- The list is currently updated to include all players who have joined the club since 1991. Those who joined before that date still need to be added.
- The list is sorted by the year the player joined the club. If more than one player joined in the same year then they are sorted alphabetically.
Player
- Players listed in italics spent their entire career with the club on loan.
Club years
- Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.
Appearances
- League and total appearances are sourced to Royals Record from 1991–92 to 1995–96,[1][2] and Soccerbase from 1996–97 onwards.[3]
International career
- Players who made international appearances only have the highest level at which they played listed.
- A player's senior international team is sourced to National Football Teams[4] whilst appearances at age group level are sourced to the Association of Football Statisticians.[5] Players not covered by the above are sourced as needed in the "Refs" column.
- As of match played 5 November 2024
James Henry, one of 24 players to have come through the
Academy at Reading and gone on to play for the first-team since 1999.
[6]
Greg Halford played just three times for Reading despite signing for a then club-record fee in excess of £2.25m.
[7]
Matthew Connolly was part of three successive
Championship winning sides between 2011 and 2013 with
QPR, Reading and
Cardiff City.
[8]
Part of a defence that kept seven consecutive clean sheets,
Matthew Upson was hailed by then assistant manager
Kevin Dillon as "the best loan signing this club has had".
[9]
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Soccerbase incorrectly credits Jack Mills with two appearances against Hull City and Charlton Athletic on 23 and 27 August 2011 respectively, that should instead be attributed to Joseph Mills as confirmed by the official match reports on the Reading website.[20][21]
"Reading squad stats". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Player stats from earlier seasons available via the drop-down menu.
"Home". National Football Teams. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the drop-down menus or search function.
"All Reading Football Club players". The Association of Football Statisticians. Retrieved 31 July 2013. Players can be found using the menu on the left-hand side or search function.