Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan , Greater Manchester . Formed in 1872, the club was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, and competed in the inaugural season of the Northern Union's league championship. Since then, more than 1,100 players have appeared for the club's first team.
Jim Sullivan has made the most career appearances for Wigan, having played 774 games between 1921 and 1946. Sullivan is also the club's all-time top goal scorer (2,317) and point scorer (4,883), and holds the club record for most points scored in a single match, with 44 against Flimby & Fothergill in 1925.
The try scoring record is held by Billy Boston , who touched down 478 times for the club. Martin Offiah and Shaun Edwards share the record for most tries scored in one game, with Offiah scoring ten tries against Leeds in 1992 before Edwards repeated the feat against Swinton later that year.
List of players
The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Wigan since the formation of the Northern Union in 1895. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by date of debut, then by surname and first name.
Name
Position
Club career
Appearances
Tries
Goals
DGs
Points
Representative
Refs
Jack Blackburn
FW
1895–1900+
129
8
0
—
24
–
Jack Brown
FW
1895–1903+
258
2
2
—
10
Lancashire
George Rigby
FW
1895–1902+
188
15
2
—
49
–
Bill Yates
FW
1895–1902
162
5
0
—
15
Lancashire
Reuben Collier
FW
1896–1908
227
3
0
—
9
–
Harry Ball
FW
1898–1903
138
7
0
—
21
–
Jack Hilton
FW
1898–1906
197
8
1
—
26
–
Joseph Topping
FW
1900–10
105
4
0
—
12
–
Tom Halliwell
FW
1900–04
116
3
0
—
9
–
Jimmy Blears
FW
1901–09
127
7
1
—
23
Lancashire
Jack Barton
FW
1901–09
213
15
1
—
47
–
Jack Mason
FB
1902–06
153
2
118
—
242
–
Billy Anderson
SO
1902–06
149
14
18
—
78
Lancashire
Fred Gleave
SO
1903–14
193
20
1
—
62
England
Jim Sharrock
FB
1903–12
278
7
135
—
291
England / Great Britain
Tom Whittaker
FW
1903–14
297
22
0
—
66
–
Jimmy Leytham
WG
1903–11
280
258
267
—
1308
England / Great Britain
Bert Jenkins
CN
1904–20
389
182
0
—
546
Wales / Great Britain
Johnny Thomas
SH
1904–19
388
108
439
—
1202
Wales / Great Britain
Dick Ramsdale
FW
1905–20
313
35
0
—
105
England / Great Britain
Walter Cheetham
FW
1906–10
135
16
0
—
48
–
Dick Silcock
FW
1907–18
243
16
0
—
48
Great Britain
Joe Miller
WG
1907–19
206
151
2
—
457
England / Great Britain
Lance Todd
CN/WG
1908–13
185
126
7
—
392
Lancashire
Charlie Seeling
LF
1910–20
226
76
0
—
228
Lancashire
Percy Williams
FW
1910–12
111
17
0
—
51
–
Frank Walford
WG
1911–24
129
48
8
—
160
–
Lew Bradley
WG
1911–14
106
117
0
—
351
–
Percy Coldrick
FW
1912–24
280
79
0
—
237
Wales / Great Britain
Arthur Francis
FW
1912–19
130
41
44
—
211
–
Harry Banks
FW
1913–26
142
5
0
—
15
–
George Owens
SO
1913–27
218
54
8
—
178
Wales
Syd Jerram
SH
1914–27
245
54
23
—
208
Wales
George Hesketh
SO
1914–22
114
22
19
—
104
Lancashire
Bert Webster
FW
1918–24
128
25
0
—
75
–
Ernest Shaw
FW
1919–22
106
33
1
—
101
England
Danny Hurcombe
CN/SH
1919–25
199
72
3
—
222
Wales / Great Britain
Tommy Howley
CN
1920–26
219
101
28
—
359
Wales / Great Britain
Frederick Roffey
FW
1920–24
159
20
1
—
62
Wales
Wilf Hodder
PR
1921–30
277
35
0
—
105
Wales
Jim Sullivan *
FB
1921–45
774^
83
2317
—
4883^
England / Wales / Great Britain
Johnny Ring
WG
1922–31
331
368
4
—
1112
Wales / Great Britain
Jack Price
LF
1922–27
177
71
0
—
213
England / Great Britain
Tommy Parker
CN
1923–30
240
113
0
—
339
Wales
Attie Van Heerden
WG
1923–26
127
107
0
—
321
Other Nationalities
George Van Rooyen
SR
1923–28
178
26
0
—
78
Other Nationalities
John Sherrington
LF
1924–32
198
37
0
—
111
Lancashire
Tommy Beetham
PR
1924–30
262
10
0
—
30
Cumberland
David Booysen
CN/SH
1924–28
158
52
2
—
160
Other Nationalities
Jack Bennett
HK
1925–30
210
5
0
—
15
England / Great Britain
Frank Stephens
SR
1925–30
207
7
0
—
21
Wales
Syd Abram
SH
1926–32
171
49
1
—
149
–
Roy Kinnear
CN
1927–33
184
81
0
—
243
Great Britain
Lou Brown
WG
1927–30
130
106
0
—
318
Other Nationalities
Len Mason
SR
1927–35
365
50
5
—
160
Other Nationalities
Arthur Binks
SO
1927–30
121
15
0
—
45
England
Hal Jones
SR
1929–33
111
23
0
—
69
Glamorgan and Monmouthshire
George Dixon
SR
1929–33
128
7
0
—
21
–
Gwynne Davies
CN
1930–39
300
127
0
—
381
Wales
George Bennett
SO
1930–37
232
101
5
—
313
Wales
Jack Morley
WG
1932–39
292
223
4
—
677
England / Wales / Great Britain
Hector Gee
SH
1932–44
353
73
3
—
225
–
Albert Davis
SR
1933–40
181
6
0
—
18
–
Gordon Innes
CN
1933–37
155
60
4
—
188
–
Harold Edwards
PR
1933–37
146
8
0
—
24
Wales
Joe Golby
HK
1934–38
182
10
0
—
30
–
Alf Ellaby
WG
1934–36
103
90
0
—
270
Lancashire
Ken Gee *
PR
1935–54
559
54
508
—
1178
England / Great Britain
Trevor Thomas
SR
1936–39
112
9
0
—
27
–
Joe Jones
FB
1936–43
113
7
41
—
103
Wales
George Banks
PR
1936–48
246
14
0
—
42
–
Ivor Jones
SR
1936–45
106
34
3
—
108
–
Ted Ward
CN
1938–50, 1953
213
57
480
—
1131
Wales / Great Britain
Joe Egan *
HK
1938–49
362
28
12
—
108
England / Great Britain
John Lawrenson
CN
1938–48
219
187
128
—
817
England / Great Britain
Jackie Bowen
LF
1939–47
149
32
8
—
112
Wales
Tommy Bradshaw
SH
1939–51
302
35
0
—
105
England / Great Britain
Jack Simpson
LF
1939–45
113
21
0
—
63
–
Jack Cunliffe
UB
1939–59
447
85
371
—
997
England / Great Britain
Jack Cayzer
SR
1940–44
110
27
0
—
81
–
Jack Maloney
FB/CN
1940–44
106
20
0
—
60
–
Martin Ryan
FB
1940–52
300
67
63
—
327
England / Great Britain
Jack Blan
FW
1940–47
184
40
1
—
122
Lancashire
Jack Fleming
SO
1941–54
131
41
0
—
123
–
Frank Barton
PR
1941–52
279
35
0
—
105
England / Great Britain
Jack Hilton
FW
1942–53
137
122
0
—
366
England / Great Britain
Ernie Ashcroft
CN
1942–58
530
241
0
—
723
England / Great Britain
Harry Atkinson
SR
1943–48
116
16
0
—
48
–
Gordon Ratcliffe
WG
1945–53
212
185
0
—
555
England / Great Britain
Billy Blan
SR/LF
1945–52
255
77
4
—
239
England / Great Britain
Brian Nordgren
WG
1946–54
294
312
109
—
1154
Other Nationalities
Cec Mountford
SO
1946–50
210
70
55
—
320
Other Nationalities
George Roughley
CN
1947–53
123
40
0
—
120
–
Nat Silcock, Jr.
SR
1947–54
195
64
0
—
192
England / Great Britain
John Alty
SH
1948–53
155
31
0
—
93
Lancashire
Ted Slevin
PR/SR
1949–51
113
16
0
—
48
England
Jack Broome
CN
1949–56
215
59
0
—
177
England
Ronnie Mather
HK
1950–57
211
11
0
—
33
Lancashire
Brian McTigue *
SR/PR
1951–66
422
44
3
—
138
Great Britain
Harry Street
LF
1951–55
163
32
0
—
96
England
Frank Collier
PR/SR
1951–63
323
26
27
—
132
Great Britain
Don Platt
FB
1953–58
108
22
47
—
160
–
Norman Cherrington
SR
1953–62
257
80
0
—
240
England / Great Britain
Billy Boston *
WG
1953–67
487
478
7
—
1448
Great Britain
Dave Bolton
SO
1954–63
300
127
4
—
389
Great Britain
Bill Sayer
HK
1954–65
295
16
0
—
48
Great Britain
Eric Ashton *
CN
1955–68
497
231
448
—
1589
England / Great Britain
Bill Bretherton
PR
1956–59
119
13
0
—
39
–
John Barton
PR
1956–66
278
24
0
—
72
Great Britain
Rees Thomas
SH
1956–59
102
5
1
—
17
–
Roy Evans
LF
1957–65
282
34
0
—
102
Great Britain
Mick Sullivan
WG
1957–60
125
84
0
—
252
Great Britain
Fred Griffiths
FB
1957–62
161
43
663
—
1455
–
Keith Holden
CN
1958–67
152
58
0
—
174
Lancashire
Geoff Lyon
SR
1959–69
328
73
0
—
219
Lancashire
Frank Carlton
WG
1960–65
123
95
0
—
285
Great Britain
Frank Parr
SH
1961–71
309
95
15
—
315
Lancashire
Alan Davies
CN
1961–64
133
52
0
—
156
Lancashire
Trevor Lake
WG
1962–66
140
132
0
—
396
–
Colin Clarke *
HK
1963–77
436
75
0
0
225
Great Britain
John Stephens
PR
1963–78
238
23
0
0
69
England
Laurie Gilfedder
SR/LF
1963–67
143
17
384
—
819
Lancashire
Kevin O'Loughlin
U
1964–75
309
57
0
0
171
Great Britain under-24
Bill Francis
UB
1964–77
400
159
43
0
563
Wales / Great Britain
Ray Ashby
FB
1964–67
124
10
1
—
32
Great Britain
Cliff Hill
SO/CN
1964–70
192
57
0
—
171
Great Britain
Danny Gardiner
PR
1965–68
149
2
0
—
6
Great Britain
Peter Rowe
CN
1966–73
218
55
0
—
165
Wales
Colin Tyrer
FB
1967–74
248
88
813
0
1890
Lancashire
Doug Laughton
LF
1967–72
185
38
0
—
114
Great Britain
Geoff Fletcher
PR
1967–74
143
18
0
0
54
Lancashire
Dave Hill
SO/CN
1967–76
329
113
15
0
369
Great Britain
Bill Ashurst
CN/SR
1968–73, 1977–78
186
74
146
6
520
Great Britain
Brian Hogan
SR
1968–77
207
19
0
0
57
England
Stuart Wright
WG
1969–75
173
103
0
0
309
England
Eddie Cunningham
SR
1969–74
107
45
0
0
135
Lancashire
David Robinson
SR
1970–74
147
17
0
0
51
Great Britain
Keiron O'Loughlin
UB
1970–79
260
93
0
0
279
Lancashire
Warren Ayres
SH
1970–73
131
64
6
—
204
–
Dennis Ashcroft
PR
1971–76
141
5
2
0
19
–
Terry Hollingsworth
UF
1971–80
171
26
0
0
78
–
Jim Nulty
SH
1972–77
185
41
90
9
312
Great Britain under-24
Billy Melling
SR
1972–81
177
38
0
9
123
Lancashire
Bernard Coyle, Jr.
SH
1973–80
134
32
0
0
96
–
Green Vigo
WG
1973–80
168
86
1
0
260
Other Nationalities
Robert Irving
SR
1973–77
154
40
0
0
120
England
Jimmy Hornby
WG
1973–82
201
87
3
0
267
Great Britain under-24
David Willicombe
CN
1974–80
119
36
6
0
120
Wales / Great Britain
George Fairbairn
FB
1974–80
207
30
583
11
1267
England / Great Britain
Dennis Ramsdale
WG
1976–84
194
62
4
0
199
–
Steve O'Neill
PR
1976–81
124
12
0
3
39
England
Nicky Kiss
HK
1978–89
260
36
0
0
134
Great Britain
Martin Foy
SO
1979–83
115
34
0
0
103
Lancashire
John Pendlebury
LF
1979–84
122
29
45
1
182
–
Danny Campbell
PR
1979–85
145
12
0
0
38
–
Mick Scott
SR
1981–84
125
12
0
0
41
–
Henderson Gill
WG
1981–89
226
145
106
0
762
England / Great Britain
Colin Whitfield
FB/CN
1981–85
149
46
379
13
937
Lancashire
Shaun Wane
PR
1982–90
149
11
0
0
43
Great Britain
David Stephenson
CN
1982–87
214
71
286
6
845
Great Britain
Graeme West
SR/PR
1982–90
202
49
0
0
189
New Zealand
Brian Case
PR
1983–88
197
14
0
0
54
Great Britain
Shaun Edwards *
SO/SH
1983–97
466
274
23
4
1146
England / Great Britain
Steve Hampson
FB
1983–93
304
55
48
3
319
Great Britain
Ian Potter
SR
1984–88
190
12
0
0
48
Great Britain
Martin Dermott
HK
1985–96
231
21
0
3
87
Great Britain
Ian Lucas
PR
1985–92
178
12
0
0
48
Great Britain
Andy Goodway
SR/LF
1985–92
224
79
0
0
316
Great Britain
Ellery Hanley *
SO/LF
1985–90
204
189
9
2
776
Great Britain
Joe Lydon
UB
1986–94
262
89
283
16
938
Great Britain
Dean Bell *
CN
1986–94
253
96
0
0
384
New Zealand
Ian Gildart
SR
1987–94
139
4
0
0
16
Great Britain under-21
Andy Gregory *
SH
1987–91
182
17
22
6
118
Great Britain
Denis Betts
SR
1987–95, 1998–2001
367
129
1
0
518
Great Britain
Ged Byrne
UB
1987–90
107
25
0
0
100
Lancashire
Kevin Iro
CN
1987–90
100
60
36
0
312
New Zealand
Andy Platt
PR
1988–94
200
24
0
0
96
Great Britain
Phil Clarke
LF
1989–95
154
23
0
0
92
England / Great Britain
Frano Botica *
SO/WG
1990–95
180
66
827
13
1931
New Zealand
Kelvin Skerrett
PR
1990–96
176
21
0
0
84
Wales / Great Britain
Sam Panapa
UB
1991–94
119
45
0
0
180
–
Neil Cowie
PR
1991–2001
330
34
0
1
137
Wales / Great Britain
Andy Farrell *
LF
1991–2005
370
111
1336
19
3135
England / Great Britain
Martin Offiah *
WG
1992–96
159
186
1
3
749
England / Great Britain
Mick Cassidy
SR
1992–2004
368
52
0
0
208
England / Ireland / Great Britain
Jason Robinson
WG
1992–2000
281
171
0
1
685
England / Great Britain
Martin Hall
HK
1993–97
141
29
18
1
153
Wales
Gary Connolly
CN
1993–2002, 2004
313
137
6
0
560
England / Ireland / Great Britain
Kris Radlinski *
FB
1993–2006
323
183
1
0
734
England / Great Britain
Simon Haughton
SR
1993–2002
174
55
0
0
220
England / Great Britain
Va'aiga Tuigamala
CN/WG
1994–97
102
62
3
0
254
Samoa
Henry Paul
SO
1994–98
147
78
119
0
550
New Zealand
Terry O'Connor
PR
1994–2004
306
13
0
0
52
Ireland / Great Britain
Paul Johnson
CN/SR
1995–2003
133
56
0
0
224
Great Britain
Mark Smith
HK
1999–2004
124
12
0
0
48
–
Brett Dallas
WG
2000–06
177
107
0
0
428
–
Terry Newton
HK
2000–05
186
73
0
0
292
England / Great Britain
David Hodgson
CN/WG
2000–04
117
48
0
0
192
Great Britain
Adrian Lam
SH
2001–04
119
44
1
10
188
–
Martin Aspinwall
CN
2001–05
109
33
0
0
132
England A
Brian Carney
WG
2001–05
111
48
1
0
194
Great Britain
Stephen Wild
CN/SR
2001–05
100
30
0
0
120
England / Great Britain
Sean O'Loughlin *
LF
2002–20
459
88
3
2
360
England / Great Britain
Danny Tickle
SR
2002–06
141
34
217
2
572
England A
Gareth Hock
SR
2003–12
191
48
0
0
192
England / Great Britain
Harrison Hansen
SR
2004–13
242
43
0
0
172
New Zealand / Samoa
Paul Prescott
PR
2004–13
146
5
0
0
20
Ireland
Joel Tomkins
SR/CN
2005–11, 2014–18
236
65
0
0
260
England
Darrell Goulding
CN
2005–14
174
72
0
0
288
England
Iafeta Paleaaesina
PR
2006–10
145
21
0
0
84
New Zealand
Pat Richards
WG
2006–13
224
168
896
4
2468
Ireland
Stuart Fielden
PR
2006–12
141
3
0
0
12
England / Great Britain
Phil Bailey
CN/SR
2007–10
101
15
0
0
60
–
Thomas Leuluai
SH
2007–12, 2017–22
327
74
0
1
297
New Zealand
Michael McIlorum
HK
2007–17
241
24
0
0
96
England / Ireland
George Carmont
CN
2008–12
154
80
0
0
320
Samoa
Andy Coley
PR
2008–11
125
13
0
0
52
–
Lee Mossop
PR
2008–13, 2015–16
165
13
0
0
52
England
Sam Tomkins
FB
2008–13, 2016–18
213
168
137
10
956
England
Josh Charnley
WG
2010–16
173
164
103
0
862
England
Liam Farrell
SR/LF
2010–
321
130
0
0
520
England
Dom Crosby
PR
2012–16
102
7
0
0
28
–
Matty Smith
SH
2012–16
139
22
304
25
721
England
Anthony Gelling
CN
2012–17
115
52
0
0
208
Cook Islands
Ben Flower
PR
2012–20
184
21
0
0
84
Wales
Sam Powell
HK
2012–
250
40
12
4
188
England Knights
Joe Burgess
WG
2013–15, 2017–20
129
107
0
0
428
England
George Williams
SO
2013–19
179
61
70
1
385
England
Dan Sarginson
CN
2014–16, 2018–19
125
35
0
0
140
England
John Bateman
SR
2014–18, 2021–22
174
40
0
0
160
England
Ryan Sutton
PR
2014–18
118
11
0
0
44
–
Tony Clubb
PR
2014–21
165
23
0
0
92
–
Taulima Tautai
PR
2015–19
132
4
0
0
16
–
Oliver Gildart
CN
2015–21
143
65
0
0
260
England
Willie Isa
SR
2016–
190
16
0
0
64
–
Liam Marshall
WG
2017–
122
95
10
0
400
–
Morgan Smithies
LF
2019–
105
2
0
0
8
England
Historically notable players
Hall of Fame
Player of the Year
Captains
(Super League era)
Testimonials
Once players have been at a club for a certain length of time (usually ten years), they may be offered a friendly game celebrating their time at the club, known as a testimonial match . This is a list of players who have received testimonials from Wigan RLFC, in ascending chronological order with respect to when they received it.
Team of the Decade
In 2005 during the tenth season of the current Super League championship format, the fans of Wigan RLFC voted for their best thirteen players of the 'Nighties' and the 'Naughties', called the Team of the Decade. This is a list of the ballot's resulting thirteen players.[ 20]
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