England's Goalkeepers by Age at First Appearance

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CS %: Percentage of CS
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ᵐ: Pen conceded
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Rank	Player Club	Apps	GA	GA min	CS	CS %	Pts %	Pen	First & Last	Age	Tenure
Rank	Player Club	Apps	GA	GA min	CS	CS %	Pts %	Pen	First & Last	yrs
The 19 Year Old Debutants
1	Jack Butland Birmingham C.¹, Stoke C.⁸	9	4	151	5	55.6	83.3	1ᵍᵃ	▼15 August 2012 2-1 vs. Italy 11 September 2018 1-0 vs. Switzerland	19 158 25 185	6 27
2	Billy Moon Old Westminsters & Corinthians	7	8	79	1	14.3	78.6	0	4 February 1888 5-1 vs. Wales 4 April 1891 2-1 vs. Scotland	19 242 22 301	3 59
3	John Maynard First Surrey Rifles	1	0	0	1	100	50	0	⮀30 November 1872 0-0 vs. Scotland	19 257	45 min
4	Rupert Anderson Old Etonians	1	1	60	0	0	100	0	18 January 1879 2-1 vs. Wales	19 264	60 min

The 20 Year Old Debutants
5	Alan Hodgkinson Sheffield United	5	5	90	0	0	90	0	6 April 1957 2-1 vs. Scotland 23 November 1960 5-1 vs. Wales	20 233 24 99	3 231
6	Tim Williamson Middlesbrough	7	6	105	2	28.6	64.3	0	25 February 1905 1-1 vs. Ireland 15 February 1913 1-2 vs. Ireland	20 264 28 254	7 356

The 21 Year Old Debutants
7	Joe Hart Manchester City⁶⁴, Torino⁷, West Ham United⁴	75	48	134	43	57.3	75.3	1ˢ	▲1 June 2008 3-0 vs. Trinidad & Tobago 14 November 2017 0-0 vs. Brazil	21 43 30 209	9 166
8	Albemarle Swepstone Pilgrims & Corinthians	6	18	30	2	33.3	33.3	0	13 March 1880 4-5 vs. Scotland 10 March 1883 2-3 vs. Scotland	21 59 24 55	2 362
8	John Rawlinson Cambridge University & Old Etonians	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	18 February 1882 13-0 vs. Ireland	21 59	1
10	Peter Shilton Leicester City²⁰, Stoke City³, Nottingham Forest¹⁹, Southampton⁴⁹, Derby Co.³⁴	125	80	134	66	52.8	66.8	15 13ᵍᵃ 1ᵐ1ˢ	25 November 1970 3-1 vs. GDR 7 July 1990 1-2 vs. Italy	21 68 40 292	19 224
11	Eddie Hopkinson Bolton Wanderers	14	24	53	4	28.6	50	1ᵐ	19 October 1957 4-0 vs. Wales 28 October 1959 2-3 vs. Sweden	21 355 23 364	2 9

The 22 Year Old Debutants
12	George Raikes Oxford University & Corinthians	4	4	90	0	0	62.5	0	18 March 1895 1-1 vs. Wales 4 April 1896 1-2 vs. Scotland	22 4 23 21	1 17
13	Leslie Gay Cambridge University & Old Brightonians¹, Old Brightonians² & Corinthians	3	5	54	0	0	83.3	0	1 April 1893 5-2 vs. Scotland 7 April 1894 2-2 vs. Scotland	22 8 23 14	1 6
14	Herby Arthur Blackburn Rovers	7	4	158	3	42.9	78.6	0	28 February 1885 4-0 vs. Ireland 26 February 1887 4-0 vs. Wales	22 14 24 12	1 363
15	Scott Carson Aston Villa², West Bromwich Albion¹, Bursaspor¹	4	4	68	2	50	75	0	16 November 2007 1-0 vs. Austria ▲15 November 2011 1-0 vs. Sweden	22 74 26 73	3 364
16	Billy Rose Swindon Town & Swifts³, Preston North End¹, Wolverhampton Wanderers¹	5	4	113	1	20	80	0	23 February 1884 8-1 vs. Ireland 7 March 1891 6-1 vs. Ireland	22 84 29 96	7 12
17	Leonard Wilkinson Oxford Univ. & Corinthians	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	7 March 1891 4-1 vs. Wales	22 143	1
18	Richard Wright Ipswich Town¹, Arsenal¹	2	1	132	1	50	50	2 1ᵍᵃ1ˢ	3 June 2000 2-1 vs. Malta ▲15 August 2001 0-2 vs. Netherlands	22 211 23 283	1 73
19	Reginald Welch Wanderers & Harrow Cheqs.	1	2	45	0	0	0	0	7 March 1874 1-2 vs. Scotland	22 260	1
20	Willie Foulke Sheffield United	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	29 March 1897 4-0 vs. Wales	22 351	1

The 23 Year Old Debutants
21	Bob Roberts West Bromwich Albion	3	5	54	0	0	66.7	0	19 March 1887 0-3 vs. Scotland 15 March 1890 9-1 vs. Ireland	23 91 26 87	2 362
22	George Toone Notts County	2	1	180	1	50	100	0	5 March 1892 2-0 vs. Wales 2 April 1892 4-1 vs. Scotland	23 93 23 121	29
23	Ray Wood Manchester United	3	3	90	1	33.3	100	0	2 October 1954 2-0 vs. Northern Ireland 20 May 1956 5-1 vs. Finland	23 113 24 344	1 232
24	Reg Matthews Coventry City	5	5	90	1	20	70	0	14 April 1956 1-1 vs. Scotland 6 October 1956 1-1 vs. Northern Ireland	23 116 23 291	175
25	Paul Robinson Leeds Utd⁴, Tottenham Hot.³⁷	41	22	151	24	58.3	72	2 1ᵍᵃ1ˢ	▲12 February 2003 1-3 vs. Australia 17 October 2007 1-2 vs. Russia	23 120 29 2	4 247
26	Bill Rowley Stoke	2	1	180	1	50	100	1ˢ	2 March 1889 6-1 vs. Ireland 5 March 1892 2-0 vs. Ireland	23 172 26 176	3 4
27	Harry Hibbs Birmingham	25	26	87	10	40	72	3 1ˢ2ᵐ	20 November 1929 6-0 vs. Wales 5 February 1936 1-2 vs. Wales	23 177 29 254	6 78
28	Aaron Ramsdale Arsenal	5	6	75	2	40	50	0	15 November 2021 10-0 vs. San Marino 7 June 2024 0-1 vs. Iceland	23 185 26 24	2 205
29	Dean Henderson Manchester United¹, Crystal Palace¹	2	1	135	1	50	100	0	▲12 November 2020 3-0 vs. Rep. Ireland 13 October 2024 3-1 vs. Finland	23 235 27 216	3 336
30	Phil Parkes Queen's Park Rangers	1	0	0	1	100	50	0	3 April 1974 0-0 vs. Portugal	23 238	1
31	Alex Stepney Manchester United	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	22 May 1968 3-1 vs. Sweden	23 246	1
32	Jordan Pickford Everton	73	53	128	35	47.9	70.5	9 7ᵍᵃ 1ᵐ1ˢ	10 November 2017 0-0 vs. Germany 17 November 2024 5-0 vs. Republic of Ireland	23 248 30 255	7 10
33	Ben Foster Watford¹, Manchester Utd³, Birmingham City¹, West Bromwich Albion³	8	6	105	4	50	43.8	1ˢ	7 February 2007 0-1 vs. Spain 24 June 2014 0-0 vs. Costa Rica	23 310 31 82	7 137
34	George Tweedy Grimsby Town	1	2	45	0	0	100	0	2 December 1936 6-2 vs. Hungary	23 327	1
35	Harold Pearson West Bromwich Albion	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	9 April 1932 3-0 vs. Scotland	23 338	1

The 24 Year Old Debutants
36	Harry Linacre Nottingham Forest	2	1	180	1	50	100	0	27 March 1905 3-1 vs. Wales 1 April 1905 1-0 vs. Scotland	24 1 24 6	5
37	Ray Clemence Liverpool⁵⁶, Tottenham Hot.⁵	61	54	101	27	44.3	65.6	8 7ᵍᵃ1ˢ	15 November 1972 1-0 vs. Wales 16 November 1983 4-0 vs. Luxembourg	24 102 35 103	11 1
38	Ron Springett Sheffield Wednesday	33	48	62	7	21.2	63.6	3 2ˢ1ᵍᵃ	18 November 1959 2-1 vs. Northern Ireland 29 June 1966 6-1 vs. Norway	24 119 30 342	6 223
39	Frank Moss Arsenal	5	6	75	1	20	50	0	14 April 1934 3-0 vs. Scotland 14 November 1934 3-2 vs. Italy	24 160 25 9	114
40	Sam Hardy Liverpool¹⁴, Aston Villa⁷	21	25	76	7	33.3	69	3 2ᵍᵃ1ˢ	16 February 1907 1-0 vs. Ireland 10 April 1920 5-4 vs. Scotland	24 174 37 228	13 54
41	Ian Walker Tottenham Hotspur³, Leicester City¹	4	1	171	3	75	75	0	▲ 18 May 1996 3-0 vs. Hungary ▲5 June 2004 6-1 vs. Iceland	24 200 32 218	8 18
42	Peter Bonetti Chelsea	7	4	158	5	71.4	85.7	0	3 July 1966 2-0 vs. Denmark 14 June 1970 2-3 vs. West Germany	24 279 28 260	3 346
43	Nigel Spink Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	100	50	0	▲19 June 1983 1-1 vs. Australia	24 315	45 min
44	John Sutcliffe Bolton Wand.⁴, Millwall Ath.¹	5	3	150	3	60	90	0	13 March 1893 6-0 vs. Wales 2 March 1903 2-1 vs. Wales	24 335 34 324	9 354

The 25 Year Old Debutants
45	David Seaman Queen's Park Rangers³, Arsenal⁷²	75	44	149	40	54.1	68	5 2ᵍᵃ 2ᵐ1ˢ	16 November 1988 1-1 vs. Saudi Arabia 16 October 2002 2-2 vs. Macedonia	25 58 39 27	13 334
46	Gordon Banks Leicester City³⁷, Stoke City³⁶	73	57	115	35	48	77.4	5 4ᵍᵃ1ˢ	6 April 1963 1-2 vs. Scotland 27 May 1972 1-0 vs. Scotland	25 97 34 149	9 51
47	Chris Kirkland Wigan Athletic	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	▲16 August 2006 4-0 vs. Greece	25 106	45 min
48	Rob Green Norwich C.¹, West Ham U.¹¹	12	9	97	4	33.3	75	0	▲31 May 2005 3-2 vs. Colombia 26 May 2012 1-0 vs. Norway	25 133 32 129	6 361
49	Arthur Savage Crystal Palace	1	3	30	0	0	0	0	4 March 1876 0-3 vs. Scotland	25 138	1
50	Robert Barker Hert Rangers & Wanderers	1	0	0	1	100	50	0	⮀30 November 1872 0-0 vs. Scotland	25 165	45 min
51	Albert McInroy Sunderland	1	3	30	0	0	50	0	20 October 1926 3-3 vs. Ireland	25 180	1
52	Chris Woods Norwich City⁴, Rangers²⁰, Sheffield Wednesday ¹⁹	43	25	137	26	60.5	70.9	2ᵍᵃ	16 June 1985 5-0 vs. United States 9 June 1993 0-2 vs. United States	25 214 33 207	7 358
53	Gordon West Everton	3	2	135	1	33.3	66.7	0	11 December 1968 1-1 vs. Bulgaria 1 June 1969 0-0 vs. Mexico	25 231 26 38	173
54	John Sands Nottingham Forest	1	2	45	0	0	100	0	15 March 1880 3-2 vs. Wales	25 239	1
55	Fraser Forster Celtic², Southampton⁴	6	7	60	1	16.7	58	1ᵍᵃ	15 November 2013 0-2 vs. Chile ▼27 May 2016 2-1 vs. Australia	25 243 28 71	2 191
56	Ted Sagar Everton	4	7	51	0	0	37.5	1ᵍᵃ	19 October 1935 3-1 vs. Ireland 9 May 1936 2-3 vs. Belgium	25 254 26 92	203
57	Nigel Martyn Crystal Palace³, Leeds Utd²⁰	23	17	91	13	56.5	56.5	3 2ᵍᵃ1ˢ	▲29 April 1992 2-2 vs. CIS 26 May 2002 2-2 vs. Cameroon	25 262 35 289	10 27
58	Ernie Scattergood Derby County	1	3	30	0	0	100	0	17 March 1913 4-3 vs. Wales	25 292	1
59	John Ruddy Norwich City	1	1	45	1	100	100	0	▲15 August 2012 2-1 vs. Italy	25 296	45 min

The 26 Year Old Debutants
60	Nick Pope Burnley⁸, Newcastle United²	10	5	158	7	70	85	1ᵍᵃ	▲7 June 2018 2-0 vs. Italy 26 September 2022 3-3 vs. Germany	26 59 30 170	4 111
61	William Carr Owlerton	1	2	40	0	0	50	0	6 March 1875 2-2 vs. Scotland	26 112	80 min
62	Ron Baynham Luton Town	3	2	135	1	100	33.3	0	2 October 1955 5-1 vs. Denmark 30 November 1955 4-1 vs. Spain	26 114 26 173	59
63	Tim Flowers Southampton¹, Blackburn Rovers¹⁰	11	9	107	6	54.6	72.7	0	13 June 1993 1-1 vs. Brazil 27 May 1998 1-0 vs. Morocco	26 130 31 113	4 348
64	Matt Kingsley Newcastle United	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	18 March 1901 6-0 vs. Wales	26 169	1
65	Frederick Fox Millwall	1	2	45	0	0	100	0	▼21 May 1925 3-2 vs. France	26 180	76 min
66	Gary Bailey Manchester United	2	2	90	0	0	50	0	26 March 1985 2-1 vs. Republic of Ireland 9 June 1985 0-1 vs. Mexico	26 229 26 304	75
67	David James Liverpool¹, Aston Villa³, West Ham United¹⁷, Manchester City¹³, Portsmouth¹⁹	53	46	84	21	39.6	65.1	7 5ᵍᵃ2ᵐ	29 March 1997 2-0 vs. Mexico 27 June 2010 1-4 vs. Germany	26 240 39 331	13 91
68	Horace Bailey Leicester Fosse	5	3	150	2	40	100	1ᵐ	16 March 1908 7-1 vs. Wales 13 June 1908 4-0 vs. Bohemia	26 257 26 346	89
69	Hugh Turner Huddersfield Town	2	6	30	0	0	50	0	14 May 1931 2-5 vs. France 16 May 1931 4-1 vs. Belgium	26 281 26 283	2
70	Jack Robinson Derby Co.², New Brighton Tower³, Southampton⁶	11	11	90	5	45.5	77.3	1ᵐ	20 February 1897 6-0 vs. Ireland 9 March 1901 3-0 vs. Ireland	26 304 30 321	4 17

The 27 Year Old Debutants
71	Ted Ditchburn Tottenham Hotspur	6	9	60	2	33.3	83.3	1ᵍᵃ	2 December 1948 6-0 vs. Switzerland 5 December 1956 5-2 vs. Denmark	27 39 35 42	8 3
72	Vic Woodley Chelsea	19	26	66	7	36.8	71	0	17 April 1937 1-3 vs. Scotland 24 May 1939 2-0 vs. Romania	27 50 29 87	2 38
73	Tony Waiters Blackpool	5	10	45	0	0	60	0	24 May 1964 1-1 vs. Republic of Ireland 9 December 1964 1-1 vs. Netherlands	27 113 27 312	199
74	Harry Maskrey Derby County	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	15 February 1908 3-1 vs. Ireland	27 130	1
75	Jimmy Ashcroft Woolwich Arsenal	3	2	135	2	66.7	66.7	0	17 February 1906 5-0 vs. Ireland 7 April 1906 2-1 vs. Scotland	27 157 27 207	49
76	Joe Corrigan Manchester City	9	5	153	4	44.4	61.1	2ᵍᵃ	▲28 May 1976 3-2 vs. Italy 2 June 1982 1-1 vs. Iceland	27 192 33 196	6 5
77	Colin McDonald Burnley	8	11	65	2	25	50	0	18 May 1958 1-1 vs. USSR 26 November 1958 2-2 vs. Wales	27 215 28 42	192
78	Bill George Aston Villa	3	2	135	2	66.7	66.7	1ˢ	3 March 1902 0-0 vs. Wales 3 May 1902 2-2 vs. Scotland	27 247 27 308	61
79	Harry Holdcroft Preston North End	2	3	60	0	0	50	0	17 October 1936 1-2 vs. Wales 18 November 1936 3-1 vs. Ireland	27 268 27 300	32
80	Conrad Warner Upton Park	1	7	13	0	0	0	0	2 March 1878 2-7 vs. Scotland	27 322	1
81	Jack Brown The/Sheffield Wednesday	6	7	77	2	33.3	91.7	1ᵍᵃ	12 February 1927 3-3 vs. Wales 19 October 1929 3-0 vs. Ireland	27 330 30 214	2 249

The 28 Year Old Debutants
82	Joe Reader West Bromwich Albion	1	2	45	0	0	50	0	3 March 1894 2-2 vs. Ireland	28 4	1
83	George Ashmore West Bromwich Albion	1	3	30	0	0	0	0	24 May 1926 5-3 vs. Belgium	28 19	1
84	Sam Johnstone West Bromwich Albion³, Crystal Palace¹	4	0	0	4	100	100	0	6 June 2021 1-0 vs. Romania 13 October 2023 1-0 vs. Australia	28 73 30 202	2 129
85	Jack Hillman Burnley	1	2	45	0	0	100	1ˢ	18 February 1899 13-2 vs. Ireland	28 80	1
86	Tom Baddeley Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	5	90	2	40	70	1ˢ	14 February 1903 4-0 vs. Ireland 9 April 1904 1-0 vs. Scotland	28 107 29 162	1 55
87	Jimmy Rimmer Arsenal	1	2	23	0	0	100	0	▼28 May 1976 3-2 vs. Italy	28 108	45 min
88	Chris Charsley Small Heath	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	25 February 1893 6-1 vs. Ireland	28 110	1
89	Bernard Streten Luton Town	1	2	45	0	0	100	0	16 November 1949 9-2 vs. Northern Ireland	28 306	1
90	Jim/Fred Mitchell Manchester City	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	22 October 1924 3-1 vs. Ireland	28 339	1
91	Alex McCarthy Southampton	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	▲15 November 2018 3-0 vs. United States	28 347	45 min

The 29 Year Old Debutants
92	Ben Olney Aston Villa	2	2	90	0	0	100	0	17 May 1928 5-1 vs. France 19 May 1928 3-1 vs. Belgium	29 56 29 58	2
93	Howard Baker Everton¹, Chelsea¹, both with Corinthians²	2	0	0	2	100	75	0	21 May 1921 2-0 vs. Belgium 24 October 1925 0-0 vs. Ireland	29 97 33 253	4 156
94	Bert Williams Wolverhampton Wanderers	24	34	64	3	12.5	62.5	2ᵍᵃ	22 May 1949 3-1 vs. France 22 October 1955 1-2 vs. Wales	29 111 35 264	6 153
95	Monty Betts Old Harrovians & Wanderers	1	3	30	0	0	0	0	3 March 1877 1-3 vs. Scotland	29 185	1
96	Gil Merrick Birmingham City	23	45	46	5	21.7	63	3ᵍᵃ	14 November 1951 2-0 vs. Northern Ireland 26 June 1954 2-4 vs. Uruguay	29 292 32 151	2 224
97	Harry Hardy Stockport County	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	8 December 1924 4-0 vs. Belgium	29 329	1

The 30 Year Old Debutants
98	Reginald Birkett Clapham Rovers	1	4	23	0	0	100	0	5 April 1879 5-4 vs. Scotland	30 8	1
99	Dan Tremelling Birmingham	1	2	45	0	0	0	0	28 November 1927 1-2 vs. Wales	30 16	1
100	Tom Heaton Burnley	3	4	23	1	33.3	50	0	▲27 May 2016 2-1 vs. Australia ▼13 June 2017 2-3 vs. France	30 42 31 59	1 17
101	Harold Gough Sheffield United	1	3	30	0	0	0	0	9 April 1921 0-3 vs. Scotland	30 109	1
102	John Hawtrey Remnants & Old Etonians	2	7	26	0	0	0	0	26 February 1881 0-1 vs. Wales 12 March 1881 1-6 vs. Scotland	30 221 30 235	14
103	Dave Beasant Chelsea	2	0	0	2	100	75	0	▲15 November 1989 0-0 vs. Italy ▲13 December 1989 2-1 vs. Yugoslavia	30 242 30 270	28
104	Jack Hacking Oldham Athletic	3	4	68	0	0	66.7	0	22 October 1928 2-1 vs. Ireland 13 April 1929 0-1 vs. Scotland	30 305 31 112	173
105	Ted Hufton West Ham United	6	14	39	0	0	41.7	1ᵍᵃ	1 November 1923 2-2 vs. Belgium 15 May 1929 3-4 vs. Spain	30 342 36 172	5 196

The 31 Year Old Debutants
106	Bert Coleman Dulwich Hamlet	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	14 March 1921 0-0 vs. Wales	31 146	1
107	Jack Mew Manchester United	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	23 October 1920 2-0 vs. Ireland	31 207	1

The 32 Year Old Debutants
108	Dick Pym Bolton Wanderers	3	6	45	0	0	33.3	0	28 February 1925 2-1 vs. Wales 1 March 1926 1-3 vs. Wales	32 26 33 27	1 1
109	Jack Alderson Crystal Palace	1	1	90	0	0	100	0	10 May 1923 4-1 vs. France	32 167	1
110	Ernie Williamson The Arsenal	2	3	60	0	0	100	0	21 May 1923 4-2 vs. Sweden 24 May 1923 3-1 vs. Sweden	32 362 33rd	3
111	Frank Swift Manchester City	19	18	95	9	47.4	81.6	1ᵍᵃ	28 September 1946 7-2 vs. Northern Ireland 18 May 1949 4-1 vs. Norway	32 276 35 143	2 232

The 33 Year Old Debutants
112	Jerry Dawson Burnley	2	2	90	0	0	25	0	22 October 1921 1-1 vs. Ireland 8 April 1922 0-1 vs. Scotland	33 218 34 21	168
113	Ronnie Sewell Blackburn Rovers	1	2	45	0	0	0	0	3 March 1924 1-2 vs. Wales	33 228	1

The 34 Year Old Debutant
114	Teddy Davison The Wednesday	1	0	0	1	100	100	0	13 March 1922 1-0 vs. Wales	34 192	1

The 35 Year Old Debutant
115	Ted Taylor Huddersfield Town	8	10	72	1	12.5	56.3	0	21 October 1922 2-0 vs. Ireland 17 April 1926 0-1 vs. Scotland	35 255 39 68	3 178

The Oldest Debutant
116	Alec Morten Crystal Palace	1	2	45	0	0	100	0	8 March 1873 4-2 vs. Scotland	41/42	1

Alex Bonsor, a forward, played the first ten minutes in goal for England against Scotland on 6 March 1875, until William Carr's arrival. He kept a clean sheet.
Jack Ball, an inside left, went in goal at halftime for England, in the match against Ireland on 22 October 1927, Ted Hufton injured his wrist and could not play the second half. Both Ball and Hufton conceded one goal each.
Both are essentially outfield players simply covering lateness, or injury, and are therefore not included in this list.