List of Salford Red Devils players

The following is a list of rugby league players who have made 100 or more appearances for Salford Red Devils since they joined the Northern Union in 1896. Appearances include all official league and cup games, but exclude friendlies. The list is ordered by surname, and then by first name.

Players

Heritage # Name Debut season Appearances Tries Goals DGs Points Representative[1]
1056 Luke Adamson 2006 145 20 1 0 82
481 Frank Alder 1949–50 150 14 0 42
946 Malcolm Alker 1997 360 75 0 1 301  England
460 George Aspinall 1946–47 173 79 0 237
1226 Chris Atkin 2020 102 17 4 1 77
503 Albert Baines 1952–53 113 48 0 144
964 Neil Baynes 1999 144 14 0 0 56
665 Peter Banner 1968–69 180 24 1 0 74  Wales
792 Keith Bentley 1983–84 101 28 0 1 113
549 Les Bettinson 1956–57 319 75 10 245
868 Martin Birkett 1989–90 126 33 122 0 376
901 Steve Blakeley 1992–93 247 72 702 8 1700  England
809 Ian Blease 1984–85 252 49 0 0 96
790 Darren Bloor 1983–84 143 46 0 4 188
496 Frank Boardman 1951–52 167 1 0 3
649 Charlie Bott 1967–68 160 12 1 38
291 Sid Boyd 1923–24 299 56 0 168
358 Joe Bradbury 1929–30 299 15 0 45
570 Jack Brennan 1959–60 329 70 3 216
943 Gary Broadbent 1997 137 25 0 0 100
371 Bob Brown 1931–32 251 136 0 408
426 Jack Brown 1945–46 218 21 12 87
24 William Brown Prior to 1896 277 13 29 97
112 Arthur Buckler 1904–05 189 15 0 45  Wales
73 Herbert Buckler 1900–01 155 12 3 42
647 Bob Burdell 1966–67 115 6 1 20
833 Andy Burgess 1986–87 175 28 2 0 116  Ireland
220 James Burgess 1918–19 218 47 90 321
712 John Butler 1974–75 135 50 0 0 150
273 Frank Butterworth 1921–22 110 2 0 6
765 Ged Byrne 1981–82 169 84 0 0 311
196 George Callender 1911–12 114 35 1 107
348 Aubrey Casewell 1928–29 187 63 0 189  Wales
1023 Chris Charles 2003 112 16 231 0 526  England
673 Paul Charlton 1969–70 234 99 2 0 301  Great Britain
533 John Cheshire 1955–56 255 43 141 411  Wales
203 Walter Clegg 1913–14 268 14 0 42
992 Andy Coley 2001 191 50 0 0 200  Great Britain
153 Jimmy Cook 1907–08 161 98 4 302
666 Michael Coulman 1968–69 463 135 1 1 408  Great Britain
524 Harry Council 1954–55 262 20 0 60
603 Ernie Critchley 1962–63 125 14 0 42
409 George Curran 1940–41 175 12 1 38  Great Britain
176 George Currie 1910–11 193 2 0 6
157 Ephraim Curzon 1908–09 102 8 0 24  Great Britain
361 Paddy Dalton 1930–31 291 58 0 174  England
477 Tom Danby 1949–50 174 61 2 187  Great Britain
390 Dai Davies 1936–37 370 39 0 117  Wales
689 Doug Davies 1971–72 101 6 0 0 18
465 Jack Davies 1947–48 241 49 470 1087  Wales
365 Bert Day 1931–32 488 6 0 18  Wales
401 Eric Day 1939–40 116 7 0 21
670 Colin Dixon 1968–69 418 91 1 0 275  Great Britain
586 Alan Dorning 1960–61 119 21 0 63
527 Hugh Duffy 1954–55 240 51 1 155
919 Cliff Eccles 1994–95 124 13 0 0 52  Ireland
383 Alan Edwards 1935–36 199 129 29 445  Great Britain
1129 Niall Evalds 2013 160 110 0 0 440
853 Tex Evans 1988–89 144 67 0 0 268
357 Jack Feetham 1929–30 415 114 0 342  Great Britain
702 Keith Fielding 1973–74 320 253 133 0 1025  Great Britain
491 Bill Finnan 1950–51 118 47 0 141
5 George Fisher 1896–97 121 1 0 3
1026 Karl Fitzpatrick 2004 139 49 2 0 200
1180 Mark Flanagan 2016 111 9 0 0 36
755 Paul Fletcher 1980–81 171 40 40 1 227
904 Paul Forber 1992–93 146 33 0 0 132
376 Joe Gardner 1933–34 110 1 0 3
389 Albert Gear 1936–37 148 40 3 126
837 Steve Gibson 1987–88 133 62 0 0 248
682 Ken Gill 1970–71 275 62 9 1 205  Great Britain
787 Peter Glynn 1983–84 144 24 1 6 104
311 Jack Gore 1924–25 125 29 0 87  Great Britain
707 Gordon Graham 1974–75 114 28 0 0 84
488 Jim Grainger 1950–51 176 23 0 69
545 Arthur Gregory 1956–57 194 28 0 84
21 Ivor Grey 1896–97 119 9 0 27
679 Alan Grice 1970–71 245 4 0 0 12
1170 George Griffin 2015 114 23 0 0 92
22 Ben Griffiths 1896–97 161 14 64 174
785 Paul Groves 1982–83 102 15 0 0 60
1024 Gareth Haggerty 2003 125 18 0 0 72  Ireland
262 Teddy Haines 1921–22 342 56 0 168  England
607 Albert Halsall 1962–63 106 11 0 33
534 John Hancock 1955–56 104 2 15 36
379 George Harris 1934–35 105 5 0 15
394 Tommy Harrison 1937–38 359 62 9 204
7 E. T. Harter Prior to 1896 100 21 1 65
483 Bryn Hartley 1950–51 231 89 0 267
8 George Heath 1896–97 227 20 1 62
727 Harold Henney 1977–78 153 25 0 0 76
814 Steve Herbert 1985–86 133 11 0 0 44
650 Chris Hesketh 1967–68 452 128 0 0 384  Great Britain
954 Paul Highton 1998 269 24 0 0 96  Wales
347 Barney Hudson 1927–28 411 282 58 962  Great Britain
645 Paul Jackson 1966–67 134 49 3 153
362 Emlyn Jenkins 1930–31 246 88 44 352  Great Britain
1064 Lee Jewitt 2007 125 7 0 0 28
127 Dai John 1904–05 412 41 46 215  Wales
1145 Greg Johnson 2014 105 50 1 0 202
1181 Josh Jones 2016 115 19 0 0 76
521 Graham Jones 1954–55 239 119 0 357  Wales
495 Brian Keavney 1950–51 169 31 104 301
399 Joe Kenny 1938–39 141 30 0 90
860 Steve Kerry 1988–89 100 45 293 12 778
691 John Knighton 1971–72 182 31 0 0 93
1169 Ryan Lannon 2015 104 11 0 0 44
186 Harry Launce 1911–12 176 2 15 36
868 Mark Lee 1989–90 244 31 0 29 153
107 Ike Lewis 1903–04 118 7 0 21
957 Stuart Littler 1998 329 113 0 0 452
84 James Lomas 1901–02 312 210 470 1570  Great Britain
189 Arthur Loveluck 1911–12 128 33 2 103
1184 Robert Lui 2016 109 35 33 0 206
914 Nathan McAvoy 1993–94 143 78 0 0 312  England
714 Chris McGreal 1974–75 119 13 3 0 45
479 Tom McKinney 1949–50 148 0 4 8  Great Britain
778 Mick McTigue 1982–83 181 27 0 0 102
697 Graham MacKay 1972–73 114 5 0 0 15
749 David Major 1979–89 221 10 0 0 39
507 Peter Marston 1952–53 108 6 0 18
925 Scott Martin 1994–95 105 32 0 0 128
171 Edgar May 1910–11 138 34 2 106
318 Reg Meek 1925–26 260 32 25 146
159 Bernard Mesley 1908–09 213 86 171 600
352 Alf Middleton 1928–29 285 67 25 251  Great Britain
355 Sammy Miller 1929–30 312 81 57 357
437 Dai Moses 1945–46 328 29 4 95
241 Jack Muir 1920–21 338 14 0 42
600 Paul Murphy 1961–62 145 64 70 332
715 Steve Nash 1975–76 275 31 9 17 129  Great Britain
906 Scott Naylor 1993–94 114 38 0 0 152
634 Terry Ogden 1964–65 138 15 0 45
732 Paul O'Neill 1978–79 142 42 0 0 127
369 Harold Osbaldestin 1931–32 271 25 48 171
11 Arthur Pearson 1896–97 117 46 1 140
547 Bob Preece 1956–57 152 48 9 162
694 Eric Prescott 1972–73 291 51 7 1 173
94 Dave Preston 1902–03 256 41 1 125
657 Bob Prosser 1967–68 129 21 0 63  Wales
585 Trevor Rabbitt 1960–61 101 14 0 42
1068 Stefan Ratchford 2007 108 40 29 0 218
166 Charlie Rees 1909–10 163 21 0 63  Wales
120 Dai Rees 1904–05 198 14 0 42  Wales
40 Jack Rhapps 1897–98 286 3 1 11
672 Maurice Richards 1969–70 498 297 32 0 956  Great Britain
353 Gus Risman 1929–30 427 143 796 2021  Great Britain
177 Robert Ritchie 1910–11 147 9 0 27
442 Jack Rogers 1945–46 170 14 52 146
731 Steve Rule 1977–78 123 23 384 11 848  Wales
1151 Junior Sa'u 2014 142 59 0 0 236  Samoa
349 Fred Shaw 1928–29 152 2 1 8
66 Robert Shaw 1899–1900 175 8 0 24
1044 Ian Sibbit 2005 118 22 0 0 88
1083 Adam Sidlow 2008 112 17 0 0 68
1214 Ken Sio 2019 104 78 13 0 338
651 Peter Smethurst 1967–68 124 10 1 32
41 Dan Smith 1897–98 218 1 14 31
504 Fred Smith 1952–53 141 13 91 221
1101 Marc Sneyd 2010 133 18 376 13 837  England
916 Paul Southern 1993–94 126 7 15 0 58  Ireland
252 Fergie Southward 1920–21 340 90 158 586
619 Joe Southward 1963–64 100 20 37 134
156 George Thom 1907–08 157 6 2 22
132 Evan Thomas 1905–06 307 24 0 72  Wales
393 Harold Thomas 1937–38 119 6 0 18  Wales
98 Willie Thomas 1903–04 444 92 62 400  Wales
433 Peter Todd 1945–46 142 38 0 114
1156 Logan Tomkins 2014 137 8 0 0 32
45 Pat Tunney 1897–98 222 11 0 33  England
703 Sam Turnbull 1973–74 165 30 0 0 92
123 Silas Warwick 1904–05 209 20 1 62  Great Britain
367 Billy Watkins 1931–32 366 48 9 162  Great Britain
655 David Watkins 1967–68 407 147 1225 16 2907  Great Britain
1196 Kris Welham 2017 102 31 0 0 124
644 Stuart Whitehead 1966–67 223 56 0 168
201 William Wilkinson 1912–13 180 21 0 63
341 Billy Williams 1927–28 435 14 0 42  Great Britain
42 Jack Williams 1897–98 269 9 0 27
847 Peter Williams 1987–88 153 35 0 0 140  Great Britain
729 Stewart Williams 1977–78 223 60 0 0 197
402 Syd Williams 1939–40 222 81 43 329  Wales
43 Tom Williams 1897–98 140 84 14 280
1052 John Wilshere 2006 110 51 269 0 742
204 Ernest Woods 1913–14 186 9 0 27
841 Mick Worrall 1987–88 106 27 9 2 128
889 Dai Young 1991–92 153 15 8 0 76  Wales

Notes

  1. ^ Representative honours are only stated if earned whilst playing for Salford. Only the highest level of competition is given (i.e. if a player has competed at international level, honours at county or youth level are omitted).

References

  • Platt, Darrell (1991). A History of Salford Rugby League Club. Salford Rugby League Club.
  • Morris, Graham (2001). 100 Greats: Salford Rugby League Club. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN 978-0-7524-2196-4.
  • "Salford Red Devils - Players". Rugby League Project. Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson and Bill Bates. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  • "Player Directory by Team - Salford Red Devils". Rugby League Records. Rugby League Record Keepers’ Club. Retrieved 31 October 2024.