List of Aberdeen F.C. players

For a complete list of former Aberdeen players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Aberdeen F.C. players. For the current squad, see Aberdeen F.C. § Current squad.

Aberdeen F.C. is a Scottish professional football club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. The club was founded in 1903 after an amalgamation of three local clubs; Orion F.C., Victoria United and the original Aberdeen FC.^[1] The club has played at Pittodrie Stadium since 1903.^[2] They are one of the most successful clubs in Scotland, having won four League championships and thirteen domestic trophies, as well as the European Cup Winners' Cup and UEFA Super Cup in 1983.

More than 200 players have made at least 100 appearances (including substitute appearances); those players are listed here. Other players who have made fewer appearances are also included where they are regarded as having played a significant role for the club, with the reason for their inclusion indicated in the Notes column. The club's record appearance maker is Willie Miller, who played 797 games for Aberdeen between 1972 and his retirement in 1990. Joe Harper is the club's top goalscorer with 199 goals in major competitions.

Notable players

Players are listed according to the date of their first team début for the club. Appearances and goals are for competitive first-team matches in Scottish League, Scottish Cup, Scottish League Cup and European Competition only; minor competitions (i.e. the Aberdeenshire Cup) and wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances are included.

Positions key

GK	Goalkeeper	DF	Defender	MF	Midfielder	FW	Forward

  Aberdeen Hall of Fame Inductee^[3]   Player currently contracted at Aberdeen^[4]

Statistics correct as of match played on 28 May 2023

List of Aberdeen F.C. players with at least 100 appearances or otherwise stated notability^[5]

Name	Nat	Pos	Aberdeen years	League	Scottish Cup	League Cup	Europe	Total	Goals	Notes
Henry Low		MF	1903–1907	96	7	N/A	N/A	103	23	—
Tom Strang		DF	1903–1907	96	8	N/A	N/A	104	3	—
Rab Macfarlane		GK	1904–1908	112	11	N/A	N/A	123	0	—
Alex Halkett		MF	1904–1909	117	12	N/A	N/A	129	2	—
Wilf Low		DF	1904–1916	107	12	N/A	N/A	119	3	—
Willie Lennie		MF	1905–1913	228	24	N/A	N/A	252	67	[nb 1][6]
Stewart Davidson		DF	1905–1917 1923–1924	136	17	N/A	N/A	153	1	—
Charles O'Hagan		FW	1906–1910	99	13	N/A	N/A	112	24	[nb 2][6]
George Wilson		DF	1907–1914	181	13	N/A	N/A	194	14	—
Donald Colman		DF	1907–1920	323	23	N/A	N/A	346	1	—
Jock Hume		DF	1907–1920	282	23	N/A	N/A	305	3	—
Jimmy Soye		FW	1909–1915	185	14	N/A	N/A	201	25	—
Paddy Travers		FW	1910–1911 1912–1914	97	7	N/A	N/A	104	24	—
Jock Wyllie		DF	1910–1920	169	13	N/A	N/A	182	28	—
Davie Main		FW	1911–1917	158	8	N/A	N/A	163	58	—
Joseph Walker		FW	1911–1917	133	6	N/A	N/A	139	25	—
Bobby Hannah		DF	1911–1921	116	11	N/A	N/A	127	1	—
Dod Brewster		MF	1913–1920	119	0	N/A	N/A	119	9	—
Alex Wright		MF	1913–1922	126	16	N/A	N/A	142	11	—
Arthur Robertson		MF	1913–1923	96	8	N/A	N/A	104	6	—
Bobby Archibald		MF	1914–1920	109	4	N/A	N/A	113	16	—
Willie Wylie		FW	1914–1920	119	3	N/A	N/A	122	12	—
George Anderson		GK	1914–1922	205	8	N/A	N/A	213	0	—
Bert MacLachlan		DF	1914–1927	315	43	N/A	N/A	358	16	—
Walter Grant		MF	1915–1924	91	9	N/A	N/A	100	12	—
Jacky Connon		FW	1919–1923	93	13	N/A	N/A	106	25	—
Jock Hutton		DF	1919–1927	239	41	N/A	N/A	280	17	—
Billy Middleton		FW	1920–1923	110	16	N/A	N/A	126	8	—
Vic Milne		DF	1920–1923	110	12	N/A	N/A	122	7	—
Douglas Thomson		FW	1920–1923	95	12	N/A	N/A	107	33	—
Andy Rankine		FW	1920–1925	136	22	N/A	N/A	158	38	—
Matt Forsyth		DF	1920–1926	161	24	N/A	N/A	185	0	—
Jimmy Smith		MF	1922–1931	297	39	N/A	N/A	336	64	—
Johnny Miller		FW	1921–1927	109	15	N/A	N/A	124	61	—
Harry Blackwell		GK	1921–1930	216	36	N/A	N/A	252	0	—
Duff Bruce		DF	1923–1928	95	15	N/A	N/A	110	0	—
Robert Bruce		FW	1924–1928	94	16	N/A	N/A	110	45	—
Jock Edward		DF	1924–1928	87	16	N/A	N/A	103	3	—
Alec Cheyne		FW	1925–1930	126	11	N/A	N/A	137	55	—
Willie Jackson		DF	1925–1932	183	23	N/A	N/A	206	8	—
Bob McDermid		FW	1925–1932	246	27	N/A	N/A	273	48	—
Andy Love		FW	1925–1934	216	22	N/A	N/A	238	83	—
Jimmy Black		DF	1927–1932	155	15	N/A	N/A	170	4	—
Benny Yorston		FW	1927–1932	143	13	N/A	N/A	156	125	[nb 3][7]
Eddie Falloon		DF	1927–1938	223	26	N/A	N/A	249	6	—
Willie Cooper		DF	1927–1948[lower-alpha 1]	328	37	9	N/A	374[lower-alpha 1]	3	—
Frank Hill		DF	1928–1932	98	8	N/A	N/A	106	10	—
Hugh McLaren		DF	1928–1932	105	10	N/A	N/A	115	5	—
Steve Smith		GK	1930–1937	234	24	N/A	N/A	258	0	—
Dave Warnock		FW	1930–1939	133	17	N/A	N/A	150	40	—
Bob Fraser		MF	1931–1938	194	21	N/A	N/A	215	4	—
Charlie McGill		DF	1931–1938	218	22	N/A	N/A	240	1	—
Matt Armstrong		FW	1931–1946**	195	24	N/A	N/A	232	158	—
Jackie Benyon		MF	1932–1937	126	14	N/A	N/A	140	37	—
Willie Mills		FW	1932–1938	182	28	N/A	N/A	210	114	—
George Thomson		MF	1932–1939	213[lower-alpha 1]	31	N/A	N/A	244[lower-alpha 1]	20	—
Johnny McKenzie		FW	1935–1938	107	12	N/A	N/A	119	21	—
Bill Strauss		MF	1936–1945	85[lower-alpha 1]	14	N/A	N/A	99[lower-alpha 1]	56	—
Frank Dunlop		DF	1936–1948	112[lower-alpha 1]	20	N/A	N/A	132[lower-alpha 1]	1	—
George Johnstone		GK	1936–1949	150[lower-alpha 1]	25	24	N/A	199[lower-alpha 1]	0	—
George Taylor		MF	1937–1948	63[lower-alpha 1]	8	11	N/A	82[lower-alpha 1]	6	—
George Hamilton		FW	1937–1954	200[lower-alpha 1]	32	48	N/A	284[lower-alpha 1]	153	—
Andy Cowie		MF	1938–1948	60[lower-alpha 1]	8	16	N/A	84[lower-alpha 1]	0	—
Stan Williams		FW	1938–1949	72[lower-alpha 1]	19	17	N/A	99[lower-alpha 1]	34	—
Pat McKenna		DF	1944–1952	133[lower-alpha 1]	17	28	N/A	178[lower-alpha 1]	0	—
Archie Baird		MF	1946–1953	104[lower-alpha 1]	16	23	N/A	144[lower-alpha 1]	35	—
Tony Harris		MF	1946–1953	188	31	54	N/A	273	30	—
Harry Yorston		FW	1947–1957	202	29	47	N/A	278	141	—
Archie Glen		MF	1947–1960	203	24	43	N/A	270	27	—
Don Emery		DF	1948–1952	89	11	25	N/A	125	25	—
Chris Anderson		DF	1948–1953	71	13	19	N/A	103	1	[nb 4][8]
Tommy Pearson		MF	1948–1953	85	14	17	N/A	116	16	—
Jack Hather		FW	1948–1960	264	34	53	N/A	351	105	—
Alec Young		DF	1950–1958	168	23	30	N/A	221	1	—
Fred Martin		GK	1950–1959	208	33	52	N/A	293	0	—
Paddy Buckley		FW	1952–1957	107	20	26	N/A	153	90	—
Jack Allister		MF	1952–1958	117	21	25	N/A	163	23	—
Jimmy Mitchell		DF	1952–1958	129	21	34	N/A	184	0	—
Bob Wishart		FW	1952–1961	177	22	36	N/A	235	62	—
Graham Leggat		MF	1953–1958	109	16	26	N/A	151	92	—
David Caldwell		DF	1953–1960	132	16	30	N/A	178	0	—
Jim Clunie		DF	1953–1960	104	16	21	N/A	141	9	—
George Mulhall		FW	1953–1962	110	9	31	N/A	150	42	—
Jimmy Hogg		DF	1953–1965	214	22	43	N/A	279	1	—
Norrie Davidson		FW	1955–1961	109	14	23	N/A	146	84	—
Ken Brownlee		MF	1955–1963	109	14	23	N/A	146	39	—
Dickie Ewen		MF	1957–1961	82	13	11	N/A	106	24	—
John Ogston		GK	1957–1965	179	17	34	N/A	230	0	—
Ian Burns		MF	1957–1966	142	16	34	N/A	192	6	—
Billy Little		FW	1957–1968	237	23	45	1	306	96	—
George Kinnell		MF	1959–1964	130	12	23	N/A	165	25	—
Ernie Winchester		FW	1959–1967	123	15	30	N/A	168	93	—
Doug Coutts		DF	1960–1964	98	10	13	N/A	121	4	—
Charlie Cooke		MF	1960–1965	125	14	26	N/A	165	30	—
Dave Bennett		DF	1960–1966	111	12	16	N/A	139	0	—
Ally Shewan		DF	1960–1969	220	26	46	8	300	9	—
Dave Smith		MF	1961–1966	133	14	19	N/A	166	13	—
Henning Boel		DF	1964–1974	105	17	22	6	150	4	—
Jim Whyte		DF	1965–1970	105	20	24	4	152	8	—
Jimmy Wilson		FW	1965–1967	75	11	20	4	110	34	—
Jim Smith		MF	1965–1969	103	14	15	8	140	37	—
Jens Petersen		DF	1965–1970	141	22	31	7	201	11	—
Tommy McMillan		DF	1965–1972	172	23	45	8	248	2	—
Jim Hermiston		DF	1965–1975	195	15	45	15	270	16	—
Davie Robb		FW	1965–1978	251	27	32	21	345	99	—
Bobby Clark		GK	1965–1980	424	49	95	23	591	0	—
Martin Buchan		DF	1966–1972	133	20	23	12	188	11	—
Ian Taylor		FW	1966–1974	109	9	27	11	156	28	—
George Murray		DF	1967–1973	89	11	20	7	127	4	—
Jim Forrest		FW	1968–1973	128	20	27	11	186	62	—
Derek McKay		FW	1969–1971	15	3	0	1	19	4	[nb 5][9]
Joe Harper		FW	1969–1973 1976–1981	207	24	53	16	300	199	[nb 6][10]
Alex Willoughby		MF	1969–1974	103	9	27	10	149	15	—
Billy Williamson		MF	1969–1976	95	9	23	0	127	23	—
Willie Young		DF	1969–1976	133	12	32	11	188	14	—
Steve Murray		MF	1970–1973	101	10	22	7	140	25	—
Arthur Graham		MF	1970–1977	220	22	44	11	297	45	—
Chic McLelland		DF	1972–1979	157	17	35	6	212	5	—
Joe Smith		MF	1972–1979	142	12	34	3	191	11	—
Drew Jarvie		FW	1972–1982	275	28	66	17	386	130	—
John McMaster		MF	1972–1986	206	28	54	28	316	12	—
Willie Miller		DF	1972–1990	561	66	109	61	797	32	[nb 7][3]
Eddie Thomson		DF	1973–1976	91	6	20	4	121	2	—
Duncan Davidson		FW	1974–1981	78	16	15	3	112	28	—
Willie Garner		DF	1975–1981	113	11	31	6	161	3	—
Doug Rougvie		DF	1975–1984	180	26	45	28	279	21	—
Dom Sullivan		MF	1976–1979	97	12	21	7	137	14	—
Stuart Kennedy		DF	1976–1983	223	29	55	26	333	9	—
Alex McLeish		DF	1976–1994	494	68	74	56	692	30	[nb 8][6]
Steve Archibald		FW	1977–1980	76	10	18	6	110	46	—
Andy Watson		MF	1977–1983	99	12	13	12	136	17	—
Gordon Strachan		MF	1977–1984	183	29	43	34	292	90	—
Ian Scanlon		MF	1978–1981	93	11	18	10	132	20	—
Jim Leighton		GK	1978–1988 1997–2000	385	48	54	48	535	0	—
Neil Simpson		MF	1978–1989	205	34	34	37	310	31	—
Mark McGhee		FW	1979–1984	164	20	35	31	250	100	—
Dougie Bell		MF	1979–1985	109	22	29	25	185	14	—
John Hewitt		FW	1979–1989	241	33	46	43	363	90	—
Eric Black		FW	1981–1986	115	35	18	22	180	70	—
Neale Cooper		DF	1980–1986	133	27	27	33	220	10	—
Ian Angus		MF	1980–1987	84	15	10	11	120	12	—
Peter Weir		MF	1981–1987	159	19	29	30	237	38	—
Willie Falconer		FW	1982–1988	78	5	9	10	102	17	—
Stewart McKimmie		DF	1983–1997	430	45	47	39	561	9	—
Billy Stark		MF	1983–1987	112	12	14	11	149	59	—
Frank McDougall		FW	1984–1986	53	6	6	3	69	44	[nb 9][11]
Joe Miller		FW	1984–1987 1993–1998	206	20	24	14	264	47	—
Brian Grant		MF	1984–1996	265	27	25	15	332	32	—
Jim Bett		MF	1985–1994	258	27	32	21	338	48	—
Brian Irvine		DF	1985–1997	307	30	26	20	383	40	—
David Robertson		DF	1985–1991	135	10	21	11	177	3	—
Robert Connor		MF	1986–1994	206	18	22	17	263	22	—
Charlie Nicholas		FW	1987–1990	77	16	8	3	104	36	—
Stephen Wright		DF	1987–1995	150	13	12	6	181	2	—
Eoin Jess		MF	1987–1996 1997–2001	312	23	34	11	380	94	—
Theo Snelders		GK	1988–1996	227	20	29	14	290	0	—
Paul Mason		MF	1988–1993	158	12	15	8	193	37	—
Hans Gillhaus		FW	1989–1992	84	6	5	5	100	31	—
Scott Booth		FW	1989–1997 2003–2004	184	20	17	8	229	70	—
Paul Kane		MF	1991–1995	119	10	7	5	141	13	—
Gary Smith		DF	1991–1996 1997–1999	209	18	19	3	249	2	—
Mixu Paatelainen		FW	1992–1994	85	9	6	3	93	28	—
Duncan Shearer		FW	1992–1997	152	18	15	9	194	79	—
Stephen Glass		MF	1994–1998	109	9	10	3	131	13	—
John Inglis		DF	1994–1998	100	6	12	4	121	5	—
Billy Dodds		FW	1994–1999	141	9	16	8	172	67	—
David Rowson		MF	1994–2001	133	7	9	7	156	11	—
Paul Bernard		MF	1995–2001	98	11	10	2	121	8	[nb 10][12]
Darren Young		MF	1995–2003	132	9	8	10	159	6	—
Ryan Esson		GK	1996–2006	89	5	4	2	100	0	—
Derek Young		MF	1996–2003 2007–2011	205	22	15	11	253	22	—
Russell Anderson		DF	1996–2007 2012–2015	343	30	25	9	407	20	—
Michael Hart		DF	1997–2000 2003–2008	113	9	7	6	145	0	—
Derek Whyte		DF	1997–2002	133	12	8	1	154	0	—
Chris Clark		MF	1997–2008 2011–2014	233	22	14	9	278	13	—
Robbie Winters		FW	1998–2002	132	11	7	2	152	45	—
Kevin McNaughton		DF	1998–2006	175	13	9	5	202	3	—
Darren Mackie		FW	1998–2012	314	22	19	10	365	69	—
Jamie McAllister		DF	1999–2003	117	15	8	4	144	1	—
Phil McGuire		DF	1999–2005	153	14	8	6	181	10	—
David Preece		GK	1999–2005	89	10	7	0	106	0	—
Ricky Foster		DF	2001–2012	235	19	11	9	274	9	—
Zander Diamond		DF	2002–2011	205	23	13	8	249	19	—
Andrew Considine		DF	2003–2022	444	49	34	44	571	41	—
Scott Severin		MF	2004–2009	166	13	8	8	195	12	—
Barry Nicholson		MF	2005–2008	102	9	7	7	125	21	—
Jamie Smith		MF	2005–2009	85	7	6	4	102	18	—
Chris Maguire		FW	2005–2011	131	14	7	6	158	22	—
Jamie Langfield		GK	2005–2015	278	26	16	16	336	0	—
Lee Miller		FW	2006–2010	120	11	5	9	145	33	—
Sone Aluko		MF	2007–2011	102	14	4	7	127	13	—
Peter Pawlett		MF	2008–2017	172	15	14	12	213	20	—
Josh Magennis		FW	2010–2014	105	10	8	0	122	12	—
Scott Vernon		FW	2010–2014	128	15	13	0	158	44	—
Ryan Jack		MF	2010–2017	199	16	17	18	250	11	—
Jonny Hayes		MF	2012–2017 2020–2024	278	18	23	33	352	38	—
Niall McGinn		FW	2012–2017 2018–2022	269	32	20	27	358	87	—
Mark Reynolds		DF	2012–2019	186	19	16	16	237	7	—
Willo Flood		MF	2013–2016	80	4	7	13	104	3	—
Ashton Taylor		DF	2014–2017 2019–2021	145	11	5	17	178	12	—
Shay Logan		DF	2014–2021	224	21	17	32	294	15	—
Adam Rooney		FW	2014–2018	151	15	11	20	197	88	—
Kenny McLean		MF	2015–2018	126	10	7	15	158	25	—
Graeme Shinnie		DF	2015–2019 2023-	194	18	16	24	252	17	—
Joe Lewis		GK	2016–2023	208	22	14	27	271	0	—
Scott McKenna		DF	2014–2020	91	12	5	10	118	5	—
Lewis Ferguson		MF	2018–2022	132	15	5	17	169	37	—
Sam Cosgrove		FW	2018–2021	79	11	5	8	103	47	—
Connor McLennan		FW	2016–2023	86	10	5	7	108	8	—
Ross McCrorie		MF	2020–2023	92	6	8	9	115	8	—

1. Made additional appearances in 1939–40 and/or 1945–46 which are counted in normal league tallies in the source.

Notes

1. First Aberdeen player capped by Scotland
2. The first Aberdeen player to win a cap for his country.
3. Record for most goals in one season (46)
4. Anderson went on to become a director at Aberdeen in 1967, and played a significant role in the club's rise to prominence over the following 20 years.
5. Known as "Cup-tie McKay"; scored four goals in the 1970 Scottish Cup, including two in the final.
6. Club record goalscorer (199 goals)
7. Record appearances (797 in all major competitions, 561 in league)
8. Record international appearances whilst with Aberdeen (77)
9. McDougall was the top-scorer in the Scottish Premier Division in season 1984–85
10. Highest transfer fee paid (£1 million)

References

1. Webster, Jack (2003). The First 100 years of The Dons: The official history of Aberdeen Football Club 1903–2003. London: Hodder & Stoughton. pp. 69–70. ISBN 0-340-82344-5.
2. "Pittodrie Stadium". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 22 January 2018.
3. "Hall of Fame". Aberdeen FC. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
4. "Current squad". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
5. "All time AFC statistics". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 19 August 2019. Appearances and goals are taken from the statistics compiled by the Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust website. However, this site includes matches played and goals scored during season 1945–46 in the official league fixtures. This is incorrect, as the league competition that season was still an unofficial "wartime" competition. As such, these appearances and goals, and those of the five voided league matches from 1939–40, have been removed from the statistics listed here.
6. "Dark Blue Dons". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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8. "Chris Anderson". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
9. "Four-goal legacy of 'Cup-tie McKay'". The Scotsman. 21 April 2008. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
10. "Joe Harper". Aberdeen FC Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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• List of Aberdeen F.C. players at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database