Spurs ahead of Arsenal but Man Utd still the most capped Premier League club
Ian Watson
Manchester United players may have been out of favour of late but the Red Devils have over 200 Three Lions caps more than any other Premier League club.
Kobbie Mainoo and Harry Maguire are back in Thomas Tuchel’s current squad, which is the manager’s first to feature a United player not on loan elsewhere.
Here are the Premier League sides ranked on how many England caps they have. Only caps earned while on the books at a club count towards the total…
1) Manchester United – 1417 caps
Players capped – 71
Most capped: Sir Bobby Charlton (106)
United have plenty of players with bundles of caps but when Mainoo pulled out of England duty in October 2024, it represented the first time since 1976 that a Three Lions squad has not featured a single Red Devil.
2) Liverpool – 1210 caps
Players capped – 75
Most capped: Steven Gerrard (114)
Only one Liverpool player (Curtis Jones) capped since Trent Alexander-Arnold’s debut in 2018.
3) Tottenham – 1056 caps
Players capped – 80
Most capped: Harry Kane (84)
Spurs are some way off United and Liverpool but no club has packed more players off for England duty.
4) Arsenal – 973 caps
Players capped – 70
Most capped: Kenny Sansom (77)
Bukayo Saka, on 48 caps, looks well-placed in the future to become England’s most capped Gunner. Saka has Tony Adams (66) and David Seaman (72) to get past first before he worries about Sansom’s benchmark.
5) Manchester City – 778 caps
Players capped – 55
Most capped: John Stones (77)
James Trafford is City’s 16th capped player since since the Abu Dhabi takeover.
6) Chelsea – 733 caps
Players capped – 58
Most capped: Frank Lampard (104)
Trevoh Chalobah is the latest Chelsea player to be capped by England and the club’s only new call-up under ex-Blues boss Tuchel.
7) Everton – 616 caps
Players capped – 72
Most capped: Jordan Pickford (81)
Pickford was the first Toffee to hit 50 caps and seems certain to push on to become the second keeper to get a century.
8) West Ham – 491 caps
Players capped – 44
Most capped: Bobby Moore (108)
The Hammers have provided 16 goalscorers for England who totalled 77 goals. Including four not insignificant ones in 1966.
9) Aston Villa – 489 caps
Players capped – 79
Most capped: Gareth Southgate (42)
Plenty of England internationals in Villa’s history – only Spurs have offered more – but 62 of them never reached double figures for caps.
10) Leeds United – 342 caps
Players capped – 34
Most capped: Jack Charlton (35)
Leeds went 17 years without an England cap between Paul Robinson and Kalvin Phillips, and five years before Dominic Calvert-Lewin faced Uruguay. Which didn’t go great.
11) Newcastle – 326 caps
Players capped – 45
Most capped: Alan Shearer (35)
Even if Newcastle sell Anthony Gordon after the World Cup, he still should crack the top five of players capped by England while playing for the Magpies.
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12) Wolves – 316 caps
Players capped – 35
Most capped: Billy Wright (105)
Only two Wolves players have turned out for England in the Premier League era. Conor Coady is one; who is the other? Answer at the bottom…
13) Nottingham Forest – 291 caps
Players capped – 38
Most capped: Stuart Pearce (76)
Morgan Gibbs-White became the first Forest player to represent England since Pearce – a gap of 27 years.
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14) Fulham – 110 caps
Players capped – 12
Most capped: Johnny Haynes (56)
No Fulham caps since Bobby Zamora in 2011. Surprising, that, for reasons we’re not entirely sure of.
15) Sunderland – 101 caps
Players capped – 29
Most capped: Dave Watson (14)
Plenty of Black Cats on parade for England but since the war, only Watson managed double figures.
16) Burnley – 99 caps
Players capped – 29
Most capped: John Connelly (10)
Just one more needed for a century for the Clarets. James Trafford looked good for it before City stitched him up.
17) Crystal Palace – 97 caps
Players capped – 21
Most capped: Marc Guehi (26)
Guehi was the first Eagle to hit double figures for caps before Eberechi Eze followed.
18) Brighton – 13 caps
Players capped – 5
Most capped: Lewis Dunk (6)
Danny Welbeck should be Seagull number six. He was very close in November.
19) Brentford – 13 caps
Players capped – 4
Most capped: Ivan Toney (6)
Two of the Brentford players to gain England honours were capped once in the pre-war period. Jordan Henderson is currently one behind Toney.
20) Bournemouth – 5 caps
Players capped – 2
Most capped: Callum Wilson (4)
The Cherries are pinning their hopes on Alex Scott for the hat-trick.
*Matt Jarvis
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