List of Manchester City F.C. players

This article is about Manchester City players with at least 100 appearances or at least one Player of the Year award. For Manchester City players with between 25 and 99 appearances, see List of Manchester City F.C. players (25–99 appearances). For Manchester City players with fewer than 25 appearances, see List of Manchester City F.C. players (1–24 appearances). For a list of club player records, including leading appearances, goalscorers and assist providers, see List of Manchester City F.C. records and statistics. For a list of all Manchester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Manchester City F.C. players.
Richard Dunne played for the club for nine years between 2000–2009, making 352 appearances and scoring 8 goals. He won the Player of the Year award four times, the club record, since equalled by Kevin De Bruyne, and is currently a coach in the club's Academy.
Niall Quinn made 244 appearances for the club between 1990 and 1996, scoring a total of 77 goals. He was voted Player of the Year in 1991 and is an inductee of both the National Hall of Fame and the club's own Hall of Fame.

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–93 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame.[book 1] Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award, which has been awarded annually since 1967 by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club based on a ballot of the supporters.

Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 565 matches between 1959 and 1976.[1] If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 680.[2]

As of 1 August 2020, the player who has won the most international caps while playing at the club is David Silva with 87 for Spain.[3] Prior to Silva achieving this distinction the record had previously been held by Joe Hart (63 caps) and Colin Bell, the latter of which held the record for over 40 years with 48 England appearances between 1968 and 1975.[4] The current squad member with the most caps is Kevin De Bruyne, who has a total of 107 caps for Belgium, of which 74 have been awarded while a City player.[5] Bernardo Silva currently has been awarded 80 caps playing for Portugal while at the club; the most of the current squad.

The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times for England in total is Frank Lampard, who was capped 106 times for England between October 1999 and June 2014, but he only played for City for one season in 2014–15 after he had retired from international duty. The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times totally internationally is Shay Given, who was capped for the Republic of Ireland 134 times from 1996 to 2016. He played for the club for two and a half seasons between 2009 and 2011.

Sergio Agüero holds the Manchester City goalscoring record across all competitions; is the club's highest league goalscorer; the Premier League's leading foreign goal scorer; and holds numerous other club records set between 2011 and 2021. As of May 2021, when he left the club, Agüero's record stood at 184 league goals scored and 260 overall.[6][7]

Erling Haaland holds the club and Premier League records for league goals, and club record for total goals in a single season, with 36 league goals, 52 overall in 2022–23. This single season tally also means Haaland additionally currently holds the record for most goals scored per game played in a season, his 52 goals in 53 appearances yielding a goal scoring rate of 0.97 goals per game. Haaland is also the first City player to win five prestigious individual football awards in a season and the first to win the UEFA Men's Player of the Year Award.


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  1. ^ "Man City in all time records". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 June 2015. League appearances Alan Oakes: 565 1959/76
  2. ^ Manchester City – The Complete Record, pp 155–167
  3. ^ "David Silva". European Football. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  4. ^ "St George's Day: Who are City's most-capped England internationals?". Manchester City Football Club. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015. 2. Colin Bell (48 caps) If this list had been compiled as recently as last month, Colin Bell would have been top of the tree where he's been for 40 years.
  5. ^ "Kevin De Bruyne, international footballer". eu-football.info. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Detailed S. Agüero del Castillo player statistics". rowdie.co.uk. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  7. ^ Edwards, John. "The stat ranking Sergio Aguero ahead of the Premier League's top goalscorers". www.mancity.com. Retrieved 22 January 2021.