List of Stevenage F.C. players

Stevenage Football Club is an English association football club based in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The club currently competes in EFL League Two. Formed as Stevenage Borough in 1976, following the demise of the town's former club, Stevenage Athletic, they joined the United Counties League in 1980 and progressed through the United Counties and Isthmian leagues over the following decade. The club achieved promotion to the Football Conference in 1994 and spent 16 consecutive seasons in the highest tier of non-League football, before being promoted to League Two in 2010. In their inaugural Football League season, Stevenage secured promotion to League One, the third tier of English football, and recorded their highest-ever league finish during the 2011–12 season. The club was relegated back into League Two at the conclusion of the 2013–14 season, before earning promotion back to League One during the 2022–23 season. Below is a list of players who have made 50 or more senior competitive appearances for the club. In addition to this, the table also includes players who hold club records.

Introduction

More than 185 players have appeared in at least 50 senior competitive matches for the club since its formation in 1976. Defender Ronnie Henry holds the club record for the most appearances, with 502 accumulated over two spells. He surpassed the previous record of 468, held by Mark Smith, in January 2018. Smith had held the record for 17 years. Martin Gittings holds the club record for the most goals scored, with a total of 217. He is also the only player to have scored over 100 goals for the club, with Steve Morison coming closest, scoring 89 in all competitions.
The list also includes those who have received the Stevenage Player of the Year award. The Stevenage Player of the Year award is presented annually, based on a vote by the club's supporters, in recognition of the best overall performance by an individual player throughout the football season. Four players have won the award twice: Mark Smith in 1995 and 2001; Jason Goodliffe in 2002 and 2003; Mark Roberts in 2009 and 2012; and most recently, Carl Piergianni, in 2023 and 2024.

Key

Players are listed according to the date of their first professional contract signed with the club. Appearances are for first-team competitive matches only. Substitute appearances are included. All figures are correct as of 12 July 2025.

Note: Players in bold are still playing for Stevenage.

List of players

Name	Nationality	Position	Stevenage career	Appearances	Goals	Notes
		FW	1980–1982 1986	101	48
		MF	1980–1982 1985–1987	113	24
		MF	1980–1985	177	22
		FW	1980–1982	63	22
		FW	1980–1984 1988	119	53
		MF	1980 1983–1989 1991	159	20
		GK	1980–1982 1985–1987	65	0
		DF	1981–1983	83	2
		FW	1981–1994	401	217
		FW	1982–1984	82	11
		MF	1982–1990	318	58
		GK	1983–1984 1987	93	0
		FW	1983–1985	105	32
		FW	1983–1984 1988–1989 1990–1993	56	27
		FW	1983–1988	208	48
		DF	1983–1988	257	9
		FW	1984–1987 1990–1992	109	47
		MF	1984–1987	91	2
		DF	1984–1987	88	1
		FW	1985–1986	58	18
		GK	1985–1988 1992–2000	369	1
		DF	1985–1988	141	1
		FW	1985–1988	112	31
		DF	1985–1986 1989 1993–1995	142	16
		DF	1985–1988	154	8
		MF	1986–1987 1990–1994	207	25
		DF	1986–1988	95	5
		FW	1986–1988	87	20
		DF	1987–1989	83	6
		MF	1987–1990	93	27
		DF	1988–1998	243	15
		DF	1988–1990	93	2
		FW	1988 1990–1991	71	36
		FW	1988–1996	198	51
		MF	1988–1990	73	6
		DF	1988–1990	63	4
		FW	1988–1990	72	30
		GK	1989–1990	55	0
		MF	1989–1994	191	27
		DF	1989–1991	109	0
		FW	1989–1993	68	36
		MF	1990–1994	149	4
		DF	1990–1991 1993–1994	66	3
		MF	1990–1992	68	18
		MF	1990–1993	59	7
		GK	1990–1991	51	0
		DF	1990–1992	110	1
		DF	1991–1993	97	6
		MF	1991–1993	51	5
		FW	1991–1992	53	10
		GK	1991–1998	161	0
		DF	1992–2001 2003–2004	468	29
		FW	1992–1994 1996–1998	141	44
		MF	1992–1994	84	7
		MF	1993–1999	183	19
		DF	1993–1995	77	4
		FW	1994–1998	147	52
		DF	1993–1994	68	0
		DF	1994–1997	137	13
		MF	1993–1996	159	44
		FW	1994–1997	154	76
		MF	1994–1995	65	7
		FW	1994–1996	85	19
		DF	1995–1997	85	8
		FW	1995–1997 2000	93	35
		MF	1995–1997	109	12
		MF	1995–1996 1998–1999	82	2
		DF	1995–1997	99	1
		DF	1996–2001	167	7
		DF	1997–2000	124	12
		MF	1997–1998	53	8
		DF	1997–2003	191	12
		FW	1998–2000	95	59
		DF	1998–2000	82	2
		DF	1998–2000	93	0
		GK	1998–2001	103	0
		FW	1999–2002	67	10
		MF	1999–2001	60	7
		FW	1999–2001	60	12
		MF	1999–2003	114	11
		DF	2000–2001 2003–2004	67	3
		MF	2000–2002	85	19
		FW	2000–2002	58	17
		MF	2001–2003	56	5
		FW	2001 2008–2011	69	22
		DF	2001–2007	158	15
		MF	2001–2004	98	11
		MF	2002–2007	126	32
		DF	2002–2004	72	1
		GK	2002–2005	54	0
		MF	2003–2005	64	6
		FW	2003–2006	125	57
		DF	2003–2006	118	5
		FW	2003–2006 2009	108	38
		GK	2003–2004	38	0
		DF	2003–2006	82	1
		DF	2003–2006	112	0
		MF	2004–2006 2009	55	4
		MF	2004–2006	69	2
		MF	2004–2006	95	3
		DF	2004–2006	60	1
		FW	2004–2007	106	21
		DF	2005–2012 2014–2019	502	4
		GK	2005–2008 2011–2012	166	0
		FW	2005–2007	62	21
		DF	2006–2007	58	2
		DF	2006–2007	73	8
		DF	2006–2009	91	5
		MF	2006–2008	68	13
		MF	2006–2008	75	16
		DF	2006–2008	76	1
		FW	2006–2009	153	89
		MF	2007–2010	144	23
		MF	2007–2009	74	10
		MF	2007–2012	192	15
		MF	2008–2011	77	7
		DF	2008–2012	230	23
		DF	2008–2010	56	1
		MF	2008–2010	74	12
		MF	2008–2011	82	14
		MF	2008–2012 2022–2023	257	21
		GK	2008–2018	361	0
		DF	2008–2013	237	27
		DF	2009–2016	234	5
		MF	2009–2012 2018–2020	153	14
		FW	2009–2012 2014–2015	149	26
		FW	2009–2011	68	17
		MF	2009–2012	89	10
		MF	2008–2012	53	2
		MF	2010–2012 2014	83	12
		DF	2010–2015	167	18
		FW	2010–2012 2016	55	13
		FW	2011–2012 2014	61	8
		MF	2011–2014	129	17
		MF	2011–2014	75	11
		MF	2012–2014	86	15
		DF	2012–2014	58	0
		MF	2012–2014	59	7
		MF	2012–2014	62	9
		MF	2012–2014	66	12
		FW	2012–2014	51	7
		MF	2013–2015	58	1
		MF	2013–2016 2019–2020	100	10
		MF	2014–2017	130	14
		MF	2014–2018 2020–2021	193	24
		DF	2014–2017	97	7
		MF	2014–2016 2017–2018	101	17
		MF	2015–2020	167	31
		MF	2015–2018	71	2
		MF	2015–2018	71	3
		MF	2015–2017	61	3
		DF	2015–2018	120	8
		GK	2016–2017	57	0
		DF	2016–2019	119	8
		FW	2016–2018	87	35
		DF	2016–2018	76	3
		FW	2017–2021	131	29
		DF	2017–2024	214	3
		DF	2017–2019 2021	64	3
		DF	2017–2018	15	0
		FW	2018–2019 2020	57	13
'		DF	2018–	272	7
		DF	2018–2022	107	6
		GK	2018–2020	75	0
		MF	2018–2020	51	4
		FW	2018–2020	62	19
		DF	2018–2020	64	1
		MF	2019–2025	201	35
		MF	2019–2022	80	10
'		MF	2020 2024–	54	12
		MF	2020–2023	83	4
		FW	2021–2023	122	37
		MF	2021–2023	104	4
		MF	2021–2023	85	5
'		FW	2021–	197	55
'		DF	2022–	154	15
		FW	2022–2023	52	9
'		FW	2022–	154	23
'		DF	2022–	104	7
'		GK	2022–	81	0
		DF	2022–2025	67	1
		MF	2023–2025	58	3
'		MF	2023–	86	3
		DF	2023–2024	51	1
'		MF	2023–	92	4
'		DF	2023–	86	1
		MF	2023–	68	5