This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Portsmouth . The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches for the club. Other players who are deemed to have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column.
For a list of all Portsmouth players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Portsmouth F.C. players , and for the current squad see the main Portsmouth F.C. article .
Table
Players should be 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 and goals should be for first-team competitive games and include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches.
Statistics are up to date as of 27 April 2024 .
Name
International Team[ 1]
Position
Club career
Seasons at Portsmouth
League apps
League goals
Total apps
Total goals
Notes
Matt Reilly
Ireland
GK
1899–1904
5
?
0
138
0
First ever Portsmouth F.C. player, signed from Royal Artillery (Portsmouth) F.C.
Tom Wilkie
DF
1899–1904
5
105
0
105
0
b.1876, Edinburgh, Scotland. d.8 January 1932, Perth, Australia.[ 2]
Bob Blyth
MF
1899–1901
2*
?
?
?
?
*Played as player-manager after Frank Brettell , becoming second manager 1901–1904.
Sandy Brown
Scotland
FW
1899–1900, 1901–1903
3
?
0
182
58
b.7 April 1879. d.6 March 1944. 1 Scotland cap
Dan Cunliffe
England
FW
1899–1900, 1901–1906
6
284
157
284
157
b.11 June 1875. d.28 December 1937. Scored the first ever goal at Fratton Park . 1 England cap
Thomas Cleghorn
DF
1899–1903
4
58
0
58
0
b.13 February 1870, Edinburgh, Scotland. d.23 October 1946
Bobby Marshall
MF
1899–1904
5
131
19
131
19
[ 3] b.1876, Edinburgh, Scotland. d.1931
Willie Haines
FW
1922–1928
6
164
119
179
129
Butler Ernie
GK
1946-1953
7
222
0
246
0
Dan McPhail
GK
1922–1931
9
128
0
131+
0
George Clifford
DF
1924–1930
6
169
0
176
0
Reginald Davies
DF
1924–1928
4
146
3
157
00 3
Harry Foxall
1924–1928
4
139
8
150
00 8
Stats do not include possible games played before 1924
John McColgan
1924–1930
6
171
0
187
00 1
Stats do not include possible games played before 1924
Dave Watson
1924–1930
6
175
37
188
39
Stats do not include possible games played before 1924
Frederick Cook
1925–1933
8
241
39
262
40
William Moffatt
1925–1929
4
126
2
134
2
Fred Forward
1926–1932
6
179
28
192
30
Jimmy Nichol
1927–1937
10
351
10
381
10
Septimus Rutherford
1927–1936
9
119
33
129
37
Jack Smith
1927–1935
8
260
62
288
70
Jack Weddle
FW
1927–1938
11
367
170
395
183
Jock Gilfillan
GK
1928–1937
9
331
0
359
00 0
Jimmy Easson
Scotland
FW
1928–1939
11
292
102
312
107
Reg Flewin
DF
1937–1953
16
150
0
?
00 0
Jimmy Dickinson
England
WH
1946–1965
19
764
9
845
?
Record Portsmouth appearances
Harry Ferrier
DF
1946–1954
9
241
8
?
?
Jack Froggatt
England
DF
1946–1954
9
280
67
?
?
Peter Harris
England
FW
1946?–1960
14
479
193
?
?
Record Portsmouth goalscorer
Len Phillips
England
FW
1946–1956
9
245
48
?
?
Duggie Reid
FW
1946–1956
10
308
129
338
139
Phil Gunter
DF
1951–1964
13
321
2
?
?
Ron Saunders
FW
1958–1964
6
236
145
?
?
Dick Beattie
GK
1959–1962
3
122
0
?
?
Mick Mellows
MF
1973–1978
5
181
16
?
?
Alan Knight
GK
1978–2000
22
683
0
801
00 0
Steve Aizlewood
DF
1979–1984
5
175
13
204
15
Mick Tait
MF
1980–1987
7
240
30
280
0 32
Kevin Ball
MF
1982–1990
8
105
4
128
00 4
Paul Hardyman
DF
1983–1989
6
117
3
?
?
Noel Blake
DF
1984–1988
4
144
10
168
0 13
Micky Quinn
FW
1985–1988
3
121
54
?
?
Warren Aspinall
MF
1988–1993
5
132
21
159
0 28
Andy Awford
DF
1989–2000
11
313
3
372
00 3
John Beresford
DF
1989–1992
3
107
8
132
0 10
Darryl Powell
MF
1989–1995
6
132
16
156
0 19
Guy Whittingham
FW
1989–1993, 1999–2001
7
195
99
226
115
Guy Butters
DF
1990–1997
7
154
6
186
00 7
Paul Walsh
FW
1992–1994, 1995–1996
5
0 94
19
113
0 26
Alan McLoughlin
MF
1992–1999
8
309
54
361
69
Aaron Flahavan
GK
1994–2001
7
0 93
0
105
00 0
Fitzroy Simpson
Jamaica
MF
1995–1999
5
148
10
169
0 10
Steve Claridge
FW
1998, 1998–2001
4
114
36
124
0 37
Thomas Thogersen
MF
1998–2002
5
108
8
119
00 0
Gary O'Neil
MF
1999–2007
9
174
16
193
0 17
Kevin Harper
MF
2000–2005
6
119
9
128
00 9
Linvoy Primus
DF
2000–2009
10
198
5
219
00 5
Nigel Quashie
Scotland
MF
2000–2005
6
148
13
163
0 14
Robert Prosinecki
Yugoslavia Croatia
MF
2001–2002
2
0 33
9
0 33
00 9
Only non-British player to be voted into all-time best Portsmouth eleven
Paul Merson
England
MF
2002–2003
2
0 44
12
0 44
00 12
Captain of promotion winning side 2002-2003
Richard Hughes
Scotland
MF
2002–2011
10
130
0
164
00 2
Shaka Hislop
Trinidad and Tobago
GK
2002–2005
4
0 93
0
100
00 0
Svetoslav Todorov
Bulgaria
FW
2002–2007
6
0 77
33
0 83
0 33
Top scorer 2002–03 First Division
Arjan De Zeeuw
DF
2002–2005
4
106
5
118
00 5
Matthew Taylor
MF
2002–2008
7
178
23
203
0 29
Dejan Stefanovic
Serbia and Montenegro
DF
2003–2007
5
112
3
124
00 3
Jamie Ashdown
GK
2004-2012
9
109
0
124
00 0
Sean Davis
MF
2006–2009
4
102
2
117
00 3
Sol Campbell
England
DF
2006–2009
4
0 95
2
111
00 2
David James
England
GK
2006–2010
5
134
0
158
00 0
Glen Johnson
England
DF
2006–2009
4
0 84
4
100
00 4
Nwankwo Kanu
Nigeria
FW
2006-2012
7
143
20
167
0 28
Niko Kranjcar
Croatia
MF
2006–2009
4
0 83
9
100
0 12
Hermann Hreidarsson
Iceland
DF
2007-2012
6
102
7
123
00 8
-
John Utaka
Nigeria
FW
2007–2011
5
0 90
10
114
0 13
Hayden Mullins
MF
2009-2012
4
114
3
129
00 3
Jed Wallace
MF
2011-2015
5
107
26
118
0 29
Johannes Ertl
MF
2011-2015
5
80
2
88
0 2
2012-13 Player of the Season
Jack Whatmough
DF
2012-2021
9
121
3
136
0 3
Ben Close
MF
2014-2021
7
138
14
190
0 18
Conor Chaplin
FW
2014-2018
5
104
22
122
0 25
Kyle Bennett
MF
2015-2018
3
99
12
117
0 13
Gareth Evans
MF
2015-2020
6
173
32
218
0 38
Christian Burgess
DF
2015-2020
5
173
10
210
0 12
2019-20 Player of the Season
Matthew Clarke
DF
2015-2019
4
150
7
175
0 9
2017-18 and 2018-19 Player of the Season
Jamal Lowe
MF
2017–2019
3
103
25
119
0 29
Tom Naylor
MF
2018–2021
3
122
11
149
0 13
Ronan Curtis
Republic of Ireland
FW
2018–2023
5
184
42
226
57
Craig MacGillivray
GK
2018–2021
3
112
0
135
0
2020-21 Player of the Season
Lee Brown
DF
2018–2022
4
111
6
131
6
Sean Raggett
DF
2019–2024
5
186
13
227
17
2021-22 Player of the Season
Joe Morrell
Wales
MF
2021–present
3
92
1
105
1
Connor Ogilvie
DF
2021–present
3
101
8
117
8
Colby Bishop
FW
2022-present
2
78
36
96
44
2022-23 Player of the Season
Marlon Pack
MF
2022–present
2
70
8
76
8
2023-24 Player of the Season
Notes
References