Davies next? Every British footballer to have won 100 caps for their country

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·13 ottobre 2025

Davies next? Every British footballer to have won 100 caps for their country

Ben Davies could celebrate a milestone this evening when Wales face Belgium in World Cup qualification.

The defender is in line for his 100th appearance for the national team, and will become just the fourth Welshman to achieve that feat if he appears.

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Davies made his debut for The Dragons in 2012 and has been a regular during recent campaigns, featuring for the Wales side that reached the semi-finals of the 2016 European Championship.

Ahead of becoming a centurion, we’ve listed the male British footballers to have reached 100 caps before him.

The most-capped British footballers of all time

England

England lead the way for centurions among the British nations, with 10 different players having won 100 caps for the Three Lions. Peter Shilton holds the record with 125 appearances, made across an England career that spanned 20 years.

Wayne Rooney made more appearances than any other outfield player, though current captain Harry Kane is chasing him down. Kane is the only active England player to have made more than 100 appearances.

Peter Shilton – 125 appearances Wayne Rooney – 120 appearances David Beckham – 115 appearances Steven Gerrard – 114 appearances Harry Kane – 109 appearances Bobby Moore – 108 appearances Ashley Cole – 107 appearances Sir Bobby Charlton – 106 appearances Frank Lampard – 106 caps Billy Wright – 105 appearances

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland have had four centurions, including British football’s most capped male player. Steven Davis represented Northern Ireland a record-breaking 140 times, scoring 13 times.

Steven Davis – 140 appearances
Pat Jennings – 119 appearances
Aaron Hughes – 112 appearances
Jonny Evans – 107 appearances

Scotland

Scotland have just one player in the 100 club, with Kenny Dalglish the only player to reach the milestone for the Tartan Army. Dalglish, regarded as arguably Scotland’s greatest-ever footballer, is also the nation’s joint-leading goalscorer (30), alongside Denis Law.

Current captain Andy Roberton sits third for caps (88), with John McGinn (81) joint fourth. Both will be confident of reaching 100 caps before retirement from Scotland duty.

Kenny Dalglish – 102 appearances

Wales

Ben Davies could become the fourth Welshman to reach 100 caps for the national team, following former teammates Gareth Bale, Chris Gunter and Wayne Hennessey.

Each of that trio featured alongside Davies during a successful era for The Dragons, who ended a 58-year tournament drought by reaching Euro 2016.

That Wales side then exceeded expectations by becoming first British nation to advance to the semi-finals of a major tournament since 1996. Wales followed that tournament with qualification to Euro 2020 and the 2022 World Cup.