Crystal Palace's Academy has produced stars throughout the generations, from early youth team graduates like Johnny Byrne to '80s legends Kenny Sansom and Vince Hilaire, to modern day icons like Wilfried Zaha and England manager Gareth Southgate.
In recent years that lineage has continued, with a roster of players starting their careers in south London before thriving at the club and elsewhere.
In fact, since the turn of the millennium, Palace’s Academy has produced over 50 players to compete competitively in the first-team.
Among those are names like Wayne Routledge, Ben Watson, John Bostock, Victor Moses, Jonny Williams, as well as current Palace men Nathaniel Clyne and Tyrick Mitchell.
More recently, a UEFA Conference League visit from KuPS Kuopio marked another statement night for the Academy, as George King, Dean Benamar and Joel Drakes-Thomas all made their senior debuts on the European stage.
It was the first time three Academy graduates had started a first-team match together, and the youngest Palace XI fielded since 1982.
With a Category 1 setup and youth teams competing at the very top across all age groups, you can be sure there are even more to come.
A full table of all of Palace’s Academy graduates since the year 2000 is detailed below.
| Date | Player | Match | Start/Substitute | Substituted on for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, 7th Mar 2000 | Sean Hankin | Crystal Palace 0-0 Bolton Wanderers | Substitute (15') | Simon Rodger |
| Sat, 1st Apr 2000 | Stephen Hunt | Fulham 1-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (80') | Wayne Carlisle |
| Wed, 31st Oct 2001 | Wayne Routledge | Crystal Palace 0-1 West Bromwich | Substitute (88') | Jovan Kirovski |
| Wed, 26th Dec 2001 | Scott Gooding | Millwall 3-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (76') | Jamie Smith |
| Wed, 2nd Oct 2002 | Will Antwi | Crystal Palace 7-0 Cheltenham Town | Substitute (67') | Tony Popovic |
| Sat, 16th Nov 2002 | Gareth Williams | Norwich City 2-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (67') | Tommy Black |
| Sat, 23rd Nov 2002 | Gary Borrowdale | Crystal Palace 2-0 Grimsby Town | Substitute (89') | Julian Gray |
| Tue, 3rd Dec 2002 | David Hunt | Crystal Palace 2-0 Oldham | Substitute (89') | Kit Symons |
| Sun, 22nd Dec 2002 | Sam Togwell | Rotherham 1-3 Crystal Palace | Substitute (90') | Danny Butterfield |
| Tue, 8th Apr 2003 | Ben Watson | Crystal Palace 0-1 Watford | Starting | N/A |
| Sat, 8th Nov 2003 | Gavin Heeroo | Crystal Palace 1-1 Preston North End | Substitute (89') | Ben Watson |
| Sat, 28th Feb 2004 | Tom Soares | Crystal Palace 1-0 Gillingham | Substitute (89') | Andrew Johnson |
| Tue, 23rd Aug 2005 | Arron Fray | Crystal Palace 3-0 Walsall | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 23rd Aug 2005 | Tyrone Berry | Crystal Palace 3-0 Walsall | Substitute (78') | Joonas Kolkka |
| Tue, 23rd Aug 2005 | Lewis Grabban | Crystal Palace 3-0 Walsall | Substitute (85') | Tommy Black |
| Tue, 22nd Aug 2006 | Lewwis Spence | Crystal Palace 1-2 Notts County | Substitute | N/A |
| Mon, 29th Oct 2007 | Lee Hills | Crystal Palace 0-2 Watford | Starting | N/A |
| Mon, 29th Oct 2007 | John Bostock | Crystal Palace 0-2 Watford | Substitute (72') | Ben Watson |
| Tue, 6th Nov 2007 | Victor Moses | Cardiff City 1-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (72') | John Bostock |
| Sat, 10th Nov 2007 | Ryan Hall | Crystal Palace 1-1 Queens Park Rangers | Substitute (HT') | Franck Song’o |
| Tue, 4th Dec 2007 | Sean Scannell | Queens Park Rangers 1-2 Crystal Palace | Substitute (60') | Franck Song’o |
| Sat, 1st Mar 2008 | Ashley-Paul Robinson | Preston 0-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (87') | Victor Moses |
| Sat, 15th Mar 2008 | Ben Kudjodji | Crystal Palace 2-0 Barnsley | Substitute (89') | Clinton Morrison |
| Tue, 12th Aug 2008 | Kieran Djilali | Crystal Palace 2-1 Hereford United | Substitute (58') | Victor Moses |
| Sat, 18th Oct 2008 | Nathaniel Clyne | Crystal Palace 3-0 Barnsley | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 28th Oct 2008 | Rhoys Wiggins | Crystal Palace 1-2 Nottingham Forest | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 7th Apr 2009 | Kieron Cadogan | Crystal Palace 1-1 Coventry | Substitute (60') | Paul Ifill |
| Tue, 17th Mar 2009 | James Comley | Barnsley 3-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (78') | Nick Carle |
| Sat, 11th Apr 2009 | Nathaniel Pinney | Crystal Palace 0-2 Cardiff City | Substitute (89') | Rui Fonte |
| Sat, 2nd Jan 2010 | Alex Wynter | Sheffield Wednesday 1-2 Crystal Palace | Substitute (89') | Darren Ambrose |
| Sat, 27th Mar 2010 | Wilfried Zaha | Crystal Palace 1-2 Cardiff City | Substitute (80') | Stern John |
| Tue, 24th Aug 2010 | Matthew Parsons | Portsmouth 1-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (82') | Edgar Davids |
| Sat, 30th Apr 2011 | Ibra Sekajja | Hull City 1-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (87') | Jermaine Easter |
| Tue, 16th Aug 2011 | Jonny Williams | Crystal Palace 2-1 Coventry City | Substitute (68') | Ryan McGivern |
| Sat, 7th Jan 2012 | Kyle de Silva | Derby County 1-0 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 15th Jan 2013 | Hiram Boateng | Stoke City 4-1 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 27th Aug 2013 | Jerome Binnom-Williams | Bristol City 2-1 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 26th Aug 2014 | Jake Gray | Walsall 0-3 Crystal Palace | Substitute (62') | Dwight Gayle |
| Wed, 24th Sep 2014 | Sullay Kaikai | Crystal Palace 2-3 Newcastle United | Substitute (80') | Jonny Williams |
| Tue, 22nd Aug 2017 | Jason Lokilo | Crystal Palace 2-1 Ipswich Town | Starting | N/A |
| Sun, 10th Sep 2017 | Levi Lumeka | Burnley 1-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (65') | Lee Chung-Yong |
| Sun, 25th Feb 2018 | Aaron Wan-Bissaka | Crystal Palace 0-1 Tottenham Hotspur | Starting | N/A |
| Tue, 28th Aug 2018 | Ryan Inniss | Swansea City 0-1 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Wed, 31st Oct 2018 | Sam Woods | Middlesbrough 1-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (79') | Pape Souaré |
| Sun, 12th May 2018 | Luke Dreher | Crystal Palace 5-3 Bournemouth | Substitute (89') | Andros Townsend |
| Wed, 1st Jan 2020 | Brandon Pierrick | Norwich City 1-1 Crystal Palace | Substitute (83') | Martin Kelly |
| Sat, 4th Jul 2020 | Tyrick Mitchell | Leicester City 3-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (83') | Patrick van Aanholt |
| Tue, 15th Sep 2020 | Nya Kirby | Bournemouth 0-0 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Sat, 14th Aug 2021 | Jesurun Rak-Sakyi | Chelsea 3-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (76') | Jairo Riedewald |
| Sat, 5th Feb 2022 | Tayo Adaramola | Crystal Palace 2-0 Hartlepool | Substitute (86') | Joel Ward |
| Tue, 23rd Aug 2022 | Kaden Rodney | Oxford United 0-2 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Sat, 21st Jan 2023 | David Ozoh | Crystal Palace 0-0 Newcastle United | Substitute (89') | Odsonne Edouard |
| Wed, 15th Mar 2023 | Joe Whitworth | Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Crystal Palace | Starting | N/A |
| Mon, 21st Oct 2024 | Asher Agbinone | Nottingham Forest 1-0 Crystal Palace | Substitute (88') | Daichi Kamada |
| Sat, 9th Nov 2024 | Caleb Kporha | Crystal Palace 0-2 Fulham | Substitute (89') | Daniel Muñoz |
| Thurs, 18th Dec 2025 | Dean Benamar | Crystal Palace 2-2 KuPS Kuopio | Starting | N/A |
| Thurs, 18th Dec 2025 | George King | Crystal Palace 2-2 KuPS Kuopio | Starting | N/A |
| Thurs, 18th Dec 2025 | Joel Drakes-Thomas | Crystal Palace 2-2 KuPS Kuopio | Starting | N/A |