Burnley Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Burnley, Lancashire. Founded on 18 May 1882, the club was one of the first to become professional (in 1883), putting pressure on the Football Association (FA) to permit payments to players.Simpson (2007), pp. 12–25 In 1885, the FA legalised professionalism, so the team entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1885–86, and were one of the twelve founding members of the Football League in 1888–89. Burnley have played in all four professional divisions of English football from 1888 to the present day. The team have been champions of England twice, in 1920–21 and 1959–60, have won the FA Cup once, in 1913–14, and have won the FA Charity Shield twice, in 1960 and 1973. Burnley are one of only five teams to have won all four professional divisions of English football, along with Wolverhampton Wanderers, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth. They were the second to achieve this by winning the Fourth Division in the 1991–92 season.

Jerry Dawson holds the record for the greatest number of appearances for Burnley. Between 1907 and 1929, the goalkeeper played 569 times for the club.Simpson (2007), p. 492Simpson (2007), p. 539 George Beel scored 188 goals during his Burnley career and is the club's record goalscorer. Seven players who have made at least 100 appearances for Burnley went on to manage the team: Jimmy Adamson, Frank Casper (also as caretaker manager), Steve Davis (as caretaker manager), Adrian Heath (as player-manager), Brian Laws, Brian Miller, and Harry Potts.Simpson (2007), pp. 540–559 Potts became the club's longest serving manager with 745 competitive matches.Simpson (2007), pp. 284–334, 361–374, 504–507, 546–548 During his playing career, Adamson won the Footballer of the Year award in 1962—the only time a Burnley player has won this award. Northern Irishman Willie Irvine is the only player in the club's history to be crowned top goal scorer of the first tier (in 1965–66). When Bob Kelly moved from Burnley to Sunderland for £6,500 in 1925 (equivalent to £ in ), he broke the world transfer record.

All players who have played 100 or more first-team matches for the club, either as a member of the starting eleven or as a substitute, are listed below. Each player's details include the duration of his career with Burnley, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of matches played and goals scored in all senior competitive matches.

Key Statistics are correct as of the match played on 24 May 2026. Players are initially arranged by alphabetical order of surname. Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus, the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from around the 1960s onwards. "Burnley career" refers to the calendar years marking the beginning and end of a player’s contract with the club. Appearances as a substitute are included. This feature of the game was introduced in the Football League at the start of the 1965–66 season. Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League, including test matches and play-offs, Premier League, FA Cup, Football League Cup, Charity Shield, European Cup, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Europa League, Texaco Cup, Watney Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Football League Group Cup, and Associate Members' Cup / Football League Trophy. Wartime fixtures and expunged matches are not included.

+ Positions keyPre-1960s1960s–GKGoalkeeperFBFull backDFDefenderHBHalf backMFMidfielderFWForwardUUtility player

SymbolMeaning Player still at the club *Player represented his country at senior international level during his time at the club

List of players +List of Burnley F.C. players with at least 100 appearancesNameNationalityPositionBurnley careerAppearancesGoalsNotes GK 1936–1943 118 0 HB/MF 1947–1964 486 18 * FB 1948–1955 143 0 FW 2005–2006, 2007–2009 122 31 * DF/MF 2007–2011 177 24 FW 1920–1923 126 72 * FB/DF 1955–1972 521 4 * MF 2013–2018 193 22 MF 1998–2003 113 4 HB 1946–1954 269 11 FB 1909–1920 157 0 FW 2014–2023, 2025–present 320 57 HB 1898–1911 423 14 HB 1919–1926 157 5 FW 1923–1932 337 188 FW 1902–1909 104 29 MF/FW 1959–1972 250 29 GK 1992–1998, 2002–2003 350 0 * GK 1954–1967 383 0 MF 2002–2005, 2007–2010 282 72 FW 1891–1901 295 84 MF/FW 2014–2017 123 12 * FB/HB 1911–1923 236 43 U 1998–2007 299 18 DF 1993–2001 160 1 HB 1937–1952 259 9 DF 1970–1980 212 14 DF/MF 2000–2003 119 7 MF 1986–1989 130 10 FW 1936–1945 128 38 HB 1927–1935 241 5 MF 2020–2025 211 32 * HB/FW 1925–1929 176 44 * DF 2007–2010 119 5 DF/MF 2003–2005 104 1 DF 2007–2012 152 9 FW 1967–1976 275 89 FW 1952–1959 158 40 HB/FW 1946–1954 248 41 * MF/FW 1963–1971 261 32 MF 1968–1976 217 19 MF 1987–1989 103 23 * FW 1956–1964 265 104 FW 1991–1993 101 41 MF 1999–2003 169 15 FW 1995–2000 202 61 * DF/MF 2010–2011, 2017–2024 267 11 * DF 2000–2003 131 5 HB 1905–1911 177 10 FW 1920–1928 255 61 * MF 2022–present 140 7 FB/DF 1947–1963 479 3 DF 1987–1991 181 12 DF 1989–1990, 1991–1995, 1998–2003 388 47 * GK 1907–1929 569 0 DF 1985–1991 247 6 MF 1989–1995 275 27 HB/FW 1925–1930 121 29 FB 1900–1907 183 8 * MF 1967–1974, 1979–1984 497 76 DF 1967–1976 174 1 * DF 2004–2016 383 8 MF/FW 2008–2011 143 25 * DF 2009–2014 114 4 * DF 1959–1967 330 17 FW 1989–1994 132 31 MF 2005–2011 282 23 DF 2024–2026 100 1 MF 1993–1997 215 55 U 1987–1994 331 23 FW 1971–1980 352 86 * MF 1972–1977, 1982–1984 250 27 HB 1927–1933 116 4 FW 1990–1992, 1993–1996 226 46 * FW 1911–1921 189 115 DF 1987–1990 115 0 GK 2005–2006, 2010–2013 127 0 MF 2001–2005 166 3 FW 1953–1957 130 32 GK 1903–1908 153 0 MF/FW 1984–1991 242 32 * MF 2007–2010 109 7 * MF/FW 2016–2024 228 15 FB/HB 1913–1922 153 5 * FW 1979–1984 251 77 DF 1984–1987 134 2 HB/FW 1933–1936 123 31 FW 1973–1976 139 47 GK 1983–1985 103 0 DF 2005–2008 126 3 * MF 1958–1968 313 81 MF 1994–1998, 2000 146 3 HB/FW 1939–1951 154 13 MF/FW 1992–1995, 1996–1997 148 35 * GK 2013–2019 200 0 * MF 2016–2020 139 10 * FB 1923–1928 198 13 HB/FW 1889–1897 162 42 * GK 1890–1895, 1898–1902 188 0 DF/MF 1984–1986 100 30 FW 1911–1919 137 62 FW 1950–1955 199 78 DF 1980–1983 110 4 HB/FW 1934–1949 135 19 MF/FW 1985–1989 105 13 MF 1994–1998 105 4 MF 1983–1985 114 5 * MF 2004–2007 114 2 MF 1969–1980 266 31 FW 2011–2015 130 43 * FW 1960–1968 148 97 DF/MF 1973–1980, 1989–1993 255 9 * MF/FW 1970–1975, 1978–1980, 1986–1989 399 81 GK 2003–2013 310 0 MF 2013–2016 131 3 * DF 2014–2017 108 7 * FW 1913–1925 299 97 MF/FW 1967–1972, 1977–1979 225 58 FB 1885–1895 134 3 DF/MF 1960–1971 184 12 DF 1979–1983 160 15 FW 1908–1920 152 46 MF/FW 1996–2004 283 36 HB 1893–1900 181 3 FW 1958–1968 266 128 DF 2015–2023 203 3 U 1903–1908 125 34 MF 1984–1988 113 6 MF 2010–2018 221 10 FB 1938–1955 329 0 DF/MF 2005–2013 268 31 * FB 1925–1931 213 24 * GK 1948–1950, 1951–1961 201 0 DF 2004–2007 106 1 * MF/FW 1950–1963 497 131 FB 1893–1903 254 15 MF/FW 2018–2022 147 7 DF 1988–1993 230 2 DF 2011–2012, 2012–2022 376 12 DF 1962–1971 126 2 * DF/MF 1954–1967 455 37 HB 1904–1910 214 13 DF 1989–1994 101 6 * MF/FW 1961–1968, 1975–1976 232 22 HB/FW 1908–1912 108 17 MF/FW 1976–1979, 1988 107 7 * FW 1939–1952 230 53 * FW 1894–1895, 1897–1902, 1906–1907 195 28 * FW 1912–1922 198 20 MF 1992–1995, 1998, 1999–2001 113 11 GK 1985–1987 104 0 HB/FW 1911–1923 192 20 HB/FW 1955–1959 104 23 DF 1972–1978 253 7 FB/FW 1891–1896 149 44 U 1973–1980 301 80 FW 1995–1997 108 42 MF 1968–1974 153 24 MF 2004–2008 149 11 MF 1961–1970 282 25 DF 1979–1986, 1996–1998 264 7 * FW 1925–1932 259 115 HB 1924–1929 128 2 DF 1994–1997 163 5 * FW 2008–2013 151 37 FW 1998–2003 176 81 GK 1987–1992 236 0 DF 1990–1995 222 11 DF/MF 1980–1985 214 13 * MF/FW 1951–1961 340 77 U 1886, 1890–1900 129 9 FW 1893–1900 187 36 * FW 1957–1965 270 132 * GK 2016–2022 155 0 FW 1937–1950 181 50 MF 1991–1995 144 10 FB 1895–1900 124 0 FB 1932–1939 193 2 * DF 2021–present 130 8 HB 1933–1945 221 9 FW 1956–1965 242 100 DF 1971–1981, 1986–1987 303 3 FW 2007–2012, 2019–2025 310 76 FB 1899–1904 111 2 DF 1975–1985 358 29 FB/HB 1949–1960 238 6 DF 2012–2015 136 4 HB/FW 1949–1959 281 44 DF 2004–2007 102 1 FB 1919–1926 248 0 FW 1905–1908 107 21 FW 1932–1936 119 53 FB/DF 1950–1961 108 1 FW 1904–1910 185 75 FB/DF 1959–1970 107 1 FW 1976–1980 102 20 DF/MF 1994–2001 128 5 GK 1926–1932 124 0 MF 2011–2014 101 8 HB 1925–1931 152 5 MF 1981–1983 102 16 GK 1972–1983 543 0 GK 1946–1954 285 0 FB/DF 1957–1966 160 1 * DF 2016–2022 219 7 DF 2017–2024 220 1 FB 1911–1924 250 5 * FW 2001–2003 106 37 FB 1893–1907 352 14 FW 1980–1983, 1987–1989 180 52 MF/FW 1967–1972 179 23 DF 1999–2002 112 0 FW 2000–2005 216 50 FW 2008–2011 100 18 * GK 1959–1969 141 0 DF 1968–1981 364 6 * DF 1962–1970 128 2 DF 2011–2015 185 7 DF 1994–1998 114 4 * FW 2011–2019 267 64 DF 1967–1976 356 18 MF 2010–2015 165 14 * DF/MF 2014–2019 113 4 * FB 1923–1935 394 5 * HB 1909–1925 380 20 FW 1919–1924 116 18 MF 1993–2004 288 13 DF 1999–2004 178 6 MF 2017–2023 181 7 MF 1988–1991 128 21 DF 1994–1999 182 5 FB 1947–1959 198 1 * FW 2017–2022 165 53 FB 1936–1952 292 0 MF 1979–1984 156 12

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