Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted ascending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbert Ashton | 1913-14 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | |
| Elias Ashurst | 28 Dec 1901 | 1922-23 – 1923-24 | Birmingham City | 3 | 0 |
| Jackie Ashurst | 12 Oct 1954 | 1973-74 – 1976-77 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 |
| Len Ashurst | 10 Mar 1939 | 1958-59 – 1969-70 | Sunderland | 18 | 0 |
| Bill Ashurst | 4 May 1894 | 1923-24 – 1926-27 | Notts County, West Bromwich Albion | 6 | 0 |
| Alec Ashworth | 1 Oct 1939 | 1961-62 | Luton Town | 2 | 0 |
| Jimmy Ashworth | 1938-39 | Blackpool | 1 | 0 | |
| Sam Ashworth | 1901-02 – 1903-04 | Stoke City, Manchester City | 4 | 0 | |
| Billy Askew | 1913-14 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | |
| Billy Askew | 2 Oct 1959 | 1988-89 | Hull City | 1 | 0 |
| Colin Askey | 3 Oct 1932 | 1954-55 – 1956-57 | Port Vale | 6 | 0 |
| Neil Aspin | 12 Apr 1965 | 1991-92 – 1998-99 | Port Vale | 3 | 0 |
| John Aspinall | 27 Apr 1916 | 1948-49 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | 0 |
| Warren Aspinall | 13 Sept 1967 | 1986-87 – 1991-92 | Portsmouth, Aston Villa, Everton | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Asprey | 11 Sept 1936 | 1957-58 – 1964-65 | Stoke City | 10 | 1 |
| Yaser Asprilla | 19 Nov 2003 | 2024-25 | Girona FC | 1 | 0 |
| Faustino Asprilla | 10 Nov 1969 | 1995-96 – 1997-98 | Newcastle United | 3 | 2 |
| Rudi Assauer | 30 Apr 1944 | 1965-66 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 |
| Ebenezer Assifuah | 3 Jul 1993 | 2015-16 | Sion | 2 | 1 |
| Lorenz Assignon | 22 Jun 2000 | 2023-24 | Burnley | 1 | 0 |
| Benoît Assou-Ekotto | 24 Mar 1984 | 2006-07 – 2012-13 | Tottenham Hotspur | 8 | 1 |
| Gordon Astall | 22 Sept 1927 | 1954-55 | Birmingham City | 2 | 3 |
| Mike Astbury | 22 Jan 1964 | 1984-85 | York City | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Astbury | 9 Feb 1920 | 1945-46 | Chester City | 2 | 1 |
| James Astin | 16 Aug 1900 | 1921-22 | Burnley | 2 | 0 |
| Jeff Astle | 13 May 1942 | 1964-65 – 1972-73 | West Bromwich Albion | 15 | 7 |
| Dai Astley | 11 Oct 1909 | 1933-34 – 1938-39 | Derby County, Aston Villa, Blackpool | 10 | 6 |
| Jack Astley | 3 Dec 1909 | 1935-36 | Brentford | 1 | 0 |
| Alfred Aston | 1904-05 | Burton United | 1 | 1 | |
| Charlie Aston | 1898-99 – 1904-05 | Burton United, Aston Villa | 4 | 0 | |
| John Aston | 3 Sept 1921 | 1946-47 – 1953-54 | Manchester United | 14 | 1 |
| John Aston | 28 Jun 1947 | 1965-66 – 1974-75 | Manchester United, Luton Town | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Aston | 1901-02 | Birmingham City | 2 | 0 | |
| Harold Aston | 1904-05 | West Bromwich Albion | 1 | 0 | |
| Martín Astudillo | 11 Oct 1977 | 2000-01 | Alaves | 1 | 0 |
| Baris Atas | 1 Feb 1987 | 2010-11 | Trabzonspor | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Athersmith | 10 May 1872 | 1894-95 – 1903-04 | Aston Villa, Birmingham City | 12 | 3 |
| Gordon Atherton | 18 Jun 1934 | 1961-62 | Bury | 2 | 0 |
| John Atherton | 1899-1900 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter Atherton | 6 Apr 1970 | 1989-90 – 2000-01 | Sheffield Wednesday, Coventry City, Wigan Athletic, Bradford City | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Atherton | 29 Jul 1876 | 1903-04 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 |
| Jack Atkin | 1912-13 – 1919-20 | Derby County | 6 | 0 | |
| Dennis Atkins | 8 Nov 1938 | 1961-62 | Huddersfield Town | 2 | 0 |
| Ian Atkins | 16 Jan 1957 | 1982-83 – 1985-86 | Sunderland, Ipswich Town, Everton | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Atkins | 14 Aug 1968 | 1990-91 – 1994-95 | Blackburn Rovers | 4 | 1 |
| Will Atkinson | 14 Oct 1988 | 2009-10 | Hull City | 1 | 0 |
| Brian Atkinson | 19 Jan 1971 | 1991-92 – 1995-96 | Sunderland | 3 | 0 |
| Charlie Atkinson | 17 Dec 1932 | 1955-56 | Hull City | 1 | 0 |
| Dalian Atkinson | 21 Mar 1968 | 1989-90 – 1993-94 | Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 4 |
| George Atkinson | 1904-05 | Burnley | 1 | 0 | |
| Hugh Atkinson | 8 Nov 1960 | 1980-81 – 1981-82 | Wolves | 3 | 1 |
| Jack Atkinson | 20 Dec 1913 | 1933-34 – 1946-47 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 0 |
| Josh Atkinson | 28 Mar 1902 | 1924-25 – 1926-27 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Atkinson | 19 Jan 1966 | 1984-85 | Sunderland | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Atkinson | 14 Aug 1961 | 1983-84 – 1985-86 | Oldham Athletic, Watford | 4 | 0 |
| Timothée Atouba | 17 Feb 1982 | 2002-03 – 2004-05 | Tottenham Hotspur, Basel | 4 | 1 |
| Christian Atsu | 10 Jan 1992 | 2017-18 – 2019-20 | Newcastle United | 4 | 1 |
| Ray Atteveld | 8 Sept 1966 | 1990-91 | Everton | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Atthey | 8 May 1946 | 1967-68 | Walsall | 2 | 0 |
| Reg Attwell | 23 Mar 1920 | 1946-47 – 1953-54 | Burnley | 13 | 0 |
| John Atyeo | 7 Feb 1932 | 1955-56 – 1959-60 | Bristol City | 9 | 5 |
| Pierre Aubameyang | 18 Jun 1989 | 2009-10 – 2025-26 | Arsenal, Borussia Dortmund, Lille, Marseille, Chelsea | 14 | 2 |
| René Aufhauser | 21 Jun 1976 | 2004-05 | Grazer AK | 2 | 0 |
| Klaus Augenthaler | 26 Sept 1957 | 1980-81 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 0 |
| Ionel Augustin | 11 Oct 1965 | 1983-84 | Dinamo Bucharest | 2 | 0 |
| Carlos Augusto | 7 Jan 1999 | 2025-26 | Inter Milan | 1 | 0 |
| Bertie Auld | 23 Mar 1938 | 1962-63 – 1965-66 | Birmingham City, Celtic | 6 | 0 |
| Walter Auld | 9 Jul 1929 | 1950-51 | Middlesbrough | 1 | 0 |
| Serge Aurier | 24 Dec 1992 | 2017-18 – 2023-24 | Tottenham Hotspur, Nottingham Forest, Villarreal | 9 | 0 |
| Charlie Austin | 5 Jul 1989 | 2014-15 – 2020-21 | Southampton, Queens Park Rangers, West Bromwich Albion | 7 | 0 |
| Dean Austin | 26 Apr 1970 | 1992-93 – 2000-01 | Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Austin | 6 Jul 1933 | 1960-61 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Austin | 29 Apr 1900 | 1924-25 – 1931-32 | Manchester City, Chesterfield | 6 | 1 |
| Terry Austin | 1 Feb 1954 | 1975-76 | Ipswich Town | 1 | 1 |
| Rodojko Avramovic | 29 Nov 1949 | 1981-82 – 1983-84 | Notts County, Coventry City | 5 | 0 |
| Christophe Avril | 28 Jul 1968 | — | — | — | — |
| Zach Awe | 9 Jan 2004 | 2024-25 | Accrington Stanley | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Awford | 14 Jul 1972 | 1991-92 | Portsmouth | 2 | 0 |
| Taiwo Awoniyi | 12 Aug 1997 | 2022-23 – 2024-25 | Nottingham Forest | 5 | 1 |
| Charlie Axcell | 1906-07 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 | |
| Daniel Ayala | 7 Nov 1990 | 2014-15 – 2016-17 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 |
| Roberto Ayala | 14 Apr 1973 | 2002-03 | Valencia | 1 | 0 |
| Yasin Ayari | 10 Jun 2003 | 2024-25 – 2025-26 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 4 | 1 |
| André Ayew | 17 Dec 1989 | 2015-16 – 2022-23 | West Ham United, Swansea City, Nottingham Forest | 6 | 2 |
| Jordan Ayew | 11 Sept 1991 | 2017-18 – 2024-25 | Crystal Palace, Swansea City, Leicester City | 14 | 1 |
| Ayhan Akman | 23 Feb 1977 | 2001-02 – 2006-07 | Galatasaray | 2 | 0 |
| Floyd Ayité | 15 Dec 1988 | 2018-19 | Fulham | 1 | 0 |
| Luke Ayling | 25 Aug 1991 | 2016-17 – 2022-23 | Leeds United | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Aylott | 3 Sept 1951 | 1971-72 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 |
| Trevor Aylott | 26 Nov 1957 | 1981-82 | Barnsley | 2 | 0 |
| Bobby Ayre | 26 Mar 1932 | 1953-54 – 1957-58 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 3 |
| Johnny Ayris | 8 Jan 1953 | 1970-71 – 1973-74 | West Ham United | 3 | 0 |
| Adebayo Azeez | 8 Jan 1994 | 2014-15 | AFC Wimbledon | 1 | 0 |
| Randall Azofeifa | 30 Dec 1984 | 2005-06 | Deportivo Saprissa | 1 | 0 |
| César Azpilicueta | 28 Aug 1989 | 2012-13 – 2022-23 | Chelsea | 26 | 0 |
| Demba Ba | 25 May 1985 | 2010-11 – 2014-15 | Newcastle United, Besiktas, Chelsea, West Ham United | 7 | 2 |
| Sanoussy Ba | 5 Jan 2004 | 2023-24 | LASK | 1 | 0 |
| Ibrahim Ba | 12 Nov 1973 | 2003-04 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 0 |
| Peter Baah | 1 May 1973 | 1993-94 | Fulham | 1 | 0 |
| Espen Baardsen | 7 Dec 1977 | 1996-97 – 1998-99 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 6 of 161