This is a list footballers who have played 100 times or more for Reading Football Club.
Club years
Appearances and goals
International career
Name | Position | Club career | League apps |
League goals |
Total apps |
Total goals |
International career | Refs |
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Joe Bailey | FW | ????–1921 | 186 | 75 | 186+ | 75+ | [16] | |
Joe Duckworth | GK | 1924?–1930? | 202 | 0 | 202+ | 0 | — | |
Albert Hayhurst | DF | 1933–1938 | 237 | 12 | 237+ | 12+ | — | |
Billy Wright | MF | 1933–1938 | ? | ? | 193 | 5 | — | [17] |
Tommy Tait | FW | 1934–1939 | 144 | 79 | 144+ | 103 | — | |
Jimmy Wheeler | FW | 1948–1964 | 406 | 147 | 453 | 168 | — | |
Eddie McLaren | DF | 1952–1959 | 184 | 2 | 207 | 3 | — | |
Ray Reeves | DF | 1952–1961 | 284 | 28 | 317 | 32 | — | |
Maurice Evans | MF | 1955–1967 | 407 | 13 | 459 | 16 | — | |
Dennis Allen | FW | 1961–1970 | 336 | 85 | 377 | 95 | — | |
Colin Meldrum | DF | 1962–1970 | 266 | 8 | 304 | 9 | — | |
Les Chappell | MF | 1969–1974 | 201 | 78 | 241 | 90 | — | |
Gordon Cumming | MF | 1969–1977 | 295 | 51 | 331 | 61 | — | |
Steve Death | GK | 1969–1982 | 471 | 0 | 537 | 0 | — | |
Robin Friday | FW | 1973–1976 | 121 | 46 | 121+ | 53 | — | |
Ray Hiron | FW | 1975–1978 | 92 | 14 | 106 | 14 | — | |
Gary Peters | DF | 1975–1979, 1985–1988 | 256 | 10 | 294 | 12 | — | |
Paul Bennett | DF | 1976–1979 | 105 | 3 | 124 | 3 | — | |
Richie Bowman | MF | 1976–1980 | 194 | 30 | 194+ | 30+ | — | |
Mark White | DF | 1976–1988 | 278 | 11 | 320 | 13 | — | |
Jerry Williams | MF | 1976–1988 | 309 | 17 | 357 | 17+ | — | |
Pat Earles | FW | 1977–1982 | 247 | 68 | 284 | 85 | — | |
Alan Lewis | DF | 1977–1982 | 149 | 5 | 173 | 7 | — | |
Martin Hicks | DF | 1978–1991 | 500 | 23 | 603 | 26 | — | [a] |
Mike Kearney | FW | 1978–1983 | 145 | 36 | 145+ | 36+ | — | |
Lawrie Sanchez | MF | 1978–1984 | 262 | 28 | 305 | 31 | Northern Ireland | |
Steve Wood | DF | 1979–1987 | 219 | 9 | 251 | 9 | — | |
Stuart Beavon | MF | 1980–1990 | 396 | 44 | 481 | 55 | — | |
Kerry Dixon | FW | 1980–1983 | 116 | 51 | 133 | 57 | England | |
Steve Richardson | DF | 1982–1993 | 380 | 3 | 457 | 3 | — | |
Trevor Senior | FW | 1983–1987, 1988–1992 | 301 | 153 | 362 | 191 | — | [b] |
Michael Gilkes | MF | 1984–1997 | 393 | 43 | 486 | 52 | Barbados | |
Steve Francis | GK | 1987–1993 | 216 | 0 | 259 | 0 | — | |
Linden Jones | DF | 1987–1992 | 152 | 8 | 190 | 14 | Wales | |
Steve Moran | FW | 1987–1991 | 116 | 30 | 143 | 38 | England under-21 | |
Mick Tait | MF | 1987–1990 | 99 | 9 | 133 | 14 | — | |
Mick Gooding | MF | 1989–1997 | 314 | 26 | 368 | 30 | — | [c] |
Scott Taylor | MF | 1989–1995 | 207 | 24 | 248 | 29 | — | |
Ady Williams | DF | 1989–1996, 2000–2004 | 335 | 18 | 396 | 23 | Wales | |
Stuart Lovell | FW | 1990–1998 | 227 | 58 | 266 | 67 | Australia | |
Keith McPherson | DF | 1990–1999 | 271 | 8 | 316 | 9 | — | |
Kevin Dillon | MF | 1991–1994 | 101 | 4 | 119 | 5 | England under-21 | |
Shaka Hislop | GK | 1992–1995 | 104 | 0 | 126 | 0 | Trinidad and Tobago | |
Jeff Hopkins | DF | 1992–1997 | 131 | 3 | 156 | 4 | Wales | |
Jamie Lambert | MF | 1992–1999 | 124 | 16 | 151 | 20 | — | |
Phil Parkinson | MF | 1992–2003 | 362 | 20 | 425 | 24 | — | |
Jimmy Quinn | FW | 1992–1997 | 182 | 71 | 216 | 94 | Northern Ireland | [c] |
Dylan Kerr | DF | 1993–1996 | 89 | 5 | 104 | 5 | — | |
Andy Bernal | DF | 1994–2000 | 187 | 2 | 224 | 4 | Australia | |
Lee Nogan | FW | 1995–1997 | 91 | 26 | 102 | 29 | Wales | |
Martin Williams | FW | 1995–2000 | 127 | 26 | 156 | 29 | — | |
Darren Caskey | MF | 1996–2001 | 203 | 35 | 232 | 45 | England under-19 | |
Barry Hunter | DF | 1996–2001 | 86 | 4 | 100 | 6 | Northern Ireland | |
Scott Howie | GK | 1997–2001 | 85 | 0 | 102 | 0 | Scotland under-21 | |
Linvoy Primus | DF | 1997–2000 | 94 | 1 | 113 | 1 | — | |
Jim McIntyre | FW | 1998–2001 | 100 | 14 | 113 | 16 | — | |
Graeme Murty | DF | 1998–2009 | 306 | 2 | 339 | 2 | Scotland | |
Nicky Forster | FW | 1999–2005 | 187 | 59 | 215 | 67 | England under-21 | |
Phil Whitehead | GK | 1999–2003 | 97 | 0 | 108 | 0 | — | |
Martin Butler | FW | 2000–2005 | 103 | 32 | 118 | 36 | — | |
Jamie Cureton | FW | 2000–2003 | 113 | 51 | 127 | 55 | England under-18 | |
Sammy Igoe | MF | 2000–2003 | 90 | 7 | 105 | 7 | — | |
Ricky Newman | MF | 2000–2005 | 114 | 0 | 137 | 2 | — | |
Marcus Hahnemann | GK | 2001–2009 | 284 | 0 | 303 | 0 | United States | |
James Harper | MF | 2001–2010 | 316 | 25 | 348 | 26 | — | |
Andrew Hughes | MF | 2001–2005 | 166 | 18 | 183 | 18 | — | |
John Salako | MF | 2001–2004 | 111 | 13 | 121 | 14 | England | |
Nicky Shorey | DF | 2001–2008, 2012–2013 | 284 | 12 | 317 | 13 | England | |
Ivar Ingimarsson | DF | 2003–2011 | 251 | 11 | 281 | 12 | Iceland | |
Dave Kitson | FW | 2003–2008, 2009 | 147 | 56 | 160 | 62 | — | |
Glen Little | MF | 2003–2008, 2009 | 112 | 6 | 123 | 6 | — | |
Steve Sidwell | MF | 2003–2007 | 170 | 29 | 187 | 30 | England under-21 | |
Bobby Convey | MF | 2004–2009 | 98 | 7 | 112 | 8 | United States | |
Ibrahima Sonko | DF | 2004–2008 | 127 | 8 | 136 | 8 | Senegal | |
Kevin Doyle | FW | 2005–2009 | 155 | 55 | 163 | 56 | Republic of Ireland | [d] |
Adam Federici | GK | 2005–2015 | 196 | 1 | 229 | 1 | Australia | |
Brynjar Gunnarsson | MF | 2005–2013 | 142 | 9 | 163 | 10 | Iceland | |
Stephen Hunt | MF | 2005–2009 | 156 | 17 | 173 | 21 | Republic of Ireland | |
Leroy Lita | FW | 2005–2009 | 83 | 20 | 100 | 32 | England under-21 | |
Shane Long | FW | 2005–2011, 2022–2023 | 204 | 45 | 235 | 56 | Republic of Ireland | |
Alex Pearce | DF | 2006–2015 | 201 | 14 | 226 | 15 | Republic of Ireland | |
Simon Church | FW | 2007–2013 | 104 | 22 | 122 | 24 | Wales | |
Jem Karacan | MF | 2007–2015 | 155 | 11 | 175 | 12 | Turkey A2[19] | [e] |
Hal Robson-Kanu | MF | 2007–2016 | 197 | 24 | 227 | 30 | Wales | |
Noel Hunt | FW | 2008–2013 | 145 | 33 | 162 | 39 | Republic of Ireland | |
Jimmy Kébé | MF | 2008–2013 | 175 | 29 | 190 | 31 | Mali | |
Jobi McAnuff | MF | 2009–2014 | 189 | 14 | 206 | 16 | Jamaica | [f] |
Jay Tabb | MF | 2009–2013 | 89 | 0 | 105 | 0 | Republic of Ireland under-21 | |
Mikele Leigertwood | MF | 2010–2014 | 97 | 7 | 109 | 10 | Antigua and Barbuda | |
Jordan Obita | MF | 2010–2020 | 163 | 5 | 191 | 7 | England under-21 | |
Adam Le Fondre | FW | 2011–2014 | 104 | 39 | 110 | 41 | — | |
Chris Gunter | DF | 2012–2020 | 280 | 2 | 314 | 4 | Wales | |
Garath McCleary | MF | 2012–2020 | 242 | 23 | 270 | 27 | Jamaica | |
Pavel Pogrebnyak | FW | 2012–2015 | 94 | 24 | 106 | 28 | Russia | |
Danny Williams | MF | 2013–2017 | 135 | 13 | 156 | 14 | United States | |
Paul McShane | DF | 2015–2019 | 96 | 3 | 103 | 4 | Republic of Ireland | [g] |
Liam Moore | DF | 2016–2023 | 219 | 8 | 233 | 8 | Jamaica | [h] |
John Swift | MF | 2016–2022 | 187 | 32 | 202 | 34 | England under-21 | |
Tyler Blackett | DF | 2016–2020 | 110 | 0 | 122 | 0 | England under-21 | |
Yakou Méïté | FW | 2016–2023 | 156 | 42 | 165 | 47 | Ivory Coast | |
Andy Rinomhota | MF | 2018–2022 | 125 | 3 | 139 | 4 | — | |
Omar Richards | DF | 2017–2021 | 93 | 2 | 104 | 3 | England under-21 | |
Sone Aluko | FW | 2017–2021 | 93 | 6 | 102 | 6 | Nigeria | |
Andy Yiadom | DF | 2018– | 201 | 4 | 208 | 4 | Ghana | |
Ovie Ejaria | MF | 2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2023 | 124 | 9 | 127 | 9 | England under-21 | |
Michael Morrison | DF | 2019–2022 | 108 | 8 | 113 | 8 | — | |
Lucas João | FW | 2019–2023 | 116 | 42 | 119 | 45 | Portugal Angola |
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Tom Holmes | DF | 2016–2024, 2024 | 125 | 1 | 133 | 1 | — | |
Tom McIntyre | DF | 2016–2024 | 105 | 6 | 117 | 7 | Scotland under-21 |