Arsenal 1950s squad
Every player who appeared for Arsenal in the 1950s — 80 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Jack Kelsey made the most appearances (327). Doug Lishman scored the most (125).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Roper | MF | 297 | 88 | 86 |
| Doug Lishman | FW | 226 | 125 | 85 |
| Jack Kelsey | GK | 327 | 0 | 85 |
| Reg Lewis | FW | 154 | 103 | 84 |
| Jimmy Bloomfield | MF | 210 | 54 | 84 |
| David Herd | FW | 166 | 97 | 84 |
| George Swindin | GK | 297 | 0 | 84 |
| Geoff Strong | MF | 125 | 69 | 83 |
| Derek Tapscott | FW | 132 | 68 | 83 |
| Cliff Holton | FW | 198 | 83 | 82 |
| Danny Clapton | MF | 207 | 25 | 82 |
| Alex Forbes | MF | 240 | 20 | 82 |
| Walley Barnes | DF | 267 | 11 | 81 |
| John Barnwell | MF | 151 | 24 | 81 |
| Leslie Compton | DF | 253 | 5 | 80 |
| Billy McCullough | DF | 253 | 4 | 80 |
| Ian McPherson | MF | 152 | 19 | 79 |
| Terry Neill | DF | 241 | 8 | 79 |
| Joe Haverty | MF | 114 | 25 | 79 |
| Joe Mercer | MF | 247 | 2 | 77 |
| Len Wills | DF | 195 | 4 | 77 |
| Bill Dodgin, Jr. | DF | 191 | 0 | 76 |
| Dennis Evans | DF | 189 | 10 | 76 |
| Mel Charles | DF/FW | 60 | 28 | 76 |
| Peter Tilley | MF | 102 | 14 | 75 |
| Jimmy Logie | FW | 296 | 68 | 75 |
| Lionel Smith | DF | 162 | 0 | 74 |
| Peter Goring | FW | 220 | 51 | 74 |
| Dave Bowen | MF | 146 | 2 | 73 |
| Arthur Milton | MF | 75 | 18 | 73 |
| Jackie Henderson | FW | 103 | 29 | 72 |
| Vic Groves | FW | 185 | 31 | 70 |
| Eddie Magill | DF | 116 | 0 | 69 |
| Laurie Scott | DF | 115 | 0 | 69 |
| Gordon Nutt | MF | 49 | 10 | 68 |
| Tommy Docherty | MF | 83 | 1 | 68 |
| Stan Charlton | DF | 99 | 0 | 68 |
| Ted Platt | GK | 53 | 0 | 67 |
| Mike Tiddy | MF | 48 | 8 | 67 |
| Tommy Lawton | FW | 35 | 13 | 67 |
| Denis Compton | FW | 54 | 15 | 66 |
| Ray Daniel | DF | 87 | 5 | 66 |
| Joe Wade | DF | 86 | 0 | 65 |
| John Snedden | DF | 83 | 0 | 65 |
| Jim Standen | GK | 35 | 0 | 64 |
| Ben Marden | FW | 42 | 11 | 64 |
| Jim Fotheringham | DF | 72 | 0 | 63 |
| Arthur Shaw | MF | 57 | 0 | 63 |
| Con Sullivan | GK | 28 | 0 | 62 |
| Len Julians | FW | 18 | 7 | 61 |
| Archie Macaulay | FW | 103 | 1 | 60 |
| William Dickson | MF | 29 | 1 | 60 |
| Ian McKechnie | GK | 23 | 0 | 59 |
| Dave Bacuzzi | DF | 46 | 0 | 59 |
| John Petts | MF | 32 | 0 | 59 |
| Thomas Vallance | MF | 15 | 2 | 57 |
| Brian Walsh | MF | 17 | 0 | 55 |
| Don Oakes | MF | 11 | 1 | 54 |
| Alf Fields | DF | 19 | 0 | 54 |
| John Chenhall | DF | 16 | 0 | 54 |
| Mike Everitt | DF | 9 | 1 | 51 |
| Daniel Le Roux | MF | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| Tony Biggs | FW | 4 | 1 | 50 |
| Peter Goy | GK | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Ralph Guthrie | GK | 2 | 0 | 49 |
| Dennis Clapton | FW | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| James Robertson | MF | 1 | 0 | 47 |
| Frank O'Neill | FW | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Jack Wilkinson | FW | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Roy Goulden | FW | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Keith Amos | GK | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Doug Farquhar | MF | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Fred Jones | MF | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Fred Marlow | FW | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Mike Ryan | FW | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Brian Close | FW | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Colin Meldrum | DF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Ken Nicholas | DF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Des McLean | GK | — | — | 42 |
| Gerry Ward | MF | — | — | 42 |
Arsenal through the decades
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