Top 9 all-time Sunderland

176 players who played for the Sunderland, greatest for the team first; search for anyone else. Put your favorite all-time Sunderland in order, best first, in a 3×3 you can share.
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John O'Shea
SUN
Sebastian Larsson
MF · SUN
Thomas Sørensen
GK · SUN
Jordan Pickford
GK · SUN
Jermain Defoe
FW · SUN
Aiden McGeady
SUN
Mart Poom
GK · SUN
Wes Brown
DF · SUN
Kevin Kilbane
DF · SUN
Niall Quinn
FW · SUN
David Meyler
MF · SUN
BBBilly Bingham
FW · SUN
Kevin Phillips
FW · SUN
SVStanislav Varga
DF · SUN
George McCartney
SUN
Stefan Schwarz
DF · SUN
Kieran Richardson
SUN
Jordan Henderson
MF · SUN
Colin Todd
SUN
Fabio Borini
FW · SUN
Steven Fletcher
FW · SUN
Adam Matthews
SUN
Adam Johnson
SUN
Dwight Yorke
FW · SUN
CBCharlie Buchan
FW · SUN
Márton Fülöp
GK · SUN
Simon Mignolet
GK · SUN
Asamoah Gyan
FW · SUN
Sebastián Coates
SUN
WWWillie Watson
MF · SUN
Jozy Altidore
FW · SUN
Jack Rodwell
MF · SUN
Gavin McCann
MF · SUN
David Healy
SUN
Ji Dong-​won
SUN
David Vaughan
MF · SUN
James McClean
SUN
SAStan Anderson
MF · SUN
Claudio Reyna
MF · SUN
Andy Cole
FW · SUN
Thomas Myhre
GK · SUN
Fraizer Campbell
FW · SUN
Cristian Riveros
MF · SUN
Keiren Westwood
GK · SUN
Jason McAteer
MF · SUN
GBGary Breen
SUN
Jürgen Macho
GK · SUN
DCDavid Connolly
FW · SUN
Liam Miller
MF · SUN
Brian Clough
FW · SUN
Andy Reid
MF · SUN
Wahbi Khazri
FW · SUN
Trevor Ford
FW · SUN
Boudewijn Zenden
SUN
Ally McCoist
FW · SUN
John Mensah
SUN
Granit Xhaka
MF · SUN
Emanuele Giaccherini
MF/FW · SUN
Bryan Oviedo
SUN
Liam Lawrence
SUN
Costel Pantilimon
GK · SUN
Joachim Björklund
SUN
GBGeorge Burley
SUN
Jonny Evans
SUN
Steven Caldwell
DF · SUN
Teemu Tainio
MF · SUN
Darren Bent
FW · SUN
Ki Sung-​yueng
MF · SUN
Paulo da Silva
SUN
Phil Babb
DF · SUN
Nicklas Bendtner
FW · SUN
Don Revie
FW · SUN
Bernt Haas
DF · SUN
Danny Welbeck
FW · SUN
IBIvor Broadis
SUN
Lorik Cana
SUN
Anthony Stokes
FW · SUN
Steven Pienaar
MF · SUN
Djibril Cissé
FW · SUN
Ola Toivonen
MF · SUN

Top all-time Sunderland — November 2026

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

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