Sunderland football club: League Championship oldest players

Oldest Sunderland players

Below are Sunderland's oldest League Championship players and their age in years and days on the occasion of their most recent actual League Championship appearance, starting or coming on as a substitute.

For each player age is measured in years and days from their date of birth to the day of their most recent League Championship game.

Player Age (Y:d) Age (days) Match
Brian Deane 37:81 13596 29 Apr 2005
	
A v West Ham United
John O'Shea 37:5 13520 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Dwight Yorke 35:184 12968 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Kenny Cunningham 35:115 12899 21 Oct 2006
	
H v Barnsley
Stanislav Varga 34:117 12536 03 Feb 2007
	
H v Coventry City
Lee Camp 33:234 12288 14 Apr 2018
	
A v Reading
Graham Kavanagh 33:19 12073 22 Dec 2006
	
A v Crystal Palace
Darren Ward 32:351 12039 27 Apr 2007
	
H v Burnley
Robbie Elliott 32:296 11984 17 Oct 2006
	
A v Stoke City
Mart Poom 32:259 11947 19 Oct 2004
	
A v Watford
Marcus Stewart 32:182 11870 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Aiden McGeady 32:17 11705 21 Apr 2018
	
H v Burton Albion
Thomas Myhre 31:175 11498 09 Apr 2005
	
H v Reading
Gary Breen 31:147 11470 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Billy Jones 31:34 11357 27 Apr 2018
	
A v Fulham
Robbin Ruiter 30:311 11269 30 Jan 2018
	
A v Birmingham City
Marc Wilson 30:262 11220 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Stern John 30:187 11145 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Darron Gibson 30:68 11026 01 Jan 2018
	
H v Barnsley
Rory Delap 30:64 11022 09 Sep 2006
	
A v Derby County
Lee Cattermole 30:30 10988 21 Apr 2018
	
H v Burton Albion
Lewis Grabban 29:345 10938 23 Dec 2017
	
H v Birmingham City
David Connolly 29:333 10926 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
James Vaughan 29:170 10763 01 Jan 2018
	
H v Barnsley
Lamine Koné 29:84 10677 27 Apr 2018
	
A v Fulham
Carl Robinson 28:207 10434 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Carlos Edwards 28:194 10421 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Bryan Oviedo 28:77 10304 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Tommy Miller 28:61 10288 10 Mar 2007
	
A v Barnsley
Jason Steele 27:261 10123 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Darren Williams 27:125 9987 31 Aug 2004
	
A v Reading
Stephen Wright 27:87 9949 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Callum McManaman 27:2 9864 27 Apr 2018
	
A v Fulham
Clive Clarke 26:276 9773 17 Oct 2006
	
A v Stoke City
Danny Collins 26:272 9769 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Michael Bridges 26:219 9716 12 Mar 2005
	
A v Crewe Alexandra
Nyron Nosworthy 26:206 9703 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Wahbi Khazri 26:199 9696 26 Aug 2017
	
A v Barnsley
Jack Rodwell 26:189 9686 16 Sep 2017
	
A v Hull City
Kazenga Lua Lua 26:121 9618 10 Apr 2018
	
H v Norwich City
Adam Matthews 26:113 9610 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Steven Caldwell 26:108 9605 30 Dec 2006
	
H v Preston North End
Liam Miller 26:72 9569 27 Apr 2007
	
H v Burnley
Jeff Whitley 26:71 9568 09 Apr 2005
	
H v Reading
John Oster 25:294 9426 28 Sep 2004
	
A v Sheffield United
Dean Whitehead 25:104 9236 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Kevin Kyle 25:72 9204 19 Aug 2006
	
A v Southend United
Tobias Hysen 25:48 9180 27 Apr 2007
	
H v Burnley
Liam Lawrence 24:325 9091 04 Nov 2006
	
A v Norwich City
Arnau Riera Caledentey 24:322 9088 19 Aug 2006
	
A v Southend United
Michael Ingham 24:220 8986 17 Apr 2005
	
A v Ipswich Town
Jonny Williams 24:152 8918 10 Mar 2018
	
A v Queens Park Rangers
Julio Arca 24:97 8863 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Daryl Murphy 24:52 8818 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Donald Love 24:49 8815 14 Apr 2018
	
A v Reading
George McCartney 24:9 8775 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Márton Fülöp 24:3 8769 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Tyias Browning 23:283 8684 06 Mar 2018
	
H v Aston Villa
Duncan Watmore 23:255 8656 18 Nov 2017
	
H v Millwall
George Honeyman 23:231 8632 27 Apr 2018
	
A v Fulham
Didier Ndong 23:210 8611 13 Jan 2018
	
A v Cardiff City
Mark Lynch 23:177 8578 26 Feb 2005
	
H v Cardiff City
Jon Stead 23:143 8544 28 Aug 2006
	
H v West Bromwich Albion
Stephen Elliott 23:105 8506 21 Apr 2007
	
A v Colchester United
Matthew Piper 23:96 8497 03 Jan 2005
	
H v Gillingham
Neill Collins 23:59 8460 31 Oct 2006
	
H v Cardiff City
Paddy McNair 23:9 8410 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ashley Fletcher 22:216 8252 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lynden Gooch 22:107 8143 10 Apr 2018
	
H v Norwich City
Chris Brown 22:20 8056 01 Jan 2007
	
A v Leicester City
Ross Wallace 21:347 8018 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Sean Thornton 21:334 8005 17 Apr 2005
	
A v Ipswich Town
Ethan Robson 21:284 7955 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Denver Hume 21:267 7938 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brendan Galloway 21:266 7937 09 Dec 2017
	
A v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Simon Johnson 21:221 7892 16 Oct 2004
	
H v Millwall
Ben Clark 21:198 7869 10 Aug 2004
	
H v Crewe Alexandra
Andy Welsh 21:165 7836 08 May 2005
	
H v Stoke City
Grant Leadbitter 21:118 7789 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Darren Carter 20:352 7657 04 Dec 2004
	
H v West Ham United
Jake Clarke-Salter 20:211 7516 21 Apr 2018
	
H v Burton Albion
Ovie Ejaria 20:169 7474 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Danny Simpson 20:113 7418 27 Apr 2007
	
H v Burnley
Luke Molyneux 20:38 7343 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Ben Alnwick 19:286 7226 14 Oct 2006
	
A v Preston North End
Jonny Evans 19:123 7063 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Josh Maja 19:121 7061 27 Apr 2018
	
A v Fulham
Elliot Embleton 19:34 6974 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Joel Asoro 19:9 6949 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers
Anthony Stokes 18:284 6859 06 May 2007
	
A v Luton Town
Peter Hartley 18:272 6847 01 Jan 2007
	
A v Leicester City
Lewin Nyatanga 18:135 6710 01 Jan 2007
	
A v Leicester City
Bali Mumba 16:210 6054 06 May 2018
	
H v Wolverhampton Wanderers