Which players played for both Crystal Palace and Sheffield United?

43 players have played for both Crystal Palace and Sheffield United, including Gary Cahill, Dean Henderson, Rob Holding, Adlène Guedioura, Sun Jihai, Marcus Bent, Anthony Stokes, John Egan, Iain Turner and Ade Akinbiyi.

Players Who Played for Both Crystal Palace and Sheffield United (43 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 43 players have played for both Crystal Palace and Sheffield United. The best known: Gary Cahill, Dean Henderson and Rob Holding.

The list

#	Player	Born	Crystal Palace	Sheffield United
1	Gary Cahill	1985	2019–2021	2007
2	Dean Henderson	1997	2023–	2018–2020
3	Rob Holding	1995	2023–2025	2025
4	Adlène Guedioura	1985	2013–2015	2021
5	Sun Jihai	1977	1998–1999	2008–2010
6	Marcus Bent	1978	1998–1999	1999–2000, 2011
7	Anthony Stokes	1988	2009	2008–2009
8	John Egan	1992	2012	2012, 2018–2024
9	Iain Turner	1984	2006	2014–2015
10	Ade Akinbiyi	1974	2002–2003	2006–2007
11	Shaun Derry	1977	2002–2005, 2007–2008, 2008–2010	1998–2000
12	Terry Phelan	1967	1999	2001
13	Craig Beattie	1984	2008	2009
14	Mikele Leigertwood	1982	2004–2006	2006–2007
15	Claude Davis	1979	2009, 2009–2011	2006–2007
16	Patrick McCarthy	1983	2008–2016	2014
17	Shaun Murphy	1970	2001–2002	1999–2003
18	Jack Alderson	1891	1918–1924	1925–1929
19	Andrew Davies	1984	2011	2009
20	Carl Veart	1970	1995–1997	1994–1996
21	Kyel Reid	1987	2008	2009–2010
22	Paul Ifill	1979	2007–2009	2005–2007
23	John Burridge	1951	1978–1980	1984–1987
24	Neil Shipperley	1974	1996–1998, 2003–2005	2005–2007
25	Johannes Ertl	1982	2008–2010	2010–2012
26	Gareth Taylor	1973	1995–1996	1996–1998
27	John Halls	1982	2008	2008
28	Jeff Bourne	1948	1977–1978	1979–1980
29	Bruce Dyer	1975	1994–1998	2006
30	Tommy Black	1979	2000–2007	2004
31	Glyn Hodges	1963	1990–1991	1991–1996
32	Gary Brazil	1962	—	1980–1985
33	Andy Morrison	1970	2000	2001
34	Ryan Hall	1988	2005–2008	2013
35	John Pemberton	1964	1988–1990	1990–1993
36	Mick Hill	1947	1973–1976	1965–1969
37	Steve Kabba	1981	1999–2002	2002–2007
38	Alan Birchenall	1945	1970–1971	1963–1967
39	Dave Tuttle	1972	1996–1999	1993–1996
40	Brian Launders	1976	1993–1996, 1999	1999–2000
41	Dennis Thompson	1925	1945	1942–1951
42	Archie Needham	1881	1905–1909	—
43	Bill Forster	1882	1906–1908	1902–1906

Which way they moved

Crystal Palace first, then Sheffield United: 25
Sheffield United first, then Crystal Palace: 14

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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 Crystal Palace and Sheffield United