Arsenal 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Arsenal in the 1980s — 87 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. David O'Leary made the most appearances (558). Paul Merson scored the most (140).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Merson | MF | 289 | 140 | 91 |
| David O'Leary | DF | 558 | 11 | 91 |
| Tony Adams | DF | 504 | 32 | 91 |
| Lee Dixon | DF | 458 | 25 | 91 |
| Nigel Winterburn | DF | 440 | 8 | 90 |
| Liam Brady | MF | 235 | 43 | 90 |
| Pat Rice | DF | 397 | 12 | 90 |
| Brian Talbot | MF | 254 | 40 | 90 |
| Graham Rix | MF | 351 | 41 | 90 |
| Pat Jennings | GK | 327 | 0 | 90 |
| Alan Smith | FW | 347 | 115 | 89 |
| Sammy Nelson | DF | 339 | 12 | 89 |
| Frank Stapleton | FW | 225 | 75 | 89 |
| Paul Davis | MF | 447 | 37 | 89 |
| Tony Woodcock | FW | 131 | 56 | 89 |
| Kenny Sansom | DF | 314 | 6 | 89 |
| Steve Bould | DF | 287 | 5 | 88 |
| Michael Thomas | MF | 163 | 24 | 88 |
| John Lukic | GK | 223 | 0 | 87 |
| Perry Groves | MF | 155 | 21 | 87 |
| Alan Sunderland | FW | 206 | 55 | 87 |
| Kevin Campbell | FW | 166 | 46 | 86 |
| Stewart Robson | MF | 150 | 16 | 85 |
| Martin Hayes | MF | 102 | 34 | 85 |
| David Price | MF | 126 | 16 | 84 |
| Willie Young | DF | 170 | 11 | 84 |
| Charlie Nicholas | FW | 151 | 34 | 82 |
| Ian Allinson | MF | 83 | 16 | 82 |
| John Hollins | MF | 127 | 9 | 82 |
| Viv Anderson | DF | 120 | 9 | 80 |
| John Devine | DF | 112 | 0 | 79 |
| Raphael Meade | FW | 41 | 14 | 78 |
| Paul Mariner | FW | 60 | 14 | 78 |
| Brian McDermott | MF | 61 | 12 | 77 |
| Kevin Richardson | MF | 96 | 5 | 77 |
| Niall Quinn | FW | 67 | 14 | 77 |
| Chris Whyte | DF | 90 | 8 | 77 |
| Steve Williams | MF | 95 | 4 | 76 |
| George Wood | GK | 60 | 0 | 76 |
| David Hillier | MF | 104 | 2 | 76 |
| Brian Marwood | MF | 52 | 16 | 76 |
| Tommy Caton | DF | 81 | 2 | 75 |
| Steve Walford | DF | 77 | 3 | 75 |
| Steve Morrow | DF | 62 | 1 | 72 |
| Steve Gatting | DF | 58 | 5 | 71 |
| Richie Powling | DF | 55 | 3 | 70 |
| Peter Nicholas | MF | 60 | 1 | 70 |
| Colin Hill | DF | 46 | 1 | 69 |
| Paul Vaessen | FW | 32 | 6 | 69 |
| Gus Caesar | DF | 44 | 0 | 68 |
| Lee Chapman | FW | 23 | 4 | 65 |
| Alan Miller | GK | 9 | 0 | 64 |
| Paul Barron | GK | 8 | 0 | 64 |
| Rhys Wilmot | GK | 8 | 0 | 64 |
| John Hawley | FW | 20 | 3 | 63 |
| Martin Keown | DF | 22 | 0 | 62 |
| Vladimir Petrović | MF | 13 | 2 | 59 |
| Mark Heeley | MF | 15 | 1 | 59 |
| John Kay | DF | 14 | 0 | 59 |
| Sigurður Jónsson | MF | 8 | 1 | 56 |
| David Cork | FW | 7 | 1 | 56 |
| Neil Heaney | MF | 8 | 0 | 54 |
| Danny O'Shea | MF | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| Paul Gorman | MF | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| Brian Sparrow | DF | 2 | 0 | 52 |
| Andy Marriott | GK | 0 | 0 | 52 |
| Jim Harvey | MF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| David Madden | MF | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| Kwame Ampadu | MF | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| Andy Cole | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Pat Scully | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Jim Carstairs | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Chris Evans | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Roger Stanislaus | DF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| John Bacon | FW | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Clive Allen | FW | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Ray Hankin | FW | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Charlie Hartfield | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Dermot Drummy | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Gary McKeown | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Lawrence Osborne | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Russell Milton | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Steve Ball | MF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Nick Hammond | GK | — | — | 47 |
| Nicky Law | DF | — | — | 46 |
| Kenny Dyer | MF | — | — | 46 |
| Wes Reid | MF | — | — | 46 |
Arsenal through the decades
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