Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted descending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ned Barkas | 21 Jan 1901 | 1922-23 – 1938-39 | Birmingham City, Huddersfield Town, Chelsea | 24 | 0 |
| Borna Barišic | 10 Nov 1992 | 2022-23 | Rangers | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Barham | 12 Jul 1962 | 1980-81 – 1990-91 | Norwich City, Brighton & Hove Albion | 11 | 0 |
| George Bargh | 27 May 1910 | 1934-35 | Preston North End | 1 | 1 |
| Giedrius Barevicius | 9 Aug 1976 | 2005-06 | FBK Kaunas | 2 | 1 |
| Nicolò Barella | 7 Feb 1997 | 2025-26 | Inter Milan | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Bardsley | 28 Jun 1985 | 2006-07 – 2019-20 | Sunderland, Burnley, Stoke City, Aston Villa | 15 | 0 |
| Les Bardsley | 18 Aug 1925 | 1954-55 | Bury | 1 | 0 |
| David Bardsley | 11 Sept 1964 | 1983-84 – 1995-96 | Queens Park Rangers, Watford, Oxford United | 19 | 0 |
| Abdülkerim Bardakci | 7 Sept 1994 | 2025-26 | Galatasaray | 3 | 0 |
| Hieronim Barczak | 27 Aug 1953 | 1984-85 | Lech Poznan | 2 | 0 |
| Bradley Barcola | 2 Sept 2002 | 2024-25 – 2025-26 | Paris St Germain | 3 | 0 |
| Valentin Barco | 23 Jul 2004 | 2023-24 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 0 |
| Bobby Barclay | 27 Oct 1906 | 1929-30 – 1938-39 | Sheffield United, Huddersfield Town, Derby County | 13 | 5 |
| Bekir Barcin | 1949 | 1976-77 | Trabzonspor | 2 | 0 |
| Billy Barbour | 21 Sept 1865 | 1894-95 – 1897-98 | Bury | 5 | 1 |
| Tommy Barbour | 1912-13 – 1919-20 | Derby County | 5 | 0 | |
| Gabriel Barbosa | 30 Aug 1996 | 2019-20 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 |
| Alejandro Esteban Barberón | 20 Jun 1959 | 1984-85 | Independiente | 1 | 0 |
| Sébastien Barberis | 31 May 1972 | 2002-03 | Basel | 2 | 0 |
| Tommy Barber | 22 Jul 1886 | 1909-10 – 1914-15 | Aston Villa, Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 1 |
| Phil Barber | 10 Jun 1965 | 1989-90 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 |
| Lewis Barber | 11 Apr 1906 | 1928-29 – 1930-31 | Manchester City | 4 | 0 |
| George Barber | 1 Aug 1908 | 1930-31 – 1939-40 | Chelsea | 14 | 0 |
| Fred Barber | 26 Aug 1963 | 1988-89 – 1991-92 | Walsall, Peterborough United | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Barber | 6 Dec 1939 | 1957-58 – 1961-62 | Barnsley, Preston North End | 5 | 0 |
| Petar Baralic | 3 Oct 1951 | 1973-74 | Red Star Belgrade | 2 | 0 |
| Ruben Baraja | 11 Jul 1975 | 2002-03 | Valencia | 2 | 1 |
| Rocky Baptiste | 8 Jul 1972 | 2007-08 | Havant & Waterlooville | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Baptiste | 31 Jan 1986 | 2010-11 – 2014-15 | Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool | 3 | 0 |
| Shandon Baptiste | 8 Apr 1998 | 2021-22 – 2022-23 | Brentford | 3 | 0 |
| Júlio Baptista | 1 Oct 1981 | 2006-07 | Arsenal | 3 | 4 |
| Dale Banton | 15 May 1961 | 1985-86 | York City | 2 | 0 |
| Eamonn Bannon | 18 Apr 1958 | 1978-79 | Chelsea | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Bannister | 1901-02 – 1908-09 | Leicester City, Bolton Wanderers | 4 | 0 | |
| Keith Bannister | 27 Jan 1923 | 1950-51 | Sheffield Wednesday | 1 | 0 |
| Jimmy Bannister | 1907-08 | Manchester United | 2 | 1 | |
| Gary Bannister | 22 Jul 1960 | 1983-84 – 1992-93 | Queens Park Rangers, Coventry City, Sheffield Wednesday, Nottingham Forest | 13 | 3 |
| Eddie Bannister | 2 Jun 1920 | 1946-47 | Leeds United | 2 | 0 |
| Ernest Bannister | 1909-10 – 1910-11 | Preston North End | 4 | 2 | |
| Billy Banner | 1904-05 | Chesterfield | 1 | 0 | |
| Tommy Bannan | 13 Apr 1930 | 1955-56 – 1956-57 | Lincoln City | 3 | 2 |
| Barry Bannan | 1 Dec 1989 | 2011-12 – 2014-15 | Aston Villa, Crystal Palace | 5 | 0 |
| Willy Banks | 2 Nov 1880 | 1905-06 – 1906-07 | Manchester City | 2 | 0 |
| Ralph Banks | 28 Jun 1920 | 1946-47 – 1953-54 | Bolton Wanderers | 10 | 0 |
| Richard Banks | 1899-1900 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Banks | 28 Apr 1893 | 1913-14 – 1921-22 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 0 |
| John Banks | 14 Jun 1874 | 1894-95 – 1899-1900 | West Bromwich Albion | 10 | 0 |
| Ian Banks | 9 Jan 1961 | 1981-82 – 1985-86 | Leicester City, Barnsley | 6 | 1 |
| Gordon Banks | 30 Dec 1937 | 1962-63 – 1972-73 | Leicester City, Stoke City | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Banks | 21 Aug 1945 | 1971-72 – 1973-74 | Hull City | 2 | 0 |
| Beni Baningime | 9 Sept 1998 | 2017-18 | Everton | 1 | 0 |
| Al Bangura | 24 Jan 1988 | 2006-07 | Watford | 2 | 0 |
| Nicky Banger | 25 Feb 1971 | 1991-92 – 1994-95 | Southampton | 3 | 1 |
| Laurence Banfield | 11 Nov 1889 | 1912-13 | Bristol City | 1 | 0 |
| Éver Banega | 29 Jun 1988 | 2015-16 – 2017-18 | Sevilla | 3 | 0 |
| Tom Bamford | 1913-14 – 1914-15 | Burnley | 5 | 0 | |
| Harry Bamford | 8 Feb 1920 | 1954-55 – 1957-58 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 1 |
| Patrick Bamford | 5 Sept 1993 | 2014-15 – 2022-23 | Leeds United, Middlesbrough | 6 | 2 |
| Keith Bambridge | 1 Sept 1935 | 1955-56 – 1959-60 | Rotherham United | 7 | 0 |
| Joe Bambrick | 3 Nov 1907 | 1934-35 – 1936-37 | Chelsea | 3 | 4 |
| Dave Bamber | 1 Feb 1959 | 1983-84 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Bamber | 1934-35 | Stoke City | 2 | 0 | |
| Jack Bamber | 11 Apr 1895 | 1925-26 – 1926-27 | Leicester City | 3 | 0 |
| Aladji Bamba | 14 Jul 2006 | 2026-27 | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 |
| Sol Bamba | 13 Jan 1985 | 2018-19 | Cardiff City | 1 | 0 |
| Gert Bals | 18 Oct 1936 | 1966-67 | Ajax | 2 | 0 |
| Mario Balotelli | 12 Aug 1990 | 2010-11 – 2012-13 | Manchester City | 4 | 0 |
| Leon Balogun | 28 Jun 1988 | 2018-19 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 1 | 0 |
| Florent Balmont | 2 Feb 1980 | 2009-10 | Lille | 2 | 0 |
| William Balmer | 12 Jul 1877 | 1898-99 – 1907-08 | Everton | 15 | 0 |
| Stuart Balmer | 20 Sept 1969 | 1995-96 – 1996-97 | Charlton Athletic | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Balmer | 1904-05 – 1910-11 | Everton | 13 | 0 | |
| Dan Ballard | 22 Sept 1999 | 2025-26 | Sunderland | 2 | 0 |
| Dominic Ballard | 1 Apr 2005 | 2022-23 | Southampton | 1 | 0 |
| Michael Ballack | 26 Sept 1976 | 2001-02 – 2009-10 | Chelsea, Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 2 |
| William Ball | 1897-98 – 1900-01 | Notts County, Blackburn Rovers | 7 | 0 | |
| Billy Ball | 9 Apr 1886 | 1919-20 | Birmingham City | 1 | 0 |
| Tommy Ball | 11 Feb 1899 | 1921-22 – 1922-23 | Aston Villa | 4 | 0 |
| Michael Ball | 2 Oct 1979 | 1996-97 – 2007-08 | Everton, Manchester City | 12 | 0 |
| Kevin Ball | 12 Nov 1964 | 1987-88 – 1996-97 | Sunderland, Portsmouth | 9 | 0 |
| Keith Ball | 26 Oct 1940 | 1961-62 | Walsall | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Ball | 13 Sept 1907 | 1930-31 – 1932-33 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 | 4 |
| John Ball | 13 Mar 1925 | 1950-51 – 1953-54 | Bolton Wanderers | 7 | 0 |
| Jack Ball | 29 Sept 1899 | 1925-26 – 1928-29 | Bury | 7 | 3 |
| Alan Ball | 12 May 1945 | 1962-63 – 1982-83 | Everton, Arsenal, Southampton, Blackpool | 33 | 11 |
| Igor Balis | 5 Jan 1970 | 2002-03 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 |
| László Bálint | 1 Feb 1948 | 1970-71 – 1974-75 | Ferencvaros | 4 | 0 |
| Leonardo Balerdi | 26 Jan 1999 | 2025-26 | Marseille | 1 | 0 |
| Carlos Baleba | 3 Jan 2004 | 2023-24 – 2025-26 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 6 | 0 |
| Gareth Bale | 16 Jul 1989 | 2007-08 – 2020-21 | Tottenham Hotspur, Real Madrid | 12 | 3 |
| Thomas Baldwin | 10 Jun 1945 | 1965-66 – 1973-74 | Chelsea, Arsenal | 12 | 3 |
| Jimmy Baldwin | 12 Jan 1922 | 1947-48 | Blackburn Rovers | 1 | 0 |
| George Baldry | 26 May 1911 | 1935-36 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 |
| George Baldock | 9 Mar 1993 | 2019-20 – 2020-21 | Sheffield United | 4 | 0 |
| Chris Balderstone | 16 Nov 1940 | 1959-60 – 1974-75 | Carlisle United, Huddersfield Town | 8 | 2 |
| Dianbobo Balde | 10 May 1975 | 2002-03 | Celtic | 2 | 0 |
| Marian Balcerzak | 13 Dec 1949 | 1975-76 | Slask Wroclaw | 2 | 0 |
| Fabián Balbuena | 23 Aug 1991 | 2018-19 – 2020-21 | West Ham United | 2 | 0 |
| Abel Balbo | 1 Jun 1966 | 2000-01 | Roma | 1 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 153 of 161