List of Sunderland A.F.C. players

[3] As of 21 March 2009, the player who has won most international caps while at the club is Charlie Hurley with 36 for Republic of Ireland.

[B] The goalscoring record is held by Bobby Gurney, with 227 goals in all competitions, in 390 appearances, scored between 1925 and 1950.

[C] Charlie Buchan is the next highest goalscorer, closely behind Gurney with 221 goals, in 411 games, from 1911 to 1925.

Defender Charlie Hurley was voted as Sunderland's "Player of the Century" in the club's centenary season in 1979.

Players with nationality in bold won full international caps for their country while with the club.

Alf Common, the first player to be transferred for £1,000, when he was bought by Middlesbrough from Sunderland in 1905