List of Ipswich Town F.C. players


Ipswich Town Football Club is an English association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. The club was founded in 1878 and turned professional in 1936. Ipswich has played at all professional levels of English football and has participated in European football since the 1960s. As of 2003, the team plays in the second tier of English football, the Championship. Since 1936, more than 400 players have represented the first-team. Mick Mills has made more appearances than any other Ipswich player; he is one of five men to have represented the club on 500 or more occasions, having played 741 times between 1966 and 1983. Ray Crawford is the club's all-time top scorer, with 203 goals in 354 matches, while Ted Phillips scored the most goals in a single season—41 in the 1956–57 season. The most capped player in the club's history is Northern Ireland's Allan Hunter, who represented his country on 47 occasions.
The list includes all players that have played 100 or more first-class professional matches for the club. It also includes some players who have played fewer than 100 matches, if they represented their country whilst playing for the club, and players who have set a club playing record, such as goalscoring or transfer fee records. Finally, all players inducted into the Ipswich Town Hall of Fame, whose inaugural members were selected in 2007 by a ballot of former Ipswich players, are included.

List of players

Players are initially listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only, including substitute appearances, while wartime and local cup matches are excluded. Players who left the club prior to 2006 are referenced by Hayes, the others are referenced by Soccerbase.
Statistics are correct as of 7 March 2020.
captained Ipswich and has made the most appearances for the club.|alt=A man in a suit with his right hand raised, standing on a football pitch.
was part of the Ipswich squad which won the UEFA Cup in the 1980-81 season.|alt=A man in a blue polo shirt with shoulder-length brown hair
, one of the four inaugural members of the Ipswich Town F.C. Hall of Fame|alt=A balding man with a moustache in a suit, looking up, standing on grass.
was captain of the club from 1997 to 2003.|alt=A brown-haired footballer in a red-and-white shirt, shorts and socks with his right arm across his chest, standing on a football pitch
was the Ipswich Town F.C. Player of the Year for the 2005-06 season.|alt=A black footballer in blue-and-white shorts, shirt and socks standing on a football pitch with his left arm across his chest
played for Ipswich between 2009 and 2012.|alt=A footballer with spiky hair in a yellow shirt
*Ipswich Town Hall of Fame Inductee
+Players who represented their country while at the club
^Club record holder

NameNationalityPositionIpswich Town careerAppearancesGoalsRef
ScotlandWing half1936–1945573
EnglandHalf back1936–19491454
WalesFull back1936–19491220
EnglandForward1936–195016825
ScotlandFull back1938–19501873
EnglandGoalkeeper1938–19521680
EnglandWing half/Inside forward1945–195647595
EnglandFull back1946–195013011
Northern IrelandWing half1946–19512277
EnglandForward1946–195114151
ScotlandGoalkeeper1946–19510
EnglandForward1947–195142
Northern IrelandWinger1948–195110327
WalesInside forward1949–19593871
ScotlandWing half1949–195918
*WalesWing half1949–196452
Northern IrelandInside forward1950–195240
Northern IrelandCentre half1950–19550
WalesGoalkeeper1951–19551540
EnglandForward1951–1958143
*EnglandFull back1951–19602326
Wales+Right winger1953–195816846
ScotlandWinger1953–195825
ScotlandLeft full back1954–19632912
*EnglandInside forward1954–1964295181^
*ScotlandWinger/Midfielder1955–196537549
EnglandForward1956–196336
*EnglandGoalkeeper1956–19643460
*EnglandRight full back1956–19642850
EnglandWing half1957–19621484
Ireland++Forward1958–196317
*England+Forward1958–1969218^
*EnglandCentre half1959–19642150
*EnglandRight winger1960–196426
*EnglandFull back1960–19640
*ScotlandCentre half1960–197122
*ScotlandInside forward1961–196437
USAForward1963–196766
EnglandWinger1963–196811521
*Northern IrelandMidfielder1963–196938
EnglandGoalkeeper1964–19680
*Wales+Wing half1964–19692
ScotlandWinger1964–197069
EnglandDefender1964–19725
EnglandFull back1966–19693
EnglandMidfielder1966–19701766
*EnglandFull back1966–19741766
*England+Full back/Midfielder1966–1983^30
Ireland+Forward1967–197014
Ireland+Right full back1967–19713
EnglandCentral defender1967–19721
England+Midfielder1967–197854
EnglandMidfielder1968–197416
EnglandGoalkeeper1968–19740
Wales+Forward1969–197220
EnglandMidfielder1969–19756
*EnglandWinger1969–197945
*EnglandMidfielder/Forward1969–198031
*England+Forward1970–1979104
EnglandGoalkeeper1970–19840
*Northern Ireland+Midfielder1971–197556
*Northern Ireland+^Central defender1971–198210
*England+Forward1972–197646
*England+Central defender1972–198132
*EnglandMidfielder1973–198014910
*Scotland+Right full back1973–198510
*England+Forward/Midfielder1973–198537896
Canada+Full back1974–19750
*England+Midfielder1974–197822731
*EnglandGoalkeeper1974–19870
Northern Ireland+Midfielder1975–19771
*Scotland+Midfielder1975–1996190
*England+Forward1976–1984135
*England+Central defender1977–198538521
*Holland+Midfielder1978–198229
*Scotland+Forward1978–198380
*England+Central defender1978–198635021
*Holland+Midfielder1979–198316
EnglandLeft back/Midfielder1979–198734012
South AfricaForward1979–199025545
Ireland+Left winger1980–19841475
EnglandMidfielder1982–19861279
EnglandMidfielder1983–198821225
EnglandCentral defender1983–19881655
HollandMidfielder1984–199232520
Canada+Full back1984–19963868
*EnglandMidfielder1984–199741472
Northern Ireland+Forward1985–198712549
*EnglandMidfielder1985–200060844
EnglandMidfielder1986–199114012
EnglandMidfielder1987–199116942
*EnglandMidfielder1987–199833255
EnglandCentral defender1988–199532713
EnglandForward1988–199525962
Canada+Goalkeeper1988–19973040
EnglandLeft back1989–199524623
EnglandDefender1989–199516016
EnglandDefender1989–19951313
EnglandForward1991–199410919
Bulgaria+Forward1992–19957511
Wales+Midfielder1992–19982642
EnglandMidfielder1993–199813435
EnglandMidfielder1994–199713516
Denmark+Defender1994–1997978
ArgentinaDefender1994–19981707
ScotlandForward1995–199813247
HollandDefender1995–19981124
*EnglandCentral defender1995–20001538
England+Goalkeeper1995–2001
2008–2010
2011–2012		3620
EnglandForward1995–2001
2004–2005		25755
EnglandForward/Defender1996–200936240
Northern Ireland+Midfielder1996–1998694
EnglandMidfielder1996–199911015
Jamaica+Forward1997–200015862
EnglandDefender1997–200218419
*Ireland+Midfielder1997–200331446
EnglandDefender1998–200325216
NetherlandsDefender1999–20083116
EnglandMidfielder1999–200422111
EnglandDefender1999–20041505
Northern Ireland+Midfielder1999–200632222
Slovenia+Defender2000–200130
*Iceland+Defender2000–20031283
HollandMidfielder2000–200411419
EnglandMidfielder2001–2005
2007–2009		20445
SpainForward2001–2005
2007–2011		24262
Nigeria+Forward2001–2002468
^ItalyGoalkeeper2001–2003330
EnglandForward2001–200514257
ScotlandForward200171
EnglandFull back2002–20091629
EnglandMidfielder2002–200612117
Finland+Forward2003–2005
2007–2008		8833
*Canada+Defender2004–200817711
Wales+Goalkeeper2004–2007750
IrelandMidfielder2005–201016915
EnglandForward2005–200912819
Wales+Midfielder2005–2007593
Canada+Midfielder2005–20121144
Ireland+Forward2006–200810934
Ireland+Defender2006–20101273
EnglandDefender2006–20101205
Ireland+Forward2006–2010
2018		14932
Republic of Macedonia+Midfielder2007–2009431
EnglandMidfielder2008–201111816
Northern Ireland+Defender2008–20111278
Mexico+Midfielder2008–200984
New Zealand+Defender2007–201826723
Bermuda+Midfielder2009–201150
^EnglandForward2009–20117215
ArgentinaMidfielder2009–2011170
Hungary+Forward2009–2012609
Ireland+Defender2009–20121063
EnglandMidfielder2009–20131066
Trinidad and Tobago+Full back/Winger2009–201419110
EnglandMidfielder2009–201212614
Ireland+Forward2010
2011–2016		22567
EnglandMidfielder2010–20181463
Hungary+Goalkeeper2010–2011380
Northern Ireland+Forward2010121
Northern Ireland+Midfielder2011–2012335
EnglandFull back2011–20141387
Ireland+Midfielder2011209
EnglandDefender2012–35516
Ireland+Forward2013–201815945
Scotland+Defender2013–201718514
EnglandMidfielder2013–2742
EnglandGoalkeeper2013–20191130
Mauritius+Midfielder2014–20181034
Poland+Goalkeeper2014–20201780
Wales+Midfielder2014–2015
2016		282
EnglandForward2015–18931
Denmark+Defender2015–20191554
Wales+Winger2016–20173611
Wales+Midfielder2017–434
Kosovo+Midfielder2017–2018388
New Zealand+Forward2016–201810
USA+Defender2018170
Ireland+Midfielder2019–534
Tunisia+Midfielder2019–131
Cyprus+Midfielder2019130

Club captains

Below lists the club captains of Ipswich Town since the club turned professional in 1936. The club's first professional captain was Jimmy McLuckie, who captained the club from 1936 to 1945. Mick Mills has made the highest number of appearances as Ipswich Town captain, having captained the club for 11 years between 1971 and 1982. The club's current captain is Luke Chambers, who has held the captaincy since 2014, after Carlos Edwards left the club.
DatesName
1936–1945 Jimmy McLuckie
1945–1946Unknown
1946–1957 Tommy Parker
1957–1961 Reg Pickett
1961–1962 Andy Nelson
1962–1971 Billy Baxter
1971–1982 Mick Mills
1982–1986 Terry Butcher
1986–1988 Ian Atkins
1988–1991 Romeo Zondervan
1991–1993 John Wark
1993–1995 Steve Palmer
1995–1998 Tony Mowbray
1998–2003 Matt Holland
2003–2006 Jim Magilton
2006–2008 Jason de Vos
2008–2009 Richard Naylor
2009 Gareth McAuley
2009–2010 Alex Bruce
2010 Jonathan Walters
2010–2011 David Norris
2011–2012 Grant Leadbitter
2012–2014 Carlos Edwards
2014– Luke Chambers

Player awards

PFA Team of the Year

The following have been included in the PFA Team of the Year whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the PFA Players' Player of the Year award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the PFA Young Player of the Year award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the FWA Footballer of the Year award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the Bravo Award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following player was selected as the PFA Fans' Favourite for Ipswich Town as part of the celebrations of the centenary of the Professional Footballers' Association in 2007:

Football League Young Player of the Year

The following have won the Football League Young Player of the Year award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the Championship Apprentice Award whilst playing for Ipswich Town:

LMA Manager of the Year

The following have won the LMA Manager of the Year award whilst managing for Ipswich Town:
The following have won the Premier League Manager of the Season award whilst managing for Ipswich Town:

France Football European Team of the Year