 26 | ||||
| 27 | Thomas Butler | Michael Reddy | Michael Reddy | George McCartney | Ben Christensen | Matthew Kilgallon | Ahmed Elmohamady | Ahmed Elmohamady | Ji Dong-Won | Santiago Vergini | Jan Kirchhoff | Jan Kirchhoff | Noah Sadiki | 27 | ||||
| 28 | Phil Naisbett | John Oster | John Oster | John Oster | John Oster | Dan Smith | Benjani Mwaruwari | Stéphane Sessegnon | Stéphane Sessegnon | Stéphane Sessegnon | Stéphane Sessegnon | Jermain Defoe | Enzo Le Fée | 28 | ||||
| 29 | Stephen Pickering | Eric Roy | Tom Peeters | Tom Peeters | Chris Black | Sean Taylor | Peter Hartley | Peter Hartley | Jack Colback | Anton Ferdinand | Valentin Roberge | Valentin Roberge | Joel Asoro | Ahmed Abdullahi | 29 | |||
| 30 | Lionel Perez | Jurgen Macho | Jurgen Macho | Jurgen Macho | Joe Murphy | Jake Richardson | Paul McShane | Ryan Noble | Billy Knott | Will Buckley | Will Buckley | Milan Aleksić | 30 | |||||
| 31 | Michael Reddy | Milton Núñez | Ben Clark | Marcus Stewart | Christian Bassila | David Connolly | David Connolly | Ryan Noble | Ryan Noble | Tom Beadling | Tom Beadling | Tom Beadling | Melker Ellborg | 31 | ||||
| 32 | Chris Woods | Brendan McGill | Stanislav Varga | Baki Mercimek | Michael Proctor | Justin Hoyte | Márton Fülöp | Márton Fülöp | Márton Fülöp | Maksymilian Stryjek | Maksymilian Stryjek | Maksymilian Stryjek | Trai Hume | 32 | ||||
| 33 | Jan Eriksson | Milton Núñez | Julio Arca | Julio Arca | Julio Arca | Julio Arca | Ross Wallace | Michael Liddle | Asamoah Gyan | Ryan Noble | Lee Cattermole | Steve Harper | Leo Hjelde (L) | 33 | ||||
| 34 | Kim Heiselberg | George McCartney | Kevin Kyle | Michael Proctor | Mark Rossiter | Billy Dennehy | Jack Colback | Blair Adams | Blair Adams | Tom Robson | Tom Robson | Tom Robson | Granit Xhaka | 34 | ||||
| 35 | David Duke | Brendan McGill | Cliff Byrne | Michael Kay | Michael Kay | Charalambos Mavrias | Josh Maja | 35 | ||||||||||
| 36 | Emerson Thome | Clifford Byrne | Richard Ryan | Gavin Donoghue | Nathan Luscombe | Ian Poveda (to 1-Mar-26) | 36 | |||||||||||
| 37 | Brendan McGill | Jonjo Dickman | Robbie Weir | Robbie Weir | Adam Reed | Adam Reed | Rees Greenwood | Rees Greenwood | Jocelin Ta Bi | 37 | ||||||||
| 38 | Ben Clark | Craig Turns | Jamie Chandler | Jamie Chandler | Craig Lynch | Mikaël Mandron | Mikaël Mandron | 38 | ||||||||||
| 39 | John Kennedy | Martyn Waghorn | Martyn Waghorn | Lee Cattermole | George Honeyman | George Honeyman | Pierre Ekwah (to 1-Mar-26) | 39 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Michael Ingham | John Kennedy | Mart Poom | David Dowson | David Dowson | Louis Laing | Martin Smith | Martin Smith | 40 | |||||||||
| 41 | Patrick Collins | Michael Liddle | David Meyler | Duncan Watmore | Duncan Watmore | Zak Johnson (L) | 41 | |||||||||||
| 42 | Jordan Henderson | Jordan Henderson | John Egan | John Egan | Liam Agnew | Liam Agnew | Aji Alese (L) | 42 | ||||||||||
| 43 | Conor Hourihane | Conor Hourihane | Michael Ledger | 43 | ||||||||||||||
| 44 | Jonny Evans | Anthony Stokes | Adnan Januzaj | 44 | ||||||||||||||
| 45 | Rade Prica | Jordan Cook | Josh Robson | Abdoullah Ba | 45 | |||||||||||||
| 46 | Nick Colgan | Lynden Gooch | Lynden Gooch | 46 | ||||||||||||||
| 48 | Joel Dixon | Josh Robson | 48 | |||||||||||||||
| 49 | 49 | |||||||||||||||||
| 50 | Harrison Jones | 50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 51 | Nicklas Bendtner | Jenson Jones | 51 | |||||||||||||||
| 52 | Jaydon Jones | 52 | ||||||||||||||||
| 53 | Jack Whittaker | 53 | ||||||||||||||||
