Bolton Wanderers F.C. is an English association football club based in Lostock, Greater Manchester. The club was formed in Bolton in 1874 as Christ Church F.C., and played their first competitive match in October 1881, when they entered the First Round of the 1881–82 FA Cup. The club was renamed Bolton Wanderers F.C. in 1877, and they moved to Burnden Park in 1895 and the Reebok Stadium in 1997. The club won its first significant trophy in 1923 by beating West Ham United in the first FA Cup Final to be played at Wembley Stadium. Over the next forty years the club won a further three FA Cups. The club has gained promotion to the Premier League one three separate occasions; first in 1995, then again in 1997, with each term lasting for only one season on each occasion, before again gaining promotion in 2001. The club played at the highest level in English football for eleven years before relegation to the second tier in 2012.

Since playing their first competitive match, more than 1,050 players have made a competitive first-team appearance for the club, many of whom have played less than 25 matches (including substitute appearances).

As of September 2026, a total of 627 players have played fewer than 25 competitive matches for the club. Seven former players – C.E. Harrison, Tom Wilson, Bob Hatton, David Cross, Nicky Southall, Kaiyne Woolery and Shaun Miller – each made 24 appearances during their spell at Bolton Wanderers. Atsuki Itō is the most recent player to have made their debut for the club.

List of players

Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Premier League, Football League, FA Cup, League Cup, Football League Trophy, Charity Shield and UEFA Cup; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season. Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut for the club. Statistics correct as of match played 20 September 2026

Table headers Nationality – If a player played international football, the country or countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as his country of birth. Bolton Wanderers career – The year of the player's first appearance for Bolton Wanderers to the year of his last appearance. Starts – The number of games started. Sub – The number of games played as a substitute. Total – The total number of games played, both as a starter and as a substitute.

+ Positions keyPre-1960sPost-1960sGKGoalkeeperFBFull backDFDefenderHBHalf backMFMidfielderFWForwardUUtility player

NameNationalityPositionBolton WandererscareerStartsSubsTotalGoalsRefAppearances505 3101 0101 0505 0505 0101 0303 0606 5707 0101 0202 013013 2202 1505 0606 0101 0202 3505 0202 0808 3606 1303 0202 010010 017017 0303 1303 0101 0303 0303 0101 0606 0303 0202 114014 8808 019019 18404 0505 0404 1303 0808 0404 01888–1890505 11888–1889101 01888–1890808 01888–1889202 01888–1889303 01888–189024024 01888–1889303 21888–1889101 01888–1889101 0DF1888–1889202 01888–1889808 31888–188911011 11888–1889101 01888–1889404 21888–1889303 01888–188914014 21888–1889303 11889–1890404 01889–1890505 01889–1890707 01889–1890505 01890–1891505 01890–1892606 01891–1892101 01892–1893808 01893–189619019 31893–189420020 31893–1895202 01893–1894101 01893–189419019 61893–1895202 01894–189513013 31894–1895202 01894–1895101 01894–1895303 11894–1896707 11894–189515015 31894–189610010 11894–189515015 41894–1895505 21894–1895202 01895–1896202 01895–1896606 01895–1896808 71895–1896303 01895–1896202 01895–1897404 0FW1895404 5FW1895–1896404 11896–1897101 01896–1900505 01896–189819019 01897–1901909 21897–1899606 01897–1899606 01897–1898909 11897–1898202 01898–189911011 11898–1899202 01898–1899202 01898–189921021 01898–1899303 01898–1899505 01898–1899808 01898–1903404 01898–1899303 01899–1900303 01899–1900202 01899–1901606 01900–1902606 01900–1902505 01900–190218018 01900–1901303 01900–1901101 01900–1901101 01900–1901101 01900–1901202 01900–190123023 0FW1901–1902202 01901–190318018 71901–1902303 11902–1903303 01902–1903303 31902–1903808 01902–1903808 01902–1903101 01902–1903303 01902–1903303 0GK1902–190321021 01903–1904202 0DF1903–1904808 11903–1904404 11903–1904202 01903–190615015 01903–1905808 01903–1904101 01904–1905101 0DF1904–1905606 01904–1905202 11904–1905606 01904–190624024 51905–1907303 11905–1906101 01905–1906101 01905–1906303 01905–1906404 0DF1905–190710010 01906–1907202 11906–1907707 11906–1908404 01906–1907202 01906–1907404 11907–1908101 01907–1908707 01907–1908101 01907–190915015 61907–1910707 11907–1908101 01908–1909202 01908–1909404 01908–1909202 01908–1911707 11909–191115015 01908–1910505 21909–191110010 01909–191223023 61909–191016016 41909–1910101 01909–1910202 01910–191111011 31910–191215015 0FW1910–1911707 11911–1912303 0MF1911303 01911–191412012 01912–1913202 21913–1914202 01913–1914101 01913–1915707 01913–1914202 01913–191520020 01913–1914808 1GK1914909 01914–1915303 01914–1915202 11919–192222022 01919–1920808 11919–1920202 01919–192222022 01919–1920101 01919–1920303 01919–1920101 01919–1920101 01920–192211011 01920–1921202 11920–1922202 01920–1921101 01920–192422022 41920–192210010 01921–192413013 01921–1922101 01921–1922101 01921–1922606 01921–1923505 01921–1924909 11921–1923707 01922–1923404 01922–1923808 21922–1923101 01922–192615015 31922–1925303 01922–1923707 01922–192315015 01924–1925303 01924–192522022 71924–1926303 01924–192611011 11924–1926303 01925–192818018 21925–1927606 21925–1927606 01926–1927505 41927–1928404 01929–1930101 11929–1930505 01930–1931303 01930–1931101 0FW1930–19311004 01931–193314014 01931–1932505 11931–1933404 1MF1932–1933505 11933–1934909 31933–1934101 01934–1935202 1DF1934–193519019 01935–193723023 01935–1936101 01935–1936202 1FW1936707 01936–1937303 01936–1938808 21937–1938606 1FW1938–1948505 31938–193912012 01938–1939303 01938–1939101 01938–193910010 51946–195014014 01946–1948505 11946–194711011 01946–194815015 21947–195117017 21947–19501101 01947–1948202 01947–1948101 0DF1948–1955606 01948–1952606 01949–195017017 01950–195414014 21950–195118018 01950–1953303 01952–1953202 01952–1955707 01954–1956202 01955–196017017 01956–1958202 01956–196114014 11956–1959808 1FW1958101 01958–1959303 01959–196013013 01959–1960404 0FW1959–196111011 31960–1961101 01960–1962303 01961–1962303 01962–1963101 0FW1962–1965404 11962–196522022 2GK1962–196820020 01963–196422022 1MF1964–1965303 11965–196715116 0MF1966101 0FW1967–196823124 21967–1970505 01968–1969325 01969–197210010 11970–197113013 01971–1972314 01971–1972426 1DF1971–1972628 11973–1974101 01973–19757310 0U1974–1975303 0DF1977–1978101 01980–1981011 0GK1980–198220020 0MF1981606 01981–1982538 0MF1982–198420020 1MF198310010 01983–198411011 0DF19821984–198516218 01983–1984426 01983–1984606 01984–1985202 0FW1984–19852312410MF1984–1985505 0MF1984–19868614 1FW1985–19866511 0FW1985505 0DF1985–198618119 01985–1986123 01985–1986101 0MF1986505 11986–1987213 11986–1987011 01986–1987101 01986–1987123 0MF1987213 01987–199115015 1MF19871988426 01987–1988202 0MF19879110 2DF1988–198923023 1FW1989–199213922 0FW1989415 0DF1989–1990606 1GK1989–199116016 0MF1990268 0MF1990–1991505 0FW199112012 4GK199114014 0DF1991101 01991–1992303 0GK1991–1992101 0DF1991–1994325 0MF1992303 01992–1993404 0FW1993718 1MF1993–1994617 0GK1993–1994415 0DF1993–1994527 0MF1993–1997224 0DF19949211 0GK1994303 0U1994–1995606 0U1995224 0GK1995112 0MF1995–1996022 0DF1996–199815015 1DF1996–200018422 1MF1996–199831417 3DF1997–2000101222 0U1997–199817421 2U1997–1998055 0FW1998033 0MF1998077 0DF1998–200213821 1DF1998–1999606 0MF1999101 0DF1999–2000314 0FW1999–2001011 0FW1999–2000011 0DF1999–200019221 0MF1999–2000011 0FW2000101 0DF2000022 0FW2000–2003011 0MF2000–2001145 0MF200021223 4MF2000–2002415 0MF200011718 2DF2000–20039918 0FW2000–2002022 0MF200112315 0GK2001101 0DF2001–2003011 0FW2001336 0GK2001314 0GK200111011 0MF2001–20038917 0DF2001–20026511 0MF2001–2002213 0FW2001–2002303 1GK2001–200515116 0U2001–2004718 0MF2001–200316824 1MF2001–2004022 0GK2001–2002101 0FW2001–200216723 4FW2001–2004156 0MF2002–200311617 0MF2002033 0DF2002303 0FW200214216 4DF2002101 0U2002–200322123 0MF2002–2003213 0DF2002–2004426 0FW2002–20045914 2FW2003099 0FW2003156 0DF2003–200515015 0MF2003044 0FW2003–20044812 3MF2003–200461016 0DF2003–2005224 0DF2004213 0FW20041910 0DF2004101 0FW2004–200521214 2DF2004–2005617 1MF2004–200612921 1MF2004123 0GK2004–2005101 0MF2004–2005112 1DF200510212 0DF2005–2006235 0GK2005–2009808 0MF2005–2006325 0MF2005–2009011 0GK2006011 0DF2006–2007617 0DF2006–2009134 0DF2006–2007011 0FW2006347 0FW2006–2008033 0MF2006–200771320 1MF2007–2009033 0DF2007–200813417 1DF2007011 0DF2007–200813114 0FW2007–20096410 2GK2007–201118018 0MF2007–20088412 0MF2007–20085914 1FW2007–2009011 0MF2007358 0MF20074913 0U2008–201061521 1FW2008257 0FW2008–2012033 0DF2008–201011112 0MF2008–201131619 0FW2008–200911213 1MF2008–2009011 0DF2009527 1FW2009426 0FW2009–2011022 0MF2009–2012404 0MF201013114 1MF201031013 0FW2010–201241115 1MF2010–201161521 1FW201111112 8DF2011–2015819 0FW2011–201261622 1U2011–2013011 0FW2011–2014022 0DF2011–201217118 1U2011246 1MF201210414 1FW2012–201371623 3DF201215015 0MF2012–2013448 0MF2013213 0DF201316016 4FW2013–2015279 2FW2013–2016145 0DF2013–2015909 0FW2013–2015022 0DF20132014–201521122 1DF2013–2016325 0FW201416423 6MF2014–2015112 0DF2014–2015134 0DF2014–201610111 0FW2014–201761117 0MF2014303 0DF2014303 0MF2015–201712719 1MF201515116 0MF2015–2016145 1MF2015011 0MF20156410 1DF2015505 0MF2015314 0MF2015404 0MF2015–201661824 3DF2015–2016101 0DF2015–201619019 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Notes A utility player is one who is considered to play in more than one position.

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