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Season statistics: Wikipedia. The archive holds no team sheets for 1996/97, so these are Leeds United's league figures according to the club-season article on English Wikipedia, in the article's order. Players link to their page where the archive holds them, matched through Wikidata.
| Player | Pos. | Apps | Starts | Sub | Goals | All apps | All goals |
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| Nigel Martyn | GK | 37 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| Gary Kelly | DF | 36 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 43 | 2 |
| Tony Dorigo | DF | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| Carlton Palmer | DF | 28 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Lucas Radebe | DF | 32 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 1 |
| David Wetherall | DF | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 33 | 0 |
| Lee Sharpe | FW | 26 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 6 |
| Rod Wallace | FW | 22 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 29 |
Leeds United scored 28 league goals that season by the archive's results. A dash means the article gives no figure, not zero.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Leeds United A.F.C. season”, revision 1360288846, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.
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| Ian Rush | FW | 36 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 43 | 3 |
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| Brian Deane | FW | 28 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 6 |
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| Lee Bowyer | MF | 32 | 32 | 0 | 4 | 36 | 6 |
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| Andy Gray | FW | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Mark Beeney | GK | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Richard Jobson | DF | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
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| Derek Lilley | FW | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Mark Tinkler | MF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
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| Gunnar Halle | DF | 20 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 |
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| Harry Kewell | FW | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Ian Harte | DF | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 3 |
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| Tony Yeboah | FW | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
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| Mark Ford | MF | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 0 |
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| Andy Couzens | MF | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
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| Jason Blunt | MF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
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| Pierre Laurent | FW | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Paul Beesley | DF | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
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| Paul Shepherd | DF | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Mark Jackson | DF | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 0 |
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| Mark Hateley | FW | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Robert Molenaar | DF | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 |
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| Wesley Boyle | DF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Total | 471 | 27 |
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| Player | Years | Matches | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pascal Struijk | 2019–2026 | 182 | 12 |
| Archie Gray | 2023–2024 | Not held | Not held |
| Djed Spence | 2023–2024 | 7 | 0 |
| Georginio Rutter | 2023–2024 | 57 | 6 |
| Ben White | 2019–2020 | 46 | 1 |
| Eddie Nketiah | 2019–2020 | 17 | 3 |
| Chris Wood | 2015–2017 | 83 | 41 |
| Lewis Cook | 2014–2016 | 80 | 1 |
| Sam Byram | 2012–2016 | 130 | 9 |
| Ross Barkley | 2013 | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Smith | 2012 | 3 | 0 |
| James Milner | 2002–2004 | 48 | 5 |
Not limited to the season above, and not the club's full list: only people who appear elsewhere in this archive are listed. Years and figures are the spells' own, across all competitions, as Wikidata records them.
| Date | Player | From | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 May 1996 | Ian Rush |   Liverpool | Transfer |
| 5 Jul 1996 | Lee Bowyer |   Charlton Athletic | Transfer |
| 26 Jul 1996 | Nigel Martyn |   Crystal Palace | Transfer |
| 10 Aug 1996 | Lee Sharpe |   Manchester United | Transfer |
| 18 Aug 1996 | Mark Hateley |   Queens Park Rangers | Loan |
| 20 Aug 1996 | Tomas Brolin | FC Zürich | Loan |
| 13 Dec 1996 | Gunnar Halle |   Oldham Athletic | Transfer |
| 24 Dec 1996 | Tomas Brolin | Parma | Loan |
| 11 Jan 1997 | Robert Molenaar | Volendam | Transfer |
| 1 Feb 1997 | Pierre Laurent | Bastia | Transfer |
| 3 Mar 1997 | Paul Evans |   Bradford City | Loan |
| 27 Mar 1997 | Derek Lilley | Greenock Morton | Transfer |
| 31 Mar 1997 | Paul Shepherd | Ayr United | Loan |
| Date | Player | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jun 1996 | Phil Masinga | St. Gallen | Transfer |
| 1 Jul 1996 | Gary Speed |   Everton | Transfer |
| 1 Jul 1996 | John Lukic |   Arsenal | Transfer |
| 1 Jul 1996 | Nigel Worthington |   Stoke City | Transfer |
| 26 Jul 1996 | Gary McAllister |   Coventry City | Transfer |
| 7 Feb 1997 | Paul Beesley |   Manchester City | Transfer |
| 21 Feb 1997 | Rob Bowman | Rotherham United | Transfer |
| 26 Mar 1997 | Mark Tinkler | York City | Transfer |
According to Wikipedia: the transfer tables of the club-season article. Fees are held but not shown. One move does not check out against Wikidata's career dates or the season's dates; both values are kept.
Includes data from Wikipedia (“1996–97 Leeds United A.F.C. season”, revision 1360288846, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.