Opposition Players
| Full Name sorted ascending | Birthdate sortable | Era | Club(s) sortable | Apps sortable | Goals sortable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diego Leon | 16 Jan 1984 | 2007-08 | Barnsley | 1 | 0 |
| Arthur Leonard | 1903-04 | Stoke City, Birmingham City | 2 | 0 | |
| Harry Leonard | 1912-13 – 1919-20 | Derby County | 5 | 2 | |
| John Leonard | 1897-98 | Notts County, Derby County | 2 | 1 | |
| Jimmy Leonard | 1930-31 | Sunderland | 2 | 2 | |
| Leony Kweuke | 12 Jul 1987 | 2010-11 | Sparta Prague | 2 | 0 |
| Mick Leonard | 9 May 1959 | 1983-84 – 1992-93 | Chesterfield, Notts County | 3 | 0 |
| Leonardo | 5 Sept 1969 | 1996-97 | Paris St Germain | 2 | 1 |
| Gianfranco Leoncini | 25 Sept 1939 | 1965-66 | Juventus | 2 | 1 |
| Øyvind Leonhardsen | 17 Aug 1970 | 1994-95 – 2002-03 | Wimbledon, Aston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur | 7 | 1 |
| Jefferson Lerma | 25 Oct 1994 | 2018-19 – 2025-26 | Crystal Palace, Bournemouth | 13 | 0 |
| Jérôme Leroy | 4 Nov 1974 | 1996-97 | Paris St Germain | 2 | 1 |
| Jolean Lescott | 16 Aug 1982 | 2006-07 – 2015-16 | Manchester City, Everton, Aston Villa, West Bromwich Albion | 22 | 1 |
| Alec Leslie | 1926-27 – 1930-31 | Birmingham City | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Leslie | 1897-98 – 1899-1900 | Sunderland | 6 | 2 | |
| Lawrie Leslie | 17 Mar 1935 | 1962-63 – 1964-65 | Stoke City, West Ham United | 5 | 0 |
| TH Leslie | 1913-14 | Gillingham | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Leslie | 26 Feb 1885 | 1911-12 | Leyton | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Lessons | 1905-06 | Nottingham Forest | 1 | 0 | |
| Frank Lester | 1895-96 | Birmingham City | 2 | 0 | |
| Jack Lester | 8 Oct 1975 | 1997-98 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Lester | 4 Aug 1954 | 1981-82 | Exeter City | 2 | 0 |
| Leon Leuty | 23 Oct 1920 | 1946-47 – 1954-55 | Derby County, Notts County | 9 | 0 |
| Evgeni Levchenko | 3 Jan 1978 | 2002-03 | Vitesse Arnhem | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Lever | 29 Mar 1970 | 1997-98 | Grimsby Town | 1 | 0 |
| Tot Leverton | 8 May 1926 | 1954-55 | Notts County | 1 | 0 |
| Frank Levick | 1907-08 | Sheffield United | 2 | 0 | |
| Artur Levitski | 17 Mar 1985 | 2012-13 | Gomel | 1 | 0 |
| Maxim Levitsky | 26 Nov 1972 | 2002-03 | Spartak Moscow | 1 | 0 |
| Robert Lewandowski | 21 Aug 1988 | 2018-19 | Bayern Munich | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Lewington | 7 Sept 1956 | 1977-78 – 1986-87 | Fulham, Chelsea | 4 | 0 |
| Jamal Lewis | 25 Jan 1998 | 2019-20 – 2021-22 | Newcastle United, Norwich City | 4 | 0 |
| Rico Lewis | 21 Nov 2004 | 2022-23 – 2024-25 | Manchester City | 3 | 0 |
| Cyril Lewis | 1935-36 – 1936-37 | Grimsby Town | 3 | 0 | |
| Albert Lewis | 1904-05 – 1913-14 | West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 | |
| Norman Lewis | 13 Jun 1908 | 1933-34 – 1935-36 | Stoke City, Tranmere Rovers | 5 | 0 |
| Brian Lewis | 26 Jan 1943 | 1967-68 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 |
| Bernie Lewis | 12 Mar 1945 | 1969-70 | Watford | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie Lewis | 1908-09 – 1912-13 | Arsenal | 8 | 2 | |
| Dan Lewis | 11 Feb 1902 | 1924-25 – 1929-30 | Arsenal | 8 | 0 |
| Derek Lewis | 10 Jun 1929 | 1952-53 | Preston North End | 1 | 0 |
| Dudley Lewis | 17 Nov 1962 | 1982-83 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Lewis | 3 Jan 1935 | 1953-54 – 1961-62 | Leyton Orient, West Ham United, Manchester United | 8 | 2 |
| Eddie Lewis | 17 May 1974 | 2007-08 | Derby County | 1 | 0 |
| Fred Lewis | 26 Jul 1923 | 1946-47 – 1953-54 | Chelsea | 4 | 1 |
| George Lewis | 1897-98 – 1901-02 | Notts County | 10 | 0 | |
| Idris Lewis | 28 Aug 1915 | 1935-36 | Swansea City | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Lewis | 1 May 1920 | 1946-47 | Walsall | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Lewis | 19 Sept 1940 | 1957-58 – 1959-60 | Sheffield United | 3 | 0 |
| Junior Lewis | 9 Oct 1973 | 2000-01 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 |
| Kevin Lewis | 25 Sept 1952 | 1975-76 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 |
| Mickey Lewis | 15 Feb 1965 | 1983-84 – 1987-88 | Derby County, West Bromwich Albion | 2 | 0 |
| Neil Lewis | 28 Jun 1974 | 1996-97 | Leicester City | 1 | 0 |
| Reg Lewis | 7 Mar 1920 | 1946-47 – 1950-51 | Arsenal | 7 | 5 |
| Russell Lewis | 15 Sept 1956 | 1980-81 | Swindon Town | 1 | 0 |
| Wilson Lewis | 23 Nov 1921 | 1947-48 – 1950-51 | Norwich City, Blackpool | 2 | 0 |
| William Lewis | 1894-95 | Birmingham City | 1 | 0 | |
| Keane Lewis-Potter | 22 Feb 2001 | 2022-23 – 2025-26 | Brentford | 6 | 0 |
| Myles Lewis-Skelly | 26 Sept 2006 | 2024-25 – 2025-26 | Arsenal | 3 | 0 |
| Dave Leworthy | 22 Oct 1962 | 1986-87 | Oxford United | 1 | 0 |
| Josef Lexa | 11 Feb 1972 | 2000-01 | Slovan Liberec | 2 | 0 |
| Charlie Leyfield | 30 Oct 1911 | 1934-35 – 1937-38 | Sheffield United, Everton | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Leyland | 12 May 1930 | 1956-57 – 1957-58 | Blackburn Rovers | 5 | 0 |
| John Leyland | 1921-22 | Manchester City | 1 | 0 | |
| Reinhard Libuda | 10 Oct 1943 | 1965-66 | Borussia Dortmund | 1 | 0 |
| Liceranzu | 13 Mar 1959 | 1983-84 | Athletic Bilbao | 2 | 0 |
| Eric Lichaj | 17 Nov 1988 | 2011-12 – 2012-13 | Aston Villa | 2 | 0 |
| Klaus Lichtenberger | 13 Apr 1950 | 1972-73 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 0 |
| Stephan Lichtsteiner | 16 Jan 1984 | 2018-19 | Arsenal | 1 | 0 |
| Lico | 9 Aug 1951 | 1981-82 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Liddell | 28 Jun 1973 | 1997-98 | Barnsley | 2 | 0 |
| George Liddell | 14 Jan 1895 | 1921-22 – 1931-32 | Birmingham City | 19 | 0 |
| Robert Liddell | 1908-09 | Newcastle United | 1 | 0 | |
| Gary Liddle | 15 Jun 1986 | 2013-14 | Notts County | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Liddle | 21 Oct 1971 | 1995-96 – 1996-97 | Middlesbrough | 2 | 0 |
| Danny Liddle | 19 Feb 1912 | 1932-33 – 1938-39 | Leicester City | 8 | 4 |
| Bobby Liddle | 11 Apr 1908 | 1933-34 – 1937-38 | Stoke City | 5 | 0 |
| Ewald Lienen | 28 Nov 1953 | 1977-78 | Borussia Moenchengladbach | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Lievesley | 25 Jul 1883 | 1905-06 – 1912-13 | Sheffield United | 14 | 0 |
| Les Lievesley | 1937-38 | Crystal Palace | 2 | 0 | |
| Kyle Lightbourne | 29 Sept 1968 | 2000-01 | Stoke City | 1 | 0 |
| Arthur Lightening | 1 Aug 1936 | 1960-61 | Coventry City | 1 | 0 |
| Teddy Lightfoot | 13 Nov 1889 | 1911-12 – 1914-15 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 | 0 |
| Werner Lihsa | 3 Jun 1943 | 1972-73 | Dynamo Berlin | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Lillis | 17 Jan 1960 | 1985-86 – 1987-88 | Aston Villa, Manchester City | 2 | 0 |
| George Lillycrop | 7 Dec 1886 | 1913-14 – 1914-15 | Bolton Wanderers | 3 | 2 |
| Pedro Lima | 1 Jul 2006 | 2024-25 | Wolves | 1 | 0 |
| Lima | 17 Sept 1962 | 2001-02 | Roma | 2 | 0 |
| Lima | 11 Aug 1983 | 2010-11 | Braga | 2 | 0 |
| Anders Limpar | 24 Sept 1965 | 1990-91 – 1995-96 | Arsenal, Everton | 5 | 2 |
| Harry Linacre | 1898-99 – 1908-09 | Nottingham Forest, Derby County | 16 | 0 | |
| Billy Linacre | 10 Aug 1924 | 1947-48 – 1948-49 | Manchester City | 4 | 0 |
| Lincoln | 16 Dec 2000 | 2019-20 | Flamengo | 1 | 0 |
| Anders Lindegaard | 13 Apr 1984 | 2012-13 | Manchester United | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Lindegaard | 10 Sept 1980 | 2003-04 | Yeovil Town | 1 | 0 |
| Victor Lindelöf | 17 Jul 1994 | 2017-18 – 2025-26 | Manchester United, Aston Villa | 12 | 0 |
| Tobias Linderoth | 21 Apr 1979 | 2001-02 – 2003-04 | Everton | 2 | 0 |
| Hayden Lindley | 2 Sept 2002 | 2020-21 | Aston Villa | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Lindley | 1913-14 – 1919-20 | Burnley | 5 | 2 | |
| Maurice Lindley | 5 Dec 1915 | 1947-48 | Everton | 1 | 0 |
Total: 16004 players | Page 85 of 161