Players who played for Derby County and Sunderland

11 players have played for both Derby County and Sunderland, according to Wikidata. The best known include Darren Bent, Mart Poom and Rory Delap. 3 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Mart Poom. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1931 (Raich Carter), the most recent in 2009 (Darren Bent).

The full list (11 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityDerby CountySunderland
Darren BentForwardEngland2015–20182009–2011
Mart PoomGoalkeeperEstonia, Soviet Union1997–20032002–2006
Rory DelapMidfielderIreland1998–20012006–2007
Danny GrahamForwardEngland2005–2006since 2013
Danny HigginbothamDefenderGibraltar2000–20032007–2008
Emerson ThomeDefenderBrazil20052000–2003
Stern JohnForwardTrinidad and Tobago20052007
Kevin KilbaneDefenderIreland20111999–2003
Colin ToddDefenderEngland1971–19781966–1971
David WatsonDefenderEngland1983–19841970–1975
Raich CarterForwardEngland1945–19481931–1939

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Derby County

With Sunderland