Which players played for both Leeds United and Middlesbrough?

40 players have played for both Leeds United and Middlesbrough, including Mark Viduka, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Adam Johnson, Patrick Bamford, Jonathan Woodgate, Chuba Akpom, Djed Spence, Ross Turnbull, Nick Barmby and Danny Graham.

Players Who Played for Both Leeds United and Middlesbrough (40 Players)

According to Wikidata and Wikipedia, 40 players have played for both Leeds United and Middlesbrough. The best known: Mark Viduka, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Adam Johnson.

The list

#	Player	Born	Leeds United	Middlesbrough
1	Mark Viduka	1975	2000–2004	2004–2007
2	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	1972	1997–1999	2004–2006
3	Adam Johnson	1987	2006	2004–2010
4	Patrick Bamford	1993	2018–2025	2014–2015, 2017–2018
5	Jonathan Woodgate	1980	1998–2003	2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2012–2016
6	Chuba Akpom	1995	2017–2018	2020–2023
7	Djed Spence	2000	2023–2024	2018–2022
8	Ross Turnbull	1985	2015–2017	2002–2009
9	Nick Barmby	1974	2002–2004	1995–1996
10	Danny Graham	1985	2006	2004–2007, 2014
11	Lukas Nmecha	1998	2025–	2020
12	Danny Mills	1977	1999–2004	2003–2004
13	Ugo Ehiogu	1972	2006–2007	2000–2007
14	Alan Peacock	1937	1964–1967	1954–1964
15	Andy Lonergan	1983	2011–2012, 2017–2018	2018–2019
16	Jack Harrison	1996	2018–2019, 2019–2020, 2020–2021, 2021–2026	2018
17	Terry Cooper	1944	1962–1975	1975–1978
18	Adam Forshaw	1991	2018–2023	2015–2018
19	Marlon King	1980	2005	2009
20	Paul Okon	1972	2002–2003	2000–2002
21	Adam Clayton	1989	2010, 2010–2012	2014–2020
22	Brian Deane	1968	1993–1997, 2004–2005	1998–2001
23	Michael Ricketts	1978	2004–2006	2003–2004
24	Matthew Kilgallon	1984	2002–2007	2010
25	Mustapha Carayol	1988	2016	2012–2016
26	Frazer Richardson	1982	2001–2009	2013–2014
27	Chris Kamara	1957	1990–1991	1993
28	Malcolm Christie	1979	2008–2009	2003–2007
29	Alan Wright	1971	2006	2003–2004
30	Ian Baird	1964	1985–1987, 1988–1990	1990–1991
31	Noel Whelan	1974	1993–1995	2000–2003
32	John Hendrie	1963	1989–1990	1990–1996
33	Sid Jones	1921	—	—
34	Sammy Armes	1908	1935–1938	1938
35	Wally Clark	1896	1921–1923	1919–1921
36	Ray Hankin	1956	1976–1980	1982–1983
37	John Hodgson	1922	1946–1948	1948–1955
38	Tommy Wright	1966	1982–1986	1992–1995
39	Russell Wainscoat	1898	—	—
40	George Laking	1913	1945	1936–1947

Which way they moved

Leeds United first, then Middlesbrough: 20
Middlesbrough first, then Leeds United: 17

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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 Leeds United and Middlesbrough