Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Bolton in 1874 as Christ Church F.C. and was renamed Bolton Wanderers F.C. in 1877. They played their first competitive match in October 1881, when they entered the First Round of the 1881–82 FA Cup. The club moved to Burnden Park in 1895 and the Reebok Stadium in 1997. Since playing their first competitive match, 170 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here.

Bolton Wanderers's record appearance-maker is Eddie Hopkinson, who made more than 570 appearances between 1952 and 1970. The club's leading scorer is Nat Lofthouse with 285 goals in his 14 years with the club. Along with Hopkinson and Lofthouse, seven other players have made more than 500 appearances. Other than Lofthouse, only Joe Smith has scored more than 200 goals for the club.

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• Apps — Number of games played as a starter
• Sub — Number of games played as a substitute
• Total — Total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute

Statistics correct as of match played 18 May 2024

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Name	Nationality	Position	Bolton Wanderers career	Apps	Sub	Total	Goals
Di Jones	Wales	FB	1888–1898	255	0	255	08	[1]
John Somerville	Scotland	RB	1890–1901	293	0	293	02	[2]
Bob Brown	Scotland	DF	1895–1901	136	0	136	14	[3]
Jim Cassidy	Scotland	FW	1889–1898	219	0	219	101	[4]
Bob Jack	Scotland	W	1895–1901	125	0	125	29	[1]
Jocky Wright	Scotland	FW	1895–1898 1902–1904	128	0	128	22	[5]
Walter White	Scotland	FW	1902–1908	217	0	217	93	[5]
Sam Marsh	England	FW	1902–1912	201	0	201	81	[6]
Bert Baverstock	England	FB	1905–1921	388	0	388	4	[3]
Marshall McEwan	Scotland	W	1905–1910	164	0	164	15	[6]
Joe Smith	England	FW	1908–1927	492	0	492	277	[2]
Ted Vizard	Wales	LW	1910–1931	512	0	512	70	[7]
Alex Donaldson	Scotland	FW	1912–1921	146	0	146	06	[8]
Billy Jennings	Wales	MF	1912–1930	287	0	287	2	[1]
Tom Buchan	England	MF	1914–1922	117	0	117	14	[3]
Jimmy Seddon	England	CB	1919–1932	375	0	375	5	[2]
David Jack	England	FW	1920–1928	324	0	324	161	[1]
Billy Butler	England	RW	1920–1933	449	0	449	74	[3]
Dick Pym	England	GK	1921–1931	336	0	336	0	[9]
Harry Nuttall	England	FB	1921–1932	326	0	326	6	[10]
Jack Smith	Scotland	FW	1922–1928	174	0	174	87	[2]
Billy Wright	England	RM	1922–1933	159	0	159	22	[5]
Alex Finney	England	FB	1922–1937	530	0	530	2	[11]
George Gibson	Scotland	FW	1927–1933	255	0	255	81	[12]
Willie Cook	Scotland	MF	1928–1935	262	0	262	40	[4]
Harry Goslin	England	DF	1930–1939	334	0	334	23	[13]
George Taylor	England	LH	1930–1939	220	3	244	3	[14]
Ray Westwood	England	FW	1930–1947	333	0	333	144	[5]
John Atkinson	England	DF	1931–1948	263	0	263	5	[15]
Tom Woodward	England	MF	1935–1949	169	0	169	19	[5]
Stan Hanson	England	GK	1935–1955	423	0	423	0	[16]
Don Howe	England	W	1936–1952	286	0	286	35	[16]
Jackie Roberts	Wales	MF	1936–1950	171	0	171	19	[17]
Harry Hubbick	England	DF	1937–1947	144	0	144	0	[16]
Ralph Banks	England	DF	1940–1954	118	0	118	0	[3]
Matt Gillies	Scotland	DF	1942–1952	154	0	154	1	[13]
Willie Moir	Scotland	U	1943–1955	358	0	358	134	[6]
Malcolm Barrass	England	U	1944–1956	357	0	357	27	[3]
Nat Lofthouse	England	FW	1946–1960	503	0	503	285	[18]
Bryan Edwards	England	RB	1947–1965	518	0	518	9	[19]
Tommy Banks	England	DF	1947–1961	255	0	255	2	[3]
Derek Hennin	England	RW	1949–1961	183	0	183	9	[16]
Bobby Langton	England	MF	1949–1953	132	0	132	18	[18]
John Ball	England	DF	1950–1958	212	0	212	2	[3]
Doug Holden	England	WH	1950–1962	463	0	463	44	[16]
Dennis Stevens	England	FW	1950–1962	310	0	310	101	[2]
Johnny Wheeler	England	WH	1951–1956	205	0	205	18	[5]
Roy Hartle	England	DF	1951–1966	498	1	499	13	[16]
Eddie Hopkinson	England	GK	1952–1970	578	0	578	0	[16]
Harold Hassall	England	FW	1952–1955	109	0	109	34	[16]
John Higgins	England	CB	1952–1961	202	0	202	0	[16]
Ray Parry	England	MF	1953–1960	299	0	299	79	[9]
Brian Birch	England	MF	1955–1964	191	0	191	28	[3]
Graham Stanley	England	DF	1955–1965	161	0	161	4	[2]
Fred Hill	England	FW	1957–1969	410	2	412	79	[16]
Syd Farrimond	England	DF	1958–1971	403	1	404	1	[11]
Warwick Rimmer	England	DF	1958–1975	521	7	528	17	[17]
Francis Lee	England	FW	1959–1967	210	0	210	106	[18]
Dave Hatton	England	U	1961–1969	259	0	259	8	[16]
Dave Lennard	England	DF	1961–1969	121	5	126	3	[18]
Wyn Davies	Wales	FW	1962–1966	170	0	170	74	[8]
Gordon Taylor	England	RW	1962–1970	281	5	286	46	[14]
John Hulme	England	DF	1962–1972	213	2	215	9	[16]
Brian Bromley	England	MF	1963–1968	183	1	184	26	[3]
Roy Greaves	England	U	1965–1980	567	8	575	85	[13]
Ronnie Phillips	England	MF	1965–1975	160	15	175	19	[9]
John Byrom	England	FW	1966–1976	340	11	351	130	[3]
John Ritson	England	RB	1966–1978	375	3	378	13	[17]
Gareth Williams	England	MF	1967–1971	116	1	117	12	[5]
Terry Wharton	England	MF	1967–1971	108	2	110	30	[5]
Garry Jones	England	MF	1968–1975	236	11	247	55	[1]
Alan Waldron	England	MF	1969–1977	153	17	170	9	[5]
Paul Jones	England	CB	1970–1983	502	4	506	43	[1]
Don McAllister	England	DF	1970–1975	176	1	177	2	[6]
Peter Nicholson	England	RB	1971–1982	352	18	370	14	[10]
Barry Siddall	England	GK	1972–1976	158	0	158	0	[2]
Tony Dunne	Republic of Ireland	LB	1973–1979	189	4	193	0	[8]
Sam Allardyce	England	CB	1973–1980 1985–1986	226	5	231	24	[15]
Peter Thompson	England	LW	1973–1978	126	6	132	2	[14]
Neil Whatmore	England	FW	1973–1981 1982–1983 1983–1984 1987–1988	322	16	338	121	[5]
Peter Reid	England	MF	1974–1982	257	4	261	25	[17]
Mike Walsh	England	CB	1974–1981	192	9	201	5	[5]
Jim McDonagh	Republic of Ireland	GK	1976–1980 1981–1983	274	0	274	1	[6]
Willie Morgan	Scotland	RW	1976–1980	177	2	179	12	[6]
David Burke	England	LB	1977–1981 1990–1994	208	8	216	2	[3]
Alan Gowling	England	FW	1978–1982	163	2	165	31	[13]
David Hoggan	England	MF	1979–1983	93	11	104	15	[16]
Gerry McElhinney	Northern Ireland	DF	1980–1985	125	2	127	2	[6]
Simon Farnworth	England	GK	1981–1986	139	1	140	0	[11]
Steve Thompson	England	MF	1982–1991	416	6	422	57	[14]
Ray Deakin	England	DF	1982–1985	120	1	121	2	[8]
Warren Joyce	England	MF	1983–1987	216	5	221	21	[1]
Jimmy Phillips	England	MF	1983–1987 1993–2001	390	21	411	8	[9]
Tony Caldwell	England	FW	1983–1987	166	9	177	78	[4]
Mark Came	England	DF	1984–1992	246	13	259	11	[4]
Asa Hartford	England	MF	1985–1987	101	0	101	10	[16]
Julian Darby	England	MF	1986–1993	333	12	345	52	[8]
Mark Winstanley	England	CB	1986–1994	279	6	285	6	[5]
David Felgate	Wales	GK	1987–1993	300	0	300	0	[11]
Stuart Storer	England	DF	1987–1993	127	38	165	15	[2]
Phil Brown	England	RB	1988–1994	330	2	332	17	[3]
Barry Cowdrill	England	DF	1988–1992	157	3	160	6	[4]
Tony Philliskirk	England	FW	1989–1992	180	2	182	75	[9]
Dave Reeves	England	MF	1989–1993	142	31	173	42	[17]
Alan Stubbs	England	CB	1990–1996	232	24	256	15	[2]
Scott Green	England	DF	1990–1997	221	65	286	31	[13]
Mark Seagraves	England	DF	1990–1995	190	5	195	9	[2]
Jason McAteer	Republic of Ireland	MF	1992–1995	139	6	145	15	[6]
John McGinlay	Scotland	FW	1992–1997	230	15	245	118	[6]
Keith Branagan	Republic of Ireland	GK	1992–2000	263	0	263	0	[3]
David Lee	England	MF	1992–1997	164	35	199	20	[18]
Alan Thompson	England	MF	1993–1998	180	18	198	42	[14]
Guðni Bergsson	Iceland	CB	1995–2003	306	11	317	26	[3]
Nathan Blake	Wales	FW	1995–1998	118	6	124	48	[3]
Scott Sellars	England	LW	1995–1999	119	7	126	16	[2]
Andy Todd	England	CB	1995–2000	84	23	107	2	[14]
Per Frandsen	Denmark	MF	1996–1999 2000–2004	277	27	304	36	[11]
Michael Johansen	Denmark	MF	1996–2000	140	30	170	21	[1]
Jussi Jääskeläinen	Finland	GK	1997–2012	529	1	530	0	[1]
Ricardo Gardner	Jamaica	U	1998–2012	341	69	410	25	[13]
Mark Fish	South Africa	CB	1997–2000	125	2	127	4	[11]
Robbie Elliott	England	RB	1997–2001	85	18	103	7	[19]
Dean Holdsworth	England	FW	1997–2003	118	68	176	49	[16]
Mike Whitlow	England	CB	1997–2003	149	14	163	2	[5]
Paul Warhurst	England	U	1998–2003	89	17	106	0	[5]
Claus Jensen	Denmark	MF	1998–2000	108	1	109	10	[1]
Kevin Nolan	England	MF	1999–2009	291	54	345	50	[10]
Bo Hansen	Denmark	MF	1999–2002	78	41	119	17	[16]
Michael Ricketts	England	FW	2000–2003	68	44	112	46	[17]
Nicky Hunt	England	RB	2000–2010	143	18	161	1	[16]
Simon Charlton	England	LB	2000–2004	120	14	134	0	[4]
Anthony Barness	England	RB	2000–2005	92	24	116	0	[3]
Bruno Ngotty	France	CB	2001–2006	164	8	172	7	[10]
Henrik Pedersen	Denmark	U	2001–2007	109	62	171	29	[9]
Jay-Jay Okocha	Nigeria	MF	2002–2006	123	22	145	18	[20]
Iván Campo	Spain	U	2002–2008	166	28	194	14	[4]
Kevin Davies	England	FW	2003–2013	373	34	407	85	[8]
Stelios Giannakopoulos	Greece	RW	2003–2008	118	59	177	28	[13]
El Hadji Diouf	Senegal	U	2003–2008	114	22	136	24	[8]
Gary Speed	Wales	MF	2004–2008	130	9	139	14	[2]
Tal Ben Haim	Israel	DF	2004–2007	103	7	110	1	[3]
Matthew Taylor	England	MF	2008–2011	114	23	137	23	[14]
Gary Cahill	England	DF	2008–2012	147	0	147	15	[4]
Fabrice Muamba	England	MF	2008–2012	136	11	147	4	[6]
Grétar Steinsson	Iceland	DF	2008–2012	133	6	139	6	[2]
Johan Elmander	Sweden	FW	2008–2011	89	19	108	22	[19]
Zat Knight	England	DF	2009–2014	180	11	191	04	[21]
Mark Davies	England	MF	2008–2017	153	55	208	016	[8]
Lee Chung-Yong	South Korea	MF	2009–2015	149	46	195	020	[4]
Sam Ricketts	Wales	DF	2009–2013	107	7	114	1	[17]
Chris Eagles	England	MF	2011–2014	89	17	106	19	[19]
Ádám Bogdán	Hungary	GK	2010–2015	119	1	120	00	[3]
Darren Pratley	England	MF	2011–2018	174	29	203	017	[9]
Tim Ream	United States	DF	2012–2015	121	5	126	00	[17]
Jay Spearing	England	MF	2012–2017	156	17	173	010	[2]
Neil Danns	Guyana	MF	2013–2016	91	25	116	011	[8]
David Wheater	England	DF	2011–2019	218	18	236	016	[5]
Josh Vela	England	MF	2012–2019	161	21	182	013	[5]
Gary Madine	England	FW	2015–2018	93	14	107	025	[10]
Mark Beevers	England	DF	2016–2019	131	1	132	012	[3]
Alex Baptiste	England	DF	2013–2015 2020–2022	92	11	103	05	[3]
Ricardo Santos	Portugal	DF	2020–	173	2	175	05	[2]
Oladapo Afolayan	England	U	2021–2023	81	20	101	021	[22]
Gethin Jones	Australia	DF	2020–	152	9	161	08	[1]
MJ Williams	Wales	U	2021–2023	88	12	100	01	[23]
Dion Charles	Northern Ireland	FW	2022–	107	13	120	049	[4]
George Thomason	England	MF	2020–	99	24	123	08	[14]
Aaron Morley	England	MF	2022–	81	40	121	012	[10]
Kyle Dempsey	England	MF	2022–	70	39	109	010	[8]
Josh Sheehan	Wales	MF	2021–	84	23	107	010	[2]

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