Ranking Oldest Premier League

Rankings ➔

The list shows data counting from season 1960-61

#	Name	Complete name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Age
1	Matthews	Stanley Matthews	01/02/1915	Hanley	50 years 5 days
2	Burridge	John Burridge	03/12/1951	Workington	43 years 162 days
3	Chamberlain	Alec Francis Roy Chamberlain	20/06/1964	March	42 years 327 days
4	Ogrizovic	Steven Ogrizovic	12/09/1957	Mansfield	42 years 237 days
5	Friedel	Bradley Howard Friedel	18/05/1971	Lakewood	42 years 176 days
6	Schwarzer	Mark Schwarzer	06/10/1972	Sydney	42 years 159 days
7	Shilton	Peter Leslie Shilton	18/09/1949	Leicester	41 years 235 days
8	Bonds	William Arthur Bonds	17/09/1946	Woolwich	41 years 226 days
9	Southall	Neville Southall	16/09/1958	Llandudno	41 years 178 days
10	Poole	Kevin Poole	21/07/1963	Bromsgrove	41 years 164 days
11	Lehmann	Jens Gerhard Lehmann	10/11/1969	Essen	41 years 151 days
12	Sheringham	Edward Paul Sheringham	02/04/1966	Highams Park	40 years 272 days
13	Van der Sar	Edwin van der Sar	29/10/1970	Voorhout	40 years 205 days
14	Giggs	Ryan Joseph Willson Giggs	29/11/1973	Cardiff	40 years 158 days
15	Given	Shay John James Given	20/04/1976	Lifford	40 years 151 days
16	Milner	James Philip Milner	04/01/1986	Leeds	40 years 140 days
17	Seaman	David Andrew Seaman	19/09/1963	Rotherham	40 years 113 days
18	Phillips	Kevin Mark Phillips	25/07/1973	Hitchin	40 years 88 days
19	Strachan	Gordon David Strachan	09/02/1957	Edinburgh	40 years 83 days
20	Caballero	Wilfredo Daniel Caballero Lazcano	28/09/1981	Santa Elena	40 years 78 days
21	Harper	Stephen Alan Harper	14/03/1975	Easington	40 years 71 days
22	Fabiański	Łukasz Marek Fabiański	18/04/1985	Kostrzyn nad Odrą	40 years 37 days
23	Robson	Bryan Robson	11/01/1957	Chester-le-Street	39 years 356 days
24	Beasant	David John Beasant	20/03/1959	Willesden	39 years 337 days
25	Lukic	Jovan Lukic	11/12/1960	Chesterfield	39 years 336 days
26	Young	Ashley Simon Young	09/07/1985	Stevenage	39 years 320 days
27	Jääskeläinen	Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen	19/04/1975	Mikkeli	39 years 298 days
28	James	David Benjamin James	01/08/1970	Welwyn	39 years 273 days
29	Windass	Dean Windass	01/04/1969	Kingston upon Hull	39 years 269 days
30	Speroni	Julián María Speroni	18/05/1979	Buenos Aires	39 years 246 days
31	Thiago Silva	Thiago Emiliano da Silva	22/09/1984	Rio de Janeiro	39 years 240 days
32	Wilkins	Raymond Colin Wilkins	14/09/1956	Hillingdon	39 years 234 days
33	Jackson	John Keith Jackson	05/09/1942	Hammersmith	39 years 227 days
34	Sealey	Leslie Jesse Sealey	29/09/1957	Bethnal Green	39 years 224 days
35	Francis	Trevor John Francis	19/04/1954	Plymouth	39 years 215 days
36	Trautmann	Bernhard Carl Trautmann	22/10/1923	Bremen	39 years 194 days
37	Schmeichel	Peter Bolesław Schmeichel	18/11/1963	Gladsaxe	39 years 174 days
38	Jennings	Patrick Anthony Jennings	12/06/1945	Newry	39 years 166 days
39	Martyn	Antony Nigel Martyn	11/08/1966	St Austell	39 years 163 days
40	Forbes	Ducan Scott Forbes	19/06/1941	Edinburgh	39 years 114 days
41	Cooper	Colin Terence Cooper	28/02/1967	Sedgefield	39 years 68 days
42	Boruc	Artur Boruc	20/02/1980	Siedlce	39 years 66 days
43	Clemence	Raymond Neal Clemence	05/08/1948	Skegness	39 years 66 days
44	Dalglish	Kenneth Mathieson Dalglish	04/03/1951	Glasgow	39 years 58 days
45	Winterburn	Nigel Winterburn	11/12/1963	Arley	39 years 53 days
46	Van der Gouw	Raimond van der Gouw	24/03/1963	Oldenzaal	39 years 48 days
47	Foster	Ben Anthony Foster	03/04/1983	Leamington Spa	39 years 42 days
48	Keelan	Kevin Damien Keelan	05/01/1941	Calcuta	39 years 35 days
49	Book	Anthony Keith Book	04/09/1934	Bath	39 years 32 days
50	Pearce	Stuart Pearce	24/04/1962	Hammersmith	39 years 25 days
51	Gough	Charles Richard Gough	05/04/1962	Stockholm	39 years 23 days
52	Davis	Kelvin Geoffrey Davis	29/09/1976	Bedford	39 years 18 days
53	Pollitt	Michael Francis Pollitt	29/02/1972	Farnworth	38 years 311 days
54	Srníček	Pavel Srníček	10/03/1968	Ostrava	38 years 291 days
55	Jagielka	Philip Nikodem Jagielka	17/08/1982	Manchester	38 years 279 days
56	Parkes	Philip Benjamin Neil Frederick Parkes	08/08/1950	Sedgley	38 years 278 days
57	Tugay	Tugay Kerimoğlu	24/08/1970	Trabzon	38 years 273 days
58	Kiely	Dean Laurence Kiely	10/10/1970	Salford	38 years 226 days
59	Bruno Saltor	Bruno Saltor Grau	01/10/1980	El Masnou	38 years 223 days
60	Taylor	Maik Stefan Taylor	04/09/1971	Hildeshein	38 years 219 days
61	Alexander	Graham Alexander	10/10/1971	Coventry	38 years 211 days
62	Irwin	Denis Joseph Irwin	31/10/1965	Cork	38 years 197 days
63	Hughes	Leslie Mark Hughes	01/11/1963	Ruabon	38 years 191 days
64	Grobbelaar	Bruce David Grobbelaar	06/10/1957	Durban	38 years 185 days
65	Scholes	Paul Aaron Scholes	16/11/1974	Salford	38 years 184 days
66	Robson	Bryan Stanley Robson	11/11/1945	Sunderland	38 years 183 days
67	Keller	Kasey Christopher Keller	29/11/1969	Lacey	38 years 164 days
68	Hahnemann	Marcus Stephen Hahnemann	15/06/1972	Seattle	38 years 158 days
69	Vardy	Jamie Richard Vardy	11/01/1987	Sheffield	38 years 127 days
70	Crouch	Peter James Crouch	30/01/1981	Macclesfield	38 years 102 days
71	Speed	Gary Andrew Speed	08/09/1969	Mancot	38 years 92 days
72	Distin	Sylvain Distin	16/12/1977	Bagnolet	38 years 80 days
73	McAuley	Gareth Gerald McAuley	05/12/1979	Larne	38 years 60 days
74	Harford	Michael Gordon Harford	12/02/1959	Sunderland	38 years 56 days
75	Watson	David Watson	20/11/1961	Liverpool	38 years 56 days
76	Dixon	Lee Michael Dixon	17/03/1964	Manchester	38 years 55 days
77	Ferdinand	Leslie Ferdinand	08/12/1966	Paddington	38 years 20 days
78	Moran	Kevin Bernard Moran	29/04/1956	Dublin	38 years 8 days
79	Horne	Barry Horne	18/05/1962	St Asaph	37 years 362 days
80	Charlton	John Charlton	08/05/1935	Ashington	37 years 355 days
81	Sørensen	Thomas Løvendahl Sørensen	12/06/1976	Fredericia	37 years 333 days
82	Reina	José Manuel Reina Páez	31/08/1982	Madrid	37 years 330 days
83	Černý	Radek Černý	18/02/1974	Praha	37 years 316 days
84	Coldwell	George Cecil Coldwell	12/01/1929	Dungworth	37 years 304 days
85	Lowe	Edward Lowe	11/07/1925	Halesowen	37 years 297 days
86	Keown	Martin Raymond Keown	24/07/1966	Oxford	37 years 296 days
87	Bergsson	Guðni Bergsson	21/07/1965	Reikiavik	37 years 294 days
88	Bould	Stephen Andrew Bould	16/11/1962	Stoke-on-Trent	37 years 281 days
89	Martin	Alvin Edward Martin	29/07/1958	Walton	37 years 281 days
90	Dunne	Anthony Peter Dunne	24/07/1941	Dublin	37 years 281 days
91	Wark	John Wark	04/08/1957	Glasgow	37 years 275 days
92	Cristiano Ronaldo	Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro	05/02/1985	Funchal	37 years 274 days
93	Blanchflower	Robert Dennis Blanchflower	10/02/1926	Belfast	37 years 272 days
94	Cudicini	Carlo Cudicini	06/09/1973	Milano	37 years 258 days
95	Harvey	David Harvey	07/02/1942	Leeds	37 years 241 days
96	Shaw	Joseph Shaw	23/06/1928	Murton	37 years 241 days
97	Powell	Christopher George Robin Powell	08/09/1969	Lambeth	37 years 239 days
98	Bonetti	Peter Philip Bonetti	27/09/1941	Putney	37 years 229 days
99	Coleman	Séamus Coleman	11/10/1988	Donegal	37 years 225 days
100	Foulkes	William Anthony Foulkes	05/01/1932	St Helens	37 years 223 days

Players still active the season 2026-27

2026-27	2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67	1956-57	1946-47
2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66	1955-56	1945-46	1935-36
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65	1954-55	1944-45	1934-35
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64	1953-54	1943-44	1933-34
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73	1962-63	1952-53	1942-43	1932-33
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62	1951-52	1941-42	1931-32
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61	1950-51	1940-41	1930-31
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70	1959-60	1949-50	1939-40	1929-30
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69	1958-59	1948-49		1928-29
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68	1957-58	1947-48

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66 (1 2)	1955-56 (1 2)	1945-46	1935-36 (1 2 3)
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65 (1 2)	1954-55 (1 2)	1944-45	1934-35 (1 2 3)
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64 (1 2)	1953-54 (1 2)	1943-44	1933-34
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73	1962-63 (1 2)	1952-53 (1 2)	1942-43 (1 2 3)	1932-33
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62 (1 2)	1951-52 (1 2)	1941-42 (1 2 3)	1931-32
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61 (1 2)	1950-51 (1 2)	1940-41 (1 2)	1930-31
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70	1959-60 (1 2)	1949-50 (1 2)	1939-40 (1 2 3 4 5)	1929-30
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69	1958-59 (1 2)	1948-49		1928-29 (A B)
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68 (1 2)	1957-58 (1 2)	1947-48
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67 (1 2)	1956-57 (1 2)	1946-47

2025-26 (I II III IV V)	2015-16 (I II III IV)	2005-06 (I II III IV)	1995-96 (I II III IV)	1985-86 (I II)
2024-25 (I II III IV V)	2014-15 (I II III IV)	2004-05 (I II III IV)	1994-95 (I II III IV)	1984-85 (I II)
2023-24 (I II III IV V)	2013-14 (I II III IV)	2003-04 (I II III IV)	1993-94 (I II III IV)	1983-84 (I II)
2022-23 (I II III IV V)	2012-13 (I II III IV)	2002-03 (I II III IV)	1992-93 (I II III IV)	1982-83 (I II)
2021-22 (I II III IV V)	2011-12 (I II III IV)	2001-02 (I II III IV)	1991-92 (I II III IV)	1981-82 (I II)
2020-21 (I II III IV V)	2010-11 (I II III IV)	2000-01 (I II III IV)	1990-91 (I II III IV)	1980-81 (I II)
2019-20 (I II III IV)	2009-10 (I II III IV)	1999-00 (I II III IV)	1989-90 (I II III IV)	1979-80 (I II)
2018-19 (I II III IV)	2008-09 (I II III IV)	1998-99 (I II III IV)	1988-89 (I II III IV)	1978-79 (I II)
2017-18 (I II III IV)	2007-08 (I II III IV)	1997-98 (I II III IV)	1987-88 (I II III IV)	1977-78 (I II)
2016-17 (I II III IV)	2006-07 (I II III IV)	1996-97 (I II III IV)	1986-87

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73	1962-63
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72	1961-62
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71	1960-61
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67

2025-26	2015-16	2005-06	1995-96	1985-86	1975-76	1965-66
2024-25	2014-15	2004-05	1994-95	1984-85	1974-75	1964-65
2023-24	2013-14	2003-04	1993-94	1983-84	1973-74	1963-64
2022-23	2012-13	2002-03	1992-93	1982-83	1972-73
2021-22	2011-12	2001-02	1991-92	1981-82	1971-72
2020-21	2010-11	2000-01	1990-91	1980-81	1970-71
2019-20	2009-10	1999-00	1989-90	1979-80	1969-70
2018-19	2008-09	1998-99	1988-89	1978-79	1968-69
2017-18	2007-08	1997-98	1987-88	1977-78	1967-68
2016-17	2006-07	1996-97	1986-87	1976-77	1966-67