This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Tottenham Hotspur since its foundation as Hotspur F.C. in 1882.

The list comprises those who have: - made 100 or more first-team appearances for the club including substitutions, and/or made 50 or more first-team and represented their country at full International level while on the club's books, and/or achieved notability through making a major contribution to the club as a player, e.g. club captain, founder member or achieved notability in other ways, e.g. .

Records for some players vary from one data source to another and where possible these have been verified with reference to more than one such source. Corrections and updates should include a reference to source in the edit summary or on the Talk Page. To see a list of all Tottenham players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article :Category:Tottenham Hotspur F.C. players.

List of players

Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. First team appearances include, Football League, Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, FA Community Shield, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup and UEFA Cup. Substitute appearances are included. Wartime matches are excluded.

International appearances are those at Full International level, including substitutions while on the club's books.

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An asterisk (*) next to a name denotes that the player is still a current player at the club.

This is a list of notable players for Tottenham Hotspur. Please do not add the names and details of the current squad unless it meets the notability criteria above.

Table of notable players

NameNationalityPositionTottenham Hotspur careerClub AppsGoalsInt. Apps (at club)Int. Apps (all)NotesMF1882–18955325 'Founding player of Hotspur F.C "A Romance of Football p8" Retrieved March 23, 2008FB1882–189415924 Founding player of Hotspur F.C. "A Romance of Football p8" Retrieved March 23, 2008GK1894–18951896–19001330 MF1897–1904226 13 15 17 FA Cup Winners 1901 Reported on www.mehst.comFW1898–190711143 0 1 DF1899–1905 148 8 6 14 LW1899–190534797 12 1 MF1899–19125233 FW1900–19015745 FW1901–190919763 21 28FW1903–190713324 FW1903–19073675 11 CB1908–1912141 4 FW1908–1915245 45 CB1908–1919160 3 LW1908–1920261 55 FW1908–1920334101 FW1909–1911102 FB1910–19151221 CB1910–1921110 1 MF1912–1917101 2 FW1912–1922215106 1 1FW1912–1923176 84 MF1912–192736027 6 6 FA Cup Winners 1921 Reported on www.mehst.comRW1913–192423724 2 2 GK1914–1922138 0 FB1914–192935124 4 4MF1919–192124 1 MF1919–1925117 0 LW1919–1931438112 3 3 FW1919–193022448 CB1920–1923125 0 FW1920–192725477 5 5FW1921–192814129 FB1921–19302440 MF1921–193016622 MF1921–193131910 2 2MF1923–192920050 FB1923–1933158 3 FW1924–1931220822 4 MF1924–1931229 0 GK1927–1932169 0 FW1927–1935263 99 11 11 GK1927–19361290 MF1929–19351896 MF1929–19361014 RW1930–193311519 LW1930–1936900 1 1 FW1930–1937198138 3 3 MF1930–193918228 FW1931–193619586 6 6 MF1931–19382010 1 1FW1932–19392222910 10 FB1932–1939254 2 3 3CF1932–1946154 101 RW1932–1946150 28 FB1933–1936109 1 FW1934–1943103 26 GK1934–1945108 0 RW1934–1946109 31 FB1935–1949230 1 FB1936–1946132 11 RW1938–1949105 18 MF1938–1954341 6 1 1 LW1939–1953164 46 6 6 MF1939–19543241632 32First Division Champions 1951 Reported on Jim Duggan's www.topspurs.com FB1946–1951101 0 FW1946–1954294 117 FB1946–1954160 1 1 1 GK1946–19584520 6 6 FW1947–19495714 ? 4 FW1947–195532569 9 9 FW1947–1957307 134 MF1947–195723471 FB1948–1956164 2 FB1949–1955250 25 31 32 CB1949–1956322 4 1 1 MF1949–19571959–19652327 FW1951–1960222 51 LW1952–1958200 58 1 1 LB1952–1964240 0 34 34 FW1953–1959179 51 3 3 FW1959–1964183 40 22 22 RB1953–1965342 3 MF1954–196338221 41 56 First Division Champions 1961 Reported on Jim Duggan's www.topspurs.comFA Cup Winners 1961 Reported on www.mehst.comFA Cup Winners 1962 Reported on www.mehst.comEuropean Cup Winners Cup 1963 Reported on www.mehst.comFW1955–1964317208 15 15FW1955–1965209 55 MF1954–1967102 20 LB1955–1965287 1 1 1 MF1955–1965411 19 23 23 FW1956–1963215 72? 30 LW1958–1968378159? 58 FW1959–196513761 GK1959–1966262029 29 MF1959–19683185122 22 FA Cup Winners 1967 Reported on www.mehst.comFW1960–196712944 FW1961–1970379266Club Record - Most goals for club (266) 1961/70 Reported on THFC official Site 42 57 DF1963–19754201 RW1964–1968181311 1 MF1964–19723743035 35 League Cup Winners 1971 Reported on THFC Official websiteUEFA Cup Winners 1972 Reported on www.mehst.com FW1964–197443913317 22LB1964–197550617 4 4 GK1964–1977590171 119 MF1966–19691419 0 2 CB1966–197539719 ? 44 RB1966–19752582 26 26 CB1968–19721015 FW1968–197319335 FW1968–197636717424 24 FB1969–19751814 MF1969–198041549 MF1969–1986854Club Record - Most appearances for club (854) 1969/86 Reported on THFC official Site 391 1UEFA Cup Winners 1984 Reported on www.mehst.com MF1970–19752607634 67League Cup Winners 1972 Reported on www.THFC Official WebsiteFW1970–197615611 DF1970–19803014 MF1971–1977248234 2GK1971–19811730 FW1974–197812062 CB1974–197812714 FW1974–198218542 DF1975–198120210 MF1975–1987490110 44 53FW1976–19809816 27 63LW1976–198014033 LB1977–1981922 13 30 MF1978–198317925? 25CB1978–19831523 MF1978–19821983–198831125 ? 53 MF1979–19816216 59 FW1979–198623689 MF1979–198727331 19 29DF1979–198728510 FB1979–19903981944 53FW1980–198418977 19 27 FW1980–198518275 CD1980–1986287356 6GK1980–19883700 0"Hero" of UEFA Cup Final 1984 Reported on BBC websiteMF1980–1985 1993–199517025 CD1981–198462012 25GK1981–198733005 61DF1982–19986113816 16FA Cup Winners 1991 Reported on www.mehst.comDF1983–198720087 7DF1983–198711610 2 RW1984–198675142 9FW1984–198813584Club Record - Most goals (49) in one season 1986/87 Reported on THFC official Site 5 5LW1985–19891734236 62MF1985–199337028 DF1986–1987652 7 61FW1986–19886323 10 36 MF1986–1988549 4 24 FB1986–19911576 MF1987–199424717 MF1988–19911123320 57FW1988–1992171373 3 FW1988–199215621 0 5 DF1988–1993118101 20 DF1988–199486234 80GK1988–19962180 45 97 MF1988–199833527 FW1989–199210667 21 80DF1989–19931450 0 13 MF1989–199314418 CB1989–199421111 FB1990–20002761 FW1991–1993781711 43 GK1991–200131303 4 FW1992–1995108272 23FB1992–19971500 CB1992–20013151540 73League Cup Winners 1999 Reported on www.mehst.comFW1992–19972001–200327712521 51RW1992–200435848 30 30DF1993–1999199732 36RB1993–2004270827 44FW1994–19971001119 60FW1994–19951997–1998683810 108RW1995–200012915 0 2FW1995–200217362 MF1996–19991007 0 12 MF1996–200011518 7 44 FW1996–20031764734 79 LW1997–2000127220 17MF1997–20031093 FW1997–2003149394 17MF1999–2002721118 86MF1999–20031310 0 21 DF1999–2003146 4 MF1999–2003118 16 3 3 DF1999–2004156 2 CB1999–201231812 21 21 League Cup Winners 2008 Reported on www.mehst.comGK2000–2003810 13 28CB2000–2004778 24 34FW2000–20047613 29 75MF2000–20051461824 58CB2000–200814431 1 MF2001–200498230 26 FB2001–2004551013 72 GK2001–200585025102MF2002–20054940 17 FW2002–20082009–201130612251 146FW2003–2005732111 39 MF2004–2006752 5 34 GK2004–2008175137 41FW2004–20082009–2014 36314345 57FW2005–20076320 13 51 MF2005–200883311 64LB2005–200893030 127MF2005–201320915 3 3 MF2005–2013202269 21CB2005–201432410 4 4 RW2005–201536430 21 21 FW2006–200810246 17 78 RB2006–20082009–20091034 0 1 MF2006–20091340 22 123 LB2006–201520041924 FW2007–200979252 13 LW2007–20132020–20212377246111DF2007–20082010–20151538 4 6 RB2008–201166211 50CB2008–20116532 8 DF2008–2012109111 103MF2008–201233354107MF2008–20127111681MF2008–20121591734194FW2008–2012113421151 RW2008–20136251 7 GK2008–20141300211RW2008–201693111013MF2008–201670411FW2009–201193248 42MF2009–201186115 98 CB2009–2012713 1319 RB2010–20172284 27 96MF2010–20127828 13109 MF2010–2014963 1517 LB214 10 29 29MF2011–201363015 18FW2011–20151134214 87FW2011–2023435 280 84 112MF2012–201483131583MF2012–201824910 4282GK2012–20244470107145CB2012–20203151480157MF2013–2023203 5 10 10MF2013–20156710 1456 MF2013–202030469 58 147 MF2013–201666 1 25 57 MF2013–2016119251966FW2013–20157616112MF2013–2021257372425MF2014–2024365 13 49 49*LB2014–present3631190100CB2015–2021236 9 65 127MF2015–2022269 67 37 37FW2015–2025454173 91 140FB2015–2019114 2 16 54MF2016–202120252671MF2016–202097 7 18 65DF2017–20232075 52 75RB2017–20211108 33 93MF2018–202322139 1 37MF2019–2024108104565MF2019–2024911017MF2020–20228381235MF2020–2025184104893DF2020–202573236DF2020–20237132453*MF2021–present141113537DF2021–20241014610DF2021–2026156134247*MF2022–present147102773*MF2022–present146252545MF2022–202450118150*FW2022–present133321854FW2023–2026107272242*DF2023–present96101717*MF2023–present781627*MF2023–present152131415*FW2024–present652223*MF2024–present78256*MF2024–present545*MF2025–present212*FW2025–present466*FW2025–present415*MF2026–present181 Note: Players correct up to the 2026 September transfer window. Premier League and International statistics correct up to 14 July 2026.

Club captains DatesCaptain1882–1883 Bobby Buckle1884–1894 Jack Jull1895–1896 Stanley Briggs1897–1904 Jack L. Jones1904–1907 Sandy Tait1907-1908 Walter Bull 1908–1912 Danny Steel1912–1914 http://bellewaarde1915.co.uk/men/sgt 1914–1915 Bobby Steel1919 Billy Minter1919-1920 Thomas Clay1920–1929 Arthur Grimsdell1929–1930 Cecil Poynton1930–1932 Tommy Meads1932–1933 Billy FeltonGraham Betts (2006). England: Player by player. Green Umbrella Publishing. p. 99. .1933–1935 Arthur Rowe1935–1936 Les Howe1936–1937 Bill Whatley1937–1939 Willie Hall1946–1954 Ron Burgess1954–1955 Alf Ramsey1955–1956 Danny Blanchflower1956–1957 Tony Marchi1957–1958 John Ryden1958–1959 Bobby Smith1959–1964 Danny Blanchflower1964–1968 Dave Mackay1968–1972 Alan Mullery1972–1975 Martin Peters1975–1986 Steve Perryman1986 Ray Clemence1987 Richard Gough1987–1998 Gary Mabbutt1998–2001 Sol Campbell2001–2003 Teddy Sheringham2003–2005 Jamie Redknapp2005–2012 Ledley King2012–2014 Michael Dawson2014–2015 Younes Kaboul2015–2023 Hugo Lloris2023–2025 Son Heung-min2025–2026 Cristian Romero2026– Micky van de Ven

Notes

References Records and history of players on Tottenham Hotspur F.C. official site Every player ever to play for Spurs in a competitive match on www.topspurs.com Details of Honours, pen pictures of key players throughout the history of the club on www.mehstg.com Appearances, caps transfers etc on Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database on www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/spurs/spurs.html Statistics on players appearances for Club and National Team on Soccerbase.com National Team stats etc run by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Records of Pre WW2 Welsh International Players on Welsh Football Data Archive Records of all Scottish International Players on Scottish Football Association Archive

Record of all the English International Players on Englandstats.com Record of Icelandic International Players on Iceland National Football site Russian National Team Results Croatian National Federation website