| Squad cost: | 33.09M | 2000-01 fees: | 16.72M | |
| Total players: | 48 | Players in: | 12 | |
| Loaned out: | 8 | |||
| Available squad: | 40 |
| # | Name | Pos | Age | Hgt | Nat | Join | Cost | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Sealey | GK | 43 | 1.85 | ENG | 1996 | ? | ||
| 3 | Stuart Pearce | D | 39 | 1.78 | ENG | ? | ||
| 17 | Nigel Winterburn | D | 37 | 1.73 | ENG | Jul | FREE | |
| 4 | Steve Potts | D | 34 | 1.70 | ENG | |||
| 16 | John Moncur | M | 34 | 1.70 | ENG | 1994 | FREE | |
| 5 | Igor Stimac | D | 33 | 1.88 | CRO | 630K | ||
| 9 | Davor Suker | F | 33 | 1.83 | CRO | Jul | FREE | |
| 22 | Craig Forrest | GK | 33 | 1.96 | CAN | 1997 | 675K | |
| 25 | Marc Keller | M | 33 | FRA | 2000 | FREE | ||
| 28 | Darren Peacock | D | 33 | 1.88 | ENG | |||
| 1 | Shaka Hislop | GK | 32 | 1.98 | TRI | 2005 | FREE | |
| 10 | Paolo Di Canio | F | 32 | ITA | 2M | |||
| 30 | Javier Margas | D | 32 | 1.87 | CHI | 1998 | ? | |
| 2 | Gary Charles | D | 31 | 1.75 | ENG | ? | ||
| 12 | Paul Kitson | F | 30 | 1.80 | ENG | 3.15M | ||
| 20 | Scott Minto | D | 29 | 1.78 | ENG | 1.35M | ||
| 8 | Trevor Sinclair | F | 28 | 1.78 | ENG | 2.75M | ||
| 29 | Titi Camara | F | 28 | 1.84 | GUI | Dec | 2.97M | |
| 7 | Christian Dailly | D | 27 | 1.83 | SCO | 2.54M | ||
| 11 | Steve Lomas | M | 27 | NIR | 2.16M | |||
| 19 | Ian Pearce | D | 27 | 1.85 | ENG | 3.24M | ||
| 30 | Sebastien Schemmel | D | 26 | 1.77 | FRA | 630K | ||
| 25 | Kaba Diawara | F | 25 | 1.78 | GUI | Loan | ||
| 6 | Hayden Foxe | D | 24 | AUS | ? | |||
| 15 | Rigobert Song | D | 24 | 1.83 | CMR | Jan | 3.75M | |
| 28 | Hannu Tihinen | D | 24 | 1.90 | FIN | |||
| 14 | Frederic Kanoute | F | 23 | 1.92 | MLI | 5.06M | ||
| 18 | Frank Lampard | M | 23 | 1.84 | ENG | |||
| 24 | Christian Bassila | D | 23 | FRA | FREE | |||
| 15 | Rio Ferdinand | D | 22 | 1.89 | ENG | |||
| 37 | Svetoslav Todorov | F | 22 | 1.83 | BUL | 675K | ||
| Vanni Chiarotto | M | 22 | 1.76 | ITA | Jul | ? | ||
| 7 | Marc Keller | F | 21 | BEL | ||||
| 31 | Omer Riza | F | 21 | 1.75 | TUR | |||
| 36 | Ragnvald Soma | D | 21 | 1.89 | NOR | Jan | 1.1M | |
| 43 | Alex O'Reilly | GK | 21 | ENG | ||||
| 45 | Grant McCann | M | 21 | 1.78 | NIR | |||
| 23 | Adam Newton | D | 20 | 1.73 | St. Kitts & Nevis | |||
| 27 | Shaun Byrne | D | 20 | 1.75 | IRL | 1999 | ||
| 32 | Stephen Bywater | GK | 20 | 1.89 | ENG | 405K | ||
| 34 | Stevland Angus | D | 20 | 1.83 | ENG | |||
| Michael Ferrante | M | 20 | 1.72 | AUS | ||||
| 21 | Michael Carrick | M | 19 | 1.89 | ENG | |||
| 26 | Joe Cole | M | 19 | 1.76 | ENG | FREE | ||
| 33 | Terrell Forbes | D | 19 | 1.83 | ENG | |||
| 39 | Izzy Iriekpen | D | 19 | 1.85 | ENG | |||
| Richard Garcia | F | 19 | 1.80 | AUS | ||||
| 35 | Jermain Defoe | F | 18 | 1.71 | ENG |