List of Middlesbrough F.C. players
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Middlesbrough. Generally, this means players that have played 100 or more first-class matches for the club, or been an officially designated captain.
Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included. Statistics correct as of 5 May 2008.
Notable players
= Information not available| Name | Nationality | Position | Boro career | Captaincy | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
| Left-half Left-back | 1899-1900 | 1899-1900 | 34 | 0 | |||
| Left-back | 1899-1904 | - | 136 | 1 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1900-1901 | 1900-1901 | 29 | 4 | - | ||
| Right-half | 1900-1905 | 1901-1903 | 114 | 12 | - | ||
| Left-half Centre-half | 1900-1906 | - | 201 | 8 | - | ||
| Inside-left Centre-forward | 1901-1906 | - | 135 | 34 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1901-1906 | - | 149 | 9 | - | ||
| Left-back | 2012- | - | 100 | 3 | - | ||
| Goalkeeper | 1901-1923 | 19??-1914 | 602 | 2 | |||
| Right-back | 1902-1906 | - | 100 | 0 | - | ||
| Right-half Centre-half | 1903-1910 | 1907-19?? | 242 | 6 | - | ||
| Forward | 1905-1910 | 1905-1907 | 178 | 65 | |||
| Inside-right | 1905-1910 | - | 130 | 62 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1905-1913 | - | 113 | 2 | - | ||
| Inside-left Centre-forward | 1906-1913 | - | 143 | 55 | - | ||
| Right-back | 1908-1913 | - | 148 | 0 | - | ||
| Centre-forward Inside-forward | 1909-1925 | 1913-1921 | 365 | 213 | |||
| Centre-half | 1910-1915 | 1914-1915 | 137 | 3 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1910-1924 | - | 118 | 4 | - | ||
| Inside-forward Outside-right | 1910-1930 | - | 449 | 81 | - | ||
| Outside-right | 1911-1914 | - | 112 | 8 | - | ||
| Right-half | 1912-1915 | - | 101 | 1 | - | ||
| Right-half | 1913-1923 | - | 216 | 4 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1914-1928 | - | 174 | 1 | - | ||
| Right-back | 1919-1923 | - | 121 | 0 | - | ||
| Left-half Inside-left | 1919-1924 | - | 110 | 10 | - | ||
| Centre-half Left-half | 1919-1924 | - | 131 | 0 | - | ||
| Full-back Left-half | 1919-1924 | - | 112 | 1 | - | ||
| Inside-right Outside-right | 1920-1927 | 1926-1927 | 235 | 63 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1922-1926 | - | 128 | 0 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1923-1930 | 1924-1926 | 187 | 0 | - | ||
| Centre-half Right-back | 1924-1931 | - | 159 | 2 | - | ||
| Full-back Half-back | 1924-1932 | - | 174 | 2 | - | ||
| Centre-forward | 1925-1939 | - | 453 | 345 | |||
| Right-half | 1926-1930 | - | 153 | 0 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1926-1930 | - | 123 | 0 | - | ||
| Outside-right | 1926-1933 | - | 238 | 102 | - | ||
| Goalkeeper | 1926-1934 | - | 264 | 0 | - | ||
| Inside-forward | 1926-1934 | - | 109 | 20 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1927-1930 | 1929-1930 | 85 | 4 | - | ||
| Inside-forward | 1927-1935 | - | 253 | 71 | |||
| Inside-left Centre-half | 1929-1933 | - | 113 | 4 | - | ||
| Wing-half Inside-forward | 1929-1933 | - | 101 | 0 | - | ||
| Full-back Right-half | 1929-1937 | 1930-1932 | 205 | 10 | - | ||
| Left-half | 1929-1939 | - | 333 | 8 | - | ||
| Right-half Right-back | 1931-1946 | - | 274 | 2 | - | ||
| Centre-half Right-back | 1932-1935 | 1932-1935 | 92 | 1 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1932-1936 | - | 120 | 0 | - | ||
| Centre-half Inside-left | 1932-1939 | 193?-193? | 266 | 20 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1932-1939 | - | 137 | 3 | - | ||
| Centre-forward | 1932-1950 | - | 269 | 162 | - | ||
| Outside-right | 1934-1938 | - | 101 | 36 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1936-1949 | - | 157 | 0 | - | ||
| Inside-forward | 1936-1954 | - | 368 | 110 | |||
| Full-back | 1937-1950 | 19??-19?? | 166 | 7 | - | ||
| Centre-forward | 1945-1954 | - | 241 | 81 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1946-1954 | 1951-1952 | 253 | 4 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1946-1955 | - | 315 | 10 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1946-1959 | - | 416 | 1 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1947-1958 | 1956-1958 | 334 | 10 | - | ||
| Defender | 1948-1952 | - | 100 | 0 | - | ||
| Defender | 1948-1953 | - | 130 | 49 | - | ||
| Forward | 1949-1958 | - | 270 | 93 | |||
| Inside-forward | 1949-1959 | - | 231 | 51 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1951-1961 | - | 118 | 0 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1951-1961 | - | 190 | 0 | |||
| Centre-half | 1954-1960 | - | 124 | 2 | - | ||
| Centre-forward | 1954-1964 | - | 238 | 141 | - | ||
| Inside-forward Wing-half | 1954-1965 | 19??-19?? | 378 | 72 | |||
| Centre-forward | 1955-1961 | 19??-19?? | 222 | 204 | |||
| Inside-forward | 1952-1961 | - | 123 | 30 | - | ||
| Outside-right | 1955-1962 | - | 131 | 21 | - | ||
| Outside-left | 1956-1962 1965-1966 | - | 169 | 25 | - | ||
| Winger | 1956-1963 | - | 152 | 29 | - | ||
| Left-back | 1958-1964 | - | 193 | 3 | - | ||
| Goalkeeper | 1959-1967 | - | 110 | 0 | - | ||
| Outside-right | 1960-1965 | - | 185 | 44 | - | ||
| Defender | 1960-1969 | - | 217 | 12 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1960-1973 | 1966-1973 | 532 | 5 | |||
| Defender | 1961-1972 | - | 137 | 1 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1961-1974 | - | 333 | 13 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1962-1965 | 1962-1965 | 124 | 9 | |||
| Midfield | 1962-1966 | 1965-1966 | 184 | 47 | |||
| Inside-forward | 1962-1966 | - | 128 | 23 | |||
| Defender | 1962-1975 | - | 331 | 3 | - | ||
| Goalkeeper | 1963-1966 | - | 105 | 0 | - | ||
| Forward | 1963-1969 | - | 127 | 56 | |||
| Centre-forward | 1964-1967 | - | 100 | 43 | - | ||
| Wing-half | 1965-1966 | 196?-196? | 22 | 2 | - | ||
| Centre-half | 1965-1969 | - | 150 | 14 | |||
| Winger | 1965-1972 | - | 204 | 49 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1965-1974 | - | 277 | 26 | |||
| Winger | 1966-1970 | - | 115 | 4 | - | ||
| Forward Utility | 1966-1977 | - | 499 | 187 | |||
| Midfield Forward | 1967-1972 | - | 128 | 23 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1969-1978 | - | 354 | 21 | |||
| Forward | 1968-1979 1984-1985 | - | 398 | 111 | |||
| Midfielder | 1970-1981 | - | 431 | 77 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1970-1982 | ????-???? | 481 | 0 | |||
| Wing-half | 1971-1973 | 1971-197? | 69 | 2 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1971-1979 | - | 393 | 16 | - | ||
| Right-back | 1971-1982 | 1981 | 488 | 14 | |||
| Winger | 1972-1976 | - | 141 | 50 | - | ||
| Midfielder | 1972-1977 | - | 101 | 8 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1973-1976 | - | 125 | 9 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1973-1978 | - | 216 | 27 | |||
| Central defender | 1973-1982 | 1979-1981 | 358 | 18 | - | ||
| Left-back | 1974-1978 | - | 133 | 1 | - | ||
| Left-back | 1975-1982 | - | 175 | 3 | - | ||
| Forward | 1977-1982 | - | 179 | 25 | |||
| Midfield | 1978-1981 1989-1993 | - | 273 | 20 | - | ||
| Forward | 1978-1982 1987 | - | 143 | 20 | - | ||
| Winger | 1978-1983 | - | 128 | 12 | |||
| Forward | 1978-1983 | - | 115 | 30 | - | ||
| Right-back | 1979-1986 | 1983-1985 | 221 | 2 | |||
| Central defender | 1981-1984 | - | 138 | 8 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1981-1985 | - | 187 | 28 | - | ||
| Forward | 1982-1986 | - | 127 | 31 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1982-1991 | 1987-1991 | 425 | 29 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1983 1985-1995 | - | 424 | 0 | |||
| Midfield | 1983-1989 | - | 268 | 28 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1984-1989 1998-2000 | - | 250 | 7 | |||
| Defender | 1984-1991 1998-2006 | - | 423 | 14 | - | ||
| Forward | 1985-1987 | - | 107 | 27 | - | ||
| Right-back | 1985-1988 | 1985-1986 | 129 | 14 | - | ||
| Right-winger | 1985-1992 | - | 311 | 31 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1985-1993 | 1991-1993 | 268 | 22 | |||
| Forward | 1985-1993 | - | 381 | 146 | |||
| Right-back | 1986-1993 | - | 258 | 7 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1987-1991 | - | 162 | 18 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1987-1994 | - | 131 | 4 | - | ||
| Forward | 1988-1990 | - | 28 | 5 | |||
| Left-back | 1990-1993 | - | 172 | 6 | - | ||
| Winger Forward | 1990-1996 | 1993-1994 | 234 | 55 | |||
| Midfield | 1990-2002 | - | 367 | 34 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1991-1994 | - | 100 | 1 | |||
| Midfield | 1991-1996 | - | 193 | 19 | |||
| Defender | 1991-2001 | - | 317 | 4 | |||
| Left-winger | 1991-2001 | - | 142 | 17 | - | ||
| Winger | 1992-1997 | - | 195 | 48 | - | ||
| Full-back | 1992-1997 | - | 104 | 4 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1993-2001 | - | 154 | 8 | - | ||
| Defender | 1994-1996 | - | 120 | 4 | |||
| Midfield | 1994-1997 | - | 27 | 1 | |||
| Central defender | 1994-1998 | 1994-1998 | 139 | 5 | |||
| Midfield | 1995-1997 1999 2002-2004 | - | 155 | 34 | |||
| Forward | 1996-1997 | - | 50 | 32 | |||
| Striker | 1996-1998 | - | 115 | 31 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1997-1999 | 1998-1999 | 88 | 4 | - | ||
| Central defender | 1997-2002 | - | 171 | 12 | |||
| Goalkeeper | 1997-2008 | - | 446 | 0 | |||
| Forward | 1998-2002 | - | 134 | 43 | - | ||
| Midfield | 1999-2002 | 1999-2002 | 106 | 9 | - | ||
| Forward | 2000-2006 | - | 111 | 21 | - | ||
| Defender/Midfield | 2000-2007 | - | 128 | 4 | - | ||
| Defender | 2000-2007 | - | 150 | 8 | |||
| Midfield | 2001-2004 | - | 109 | 4 | |||
| Forward | 2001-2006 | - | 146 | 29 | - | ||
| Left-back | 2001-2006 | - | 199 | 12 | |||
| Defender | 2001-2006 | 2002-2006 | 204 | 4 | |||
| Midfield | 2001-2009 | - | 190 | 18 | |||
| Midfield | 2002-2008 | 2006-2008 | 222 | 9 | - | ||
| Forward | 2002-2007 | - | 102 | 24 | |||
| Midfield | 2003-2006 | - | 110 | 1 | - | ||
| Defender | 2003-2009; | - | 121 | 8 | |||
| Defender | 2005-2010 | 2008-2010 | 112 | 3 | |||
| Midfield | 2006-2013 | 2013 | 181 | 9 | - | ||
| Forward | 2008-2009 | - | 14 | 6 |
Key to positions
- GK — Goalkeeper
- RB — Right back
- LB — Left back
- CB — Centre back
- MF — Midfielder
- RW — Right Winger
- LW — Left Winger
- FW — Forward