List of Reading F.C. players

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]
Academy graduate
Current Reading player
Current Reading player and academy graduate

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 25 August 2026
Name Years League apps League goals Cup apps Cup goals League Cup apps League Cup goals EFL Trophy apps EFL Trophy goals Other apps[a] Other goals Total apps Total goals International Career
Joe Bailey????–192118675186+75+-
Joe Duckworth1924?–1930?2020202+0-
Albert Hayhurst1933–193823712237+12+-
Billy Wright1933–1938??1935-
Tommy Tait1934–193914479144+103-
Jimmy Wheeler1948–1964406147453168-
Eddie McLaren1952–195918422073-
Ray Reeves1952–19612842831732-
Maurice Evans1955–19674071345916-
Dennis Allen1961–19703368537795-
Colin Meldrum1962–197026683049-
Les Chappell1969–19742017824190-
Gordon Cumming1969–19772955133161-
Steve Death1969–198247105370-
Robin Friday1973–197612146121+53-
Ray Hiron1975–1978921410614-
Gary Peters1975–1979, 1985–19882561029412-
Paul Bennett1976–197910531243-
Richie Bowman1976–198019430194+30+-
Mark White1976–19882781132013-
Jerry Williams1976–19883091735717+-
Pat Earles1977–19822476828485-
Alan Lewis1977–198214951737-
Martin Hicks1978–19915002360326-
Mike Kearney1978–198314536145+36+-
Lawrie Sanchez1978–19842622830531 Northern Ireland
Steve Wood1979–198721992519-
Stuart Beavon1980–19903964448155-
Kerry Dixon1980–19831165113357 England
Steve Richardson1982–199338034573-
Trevor Senior1983–1987, 1988–1992301153362191-
Michael Gilkes1984–19973934348652 Barbados
Steve Francis1987–1993201602590-
Linden Jones1987–1992152819014 Wales
Steve Moran1987–19911163014338 England U21
Mick Tait1987–199099913314-
Mick Gooding[b]1989–19973142636830-
Scott Taylor1989–19952072424829-
Ady Williams1989–1996, 2000–20043351839623 Wales
Stuart Lovell1990–199822758162135703226667 Australia
Keith McPherson1990–199927183169-
Kevin Dillon1991–199410141195 England U21
Shaka Hislop1992–199510403010060301260 Trinidad and Tobago
Jeff Hopkins1992–199713131564 Wales
Jamie Lambert1992–19991241615120-
Phil Parkinson1992–20033622042524-
Jimmy Quinn[b]1992–19971827121695 Northern Ireland
Dylan Kerr1993–19968951045-
Andy Bernal1994–200018722244 Australia
Lee Nogan1995–1997912610229 Wales
Martin Williams1995–20001272615629-
Darren Caskey1996–20012033523245 England U19
Barry Hunter1996–20018641006 Northern Ireland
Scott Howie1997–2001850406070--1020 Scotland U21
Linvoy Primus1997–2000941609040--1131-
Jim McIntyre1998–200197145130513211316-
Graeme Murty[c]1998–2009306216090--803392 Scotland
Nicky Forster1999–20051875982114--9221567 England U21
Phil Whitehead1999–20039406050--321080-
Martin Butler2000–2003103325250203211736-
Jamie Cureton2000–2003108507251215112755 England U18
Sammy Igoe2000–2003877605040301057-
Ricky Newman2000–20051211716010201372-
Marcus Hahnemann2001–200928207010000403030 United States
James Harper2001–201031225130171204034826-
Andrew Hughes2001–2005166187070102018318-
John Salako2001–2004111134051100012114 England
Nicky Shorey2001–2008, 2012–201328412150141--4031713 England
Ivar Ingimarsson[d]2003–201125111181120--0028112 Iceland
Dave Kitson2003–2008, 2009145566254--2015862-
Glen Little2003–2008, 200911266050--201236-
Steve Sidwell2003–20071682910071--2018730 England U21
Bobby Convey2004–20099878061----1128 United States
Ibrahima Sonko2004–200812785040----1358 Senegal
Kevin Doyle2005–2009154554141--1016356 Republic of Ireland
Adam Federici2005–20152091250110--302481 Australia
Brynjar Gunnarsson2005–2013142913160--2016310 Iceland
Stephen Hunt2005–2009155177391--1017221 Republic of Ireland
Leroy Lita2005–200983209785----10032 England U21
Shane Long2005–2011, 2022–20232044519871--5223556 Republic of Ireland
Alex Pearce2006–201521214150121--1024015 Republic of Ireland
Simon Church2007–20131042212230--3012224 Wales
Jem Karacan[e]2007–20151551112051--3017512 Turkey A2
Hal Robson-Kanu2007–20161982420581--2022830 Wales
Noel Hunt2008–2013145336383--3016239 Republic of Ireland
Jimmy Kébé2008–2013175299230--3019031 Mali
Jobi McAnuff[f]2009–20141891411130--3120616 Jamaica
Jay Tabb2009–20138907060--301050 Republic of Ireland U21
Mikele Leigertwood2010–20149777221--3010910 Antigua and Barbuda
Jordan Obita2010–20201635151110--211917 England U21
Adam Le Fondre2011–2014104395210----11041-
Chris Gunter2012–20202802160152--303144 Wales
Garath McCleary2012–20202422319371--2027027 Jamaica
Pavel Pogrebnyak2012–201594246032----10326 Russia
Danny Williams2013–20171351312160--3015614 United States
Paul McShane[g]2015–20199634120--101034 Republic of Ireland
Liam Moore[h]2016–202321983090--302338 Jamaica
John Swift2016–2022187325072--3020233 England U21
Tyler Blackett2016–202011003060--301220 England U21
Yakou Méïté2016–2023156424253--0016547 Ivory Coast
Andy Rinomhota2018–2022, 2025–Present1303718000--1454 Zimbabwe
Omar Richards2017–20219327150----1043 England U21
Sone Aluko2017–20219367020----1026 Nigeria
Andy Yiadom[i]2018–20262444403020--2534 Ghana
Ovie Ejaria2019, 2019–2020, 2020–202312491020----1279 England U21
Michael Morrison2019–202210882030----1138-
Lucas João2019–2023116422013----11945 Portugal
 Angola
Tom Holmes2016–2024, 20241251303020--1331-
Tom McIntyre2016–20241056506041--1207 Scotland U21
Amadou Mbengue2022–2023, 2023–2025972413050--1093 Senegal U23
Harvey Knibbs2023–20258825413056--10032-
Lewis Wing[j]2023–Present13630534150--15034—
Charlie Savage2023–Present13010517251--14714 Wales
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan2021–202612319317562--13927-
Joel Pereira2023–Present940202030--1010 Portugal U21
  1. ↑ Includes Promotion play-offs
  2. 1 2 Joint player-manager 1994–1997.
  3. ↑ Club captain 2003–2009.
  4. ↑ Club captain 2009–2011.
  5. ↑ Club captain 2014–2015.
  6. ↑ Club captain 2011–2014.
  7. ↑ Club captain 2015–2019.
  8. ↑ Club captain 2019–2022.
  9. ↑ Club captain 2022–2025.
  10. ↑ Club captain 2025–Present.

Players with fewer than 100 appearances

References

  1. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2004). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. SoccerData. ISBN 978-1-899468-67-6.
  2. ↑ "Reading". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Players Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Only includes league games.
  3. ↑ "Career appearance records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
  4. ↑ "Career goalscoring records". Royals Record. Retrieved 10 December 2013. Includes all players from 1990–91 onwards but also those who made their debut before then and were still playing in 1990–91 and beyond.
  5. ↑ "Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
  6. 1 2 "Statistics". Reading F.C. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  7. ↑ "Our members". Reading F.C. Former Players' Association. Retrieved 10 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
  9. ↑ "All Reading Football Club players". The Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.
  10. ↑ "Murty announces his retirement". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  11. ↑ "Academy graduates". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  12. ↑ "Long sold by Reading FC to West Brom in record deal". Reading Post. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  13. ↑ "Ingimarsson released by Reading". BBC Sport. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  14. ↑ "Reading internationals". Royals Record. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 December 2013.
  15. ↑ "Club honours and records". Reading F.C. Archived from the original on 14 February 2013. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
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