The following is an incomplete list of defenders that have appeared for Town since joining the Football League at the beginning of the 1938-39 season. Statistics include all league, domestic cup and European cup matches. Players to have exclusively played as loanees for Town are in green.
| First | Last | Player | Starts | 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2015 |  Piotr Malarczyk
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 |  Josh Yorwerth
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 |  Myles Kenlock
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 |  Jonas Knudsen
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 | Josh Emmanuel
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015 | Zeki Fryers
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2015 |  Jonathan Parr
|
25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2014 | Frazer Richardson
|
3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013 |  Freddie Veseli
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2015 |  Christophe Berra
|
93 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 1 |
| 2013 | 2015 | Tyrone Mings
|
46 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2015 | Luke Chambers
|
144 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 |
| 2008 | 2015 |  Tommy Smith
|
194 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2006 | Matthew Bates
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |