Teams of the Decade

Northern Ireland's Teams of the Decade selected based on caps won in those decades... 

1940s

2+ caps

1. Ted Hinton
2. Johnny Carey
3. Con Martin
4. Davy Walsh
5. Jackie Vernon
6. Peter Farrell
7. Davy Cochrane
8. Sammy Smyth
9. Billy Walsh
10. Peter Doherty
11. Tommy Eglington

Jackie Vernon (11), Davy Cochrane (10), Davy Walsh (8), Sammy Smyth (7), Johnny Carey (7), Peter Farrell (7), Tommy Eglington (6), Ted Hinton (5), Peter Doherty (5), Con Martin (5), Billy Walsh (5), Bill Gorman (4), Jimmy McCabe (3), Bobby Brennan (3), Tom Aherne (3), Alex Stevenson (3), Jackie O'Driscoll (3), Alf McMichael (2), Charlie Tully (2), Johnny McKenna (2), Billy Smyth (2), Gerry Bowler (2), Jimmy McAlinden (2), Jim Feeney (2)

1950s

5+ caps

Danny Blanchflower (40), Billy Bingham (39), Jimmy McIlroy (37), Alf McMichael (37), Willie Cunningham (26), Peter McParland (25), Bertie Peacock (24), Billy Cush (22), Harry Gregg (18), Norman Uprichard (18), Dick Keith (14), Eddie McMorran (14), Len Graham (14), Billy Dickson (12), Billy Simpson (12), Jackie Blanchflower (12), Tommy Casey (12), Charlie Tully (8), Norman Lockhart (7), Jackie Vernon (6), Frank McCourt (6), Billy McAdams (5), Johnny McKenna (5), Jimmy D'Arcy (5)

1960s

Terry Neill (41), Alex Elder (40), Martin Harvey (32), Jimmy Nicholson (31), Pat Jennings (26), Derek Dougan (26), Jimmy Magill (26), Johnny Crossan (23), Willie Irvine (20), George Best (19), Jimmy McIlroy (18), Billy Bingham (17), Danny Blanchflower (15), Billy Humphries (14), John Parke (14), Dave Clements (13), Sammy Wilson (12), Jim McLaughlin (12), Billy McAdams (10), Billy McCullough (10), Bobby Braithwaite (10), Peter McParland (9), Dick Keith (9), Dave Craig (8), Eric McMordie (7), Sammy Todd (7), Bertie Peacock (7), Harry Gregg (7), Arthur Stewart (7), Tommy Jackson (6), Jimmy Hill (6), Jack McClelland (6)

1970s

Pat Jennings (56), Allan Hunter (52), Bryan Hamilton (47), Pat Rice (47), Sammy Nelson (42), Sammy McIlroy (40), Dave Clements (35), Martin O'Neill (31), Tommy Jackson (29), Jimmy Nicholl (25), David McCreery (25), Derek Spence (24), Chris Nicholl (23), Trevor Anderson (22), Chris McGrath (21), Liam O'Kane (20), Gerry Armstrong (19), Terry Neill (18), George Best (18), Sammy Morgan (18), Dave Craig (17), Derek Dougan (15), Eric McMordie (14), Tommy Cassidy (13), Terry Cochrane (10), Jimmy Nicholson (10), Peter Scott (10), Tommy Finney (8), Billy Caskey (6), Danny Hegan (6), Bertie Lutton (6), Victor Moreland (6), Willie McFaul (5), Roy Coyle (5), Ronnie Blair (5)

1980s

Mal Donaghy (63), John McClelland (52), Sammy McIlroy (48), Jimmy Nicholl (48), Gerry Armstrong (44), David McCreery (40), Billy Hamilton (40), John O'Neill (39), Norman Whiteside (38), Pat Jennings (37), Martin O'Neill (33), Ian Stewart (31), Chris Nicholl (28), Nigel Worthington (27), Noel Brotherston (27), Jimmy Quinn (26), Alan McDonald (24), Colin Clarke (23), Jim Platt (19), Steve Penney (17), Danny Wilson (16), Terry Cochrane (16), Kevin Wilson (14), Paul Ramsey (14), Michael O'Neill (12), Gary Fleming (11), Tommy Cassidy (11), Anton Rogan (10), Allen McKnight (10), David Campbell (10), Sammy Nelson (9), Kingsley Black (8), Robbie Dennison (6), Tommy Finney (6), Gerry McElhinney (6), Derek Spence (5), Bernard McNally (5), Jim Cleary (5)

1990s

Iain Dowie (59), Michael Hughes (51), Gerry Taggart (45), Jim Magilton (39), Nigel Worthington (39), Steve Morrow (39), Steve Lomas (33), Neil Lennon (31), Keith Gillespie (29), Mal Donaghy (28), Alan McDonald (28), Kevin Wilson (28), Tommy Wright (28), Colin Hill (27), Alan Fettis (25), Kingsley Black (22), Phil Gray (21), Kevin Horlock (20), Jimmy Quinn (20), Gary Fleming (20), James Quinn (19), Michael O'Neill (19), Keith Rowland (19), Darren Patterson (17), Gerry McMahon (17), Jon McCarthy (16), Colin Clarke (15), Barry Hunter (15), George O'Boyle (13), Robbie Dennison (12), Aaron Hughes (10), Danny Griffin (9), Ian Nolan (9), Paul Kee (9), Maik Taylor (8), Mark Williams (8), Philip Mulryne (8), Danny Wilson (8), Anton Rogan (8), Peter Kennedy (6), Pat McGibbon (6), Iain Jenkins (6)

2000s

David Healy (79), Maik Taylor (74), Aaron Hughes (61), Keith Gillespie (57), Damien Johnson (54), Stephen Craigan (45), Chris Baird (44), Steve Davis (39), Stuart Elliott (39), Warren Feeney (34), Colin Murdock (34), George McCartney (33), James Quinn (31), Steve Jones (29), Mark Williams (28), Grant McCann (27), Chris Brunt (26), Sammy Clingan (24), Kyle Lafferty (23), Michael Duff (22), Tony Capaldi (22), Jonny Evans (20), Gareth McAuley (20), Michael Hughes (20), Danny Griffin (20), Philip Mulryne (19), Paul McVeigh (19), Andy Smith (18), Jeff Whitley (16), Roy Carroll (15), Peter Kennedy (14), Jim Magilton (13), Steve Lomas (12), Kevin Horlock (12), Martin Paterson (11), Ivan Sproule (11), Andy Kirk (10), Danny Sonner (10), Neil Lennon (9), Ian Nolan (9), Tommy Doherty (9), Ryan McGivern (8), Dean Shiels (8), Michael O'Connor (8), Peter Thompson (8), Niall McGinn (6), Gerry Taggart (6), Phil Gray (5), Gary Hamilton (5)

2010s

Steven Davis (78), Jonny Evans (64), Gareth McAuley (60), Corry Evans (58), Oliver Norwood (57), Niall McGinn (54), Kyle Lafferty (52), Josh Magennis (50), Craig Cathcart (50), Aaron Hughes (41), Stuart Dallas (41), Shane Ferguson (40), Chris Brunt (39), Conor McLaughlin (38), Chris Baird (35), Jamie Ward (35), Paddy McNair (34), Michael McGovern (30), Roy Carroll (28), Lee Hodson (24), George Saville (21), Conor Washington (21), Liam Boyce (21), David Healy (16), Ryan McGivern (16), Sammy Clingan (15), Paddy McCourt (15), Bailey Peacock-Farrell (14), Will Grigg (13), Daniel Lafferty (13), Warren Feeney (12), Grant McCann (12), Jamal Lewis (12), Martin Paterson (11), Billy McKay (11), Stephen Craigan (9), Gavin Whyte (9), Johnny Gorman (9), Lee Camp (9), Michael Smith (9), Jordan Jones (9), Andrew Little (7), Jordan Thompson (7), Rory McArdle (7), Maik Taylor (6), Dean Shiels (6), Luke McCullough (6), Alan Mannus (5), Colin Coates (5), Josh McQuoid (5), Rory Patterson (5), Ryan McLaughlin (5), Tom Flanagan (5), Trevor Carson (5)