List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players

For a list of all Blackburn Rovers players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. players. For Rovers' current first-team squad, see current squad.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club was founded in 1875, first entered the FA Cup four years later, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. The club's first team have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one Full Members' Cup. All players who have made 100 or more appearances in nationally or internationally organised competitive matches for the club should be listed below.

Each player's details include the duration of his Rovers career, his typical playing position while with the club, and the number of games played and goals scored in domestic league matches and in all senior competitive matches. Where applicable, the list also includes the national team(s) for which the player was selected.

## Key

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* Players are listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname.
* Appearances as a substitute are included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the end of the 2023–24 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season.

Positions key  GK  | Goalkeeper

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DF  | Defender
FB  | Full back
CD  | Central defender
MF  | Midfielder
CH  | Centre half
WH  | Wing half
W  | Winger
FW  | Forward
IF  | Inside forward
CF  | Centre forward
U  | Utility player

Player
Players marked * were registered for the club as at the date specified above.
Players marked ‡ have won the Blackburn Rovers F.C. Player of the Year award.[1]
Position
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 the 1960s onwards.
Club career
Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.
League appearances and League goals
League appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League and the Premier League. Appearances in the 1939–40 Football League season, abandoned after three games because of the Second World War, are excluded.
Total appearances and Total goals
Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Football League (including test matches and play-offs), Premier League, FA Cup, League Cup, European Cup, UEFA Cup, UEFA Intertoto Cup, EFL Trophy and predecessors, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Full Members' Cup, and FA Charity Shield. Matches in wartime competitions are excluded.
International selection
Countries are listed only for players who have been selected for international football. Only the highest level of international competition is given, except for players who competed for more than one country, for whom the highest level reached for each country is shown.

## Players with 100 or more appearances

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Table of players, including playing position, club statistics and international selection  Player  | Pos. | Club career  | League  | Total  | International
selection  | Notes  | Refs.

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Jimmy Forrest | WH | 1883–1895 | 148 | 2 | 195 | 7 |  England |  | [2]
Nat Walton | IF/GK | 1884–1893 | 110 | 37 | 139 | 49 |  England |  | [3]
Jack Southworth | CF | 1887–1893 | 108 | 97 | 132 | 121 |  England |  | [4]
Billy Townley | W | 1887–1892
1893–1894 | 97 | 37 | 123 | 51 |  England | [a] | [6]
John Forbes | FB | 1888–1894 | 106 | 1 | 127 | 2 | — |  | [2]
Tom Brandon | FB | 1889–1891
1893–1900 | 216 | 2 | 245 | 2 |  Scotland |  | [7]
Harry Campbell | IF | 1889–1894 | 98 | 22 | 113 | 26 |  Scotland |  | [8]
Geordie Dewar | CH/WH | 1889–1897 | 174 | 7 | 196 | 10 |  Scotland |  | [9]
Harry Chippendale | W | 1891–1897 | 134 | 50 | 147 | 52 |  England |  | [8]
Geordie Anderson | CH | 1892–1897
1898–1900 | 178 | 19 | 200 | 20 | — | [L 1] | [10]
John Murray | FB | 1892–1896 | 109 | 0 | 122 | 0 | — |  | [11]
Adam Ogilvie | GK | 1893–1897 | 108 | 0 | 120 | 0 | — |  | [12]
Tom Booth | WH | 1896–1900 | 111 | 10 | 123 | 11 |  England |  | [7]
Kelly Houlker | WH | 1896–1902
1906–1909 | 151 | 2 | 163 | 2 |  England |  | [13]
Bob Crompton | FB | 1897–1920 | 529 | 14 | 576 | 14 |  England | [b] | [8]
Fred Blackburn | W | 1898–1905 | 192 | 25 | 206 | 31 |  England |  | [7]
Bob Haworth | CH/WH | 1898–1903 | 122 | 5 | 129 | 5 | — |  | [13]
Jack Dewhurst | CF | 1899–1903 | 169 | 43 | 182 | 47 | — |  | [9]
Sammy McClure | CH | 1899–1906 | 144 | 12 | 152 | 12 | — |  | [11]
Arnie Whittaker | W | 1899–1908 | 250 | 57 | 265 | 57 | — |  | [3]
Willie McIver | GK | 1901–1908 | 126 | 0 | 132 | 0 | — |  | [11]
Adam Bowman | FW | 1903–1907 | 99 | 42 | 104 | 43 | — |  | [7]
Billy Bradshaw | WH | 1903–1920 | 386 | 36 | 426 | 39 |  England |  | [7]
Bob Evans | GK | 1903–1908 | 104 | 0 | 113 | 0 |  Wales |  | [15]
Sam Wolstenholme | WH | 1904–1908 | 98 | 1 | 105 | 2 |  England |  | [3]
Arthur Cowell | FB | 1905–1919 | 278 | 0 | 305 | 0 |  England |  | [8]
Bill Davies | CF | 1905–1912 | 132 | 67 | 143 | 70 |  Wales |  | [9]
Walter Aitkenhead | IF/HB | 1906–1915 | 210 | 75 | 239 | 95 |  Scotland |  | [10]
Eddie Latheron | IF | 1906–1915 | 256 | 94 | 281 | 104 |  England |  | [16]
Tommy Suttie | FB | 1907–1915 | 103 | 0 | 110 | 0 | — |  | [4]
Albert Walmsley | WH | 1907–1920 | 272 | 6 | 300 | 6 | — |  | [3]
Walter Anthony | W | 1908–1914 | 149 | 11 | 164 | 14 | — |  | [10]
Jimmy Ashcroft | GK | 1908–1913 | 114 | 0 | 129 | 0 |  England |  | [10]
George Chapman | CH/CF | 1908–1910
1911–1915 | 138 | 34 | 152 | 42 | — |  | [8]
Percy Smith | CH | 1910–1920 | 172 | 5 | 193 | 6 | — |  | [4]
Alfred Robinson | GK | 1911–1920 | 144 | 0 | 157 | 0 | — |  | [17]
Jock Simpson | W | 1911–1915 | 151 | 15 | 169 | 22 |  England |  | [4]
Joe Hodkinson | W | 1913–1923 | 228 | 19 | 244 | 20 |  England |  | [13]
Danny Shea | IF | 1913–1920 | 97 | 62 | 105 | 65 |  England |  | [4]
Percy Dawson | CF | 1914–1923 | 140 | 71 | 151 | 73 | — |  | [9]
Ernest Hawksworth | IF | 1919–1924 | 96 | 34 | 100 | 34 | — |  | [13]
Harry Healless | WH/CH | 1919–1932 | 360 | 12 | 397 | 13 |  England |  | [13]
Peter Holland | FW | 1919–1928 | 116 | 24 | 125 | 25 | — |  | [13]
Frank Reilly | CH | 1919–1923 | 127 | 8 | 138 | 9 | — |  | [17]
Dave Rollo | FB | 1919–1926 | 207 | 5 | 225 | 6 |  Ireland |  | [17]
Ronnie Sewell | GK | 1920–1927 | 227 | 0 | 248 | 0 |  England |  | [4]
Jock McKay | IF | 1921–1927 | 150 | 46 | 161 | 49 |  Scotland |  | [11]
Jimmy McKinnell | WH | 1921–1926 | 111 | 0 | 124 | 0 | — |  | [11]
Tom Wylie | FB | 1921–1925 | 174 | 0 | 191 | 0 | — |  | [3]
Johnny McIntyre | IF/WH | 1922–1927 | 175 | 38 | 194 | 38 | — |  | [11]
Austen Campbell | WH | 1923–1929 | 161 | 7 | 184 | 9 |  England |  | [8]
John Crisp | W | 1923–1926 | 98 | 18 | 108 | 19 | — |  | [8]
Ted Harper | CF | 1923–1927
1933–1934 | 171 | 121 | 177 | 122 |  England |  | [13]
Jack Roscamp | WH/FW | 1923–1932 | 223 | 37 | 251 | 44 | — |  | [17]
Robert Roxburgh | FB | 1924–1930 | 114 | 0 | 128 | 0 | — |  | [17]
Jock Crawford | GK | 1925–1932 | 155 | 0 | 173 | 0 | — |  | [8]
Syd Puddefoot | IF | 1925–1932 | 250 | 79 | 276 | 87 |  England |  | [18]
Arthur Rigby | W | 1925–1929 | 156 | 41 | 169 | 44 |  England |  | [17]
Jock Hutton | FB | 1926–1932 | 127 | 4 | 146 | 5 |  Scotland |  | [13]
Herbert Jones | FB | 1926–1933 | 247 | 0 | 261 | 0 |  England |  | [19]
Tommy McLean | IF | 1927–1935 | 247 | 44 | 275 | 49 | — |  | [11]
Willie Rankin | CH | 1927–1932 | 144 | 4 | 162 | 4 | — |  | [17]
Jack Bruton | W | 1929–1938 | 324 | 108 | 344 | 115 |  England | [c] | [7]
Bill Imrie | WH | 1929–1934 | 165 | 23 | 176 | 24 | — |  | [20]
Tom Turner | W | 1929–1936 | 113 | 24 | 115 | 24 | — |  | [6]
Cliff Binns | GK | 1930–1936 | 183 | 0 | 196 | 0 | — |  | [7]
Jesse Carver | CH | 1930–1936 | 143 | 2 | 146 | 2 | — |  | [8]
Arthur Cunliffe | W | 1930–1933 | 129 | 47 | 140 | 55 |  England |  | [8]
Jimmy Gorman | FB | 1931–1937 | 213 | 0 | 225 | 0 | — |  | [21]
Ernie Thompson | CF | 1931–1936 | 171 | 82 | 179 | 84 | — |  | [6]
Walter Crook | FB | 1932–1947 | 218 | 2 | 237 | 2 |  England wartime | [d] | [8]
Bob Pryde | CH | 1933–1949 | 320 | 11 | 345 | 11 | — |  | [18]
Arnold Whiteside | WH | 1933–1949 | 218 | 3 | 239 | 3 | — |  | [3]
Len Butt | IF | 1937–1946 | 110 | 44 | 117 | 48 | — |  | [7]
Bobby Langton | W | 1938–1948
1953–1956 | 212 | 57 | 230 | 58 |  England |  | [16]
Eric Bell | WH | 1946–1956 | 323 | 9 | 333 | 9 | — |  | [13]
Jackie Campbell | U | 1946–1955 | 224 | 19 | 245 | 20 | — |  | [8]
Jack Patterson | GK | 1946–1956 | 107 | 0 | 112 | 0 | — |  | [18]
Les Graham | FW | 1947–1952 | 150 | 42 | 157 | 44 | — |  | [21]
David Gray | FB | 1947–1953 | 107 | 5 | 111 | 5 | — |  | [21]
Eddie Crossan | IF | 1948–1957 | 287 | 73 | 302 | 74 |  Northern Ireland |  | [8]
Bill Eckersley | FB | 1948–1960 | 406 | 20 | 432 | 21 |  England |  | [15]
Jackie Wharton | W | 1948–1952 | 129 | 15 | 138 | 17 | — |  | [3]
Ron Suart | FB/CH | 1949–1955 | 176 | 0 | 187 | 0 | — |  | [4]
Ronnie Clayton | WH | 1951–1969 | 581 | 15 | 665 | 16 |  England |  | [8]
Reg Elvy | GK | 1951–1956 | 192 | 0 | 208 | 0 | — |  | [15]
Willie Kelly | CH | 1951–1956 | 186 | 1 | 202 | 1 | — |  | [23]
Eddie Quigley | IF | 1951–1956 | 159 | 92 | 166 | 95 | — | [e] | [24]
Tommy Briggs | CF | 1952–1957 | 194 | 140 | 204 | 143 |  England B |  | [7]
Bill Smith | U | 1952–1960 | 119 | 10 | 128 | 12 | — |  | [4]
Bryan Douglas | FW | 1954–1969 | 438 | 101 | 503 | 115 |  England |  | [9]
Ken Taylor | FB | 1954–1969 | 200 | 0 | 233 | 0 | — |  | [6]
Roy Vernon | IF | 1955–1960 | 131 | 49 | 144 | 52 |  Wales |  | [25]
Peter Dobing | FW | 1956–1961 | 179 | 88 | 205 | 104 |  England U23 |  | [9]
Harry Leyland | GK | 1956–1961 | 166 | 0 | 188 | 0 | — |  | [16]
Ally MacLeod | W | 1956–1961 | 193 | 47 | 218 | 53 |  Scottish Schools |  | [11]
Mick McGrath | WH | 1956–1965 | 268 | 8 | 312 | 12 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [11]
Matt Woods | CH | 1956–1963 | 260 | 2 | 307 | 3 | — |  | [3]
John Bray | FB | 1959–1965 | 153 | 2 | 184 | 2 | — |  | [7]
Mike England | CH | 1959–1966 | 165 | 21 | 184 | 21 |  Wales |  | [15]
Andy McEvoy | IF/WH | 1959–1967 | 183 | 89 | 213 | 103 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [11]
Fred Pickering | CF | 1959–1964
1971 | 134 | 61 | 158 | 74 |  England |  | [18]
Keith Newton | FB | 1960–1969 | 306 | 9 | 357 | 10 |  England |  | [26]
John Byrom | W | 1961–1966 | 124 | 50 | 149 | 64 | — |  | [7]
Fred Else | GK | 1961–1966 | 187 | 0 | 221 | 0 | — |  | [15]
Mike Ferguson | W | 1962–1968 | 220 | 29 | 249 | 36 | — |  | [2]
Mike Harrison | W | 1962–1967 | 160 | 40 | 181 | 43 | — |  | [13]
Walter Joyce | MF | 1964–1967 | 120 | 4 | 135 | 4 | — |  | [19]
Dick Mulvaney | CD | 1964–1971 | 141 | 4 | 151 | 4 | — |  | [11]
Malcolm Darling | FW | 1965–1970 | 128 | 30 | 141 | 34 | — |  | [9]
Eamonn Rogers | MF | 1965–1971 | 165 | 30 | 183 | 39 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [17]
George Sharples | WH/CH | 1965–1969 | 103 | 5 | 113 | 5 |  England U18 |  | [4]
Billy Wilson | FB | 1965–1971 | 247 | 0 | 277 | 0 | — |  | [3]
John Connelly | W | 1966–1970 | 149 | 36 | 164 | 39 |  England |  | [8]
Adam Blacklaw | GK | 1967–1970 | 96 | 0 | 110 | 0 | — |  | [7]
Don Martin | CF | 1968–1975 | 224 | 57 | 255 | 63 | — |  | [11][27]
Stuart Metcalfe | MF | 1968–1980
1983 | 387 | 21 | 451 | 26 |  England U18 |  | [11][27]
Roger Jones | GK | 1970–1976 | 242 | 0 | 277 | 0 |  England U23 |  | [19][27]
Tony Parkes | MF | 1970–1981 | 350 | 38 | 409 | 46 | — | [f] | [18][27]
Mick Wood | FB | 1970–1978 | 148 | 2 | 170 | 4 | — |  | [3][27]
Preben Arentoft | MF/DF | 1971–1974 | 94 | 3 | 108 | 3 | — |  | [10]
Derek Fazackerley ‡  | CD | 1971–1986 | 596 | 24 | 689 | 26 | — | [g] | [2][27]
Tony Field | FW | 1971–1974 | 106 | 45 | 120 | 54 | — |  | [2]
Terry Garbett | MF | 1971–1974 | 90 | 6 | 103 | 7 | — |  | [21]
Mick Heaton | FB | 1971–1976 | 171 | 1 | 194 | 1 | — |  | [13][27]
John Waddington | CD/MF | 1973–1979 | 148 | 18 | 175 | 20 | — |  | [3][27]
Ken Beamish | FW | 1974–1976 | 86 | 18 | 104 | 28 | — |  | [7][27]
Graham Hawkins | CD | 1974–1977 | 109 | 4 | 131 | 4 | — |  | [13][27]
Kevin Hird | MF/FB | 1974–1979 | 132 | 20 | 160 | 21 | — |  | [13][27]
John Bailey | FB | 1975–1979 | 120 | 1 | 144 | 1 |  England B |  | [7][27]
Glenn Keeley | CH | 1976–1987 | 370 | 23 | 431 | 24 |  England U18 |  | [23][27]
Noel Brotherston | W | 1977–1987 | 317 | 40 | 381 | 54 |  Northern Ireland |  | [7][27]
John Butcher | GK | 1977–1980 | 104 | 0 | 122 | 0 | — |  | [7][27]
Simon Garner ‡  | CF | 1978–1992 | 484 | 168 | 570 | 194 | — | [h] | [21][27]
Jim Branagan | FB | 1979–1987 | 294 | 5 | 338 | 5 | — |  | [7][27]
Mick Rathbone ‡  | FB | 1979–1987 | 273 | 2 | 310 | 2 | — |  | [17][27]
John Lowey | CF/MF | 1980–1986 | 141 | 14 | 156 | 16 | — |  | [16][27]
Terry Gennoe ‡  | GK | 1981–1990 | 289 | 0 | 334 | 0 |  England U18 |  | [21][27]
David Hamilton | MF | 1981–1986 | 114 | 7 | 123 | 7 | — |  | [13]
Ian Miller | W | 1981–1989 | 268 | 16 | 305 | 18 | — |  | [11]
David Mail ‡  | CD | 1982–1990 | 206 | 4 | 248 | 4 | — |  | [11]
Simon Barker ‡  | MF | 1983–1988 | 182 | 35 | 208 | 41 |  England U21 | [i] | [7]
Mark Patterson | W | 1983–1988 | 101 | 20 | 115 | 22 | — |  | [18]
Chris Thompson | CF | 1983–1986 | 85 | 24 | 100 | 26 | — |  | [6]
Scott Sellars ‡  | MF | 1986–1992 | 202 | 35 | 245 | 41 |  England |  | [4]
Howard Gayle ‡  | FW | 1987–1991 | 116 | 29 | 144 | 34 |  England U21 |  | [21][30]
Colin Hendry ‡  | CD | 1987–1989
1991–1998 | 336 | 34 | 408 | 35 |  Scotland |  | [13][30]
Keith Hill | CD | 1987–1992 | 96 | 4 | 113 | 5 | — |  | [13]
John Millar | FB/MF | 1987–1991 | 126 | 1 | 151 | 1 |  Scotland U18 |  | [11]
Bobby Mimms | GK | 1987
1991–1995 | 134 | 0 | 162 | 0 |  England | [L 2] | [11][30]
Nicky Reid | MF | 1987–1992 | 174 | 9 | 209 | 10 |  England U21 |  | [17]
Chris Sulley | FB | 1987–1991 | 134 | 3 | 156 | 3 | — |  | [4]
Mark Atkins | FB/MF | 1988–1995 | 257 | 34 | 314 | 39 | — |  | [10][30]
David May | CD | 1989–1994 | 123 | 2 | 151 | 5 | — |  | [11]
Kevin Moran ‡  | CD | 1990–1994 | 147 | 10 | 173 | 12 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [11]
Jason Wilcox | W | 1990–1999 | 269 | 31 | 312 | 34 |  England |  | [3][30]
Mike Newell | FW | 1991–1996 | 130 | 28 | 167 | 48 |  England B |  | [26][30][31]
Stuart Ripley | W | 1992–1998 | 187 | 13 | 228 | 16 |  England |  | [17][30]
Alan Shearer ‡  | FW | 1992–1996 | 138 | 112 | 171 | 130 |  England |  | [4][30]
Tim Sherwood | MF | 1992–1999 | 246 | 25 | 300 | 31 |  England | [L 3] | [4][30][32]
Henning Berg | DF | 1993–1997
2000–2003 | 250 | 7 | 296 | 7 |  Norway | [L 4][j] | [7][30][33]
Tim Flowers | GK | 1993–1999 | 177 | 0 | 217 | 0 |  England |  | [2][30]
Kevin Gallacher | FW | 1993–1999 | 144 | 46 | 169 | 53 |  Scotland |  | [21][30]
Graeme Le Saux | FB | 1993–1997 | 129 | 7 | 154 | 7 |  England |  | [34]
Chris Sutton ‡  | FW | 1994–1999 | 130 | 47 | 161 | 59 |  England |  | [35]
Jeff Kenna | FB | 1995–2001 | 155 | 1 | 194 | 1 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [36]
Billy McKinlay | MF | 1995–1999 | 90 | 3 | 103 | 4 |  Scotland |  | [37]
Garry Flitcroft | MF | 1996–2005 | 246 | 14 | 280 | 20 |  England U21 |  | [38][39]
Damien Duff ‡  | W | 1997–2003 | 184 | 27 | 223 | 35 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [40]
David Dunn | MF | 1998–2003
2007–2015 | 316 | 50 | 378 | 59 |  England |  | [41][30]
Keith Gillespie | W | 1998–2003 | 113 | 5 | 137 | 6 |  Northern Ireland |  | [42]
Martin Taylor | CD | 1998–2004 | 88 | 5 | 125 | 6 |  England U21 |  | [43]
Matt Jansen ‡  | FW | 1999–2005 | 153 | 44 | 182 | 57 |  England U21 |  | [30]
Craig Short | DF | 1999–2005 | 134 | 4 | 146 | 5 | — |  | [44]
Brad Friedel ‡  | GK | 2000–2008 | 288 | 1 | 357 | 1 |  United States |  | [45]
Nils-Eric Johansson | DF | 2001–2005 | 86 | 0 | 110 | 2 |  Sweden |  | [46]
Tugay Kerimoğlu ‡  | MF | 2001–2009 | 233 | 10 | 294 | 12 |  Turkey |  | [47]
Lucas Neill | DF/MF | 2001–2007 | 188 | 5 | 227 | 8 |  Australia |  | [48]
Andy Cole | FW | 2002–2004 | 83 | 27 | 100 | 37 |  England | [k] | [49]
Andy Todd ‡  | DF | 2002–2007 | 88 | 4 | 113 | 5 | — |  | [50]
Brett Emerton | W | 2003–2011 | 247 | 13 | 294 | 19 |  Australia |  | [51][52]
Steven Reid | MF | 2003–2010 | 113 | 6 | 134 | 8 |

* Republic of Ireland
* England U16

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Morten Gamst Pedersen | MF | 2004–2013 | 288 | 35 | 349 | 47 |  Norway |  | [55]
David Bentley ‡  | MF | 2005–2008
2013 | 107 | 13 | 140 | 21 |  England |  | [L 5][56]
Aaron Mokoena | DF | 2005–2009 | 101 | 0 | 139 | 2 |  South Africa |  | [57]
Ryan Nelsen | DF | 2005–2011 | 172 | 8 | 208 | 8 |  New Zealand |  | [58]
Robbie Savage | MF | 2005–2007 | 76 | 1 | 100 | 3 |  Wales |  | [59]
Benni McCarthy | FW | 2006–2010 | 109 | 37 | 140 | 52 |  South Africa |  | [60]
Jason Roberts | FW | 2006–2011 | 134 | 24 | 156 | 28 |  Grenada |  | [61]
Martin Olsson | DF/MF | 2007–2013 | 117 | 3 | 142 | 5 |  Sweden |  | [62]
Christopher Samba | CD | 2007–2011 | 161 | 16 | 185 | 18 |  Congo |  | [63]
Stephen Warnock ‡  | DF/MF | 2007–2009 | 88 | 5 | 109 | 6 |  England |  | [64]
Paul Robinson ‡  | GK | 2008–2014 | 189 | 0 | 201 | 0 |  England |  | [65]
Gaël Givet | DF | 2009
2009–2013 | 115 | 3 | 132 | 5 |  France |  | [L 6][66]
Grant Hanley ‡  | DF | 2009–2016 | 183 | 7 | 200 | 8 |  Scotland |  | [67]
Scott Dann | DF | 2011–2014 | 98 | 5 | 106 | 7 |  England U21 |  | [68]
Jason Lowe | MF | 2011–2017 | 173 | 1 | 196 | 1 |  England U21 |  | [69]
Marcus Olsson ‡  | DF | 2012–2016 | 104 | 1 | 114 | 1 |  Sweden |  | [70]
Jordan Rhodes ‡  | FW | 2012–2016 | 159 | 83 | 169 | 85 |  Scotland | [k] | [72]
Corry Evans | MF | 2013–2021 | 206 | 4 | 219 | 5 |  Northern Ireland |  | [73]
Ben Marshall | MF | 2013–2017 | 126 | 11 | 140 | 15 |  England U21 |  | [74]
Craig Conway | MF | 2014–2019 | 178 | 19 | 200 | 22 |  Scotland |  | [75]
Jason Steele | GK | 2014–2017 | 113 | 0 | 120 | 0 |

* Great Britain squad
* England U21

|  | [76]
Darragh Lenihan | DF | 2015–2022 | 233 | 9 | 252 | 10 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [77]
Ryan Nyambe | DF | 2015–2022 | 183 | 0 | 201 | 0 |  Namibia |  | [78]
David Raya | GK | 2015–2019 | 98 | 0 | 108 | 0 |  Spain |  | [79]
Sam Gallagher *  | FW | 2016–2017
2019–present | 219 | 45 | 235 | 49 |

* England U20
* Scotland U19

| [L 7] | [80][30][81]
Elliott Bennett | MF | 2016–2021 | 177 | 8 | 192 | 9 | — |  | [82]
Danny Graham ‡  | FW | 2016
2016–2020 | 176 | 52 | 191 | 57 |  England U20 | [L 8] | [83][84]
Charlie Mulgrew | DF | 2016–2019 | 100 | 27 | 109 | 27 |  Scotland |  | [85]
Derrick Williams ‡  | DF | 2016–2020 | 138 | 6 | 152 | 6 |  Republic of Ireland |  | [86]
Bradley Dack ‡  | MF | 2017–2023 | 158 | 50 | 173 | 57 | — |  | [87]
Lewis Travis *  | DF | 2017–present | 200 | 6 | 224 | 6 | — |  | [88]
Adam Armstrong ‡  | FW | 2018–2021 | 151 | 58 | 160 | 64 |  England U21 | [L 9] | [89]
Ben Brereton Díaz | FW | 2018–2023 | 160 | 45 | 177 | 47 |

* Chile
* England U20

| [L 10] | [90][91]
Joe Rothwell | MF | 2018–2022 | 149 | 10 | 161 | 11 |  England U20 |  | [92][30]
John Buckley *  | MF | 2019–present | 124 | 6 | 141 | 9 | — |  | [93]
Tyrhys Dolan *  | FW | 2020–present | 148 | 16 | 164 | 19 |  England U20 |  | [30]
Thomas Kaminski ‡  | GK | 2020–2023 | 115 | 0 | 118 | 0 |  Belgium |  | [30]
Harry Pickering *  | DF | 2021–present | 108 | 4 | 120 | 4 | — |  | [94]
Scott Wharton *  | DF | 2016–present | 89 | 5 | 106 | 8 | — |  | [95]
Joe Rankin-Costello *  | MF | 2017–present | 86 | 4 | 100 | 5 | — |  | [96]

## Notes

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1. ^ Billy Townley played for Blackburn in two FA Cup finals; in the second, in 1891, he became the first man to score a hat-trick in an FA Cup final as Blackburn beat Sheffield Wednesday 6–1.[5]
2. ^ Bob Crompton was manager of Blackburn from 1926 to 1931 and again from 1938 to 1941.[14]
3. ^ Jack Bruton was manager of Blackburn from 1947 to 1949.[14]
4. ^ Walter Crook set a club record for most consecutive League appearances, with 208 between 1934 and 1946.[22]
5. ^ Eddie Quigley was manager of Blackburn from 1967 to 1970.[14]
6. ^ Tony Parkes was caretaker manager of Blackburn on six separate occasions between 1986 and 2004.[28]
7. ^ Derek Fazackerley holds the club record for most league appearances with 596.[22]
8. ^ Simon Garner holds the club goalscoring record, with 168 in league competition.[22]
9. ^ Simon Barker's 1988 sale to Queens Park Rangers set a then club record for fee received of £400,000.[29]
10. ^ Henning Berg of Norway holds the record for most senior international caps as a Blackburn player.[22] He briefly managed the club in 2012.[14]
11. ^ a b Blackburn's record fee paid for a player, of £8,000,000, is shared by Andy Cole, who signed from Manchester United in 2001, and Jordan Rhodes, who joined from Huddersfield Town in 2012.[71]

Player statistics include games played while on loan from clubs listed below. Unless individually sourced, loaning clubs come from the appearances source.

1. ^ New Brighton Tower
2. ^ Everton
3. ^ Norwich City
4. ^ Manchester United
5. ^ Tottenham Hotspur
6. ^ Olympique Marseille
7. ^ Southampton
8. ^ Sunderland
9. ^ Newcastle United
10. ^ Nottingham Forest

## Sources

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* Jackman, Mike (1994). Blackburn Rovers The Official Encyclopedia. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-873626-70-2.
* Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2005). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005–2006. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-85291-662-6.
* Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.

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Premier League|

* AFC Bournemouth
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* Brentford
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
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* Brighton & Hove Albion
* Chelsea
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
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* 100+
* POTY
* Everton
* 100+
* Internationals
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* Fulham
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Ipswich Town
* 100+
* Hall of Fame
* POTY
* Leicester City
* Liverpool
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Manchester City
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Manchester United
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Captains
* Newcastle United
* Nottingham Forest
* 100+
* Internationals
* Southampton
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Tottenham Hotspur
* West Ham United
* Wolverhampton Wanderers

Championship|

* Blackburn Rovers
* Bristol City
* Burnley
* 100+
* Internationals
* Cardiff City
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Captains
* Internationals
* Coventry City
* 100+
* Internationals
* POTY
* Derby County
* 100+
* POTY
* Hull City
* Leeds United
* Luton Town
* 100+
* POTY
* Middlesbrough
* Millwall
* Norwich City
* 100+
* 25–99
* Hall of Fame
* POTY
* Oxford United
* Plymouth Argyle
* 100+
* POTY
* Portsmouth
* Preston North End
* 100+
* POTY
* Queens Park Rangers
* Sheffield United
* 100+
* 25–99
* Internationals
* POTY
* Sheffield Wednesday
* All
* Internationals
* POTY
* Stoke City
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Sunderland
* Swansea City
* 100+
* Internationals
* Watford
* 50+
* 1–49
* POTY
* West Bromwich Albion

League One|

* Barnsley
* Birmingham City
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Blackpool
* Bolton Wanderers
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Bristol Rovers
* 100+
* 25–99
* Internationals
* POTY
* Burton Albion
* Cambridge United
* Charlton Athletic
* Crawley Town
* Exeter City
* Huddersfield Town
* Leyton Orient
* Lincoln City
* 100+
* 25–99
* Mansfield Town
* Northampton Town
* Peterborough United
* Reading
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Internationals
* POTY
* Rotherham United
* Shrewsbury Town
* Stevenage
* Stockport County
* Wigan Athletic
* Wrexham
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Wycombe Wanderers

League Two|

* Accrington Stanley
* AFC Wimbledon
* Barrow
* Bradford City
* 50+
* 1–49
* Bromley
* Carlisle United
* Cheltenham Town
* Chesterfield
* Colchester United
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY
* Crewe Alexandra
* Doncaster Rovers
* 100+
* 1879–1918
* Fleetwood Town
* Gillingham
* 50+
* 25–49
* 1–24
* Grimsby Town
* Harrogate Town
* Milton Keynes Dons
* Morecambe
* Newport County
* Notts County
* Port Vale
* 25+
* 1–24
* POTY
* Salford City
* Swindon Town
* Tranmere Rovers
* 100+
* 1921–1939
* 1945–present
* Walsall

Non-League|

* Bradford (Park Avenue)
* Bury
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Chester
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Darlington
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Dagenham & Redbridge
* Nelson
* Oldham Athletic
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Rochdale
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* Southend United
* Torquay United
* Yeovil Town
* 100+
* Internationals
* York City
* 100+
* 25–99
* 1–24
* POTY

Defunct|

* Halifax Town
* Hereford United
* Macclesfield Town
* Scarborough
* Wanderers
* Wigan Borough

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