Which players played for both Burnley and Stoke City?

48 players have played for both Burnley and Stoke City, including Peter Crouch, John Guidetti, Erik Pieters, Axel Tuanzebe, Stephen Ward, Phil Bardsley, Steven Fletcher, Jonathan Walters, Lee Dixon and Lee Grant.

Players Who Played for Both Burnley and Stoke City (48 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 48 players have played for both Burnley and Stoke City. The best known: Peter Crouch, John Guidetti and Erik Pieters.

The list

#	Player	Born	Burnley	Stoke City
1	Peter Crouch	1981	2019	2011–2019
2	John Guidetti	1992	2010–2011	2014
3	Erik Pieters	1988	2019–2022	2013–2019
4	Axel Tuanzebe	1997	2025–2026	2023
5	Stephen Ward	1985	2014–2019	2019–2020
6	Phil Bardsley	1985	2006, 2017–2022	2014–2017
7	Steven Fletcher	1987	2009–2010	2020–2022
8	Jonathan Walters	1983	2017–2019	2010–2017
9	Lee Dixon	1964	1982–1984	1986–1988
10	Lee Grant	1983	2005–2006, 2010–2013	2016–2017, 2017–2018
11	Michael Kightly	1986	2013–2014, 2014–2017	2012–2014
12	Ade Akinbiyi	1974	2005–2006, 2007–2009	2003, 2003–2005
13	Jimmy McIlroy	1931	1950–1963	1963–1965
14	Adrian Heath	1961	1992–1995, 1996–1997	1979–1982, 1992
15	Martin Paterson	1987	2008–2013	2005–2007
16	Luke Chadwick	1980	2003–2004	2005–2006, 2006–2007
17	Chris Iwelumo	1978	2010–2011	2000–2004
18	Leon Cort	1979	2010–2012	2007–2008, 2008–2010
19	Michael Ricketts	1978	2006	2005
20	James O'Connor	1979	2004–2005, 2005–2008	1996–2003
21	Paul Stewart	1964	1995	1997–1998
22	Wayne Thomas	1979	2005–2007	2000–2005
23	Dennis Tueart	1949	1983–1984	1983
24	Peter Hampton	1954	1984–1987	1980–1984
25	Louie Donowa	1964	1993	1985
26	Louis Page	1899	1925–1932	1919–1922
27	Paul Barnes	1967	1996–1998	1990–1992
28	Gifton Noel-Williams	1980	2005–2007	2003–2005
29	Wayne Biggins	1961	1984–1985	1989–1992, 1994–1995
30	John Gayle	1964	1994–1995	1995–1997
31	Alex Elder	1941	1959–1967	1967–1973
32	Andy Cooke	1974	1995–2000	2000–2003
33	Junior Bent	1970	1989–1990	1992
34	Ally Pickering	1967	1998–1999	1996–1999
35	Ezekiel Johnston	1871	1893–1895	1896–1898
36	Tony Ellis	1964	2001–2002	1989–1992
37	Gavin Ward	1970	1998	1999–2002
38	Billy Robson	1907	1937–1938	1933–1937
39	Kevin Russell	1966	1993–1994	1992, 1992–1993
40	Leigh Palin	1965	1992	1989–1990
41	Nigel Gleghorn	1962	1996–1998	1992–1996
42	Tom Cowan	1969	1999–2000	1993–1994
43	Barry Siddall	1954	1995	1984–1986
44	Doug Newlands	1931	1954–1959	1959–1960
45	Vince Overson	1962	1979–1986, 1996–1998	1991–1996
46	Len Mudie	1872	1888–1889	1889–1890
47	Bob McGrory	1891	1920–1921	1921–1935
48	Jimmy Hill	1872	1889–1897	1897–1898

Which way they moved

Burnley first, then Stoke City: 21
Stoke City first, then Burnley: 26

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Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.

Players who played for both Burnley and Stoke City