List of Chelsea F.C. players

This is a list of notable players for Chelsea Football Club, whether or not they have a Wikipedia article. It generally includes only those players who made more than 100 appearances for the club, but also those who fell just short of 100 and made a notable contribution, members of the club's first ever side or were voted Player of the Year

Dates and figures are for the individual's career with Chelsea only.

Figures are for all competitive matches and include substitute appearances.

List of players

The list of Chelsea F.C. players

(As of 11 February 2021)

• Bold represents current players.

Name	Nationality	Position	Chelsea career	Appearances	Goals
Tommy Miller	Scotland	DF	1905–1909	120	0
Martin Moran	Scotland	FW	1905–1908	67	7
Billy Bridgeman	England	DF	1906–1914	159	0
George Hilsdon	England	ST	1906–1912	164	108
Jock Cameron	Scotland	HB	1907–1913	194	0
Ben Warren	England	HB	1908–1914	101	4
Angus Douglas	Scotland	W	1908–1913	103	10
Vivian Woodward	England	FW	1909–1915	116	34
Samuel Downing	England	HB	1909–1914	145	10
Alec Ormiston	Scotland	HB	1909–1914	103	1
Bob Whittingham	England	ST	1910–1919	129	84
Walter Bettridge	England	HB	1909–1922	254	0
Fred Taylor	England	HB	1909–1915	171	4
Charlie Freeman	England	FW	1909–1920	104	22
Jim Molyneux	England	GK	1910–1923	239	0
Jack Harrow	England	DF	1911–1926	334	5
Harry Ford	England	W	1912–1923	248	47
Harold Halse	England	CB	1913–1921	111	24
Tommy Logan	Scotland	DF	1913–1920	116	8
Nils Middelboe[a]	Denmark	HB	1913–1922	46	1
Bob McNeil	Scotland	FW	1914–1929	306	32
Jack Cock	England	ST	1919–1923	111	54
Harry Wilding	England	CB	1914–1928	265	26
Tommy Meehan	England	HB	1920–1924	133	6
George W. Smith	Scotland	FB	1921–1932	370	0
John Priestley	Scotland	HB	1921–1928	204	19
Albert Thain	England	FW	1922–1930	153	51
Andy Wilson	Scotland	FW	1923–1931	253	62
Jackie Crawford	England	W	1923–1934	308	28
Harold Miller	England	FW	1923–1939	365	45
Willie Ferguson	Scotland	W	1923–1933	294	11
Leslie Odell	England	DF	1924–1936	103	7
Tommy Law	Scotland	FB	1925–1939	318	19
George Rodgers	Scotland	DF	1925–1931	122	2
Sam Millington	England	GK	1926–1932	245	0
George Pearson	England	FW	1926–1933	215	37
Willie Russell	Scotland	HB	1927–1935	160	6
Jack Townrow	England	DF	1927–1931	140	3
Sid Bishop	England	HB	1928–1933	109	6
George Mills	England	ST	1929–1943	239	125
Hughie Gallacher	Scotland	ST	1930–1934	144	81
George Barber	England	DF	1930–1941	294	1
Vic Woodley	England	GK	1931–1939	272	0
Len Allum	England	DF	1932–1939	102	2
Jimmy Argue	Scotland	FW	1933–1947	125	35
George Gibson	Scotland	FW	1933–1938	143	24
Allan Craig	Scotland	DF	1933–1939	211	0
Dick Spence	England	W	1934–1950	246	66
Billy Mitchell	Northern Ireland	HB	1934–1939	118	3
Harry Burgess	England	FW	1935–1945	155	37
Sam Weaver	England	HB	1936–1945	125	4
Len Goulden	England	FW	1945–1950	111	19
John Harris	Scotland	CB	1945–1956	364	14
Tommy Walker	Scotland	FW	1946–1948	105	24
Sydney Bathgate	Scotland	DF	1946–1953	147	0
Ken Armstrong	England New Zealand	HB	1946–1957	402	30
Bill Robertson	Scotland	GK	1946–1960	215	0
Bobby Campbell	Scotland	W	1947–1954	213	40
Roy Bentley	England	ST	1948–1956	367	150
Stan Willemse	England	LB	1949–1956	221	2
Eric Parsons	England	W	1950–1956	177	42
Les Stubbs	England	FW	1952–1958	123	35
John McNichol	Scotland	FW	1952–1958	202	66
Derek Saunders	England	HB	1953–1959	223	9
Ron Tindall	England	ST	1953–1961	174	69
Peter Sillett	England	RB	1953–1962	288	34
Frank Blunstone	England	W	1953–1964	347	54
John Sillett	England	FB	1954–1962	102	1
Peter Brabrook	England	FW	1955–1962	271	57
John Mortimore	England	MF	1956–1965	279	10
Jimmy Greaves	England	ST	1957–1961	169	132
Ken Shellito	England	RB	1957–1969	123	2
Barry Bridges	England	FW	1958–1966	205	93
Bobby Tambling	England	FW	1959–1970	370	202
Peter Bonetti	England	GK	1959–1979	729	0
Allan Harris	England	LB	1960–1964 1966–1967	102	1
Terry Venables	England	MF	1960–1966	237	31
Bert Murray	England	FW	1961–1966	183	44
Ron Harris	England	DF	1961–1980	795	14
Eddie McCreadie	Scotland	LB	1962–1974	410	5
Peter Houseman	England	MF	1962–1975	343	39
Marvin Hinton	England	CB	1963–1976	344	4
George Graham	Scotland	FW	1964–1966	102	46
John Boyle	Scotland	MF	1964–1973	266	12
Peter Osgood	England	ST	1964–1974 1978–1979	380	150
John Hollins	England	MF	1963–1975 1983–1984	592	64
Charlie Cooke	Scotland	W	1966–1972 1974–1978	373	30
Tommy Baldwin	England	MF	1966–1974	239	91
Alan Hudson	England	MF	1968–1974 1983–1984	189	14
David Webb	England	CB/RB	1968–1974	299	34
Ian Hutchinson	England	ST	1968–1976	144	58
John Dempsey	England	CB	1969–1978	207	7
John Phillips	Wales	GK	1970–1980	149	0
Micky Droy	England	CB	1970–1985	313	19
Ian Britton	Scotland	MF	1971–1982	289	34
Chris Garland	England	MF	1971–1975	114	31
Steve Kember	England	MF	1971–1975	150	15
Gary Stanley	England	MF	1971–1979	120	15
Bill Garner	England	ST	1972–1978	119	36
Gary Locke	England	RB	1971–1983	317	4
Kenny Swain	England	MF/ST	1973–1978	132	29
Steve Wicks	England	CB	1974–1979 1986–1988	164	9
Ray Wilkins	England	MF	1972–1979	198	33
David Hay	Scotland	MF	1974–1980	120	3
Tommy Langley	England	ST	1974–1980	152	43
Clive Walker	England	W	1975–1984	224	65
John Bumstead	England	MF	1976–1991	409	44
Mike Fillery	England	W	1978–1983	181	41
Petar Borota	Yugoslavia	GK	1979–1982	114	0
Gary Chivers	England	CB	1978–1983	148	4
Peter Rhoades-Brown	England	W	1979–1984	109	5
Colin Pates	England	CB	1979–1988	346	10
Chris Hutchings	England	LB	1980–1983	101	3
Colin Lee	England	ST	1980–1987	223	41
Paul Canoville	England	W	1981–1986	103	15
David Speedie	Scotland	ST	1982–1987	205	64
Nigel Spackman	England	MF	1983–1987 1992–1996	267	14
Eddie Niedzwiecki	Wales	GK	1983–1988	175	0
Pat Nevin	Scotland	W	1983–1988	242	45
Joe McLaughlin	Scotland	CB	1983–1989	268	7
Kerry Dixon	England	ST	1983–1992	420	193
Micky Hazard	England	MF	1985–1990	103	12
Gordon Durie	Scotland	ST	1986–1991	153	63
Tony Dorigo	England	LB	1987–1991	180	12
Kevin Wilson	Northern Ireland	FW	1987–1992	191	55
Graeme Le Saux	England	LB	1987–1993 1997–2003	312	16
Steve Clarke	Scotland	RB	1987–1998	421	10
David Lee	England	CB	1988–1998	194	13
Kevin Hitchcock	England	GK	1988–2001	135	0
Ken Monkou	Suriname	CB	1989–1992	119	2
Dave Beasant	England	GK	1989–1993	157	0
Craig Burley	Scotland	MF	1989–1997	137	11
Erland Johnsen	Norway	CB	1989–1997	183	1
Andy Townsend	Ireland	MF	1990–1993	138	19
Frank Sinclair	Jamaica	CB	1990–1998	218	13
Eddie Newton	England	MF	1990–1999	214	10
Dennis Wise	England	MF	1990–2001	445	76
Andy Myers	England	LB	1991–1999	106	2
John Spencer	Scotland	ST	1992–1996	137	43
Dmitri Kharine	Russia	GK	1992–1999	146	0
Gavin Peacock	England	MF	1993–1996	134	27
Michael Duberry	England	CB	1993–1999	115	3
Mark Hughes	Wales	ST	1995–1998	123	39
Dan Petrescu	Romania	RB	1995–2000	208	24
Jody Morris	England	MF	1995–2003	173	9
Gianluca Vialli[b]	Italy	ST	1996–1999	88	40
Frank Leboeuf	France	CB	1996–2001	204	24
Roberto Di Matteo	Italy	MF	1996–2002	175	26
Gianfranco Zola	Italy	FW	1996–2003	311	80
Tore André Flo	Norway	ST	1997–2000	163	50
Gustavo Poyet	Uruguay	MF	1997–2001	145	49
Ed de Goey	Netherlands	GK	1997–2003	179	0
Celestine Babayaro	Nigeria	LB	1997–2005	197	8
John Terry	England	CB	1998–2017	717	67
Albert Ferrer	Spain	RB	1998–2003	113	1
Marcel Desailly	France	CB	1998–2004	222	7
Mario Melchiot	Netherlands	RB	1999–2004	165	5
Carlo Cudicini	Italy	GK	1999–2009	216	0
Jesper Grønkjær	Denmark	W	2000–2004	119	11
Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Netherlands	ST	2000–2004	177	87
Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	ST	2000–2006	263	78
William Gallas	France	DF	2001–2006	225	14
Frank Lampard	England	MF	2001–2014	648	211
Damien Duff	Ireland	W	2003–2006	125	19
Geremi	Cameroon	MF	2003–2007	109	4
Claude Makélélé	France	CDM	2003–2008	217	2
Wayne Bridge	England	LB	2003–2009	142	4
Joe Cole	England	MF	2003–2010	282	39
Arjen Robben	Netherlands	W	2004–2007	106	19
Ricardo Carvalho	Portugal	CB	2004–2010	210	11
Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	ST	2004–2012 2014–2015	381	164
Paulo Ferreira	Portugal	RB	2004–2013	214	2
Petr Čech	Czech Republic	GK	2004–2015 2020–	494	0
Shaun Wright-Phillips	England	W	2005–2008	125	10
Michael Essien	Ghana	MF	2005–2014	256	25
Michael Ballack	Germany	MF	2006–2010	166	25
Salomon Kalou	Ivory Coast	FW	2006–2012	254	61
Ashley Cole	England	LB	2006–2014	338	7
John Obi Mikel	Nigeria	MF	2006–2017	372	6
Alex	Brazil	CB	2007–2012	134	11
Florent Malouda	France	LW	2007–2013	228	45
José Bosingwa	Portugal	RB	2008–2012	125	3
Nicolas Anelka	France	FW	2008–2012	184	59
Branislav Ivanović	Serbia	DF	2008–2017	377	34
Nemanja Matić	Serbia	MF	2009–2011 2014–2017	154	7
Fernando Torres	Spain	ST	2010–2014	172	45
Ramires	Brazil	MF	2010–2016	246	33
Juan Mata	Spain	MF	2011–2014	135	33
Thibaut Courtois	Belgium	GK	2011–2018	154	0
David Luiz	Brazil	CB	2011–2014 2016–2019	248	18
Oscar	Brazil	MF	2012–2016	203	38
Gary Cahill	England	CB	2012–2019	290	25
Eden Hazard	Belgium	W	2012–2019	352	110
César Azpilicueta	Spain	DF	2012–	406	14
Victor Moses	Nigeria	RWB	2012–	128	18
Andreas Christensen	Denmark	CB	2013–	111	0
Willian	Brazil	W	2013–2020	339	63
Diego Costa	Spain	ST	2014–2017	120	59
Cesc Fàbregas	Spain	MF	2014–2019	198	22
Kurt Zouma	France	CB	2014–	138	9
Pedro	Spain	W	2015–2020	206	43
N'Golo Kanté	France	MF	2016–	197	11
Marcos Alonso	Spain	LWB	2016–	156	23
Antonio Rüdiger	Germany	CB	2017–	129	6
Jorginho	Italy	MF	2018–	120	15
Mateo Kovačić	Croatia	MF	2018–	126	2
Olivier Giroud	France	FW	2018–	108	37
Kepa Arrizabalaga	Spain	GK	2018–	102	0

Annual Awards

Player of the Year

Year Winner 1967 Peter Bonetti 1968 Charlie Cooke 1969 David Webb 1970 John Hollins 1971 John Hollins 1972 David Webb 1973 Peter Osgood 1974 Gary Locke 1975 Charlie Cooke 1976 Ray Wilkins 1977 Ray Wilkins 1978 Micky Droy 1979 Tommy Langley 1980 Clive Walker 1981 Petar Borota 1982 Mike Fillery 1983 Joey Jones 1984 Pat Nevin 1985 David Speedie 1986 Eddie Niedzwiecki 1987 Pat Nevin 1988 Tony Dorigo 1989 Graham Roberts

Year Winner 1990 Ken Monkou 1991 Andy Townsend 1992 Paul Elliott 1993 Frank Sinclair 1994 Steve Clarke 1995 Erland Johnsen 1996 Ruud Gullit 1997 Mark Hughes 1998 Dennis Wise 1999 Gianfranco Zola 2000 Dennis Wise 2001 John Terry 2002 Carlo Cudicini 2003 Gianfranco Zola 2004 Frank Lampard 2005 Frank Lampard 2006 John Terry 2007 Michael Essien 2008 Joe Cole 2009 Frank Lampard 2010 Didier Drogba 2011 Petr Čech 2012 Juan Mata

Year Winner 2013 Juan Mata 2014 Eden Hazard 2015 Eden Hazard 2016 Willian 2017 Eden Hazard 2018 N'Golo Kanté 2019 Eden Hazard 2020 Mateo Kovačić

Players' Player of the Year

Year Winner 2006 Claude Makélélé 2007 Didier Drogba 2008 Ricardo Carvalho 2009 Ashley Cole 2010 Florent Malouda 2011 Ashley Cole 2012 Ramires 2013 Juan Mata 2014 César Azpilicueta 2015 Eden Hazard 2016 Willian 2017 N'Golo Kanté 2018 Willian 2019 Eden Hazard 2020 ----- No award -----

Young Player of the Year

Year Winner 1983 Keith Dublin 1984 Robert Isaac 1985 Gareth Hall 1986 Mick Bodley 1987 Jason Cundy 1988 Eddie Cunnington 1989 ----- No award ----- 1990 ----- No award ----- 1991 Andy Myers 1992 Zeke Rowe 1993 Neil Shipperley 1994 Mark Nicholls 1995 Chris McCann 1996 Jody Morris 1997 Nick Crittenden 1998 John Terry 1999 Samuele Dalla Bona 2000 Rhys Evans

Year Winner 2001 Leon Knight 2002 Carlton Cole 2003 Robert Huth 2004 Robert Huth 2005 Robert Huth 2006 Lassana Diarra 2007 John Obi Mikel 2008 The U18s youth team 2009 Michael Mancienne 2010 The U18s youth team 2011 Josh McEachran 2012 Lucas Piazon 2013 Nathan Aké 2014 Lewis Baker 2015 Kurt Zouma 2016 Ruben Loftus-Cheek 2017 Mason Mount 2018 Andreas Christensen

Year Winner 2019 Callum Hudson-Odoi 2020 ----- No award -----

Academy Player of the Year

Year Winner 2015 Dominic Solanke 2016 Fikayo Tomori 2017 Mason Mount 2018 Reece James 2019 Conor Gallagher 2020 Billy Gilmour

Goal of the Year

Year	Winner	Team	Score	Result	Stadium	Competition
2007	Michael Essien	Arsenal	1–1	1–1[1]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2008	Juliano Belletti	Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	2–0[2]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2009	Michael Essien	Barcelona	1–0	1–1[3]	Stamford Bridge	UEFA Champions League
2010	Ashley Cole	Sunderland	3–0	7–2[4]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2011	Ramires	Manchester City	2–0	2–0[5]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2012	Ramires	Barcelona	2–1	2–2[6]	Camp Nou	UEFA Champions League
2013	Oscar	Juventus	2–0	2–2[7]	Stamford Bridge	UEFA Champions League
2014	Lewis Baker	Arsenal Under 21	1–1	1–2[8]	Emirates Stadium	Barclays Under 21 League
2015	Oscar	Queens Park Rangers	1–0	2–1[9]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2016	Eden Hazard	Tottenham Hotspur	2–2	2–2[10]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2017	Eden Hazard	Arsenal	2–0	3–1[11]	Stamford Bridge	Premier League
2018	Willian	Brighton & Hove Albion	0–2	0–4[12]	Falmer Stadium	Premier League
2019	Eden Hazard	Liverpool	1–2	1–2[13]	Anfield	EFL Cup
2020	Fikayo Tomori	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	2–5[14]	Molineux Stadium	Premier League

List of captains

Period	Captain
1953–1956	Roy Bentley
1956–1957	Ken Armstrong
1957–1959	Derek Saunders
1959–1964	Frank Blunstone
1964–1966	Terry Venables
1966–1980	Ron Harris
1980–1984	Micky Droy
1984–1988	Colin Pates
1988–1990	Graham Roberts
1990–1991	Peter Nicholas
1991–1993	Andy Townsend
1993–2001	Dennis Wise
2001–2004	Marcel Desailly
2004–2017	John Terry
2017–2019	Gary Cahill
2019–	César Azpilicueta

Notable captains

‡ Indicates Captains who won the League in the Second Division.

Captain	League	FAC.	LC.	CS.	UCL.	UEL.	USC.	CWC.	FMC.	Total
Roy Bentley	1954–55			1955						2
Terry Venables			1965							1
Ron Harris		1970						1971		2
Colin Pates ‡	1983–84								1986	2
Graham Roberts ‡	1988–89									1
Peter Nicholas									1990	1
Dennis Wise		1997 2000	1998	2000			1998	1998		6
John Terry	2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2014–15 2016–17	2007 2009 2010 2012	2005 2007 2015	2005 2009	2012	2013				16
Gary Cahill		2018				2019				2

Notes

References

• Player profiles
• Player database
• Hockings, Ron. 90 Years Of The Blues – A Statistical History Of Chelsea FC 1905–1995.
• List of all Chelsea players past and present and appearance data