List of Everton F.C. players

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Neville Southall is Everton's most-capped player of all time, making 751 appearances in 17 years for the club

This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Everton. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-team matches for the club. A number of other players who have played an important role in a league title win have also been included for their – for example Andy Gray. Players in Everton's early history are also included despite not necessarily playing 100 matches.

For a list of all Everton players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Everton F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Everton F.C. article.

Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.

Notable players

Appearance figures as of 31 May 2025

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Leon Osman made 433 appearances for Everton, the tenth-most of all time

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Wayne Rooney made 117 appearances in two spells at Everton, winning 2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player

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Dixie Dean is the club's all-time top scorer with 383 goals. He captained the club from 1931 to 1937

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Séamus Coleman, current club captain, has made over 422 appearances for Everton

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Leighton Baines made 420 appearances for Everton, winning 2010–11 & 2012–13 Everton Player of the Season

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Duncan Ferguson made 272 appearances and scored 72 goals for Everton. He later served as caretaker manager for the club at two separates spells in 2019 and 2022

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Romelu Lukaku made 166 appearances and scored 87 goals with Everton

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Gareth Barry made 155 appearances for Everton

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Phil Neville made 303 appearances for Everton and served as captain from 2007 to 2013

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Steven Naismith made 123 appearances and scored 25 goals with Everton

Name	Nationality	Position	Everton career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
George Fleming	Template:Fba	MF	1887–1888	5	2	First League goalscorer for Everton
George Farmer	Template:Fba	FW	1887–1889	35	3	First competitive goalscorer for Everton
Alex McKinnon	Template:Fba	FW	1888	6	4	First hat-trick goalscorer
Nick Ross	Template:Fba	FB/FW	1888–1889	19	5	Club captain 1888–1889
Bob Kelso	Template:Fba	FB	1888–1889, 1891–1895	103	5
Alf Milward	Template:Fba	FW	1888–1896	224	96
Edgar Chadwick	Template:Fba	FW	1888–1898	300	110	Club captain 1897
Johnny Holt	Template:Fba	FB	1888–1898	252	4	First England international
Andrew Hannah	Template:Fba	FB	1889–1891	44	0	Club captain 1889–1891
Alexander Brady	Template:Fba	FW	1889–1891	36	20	Member of 1890-91 title winning side
Dan Doyle	Template:Fba	CB	1889–1891	41	1	Captained Everton's first title-winning side
David Jardine	Template:Fba	GK	1889–1894	137	0
Alex Latta	Template:Fba	FW	1889–1895	148	70
Charlie Parry	Template:Fba	FB	1889–1895	94	5	First Everton player to win an international cap for Wales
Fred Geary	Template:Fba	FW	1889–1895	99	86	First goalscorer at Goodison Park
William Mamooth	Template:Fba	FB	1890–1891	26	0	Joined Liverpool FC after the 1892 split
Bob Howarth	Template:Fba	FB	1891–1893	68	0	Club captain 1892–1893
Richard Williams	Template:Fba	GK	1891–1894	70	0	Member of Everton's first FA Cup final team
Jack Bell	Template:Fba	FW	1892–1898, 1901–1903	199	70	First Everton goalscorer in a FA Cup Final
Dickie Boyle	Template:Fba	HB	1892–1900	243	8
William Stewart	Template:Fba	HB	1892–1900	137	6
Jack Southworth	Template:Fba	FW	1893–1894	32	36	First ever double hat-trick scorer
Tom McInnes	Template:Fba	FW	1894–1895	47	18	Scorer of the first goal in a Merseyside derby
Jack Taylor	Template:Fba	HB	1896–1910	456	80	Club captain 1898–1910
Willie Muir	Template:Fba	GK	1897–1901	137	0
Sam Wolstenholme	Template:Fba	FB	1897–1903	170	8
Walter Balmer	Template:Fba	FB	1897–1908	331	1
John Proudfoot	Template:Fba	FW	1898–1901	89	31	*Inclusion reason required*
Jack Crelley	Template:Fba	FB	1898–1907	127	0
Jimmy Settle	Template:Fba	FB	1899–1908	269	97	Top Football League goalscorer in 1901–02
Walter Abbott	Template:Fba	FW	1899–1908	292	37
Jack Sharp	Template:Fba	FW	1899–1909	342	80
Tom Booth	Template:Fba	HB	1900–1907	185	11
Alex "Sandy" Young	Template:Fba	FW	1901–1910	314	125	Top Football League goalscorer in 1906–07
Bob Balmer	Template:Fba	FB	1902–1911	188	0
Harry Makepeace	Template:Fba	HB	1902–1914	336	23
Thomas McDermott	Template:Fba	HB	1903–1905	73	19	*Inclusion reason required*
Harold Hardman	Template:Fba	FW	1903–1908	156	29
Billy Scott	Template:Fba	GK	1904–1912	289
Hugh Bolton	Template:Fba	FW	1906–1908	87	34	Member of the first Everton team to win the FA Cup.
Joe Donnachie	Template:Fba	CB	1906–1908, 1919–1920	58	0	*Inclusion reason required*
William Stevenson	Template:Fba	DF	1907–1913	125	0
Jock Maconnachie	Template:Fba	FB	1907–1919	270	7
Tim Coleman	Template:Fba	FW	1908–1910	71	30	Prominent member of the Players' Union.
Bert Freeman	Template:Fba	CF	1908–1911	94	67	Top Football League goalscorer in 1908–09
Val Harris	Template:Fba	HB	1908–1914	214	2
Bill Lacey	Template:Fba / Template:Fba	Va	1909–1912	40	11	First player to be capped at full international level while playing for both Everton and Liverpool
George Beare	Template:Fba	FW	1909–1913	125	19
Tom Fleetwood	Template:Fba	HB	1910–1922	285	10
Frank Jefferis	Template:Fba	FW	1910–1919	137	22
Sam Chedgzoy	Template:Fba	FW	1910–1925	300	36
Joe Smith	Template:Fba	FW	1911–1912	10	0	*Inclusion reason required*
Alan Grenyer	Template:Fba	CH	1911–1923	148	9
Bobby Parker	Template:Fba	FW	1913–1922	92	71	Top Football League goalscorer in 1914–15
George Harrison	Template:Fba	FW	1913–1923	190	17
Tommy Fern	Template:Fba	GK	1913–1924	231	0
Joe Clennell	Template:Fba	FW	1913–1921	74	33	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Jimmy Galt	Template:Fba	MF	1913–1915	36	4	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Bob Thompson	Template:Fba	FB	1913–1921	89	0	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
William Brown	Template:Fba	HB	1914–1927	179	0
Billy Kirsopp	Template:Fba	FW	1915–1921	63	29	Member of 1914-15 League Championship winning team
Joe Peacock	Template:Fba	HB	1919–1926	161	12
Jock McDonald	Template:Fba	FB	1920–1926	224	0
David Reid	Template:Fba	FW	1920–1926	101	11
Wilf Chadwick	Template:Fba	FW	1921–1925	109	55	Top Football League goalscorer in 1923–24
Doug Livingstone	Template:Fba	FB	1921–1925	100	0
Bobby Irvine	Template:Fba	FW	1921–1928	214	57
Hunter Hart	Template:Fba	MF	1921–1929	300	5
Neil McBain	Template:Fba	HB	1922–1925	103	1
Alec Troup	Template:Fba	FW	1922–1929	259	35
David Raitt	Template:Fba	FB	1922–1927	131	0
Jack O'Donnell	Template:Fba	FB	1924–1929	198	10
Albert Virr	Template:Fba	HB	1924–1929	127	3
Dixie Dean	Template:Fba	FW	1925–1937	431	377	All-time leading goalscorer for Everton
Arthur Davies	Template:Fba	GK	1926–1929	94	0	*Inclusion reason required*
Edward Critchley	Template:Fba	FW	1926–1934	229	42
Warney Cresswell	Template:Fba	FB	1926–1935	306	1
Tony Weldon	Template:Fba	FW	1927–1929	74	13	Member of 1927–28 title-winning team
Jeremiah Kelly	Template:Fba	HB	1927–1929	83	1	Member of 1927–28 title-winning team
Tommy White	Template:Fba	FW	1927–1937	201	66
James Dunn	Template:Fba	FW	1928–1934	155	49
Jimmy Stein	Template:Fba	FW	1928–1936	215	65
Jock Thomson	Template:Fba	HB	1929–1938	296	5
Ted Sagar	Template:Fba	GK	1929–1952	495	0
Tommy Johnson	Template:Fba	FW	1929–1933	161	65
Ben Williams	Template:Fba	FB	1929–1935	139	0
Cliff Britton	Template:Fba	HB	1930–1938	240	3
Charlie Gee	Template:Fba	HB	1930–1938	212	2
Albert Geldard	Template:Fba	FW	1932–1937	179	37
Joe Mercer	Template:Fba	HB	1932–1946	184	2
Jimmy Cunliffe	Template:Fba	FW	1932–1938	187	76
Billy Cook	Template:Fba	FB	1932–1938	250	6
Stan Bentham	Template:Fba	FW	1932–1948	125	7
Jack Jones	Template:Fba	DF	1933–1937	108	0
Jackie Coulter	Template:Fba	MF	1934–1937	88	2	Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame member
Alex Stevenson	Template:Fba / Template:Fba	FW	1934–1949	271	90
Torry Gillick	Template:Fba	FW	1935–1938	133	44
T. G. Jones	Template:Fba	FB	1936–1949	175	5
Tommy Lawton	Template:Fba	FW	1937–1945	95	70	Top Football League goalscorer in 1937–38, 1938–39
Norman Greenhalgh	Template:Fba	FB	1937–1949	115	1
Johnny Carey	Template:Fba / Template:Fba	Va	1942–1943	—	—	Manager 1958–1961
Wally Fielding	Template:Fba	FW	1945–1959	410	54
George Saunders	Template:Fba	FB	1946–1951	140	0
Jackie Grant	Template:Fba	HB	1946–1954	133	11
Eddie Wainwright	Template:Fba	FW	1946–1955	228	76
Tommy Eglington	Template:Fba / Template:Fba	FW	1946–1957	428	82
Peter Farrell	Template:Fba / Template:Fba	HB	1946–1957	453	17	Club captain 1954–1957
Cyril Lello	Template:Fba	HB	1947–1956	255	9
Peter Corr	Template:Fba	MF	1948–1949	24	2	Member of the first non-UK side to beat England at home
Ted Buckle	Template:Fba	FW	1949–1954	117	33
Eric Moore	Template:Fba	FB	1949–1956	184	0
Jack Lindsay	Template:Fba	FB	1950–1953	115	2
Jimmy O'Neill	Template:Fba	GK	1949–1960	213	0
Tommy E. Jones	Template:Fba	FB	1948–1961	411	14	Club captain 1957–1961
John Willie Parker	Template:Fba	FW	1947–1956	176	89
Tony McNamara	Template:Fba	FW	1951–1957	113	22
Don Donovan	Template:Fba	FB	1949–1958	187	2
Dave Hickson	Template:Fba	FW	1948–1955, 1957–1959	253	111
Jimmy Tansey	Template:Fba	FB	1952–1959	142	0
Mick Meagan	Template:Fba	FB	1952–1964	175	1
Jimmy Harris	Template:Fba	FW	1955–1960	207	72	First League Cup goalscorer for Everton
Brian Harris	Template:Fba	FW	1955–1966	360	29
Albert Dunlop	Template:Fba	GK	1956–1963	231	0
Derek Temple	Template:Fba	FW	1956–1967	277	84
Bobby Collins	Template:Fba	MF	1958–1962	147	48
Alex Parker	Template:Fba	FB	1958–1964	230	5
Brian Labone	Template:Fba	CB	1958–1971	533	2	Club captain 1965–1971
Billy Bingham	Template:Fba	MF	1960–1962	98	26	Manager 1973–1977
Roy Vernon	Template:Fba	FW	1960–1965	203	111	Club captain 1962–1965
Alex Young	Template:Fba	FW	1960–1968	275	109
Jimmy Gabriel	Template:Fba	MF	1960–1967	304	37	Caretaker manager 1990, 1993–1994
Dennis Stevens	Template:Fba	MF	1962–1965	145	32	First European goalscorer for Everton
Johnny Morrissey	Template:Fba	FW	1962–1971	313	50
Gordon West	Template:Fba	GK	1962–1972	402	0
Alex Scott	Template:Fba	FW	1962–1966	180	26
Sandy Brown	Template:Fba	FB	1963–1970	253	11
Andy Rankin	Template:Fba	GK	1963–1970	106	0
Colin Harvey	Template:Fba	MF	1963–1974	386	24	Manager 1987–1990
Fred Pickering	Template:Fba	FW	1963–1967	115	70
Ray Wilson	Template:Fba	FB	1964–1969	153	0	1966 World Cup winner
Jimmy Husband	Template:Fba	FW	1964–1973	197	55
Tommy Wright	Template:Fba	FB	1964–1974	374	4
John Hurst	Template:Fba	MF	1964–1976	388	34
Alan Ball	Template:Fba	MF	1966–1971	250	78	1966 World Cup winner
Joe Royle	Template:Fba	FW	1966–1974	276	119	Manager 1994–1997
Howard Kendall	Template:Fba	MF	1967–1974	275	30	Club captain 1971–1974, Manager 1981–87, 1990–93, 1997–98
Terry Darracott	Template:Fba	FB	1967–1979	178	0
Roger Kenyon	Template:Fba	CB	1967–1979	308	9
Dai Davies	Template:Fba	GK	1970–1977	94	0
Henry Newton	Template:Fba	MF	1970–1973	85	6	Everton's record signing at the time.
John Connolly	Template:Fba	FW	1972–1976	118	16
Mick Buckley	Template:Fba	MF	1971–1977	158	12
Mick Lyons	Template:Fba	CB	1971–1981	462	59
Mike Bernard	Template:Fba	MF	1972–1976	172	8
David Lawson	Template:Fba	GK	1972–1976	152	0
Dave Clements	Template:Fba	FB	1973–1975	99	8	Club captain 1974–1975
Bob Latchford	Template:Fba	FW	1973–1980	289	138	Top Football League goalscorer in 1977–78
George Telfer	Template:Fba	FW	1973–1980	113	22
Jim Pearson	Template:Fba	FW	1974–1977	126	19
Martin Dobson	Template:Fba	MF	1974–1978	231	39
Dave Jones	Template:Fba	FB	1975–1978	103	2
Andy King	Template:Fba	MF	1976–1980, 1982–1984	247	68
Mark Higgins	Template:Fba	CB	1976–1984	181	6	Club captain 1982
John Bailey	Template:Fba	FB	1979–1986	222	3
George Wood	Template:Fba	GK	1977–1980	126	0
Trevor Ross	Template:Fba	MF	1977–1983	151	20
Billy Wright	Template:Fba	CB	1977–1983	198	10	Club captain 1977–1982
Peter Eastoe	Template:Fba	FW	1979–1982	115	33
Asa Hartford	Template:Fba	FW	1979–1981	98	7	Everton's record signing at the time.
Kevin Ratcliffe	Template:Fba	CB	1980–1991	494	2	Club captain 1982–1992
Graeme Sharp	Template:Fba	FW	1980–1991	445	159
Steve McMahon	Template:Fba	MF	1980–1983	120	14
Alan Irvine	Template:Fba	MF	1981–1984	80	6	Assistant manager 2002–2007
Kevin Richardson	Template:Fba	MF	1981–1986	145	20
Neville Southall	Template:Fba	GK	1981–1997	750	0	Most all-time appearances for Everton
Derek Mountfield	Template:Fba	CB	1982–1988	153	24
Adrian Heath	Template:Fba	MF	1982–1988	306	94
Gary Stevens	Template:Fba	RB	1982–1988	294	13
Peter Reid	Template:Fba	MF	1982–1988	234	13
Kevin Sheedy	Template:Fba	MF	1982–1992	368	97
Andy Gray	Template:Fba	FW	1983–1985	68	22	Gwladys Street's Hall of Fame member
Trevor Steven	Template:Fba	MF	1983–1989	298	59
Alan Harper	Template:Fba	FB	1983–1988, 1991–1993	240	5
Paul Bracewell	Template:Fba	MF	1984–1989	143	10
Pat Van Den Hauwe	Template:Fba	FB	1984–1989	203	3
Gary Lineker	Template:Fba	FW	1985–1986	52	40	Top Football League goalscorer in 1985–86
Neil Pointon	Template:Fba	FB	1985–1989	138	5
Dave Watson	Template:Fba	CB	1986–2000	529	38	Club captain 1992–2000; Caretaker manager 1997
Ian Snodin	Template:Fba	FB	1987–1994	201	9
Stuart McCall	Template:Fba	MF	1988–1990	141	10
Neil McDonald	Template:Fba	FB	1988–1991	123	8
Pat Nevin	Template:Fba	MF	1988–1991	148	21
Tony Cottee	Template:Fba	FW	1988–1994	230	99
Martin Keown	Template:Fba	CB	1989–1992	126	0
John Ebbrell	Template:Fba	MF	1989–1997	266	19
Peter Beagrie	Template:Fba	MF	1989–1994, 1998	143	17
Gary Ablett	Template:Fba	CB	1990–1995	155	6
Matt Jackson	Template:Fba	CB	1990–1995	165	6
Andy Hinchcliffe	Template:Fba	FB	1990–1997	222	9
Peter Beardsley	Template:Fba	FW	1991–1992	95	32	One of only two players to have scored for both sides in Merseyside derbies
David Unsworth	Template:Fba	CB	1991–1997, 1998–2004	355	44
Barry Horne	Template:Fba	MF	1992–1996	150	3
Paul Rideout	Template:Fba	FW	1992–1996	140	40
Graham Stuart	Template:Fba	MF	1993–1997	161	31
Joe Parkinson	Template:Fba	MF	1993–1999	107	4
Daniel Amokachi	Template:Fba	MF	1994–1996	54	12	Olympic gold medalist
Anders Limpar	Template:Fba	MF	1994–1997	82	6	World Cup bronze medalist
Duncan Ferguson	Template:Fba	FW	1994–1998, 2000–2006	272	72	Club captain 1997–1998
Andrei Kanchelskis	Template:Fba	MF	1995–1997	60	20	Club record signing at the time
Craig Short	Template:Fba	CB	1995–1998	114	4
Gary Speed	Template:Fba	MF	1996–1998	65	18	Club captain 1997–1998
Michael Ball	Template:Fba	FB	1996–2000	138	8
Nick Barmby	Template:Fba	MF	1996–2000	133	23
Paul Gerrard	Template:Fba	GK	1996–2002	99	0	Everton's first £1m+ goalkeeper.
Marco Materazzi	Template:Fba	CB	1997–1998	27	1	2006 World Cup winner
Thomas Myhre	Template:Fba	GK	1997–2001	70	0	*Inclusion reason required*
Kevin Campbell	Template:Fba	FW	1997–2005	163	51
David Weir	Template:Fba	CB	1998–2007	269	11	Club captain 2005–2007
Richard Gough	Template:Fba	CB	1999–2001	42	1	Club captain 2000–2001
Scot Gemmill	Template:Fba	MF	1999–2003	107	5
Mark Pembridge	Template:Fba	MF	1999–2003	101	4
Steve Watson	Template:Fba	FB	2000–2005	139	16
Thomas Gravesen	Template:Fba	MF	2000–2005, 2007–2008	168	12
Gary Naysmith	Template:Fba	FB	2000–2007	151	7
Alessandro Pistone	Template:Fba	FB	2000–2007	117	1
Leon Osman	Template:Fba	MF	2000–2016	433	57
Tomasz Radzinski	Template:Fba	FW	2001–2004	102	28
Alan Stubbs	Template:Fba	CB	2001–2005, 2006–2008	192	7	Club captain 2001–2005
Tony Hibbert	Template:Fba	FB	2001–2016	329	0
Wayne Rooney	Template:Fba	FW	2002–2004, 2017–2018	117	28	2002 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship Golden Player
Lee Carsley	Template:Fba	MF	2002–2008	198	12
Joseph Yobo	Template:Fba	CB	2002–2012	259	10	Club vice-captain 2007–2012
Kevin Kilbane	Template:Fba	MF	2003–2006	120	5
James McFadden	Template:Fba	FW	2003–2008, 2011–2012	139	19
Tim Cahill	Template:Fba	MF/FW	2004–2012	242	68
Mikel Arteta	Template:Fba	MF	2005–2011	209	35	2005–06, 2006–07 Everton Player of the Year
Phil Neville	Template:Fba	FB	2005–2013	303	5	Club captain 2007–2013
Joleon Lescott	Template:Fba	CB/FB	2006–2009	143	17	2007–08 Everton Player of the Year
Victor Anichebe	Template:Fba	FW	2006–2013	168	26	Olympic silver medal winner; Most-used substitute in Everton history
Tim Howard	Template:Fba	GK	2006–2016	414	1	2008 US Soccer Athlete of the Year
Yakubu	Template:Fba	FW	2007–2011	107	31
Jack Rodwell	Template:Fba	MF	2007–2012	109	8
Leighton Baines	Template:Fba	FB	2007–2020	420	39	2010–11 & 2012–13 Everton Player of the Year
Phil Jagielka	Template:Fba	CB	2007–2019	385	19	2008–09 & 2014-15 Everton Player of the Year Club captain 2013–2019
Steven Pienaar	Template:Fba	MF	2007–2010, 2012–2016	229	24	2009–10 Everton Player of the Year
Louis Saha	Template:Fba	FW	2008–2012	115	35
Marouane Fellaini	Template:Fba	MF	2008–2013	177	33	Young Player of the Season 2008–09
John Heitinga	Template:Fba	DF	2009–2014	140	5	2011–12 Everton Player of the Year
Séamus Coleman	Template:Fba	DF	2009–	422	28	2013–14 Everton Player of the Year Club Captain 2019-present
Sylvain Distin	Template:Fba	CB	2009–2015	210	5	2011–12 Everton Players' Player of the Year
Ross Barkley	Template:Fba	MF	2011–2018	179	27
Kevin Mirallas	Template:Fba	FW	2012–2019	186	38
Steven Naismith	Template:Fba	FW	2012–2016	123	25
Gareth Barry	Template:Fba	MF	2013–2017	155	5	Most Premier League appearances of all time
Romelu Lukaku	Template:Fba	FW	2013–2017	166	87	Everton's record Premier League goalscorer
James McCarthy	Template:Fba	MF	2013–2019	133	6
Mason Holgate	Template:Fba	CB	2016–	149	5
Tom Davies	Template:Fba	MF	2016–2023	179	7
Idrissa Gueye	Template:Fba	MF	2016–2019, 2022-	211	8
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	Template:Fba	FW	2016–	274	71
Jordan Pickford	Template:Fba	GK	2017–	319	0
Michael Keane	Template:Fba	DF	2017–	230	16
Gylfi Sigurðsson	Template:Fba	MF	2017–2022	156	31
Richarlison	Template:Fba	FW	2018–2022	152	53
Alex Iwobi	Template:Fba	MF	2019–2023	140	9
Abdoulaye Doucouré	Template:Fba	MF	2020–2025	166	21
James Tarkowski	Template:Fba	DF	2022-	119	4
Iliman Ndiaye	Template:Fba	FW	2024-	37	11	Final men's senior goalscorer at Goodison Park

Club captains

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Kevin Ratcliffe, most decorated captain of Everton. Serving from 1984 to 1992

Since 1888, 48 players have held the position of club captain for Everton. The club's first captain was Nick Ross, who captained Everton during the 1888-89 season. The longest-serving captain is Peter Farrell, who was club captain for 9 years – from 1948 to 1957. Despite his long tenure, Peter Farrell never won a trophy at Everton. Kevin Ratcliffe, who captained Everton during their most successful period in history, is Everton's most decorated captain. He won 7 trophies as captain, including 2 First Division titles, 4 Charity Shields, and 1 Cup Winners' Cup. Everton's current captain is Séamus Coleman. He has been captain since Phil Jagielka left the club in 2019.

Dates	Name	Nationality	Pos.	Honours as captain
1888–89	Nick Ross	Template:Fba	DF/FW
1889–91	Andrew Hannah	Template:Fba	DF	1 First Division title
1891–93	Johnny Holt	Template:Fba	MF
1893–94	Bob Howarth	Template:Fba	DF
1894–96	Dickie Boyle	Template:Fba	MF
1896–97	Billy Stewart	Template:Fba	MF
1897–98	Dickie Boyle	Template:Fba	MF
1898–1900	Jack Taylor	Template:Fba	FW
1900–01	Jimmy Settle	Template:Fba	FW
1901–04	Tom Booth	Template:Fba	MF
1904–05	Billy Balmer	Template:Fba	DF
1905–08	Jack Taylor	Template:Fba	FW	1 FA Cup
1908–10	Jack Sharp	Template:Fba	FW
1910–11	Harry Makepeace	Template:Fba	MF
1911–14	John Maconnachie	Template:Fba	DF
1914–15	Jimmy Galt	Template:Fba	DF	1 First Division title
1919–20	Tom Fleetwood	Template:Fba	MF/FW
1920–21	Dickie Downs	Template:Fba	DF
1921–22	Jock McDonald	Template:Fba	DF
1922–27	Hunter Hart	Template:Fba	DF/MF
1927–29	Warney Cresswell	Template:Fba	DF	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup
1929–30	Hunter Hart	Template:Fba	DF/MF
1930–31	Ben Williams	Template:Fba	DF
1931–37	Dixie Dean	Template:Fba	FW	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup 1 Charity Shield
1937–38	Billy Cook	Template:Fba	DF
1938–39	Jock Thomson	Template:Fba	MF	1 FA Cup
1946–48	Norman Greenhalgh	Template:Fba	DF
1948–57	Peter Farrell	Template:Fba Template:Fba	DF
1957–61	T.E. Jones	Template:Fba	MF
1961–65	Roy Vernon	Template:Fba	FW	1 First Division title 1 Charity Shield
1965–70	Brian Labone	Template:Fba	DF	1 First Division title 1 FA Cup
1970–71	Alan Ball	Template:Fba	FW	1 Charity Shield
1972–74	Howard Kendall	Template:Fba	MF
1974–76	Roger Kenyon	Template:Fba	DF
1976–82	Mick Lyons	Template:Fba	DF
1982–83	Billy Wright	Template:Fba	MF
1983–84	Mark Higgins	Template:Fba	DF	1 First Division title
1984–92	Kevin Ratcliffe	Template:Fba	DF	2 First Division titles 4 Community Shields 1 Cup Winners' Cup
1992–97	Dave Watson	Template:Fba	DF	1 FA Cup
1997–98	Gary Speed	Template:Fba	MF
1998–2001	Dave Watson	Template:Fba	DF
2001–02	Kevin Campbell	Template:Fba	FW
2002–04	Duncan Ferguson	Template:Fba	FW
2004–05	Alan Stubbs	Template:Fba	DF
2005–07	David Weir	Template:Fba	DF
2007–13	Phil Neville	Template:Fba	DF
2013–19	Phil Jagielka	Template:Fba	DF
2019–present	Séamus Coleman	Template:Fba	DF

External links

• Soccerbase
• Player Galleries at efchistory.co.uk
• Everton: 1946/47 – 2013/14 at the Post War English & Scottish Football League Player's
• Everton club captain history

Transfer Database

• ToffeeWeb