The Wigan Warriors are an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.

Jim Sullivan has made the most career appearances for Wigan, having played 774 games between 1921 and 1946. Sullivan is also the club's all-time top goal scorer (2,317) and point scorer (4,883), and holds the club record for most points scored in a single match, with 44 against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925.

The try scoring record is held by Billy Boston, who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards share the record for most tries scored in one game, with Offiah scoring ten tries against Leeds in 1992 before Edwards repeated the feat against Swinton later that year.

List of players

The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Wigan since the formation of the Northern Union in 1895. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by date of debut, then by surname and first name.

+ KeySymbolMeaning *Inducted into the Hall of Fame ^Club record holder +Played for Wigan prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895

+ PositionsFB UBUtility backWG CN SO SH PR FWForwardHK SR LF

NamePositionClub careerAppearancesTriesGoalsDGsPointsRepresentativeRefs FW 1895–1900+ 129 8 0 24 – FW 1895–1903+ 258 2 2 10 Lancashire FW 1895–1902+ 188 15 2 49 – FW 1895–1902 162 5 0 15 Lancashire FW 1896–1908 227 3 0 9 – FW 1898–1903 138 7 0 21 – FW 1898–1906 197 8 1 26 – FW 1900–10 105 4 0 12 – FW 1900–04 116 3 0 9 – FW 1901–09 127 7 1 23 Lancashire FW 1901–09 213 15 1 47 – FB 1902–06 153 2 118 242 – SO 1902–06 149 14 18 78 Lancashire SO 1903–14 193 20 1 62 FB 1903–12 278 7 135 291 / FW 1903–14 297 22 0 66 – WG 1903–11 280 258 267 1308 / CN 1904–20 389 182 0 546 / SH 1904–19 388 108 439 1202 / FW 1905–20 313 35 0 105 / FW 1906–10 135 16 0 48 – FW 1907–18 243 16 0 48 WG 1907–19 206 151 2 457 / CN/WG 1908–13 185 126 7 392 Lancashire LF 1910–20 226 76 0 228 Lancashire FW 1910–12 111 17 0 51 – WG 1911–24 129 48 8 160 – WG 1911–14 106 117 0 351 – FW 1912–24 280 79 0 237 / FW 1912–19 130 41 44 211 – FW 1913–26 142 5 0 15 – SO 1913–27 218 54 8 178 SH 1914–27 245 54 23 208 SO 1914–22 114 22 19 104 Lancashire FW 1918–24 128 25 0 75 – FW 1919–22 106 33 1 101 CN/SH 1919–25 199 72 3 222 / CN 1920–26 219 101 28 359 / FW 1920–24 159 20 1 62 PR 1921–30 277 35 0 105 * FB 1921–45 774^ 83 2317 4883^ / / WG 1922–31 331 368 4 1112 / LF 1922–27 177 71 0 213 / CN 1923–30 240 113 0 339 WG 1923–26 127 107 0 321 Other Nationalities SR 1923–28 178 26 0 78 Other Nationalities LF 1924–32 198 37 0 111 Lancashire PR 1924–30 262 10 0 30 Cumberland CN/SH 1924–28 158 52 2 160 Other Nationalities HK 1925–30 210 5 0 15 / SR 1925–30 207 7 0 21 SH 1926–32 171 49 1 149 – CN 1927–33 184 81 0 243 WG 1927–30 130 106 0 318 Other Nationalities SR 1927–35 365 50 5 160 Other Nationalities SO 1927–30 121 15 0 45 SR 1929–33 111 23 0 69 Glamorgan and Monmouthshire SR 1929–33 128 7 0 21 – CN 1930–39 300 127 0 381 SO 1930–37 232 101 5 313 WG 1932–39 292 223 4 677 / / SH 1932–44 353 73 3 225 – SR 1933–40 181 6 0 18 – CN 1933–37 155 60 4 188 – PR 1933–37 146 8 0 24 HK 1934–38 182 10 0 30 – WG 1934–36 103 90 0 270 Lancashire * PR 1935–54 559 54 508 1178 / SR 1936–39 112 9 0 27 – FB 1936–43 113 7 41 103 PR 1936–48 246 14 0 42 – SR 1936–45 106 34 3 108 – CN 1938–50, 1953 213 57 480 1131 / * HK 1938–49 362 28 12 108 / CN 1938–48 219 187 128 817 / LF 1939–47 149 32 8 112 SH 1939–51 302 35 0 105 / LF 1939–45 113 21 0 63 – UB 1939–59 447 85 371 997 / SR 1940–44 110 27 0 81 – FB/CN 1940–44 106 20 0 60 – FB 1940–52 300 67 63 327 / FW 1940–47 184 40 1 122 Lancashire SO 1941–54 131 41 0 123 – PR 1941–52 279 35 0 105 / FW 1942–53 137 122 0 366 / CN 1942–58 530 241 0 723 / SR 1943–48 116 16 0 48 – WG 1945–53 212 185 0 555 / SR/LF 1945–52 255 77 4 239 / WG 1946–54 294 312 109 1154 Other Nationalities SO 1946–50 210 70 55 320 Other Nationalities CN 1947–53 123 40 0 120 – SR 1947–54 195 64 0 192 / SH 1948–53 155 31 0 93 Lancashire PR/SR 1949–51 113 16 0 48 CN 1949–56 215 59 0 177 HK 1950–57 211 11 0 33 Lancashire * SR/PR 1951–66 422 44 3 138 LF 1951–55 163 32 0 96 PR/SR 1951–63 323 26 27 132 FB 1953–58 108 22 47 160 – SR 1953–62 257 80 0 240 / * WG 1953–67 487 478 7 1448 SO 1954–63 300 127 4 389 HK 1954–65 295 16 0 48 * CN 1955–68 497 231 448 1589 / PR 1956–59 119 13 0 39 – PR 1956–66 278 24 0 72 SH 1956–59 102 5 1 17 – LF 1957–65 282 34 0 102 WG 1957–60 125 84 0 252 FB 1957–62 161 43 663 1455 – CN 1958–67 152 58 0 174 Lancashire SR 1959–69 328 73 0 219 Lancashire WG 1960–65 123 95 0 285 SH 1961–71 309 95 15 315 Lancashire CN 1961–64 133 52 0 156 Lancashire WG 1962–66 140 132 0 396 – * HK 1963–77 436 75 0 225 PR 1963–78 238 23 0 69 SR/LF 1963–67 143 17 384 819 Lancashire U 1964–75 309 57 0 171 under-24 UB 1964–77 400 159 43 563 / FB 1964–67 124 10 1 32 SO/CN 1964–70 192 57 0 171 PR 1965–68 149 2 0 6 CN 1966–73 218 55 0 165 FB 1967–74 248 88 813 1890 Lancashire LF 1967–72 185 38 0 114 PR 1967–74 143 18 0 54 Lancashire SO/CN 1967–76 329 113 15 369 CN/SR 1968–73, 1977–78 186 74 146 520 SR 1968–77 207 19 0 57 WG 1969–75 173 103 0 309 SR 1969–74 107 45 0 135 Lancashire SR 1970–74 147 17 0 51 UB 1970–79 260 93 0 279 Lancashire SH 1970–73 131 64 6 204 – PR 1971–76 141 5 2 19 – UF 1971–80 171 26 0 78 – SH 1972–77 185 41 90 312 under-24 SR 1972–81 177 38 0 123 Lancashire SH 1973–80 134 32 0 96 – WG 1973–80 168 86 1 260 Other Nationalities SR 1973–77 154 40 0 120 WG 1973–82 201 87 3 267 under-24 CN 1974–80 119 36 6 120 / FB 1974–80 207 30 583 11 1267 / WG 1976–84 194 62 4 199 – PR 1976–81 124 12 0 39 HK 1978–89 260 36 0 134 SO 1979–83 115 34 0 103 Lancashire LF 1979–84 122 29 45 182 – PR 1979–85 145 12 0 38 – SR 1981–84 125 12 0 41 – WG 1981–89 226 145 106 762 / FB/CN 1981–85 149 46 379 13 937 Lancashire PR 1982–90 149 11 0 43 CN 1982–87 214 71 286 845 SR/PR 1982–90 202 49 0 189 PR 1983–88 197 14 0 54 * SO/SH 1983–97 466 274 23 1146 / FB 1983–93 304 55 48 319 SR 1984–88 190 12 0 48 HK 1985–96 231 21 0 87 PR 1985–92 178 12 0 48 SR/LF 1985–92 224 79 0 316 * SO/LF 1985–90 204 189 9 776 UB 1986–94 262 89 283 16 938 * CN 1986–94 253 96 0 384 SR 1987–94 139 4 0 16 under-21 * SH 1987–91 182 17 22 118 SR 1987–95, 1998–2001 367 129 1 518 UB 1987–90 107 25 0 100 Lancashire CN 1987–90 100 60 36 312 PR 1988–94 200 24 0 96 LF 1989–95 154 23 0 92 / * SO/WG 1990–95 180 66 827 13 1931 PR 1990–96 176 21 0 84 / UB 1991–94 119 45 0 180 – PR 1991–2001 330 34 0 137 / * LF 1991–2005 370 111 1336 19 3135 / * WG 1992–96 159 186 1 749 / SR 1992–2004 368 52 0 208 / / WG 1992–2000 281 171 0 685 / HK 1993–97 141 29 18 153 CN 1993–2002, 2004 313 137 6 560 / / * FB 1993–2006 323 183 1 734 / SR 1993–2002 174 55 0 220 / CN/WG 1994–97 102 62 3 254 SO 1994–98 147 78 119 550 PR 1994–2004 306 13 0 52 / CN/SR 1995–2003 133 56 0 224 HK 1999–2004 124 12 0 48 – WG 2000–06 177 107 0 428 – HK 2000–05 186 73 0 292 / CN/WG 2000–04 117 48 0 192 SH 2001–04 119 44 1 10 188 – CN 2001–05 109 33 0 132 A WG 2001–05 111 48 1 194 CN/SR 2001–05 100 30 0 120 / * LF 2002–20 459 88 3 360 / SR 2002–06 141 34 217 572 A SR 2003–12 191 48 0 192 / SR 2004–13 242 43 0 172 / PR 2004–13 146 5 0 20 SR/CN 2005–11, 2014–18 236 65 0 260 CN 2005–14 174 72 0 288 PR 2006–10 145 21 0 84 WG 2006–13 224 168 896 2468 PR 2006–12 141 3 0 12 / CN/SR 2007–10 101 15 0 60 – SH 2007–12, 2017–22 327 74 0 297 HK 2007–17 241 24 0 96 / CN 2008–12 154 80 0 320 PR 2008–11 125 13 0 52 – PR 2008–13, 2015–16 165 13 0 52 FB 2008–13, 2016–18 213 168 137 10 956 WG 2010–16 173 164 103 862 SR/LF 2010– 321 130 0 520 PR 2012–16 102 7 0 28 – SH 2012–16 139 22 304 25 721 CN 2012–17 115 52 0 208 PR 2012–20 184 21 0 84 HK 2012– 250 40 12 188 Knights WG 2013–15, 2017–20 129 107 0 428 SO 2013–19 179 61 70 385 CN 2014–16, 2018–19 125 35 0 140 SR 2014–18, 2021–22 174 40 0 160 PR 2014–18 118 11 0 44 – PR 2014–21 165 23 0 92 – PR 2015–19 132 4 0 16 – CN 2015–21 143 65 0 260 SR 2016– 190 16 0 64 – WG 2017– 122 95 10 400 – LF 2019– 105 2 0 8

Historically notable players

Hall of Fame + Name Nationality Year ofinduction Ref. 1998 1998 1999 1999 2007 2007 2016 2016 2016 2020 2020 2023 2024 2026 2024 ? ? ? ? ? ?colspan="4"

Player of the Year YearPlayerRef.2008 Pat Richards2009 Sam Tomkins2010 Pat Richards2011 Sam Tomkins2012 George Carmont2013 Sean O'Loughlin2014 Sean O'Loughlin2015 John Bateman2016 John Bateman2017 Sean O'Loughlin2018 John Bateman2019 Zak Hardaker2020 Bevan French2021 Jackson Hastings2022 Jai Field2023 Abbas Miski2024 Jake Wardle2025 Jai Field2026 Adam Keighrancolspan="4"

Captains (Super League era) Player Year NationAndy Farrell1996–2004Terry Newton2005Sean O'Loughlin2006–2020Thomas Leuluai2021–2022Liam Farrell2023–2026

Testimonials Once players have been at a club for a certain length of time (usually ten years), they may be offered a friendly game celebrating their time at the club, known as a testimonial match. This is a list of players who have received testimonials from Wigan RLFC, in ascending chronological order with respect to when they received it.

Brian McTigue (1960) David Bolton (1964) Colin Clarke (1973) Dennis Ramsdale (1985) Nicholas "Nicky" Kiss (1988) Shaun Edwards (OBE) (1993) Graeme West (1994) Mick Cassidy (2000) Andy Farrell (OBE) (2002) Denis Betts (2003) Terry O'Connor (2004) Kris Radlinski (MBE) (2006) Sean O'Loughlin (2012) Paul Prescott (2014) Michael McIlorum (2017) Liam Marshall (2026)

Team of the Decade In 2005 during the tenth season of the current Super League championship format, the fans of Wigan RLFC voted for their best thirteen players of the 'Nighties' and the 'Naughties', called the Team of the Decade. This is a list of the ballot's resulting thirteen players.

No.Player namePositionYears at club1Kris Radlinski (MBE)1993–20062Jason Robinson (OBE)1992–20003Va'aiga Tuigamala (MNZM)1993–19964Gary Connolly1992–2002, 20045Martin Offiah (MBE)1991–19966Henry Paul1994–19987Shaun Edwards (OBE)1983–19968Craig Smith2002–20049Terry Newton2000–200510Terry O'Connor1994–200411Denis Betts1986–1995, 1998–200112Mick Cassidy1990–200413Andy Farrell (OBE)1991–2004

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