Aston Villa 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Aston Villa in the 1970s — 92 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Charlie Aitken made the most appearances (561). Ray Graydon scored the most (67).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Aitken | DF | 561 | 14 | 85 |
| Nigel Spink | GK | 361 | 0 | 83 |
| Ray Graydon | MF | 193 | 67 | 83 |
| Gordon Cowans | MF | 286 | 42 | 83 |
| Allan Evans | DF | 380 | 51 | 83 |
| Ian Hamilton | MF | 208 | 40 | 82 |
| Andy Gray | FW | 113 | 54 | 82 |
| Willie Anderson | MF | 231 | 36 | 82 |
| Gary Shaw | FW | 165 | 59 | 82 |
| Dennis Mortimer | MF | 317 | 31 | 81 |
| Bruce Rioch | MF | 154 | 34 | 81 |
| John Deehan | FW | 110 | 40 | 80 |
| Jimmy Rimmer | GK | 229 | 0 | 80 |
| Mick Wright | DF | 282 | 1 | 79 |
| Lew Chatterley | MF | 153 | 26 | 79 |
| Brian Little | FW | 247 | 60 | 79 |
| Tony Morley | MF | 137 | 25 | 78 |
| Pat McMahon | MF | 130 | 25 | 78 |
| Gary Williams | DF | 240 | 0 | 78 |
| Andy Lochhead | FW | 131 | 34 | 77 |
| Chris Nicholl | DF | 210 | 11 | 77 |
| Ken McNaught | DF | 207 | 8 | 77 |
| Jim Cumbes | GK | 157 | 0 | 76 |
| John Gidman | DF | 197 | 9 | 76 |
| Alan Deakin | MF | 231 | 9 | 75 |
| Ian Ross | DF | 175 | 3 | 75 |
| Colin Gibson | DF/MF | 185 | 10 | 74 |
| Des Bremner | MF | 174 | 9 | 74 |
| Fred Turnbull | DF | 161 | 3 | 74 |
| Geoff Vowden | FW | 97 | 22 | 73 |
| Frank Carrodus | MF | 150 | 7 | 72 |
| John Robson | DF | 144 | 1 | 72 |
| Leighton Phillips | DF | 140 | 4 | 72 |
| John Dunn | GK | 101 | 0 | 72 |
| Kenny Swain | MF | 148 | 4 | 71 |
| Brian Godfrey | FW | 143 | 22 | 71 |
| David Geddis | FW | 47 | 12 | 70 |
| John Gregory | MF | 65 | 10 | 69 |
| Brendan Ormsby | DF | 117 | 4 | 69 |
| John Burridge | GK | 65 | 0 | 69 |
| Keith Leonard | FW | 38 | 11 | 69 |
| Brian Tiler | DF | 107 | 3 | 68 |
| Alex Cropley | MF | 67 | 7 | 68 |
| Terry Donovan | FW | 24 | 11 | 68 |
| Alun Evans | FW | 60 | 11 | 68 |
| Sammy Morgan | FW | 40 | 9 | 67 |
| Geoff Crudgington | GK | 44 | 0 | 66 |
| Barrie Hole | MF | 47 | 6 | 65 |
| Gordon Smith | DF | 79 | 0 | 65 |
| James Keith Brown | MF | 75 | 1 | 64 |
| Dave Simmons | FW | 17 | 7 | 64 |
| Gary Shelton | MF | 24 | 7 | 60 |
| Tommy Hughes | GK | 16 | 0 | 60 |
| George Curtis | DF | 51 | 3 | 60 |
| Jake Findlay | GK | 14 | 0 | 59 |
| Tommy Craig | MF | 27 | 2 | 59 |
| Bobby McDonald | DF | 39 | 3 | 58 |
| Eamonn Deacy | DF | 33 | 1 | 57 |
| Trevor Hockey | MF | 24 | 1 | 56 |
| Ivor Linton | MF | 27 | 0 | 56 |
| Dave Gibson | FW | 19 | 1 | 55 |
| Pat Heard | DF | 24 | 2 | 54 |
| Mark Jones | DF | 24 | 0 | 54 |
| Neil Rioch | DF | 22 | 3 | 53 |
| Graham Moseley | GK | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Bobby Campbell | FW | 10 | 1 | 52 |
| Terry Bullivant | MF | 12 | 0 | 51 |
| Steve Hunt | MF | 7 | 1 | 51 |
| Mike Pejic | DF | 10 | 0 | 50 |
| David Hughes | MF | 4 | 1 | 49 |
| Malcolm Beard | MF | 6 | 0 | 49 |
| Robert Hopkins | MF | 3 | 1 | 48 |
| Noel Blake | DF | 4 | 0 | 47 |
| Tony Betts | FW | 4 | 0 | 47 |
| Mike Buttress | DF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| John Overton | DF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Lee Jenkins | MF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Alan Little | MF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Emment Kapengwe | MF | 3 | 0 | 47 |
| Joe Ward | FW | 3 | 0 | 46 |
| Barrie Lynch | DF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Dave Evans | DF | 2 | 0 | 46 |
| Jim Herriot | GK | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Mark Kendall | GK | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Freddie Mwila | MF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Brian Rowan | DF | 1 | 0 | 45 |
| Paul Child | FW | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Tommy Graham | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Keith Williams | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Mick Hoban | MF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| Ron Armstrong | DF | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| John Capaldi | FW | — | — | 41 |
Aston Villa through the decades
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