List of Chelsea F.C. players

This is a list of notable players for Chelsea Football Club, whether or not they have a Wikipedia article. It generally includes only those players who made more than 100 appearances for the club, but also those who fell just short of 100 and made a notable contribution, members of the club's first ever side or were voted Player of the Year
Dates and figures are for the individual's career with Chelsea only.
Figures are for all competitive matches and include substitute appearances.
For a list of all Chelsea players with a Wikipedia article, see :Category:Chelsea F.C. players.

List of players

The list of Chelsea F.C. players

Bold represents current players.

Name	Nationality	Position	Chelsea career	Appearances	Goals
	Scotland	DF	1905–1909	120	0
	England	DF	1906–1914	159	0
	England	ST	1906–1912	164	108
	Scotland	HB	1907–1913	194	0
	England	HB	1908–1914	101	4
	Scotland	W	1908–1913	103	10
	England	FW	1909–1915	116	34
	England	HB	1909–1914	145	10
	Scotland	HB	1909–1914	103	1
	England	ST	1910–1919	129	84
	England	HB	1909–1922	254	0
	England	HB	1909–1915	171	4
	England	FW	1909–1920	104	22
	England	GK	1910–1923	239	0
	England	DF	1911–1926	334	5
	England	W	1912–1923	248	47
	England	CB	1913–1921	111	24
	Scotland	DF	1913–1920	116	8
	Denmark	HB	1913–1922	46	1
	Scotland	FW	1914–1929	306	32
	England	ST	1919–1923	111	54
	England	CB	1914–1928	265	26
	England	HB	1920–1924	133	6
	Scotland	FB	1921–1932	370	0
	Scotland	HB	1921–1928	204	19
	England	FW	1922–1930	153	51
	Scotland	FW	1923–1931	253	62
	England	W	1923–1934	308	28
	England	FW	1923–1939	365	45
	Scotland	W	1923–1933	294	11
	England	DF	1924–1936	103	7
	Scotland	FB	1925–1939	318	19
	Scotland	DF	1925–1931	122	2
	England	GK	1926–1932	245	0
	England	FW	1926–1933	215	37
	Scotland	HB	1927–1935	160	6
	England	DF	1927–1931	140	3
	England	HB	1928–1933	109	6
	England	ST	1929–1943	239	125
	Scotland	ST	1930–1934	144	81
	England	DF	1930–1941	294	1
	England	GK	1931–1939	272	0
	England	DF	1932–1939	102	2
	Scotland	FW	1933–1947	125	35
	Scotland	FW	1933–1938	143	24
	Scotland	DF	1933–1939	211	0
	England	W	1934–1950	246	66
	England	FW	1935–1945	155	37
	England	HB	1936–1945	125	4
	England	FW	1945–1950	111	19
	Scotland	CB	1945–1956	364	14
	Scotland	FW	1946–1948	105	24
	Scotland	DF	1946–1953	147	0
	England New Zealand	HB	1946–1957	402	30
	Scotland	GK	1946–1960	215	0
	Scotland	W	1947–1954	213	40
	England	ST	1948–1956	367	150
	England	LB	1949–1956	221	2
	England	W	1950–1956	177	42
	England	FW	1952–1958	123	35
	Scotland	FW	1952–1958	202	66
	England	HB	1953–1959	223	9
	England	ST	1953–1961	174	69
	England	RB	1953–1962	288	34
	England	W	1953–1964	347	54
	England	FB	1954–1962	102	1
	England	FW	1955–1962	271	57
	England	MF	1956–1965	279	10
	England	ST	1957–1961	169	132
	England	RB	1957–1969	123	2
	England	FW	1958–1966	205	93
	England	FW	1959–1970	370	202
	England	GK	1959–1979	729	0
	England	LB	1960–1964 1966–1967	102	1
	England	MF	1960–1966	237	31
	England	FW	1961–1966	183	44
	England	DF	1961–1980	795	14
	Scotland	LB	1962–1974	410	5
	England	MF	1962–1975	343	39
	England	CB	1963–1976	344	4
	Scotland	FW	1964–1966	102	46
	Scotland	MF	1964–1973	266	12
	England	ST	1964–1974 1978–1979	380	150
	England	MF	1963–1975 1983–1984	592	64
	Scotland	W	1966–1972 1974–1978	373	30
	England	MF	1966–1974	239	91
	England	MF	1968–1974 1983–1984	189	14
	England	CB/RB	1968–1974	299	34
	England	ST	1968–1976	144	58
	England	CB	1969–1978	207	7
	Wales	GK	1970–1980	149	0
	England	CB	1970–1985	313	19
	Scotland	MF	1971–1982	289	34
	England	MF	1971–1975	114	31
	England	MF	1971–1975	150	15
	England	MF	1971–1979	120	15
	England	ST	1972–1978	119	36
	England	RB	1971–1983	317	4
	England	MF/ST	1973–1978	132	29
	England	CB	1974–1979 1986–1988	164	9
	England	MF	1972–1979	198	33
	Scotland	MF	1974–1980	120	3
	England	ST	1974–1980	152	43
	England	W	1975–1984	224	65
	England	MF	1976–1991	409	44
	England	W	1978–1983	181	41
	Yugoslavia	GK	1979–1982	114	0
	England	CB	1978–1983	148	4
	England	W	1979–1984	109	5
	England	CB	1979–1988	346	10
	England	LB	1980–1983	101	3
	England	ST	1980–1987	223	41
	England	W	1981–1986	103	15
	Scotland	ST	1982–1987	205	64
	England	MF	1983–1987 1992–1996	267	14
	Wales	GK	1983–1988	175	0
	Scotland	W	1983–1988	242	45
	Scotland	CB	1983–1989	268	7
	England	ST	1983–1992	420	193
	England	MF	1985–1990	103	12
	Scotland	ST	1986–1991	153	63
	England	LB	1987–1991	180	12
	Northern Ireland	FW	1987–1992	191	55
	England	LB	1987–1993 1997–2003	312	16
	Scotland	RB	1987–1998	421	10
	England	CB	1988–1998	194	13
	England	GK	1988–2001	135	0
	Suriname	CB	1989–1992	119	2
	England	GK	1989–1993	157	0
	Scotland	MF	1989–1997	137	11
	Norway	CB	1989–1997	183	1
	Ireland	MF	1990–1993	138	19
	Jamaica	CB	1990–1998	218	13
	England	MF	1990–1999	214	10
	England	MF	1990–2001	445	76
	England	LB	1991–1999	106	2
	Scotland	ST	1992–1996	137	43
	Russia	GK	1992–1999	146	0
	England	MF	1993–1996	134	27
	England	CB	1993–1999	115	3
	Wales	ST	1995–1998	123	39
	Romania	RB	1995–2000	208	24
	England	MF	1995–2003	173	9
	Italy	ST	1996–1999	88	40
	France	CB	1996–2001	204	24
	Italy	MF	1996–2002	175	26
	Italy	FW	1996–2003	311	80
	Norway	ST	1997–2000	163	50
	Uruguay	MF	1997–2001	145	49
	Netherlands	GK	1997–2003	179	0
	Nigeria	LB	1997–2005	197	8
	England	CB	1998–2017	717	67
	Spain	RB	1998–2003	113	1
	France	CB	1998–2004	222	7
	Netherlands	RB	1999–2004	165	5
	Italy	GK	1999–2009	216	0
	Denmark	W	2000–2004	119	11
	Netherlands	ST	2000–2004	177	87
	Iceland	ST	2000–2006	263	78
	France	DF	2001–2006	225	14
	England	MF	2001–2014	648	211
	Ireland	W	2003–2006	125	19
Geremi	Cameroon	MF	2003–2007	109	4
	France	CDM	2003–2008	217	2
	England	LB	2003–2009	142	4
	England	MF	2003–2010	282	39
	Netherlands	W	2004–2007	106	19
	Portugal	CB	2004–2010	210	11
	Cote d'Ivoire	ST	2004–2012 2014–2015	381	164
	Portugal	RB	2004–2013	214	2
	Czech	GK	2004–2015	494	0
	England	W	2005–2008	125	10
	Ghana	MF	2005–2014	256	25
	Germany	MF	2006–2010	166	25
	Cote d'Ivoire	FW	2006–2012	254	61
	England	LB	2006–2014	338	7
	Nigeria	MF	2006–2017	374	6
Alex	Brazil	CB	2007–2012	134	11
	France	LW	2007–2013	228	45
	Portugal	RB	2008–2012	125	3
	France	FW	2008–2012	184	59
	Serbia	DF	2008–2017	377	34
	Serbia	MF	2009–2011 2014–2017	154	7
	Spain	ST	2010–2014	172	45
Ramires	Brazil	MF	2010–2016	246	33
	Spain	MF	2011–2014	135	33
	Belgium	GK	2011–2018	154	0
	Brazil	CB	2011–2014 2016–2019	248	18
Oscar	Brazil	MF	2012–2016	203	38
	England	CB	2012–2019	290	25
	Belgium	W	2012–2019	352	110
	Spain	DF	2012–	385	13
	Nigeria	RWB	2012–	128	18
Willian	Brazil	W	2013–	339	63
	Spain	ST	2014–2017	120	59
	Spain	MF	2014–2019	198	22
Kurt Zouma	France	CB	2014–	112	5
Pedro	Spain	W	2015–	205	43
N'Golo Kanté	France	MF	2016–	169	11
Marcos Alonso	Spain	LWB	2016–	148	22
Antonio Rüdiger	Germany	CB	2017–	114	6

Annual Awards

Player of the Year

Players' Player of the Year

Young Player of the Year

Academy Player of the Year

Goal of the Year

List of captains

Period	Captain
1953–1956	Roy Bentley
1956–1957	Ken Armstrong
1957–1959	Derek Saunders
1959–1964	Frank Blunstone
1964–1966	Terry Venables
1966–1980	Ron Harris
1980–1984	Micky Droy
1984–1988	Colin Pates
1988–1990	Graham Roberts
1990–1991	Peter Nicholas
1991–1993	Andy Townsend
1993–2001	Dennis Wise
2001–2004	Marcel Desailly
2004–2017	John Terry
2017–2019	Gary Cahill
2019–	César Azpilicueta

Notable captains

‡ Indicates Captains who won the League in the Second Division.

Captain	League									Total
Roy Bentley	1954–55			1955						2
Terry Venables			1965							1
Ron Harris		1970						1971		2
Colin Pates ‡	1983–84								1986	2
Graham Roberts ‡	1988–89									1
Peter Nicholas									1990	1
Dennis Wise		1997 2000	1998	2000			1998	1998		6
John Terry	2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2014–15 2016–17	2007 2009 2010 2012	2005 2007 2015	2005 2009	2012	2013				16
Gary Cahill		2018				2019				2

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