Player Records

Last Updated: 09 August 2025

If it’s Boro’ goalscorers you’re looking for, you start with Martin Gittings…

Looking for the list of most Stevenage appearances? How about the all-time leading Boro’ goalscorers? Well, you’ve come to the right place. But you should already be aware that Martin Gittings will never be caught at the top of the pile when it comes to goals. We also have a few other ‘records’ for you take a look at too. Guess what – goalkeepers tend to be the most unused subs. Who’d have thunk it, eh? But did you know there’s at least two on our all-time goal scoring list too?

Note:

Our appearance data pre-1992 is still coming together. It ain’t going as fast as we’d like. And we know that some players made more appearances than we can tell you. If you can help us along, take a look at the line-ups we’re missing. Some players could well rise up the list of most appearances as we get new information. It won’t make a huge dent at the top of the charts; Ronnie Henry has got that one covered. If we can, we’ll add in any yellow or red cards where possible. Not that anyone wants to have that particular record.

Or do they?

Top Appearances

1 Ronnie Henry 479 (23) = 502
2 Mark Smith 461 (7) = 468
3 Martin Gittings 370 (31) = 401
4 Des Gallagher 365 (4) = 369
5 Chris Day 358 (3) = 361
6 Graham Cox 311 (7) = 318
7 Luther James-Wildin 255 (21) = 276
8 Denny Tyler 256 (1) = 257
9 Michael Bostwick 238 (19) = 257
10 Noel Blackwell 233 (10) = 243

Top Goalscorers

4 Jamie Reid 60
6 Graham Cox 58

Most Subbed In

3 Jamie Reid 55
6 Dave Brown 46
9 Tom Conlon 41
10 Danny Newton 41

Most Unused Subs

1 Ashley Bayes 138
2 Chris Day 138
10 Danny Potter 51

Youngest Debutants

1 Max Woodford 15 yrs,
194 days
2 Ryan Doherty 16 yrs,
43 days
3 Lenny Brown 16 yrs,
97 days
4 Makise Evans 16 yrs,
246 days
5 Shaun Marshall 16 yrs,
323 days

Oldest Debutants

1 John Dreyer 38 yrs,
70 days
2 Ray Houghton 37 yrs,
270 days
3 David Howell 37 yrs,
180 days
4 Steve Guppy 37 yrs,
144 days
5 David Phillips 37 yrs,
89 days

Youngest Goalscorers

1 Chris Sullivan 17 yrs,
177 days
2 Nick Edgar 17 yrs,
359 days
3 Shaun Batt 18 yrs,
28 days
4 Ben Kennedy 18 yrs,
33 days
5 Dipo Akinyemi 18 yrs,
66 days

Oldest Goalscorers

1 Steve Guppy 37 yrs,
178 days
2 David Phillips 37 yrs,
157 days
3 Steve Butler 37 yrs,
66 days
4 Paul Bowgett 36 yrs,
152 days
5 Daley Thompson 36 yrs,
93 days

Highest Win Ratio (min 10 apps)

1 Alex Welsh 100% (P10, W10)
2 Sean Pearson 84% (P25, W21)
3 Brian Stein 83.33% (P18, W15)
4 Martin Beech 80% (P10, W8)
5 Simon Clark 78.26% (P23, W18)

Lowest Win Ratio (min 10 apps)

1 Dipo Akinyemi 6.25% (P16, W1)
2 Ryan Johnson 7.69% (P13, W1)
3 Johnny Goddard 7.69% (P13, W1)
4 Noor Husin 8.33% (P12, W1)
5 Femi Akinwande 9.09% (P11, W1)

Highest Scoring Ratio (min 10 apps)

1 Jim Beech 75.76%
(25 goals in 33 apps)
2 Brian Stein 72.22%
(13 goals in 18 apps)
3 Nigel Roberts 66.67%
(8 goals in 12 apps)
4 Carl Alford 62.11%
(59 goals in 95 apps)
5 Steve Morison 58.17%
(89 goals in 153 apps)

Most Goals from the Bench