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List of Crewe Alexandra F.C. players

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Callum Ainley was the most recent Crewe player to top 250 appearances, passing the milestone in August 2022.

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.

List of players

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(Current Crewe players shown in bold, totals as of 20 December 2024)

Name Nationality Position Crewe Alexandra career Appearances Goals
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
Zac Williams  Wales DF 2022– 103 3
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
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

References

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Books

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  • Finch, Harold (2003). 100 Greats: Crewe Alexandra Football Club. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-3088-2.

Internet

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