All-time Sunderland bracket

176 players who played for the Sunderland, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else. Fill out a all-time Sunderland bracket.

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Round of 16

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Semifinals

Final

Seeds

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1

John O'Shea1999–2018

2

Sebastian Larsson2004–2018

3

Thomas Sørensen1998–2008

4

Jordan Pickford2011–2017

5

Jermain Defoe2000–2022

6

Aiden McGeady2014–2022

7

Mart Poom2002–2007

8

Wes Brown1996–2016

9

Kevin Kilbane1999–2012

10

Niall Quinn1983–2002

11

David Meyler2008–2019

12

BB

Billy Bingham1950–1963

13

Kevin Phillips1997–2014

14

SV

Stanislav Varga2000–2008

15

George McCartney1998–2012

16

Stefan Schwarz1994–2003

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Kieran Richardson2002–2014

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Jordan Henderson2008–2026

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Colin Todd1966–1984

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Fabio Borini2009–2018

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Steven Fletcher2012–2016

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Adam Matthews2015–

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Adam Johnson2006–2016

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Dwight Yorke1989–2009

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CB

Charlie Buchan1909–1928

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Márton Fülöp2004–2011

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Simon Mignolet2010–2019

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Asamoah Gyan2010–2012

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Sebastián Coates2011–2017

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WW

Willie Watson1946–1954

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Jozy Altidore2009–2015

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Jack Rodwell2007–2018

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Gavin McCann1995–2007

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David Healy1999–2011

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Ji Dong-won2011–2014

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David Vaughan2011–2018

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James McClean2011–2013

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SA

Stan Anderson1952–1965

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Claudio Reyna2001–2007

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Andy Cole1989–2008

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Thomas Myhre1997–2005

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Fraizer Campbell2006–2013

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Cristian Riveros2010–2012

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Keiren Westwood2002–2014

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Jason McAteer1995–2004

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GB

Gary Breen1997–2006

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Jürgen Macho2000–2004

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DC

David Connolly2006–2009

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Liam Miller2004–2009

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Brian Clough1961–1964

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Andy Reid2000–2011

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Wahbi Khazri2016–2018

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Trevor Ford1947–1953

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Boudewijn Zenden2001–2011

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Ally McCoist1981–1983

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John Mensah2009–2011

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Granit Xhaka2016–2023

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Emanuele Giaccherini2013–2015

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Bryan Oviedo2012–2019

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Liam Lawrence2004–2007

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Costel Pantilimon2011–2020

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Joachim Björklund2002–2004

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GB

George Burley1973–1995

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Jonny Evans2006–2025

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Steven Caldwell1997–2007

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Teemu Tainio2005–2010

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Darren Bent2001–2015

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Ki Sung-yueng2013–2020

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Paulo da Silva2009–2011

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Phil Babb1992–2004

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Nicklas Bendtner2005–2017

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Don Revie1949–1962

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Bernt Haas2001–2003

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Danny Welbeck2008–2026

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IB

Ivor Broadis1949–1955

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Lorik Cana2009–2010

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Anthony Stokes2005–2009

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Steven Pienaar2007–2017

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Djibril Cissé2004–2009

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Ola Toivonen2015–2016

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About this bracket

A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

176 players who played for the Sunderland, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else.

Every pick and every finished ranking here counts toward the top all-time Sunderland for November 2026.

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