# The 21 Greatest Brighton & Hove Albion Players of All Time

> A record scorer from the 1920s shares this list with a World Cup winner and three men Brighton signed twice. Goals, captaincy and staying power all count for something different here.

*By YPB Team · Published October 7, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-21-greatest-brighton-hove-albion-players-of-all-time*

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1. **Pascal Groß** — score 1000/1000
   German midfielder who was Brighton's first Premier League signing, left for Dortmund in 2024 and came back in January 2026.
2. **Peter Ward** — score 952/1000
   Striker signed from Burton Albion for £4,000 in 1975 whose 36 goals in 1976–77 set the club's single-season record.
3. **Jimmy Case** — score 907/1000
   Midfielder who came from Liverpool in 1981 and scored the winner at Anfield on the run to the 1983 FA Cup final.
4. **Kit Napier** — score 898/1000
   Forward who was Brighton's top scorer in five of his six seasons between 1966 and 1972.
5. **Alexis Mac Allister** — score 734/1000
   Argentine midfielder who became a World Cup winner while at Brighton in 2022 before joining Liverpool.
6. **Glenn Murray** — score 659/1000
   Two-spell striker who scored Brighton out of League One and kept scoring for them in the Premier League.
7. **Brian Horton** — score 571/1000
   Captain who led Brighton up from the Third Division to the First with promotions in 1977 and 1979.
8. **Bruno Saltor** — score 571/1000
   Spanish full-back who joined on a free from Valencia in 2012 and captained Brighton to promotion in 2017.
9. **Gordon Greer** — score 467/1000
   Captain of Gus Poyet's 2011 League One title winners, the last Brighton side before the move to the Amex.
10. **Solly March** — score 467/1000
   Sussex winger who has been with the club since 2011, from the Championship years to European nights.
11. **Tommy Cook** — score 467/1000
   Albion's record goalscorer with 123 goals in the 1920s and the first Brighton player to be capped by England.
12. **Gary Stevens** — score 467/1000
   Home-grown defender who scored the late equaliser in the 1983 FA Cup final draw with Manchester United.
13. **Mark Lawrenson** — score 467/1000
   Defender bought from Preston for £100,000 in 1977 and sold to Liverpool for £900,000 four years later.
14. **Moisés Caicedo** — score 467/1000
   Ecuadorian midfielder bought for about £4m in 2021 and sold to Chelsea in 2023 for a British record fee.
15. **Bobby Zamora** — score 343/1000
   Striker signed from Bristol Rovers for £100,000 who scored 77 goals in three seasons and drove two straight promotions.
16. **Kaoru Mitoma** — score 343/1000
   Japanese winger whose stoppage-time volley knocked Liverpool out of the FA Cup in January 2023.
17. **Lewis Dunk** — score 343/1000
   Academy-raised centre-back who has captained Brighton through the Premier League and into Europe.
18. **Leandro Trossard** — score 343/1000
   Belgian forward who scored a hat-trick at Anfield in a 3–3 draw in October 2022.
19. **Danny Welbeck** — score 0/1000
   Former England striker who joined on a free in 2020 and became one of the most reliable forwards of the Premier League years.
20. **Michael Robinson** — score 0/1000
   Striker who scored in the 1983 FA Cup semi-final and later became a celebrated football broadcaster in Spain.
21. **Steve Foster** — score 0/1000
   Centre-back who won three England caps as a Brighton player and went to the 1982 World Cup.

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