This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Crewe Alexandra F.C. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club. However, some players who fell just short of the 100 total but made significant contributions to the club's history are also included.
For a list of all Crewe Alexandra players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Crewe Alexandra F.C. players. For player appearance records see List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. records and statistics and for the current squad see the main Crewe Alexandra F.C. article.
(Current Crewe players shown in bold, totals as of 16 November 2024)
Name | Nationality | Position | Crewe Alexandra career | Appearances | Goals |
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Tommy Lowry | England | FB | 1966–1978 | 482 | 3 |
Peter Leigh | England | FB | 1961–1972 | 473 | 2 |
Shaun Smith | England | FB | 1991–2002 | 466 | 52 |
Kenny Lunt | England | MF | 1997–2006, 2008 | 436 | 37 |
Eric Barnes | England | CB | 1958–1969 | 390 | 2 |
Alan Bradshaw | England | MF | 1965–1971 | 323 | 51 |
Steve Macauley | England | CB | 1992–2002 | 317 | 27 |
John Meaney | England | FB | 1946–1953 | 288 | 38 |
Byron Moore | England | FW | 2007–2014 | 297 | 33 |
Mark Rivers | England | FW | 1994–2001, 2004–2006 | 295 | 69 |
Neil Sorvel | England | MF | 1999–2005 | 283 | 13 |
Geoff Crudgington | England | GK | 1972–1977 | 280 | 0 |
Callum Ainley | England | MF | 2015–2023 | 278 | 20 |
Stan Keery | England | MF/ST | 1958–1965 | 277 | 24 |
Luke Murphy | England | MF | 2008–2013, 2020–2022 | 272 | 26 |
Barrie Wheatley | England | FW | 1957–1966 | 272 | 58 |
Bert Swindells | England | FW | 1927–1937 | 269 | 139 |
Bob Scott | England | CB | 1979–1986 | 261 | 17 |
Bernard Purdie | Wales | ST | 1973–1979, 1982–1983 | 255 | 44 |
Dean Greygoose | England | GK | 1987–1993 | 251 | 0 |
Ben Garratt | England | GK | 2010–2019 | 246 | 0 |
Stephen Foster | England | CB | 1997–2006 | 242 | 18 |
Mark Gardiner | England | MF/ST | 1988–1995 | 241 | 42 |
David Wright | England | RB | 1997–2004 | 240 | 3 |
Johnny King | England | ST | 1949–1953, 1962–1967 | 238 | 60 |
Willie Mailey | Scotland | GK | 1963–1970 | 239 | 0 |
Peter Ellson | England | GK | 1949–1956 | 234 | 0 |
Gareth Whalley | England | MF | 1992–1997, 2002 | 232 | 17 |
Mick Gannon | England | FB | 1964–1970 | 228 | 2 |
Shaun Miller | England | ST | 2006–2012, 2018–2020 | 227 | 52 |
Matt Tootle | England | DF | 2009–2015 | 224 | 3 |
Charlie Kirk | England | FW | 2016–2021, 2024 | 222 | 32 |
Rodney Jack | St. Vincent | FW | 1998–2003, 2006–2007 | 221 | 45 |
Jason Kearton | Australia | GK | 1996–2001 | 220 | 0 |
Colin Little | England | ST | 1996–2003 | 220 | 45 |
Jimmy McGuigan | Scotland | W | 1950–1956 | 217 | 34 |
Gerry Humphreys | Wales | ST | 1972–1977 | 214 | 30 |
David Davies | Wales | W | 1974–1981 | 209 | 26 |
David Vaughan | Wales | MF | 2000–2007 | 209 | 20 |
Harry Davis | England | DF | 2009–2017 | 208 | 13 |
Keith Stott | England | HB | 1964–1970 | 208 | 11 |
Tom Briggs | England | FB | 1949–1956 | 202 | 2 |
Ray Lugg | England | MF | 1973–1978 | 202 | 12 |
Rob Edwards | England | DF/MF | 1988–1996 | 198 | 58 |
Paul Bowles | England | DF | 1975–1979 | 195 | 17 |
Alf Lees | England | CB | 1951–1956 | 192 | 5 |
Ollie Turton | England | DF | 2009–2017 | 190 | 4 |
Chris Porter | England | ST | 2017–2022 | 189 | 54 |
Dennis Nelson | Scotland | ST | 1974–1976, 1978–1981 | 188 | 34 |
Dave Waller | England | FW | 1982–1986 | 188 | 66 |
Ryan Wintle | England | MF | 2015–2021 | 186 | 11 |
James Jones | Scotland | MF | 2014–2019 | 185 | 12 |
Phil Charnock | England | MF | 1996–2002 | 183 | 8 |
George Gilchrist | England | FB | 1934–1946 | 182 | 0 |
Perry Ng | England | FB | 2015–2021 | 182 | 7 |
Frank Mitcheson | England | ST | 1948–1954 | 181 | 34 |
Neil Lennon | Northern Ireland | MF | 1990–1996 | 178 | 16 |
Tony Waddington | England | FB | 1946–1953 | 178 | 8 |
Dean Ashton | England | ST | 2000–2005 | 177 | 74 |
Steve Jones | Northern Ireland | FW | 2001–2006, 2008 | 177 | 46 |
Danny Murphy | England | MF | 1994–1997, 1999 | 176 | 33 |
Phil Nicholls | England | DF | 1972–1979 | 176 | 8 |
Danny Bowers | England | FB | 1979–1984 | 175 | 2 |
Tom Lowery | Wales | MF | 2016–2022 | 175 | 13 |
Steve Walters | England | MF | 1989–1996 | 173 | 11 |
Paul Bevan | Wales | DF | 1975–1980 | 172 | 7 |
Dave Walton | England | CB | 1997–2003 | 171 | 3 |
Don Campbell | England | DF | 1958–1962 | 170 | 1 |
Wayne Collins | England | MF | 1993–1996, 2001–2003 | 170 | 19 |
Luke Offord | England | DF | 2019–2024 | 170 | 3 |
Jackie Waring | England | W | 1934–1939 | 170 | 67 |
Harry Pickering | England | DF | 2016–2021 | 168 | 10 |
Aaron Callaghan | Republic of Ireland | DF | 1985–1986, 1988–1992 | 166 | 6 |
Craig Hignett | England | MF/ST | 1985–1992, 2004 | 165 | 57 |
Ben Rix | England | MF | 2001–2009 | 159 | 6 |
Chris Cutler | England | ST | 1985–1989 | 156 | 26 |
Roy Gater | England | FB | 1968–1973 | 156 | 5 |
Gary Blissett | England | ST | 1983–1987, 1996 | 155 | 40 |
Chris Riley | Wales | ST | 1958–1964 | 155 | 49 |
Bob Young | England | FB | 1948–1952 | 155 | 2 |
Jack Basford | England | ST | 1948–1954 | 154 | 65 |
Nigel Hart | England | DF | 1982–1987 | 154 | 11 |
Geoff Thomas | England | MF | 1984–1987, 2001–2002 | 154 | 23 |
Peter Gowans | Scotland | ST | 1963–1967 | 153 | 47 |
Tony Naylor | England | ST | 1990–1994 | 153 | 63 |
Lee Unsworth | England | DF | 1995–2000 | 153 | 2 |
Dele Adebola | Nigeria | ST | 1993–1998 | 152 | 46 |
Billy Haydock | England | ST | 1961–1965 | 152 | 31 |
Kenny Swain | England | DF | 1988–1992 | 152 | 1 |
Bryan Williams | England | FB | 1954–1958 | 150 | 6 |
Lee Bell | England | MF | 2002–2008, 2010–2012 | 148 | 5 |
David Platt | England | ST | 1985–1988 | 148 | 61 |
Ben Williams | England | GK | 2004–2008 | 148 | 0 |
Billy Jones | England | DF/MF | 2003–2007, 2021 | 146 | 9 |
Peter Coyne | England | ST | 1977–1981 | 145 | 49 |
Steve Davis | England | DF | 1983–1988 | 145 | 1 |
Adam Dugdale | England | DF | 2006–2007, 2010–2015 | 143 | 6 |
George Cooper | England | MF | 2014–2018 | 142 | 15 |
Warwick Rimmer | England | DF | 1975–1979 | 140 | 0 |
Jon Guthrie | England | DF | 2012–2017 | 137 | 1 |
Clayton Ince | Trinidad and Tobago | GK | 1999–2005 | 137 | 0 |
George Ray | Wales | DF | 2011–2019 | 137 | 3 |
Rio Adebisi | England | DF | 2019– | 136 | 6 |
John Pemberton | England | DF | 1985–1988, 1997–1998 | 136 | 2 |
Darren Carr | England | DF | 1990–1993 | 134 | 7 |
Dale Jasper | England | MF | 1988–1991 | 134 | 2 |
Bradden Inman | Australia | MF | 2012–2016 | 134 | 24 |
Kelvin Mellor | England | DF | 2010–2014, 2022–2023 | 134 | 3 |
Ashley Westwood | England | MF | 2009–2012 | 133 | 15 |
David Pullar | England | W | 1983–1987 | 132 | 7 |
Rob Hulse | England | ST | 1999–2003 | 131 | 51 |
Gary Roberts | England | MF | 2004–2008 | 131 | 11 |
Clayton Donaldson | England | ST | 2008–2011 | 130 | 49 |
Julien Baudet | France | DF | 2006–2009 | 127 | 2 |
Kevin McHale | England | W | 1958–1970 | 126 | 23 |
Andy Sussex | England | DF | 1988–1991 | 125 | 36 |
Ashley Westwood | England | DF | 1995–1998 | 125 | 11 |
Oliver Finney | England | MF | 2016–2023 | 124 | 17 |
Martyn Booty | England | DF | 1993–1996 | 123 | 6 |
Fred Keenor | Wales | CB | 1931–1934 | 123 | 5 |
Chris McCready | England | DF | 2000–2006, 2007–2009 | 123 | 2 |
Ernie Adams | England | GK | 1969–1972 | 122 | 0 |
Phil Clarkson | England | MF | 1991–1996 | 122 | 31 |
A-Jay Leitch-Smith | England | FW | 2009–2014 | 122 | 21 |
Kevin Lewis | England | FB | 1979–1982 | 122 | 2 |
Steve Phillips | England | GK | 2009–2014 | 122 | 0 |
Dave Whelan | England | FB | 1963–1966 | 122 | 0 |
Tony Cliss | England | ST | 1982–1986 | 121 | 11 |
Hughen Riley | England | MF | 1971–1975 | 121 | 9 |
Peter Billing | England | CB | 1986–1989, 1996–1997 | 120 | 1 |
Frank Lord | England | ST | 1961–1963 | 118 | 73 |
Mark Palios | England | MF | 1979–1983 | 118 | 23 |
Albert Parker | England | DF | 1948–1951 | 118 | 0 |
Danny O'Donnell | England | DF | 2006–2010 | 117 | 4 |
Efe Sodje | Nigeria | DF | 2000–2003 | 116 | 4 |
Richard Walker | England | CB | 1999–2006 | 115 | 7 |
Gus Wilson | England | FB | 1991–1995 | 115 | 0 |
Geoff Hickson | England | GK | 1962–1968 | 114 | 0 |
Aidan Murphy | England | MF | 1987–1992 | 113 | 13 |
Brian Parkin | England | GK | 1984–1988 | 113 | 0 |
Danny Smith | Scotland | W | 1949–1952 | 110 | 15 |
Norman Bodell | England | DF | 1963–1967 | 109 | 2 |
Owen Dale | England | FW | 2017–2022 | 109 | 15 |
Ray Ferris | Northern Ireland | HB | 1945–1949 | 109 | 23 |
Steve Garvey | England | MF | 1991–1998 | 108 | 8 |
Paul Edwards | England | DF | 1988–1990 | 108 | 7 |
Ryan Lowe | England | FW | 2006–2008, 2015–2017 | 108 | 27 |
Dave McKearney | England | MF | 1989–1993 | 108 | 11 |
Luke Varney | England | ST | 2003–2007 | 108 | 35 |
Alan Kelley | England | FB | 1972–1976 | 107 | 0 |
Danny Murphy | England | FB | 1951–1954 | 107 | 1 |
Marcus Bignot | England | DF | 1997–2000 | 106 | 0 |
Joel Grant | Jamaica | MF | 2008–2011 | 106 | 18 |
Bert Llewellyn | England | ST | 1958–1960 | 106 | 58 |
Francis Tierney | England | MF | 1993–1998 | 106 | 12 |
Zoumana Bakayogo | Ivory Coast | DF | 2016–2018 | 104 | 1 |
Pat Morrissey | Republic of Ireland | ST | 1969–1971 | 104 | 31 |
Dave Brammer | England | MF | 2001–2004 | 103 | 6 |
Mark Gayle | England | GK | 1993–1998 | 103 | 0 |
Gordon Wallace | England | FW | 1967–1971 | 103 | 21 |
Seth Johnson | England | DF/MF | 1996–1999 | 102 | 6 |
Jimmy Rolfe | England | W | 1955–1958 | 101 | 13 |
Billy Barr | England | DF | 1994–1997 | 100 | 6 |
Paul Fishenden | England | ST | 1988–1990 | 98 | 31 |
Merfyn Jones | Wales | W | 1959–1961 | 98 | 16 |
Chris Lightfoot | England | DF | 1996–2001 | 98 | 5 |
Zac Williams | Wales | DF | 2022– | 97 | 3 |
Ken Mulhearn | England | GK | 1980–1982 | 95 | 0 |
Robbie Savage | Wales | MF | 1994–1997 | 93 | 11 |
Conor Thomas | England | MF | 2022– | 91 | 2 |
Fred Chandler | England | DF/ST | 1937–1947 | 86 | 22 |
Ashley Ward | England | FW | 1992–1994 | 76 | 34 |
Rob Jones | England | DF | 1988–1991 | 74 | 2 |
Ademola Bankole | Nigeria | GK | 1996–1998, 2000–2004 | 70 | 0 |
Nicky Maynard | England | ST | 2005–2008 | 59 | 37 |
Stan Bowles | England | ST | 1970–1971 | 57 | 19 |
Jermaine Wright | England | DF/MF | 1998–1999 | 55 | 5 |
Nick Powell | England | ST | 2010–2012 | 55 | 14 |
Frank Blunstone | England | ST | 1951–1952 | 48 | 12 |
Bruce Grobbelaar | Zimbabwe | GK | 1979–1980 | 24 | 1 |