This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Leicester City, although it includes players who were with the club when it was called Leicester Fosse. The aim is for this list to include all players that have played 100 or more senior matches and/or scored 50 or more senior goals for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can also be included, but the reason for their notability should be included in the 'Notes' column. For a list of all Leicester City players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Leicester City F.C. players, and for the current squad see the main Leicester City F.C. article.

Explanation of list

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club, and then by alphabetical order of their surname. Appearances and goals should include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches and games played in the Texaco Cup, Anglo-Scottish Cup, Anglo-Italian Cup, and FA Cup third place play-off. Further information on competitions/seasons which are regarded as eligible for appearance stats are provided below (dependent on the years at which the player was at the club), and if any data is not available for any of these competitions an appropriate note should be added to the table.

List of players

• Statistics correct as of 22 January 2024.

  This and the † indicate that they are a club record holder
  This indicates that they played their full career at Leicester City.
  Italics This indicates they received international honours while not at the club.
(n/a) = Information not available
Players in bold are still playing for the club.

Name	Nat.	Position[1]	Period	League		Total		International honours	Caps	Notes
				Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Harry Bailey		Full-back	1884–1889	108	0	125	0			†[2]
Jack Lord		Wing-half	1891–1898	85	5	101	7
James Thraves		Goalkeeper	1892–1897	124	0	148	0
Jimmy Brown		Wing-half	1893–1899	130	18	153	21
Johnny McMillan		Inside forward	1896–1900	122	43	131	48
George Swift		Full-back	1896–1902	186	4	200	6
Billy Dorrell		Outside forward	1892–1894, 1896–1899	102	36	116	47
Harry Trainer		Centre-forward	1895–1897	31	12	35	16	Wales	3	†[3]
Richard Jones		Full-back	1897–1901	104	1	113	1	Wales	1
Walter Robinson		Full-back	1898–1905	177	3	194	3
Bob Pollock		Wing-half	1902–1908	211	14	230	19
James Blessington		Inside forward	1903–1908	100	18	112	21	Scotland	4
Billy Bannister		Centre-half	1904–1910	149	15	160	18	England	2
Jimmy Durrant		Outside forward	1904–1909	140	24	153	27
Teddy King		Wing-half	1906–1920	227	26	236	26			†[4]
Horace Bailey		Goalkeeper	1907–1910	68	0	70	0	England	5	†[5]
Fred Shinton		Centre-forward	1907–1910	92	55	101	58
Shirley Hubbard		Centre-forward	1907–1913, 1919–1920	140	36	154	39
Arthur Randle		Half-back	1908–1912	123	2	133	2
Sam Currie		Full-back	1909–1921	236	4	248	6
Tommy Benfield		Utility	1910–1914	106	23	111	23
George Douglas		Outside forward	1912–1920	127	10	133	11
Herbert Bown		Goalkeeper	1913–1922	143	0	154	0
Jimmy Harrold		Centre-half	1913–1923	206	7	218	7	England amateurs
Billy Thomson		Half-back	1914, 1919–1923	197	3	209	3
Billy Barrett		Full-back	1919–1924	143	1	152	2
Harry Graham		Inside forward	1920–1924	110	14	116	16
George Hebden		Goalkeeper	1920–1924	101	0	104	0
Alex Trotter		Outside forward	1920–1924	96	10	100	11
Adam Black		Full-back	1920–1935	528	4	557	4			†[6]
Johnny Duncan		Inside forward	1922–1930	279	88	295	95	Scotland	1	†[7][8]
John Brown		Full-back	1922–1931	114	0	117	0
Norman Watson		Half-back	1922–1932	173	1	178	1
Hugh Adcock		Outside forward	1923–1935	434	51	460	52	England	5
Arthur Chandler		Centre-forward	1923–1935	393	259	419	273			†[9][10]
Jack Bamber		Half-back	1924–1927	113	7	120	7	England	1
Harold Wadsworth		Outside forward	1924–1932	98	7	106	7
Reg Osborne		Full-back	1924–1931	240	2	249	2	England	1
George Carr		Centre-half	1924–1932	179	24	192	25
Arthur Lochhead		Inside forward	1925–1934	303	106	320	114
Ernie Hine		Inside forward	1926–1932	247	148	259	156	England	6
Bill Findlay		Wing-half	1925–1932	100	0	104	0
Leonard Barry		Outside forward	1927–1932	203	25	214	26	England	5
Jim McLaren		Goalkeeper	1927–1933	170	0	180	0	Scotland schools
George Ritchie		Wing-half	1928–1937	247	12	261	13
Roger Heywood		Centre-half	1929–1940	228	2	240	2
Sep Smith		Wing-half	1929–1949	350	35	373	37	England	1	†[11]
Arthur Maw		Inside forward	1932–1939	179	58	189	64
Danny Liddle		Outside forward	1932–1946	255	64	274	71	Scotland	3
Sandy McLaren		Goalkeeper	1933–1940	239	0	256	0	Scotland	5
Alexander Wood		Full-back	1933–1936	52	0	52	0	United States	4
Dai Jones		Full-back	1933–1947	226	4	238	4	Wales	7
Billy Frame		Full-back	1933–1950	220	0	239	0
George Dewis		Centre-forward	1933–1950	116	45	129	51
Percy Grosvenor		Half-back	1933–1939	168	1	180	1
Fred Sharman		Centre-half	1934–1944	190	18	200	18
Charlie Adam		Outside forward	1938–1952	158	22	180	25
Mal Griffiths		Outside forward	1939–1956	373	66	409	76	Wales	11
Jack Lee		Centre-forward	1941–1950	123	74	137	84	England	1
Don Revie		Centre-forward	1944–1949	96	25	110	29	England	6
Johnny King		Wing-half	1944–1954	197	5	218	5
Walter Harrison		Wing-half	1945–1950	125	3	143	5
Johnny Anderson		Goalkeeper	1948–1960	261	0	277	0	Scotland	1
Derek Hines		Centre-forward	1948–1961	299	116	317	117
Ron Jackson		Full-back	1949–1955	161	0	173	1
Arthur Lever		Full-back	1950–1954	119	0	124	0	Wales	1
Jimmy Baldwin		Half-back	1950–1956	180	4	190	4
Arthur Rowley		Inside forward	1950–1958	303	251	321	265			†[12]
Matt Gillies		Centre-half	1952–1955	103	0	111	0
Derek Hogg		Outside forward	1952–1958	161	26	165	26
Johnny Morris		Inside forward	1952–1958	206	33	220	34	England	3
Stanley Milburn		Full-back	1952–1959	171	1	183	1	England B
Eddie Russell		Half-back	1953–1958	90	5	101	5
Jack Froggatt		Outside forward	1954–1957	143	18	148	18	England	13
Willie Cunningham		Full-back	1954–1960	127	4	138	4	Northern Ireland	30
Colin Appleton		Half-back	1954–1966	277	19	333	22			†[13]
Howard Riley		Outside forward	1955–1965	193	38	233	47
Tommy McDonald		Outside forward	1956–1960	113	27	118	29	Scotland B
Jimmy Walsh		Inside forward	1956–1964	176	80	199	92	Scotland under-23
Len Chalmers		Full-back	1956–1966	171	4	204	4
Frank McLintock		Half-back	1957–1964	168	25	200	28	Scotland	9
Ian King		Centre-half	1957–1966	244	6	297	7
Ken Leek		Inside forward	1958–1961	93	34	111	43	Wales	13
Gordon Wills		Inside forward	1958–1962	111	30	128	33
Ken Keyworth		Forward	1958–1964	177	62	215	76
Richie Norman		Full-back	1958–1968	303	2	365	5
John Sjoberg		Full-back	1958–1973	335	15	414	19
Albert Cheesebrough		Forward	1959–1963	122	40	138	43	England under-23
Gordon Banks		Goalkeeper	1959–1967	293	0	356	0	England	73	†[14][15]
Graham Cross		Utility	1960–1976	498	29	600	37	England under-23		†[16][17]
Dave Gibson		Inside forward	1962–1970	280	41	339	53	Scotland	7
Mike Stringfellow		Winger	1962–1975	315	82	370	97
Jimmy Goodfellow		Midfielder	1963–1968	98	26	121	36
Bobby Roberts		Midfielder	1963–1970	229	26	281	36	Scotland under-23
Jackie Sinclair		Winger	1965–1968	103	50	113	53	Scotland	1
Peter Rodrigues		Full-back	1965–1970	140	6	171	6	Wales	40
Peter Shilton		Goalkeeper	1965–1974	286	1	340	1	England	125
David Nish		Full-back	1966–1972	228	25	273	31	England	5	†[18]
Malcolm Manley		Centre-back	1966–1973	120	5	137	6	Scotland schools
Rodney Fern		Forward	1967–1972	152	32	188	40
Lenny Glover		Winger	1967–1976	252	38	306	48
Alan Woollett		Centre-back	1967–1978	228	0	260	0
Allan Clarke		Forward	1968–1969	36	12	46	16	England	19	†[19][20]
Alistair Brown		Forward	1968–1971	101	32	122	35
Steve Whitworth		Full-back	1968–1979	353	0	401	1	England	7
John Farrington		Winger	1969–1973	118	18	146	27
Alan Birchenall		Midfielder	1971–1977	163	12	183	14	England under-23		†[21]
Jon Sammels		Midfielder	1971–1977	241	21	272	25	England under-23
Keith Weller		Midfielder	1971–1979	262	37	297	43	England	4
Frank Worthington		Forward	1972–1977	210	72	239	78	England	8
Dennis Rofe		Full-back	1972–1980	290	6	324	6	England under-23
Mark Wallington		Goalkeeper	1972–1985	412	0	460	0	England under-23
Steve Earle		Forward	1974–1978	99	20	115	26
Steve Kember		Midfielder	1975–1978	117	6	128	6
Tommy Williams		Centre-back	1975–1986	241	10	271	10
Kevin MacDonald		Midfielder	1976–1984, 1987	141	8	155	8
Eddie Kelly		Midfielder	1977–1980, 1981–1983	119	3	133	3	Scotland under-23
Gary Lineker		Forward	1977–1985	194	95	216	103	England	80	†[22]
John O'Neill		Centre-back	1978–1987	313	10	345	12	Northern Ireland	39	†[23]
Martin Henderson		Forward	1978–1981	91	12	100	16
Bobby Smith		Midfielder	1978–1986	181	21	200	22
Alan Young		Forward	1979–1982	104	26	119	29
Andy Peake		Midfielder	1979–1985	147	13	162	13	England under-21
Ian Wilson		Midfielder	1979–1987	285	17	318	19	Scotland	5
Paul Ramsey		Midfielder	1980–1991	290	13	322	15	Northern Ireland	14
Steve Lynex		Winger	1981–1987	213	57	240	60
Alan Smith		Forward	1982–1987	200	76	217	84	England	13
Ian Andrews		Goalkeeper	1982–1988, 1997–1998 2002	126	0	139	0	England under-21
Ian Banks		Midfielder	1983–1987	93	14	103	15
Simon Morgan		Full-back	1984–1990	160	3	182	4	England under-21
Russell Osman		Centre-back	1985–1988	108	8	120	8	England	11
Gary McAllister		Midfielder	1985–1990	201	46	225	51	Scotland	57
Ally Mauchlen		Midfielder	1985–1992	239	11	273	12
Paul Reid		Midfielder	1986–1992	162	21	189	25
Steve Walsh		Centre-back	1986–2000	369	53	450	62			†[24][25]
Alan Paris		Full-back	1988–1991	88	3	102	5			†[26]
Richard Smith		Centre-back	1988–1996	98	1	120	2
Tommy Wright		Winger	1989–1992	129	22	151	29
Tony James		Centre-back	1989–1994	107	10	119	11			†[27]
Gary Mills		Midfielder	1989–1994	200	16	232	17	England under-21		†[28][29]
David Oldfield		Midfielder	1990–1995	188	26	221	32	England under-21
Steve Thompson		Midfielder	1991–1995	127	18	155	25
Kevin Poole		Goalkeeper	1991–1997	163	0	193	0			†[30]
David Lowe		Winger	1992–1994	94	22	108	23	England under-21
Julian Joachim		Forward	1992–1996	99	25	119	31	England under-21
Simon Grayson		Full-back	1992–1997	188	4	229	6			†[31][32]
Colin Hill		Centre-back	1992–1997	145	0	175	1	Northern Ireland	27	†[33]
Mike Whitlow		Full-back	1992–1997	147	8	179	9
Iwan Roberts		Forward	1993–1996	100	41	111	44	Wales	15
Emile Heskey		Forward	1994–2000	154	40	197	46	England	62
Garry Parker		Midfielder	1995–2001	114	10	147	16	England B		†[34]
Steve Claridge		Forward	1996–1998	63	17	79	21			†[35]
Kasey Keller		Goalkeeper	1996–1999	99	0	125	0	United States	102
Neil Lennon		Midfielder	1996–2000	170	6	208	9	Northern Ireland	40
Muzzy Izzet		Midfielder	1996–2004	269	38	319	47	Turkey	9
Steve Guppy		Winger	1997–2001, 2004	161	9	189	10	England	1
Tony Cottee		Forward	1997–2000	85	27	100	34	England	7	†[36]
Robbie Savage		Midfielder	1997–2002	172	8	204	9	Wales	39	†[37][38]
Matt Elliott		Centre-back	1997–2005	245	27	290	33	Scotland	18	†[39][40][41]
Frank Sinclair		Full-back	1998–2004	164	3	194	4	Jamaica	28
Andy Impey		Full-back	1998–2004	152	2	178	2	England under-21
Gerry Taggart		Centre-back	1998–2004	117	9	142	12	Northern Ireland	51	†[42]
Jordan Stewart		Full-back	1999–2005	110	6	127	6	England under-21
Callum Davidson		Full-back	2000–2004	101	2	114	2	Scotland	19
James Scowcroft		Forward	2001–2005	133	24	147	28	England under-21
Ian Walker		Goalkeeper	2001–2005	140	0	156	0	England	4
Paul Dickov		Forward	2002–2004, 2008–2010	110	34	125	40	Scotland	10	†[43]
Les Ferdinand		Forward	2003–2004	29	12	31	13	England	17	†[44]
Joey Guðjónsson		Midfielder	2004–2006	77	10	89	13	Iceland	34	†[45]
Danny Tiatto		Full-back	2004–2007	73	3	83	3	Australia	23	†[46]
Richard Stearman		Centre-back	2004–2008	116	7	130	11	England under-21		†[47]
Stephen Hughes		Midfielder	2005–2007	91	7	100	8	Scotland	1
Iain Hume		Forward	2005–2008	122	33	132	34	Canada	43	†[48]
Alan Maybury		Full-back	2005–2008	85	3	102	3	Republic of Ireland	10
Patrick Kisnorbo		Centre-back	2005–2009	126	10	140	12	Australia	18
Matty Fryatt		Forward	2006–2011	168	51	189	62	England under-19
Andy King		Midfielder	2006–2019	329	55	379	62	Wales	50	†[49][50]
Jack Hobbs		Centre-back	2008–2011	115	1	129	1	England under-19		†[51]
Steve Howard		Forward	2008–2012	147	28	169	32	Scotland B		†[52]
Matt Oakley		Midfielder	2008–2012	137	10	148	10	England under-21
Lloyd Dyer		Midfielder	2008–2014	230	30	265	39
Richie Wellens		Midfielder	2009–2013	129	4	147	6			†[53]
Paul Gallagher		Midfielder	2009–2013	118	25	137	28	Scotland	1
Martyn Waghorn		Forward	2009–2014	103	20	116	20	England under-21
Jeffrey Schlupp		Full-back	2010–2017	126	10	150	15	Ghana	20
Paul Konchesky		Full-back	2011–2015	138	5	155	5	England	2
David Nugent		Forward	2011–2015	159	54	180	59	England	1
Kasper Schmeichel		Goalkeeper	2011–2022	414	0	479	0	Denmark	99	†[54][55][56]
Wes Morgan		Centre-back	2011–2021	277	11	323	14	Jamaica	30	†[57][58]
Anthony Knockaert		Winger	2012–2015	93	13	106	16	France under-21
Ritchie De Laet		Full-back	2012–2016	115	4	129	5	Belgium	2
Danny Drinkwater		Midfielder	2012–2017	193	13	218	14	England	3	†[59]
Matty James		Midfielder	2012–2021	101	4	117	5	England under-20
Jamie Vardy		Forward	2012–	388	162	446	177	England	26	†[60][61]
Esteban Cambiasso		Midfielder	2014–2015	31	5	33	5	Argentina	52	†[62]
Marc Albrighton		Winger	2014–	233	13	308	19	England under-21
Riyad Mahrez		Winger	2014–2018	158	42	179	48	Algeria	89	†[63][64]
Leonardo Ulloa		Forward	2014–2018	86	18	102	20
Danny Simpson		Full-back	2014–2019	113	0	133	0
Shinji Okazaki		Forward	2015–2019	114	14	137	19	Japan	119
Ben Chilwell		Full-back	2015–2020	99	4	123	4	England	19
Christian Fuchs		Full-back	2015–2021	116	2	152	3	Austria	78
Daniel Amartey		Utility	2015–2023	106	2	145	3	Ghana	52
Demarai Gray		Winger	2016–2021	133	10	169	13	England under-21
Harvey Barnes		Winger	2016–2023	146	35	187	45	England	1
Papy Mendy		Midfielder	2016–2023	98	1	118	1	Senegal	27
Harry Maguire		Centre-back	2017–2019	69	5	76	5	England	62	†[65][66]
Hamza Choudhury		Utility	2017–	74	1	109	2	England under-21
Wilfred Ndidi		Midfielder	2017–	213	9	260	15	Nigeria	54
Kelechi Iheanacho		Forward	2017–	167	35	225	61	Nigeria	50
Jonny Evans		Centre-back	2018–2023	121	5	152	7	Northern Ireland	106
James Maddison		Midfielder	2018–2023	163	43	203	55	England	5	†[67]
Ricardo Pereira		Full-back	2018–	127	9	153	12	Portugal	7	†[68]
Çağlar Söyüncü		Centre-back	2018–2023	98	4	132	4	Turkey	55
Youri Tielemans		Midfielder	2019–2023	151	21	195	28	Belgium	60	†[69][70]
Ayoze Pérez		Midfielder	2019–2023	80	12	114	15	Spain under-21
Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall		Midfielder	2019–	86	12	111	14
James Justin		Full-back	2019–	85	4	108	7	England	1
Timothy Castagne		Full-back	2020–2023	91	5	112	5	Belgium	39