List of Motherwell F.C. players

This is a list footballers who have played for Motherwell Football Club.

Key

• 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.

Club years

• Counted as the years the player signed for, and left the club.

Appearances and goals

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

Players with 100 or more appearances

As of match played 20 December 2024

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	Refs
Walter Cowan	MF	1893–1895, 1897–1902	116	23	153	33
Hugh McNeil	DF	1899–1900, 1901, 1904–1914	267	6	300	6
John McLean	DF	1904–1910	132	0	140	0
George Nicol	FW	1904–1915	272	47	296	51
James Rattray	DF	1906–1910	101	0	106	0
Colin Hampton	GK	1909–1914	134	0	151	0	Scottish League XI
Francis McStay	DF	1911–1919	214	6	226	7
Duncan Finlayson	DF	1912–1921	157	22	158	22
Robert Stewart	DF	1916–1925	272	8	292	9
Hughie Ferguson	FW	1916–1925	299	284	322	311	Scottish League XI
Craig Brown	DF	1916–1917, 1919, 1919–1924	196	11	222	14	Scottish League XI
Robert Gardiner	FW	1917–1921	112	15	113	15
Willie Rankin	FW	1917–1924	230	54	249	56	Scottish League XI
Bob Ferrier	FW	1917–1937	626	255	697	270	Scottish League XI
Willie Paterson	MF	1919–1925	126	1	138	1
James Jackson	DF	1919–1923	97	1	102	1	Scottish League XI
Willie MacFadyen	FW	1921–1936	378	235	421	267	Scotland
Dick Little	DF	1922–1929	168	11	181	12
John Johnman	DF	1923–1932	249	1	274	1
George Stevenson	FW	1923–1939	510	169	573	197	Scotland
Allan McClory	GK	1924–1937	427	0	472	0	Scotland
Allan Craig	DF	1924–1933	294	3	325	3	Scotland
Willie Frame	DF	1924–1931, 1938–1939	183	0	198	0
David Thackeray	DF	1925–1928	110	4	117	4	Scottish League XI
John McMenemy	FW	1928–1936	261	74	296	83	Scotland
John Murdoch	FW	1928–1933	142	50	166	65	Scotland
Willie Dowall	MF	1929–1935	118	43	127	47
Hugh Wales	FW	1929–1939	317	15	364	20	Scotland
Willie Telfer	FW	1929–1939	284	1	325	3	Scotland
Ben Ellis	FW	1930–1939	286	20	328	25	Wales
John Blair	DF	1931–1944	246	2	275	2	Scotland
Tommy McKenzie	MF	1931–1942	144	2	164	3	Scottish League XI
Duncan Ogilvie	MF	1932–1936, 1936–1941	193	72	225	52	Scotland
William Grant	DF	1935–1939	100	1	108	1
Hutton Bremner	FW	1935–1945	119	35	139	43
Don Macleod	DF	1938–1952	145	2	198	5
Willie Kilmarnock	DF	1939–1956	296	11	418	16	Scotland
John Johnston	GK	1941–1955	205	0	286	0
Andy Paton	DF	1942–1958	302	0	420	1	Scotland
Archie Shaw	DF	1942–1958	256	0	362	3	Scottish League XI
Willie Redpath	DF	1946–1956	227	15	337	26	Scottish League XI
Gordon Bremner	FW	1946–1951	99	17	122	20	Scottish League XI
Wilson Humphries	FW	1946–1956	199	68	284	105	Scotland
Jimmy Watson	FW	1946–1952	147	48	217	75	Scotland
Johnny Aitkenhead	MF	1949–1957	170	50	256	83	Scottish League XI
Jim Forrest	FW	1949–1960	214	57	309	91	Scotland
Archie Kelly	FW	1949–1953	104	66	152	95
Charlie Aitken	MF	1950–1966	314	38	314	38	Scotland B Scottish League XI
Charlie Cox	MF	1951–1958	88	4	131	9
Tommy Sloan	MF	1951–1957	112	35	160	54
Pat Quinn	FW	1955–1962	196	86	251	119	Scotland
Bert McCann	MF	1956–1965	247	22	331	27	Scotland
Ian Gardiner	FW	1956–1959	95	48	119	64	Scotland
Ian St John	FW	1956–1961	113	79	144	105	Scotland
John Martis	DF	1957–1969	297	2	400	2	Scotland
Andy Weir	MF	1957–1968	202	44	285	61	Scotland
Willie Hunter	FW	1957–1967	228	43	301	64	Scotland
Bobby McCallum	DF	1958–1968	163	11	225	14	Scottish League XI
Pat Delaney	DF	1959–1966	164	22	229	40
Willie McCallum	DF	1959–1973	272	1	352	1
Bobby Roberts	FW	1959–1963	91	27	128	42	Scottish League XI
George Murray	MF	1962–1968	127	16	127+	16+	Scottish League XI
Joe McBride	FW	1962–1965	90	56	131	88	Scottish League XI
Peter McCloy	GK	1964–1970	137	0	184	0	Scotland
Davie Whiteford	DF	1965–1973	197	13	259	16
Bobby Campbell	MF	1965–1971	161	36	197	46
Dixie Deans	FW	1965–1971	152	78	198	89	Scotland
Keith MacRae	GK	1967–1974	126	1	170	2	Scotland under-23 Scottish League XI
Tom Forsyth	DF	1967–1972	150	17	206	23	Scotland
Joe Wark	DF	1968–1984	464	14	539	18	Scottish League XI
Tom Donnelly	MF	1968–1971	74	10	100	13
Bobby Watson	DF	1969–1976	182	3	256	8	Scotland
Willie Pettigrew	FW	1972–1979	156	80	216	102	Scotland
Peter Millar	MF	1972–1979	179	17	238	22	Scottish League XI
Willie Watson	DF	1973–1978	127	2	173	3
Bobby Graham	FW	1973–1977	132	37	179	48
Stewart MacLaren	DF	1974–1979	123	5	159	7
Gregor Stevens	DF	1974–1979, 1984–1985	147	19	189	19	Scottish League XI
Peter Marinello	FW	1975–1978	89	12	117	21	Scottish League XI
Willie McVie	DF	1975–1979	87	2	122	2	Scotland under-23
Vic Davidson	MF	1975–1978	95	19	128	35
Ian Clinging	MF	1977–1983	114	21	135	30
Joe Carson	DF	1978–1984	126	8	158	10
Stuart Rafferty	MF	1978–1984	89	17	110	18
John Gahagan	MF	1979–1990	284	35	337	43
Brian McLaughlin	MF	1979–1982	116	37	129	42
Willie Irvine	FW	1979–1982	120	49	138	51
Andy Dornan	DF	1982–1986	92	4	112	4
Andy Harrow	FW	1982–1986	103	19	125	29
Ally Maxwell	GK	1983–1991	135	0	153	0
Tom Boyd	DF	1983–1991	252	6	301	7	Scotland
Fraser Wishart	DF	1983–1989, 1996–1997	172	5	196	6
Derek Murray	DF	1984–1988	95	5	95	5
Chris McCart	DF	1985–1997	267	6	305	8	Scotland B
Craig Paterson	DF	1986–1991	158	8	183	8	Scotland under-21
John Philliben	DF	1986–1998	302	7	345	8
Dougie Arnott	FW	1986–1998	240	58	277	70
Steve Kirk	FW	1986–1995	301	63	324	84
Tom McAdam	FW	1986–1989	99	3	113	3
Jamie Dolan	MF	1987–1997	194	5	223	6
Bobby Russell	MF	1987–1992	131	15	152	18	Scotland under-21
Davie Cooper	MF	1989–1993	157	17	176	18	Scotland
Luc Nijholt	MF	1990–1993	96	5	113	6
Ian Angus	MF	1990–1994	87	8	102	10
Phil O'Donnell	FW	1990–1994, 2004–2007	201	23	233	27	Scotland
Brian Martin	DF	1991–1998	237	10	273	11	Scotland
Alex Burns	FW	1991–1997, 2003–2005	117	11	125	14	Scotland
Rob McKinnon	DF	1992–1996	152	8	175	8	Scotland
Steve McMillan	DF	1993–2001	152	6	175	6	Scotland under-21
Billy Davies	MF	1993–1998	116	9	137	11
Paul Lambert	MF	1993–1996	103	6	119	7	Scotland
Tommy Coyne	FW	1993–1998	134	57	156	61	Republic of Ireland
Stevie Woods	GK	1994–2003	142	0	160	0
Eddie May	DF	1994–1999	109	5	128	5	Scotland under-21
Lee McCulloch	MF	1994–2001	124	21	147	27
Stephen Craigan	DF	1995–2000, 2003–2012	332	5	391	7	Northern Ireland
Simo Valakari	DF	1996–2000	105	0	119	0	Finland
Derek Adams	MF	1998–2004	159	19	178	23
Steven Hammell	DF	1999–2006, 2008–2018	497	4	583	5	Scotland
Keith Lasley	MF	1999–2004, 2006–2017	413	19	487	23
Martyn Corrigan	DF	2000–2008	243	6	272	6	Scotland B
Scott Leitch	MF	2000–2006	128	1	144	1
Stephen Pearson	MF	2000–2004, 2015–2016, 2017	130	21	142	24	Scotland
James McFadden	FW	2000–2003, 2013–2014, 2015–2017	112	37	123	44	Scotland
David Clarkson	FW	2002–2009, 2015–2016	226	49	261	56	Scotland
Marc Fitzpatrick	DF	2004–2011	121	4	143	5	Scotland under-21
Jim Paterson	DF	2004–2008	108	5	122	6	Scotland under-21
Scott McDonald	FW	2004–2007, 2015–2017	191	66	219	75	Australia
Richie Foran	FW	2004–2007	90	23	115	35	Republic of Ireland under-21
Graeme Smith	GK	2005–2009	127	0	147	0	Scotland B
Paul Quinn	DF	2005–2011	161	5	183	4	Scotland under-21
Mark Reynolds	DF	2005–2011	166	6	202	6	Scotland B
Steven McGarry	MF	2006–2010	92	3	108	4	Scotland under-21
Jamie Murphy	FW	2006–2013	176	34	215	50	Scotland under-21
John Sutton	FW	2008–2011, 2013–2015	174	66	209	78
Tom Hateley	DF	2009–2013	148	10	177	13
Shaun Hutchinson	DF	2009–2014	121	7	144	9
Steve Jennings	MF	2009–2012	93	2	113	3
Chris Humphrey	MF	2009–2013	132	8	163	9	Jamaica
Darren Randolph	GK	2010–2013	111	0	136	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Stephen McManus	DF	2013–2017	135	6	156	7	Scotland
Chris Cadden	MF	2013–2019	115	6	139	12	Scotland
Lionel Ainsworth	MF	2014–2017	122	23	138	27	England under-19
Carl McHugh	DF	2016–2019	82	3	104	4	Republic of Ireland under-21
Richard Tait	DF	2016–2020	111	3	142	5
Allan Campbell	MF	2016–2021	135	14	160	16	Scotland under-21
Liam Grimshaw	DF	2015–2016, 2017–2022	114	1	134	1	England under-18
Louis Moult	FW	2015–2018, 2022–2023	91	39	105	51
Liam Kelly	GK	2021, 2021–2024	132	0	154	0	Scotland
Stephen O'Donnell	DF	2020–	137	2	164	5	Scotland
Ricki Lamie	DF	2020–2024	80	3	100	5
Bevis Mugabi	DF	2019–2024	109	6	125	7	Uganda

Players with 25–99 appearances

As of match played 20 December 2024

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	Refs
Abraham Wales	FW	1898–1900, 1901–1903	54	12	74	13
Andy Burton	FW	1904–1905	25	6	25+	6+
Andrew Donaldson	FW	1906–1908	63	15	63+	15+
John Waugh	FW	1914–1916	68	23	68+	23+
Robert McSkimming	DF	1916–1919	90	3	90	3	Scotland
Bert McIntosh	MF	1917–1919	63	2	63	2
Hugh McNeil Jr	DF	1926–1930	85	1	92	1
Sandy Hunter	DF	1928–1932	81	0	90	0
Willie Moffat	FW	1931–1932	27	14	30	15
William Allan	DF	1933–1936	30	0	30+	0+
Jimmy Crapnell	DF	1933–1937	37	0	37+	0+	Scotland
Alex Stewart	FW	1936–1938	65	51	72	57	Scottish League XI
Jimmy Brown	FW	1946–1947	18	16	29	24	Scotland
Willie McCall	MF	1948–1950	28	0	37	0
Alex Bain	FW	1954–1957	23	10	37	21
Sammy Reid	FW	1956–1960	60	19	74	24
John McPhee	DF	1957–1962	74	16	95	26
Tommy Coakley	MF	1963–1966	23	1	33	2
Walter Carlyle	MF	1964–1965	26	7	30	9
Benny Cairney	FW	1965–1968	43	7	54	11
Gus Moffat	MF	1965–1968	41	6	41	6
Alan Mackay	DF	1967–1969	39	0	45	0
Billy Ritchie	GK	1970–1973	13	0	29	0	Scotland
Sam Goodwin	MF	1972–1975	64	2	85	2
Colin McAdam	DF	1975–1978	62	3	83	3
Jimmy Lindsay	MF	1976–1979	21	1	26	1	Scotland under-21
Jimmy O'Rourke	FW	1976–1978	61	14	75	16
Joe Smith	MF	1978–1981	57	0	63	0	Scotland under-23
Chic McLelland	DF	1979–1981	51	1	57	2	Scotland under-23
Albert Kidd	FW	1979–1981	53	18	60	19
Brian Coyne	MF	1980–1983	34	2	40	3
Alfie Conn Jr.	MF	1981–1984	27	3	36	5	Scotland
Gary McAllister	MF	1981–1985	59	6	70	8
Brian McClair	MF	1981–1983, 1998	51	15	65	20	Scotland
Tommy O'Hara	MF	1981–1983	54	0	63	0	United States
Nicky Walker	GK	1982–1983	31	0	40	0
Bobby Flavell	DF	1982–1983	32	6	36	6
Ally Mauchlen	MF	1982–1985	76	1	88	5
Jóhannes Eðvaldsson	FW	1982–1984	54	6	65	6	Iceland
Ian Alexander	DF	1983–1985	24	2	27	3
Paul McFadden	MF	1983–1986	22	4	27	4
John Gardiner	GK	1984–1987	78	0	98	0
Rab Stewart	FW	1984–1985	33	10	39	12
Andy Walker	FW	1984–1987	76	17	92	20	Scotland under-21
John Reilly	FW	1985–1987	56	12	67	17
Paul Smith	MF	1986–1988	78	13	94	16
Nick Cusack	MF	1986–1988	77	17	87	24
Ray Farningham	MF	1986–1989	76	12	86	14
Paul Kinnaird	MF	1987–1988	34	0	39	0
Steve Cowan	FW	1987–1990	51	11	56	12	Scotland under-18
Colin O'Neill	FW	1988–1992	64	4	79	7	Northern Ireland
George Burley	DF	1989–1991, 1993–1994	59	0	64	1	Scotland
Joe McLeod	MF	1990–1993	46	1	49	2	Scotland under-21
Iain Ferguson	FW	1990–1993	51	10	67	16	Scotland under-21
Paul McGrillen	FW	1990–1995	87	13	96	16	Scotland under-21
Sieb Dijkstra	GK	1991–1994	80	0	87	0
Billy Thomson	GK	1991–1994	52	0	59	0	Scotland
Neil Simpson	MF	1991–1993	33	1	38	1	Scotland
Rab Shannon	DF	1993–1995	68	3	78	4	Scotland under-21
Miodrag Krivokapić	DF	1993–1996	71	1	78	1	Yugoslavia
Scott Howie	GK	1994–1998	69	0	79	0	Scotland under-21
Greig Denham	DF	1994–2000	47	0	59	0
Shaun McSkimming	MF	1994–1998	63	7	72	10
Andy Roddie	MF	1994–1997	55	0	61	10	Scotland under-21
Mitchell van der Gaag	DF	1995–1997	40	7	46	8	Netherlands under-21
John Hendry	FW	1995–1998	36	3	38	3
Mickey Weir	MF	1996–1998	23	6	28	6
Willie Falconer	FW	1996–1998	58	10	69	11
Kevin Christie	DF	1997–1999	33	0	38	0
Eliphas Shivute	MF	1997–1999	25	3	26	3	Namibia
Dougie Ramsay	MF	1997–2003	39	2	42	2
Owen Coyle	FW	1997–1999	79	25	92	34	Republic of Ireland
Andy Goram	GK	1998–2001	57	0	69	0	Scotland
Jamie McGowan	DF	1998–2000	45	1	51	1
Shaun Teale	DF	1998–2000	45	3	52	4
Michel Doesburg	DF	1998–2000	49	0	59	0
Ged Brannan	MF	1998–2001	81	16	92	18
Pat Nevin	MF	1998–2000	58	2	66	2	Scotland
Kevin Twaddle	FW	1998–2001	62	7	68	7
John Spencer	FW	1998–1999, 1999–2000	71	20	81	21	Scotland
Benito Kemble	DF	1999–2001	48	1	50	1
Derek Townsley	MF	1999–2001	54	6	64	7
Stevie Nicholas	MF	1999–2002	61	5	66	5
Don Goodman	FW	1999, 1999–2001	55	9	64	12
Greg Strong	DF	2000, 2000–2002	74	3	77	4
Shaun Fagan	MF	2000–2007	72	3	84	3	Scotland under-21
Stuart Elliott	FW	2000–2002	70	22	75	23	Northern Ireland
François Dubourdeau	GK	2001–2003	26	0	30	0
Willie Kinniburgh	DF	2001–2008	58	3	65	3	Scotland under-21
Karl Ready	DF	2001–2002	36	3	37	3	Wales
David Partridge	DF	2002–2005	76	2	86	3	Wales
Dirk Lehmann	FW	2002–2003	43	9	48	11
Kenny Wright	FW	2002–2006	23	1	26	2
Gordon Marshall	GK	2003–2005	67	0	77	0	Scotland
Jason Dair	MF	2003–2004	29	2	32	2
Steven Craig	FW	2003–2004	37	5	40	7
Brian Kerr	MF	2004–2007	79	5	90	7	Scotland
Kevin McBride	MF	2004–2005, 2005–2007	63	6	73	8
Darren Smith	FW	2004–2010	58	6	71	8	Scotland under-21
Alan McCormack	DF	2005–2006	24	2	28	2	Republic of Ireland under-19
Brian McLean	DF	2005–2006, 2006–2009	55	5	61	6	Northern Ireland
Jim Hamilton	FW	2005–2006	51	11	55	12	Scotland under-21
Colin Meldrum	GK	2006–2007	24	0	27	0	Scotland under-21
Ross McCormack	FW	2006–2008, 2019	51	10	61	14	Scotland
Ross Forbes	MF	2007–2012	55	5	77	10	Scotland under-19
Stephen Hughes	MF	2007–2009, 2011–2012	70	2	79	3	Scotland
Bob McHugh	FW	2007–2015	70	5	91	8	Scotland under-19
Chris Porter	FW	2007–2009	59	23	67	27
Jonathan Page	DF	2008–2012	14	0	26	3
Jim O'Brien	DF	2008–2010	64	4	76	4	Republic of Ireland under-21
Steven Saunders	DF	2008–2013	56	2	68	2	Scotland
John Ruddy	GK	2009–2010	34	0	39	0
Giles Coke	MF	2009–2010	32	2	37	2
Lukas Jutkiewicz	FW	2009–2010	33	12	36	12
Zaine Francis-Angol	DF	2011–2015	66	3	78	3	Antigua and Barbuda
Nicky Law	MF	2011–2013	76	10	86	13
Tim Clancy	DF	2011–2012	26	0	30	0	Republic of Ireland under-19
Adam Cummins	DF	2011–2012	26	1	32	1
Omar Daley	MF	2011–2013	39	3	44	4	Jamaica
Stuart Carswell	MF	2011–2015	88	0	99	0
Michael Higdon	FW	2011–2013	72	40	83	43
Craig Moore	FW	2011–2017	28	1	31	1
Simon Ramsden	DF	2012–2015	71	1	83	1
Fraser Kerr	DF	2012–2013, 2013–2015	54	1	66	1	Scotland under-21
Henrik Ojamaa	FW	2012–2013, 2014–2015	73	14	85	17	Estonia
Lee Erwin	FW	2012–2015	34	5	38	6	Scotland under-19
Dan Twardzik	GK	2013–2014, 2014–2016	30	0	34	0	Germany under-18
Paul Lawson	MF	2013–2015	20	0	26	1	Scotland under-21
Jack Leitch	MF	2013–2016	27	0	32	0
Iain Vigurs	MF	2013–2015	47	6	52	6	Scotland under-19
Henri Anier	FW	2013–2014, 2014	33	9	37	9	Estonia
Craig Reid	DF	2014–2016	34	1	38	1	Scotland under-19
Josh Law	MF	2014–2016	63	0	73	2
Dom Thomas	MF	2014–2017	33	0	39	0	Scotland under-21
Connor Ripley	GK	2015–2016	36	0	40	0	England under-20
Craig Samson	GK	2015–2017	36	0	42	0	Scotland under-21
Kieran Kennedy	DF	2015–2017	22	0	25	0	England under-19
Louis Laing	DF	2015, 2015–2017	26	0	29	2	England under-19
Joe Chalmers	DF	2015–2017	25	0	32	0	Scotland under-21
Marvin Johnson	MF	2015–2016	53	6	64	11
Craig Clay	MF	2016–2017	35	1	39	1
Ryan Bowman	FW	2016–2019	72	10	86	14	Scotland under-21
Jake Hastie	FW	2016–2019, 2020–2021	31	6	35	7	Scotland under-21
Trevor Carson	GK	2017–2021	57	0	78	0	Northern Ireland
Peter Hartley	DF	2017–2018, 2018–2020	53	4	65	7
Charles Dunne	DF	2017–2021	60	0	78	1	Republic of Ireland under-21
Cédric Kipré	DF	2017–2018	36	1	52	1
Andy Rose	MF	2017–2018	40	2	57	2
Gaël Bigirimana	MF	2017–2019	46	2	57	3	Burundi
Elliott Frear	MF	2017–2019	60	3	74	8
Barry Maguire	MF	2017–2024	58	1	77	2	Scotland under-21
David Turnbull	MF	2017–2020	39	16	41	16	Scotland under-21
Craig Tanner	FW	2017–2020	26	6	36	9	England under-16
James Scott	FW	2017–2020	36	4	47	7	Scotland under-21
Tom Aldred	DF	2018, 2018–2019	54	4	62	4	Scotland under-19
Mark Gillespie	MF	2018–2020	57	0	67	0
Liam Donnelly	MF	2018–2022	53	8	71	12	Northern Ireland
Danny Johnson	FW	2018–2019	22	6	28	8
Alex Rodríguez	MF	2018–2019	20	0	25	0
Jake Carroll	DF	2019–2023	62	2	76	3	Republic of Ireland under-18
Declan Gallagher	DF	2019–2021	59	3	72	3	Scotland
Mark O'Hara	MF	2019–2020, 2020–2022	62	6	73	6	Scotland under-21
Liam Polworth	MF	2019–2021	51	1	62	2
Chris Long	FW	2019–2021	54	11	66	17	England under-20
Jermaine Hylton	FW	2019–2020	33	2	41	4
Sherwin Seedorf	FW	2019–2021	32	2	41	3
Devante Cole	FW	2019–2021, 2020–2021	46	15	52	16	England under-19
Nathan McGinley	DF	2020–2024	45	0	57	0
Robbie Crawford	MF	2020–2021, 2021–2022	22	0	29	0
Tony Watt	FW	2020–2022, 2024–	70	14	83	20	Scotland
Kaiyne Woolery	FW	2021–2022	31	2	38	3
Kevin van Veen	FW	2021–2023	70	34	83	40
Callum Slattery	MF	2021–	80	7	94	9	England under-20
Jordan Roberts	FW	2021, 2021–2022, 2022	25	3	28	5
Sean Goss	MF	2021–2023	67	2	74	2
Sondre Solholm Johansen	DF	2021–2023	41	1	47	1	Norway under-18
Connor Shields	FW	2021–2023	44	2	53	3
Joseph Efford	FW	2022–2023	25	3	31	4
Dean Cornelius	MF	2018–2023	46	2	53	2
Ross Tierney	MF	2022–2024	32	4	38	4	Republic of Ireland under-21
Blair Spittal	MF	2022–2024	73	15	86	19
Paul McGinn	DF	2022–	74	2	89	2	Scotland
Stuart McKinstry	MF	2022–2023	21	4	25	4	Scotland under-17
Dan Casey	DF	2023–	56	4	67	5	Republic of Ireland under-19
Harry Paton	MF	2023–	40	2	49	2	Canada
Calum Butcher	MF	2023–2024	30	0	33	0
Theo Bair	FW	2023–	38	15	41	15	Canada
Shane Blaney	DF	2023–	37	2	47	3
Lennon Miller	MF	2022–	46	2	61	6	Scotland under-21
Georgie Gent	DF	2023–2024	29	1	31	2
Davor Zdravkovski	MF	2023–	39	1	49	1	Macedonia under-21
Andy Halliday	MF	2024, 2024–	29	3	37	4
Moses Ebiye	FW	2024–	21	4	27	6
Ewan Wilson	DF	2023–	17	0	26	0	Scotland under-21

Players with 1–24 appearances

As of match played 20 December 2024

Name	Position	Club career	League apps	League goals	Total apps	Total goals	International career	Refs
Sandy Tait	DF	1892–1894	17	0	21	1
Hughie Clifford	DF	1894–1895	2	0	2+	0+
Archibald Buttery	LH	1908–1912	21	0	22	0
Frank Wilson	FW	1926–1928	10	1	10+	1+
Charlie Johnston	FW	1932–1935	6	1	6+	1+	Scotland
Ian Muir	DF	1950–1952	7	0	7+	0+
Wallace Rea	MF	1956–1958	14	3	15	3
Gerry Baker	FW	1956–1958	11	4	12	4
Morris Stevenson	FW	1960–1962	12	3	16	7
John Moore	DF	1963–1965	3	0	3+	0+
John McLaughlin	FW	1965–1966	18	4	22	4
John Fallon	GK	1971–1972	10	0	12	0
Billy Brown	DF	1971–1972	9	1	19	1
Billy Dickson	DF	1974–1975	12	0	20	0	Scotland
Mick McManus	FW	1975–1977	3	0	3	0
Tommy O'Neill	MF	1976–1977	12	1	12	1
Harry Hood	FW	1976–1977	15	0	19	1	Scotland
Ian Purdie	MF	1977–1978	16	3	22	4	Scotland under-23
Jimmy Robertson	MF	1977–1978	5	0	5	0
Dave Latchford	GK	1978–1979	8	0	14	0
Peter Carr	DF	1978–1979	7	0	8	0
Paul Wilson	FW	1978–1979	21	1	22	1	Scotland
Paul Friar	DF	1983–1984	2	0	2	0
Kenny Black	MF	1983–1984	17	0	18	0
Kenny Lyall	MF	1983–1984	19	2	21	2
Andy Ritchie	MF	1983–1984	8	1	16	4	Scotland under-21
Stephen McBride	FW	1983–1984	4	0	5	0
Robert Clark	DF	1984–1986	12	1	14	1
John McStay	DF	1984–1987	21	1	24	1
Jim Dobbin	MF	1984–1985	2	0	2	0	Scotland under-18
Kevin McKeown	GK	1986–1989	3	0	3	0
Jamie Fairlie	MF	1987–1988	12	1	16	3
Mark Caughey	FW	1987–1988	15	0	15	0	Northern Ireland
Jimmy Gardner	MF	1988–1993	16	0	17	0
Mark Reilly	MF	1988–1991	4	0	4	0
Robert Maaskant	MF	1991–1992	12	0	12	0
Tony Shepherd	MF	1991–1993	10	0	10	0
Alex Jones	DF	1992	12	1	13	1
Alan Sneddon	DF	1992–1993	16	0	19	1	Scotland under-21
Paul Baker	FW	1992–1993	9	1	10	1
Ally Graham	FW	1993	9	1	10	2
Alex McLeish	DF	1994–1995	3	0	5	0	Scotland
Roy Essandoh	FW	1994–1997	5	0	6	0
Franz Resch	DF	1997	3	0	5	0	Austria
Mario Dorner	FW	1997	2	0	4	0
Gunnlaugur Jónsson	DF	1997–1998	2	0	2	0	Iceland
Rob Newman	DF	1997–1998	11	0	15	0
Éric Garcin	FW	1997–1998	11	1	13	1
Scott Y. Thomson	GK	1998	1	0	1	0
Mikko Kavén	GK	1998–1999	16	0	17	0
Kai Nyyssönen	FW	1998–1999	3	1	4	1	Finland
Tony Thomas	DF	1998–2001	16	0	19	1
Rob Matthaei	MF	1998–2000	20	0	22	0
Jan Michels	MF	1998–1999	10	0	11	0
Greg Miller	MF	1998–1999	4	0	6	0
Stephen Halliday	FW	1998–2000	9	0	14	2
Hervé Bacqué	MF	1999	1	0	1	0
Mark Gower	FW	1999	9	1	9	1
Brian Dempsie	DF	1999–2003	1	0	2	0
Saša Ćurčić	MF	2000	5	0	5	0	Yugoslavia
James Okoli	DF	2000–2001	5	0	5	0
Jamie McClen	MF	2000–2001	3	0	3	0
Ange Oueifio	DF	2000–2002	17	0	20	0	Central African Republic
Mark Brown	GK	2001–2002	19	0	20	0
Franck Bernhard	DF	2001–2002	3	0	3	0
Éric Deloumeaux	DF	2001–2002	23	0	24	0
Yann Soloy	DF	2001–2002	12	1	13	1
Andy Dow	DF	2001–2002	9	1	10	1	Scotland under-21
Eddie Forrest	DF	2001–2002	13	0	15	0
Stephen Cosgrove	MF	2001–2002	2	0	3	0
Neil Tarrant	FW	2001	5	0	6	0	Scotland under-21
Saïd Chiba	MF	2001	7	0	7	0	Morocco
Roberto Martínez	MF	2001–2002	16	0	16	0
David Kelly	FW	2001–2002	19	6	21	7	Republic of Ireland under-23
David Cowan	DF	2002–2004	17	0	24	0
Iain Russell	DF	2002–2003	5	0	5	0
Daniel Sengewald	DF	2002–2003	7	0	7	0
Steven Ferguson	FW	2002–2003	19	2	21	2
Khaled Kemas	FW	2002–2003	6	1	7	1	Algeria under-23
Andy Scott	FW	2002–2003	1	0	1	0
David Ferrère	MF	2003	10	0	10	0
Tony Vaughan	DF	2003	12	1	15	1
Richard Offiong	FW	2003	9	0	10	0	England under-20
Barry John Corr	GK	2003–2005	11	0	11	0
Gary Bollan	DF	2004	3	0	4	0	Scotland under-21
Kenny Connolly	MF	2004–2008	2	0	3	0
Adam Coakley	FW	2004–2007	3	0	3	0	Scotland under-18
Gerry Britton	FW	2005	3	0	3	0
Andy Smith	FW	2005	7	0	9	0	Northern Ireland
Bobby Donnelly	DF	2005–2007	4	0	6	0
Steve McDonald	DF	2005–2007	1	0	1	0
Abel Thermeus	DF	2006	1	0	2	0
Calum Elliot	FW	2006	15	2	17	2	Scotland under-21
Trevor Molloy	FW	2006–2007	6	0	8	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Danny Murphy	DF	2007–2008	15	1	18	1	Republic of Ireland under-17
Paul Keegan	MF	2007	8	0	10	0
Krisztián Vadócz	MF	2007	11	0	11	0	Hungary
Simon Mensing	DF	2007–2008	2	0	4	0
Lewis Grabban	FW	2007–2008	5	0	6	0
Luke Daniels	GK	2008	2	0	2	0	England under-19
Gunnar Nielsen	GK	2008, 2013–2015	19	0	23	0	Faroe Islands
Simon Lappin	DF	2008	14	2	15	2	Scotland under-21
Martin Grehan	FW	2008	1	0	1	0
Bob Malcolm	DF	2008–2009	21	3	24	3	Scotland under-21
Maroš Klimpl	MF	2008–2009	21	1	24	1	Slovakia
Artur Krysiak	GK	2009	1	0	1	0	Poland under-19
Cillian Sheridan	FW	2009	13	2	15	2	Republic of Ireland under-21
Michael Fraser	GK	2009–2010	5	0	9	0
Yassin Moutaouakil	DF	2009–2010	13	0	15	0	France under-21
Paul Slane	MF	2009–2010	3	0	9	1	Scotland under-17
Steven Lawless	MF	2009–2012, 2021	9	0	18	2
Gary Smith	FW	2009–2012	2	0	4	0
Steven Meechan	MF	2009–2011	4	0	4	0
Jamie Pollock	MF	2009–2012	4	0	5	2
Michael McGlinchey	MF	2010	8	0	8	0	New Zealand
Lee Hollis	GK	2010–2014	18	0	21	0
Jordan Halsman	DF	2010–2012	1	0	2	0
Esteban Casagolda	FW	2010–2011	13	0	14	0
Nick Blackman	FW	2010–2011	18	10	22	10	Barbados
Alan Gow	FW	2010–2011	15	1	17	2	Scotland B
Gavin Gunning	DF	2011	14	0	18	10	Republic of Ireland under-21
Maurice Ross	DF	2011	6	0	7	0	Scotland
Francis Jeffers	FW	2011	10	1	14	2	England
Steve Jones	FW	2011	12	1	17	2	Northern Ireland
Steven Hetherington	MF	2011–2013	3	0	4	0
Ross Stewart	GK	2012–2015	1	0	1	0	Scotland under-19
Dale Shirkie	FW	2012–2014	1	0	1	0
David Ferguson	DF	2013–2017	16	0	16	0
Dylan Mackin	FW	2013–2017	1	0	3	0
Kallum Higginbotham	FW	2013	10	1	10	1
Mark O'Brien	DF	2014–2015	19	0	21	0	Republic of Ireland under-19
Ross MacLean	MF	2014–2019	16	0	22	1
George Long	GK	2015	13	0	15	0	England under-20
Anthony Straker	DF	2015	13	0	14	2	Grenada
Ben Hall	DF	2015–2016	18	1	19	1	Northern Ireland under-19
Conor Grant	MF	2015	11	1	12	1	England under-18
Nathan Thomas	MF	2015	2	0	2	0
Wes Fletcher	FW	2015–2016	14	1	14	1
Theo Robinson	FW	2015–2016	10	0	12	0	Jamaica
Jake Taylor	FW	2015–2016	7	0	8	0	Wales
Morgaro Gomis	MF	2016	10	0	11	0	Senegal
Lee Lucas	MF	2016–2017	10	0	11	0	Wales under-21
Jacob Blyth	FW	2016–2017	8	0	9	0	Wales under-21
Russell Griffiths	GK	2017, 2017–2018	10	0	10	0	England under-20
Zak Jules	DF	2017	10	1	10	1	Scotland under-21
Liam Brown	MF	2017–2019	1	0	4	0
Shea Gordon	MF	2017–2019	4	0	5	0	Northern Ireland under-21
Rohan Ferguson	GK	2017–2020	1	0	3	0
Adam Livingstone	DF	2017–2020	5	0	12	2
David Devine	DF	2018–2023	1	0	3	0
Christian Mbulu	DF	2018–2019	6	0	9	1
Aaron Taylor-Sinclair	DF	2018–2019	6	0	9	0	Antigua and Barbuda
Jamie Semple	MF	2018–2021	3	0	8	1	Scotland under-19
Gboly Ariyibi	MF	2019	17	2	18	2	United States under-23
Christian Ilić	MF	2019–2020	8	0	13	1
Casper Sloth	MF	2019–2020	0	0	1	0	Denmark
Christy Manzinga	FW	2019–2020	6	1	7	1	DR Congo under-20
Ross MacIver	FW	2019–2021	8	1	9	1
Rolando Aarons	MF	2020, 2022	8	0	11	1	Jamaica
Mikael Ndjoli	MF	2020	1	0	2	0
Aaron Chapman	GK	2020–2021	6	0	7	0
Jordan Archer	GK	2020–2021	4	0	4	0	Scotland
Jordan White	FW	2020–2021	18	0	20	0
Callum Lang	FW	2020–2021	17	3	21	5
Harry Robinson	MF	2020–2021	1	0	2	0	Northern Ireland under-21
Tyler Magloire	DF	2021	10	0	12	0
Sam Foley	MF	2021	4	1	5	1
Harry Smith	FW	2021	5	0	5	0
Max Johnston	DF	2021–2023	19	3	21	3	Scotland under-21
Juhani Ojala	DF	2021–2022	21	1	24	1	Finland
Darragh O'Connor	DF	2021–2022	1	0	5	0
Justin Amaluzor	FW	2021–2022	10	0	13	1
Liam Shaw	MF	2022	7	0	8	0
Victor Nirennold	DF	2022	3	0	3	0
Josh Morris	MF	2022–2023	9	0	12	0	England under-20
Kian Speirs	MF	2022–2023	1	0	1	0
Robbie Mahon	FW	2022–2024	1	0	1	0	Republic of Ireland under-17
Matt Penney	DF	2022–2023	16	0	18	0
Luca Ross	MF	2022–	4	1	5	1
Ollie Crankshaw	FW	2023	4	0	6	0
Mikael Mandron	FW	2023	10	1	11	3
Riku Danzaki	FW	2023	3	0	4	0
Jack Aitchison	FW	2023	10	0	11	0	Scotland under-19
James Furlong	DF	2023	16	0	16	0	Republic of Ireland under-21
Jonathan Obika	FW	2023, 2023–2024	19	2	24	4	England under-20
Conor Wilkinson	FW	2023–2024	14	3	19	4	Republic of Ireland under-21
Mark Ferrie	FW	2023–	5	0	12	0
Aston Oxborough	GK	2022–	17	0	24	0
Pape Souaré	DF	2023–2024	3	0	6	0	Senegal
Mika Biereth	FW	2023–2024	14	6	15	6	Denmark under-21
Brodie Spencer	DF	2023–2024	18	0	18	0	Northern Ireland
Oli Shaw	FW	2023–2024	19	0	19	0	Scotland under-21
Adam Montgomery	DF	2024	0	0	1	0
Dylan Wells	MF	2023–	2	0	6	0
Sam Nicholson	MF	2024–	17	2	17	2	Scotland under-21
Adam Devine	DF	2024	10	1	11	1	Scotland under-21
Jack Vale	FW	2024	15	2	16	3	Wales under-21
Jili Buyabu	DF	2024	0	0	1	0
Krisztián Hegyi	GK	2024–	0	0	2	0	Hungary under-21
Kofi Balmer	DF	2024–	9	0	12	1	Northern Ireland
Tom Sparrow	MF	2024–	11	3	15	3	Wales under-21
Zach Robinson	FW	2024–	12	1	18	2
Filip Stuparević	FW	2024–	0	0	4	1	Serbia under-21
Brannan McDermott	DF	2024–	0	0	1	0
Liam Gordon	DF	2024–	15	1	21	1
Steve Seddon	DF	2024–	10	0	13	0
Marvin Kaleta	DF	2024–	13	0	17	0
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	FW	2024–	14	4	16	4	Australia
Ross Callachan	MF	2024–	1	0	1	0
Tawanda Maswanhise	FW	2024–	13	3	16	3	Zimbabwe
Jair Tavares	FW	2024–	6	0	7	0	Portugal under-19
John Koutroumbis	DF	2024–	1	0	1	0	Australia under-23

Sources

• Jeffrey, Jim; Fry, Genge (2001). The Men Who Made Motherwell Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7524-2191-9.
• List of Motherwell F.C. players at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
• Motherwellnet
• Scottish Football League Internationals | Players By Club | Motherwell, London Hearts Supporters Club. Retrieved 4 February 2022
• (Scotland U23) Players Capped When Playing With Motherwell, FitbaStats. Retrieved 4 February 2022
• (Scotland U21) Players Capped When Playing With Motherwell, FitbaStats. Retrieved 4 February 2022
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