A list of players who joined the club as an apprentice or an academy graduate from 1960 onwards who subsequently featured for the first team (in order of appearance).
(Last updated: 25th November 2019)
| Player | Date of Debut | Debut Opp | Age at Debut | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Harvey | 25 Sep 1963 | Inter Milan | 18y 313d | 388 | 24 |
| Andy Rankin | 16 Nov 1963 | Nottingham Forest | 19y 189d | 105 | 0 |
| Tommy Wright | 14 Oct 1964 | Valerenga | 19y 359d | 374 | 4 |
| Gerry Glover | 10 Apr 1965 | Sunderland | 18y 195d | 4 | 0 |
| Jimmy Husband | 19 Apr 1965 | Fulham | 17y 186d | 199 | 55 |
| John Hurst | 28 Aug 1965 | Stoke | 18y 87d | 402 | 34 |
| Geoff Barnett | 4 Dec 1965 | Sunderland | 19y 49d | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Royle | 15 Jan 1966 | Blackburn | 16y 282d | 276 | 119 |
| Frank D’Arcy | 16 Apr 1966 | Leeds | 19y 129d | 17 | 0 |
| Gerry Humphreys | 16 Apr 1966 | Leeds | 20y 92d | 14 | 2 |
| Derek Smith | 16 Apr 1966 | Leeds | 19y 285d | 4 | 0 |
| Harry Bennett | 30 Sep 1967 | Leicester | 18y 137d | 4 | 0 |
| Aiden Maher | 4 Nov 1967 | Manchester City | 20y 338d | 1 | 0 |
| Roger Kenyon | 11 Nov 1967 | Arsenal | 18y 311d | 309 | 9 |
| Alan Whittle | 16 Mar 1968 | West Brom | 18y 6d | 91 | 28 |
| Terry Darracott | 6 Apr 1968 | Arsenal | 17y 122d | 179 | 0 |
| Terry Owen | 16 Apr 1968 | Sheffield Wednesday | 18y 217d | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Turner | 20 Apr 1968 | Chelsea | 19y 116d | 1 | 0 |
| Billy Brindle | 22 Apr 1968 | Nottingham Forest | 18y 84d | 2 | 0 |
| David Johnson | 9 Jan 1971 | Burnley | 19y 78d | 105 | 20 |
| Billy Kenny Sr | 20 Mar 1971 | Nottingham Forest | 19y 148d | 13 | 0 |
| Mick Lyons | 20 Mar 1971 | Nottingham Forest | 19y 103d | 473 | 59 |
| Gary Jones | 12 Apr 1971 | Coventry | 20y 97d | 98 | 15 |
| Peter Scott | 14 Aug 1971 | Ipswich | 18y 329d | 50 | 2 |
| Steve Seargeant | 22 Jan 1972 | West Brom | 21y 20d | 90 | 1 |
| Mick Buckley | 25 Mar 1972 | Wolves | 18y 142d | 158 | 12 |
| Archie Styles | 9 Dec 1972 | Wolves | 23y 97d | 27 | 0 |
| George Telfer | 22 Dec 1973 | Arsenal | 18y 169d | 116 | 22 |
| Ken McNaught | 4 Jan 1975 | Altrincham | 19y 358d | 86 | 3 |
| Cliff Marshall | 11 Jan 1975 | Leicester | 19y 68d | 8 | 0 |
| Dave Jones | 1 Nov 1975 | Leicester | 19y 76d | 103 | 2 |
| Drew Brand | 29 Nov 1975 | Leeds | 18y 21d | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Goodlass | 23 Dec 1975 | Manchester United | 22y 108d | 51 | 2 |
| Neil Robinson | 31 Jan 1976 | Burnley | 18y 286d | 23 | 1 |
| Mark Higgins | 5 Oct 1976 | Manchester City | 18y 6d | 183 | 6 |
| Billy Wright | 4 Feb 1978 | Leicester | 19y 282d | 198 | 10 |
| Pat Heard | 3 Feb 1979 | Wolves | 18y 323d | 11 | 0 |
| Ross Jack | 6 Mar 1979 | Middlesbrough | 19y 350d | 1 | 1 |
| Joe McBride | 3 Oct 1979 | Feyenoord | 19y 57d | 70 | 11 |
| Kevin Ratcliffe | 12 Mar 1980 | Manchester United | 19y 121d | 493 | 2 |
| Steve McMahon | 16 Aug 1980 | Sunderland | 18y 362d | 120 | 14 |
| Paul Lodge | 7 Feb 1981 | Aston Villa | 19y 360d | 27 | 0 |
| Gary Stevens | 6 Oct 1981 | Coventry | 18y 193d | 293 | 13 |
| Kevin Richardson | 21 Nov 1981 | Sunderland | 18y 352d | 145 | 20 |
| Stuart Rimmer | 1 May 1982 | Swansea | 17y 201d | 3 | 0 |
| Darren Hughes | 27 Dec 1983 | Wolves | 18y 82d | 3 | 0 |
| Robbie Wakenshaw | 5 May 1984 | Manchester United | 18y 135d | 5 | 1 |
| Ian Bishop | 5 May 1984 | Manchester United | 18y 342d | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Morrissey Jr | 7 Nov 1984 | Slovan Bratislava | 19y 244d | 2 | 0 |
| Darren Oldroyd | 11 May 1985 | Nottingham Forest | 18y 191d | 1 | 0 |
| Jason Danskin | 28 May 1985 | Luton | 17y 152d | 1 | 0 |
| Derek Walsh | 28 May 1985 | Luton | 17y 217d | 1 | 0 |
| Neill Rimmer | 28 May 1985 | Luton | 17y 197d | 1 | 0 |
| Ian Marshall | 20 Aug 1985 | West Brom | 19y 153d | 24 | 2 |
| John Ebbrell | 3 Mar 1987 | Charlton | 17y 153d | 265 | 19 |
| Phil Jones | 16 Feb 1988 | Luton | 18y 77d | 2 | 0 |
| Mark Wright | 7 Apr 1990 | QPR | 20y 68d | 1 | 0 |
| Eddie Youds | 22 Dec 1990 | Norwich | 20y 233d | 10 | 0 |
| Iain Jenkins | 11 May 1991 | QPR | 18y 168d | 6 | 0 |
| Mark Ward | 17 Aug 1991 | Nottingham Forest | 28y 311d | 94 | 7 |
| David Unsworth | 25 Apr 1992 | Tottenham | 18y 192d | 350 | 40 |
| Billy Kenny Jr | 7 Oct 1992 | Rotherham | 19y 18d | 23 | 1 |
| Neil Moore | 7 Oct 1992 | Rotherham | 20y 16d | 6 | 0 |
| Tony Grant | 1 Feb 1995 | Newcastle | 20y 79d | 79 | 3 |
| Jon O’Connor | 21 Feb 1996 | Manchester United | 19y 116d | 5 | 0 |
| Michael Branch | 21 Feb 1996 | Manchester United | 17y 126d | 45 | 3 |
| Graham Allen | 26 Dec 1996 | Middlesbrough | 19y 262d | 6 | 0 |
| Richard Dunne | 5 Jan 1997 | Swindon | 17y 106d | 72 | 0 |
| Michael Ball | 12 Apr 1997 | Tottenham | 17y 193d | 139 | 8 |
| Danny Cadamarteri | 11 May 1997 | Chelsea | 17y 212d | 111 | 15 |
| Gavin McCann | 24 Sep 1997 | Newcastle | 19y 257d | 11 | 0 |
| Francis Jeffers | 26 Dec 1997 | Manchester United | 16y 335d | 82 | 22 |
| Jamie Milligan | 8 Nov 1998 | Arsenal | 18y 310d | 4 | 0 |
| Adam Farley | 7 Feb 1999 | Derby | 19y 26d | 1 | 0 |
| Phil Jevons | 10 Mar 1999 | Blackburn | 19y 222d | 9 | 0 |
| Kevin McLeod | 30 Sep 2000 | Ipswich | 20y 18d | 7 | 0 |
| Peter Clarke | 20 Jan 2001 | Coventry | 19y 17d | 14 | 0 |
| Tony Hibbert | 31 Mar 2001 | West Ham | 20y 39d | 329 | 0 |
| Nick Chadwick | 12 Sep 2001 | Crystal Palace | 18y 321d | 21 | 6 |
| Wayne Rooney | 17 Aug 2002 | Tottenham | 16y 297d | 117 | 28 |
| Leon Osman | 12 Jan 2003 | Tottenham | 21y 240d | 433 | 58 |
| James Vaughan | 10 Apr 2005 | Crystal Palace | 16y 270d | 60 | 9 |
| Victor Anichebe | 28 Jan 2006 | Chelsea | 17y 280d | 168 | 25 |
| Mark Hughes | 19 Sep 2006 | Peterborough | 19y 284d | 3 | 0 |
| Bjarni Vidarsson | 20 Dec 2007 | AZ Alkmaar | 19y 290d | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Rodwell | 20 Dec 2007 | AZ Alkmaar | 16y 284d | 109 | 8 |
| Jose Baxter | 16 Aug 2008 | Blackburn | 16y 191d | 15 | 0 |
| James Wallace | 27 Aug 2009 | Sigma Olomouc | 17y 252d | 1 | 0 |
| Kieran Agard | 23 Sep 2009 | Hull | 19y 348d | 6 | 0 |
| Shane Duffy | 2 Dec 2009 | AEK Athens | 17y 336d | 10 | 0 |
| Jake Bidwell | 17 Dec 2009 | BATE Borisov | 16y 271d | 1 | 0 |
| Adam Forshaw | 17 Dec 2009 | BATE Borisov | 18y 70d | 2 | 0 |
| Hope Akpan | 17 Dec 2009 | BATE Borisov | 18y 125d | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Craig | 17 Dec 2009 | BATE Borisov | 18y 53d | 1 | 0 |
| Ross Barkley | 20 Aug 2011 | QPR | 17y 258d | 179 | 27 |
| Conor McAleny | 10 Dec 2011 | Arsenal | 19y 120d | 3 | 0 |
| Luke Garbutt* | 29 Aug 2012 | Leyton Orient | 19y 100d | 12 | 0 |
| Tyias Browning | 27 Sep 2014 | Liverpool | 20y 123d | 9 | 0 |
| Ryan Ledson | 11 Dec 2014 | Krasnodar | 17y 114d | 1 | 0 |
| Kieran Dowell* | 11 Dec 2014 | Krasnodar | 17y 62d | 5 | 0 |
| Chris Long | 11 Dec 2014 | Krasnodar | 19y 289d | 1 | 0 |
| Gethin Jones | 11 Dec 2014 | Krasnodar | 19y 59d | 1 | 0 |
| Matthew Pennington* | 26 Aug 2015 | Barnsley | 20y 324d | 9 | 1 |
| Callum Connolly* | 16 Apr 2016 | Southampton | 18y 206d | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Davies* | 16 Apr 2016 | Southampton | 17y 291d | 97 | 5 |
| Jonjoe Kenny* | 15 May 2016 | Norwich | 19y 61d | 40 | 0 |
| Beni Baningime* | 25 Oct 2017 | Chelsea | 19y 46d | 12 | 0 |
| Morgan Feeney* | 23 Nov 2017 | Atalanta | 18y 288d | 2 | 0 |
| Harry Charsley | 7 Dec 2017 | Apollon Limassol | 21y 36d | 1 | 0 |
| Fraser Hornby* | 7 Dec 2017 | Apollon Limassol | 18y 85d | 1 | 0 |
| Nathan Broadhead* | 7 Dec 2017 | Apollon Limassol | 19y 246d | 1 | 0 |
| Anthony Gordon* | 7 Dec 2017 | Apollon Limassol | 16y 286d | 1 | 0 |
| Alex Denny* | 7 Dec 2017 | Apollon Limassol | 17y 239d | 1 | 0 |
*Still at the club
NB: Brian Borrows would have been an apprentice in 1977, however Everton decided not to sign him as one. Instead, Borrows remained at the club on a non-contract basis, therefore he is not included in this list.