List of Heart of Midlothian F.C. players

For a list of all Heart of Midlothian players with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Heart of Midlothian F.C. players.

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Heart of Midlothian ("Hearts"). It generally includes only players who made more than 100 league appearances for Hearts, played in international matches while with the club, or set a club record. Some players who made a significant contribution in under 100 appearances are also included, for instance those who were a key part of the club's early history (e.g. Tom Purdie or Nick Ross). In some cases appearance records are incomplete, or the player's career may have predated the founding of the Scottish football league system in 1890–91.

Notable players

  Players who represented their country while at the club.

  Club record holder.

Bold type indicates that the player currently plays for the club.

Key to positions

• GK — Goalkeeper
• FB — Full-back
• CB — Centre-back
• HB — Half-back
• MF — Midfielder
• W — Winger
• IF — Inside forward
• FW — Forward

Name	Nationality	Position[note 1]	Hearts career	League games	League goals	Notes	References
Laurence Abrams	England	MF	1910–1914	107	8		[1]
Stéphane Adam	France	FW	1997–2002	109	30		[2]
James Adams	Scotland	FB	1885–1897	75	17		[3]
Henry Allan	Scotland	FB	1897–1903	98	0		[3][4]
Thomas Allan	Scotland	GK	1906–1908 1911–1914	158	0		[5]
Alan Anderson	Scotland	CB	1964–1976	352	21		[6]
Andrew Anderson	Scotland	FB	1931–1944	313	4		[3][7]
Davie Baird	Scotland	W	1888–1903	145	54		[3][8]
Eamonn Bannon	Scotland	MF	1976–1979; 1988–1993	185	28		[9]
Barney Battles, Jr.	Scotland	FW	1928–1936	148	136	Hearts' record goalscorer in a single season, with 44.	[3][10]
Willie Bauld	Scotland	FW	1948–1962	292	183	Hearts' record competitive goalscorer.	[3][11]
Isaac Begbie	Scotland	HB	1888–1900	146	4		[3][12]
Mark Bell	Scotland	W	1900–1904	35	7		[3][13]
Bob Bennie	Scotland	MF	1928–1933	137	5		[14]
Christophe Berra	Scotland	CB	2003–2009; 2017–2019	204	7		[3][15]
Neil Berry	Scotland	CB/MF	1984–1996	256	9		[16]
Mirsad Bešlija	Bosnia and Herzegovina	W	2006–2008	8	0	Club record transfer fee paid (£850,000 to Genk).	[17]
Bob Birrell	Scotland	DF	1918–1922	113	0		[18]
Andy Black	Scotland	FW	1935–1946	136	105		[3][19]
Kenny Black	Scotland	MF	1984–1989	178	15		[20]
Willie Black	Scotland	GK	1916–1921	108	0		[21]
Bobby Blackwood	Scotland	HB	1952–1962	136	37		[22]
Dave Bowman	Scotland	MF	1981–1984	116	8		[23]
Archie Boyd	Scotland	GK	1914–1916	74	0		[24]
Thomas Breckenridge	Scotland	FW	1886–1888	0	0		[3][25]
Jim Brown	Scotland	FB	1969–1979	278	21		[26]
Jimmy Brown	Scotland	GK	1942–1952	167	0		[27]
Albert Buick	Scotland	W	1896–1903	75	1		[3][28]
Drew Busby	Scotland	MF/FW	1973–1979	178	55		[29]
Colin Cameron	Scotland	MF	1996–2001	155	47		[3][30]
Thomas Chambers	Scotland	IF	1893–1896	42	18		[3][31]
Sandy Clark	Scotland	FW	1984–1988	136	35		[32]
David Clunie	Scotland	FB	1966–1977	224	5		[33]
Tom Collins	Scotland	FB	1903–1910	158	1		[3][34]
John Colquhoun	Scotland	W	1985–1991; 1993–1996	345	66		[3][35]
Alfie Conn, Sr.	Scotland	IF	1944–1958	223	115		[3][36]
Charlie Cox	Scotland	HB	1944–1951	115	5		[37]
Scott Crabbe	Scotland	FW	1987–1992	116	31		[38]
Ian Crawford	Scotland	W	1954–1961	127	58		[39]
Paddy Crossan	Scotland	FB	1912–1925	283	11		[40]
Jim Cruickshank	Scotland	GK	1960–1977	394	0		[3][41]
John Cumming	Scotland	HB	1950–1966	337	33		[3][42]
Colin Dand	Scotland	HB	1921–1927	129	11		[43]
Percy Dawson	England	FW	1911–1914	80	63	Left the club for a world record transfer fee.[44]	[45]
Arnaud Djoum	Belgium	MF	2015–2019	109	15		[46]
Bobby Dougan	Scotland	CB	1947–1954	125	0		[3][47]
Andrew Driver	England	W	2006–2013	143	18
Jimmy Dykes	Scotland	CB	1935–1946	55	4		[3]
Calum Elliot	Scotland	FW	2005–2011	110	14
Jock Fairbairn	Scotland	GK	1890–1898	120	0		[48]
Danny Ferguson	Scotland	FB	1960–1967	127	13		[49]
Derek Ferguson	Scotland	MF	1990–1993	103	4		[50]
George Fleming	Scotland	MF	1966–1971	132	21		[51]
Thomas Flögel	Austria	FB/MF	1997–2002	110	8		[52]
Donald Ford	Scotland	FW	1964–1976	253	93		[3][53]
Wayne Foster	England	FW	1986–1994	160	12		[54]
Cammy Fraser	Scotland	MF	1974–1980	152	18		[55]
Steve Fulton	Scotland	MF	1995–2002	203	15		[56]
Willie Gibson	Scotland	FW	1973–1981	245	85		[57]
Freddie Glidden	Scotland	CB	1951–1958	165	2		[58]
Alan Gordon	Scotland	FW	1961–1969	127	55		[59]
Craig Gordon	Scotland	GK	2001–2007; 2020–	138	0	Club record transfer fee received (£9 million from Sunderland).	[3]
Harry Graham	Scotland	FW	1913–1920	146	46		[60]
Johnny Hamilton	Scotland	W	1955–1967	293	75		[61]
Jack Harkness	Scotland	GK	1928–1936	292	0		[3][62]
Paul Hartley	Scotland	MF	2003–2007	118	31		[3][63]
Sandy Herd	Scotland	FB/HB	1927–1937	264	7		[3][64]
Billy Higgins	Scotland	HB	1957–1967	193	11		[65]
John Hill	Scotland	HB	1888–1892	37	3		[3][66]
George Hogg	Scotland	HB	1892–1903	187	7		[3][67]
David Holt	Scotland	FB	1960–1969	231	0		[3][68]
Sandy Jardine	Scotland	FB/CB	1982–1987	184	3		[69]
Jim Jefferies	Scotland	FB/CB	1972–1981	227	5		[70]
Tom Jenkinson	Scotland	W	1884–1897	2	0	First player capped while with Hearts, in 1887.	[3][71]
Roald Jensen	Norway	W	1965–1971	74	19		[72]
John Johnstone	Scotland	CB	1921–1933	12	8		[3][73]
Robert Johnstone	Scotland		1929–1935	172	31		[74]
Eggert Jónsson	Iceland	FB	2007–2012	134	8
Alex Kane	Scotland	GK	1919–1922	106	0		[75]
Roy Kay	Scotland	FB	1970–1977	142	1		[76]
Peter Kerr	Scotland	MF	1926–1930	105	4		[77]
George Key	Scotland	HB	1899–1904	81	7		[3][78]
Walter Kidd	Scotland	FB	1977–1994	366	6		[79]
Alexander King	Scotland	IF	1895–1896	16	11		[3][80]
Robert King	Scotland		1923–1932	186	1		[81]
Laryea Kingston	Ghana	MF	2007–2010	61	9
Andy Kirk	Northern Ireland	FW	1999–2004	109	30
Bobby Kirk	Scotland	FB	1955–1962	213	8		[82]
Patrick Kisnorbo	Australia	FB	2003–2005	48	1
Davie Laing	Scotland	HB	1946–1954	191	11		[83]
Craig Levein	Scotland	CB	1983–1995	329	15		[3][84]
Gary Locke	Scotland	FB/MF	1993–2001	141	5		[85]
Alex MacDonald	Scotland	MF	1980–1986	122	10		[86]
Jamie MacDonald	Scotland	GK	2008–2014	116	0		[87]
Roddie MacDonald	Scotland	CB	1981–1987	173	22		[88]
Dave Mackay	Scotland	HB	1953–1959	135	27		[3][89]
Gary Mackay	Scotland	MF	1980–1997	516	45	Hearts' record appearance holder.	[3][90]
Gordon Marshall	England	GK	1956–1963	193	0		[91]
Alex Massie	Scotland	HB	1930–1935	181	19		[3][92]
Alan Maybury	Republic of Ireland	FB	2001–2005	112	4
Neil McCann	Scotland	W	1996–1998; 2006–2008	98	18		[3][93]
Duncan McClure	Scotland	FB	1933–1948	179	1		[94]
David McCulloch	Scotland	FW	1934–1935	53	55		[3][95]
Willie McFarlane	Scotland	W	1942–1951	38	4		[3][96]
Ryan McGowan	Australia	FB	2010–2013	56	2
Kevin McKenna	Canada	CB	2001–2005	122	21
Tam McKenzie	Scotland	FB	1942–1957	254	3		[97]
Tosh McKinlay	Scotland	FB	1988–1994	206	6		[98]
Alan McLaren	Scotland	CB	1988–1994	182	6		[3][99]
Frank McLaren	Scotland	MF	1905–1912	161	17		[100]
Lachie McMillan	Scotland	W	1924–1931 1933	163	50		[101]
Dave McPherson	Scotland	CB	1987–1992; 1994–1999	295	23		[3][102]
John McPherson	Scotland	CB	1888–1892	18	6		[3][103]
Gary McSwegan	Scotland	FW	1998–2002	82	25		[3][104]
Alex Menzies	Scotland	FW	1902–1906	40	23		[3][105]
Bob Mercer	Scotland	CB	1909–1920	242	23		[3][106]
Saulius Mikoliūnas	Lithuania	W	2005–2009	102	11
John Millar	Scotland	MF	1991–1996	133	21		[107]
Archie Miller	Scotland	HB	1931–1947	122	11		[3][108]
George Miller	Scotland	FW	1915–1922; 1925–1931	223	44		[109]
Jimmy Milne	Scotland	CB	1951–1961	143	3		[110]
Alex Munro	Scotland	FW	1932–1937	106	20		[3][111]
Jimmy Murray	Scotland	IF	1952–1961	115	63		[3][112]
Tommy Murray	Scotland	MF/FW	1971–1975	104	17		[113]
Willie Murray	Scotland	W	1923–1934	337	80		[114]
John Murphy	Scotland	W	1919–1925	142	40		[115]
Gary Naysmith	Scotland	FB	1996–2000	97	3		[3]
Robbie Neilson	Scotland	FB	2000–2009	200	1		[3]
Peter Nellies	Scotland	FB	1908–1921	339	11		[3][116]
Antti Niemi	Finland	GK	1999–2002	89	0		[117]
Derek O'Connor	Scotland	FW	1979–1984	127	47		[118]
Tom O'Neil	Scotland	DF	1926–1933	101	0		[119]
Ruben Palazuelos	Spain	MF	2007–2011	114	3
Donald Park	Scotland	W	1972–1985	174	33		[120]
Bobby Parker	Scotland	FB	1947–1957	247	19		[121]
Callum Paterson	Scotland	DF/FW	2012–2017	137	33		[122]
Willie Polland	Scotland	FB	1961–1967	147	2		[123]
Willie Porteous	Scotland	FW		70	31	[3][124]
Bobby Prentice	Scotland	W	1973–1979	145	12		[125]
Steven Pressley	Scotland	CB	1998–2006	270	14		[3][126]
Bob Preston	Scotland	DF	1919–1922	127	9		[127]
Tom Purdie	Scotland	FB	1875–1881	0	0	A founding player and first captain of the club.	[128]
Jock Ramage	Scotland	DF	1919–1926	146	7		[129]
Willie Reid	Ireland	DF	1930–1937	134	2		[130]
Harry Rennie	Scotland	GK	1898–1900	36	0		[3][131]
Paul Ritchie	Scotland	CB	1995–2000	133	4		[3]
John Robertson	Scotland	FW	1982–1988; 1988–1998	512	214	Hearts' record league goalscorer.	[3][132]
Tommy Robertson	Scotland	W	1896–1898 1902	28	18		[3][133][134]
George Robson	Scotland	FW	1935–1939	115	7		[135]
Nick Ross	Scotland	FB/FW	1881–1884	0	0		[136]
Gilles Rousset	France	GK	1995–2000	132	0		[137]
Davie Russell	Scotland	FW	1890–1896	82	37		[3][138]
George Scott	Scotland	IL	1889–1897	222	95		[139]
Scott Severin	Scotland	MF	1998–2004	150	13		[3][140]
Jack Sharp	Scotland	FW	1915–1922	154	17		[141]
Graham Shaw	Scotland	MF/FW	1976–1980	102	15		[142]
Chris Shevlane	Scotland	FB	1962–1967	104	1		[143]
George Sinclair	Scotland	W	1908–1921	326	46		[3][144]
Rudi Skácel	Czech Republic	MF	2005–2006; 2010–2012	93	40	Scored goals in two Scottish Cup final victories (2006 and 2012).
Tommy Sloan	Scotland	W	1946–1952	110	24		[145]
Gordon Smith	Scotland	W	1959–1961	42	13	The only player to win the Scottish league with three different clubs (Hibs, Hearts and Dundee).	[146]
Henry Smith	Scotland	GK	1981–1996	476	0		[3][147]
Jimmy Smith	Scotland	W	1924–1931	164	48		[148]
Ian Sneddon	Scotland	FB	1967–1975	129	1		[149]
John Souttar	Scotland	DF/FW	2016–	99	1		[150]
Michael Stewart	Scotland	MF	2004–2010	103	12		[3][151]
Ryan Stevenson	Scotland	MF	2010–2012 2013–2014	116	21		[152]
Willie Taylor	Scotland	W	1889–1900	119	62		[3][153]
Charlie Thomson	Scotland	CB	1898–1912	180	38		[3][154]
Eddie Thomson	Scotland	CB	1967–1973	162	4		[155]
George Thomson	Scotland	FB	1956–1961	117	14		[156]
Gary Tierney	Scotland	FB	2003–2006	2	0		[citation needed]
Jim Townsend	Scotland	MF	1967–1972	107	11		[157]
Tommy Traynor	Scotland	W	1962–1970	171	30		[158]
Johnny Urquhart	Scotland	W	1946–1956	156	48		[159]
Bobby Walker	Scotland	IF	1896–1914	328	124		[3][160]
Jimmy Walker	Scotland	W	1944–1947	7	1		[3]
John Walker	Scotland	FW	1893–1898	82	31		[3][161]
Nicky Walker	Scotland	GK	1990–1994	50	0		[3][162]
Tommy Walker	Scotland	IF	1932–1949	236	107		[3][163]
Jamie Walker	Scotland	W	2012–2018 2019–	169	40		[164]
Lee Wallace	Scotland	FB	2005–2011	139	3		[3][165]
Willie Wallace	Scotland	FW	1961–1966	173	91		[3][166]
Jimmy Wardhaugh	Scotland	IF	1946–1960	303	206		[3][167]
Fred Warren	Wales	FW	1936–1939	110		[168]
Willie Waugh	Scotland	GK	1928–1942	113	0		[169]
Andy Webster	Scotland	CB	2001–2013	222	11		[3]
David Weir	Scotland	CB	1996–1999	92	8		[3][170]
Jock White	Scotland	FW	1921–1934	283	153		[3][171]
Willie White	Scotland	GK	1922–1928	160	0		[172]
Brian Whittaker	Scotland	FB	1984–1990	162	1		[173]
George Wilson	Scotland	W	1904–1906	75	29		[3][174]
Jock Wilson	England	FB	1915–1925	226	0		[175]
Willie Wilson	Scotland	FW	1912–1924	247	67		[176]
Alex Wright	Scotland	HB	1922–1927	128	3		[177]
Alex Young	Scotland	FW	1955–1960	155	71		[3][178]
Marius Zaliukas	Lithuania	CB	2006–2013	192	11		[179]

Notes

1. For a full description of positions, see Association football positions.