This is a list of footballers who have played for Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in competitive fixtures, up to and including 2024. Appearance and goal statistics are for all competitions.
For current players see Current squad. Their names in this list will be marked in bold text.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club is a professional association football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. They compete in the EFL Championship, the second level of the English football league system.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the Premier League, but will play in the 2024–25 EFL Championship following their relegation from the 2023–24 Premier League. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at Bramall Lane since their formation. For most of the club's history, United have played in red and white striped shirts with black shorts. Their main rivals are Sheffield Wednesday, with whom they contest the Steel City derby.
Daniel Joseph Wilson is a former footballer and manager. He has previously coached Sheffield Wednesday, Bristol City, Milton Keynes Dons, Hartlepool United, Swindon Town, Sheffield United, Barnsley and Chesterfield.
Francis Jeffers is an English football coach and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach at Oldham Athletic.
Lee Bullen is a Scottish former professional football player and coach. In a career that spanned more than 20 years, Bullen played football professionally in Scotland, England, Australia, Greece and Hong Kong. Having started his career as a striker, Bullen converted to defence midway through his career, and was used in various other positions. Bullen was named as Sheffield Wednesday's greatest ever captain in a 2014 online poll.
Robert William Jones is an English football coach and former professional footballer.
Peter Eustace is an English former football player and manager. As a player, he made 340 appearances in the Football League representing Sheffield Wednesday, West Ham United, Rotherham United and Peterborough United. As a manager, he took charge of Sheffield Wednesday and Leyton Orient.
Madjid Bougherra is a football manager and former footballer who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of the Qatari club Al-Markhiya.
The following are events in the 1860s decade which are relevant to the development of association football. Included are events in closely related codes, such as the Sheffield Rules. All events happened in English football unless specified otherwise.
Andrew Wilson was a Scottish footballer who played the majority of his career at Sheffield Wednesday, and was also called up to the Scotland national team. At Wednesday he won the Football League in 1903 and 1904, and the FA Cup in 1907. He holds the club's all-time records for appearances made and goals scored.
Simon Allan Stainrod is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Sheffield United, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Stoke City. He also played in France for RC Strasbourg and FC Rouen and in Scotland for Falkirk, Dundee and Ayr United.
Jordan Luke Rhodes is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One Huddersfield Town. Born in England, he represented the Scotland national team.
Neil Hamilton Dewar was a Scottish footballer who played for Third Lanark, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday and the Scotland national team. He usually played as a forward and had a prolific goalscoring record.
Barry Ryan Bannan is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for and captains EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday.
Jacques Ilonda Maghoma is a Congolese former professional footballer who made 380 appearances in the Football League between 2009 and 2020 and 25 for the DR Congo national team between 2010 and 2019.
Liam Jordan Palmer is a professional footballer who plays for EFL Championship club Sheffield Wednesday. Aside from a loan spell at Tranmere Rovers, he has spent his whole career with the Owls, being used in various defensive or midfield roles and making over 400 appearances for the club.
Steven May is a Scottish professional footballer who plays for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone as a striker. May has previously played in the Scottish leagues for St Johnstone, Alloa Athletic, Hamilton Academical and Aberdeen and in the English leagues for Sheffield Wednesday and Preston North End. He has been capped once internationally by Scotland.
Rhys McCabe is a Scottish footballer and coach who plays as a central midfielder, and is the player-manager of Scottish Championship club Airdrieonians.
Callum Thomas Owen Paterson is a professional footballer who plays for Sheffield Wednesday as a utility player. Paterson started his career with Heart of Midlothian, helping them win promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2015. He moved to Cardiff City in 2017, and helped them win promotion to the Premier League in 2018. In 2020, he signed for Sheffield Wednesday.
Joshua Dean Windass is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and forward for Sheffield Wednesday.