Aston Villa Past & Present Player Records

 

Appearances

  • Youngest first-team player: Jimmy Brown, 15 years 349 days (v. Bolton Wanderers, Division Two, 17 September 1969).
  • Oldest first-team player: Brad Friedel, 40 years 4 days (v. Liverpool, Premier League, 22 May 2011).

Most appearances

Competitive matches only. Each column contains appearances in the starting eleven, followed by appearances as substitute in brackets.

*Note, I have made links for you to click on the players names, this will allow you to find out more personal info on them.

 

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
1 Scotland Aitken, CharlieCharlie Aitken 1959–1976 559 (2) 34 (1) 61 (0) 3 (0) 657 (3)
2 England Walker, BillyBilly Walker 1919–1934 478 (0) 53 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 531 (0)
3 England Cowans, GordonGordon Cowans 1976–1985
1988–1991		 399 (15) 8 (1) 40 (4) 39 (2) 506 (22)
4 England Bache, JoeJoe Bache 1900–1915 431 (0) 42 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 474 (0)
5 Scotland Evans, AllanAllan Evans 1977–1989 374 (6) 26 (0) 42 (1) 24 (0) 466 (7)
6 England Spink, NigelNigel Spink 1979–1996 357 (4) 28 (0) 45 (0) 19 (1) 449 (5)
7 England Smart, TommyTommy Smart 1919–1933 405 (0) 47 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 452 (0)
8 England Dixon, JohnnyJohnny Dixon 1945–1961 392 (0) 38 (0) 0 (0) 0 (0) 430 (0)
9 England Barry, GarethGareth Barry 1997–2009 353 (12) 19 (2) 29 (0) 22 (4) 423 (18)
10 England Mortimer, DennisDennis Mortimer 1975–1985 315 (1) 21 (0) 38 (0) 30 (0) 404 (1)
**Other competitions include European Cup, UEFA Cup and Intertoto Cup**
 
 

Goalscorers

  • Most goals in a season: Tom 'pongo' Waring, 50 goals in 1930-31 season.
  • Most league goals in a season: Tom 'Pongo' Waring, 49 goals in 1930–31 season.
  • In the 1899–1900 season Billy Garraty became the top goalscorer in world football scoring 27 goals in just 33 league games and a total 30 goals in 39 league and cup games.

Top goalscorers

Competitive matches only, appearances including substitutes appear in brackets.

 

# Name Years League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
011 England Walker, BillyBilly Walker 1919–1933 214 (478) 30 (53) 0 (0) 0 (0) 244 (531)
022 England Hampton, HarryHarry Hampton 1904–1920 215 (339) 27 (34) 0 (0) 0 (0) 242 (373)
033 England Devey, JohnJohn Devey 1891–1902 169 (268) 18 (38) 0 (0) 0 (2) 187 (308)
044 England Bache, JoeJoe Bache 1900–1914 168 (431) 17 (42) 0 (0) 0 (1) 185 (474)
055 England Houghton, EricEric Houghton 1927–1946 160 (361) 10 (31) 0 (0) 0 (0) 170 (392)
066 England Waring, TomTom Waring 1928–1935 159 (216) 8 (10) 0 (0) 0 (0) 167 (226)
077 England Dixon, JohnnyJohnny Dixon 1945–1961 132 (392) 12 (38) 0 (0) 0 (0) 144 (430)
088 Northern Ireland McParland, PeterPeter McParland 1952–1962 97 (293) 19 (36) 4 (11) 0 (1) 120 (341)
099 England Garraty, BillyBilly Garraty 1897–1908 96 (224) 15 (31) 0 (0) 1 (3) 112 (258)
1010= Wales Astley, DaiDai Astley 1931–1936 92 (165) 8 (8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 100 (173)
1010= England Capewell, LenLen Capewell 1921–1930 88 (143) 12 (13) 0 (0) 0 (0) 100 (156)

International

This section refers only to caps won while an Aston Villa player.

  • First capped players for England: Arthur Alfred Brown and Howard Vaughton on 18 February 1882.
  • Most capped player: Steve Staunton 102 caps for the Republic Of Ireland.
  • Most capped player for England: Gareth Southgate, 42 caps.
  • First player to play at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Czechoslovakia on 8 June 1958.
  • First player to score at the World Cup finals: Peter McParland for Northern Ireland against Argentina on 11 June 1958.
  • First player to score in a World Cup for England: David Platt for England against Belgium on 26 June 1990.
  • Most World Cup appearances: Paul McGrath, 9 (1990 & 1994).
  • Most World Cup finals goals: Peter McParland, 5 (1958).