Sunderland 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Sunderland in the 1980s — 101 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Gary Bennett made the most appearances (442). Gary Rowell scored the most (88).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Armstrong | MF | 349 | 50 | 80 |
| Gary Bennett | DF | 442 | 23 | 80 |
| Marco Gabbiadini | FW | 152 | 74 | 80 |
| Gary Rowell | FW | 257 | 88 | 79 |
| Shaun Elliott | DF | 321 | 11 | 78 |
| Gary Owers | MF | 320 | 25 | 78 |
| Joe Bolton | DF | 273 | 11 | 77 |
| Richard Ord | DF | 253 | 7 | 77 |
| Nick Pickering | MF | 179 | 18 | 76 |
| Tony Norman | GK | 198 | 0 | 76 |
| Chris Turner | GK | 195 | 0 | 75 |
| Colin Pascoe | MF | 116 | 22 | 75 |
| John Kay | DF | 199 | 0 | 75 |
| Mark Proctor | MF | 117 | 20 | 75 |
| Gordon Chisholm | DF | 197 | 10 | 75 |
| Bob Lee | FW | 109 | 32 | 75 |
| Eric Gates | FW | 185 | 46 | 74 |
| Kevin Arnott | MF | 133 | 16 | 74 |
| Barry Siddall | GK | 167 | 0 | 74 |
| Jeff Clarke | DF | 181 | 6 | 74 |
| Barry Venison | DF | 173 | 2 | 74 |
| Pop Robson | FW | 52 | 23 | 72 |
| Frank Gray | DF | 146 | 8 | 72 |
| Stan Cummins | FW | 133 | 29 | 71 |
| Reuben Agboola | DF | 140 | 0 | 71 |
| John MacPhail | DF | 130 | 22 | 71 |
| Iain Hesford | GK | 97 | 0 | 71 |
| Mick Buckley | MF | 121 | 7 | 70 |
| Colin West | FW | 102 | 21 | 69 |
| Rob Hindmarch | DF | 115 | 2 | 69 |
| Brian Atkinson | MF | 141 | 4 | 69 |
| Paul Hardyman | DF | 101 | 5 | 68 |
| Paul Bracewell | MF | 113 | 2 | 66 |
| David Rush | FW | 59 | 12 | 66 |
| Steve Whitworth | DF | 83 | 0 | 65 |
| Steve Doyle | MF | 100 | 2 | 65 |
| Dave Swindlehurst | FW | 72 | 11 | 65 |
| Clive Walker | FW | 50 | 10 | 64 |
| Ian Atkins | DF | 77 | 6 | 64 |
| John Hawley | FW | 25 | 11 | 64 |
| Paul Atkinson | MF | 60 | 5 | 63 |
| Thomas Hauser | FW | 54 | 9 | 63 |
| David Buchanan | FW | 34 | 8 | 62 |
| Tim Carter | GK | 37 | 0 | 62 |
| Joe Hinnigan | DF | 63 | 4 | 62 |
| Ally McCoist | FW | 56 | 8 | 62 |
| John Cooke | MF | 55 | 4 | 61 |
| Iain Munro | MF | 80 | 0 | 61 |
| Leighton James | MF | 52 | 4 | 61 |
| Keith Bertschin | FW | 36 | 7 | 60 |
| Alan Kennedy | DF | 54 | 2 | 60 |
| George Burley | DF | 54 | 0 | 60 |
| Ian Wallace | FW | 34 | 6 | 59 |
| Kieron Brady | MF | 33 | 7 | 59 |
| Steve Berry | MF | 46 | 2 | 58 |
| Bob Bolder | GK | 22 | 0 | 58 |
| David Hodgson | FW | 40 | 5 | 57 |
| Howard Gayle | FW | 48 | 4 | 57 |
| Tim Gilbert | DF | 36 | 3 | 56 |
| John Cornforth | MF | 32 | 2 | 55 |
| Andy Dibble | GK | 12 | 0 | 55 |
| David Corner | DF | 33 | 1 | 55 |
| Steve Hetzke | DF | 31 | 0 | 55 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | DF | 29 | 0 | 54 |
| Peter Daniel | MF | 34 | 0 | 53 |
| Jim McDonagh | GK | 7 | 0 | 53 |
| Mark Prudhoe | GK | 7 | 0 | 53 |
| Sam Allardyce | DF | 25 | 2 | 52 |
| Lee Chapman | FW | 15 | 3 | 52 |
| Claudio Marangoni | MF | 20 | 3 | 52 |
| Billy Whitehurst | FW | 17 | 3 | 52 |
| Steve Hardwick | GK | 6 | 0 | 51 |
| Rodger Wylde | FW | 11 | 3 | 51 |
| Barry Dunn | FW | 23 | 2 | 51 |
| Warren Hawke | FW | 25 | 1 | 50 |
| Frank Worthington | FW | 19 | 2 | 50 |
| Bobby Mimms | GK | 4 | 0 | 50 |
| Ian Bowyer | MF | 15 | 1 | 49 |
| John Moore | FW | 16 | 1 | 48 |
| Mick Heathcote | DF | 9 | 0 | 47 |
| Terry Curran | MF | 9 | 1 | 47 |
| Tony Ford | MF | 9 | 1 | 47 |
| Roly Gregoire | FW | 9 | 1 | 46 |
| Tommy Lynch | DF | 4 | 0 | 44 |
| Nigel Saddington | DF | 3 | 0 | 43 |
| Loek Ursem | MF | 4 | 0 | 42 |
| John McGinley | FW | 3 | 0 | 41 |
| Mark Outterside | DF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Gary Ogilvie | DF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Alan Hay | DF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Jamie Murray | DF | 1 | 0 | 41 |
| Dougie McGuire | MF | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Peter Barnes | MF | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Nigel Walker | MF | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Riccardo Gabbiadini | FW | 1 | 0 | 40 |
| Tony Chilton | DF | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Barry Richardson | FW | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Dave Woodcock | MF | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| David Hamilton | MF | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Paul McKenzie | MF | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Tom Ritchie | FW | — | 8 | 36 |
Sunderland through the decades
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