Manchester United 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Manchester United in the 1970s — 95 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Bobby Charlton made the most appearances (606). Bobby Charlton scored the most (199).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denis Law | FW | 309 | 171 | 91 |
| George Best | MF | 361 | 137 | 90 |
| Bill Foulkes | DF | 566 | 7 | 90 |
| Lou Macari | MF | 329 | 78 | 90 |
| Sammy McIlroy | MF | 342 | 57 | 90 |
| Steve Coppell | MF | 322 | 53 | 90 |
| Alex Stepney | GK | 433 | 2 | 89 |
| Martin Buchan | DF | 456 | 4 | 89 |
| Tony Dunne | DF | 414 | 2 | 89 |
| Bobby Charlton | MF/FW | 606 | 199 | 89 |
| Arthur Albiston | DF | 379 | 6 | 88 |
| Gary Bailey | GK | 294 | 0 | 87 |
| Shay Brennan | DF | 355 | 6 | 87 |
| Stuart Pearson | FW | 139 | 55 | 87 |
| Willie Morgan | MF | 236 | 25 | 86 |
| Mike Duxbury | DF | 299 | 6 | 86 |
| Joe Jordan | FW | 109 | 37 | 85 |
| Brian Kidd | FW | 203 | 52 | 84 |
| John Aston, Jr. | MF | 155 | 25 | 84 |
| David Sadler | DF | 272 | 22 | 84 |
| Nobby Stiles | MF | 311 | 17 | 84 |
| Kevin Moran | DF | 231 | 21 | 83 |
| Brian Greenhoff | MF | 221 | 13 | 82 |
| Stewart Houston | DF | 205 | 13 | 82 |
| Paddy Crerand | MF | 304 | 10 | 82 |
| Gordon Hill | MF | 101 | 39 | 82 |
| Gerry Daly | MF | 111 | 23 | 82 |
| Jimmy Greenhoff | FW | 97 | 26 | 81 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | DF | 197 | 3 | 81 |
| Gordon McQueen | DF | 184 | 20 | 81 |
| Ray Wilkins | MF | 160 | 7 | 79 |
| Alan Gowling | FW | 71 | 18 | 78 |
| Mickey Thomas | MF | 90 | 11 | 77 |
| Ashley Grimes | MF | 90 | 10 | 77 |
| Steve James | DF | 129 | 4 | 76 |
| Francis Burns | DF | 121 | 6 | 75 |
| David McCreery | MF | 97 | 7 | 75 |
| John Fitzpatrick | DF | 117 | 8 | 75 |
| Ian Storey-Moore | FW | 39 | 11 | 75 |
| Alex Forsyth | DF | 101 | 4 | 73 |
| Paddy Roche | GK | 46 | 0 | 72 |
| Andy Ritchie | MF | 42 | 13 | 72 |
| Carlo Sartori | MF | 55 | 6 | 72 |
| Tony Young | DF | 83 | 1 | 71 |
| Jimmy Rimmer | GK | 34 | 0 | 70 |
| Jim McCalliog | MF | 31 | 7 | 68 |
| Jim Holton | DF | 63 | 5 | 68 |
| Ted MacDougall | FW | 18 | 5 | 67 |
| George Graham | MF | 43 | 2 | 66 |
| Ian Ure | MF | 47 | 1 | 66 |
| Mick Martin | MF | 40 | 2 | 66 |
| Paul Edwards | DF | 54 | 0 | 66 |
| Tommy O'Neil | DF | 54 | 0 | 66 |
| Jimmy Ryan | MF | 24 | 4 | 65 |
| Wyn Davies | FW | 16 | 4 | 65 |
| Chris McGrath | MF | 28 | 1 | 63 |
| Bobby Noble | DF | 31 | 0 | 61 |
| Trevor Anderson | FW | 19 | 2 | 61 |
| Stephen Pears | GK | 4 | 0 | 59 |
| Tommy Jackson | MF | 19 | 0 | 59 |
| John Connaughton | GK | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Arnie Sidebottom | DF | 16 | 0 | 57 |
| Don Givens | FW | 8 | 1 | 57 |
| Tom Sloan | MF | 11 | 0 | 56 |
| Willie Watson | DF | 11 | 0 | 56 |
| Ron Davies | FW | 8 | 0 | 55 |
| Alan Davies | MF | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| Clive Griffiths | DF | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| Peter Fletcher | FW | 7 | 0 | 54 |
| Peter Coyne | FW | 2 | 1 | 54 |
| Steve Paterson | DF | 6 | 0 | 54 |
| Ian Donald | DF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Paul Bielby | MF | 4 | 0 | 53 |
| Colin Waldron | DF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| George Buchan | MF | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Alan Foggon | FW | 3 | 0 | 52 |
| Tommy Baldwin | FW | 2 | 0 | 51 |
| Jim McDonagh | GK | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| Jimmy Kelly | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Tony Grimshaw | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| John Lowey | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Peter Abbott | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| David Morris | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Ken Ayres | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Barney Daniels | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Tony Whelan | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Eric Young | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Gary Micklewhite | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Lindsay McKeown | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Oshor Williams | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Peter O'Sullivan | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Peter Sutcliffe | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Roy Morton | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| David Bradley | DF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
| Martin Lane | DF | 0 | 0 | 48 |
Manchester United through the decades
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