For a list of all Oldham Athletic players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. players.

Players should be listed in chronological order according to the year in which they first played for the club. Appearances and goals should be for first-team competitive games and include substitute appearances, but exclude wartime matches.

Name	Nationality	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	Notes
Jimmy Fay	England	DF	1907-1911	154	37	164	37
James Hamilton	England	DF	1907-1911	105	5	115	6
David Walders	England	DF	1907-1912	112	8	122	8
Jimmy Hodson	England	DF	1907-1915	252	1	277	1
David Wilson	Scotland	MF	1907-1921	368	17	397	21
Billy Cook	England	DF	1908-1920	157	16	171	0
Joe Donnachie	Scotland	MF	1908-1915	216	20	238	22
Howard Matthews	England	GK	1908-1926	344	0	367	0
Tommy Broad	England	MF	1909-1912	96	9	104	9
George Woodger	England	FW	1910-1914	115	22	130	26
Hugh Moffat	England	MF	1910-1915	162	10	182	10
Elliot Pilkington	England	DF	1911-1926	269	14	280	15
Ollie Tummon	England	MF	1912-1915	108	20	121	24
Joe Walters	England	FW	1912-1920	110	33	117	34
Arthur Gee	England	FW	1912-1921	112	44	119	47
Harry Grundy	England	DF	1914-1928	279	0	289	0
Bill Taylor	England	MF	1920-1924	109	1	115	2
Reg Freeman	England	DF	1921-1923	101	0	104	0
Sam Wynne	England	DF	1921-1926	145	9	153	10
Bert Watson	England	MF	1921-1929	233	63	242	71
George Douglas	England	MF	1922-1926	134	8	141	9
Jimmy Naylor	England	MF	1922-1928	246	5	257	6
Bert Gray	Wales	GK	1923-1927	97	0	101	0
Frank Hargreaves	England	FW	1923-1930	108	17	109	17
Les Adlam	England	MF	1923-1931	279	9	290	10
Teddy Ivill	England	DF	1924-1932	276	2	285	3
Albert Pynegar	England	FW	1925-1928	131	50	138	54
Ted Goodier	England	MF	1926-1931	113	2	115	3
Jack Hacking	England	GK	1926-1934	223	0	234	0
Fred Worrall	England	MF	1928-1931	105	21	107	21
Jimmy Dyson	England	MF	1928-1932	122	41	129	45
Bill Hasson	Scotland	MF	1928-1934	134	22	138	22
Billy Porter	England	DF	1928-1935	274	1	284	1
Matt Gray	England	FW	1928-1938	289	58	303	58
Tommy Seymour	England	DF	1929-1936	127	0	137	0
Alf Agar	England	MF	1932-1935	96	28	101	29
Norman Brunskill	England	MF	1932-1936	143	10	151	11
Bill Ratcliffe	England	DF	1935-1939	156	1	162	1
Lewis Caunce	England	GK	1935-1939	134	0	147	0
Billy Hilton	England	DF	1935-1939	129	4	141	5
Arthur Jones	Wales	MF	1935-1939	98	29	110	31
Tommy Williamson	England	MF	1935-1947	157	4	173	4
Bill Hayes	England	MF	1939-1951	126	3	133	3
Ken Brierley	England	MF	1945-1949, 1953-1955	125	10	134	11
Frank Tomlinson	England	MF	1946-1950	115	28	124	30
Tommy Bell	England	DF	1946-1952	170	0	181	0
Ray Haddington	England	FW	1947-1950	117	63	126	73
Jack Hurst	England	DF	1947-1950	98	2	107	2
Eric Gemmell	England	FW	1947-1954	195	109	216	120
Bill Spurdle	England	MF	1948-1950, 1957-1963	200	24	222	28
Willie Jessop	England	MF	1948-1951	94	16	106	18
Fred Ogden	England	GK	1948-1954	156	0	167	0
Lewis Brook	England	DF	1948-1957	189	14	196	14
Bill Naylor	England	DF	1948-1959	224	0	238	0
Les Smith	England	MF	1949-1955	178	3	192	4
Jimmy Munro	Scotland	MF	1950-1953	119	20	128	21
Bobby McIlvenny	Northern Ireland	FW	1950-1954	139	35	147	37
Bill Ormond	Scotland	MF	1950-1954	122	25	127	27
Archie Whyte	Scotland	DF	1950-1956	234	0	248	0
George Hardwick	England	DF	1950-1956	190	14	203	14
Don Travis	England	FW	1951-1952, 1954-1957	114	62	118	62
George Burnett	England	GK	1951-1954	100	0	105	0
Tommy Walker	England	MF	1954-1958	158	23	164	23
Jimmy Thompson	England	MF	1954-1958	110	19	116	21
Wilf Hobson	England	MF	1954-1959	170	1	180	1
John Bollands	England	GK	1955-1956, 1961-1966	154	0	171	0
Peter Neale	England	DF	1955-1958	117	28	122	31
Ted West	England	DF	1957-1960	117	0	125	0
John Bazley	England	MF	1957-1962	130	19	138	20
Peter Phoenix	England	MF	1958-1962	161	26	179	30
Brian Jarvis	Wales	MF	1959-1963	88	3	104	4
Bert Lister	England	FW	1960-1964	135	77	154	96
Ken Branagan	England	DF	1960-1965	177	5	197	5
Bobby Johnstone	Scotland	FW	1960-1965	143	35	160	38
Jimmy Frizzell	Scotland	MF	1960-1969	317	56	352	60
Alan Williams	England	DF	1961-1964	172	9	191	10
John Colquhoun	Scotland	MF	1961-1965, 1968-1970	233	38	257	50
Peter McCall	England	MF	1962-1965	108	5	116	5
Bob Ledger	England	MF	1962-1967	222	37	240	38
Jim Bowie	Scotland	MF	1962-1972	333	37	364	42
Allan Lawson	Scotland	DF	1964-1970	138	1	149	1
David Best	England	GK	1966-1968	98	0	107	0
Ian Towers	England	FW	1966-1968	95	44	105	44
Reg Blore	Wales	MF	1966-1970	187	19	202	22
Keith Bebbington	England	MF	1966-1972	237	40	255	47
Ian Wood	England	DF	1966-1980	524	22	586	27
Ronnie Blair	Northern Ireland	DF	1967-1969, 1972-1981	372	23	421	26
Les Chapman	England	MF	1967-1969, 1974-1979	263	20	298	23
David Shaw	England	FW	1969-1973, 1975-1977	214	91	229	95
Alan McNeill	Northern Ireland	MF	1969-1974	170	19	188	20
Maurice Whittle	England	DF	1969-1977	312	39	350	43
Ian Robins	England	FW	1969-1977	220	40	243	46
Bill Cranston	Scotland	DF	1970-1971	100	2	106	2
Harry Dowd	England	GK	1970-1974	121	0	131	0
Colin Garwood	England	FW	1971-1974	93	36	109	40
Dick Mulvaney	England	DF	1971-1974	92	2	106	2
Chris Ogden	England	GK	1971-1977	128	0	153	0
George McVitie	England	MF	1972-1975	113	19	127	22
Keith Hicks	England	DF	1972-1980	242	11	286	13
Paul Edwards	England	DF	1973-1978	112	7	133	8
Alan Groves	England	MF	1974-1977	140	12	163	14
Graham Bell	England	MF	1974-1979	170	9	200	9
Alan Young	Scotland	FW	1974-1979	122	30	146	39
David Holt	England	DF	1974-1980	142	1	162	1
John Platt	England	GK	1975-1981	109	0	126	0
Vic Halom	England	FW	1976-1980	123	43	154	51
John Hurst	England	DF	1976-1981	170	2	209	2
Gary Hoolickin	England	DF	1977-1987	211	2	247	3
Peter McDonnell	England	GK	1978-1982	137	0	165	0
Jim Steel	Scotland	FW	1978-1982	108	24	132	27
Paul Heaton	England	MF	1978-1983	136	28	151	33
Ged Keegan	England	MF	1979-1983	144	5	165	6
Paul Atkinson	England	MF	1979-1983, 1985-1987	176	12	202	15
Kenny Clements	England	DF	1979-1985	206	2	229	2
Rodger Wylde	England	FW	1980-1983	113	51	132	54
Paul Futcher	England	DF	1980-1983	98	1	113	1
Darron McDonough	England	MF	1980-1986	183	14	200	17
Roger Palmer	England	FW	1980-1994	466	141	536	157
John Ryan	England	DF	1981-1983, 1985-1987	100	8	112	8
Andy Goram	Scotland	GK	1982-1987, 2002	199	0	219	0
Tony Henry	England	MF	1983-1987	190	25	211	27
Willie Donachie	Scotland	DF	1984-1991	169	3	192	3
Andy Barlow	England	DF	1984-1993	261	5	308	5
Mike Milligan	England	MF	1985-1990, 1991-1994	279	23	336	27
Andy Linighan	England	DF	1986-1988	87	6	102	8
Tommy Wright	Scotland	MF	1986-1989, 1997-1998	124	25	139	29
Denis Irwin	Ireland	DF	1986-1990	167	4	204	7
Earl Barrett	England	DF	1987-1992	183	7	221	9
Andy Ritchie	England	FW	1987-1995, 1997-2001	243	84	281	107
Nick Henry	England	MF	1987-1997	273	19	333	22
Ian Marshall	England	FW	1988-1993	170	36	204	40
Rick Holden	England	MF	1989-1992, 1993-1995	189	28	234	36
Neil Adams	England	MF	1989-1994, 1999-2001	185	27	221	31
Jon Hallworth	England	GK	1989-1996	174	0	217	0
Richard Jobson	England	DF	1990-1995	189	10	225	11
Paul Bernard	Scotland	MF	1991-1995	112	18	137	21
Graeme Sharp	Scotland	FW	1991-1995	109	30	135	36
Gunnar Halle	Norway	DF	1991-1996	188	17	216	21
Craig Fleming	England	DF	1991-1997	164	1	192	1
Neil Pointon	England	DF	1992-1995	95	3	108	4
Mark Brennan	England	MF	1992-1996	90	7	107	7
Paul Gerrard	England	GK	1992-1996, 2011	120	0	137	0
Steve Redmond	England	DF	1992-1998	205	4	239	5
John Eyre	England	MF	1993-1995, 2001-2005	128	15	154	18
Chris Makin	England	DF	1993-1996	94	4	114	4
Sean McCarthy	Wales	FW	1993-1998	140	42	161	45
Richard Graham	England	DF	1993-2000	150	14	177	15
Lee Richardson	England	MF	1994-1997	88	21	101	24
Paul Rickers	England	MF	1994-2002	261	20	301	22
Stuart Barlow	England	FW	1995-1998	93	31	107	32
Carl Serrant	England	DF	1995-1998	90	1	106	2
Scott McNiven	England	DF	1995-2002	222	3	266	4
Gary Kelly	England	GK	1996-2001	225	0	263	0
Shaun Garnett	England	DF	1996-2001	173	9	196	9
Mark Allott	England	FW	1996-2001, 2007-2009	241	38	284	40
Paul Reid	England	MF	1997-1999	93	6	106	7
Andy Holt	England	DF	1997-2001	124	10	135	10
Matthew Tipton	Wales	FW	1997-2002	112	15	136	17
Lee Duxbury	England	MF	1997-2003	248	32	284	39
John Sheridan	Ireland	MF	1998-2004	145	14	165	16	Manager 2003–2009, 2016, 2017, 2022-
Carlo Corazzin	Canada	FW	2000-2003	110	20	129	23
David Eyres	England	MF	2000-2006	207	33	242	44
Darren Sheridan	England	MF	2001-2004	88	3	109	3
Paul Murray	England	MF	2001-2004	95	15	105	15
Dean Holden	England	DF	2001-2005	108	10	125	11
Will Haining	Scotland	DF	2001-2007	155	11	180	12
Les Pogliacomi	Australia	GK	2002-2007	160	0	187	0
Lee Croft	England	MF	2004-2005, 2012–2013, 2015–2017	98	1	121	4
Paul Warne	England	MF	2005-2007	86	18	100	21
Richie Wellens	England	MF	2005-2007, 2015-2016	90	8	104	8
Andy Liddell	Scotland	FW	2005-2009	125	29	144	33
Stefan Stam	Netherlands	DF	2005-2009	97	1	112	1
Neal Eardley	Wales	DF	2006-2009	113	10	129	10
Sean Gregan	England	MF	2006-2010	129	1	143	2
Chris Taylor	England	MF	2006-2012, 2017	270	33	302	35
Reuben Hazell	England	DF	2007-2010	151	7	166	7
Deane Smalley	England	FW	2007-2010	102	10	117	11
Kieren Lee	England	MF	2008-2012	117	5	134	5
Dean Furman	South Africa	MF	2009-2013	131	8	146	9
Jean-Yves Mvoto	France	DF	2010-2013	105	7	123	8
Carl Winchester	Northern Ireland	MF	2010-2017	120	8	140	8
James Wesolowski	Australia	MF	2011-2014	93	7	115	9
Jonathan Grounds	England	DF	2012-2014	89	4	106	4
Danny Philliskirk	England	FW	2013-2016	104	13	124	25
James Wilson	Wales	DF	2014-2016	100	2	109	2
Brian Wilson	England	DF	2014-2018	104	1	127	2
Peter Clarke	England	DF	2016-2019 2022-2023	122	12	140	18
Danny Gardner	England	FW	2017–2018 2022-	95	4	107	4	As of 22 December 2023
Tom Hamer	England	DF	2018-2021	84	6	105	6
Christopher Missilou	DR Congo	MF	2018-2020, 2022	92	6	104	6
Carl Piergianni	England	DF	2019-2022	89	8	104	9
Davis Keillor-Dunn	England	MF	2020-2022	87	25	105	28

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