List of Manchester City F.C. players

Manchester City Football Club, then known as Ardwick, first entered the Football League in the 1892–83 season. Since that time the club's first team has competed in numerous nationally and internationally organised competitions, and all players who have played in 100 or more such matches are listed below, which encompasses all players who have been inducted into the Manchester City Hall of Fame. Also included are all winners of the Player of the Year award which has been awarded annually since 1967 by the Manchester City Official Supporters Club based on a ballot of the supporters.

Alan Oakes holds the record for Manchester City league appearances, having played 565 matches between 1959 and 1976. If all senior competitions are included, Oakes has 680. As of 1 January 2016, the player who has won mostinternational caps while at the club is Joe Hart with 57 for England. Prior to Joe achieving this distinction the record had previously been held for over 40 years by Colin Bell with 48 England appearances between 1968 and 1975.

The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times for England is Frank Lampard who was capped 106 times for England between October 1999 and June 2014, but he only played for City for one season in 2014–15 after he had retired from international duty. The Manchester City player who has been capped the most times internationally is Shay Given who, as of 1 January 2016, has been capped for the Republic of Ireland 131 times since March 1996. He played for the club for two and a half seasons between 2009 and 2011.

The goalscoring record is held by Eric Brook with 177 in total, scored between 1928 and 1939. Brook shares the league goalscoring record with Tommy Johnson; both players having scored 158 league goals. Johnson also holds the record for league goals in a single season, with 38 in 1928–29. This single season tally also means Johnson additionally holds the record for most goals scored per game played in a season, his 38 goals in 39 appearances during 1928–29 yielding a goal scoring rate of 0.97 goals per game.

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