List of Bristol Rovers F.C. players

In the club's early history the appearance record was held by goalkeeper Arthur Cartlidge,[1] who played in 258 Southern League games between 1901 and 1909.

[3] Following the Second World War the Bristol Rovers board introduced a no-buy/no-sell policy, which remained in force until the abolition of the maximum wage in football in 1961; as a result some players in that era had a high number of appearances for the club.

These eight were Bobby Jones (421 appearances), Alfie Biggs (424), Ray Warren (450), Harold Jarman (452), George Petherbridge (457), Geoff Bradford (462), Jack Pitt (466), and Harry Bamford (486).

[5] The club's all-time leading appearance maker, Stuart Taylor, played in 546 League games between 1965 and 1980.

Statistics are correct as of match played 4 March 2024 Position key: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

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Bristol Rovers record scorer, Geoff Bradford , who scored 355 goals for the club, 242 of which were in the Football League.
Forward Alfie Biggs made 424 appearances for Rovers in two spells between 1953 and 1961 and again between 1962 and 1968. With 178 goals, he is the club's second highest goalscorer.
Ian Holloway , who played 397 league games in three spells with the club.
England international Gary Mabbutt , who played 131 league games between 1977 and 1982.
Tony Pulis made 130 Rovers appearances in two spells from 1975 to 1981 and 1982 to 1984.
Rovers' most capped player Vitālijs Astafjevs , who played 167 times for Latvia .
Chris Lines made 314 appearances for Rovers in three spells between 2004 and 2019. He achieved three promotions at the club and is the highest appearance maker of the 21st century.