England 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for England in the 1980s — 110 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Peter Shilton racked up the most caps of anyone here — 125 in all. Roy Race leads the scoring with 52. The squad breaks down as 8 goalkeepers, 33 defenders, 40 midfielders and 29 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Robson | MF | 90 | 26 | 93 |
| Gary Lineker | FW | 80 | 48 | 93 |
| Peter Shilton | GK | 125 | — | 93 |
| Kenny Sansom | DF | 86 | 1 | 92 |
| David Platt | MF | 62 | 27 | 92 |
| John Barnes | MF | 79 | 11 | 92 |
| Paul Gascoigne | MF | 57 | 10 | 91 |
| Stuart Pearce | DF | 78 | 5 | 91 |
| Terry Butcher | DF | 77 | 3 | 91 |
| Roy Race | FW | 43 | 52 | 91 |
| David Seaman | GK | 75 | — | 90 |
| Ray Wilkins | MF | 84 | 3 | 90 |
| Chris Waddle | MF | 62 | 6 | 90 |
| Glenn Hoddle | MF | 53 | 8 | 89 |
| Kevin Keegan | FW | 63 | 21 | 89 |
| Tony Adams | DF | 66 | 5 | 89 |
| David Watson | DF | 65 | 4 | 89 |
| Emlyn Hughes | DF | 62 | 1 | 88 |
| Des Walker | DF | 59 | 0 | 88 |
| Trevor Brooking | MF | 47 | 5 | 87 |
| Steve Coppell | MF | 42 | 7 | 87 |
| Tony Woodcock | FW | 42 | 16 | 87 |
| Phil Neal | DF | 50 | 5 | 86 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 46 | 0 | 85 |
| Trevor Francis | FW | 52 | 12 | 85 |
| Chris Woods | GK | 43 | — | 85 |
| Mark Wright | DF | 45 | 1 | 85 |
| Paul Mariner | FW | 35 | 13 | 85 |
| Phil Thompson | DF | 42 | 1 | 84 |
| Mick Mills | DF | 42 | 0 | 84 |
| Peter Beardsley | FW | 59 | 9 | 84 |
| Trevor Steven | MF | 36 | 4 | 84 |
| Mark Hateley | FW | 32 | 9 | 82 |
| Neil Webb | MF | 26 | 4 | 81 |
| Terry McDermott | MF | 25 | 3 | 80 |
| Viv Anderson | DF | 30 | 2 | 79 |
| Peter Barnes | MF | 22 | 5 | 78 |
| Trevor Cherry | DF | 27 | 0 | 78 |
| Steve Hodge | MF | 24 | 0 | 76 |
| Gary Pallister | DF | 22 | 0 | 75 |
| Ray Kennedy | MF/FW | 17 | 3 | 74 |
| Steve Bull | FW | 13 | 4 | 74 |
| Terry Fenwick | DF | 20 | 0 | 74 |
| Luther Blissett | FW | 14 | 3 | 74 |
| Sammy Lee | MF | 14 | 2 | 73 |
| Paul Parker | DF | 19 | 0 | 73 |
| Brian Greenhoff | MF | 18 | 0 | 73 |
| David Johnson | FW | 8 | 6 | 73 |
| Kerry Dixon | FW | 8 | 4 | 72 |
| Graham Rix | MF | 17 | 0 | 72 |
| Steve McMahon | MF | 17 | 0 | 72 |
| Alan Smith | FW | 13 | 2 | 72 |
| Alvin Martin | DF | 17 | 0 | 72 |
| Joe Corrigan | GK | 9 | — | 71 |
| Tony Dorigo | DF | 15 | 0 | 70 |
| Peter Reid | MF | 13 | 0 | 70 |
| Peter Withe | FW | 11 | 1 | 70 |
| Gordon Cowans | MF | 10 | 2 | 70 |
| David Hodgson | FW | 7 | 3 | 69 |
| Dave Watson | DF | 12 | 0 | 68 |
| Nigel Clough | MF/FW | 14 | 0 | 68 |
| Russell Osman | DF | 11 | 0 | 67 |
| Mike Duxbury | DF | 10 | 0 | 66 |
| Alan Devonshire | MF | 8 | 0 | 66 |
| Tony Cottee | FW | 7 | 0 | 65 |
| Mark Chamberlain | DF | 8 | 1 | 64 |
| Steve Williams | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Tony Morley | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Laurie Cunningham | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Brian Talbot | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| John Gregory | MF | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Paul Walsh | FW | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Gary Stevens | DF | 7 | 0 | 63 |
| Graham Roberts | DF | 6 | 0 | 62 |
| Cyrille Regis | FW | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Clive Allen | FW | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Larry Lloyd | DF | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| Ricky Hill | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Paul Bracewell | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| David Armstrong | MF | 3 | 0 | 59 |
| Garry Birtles | FW | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Dave Beasant | GK | 2 | — | 57 |
| Gary Bailey | GK | 2 | — | 57 |
| Derek Statham | DF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Steve Foster | DF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Michael Thomas | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Mark Barham | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Steve Hunt | MF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| John Fashanu | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Eric Gates | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Kevin Reeves | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Mick Harford | FW | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Nigel Winterburn | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Frank Lampard | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Danny Thomas | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Alan Kennedy | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Nigel Spink | GK | 1 | — | 53 |
| Danny Wallace | FW | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Paul Goddard | FW | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Nick Pickering | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Mike Phelan | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Steve Perryman | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Brian Marwood | MF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Mel Sterland | DF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Brian Stein | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Peter Davenport | MF/FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Peter Ward | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Alan Sunderland | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Ray Clemence | GK | — | — | 49 |
| David Mehew | MF | — | — | 49 |
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