‘Sunderland AFC, The Absolute Record: The Players’ details every single player to ever make a competitive appearance for the Lads up to the point of publication late in 2022. To keep this definitive book up to date, a four page supplement has been added so that every player to ever play a league or cup game for Sunderland is included. All the new players to debut in 2023 have been added, so whether it’s Jobe Bellingham, Adil Aouchiche or record breaker extraordinaire Chris Rigg, they are all in there.  
 
Eliezer Mayenda became the 1,150th Sunderland player, in the home win against Norwich just before the November international break. As with the original 400 page hardback book each player has a detailed biography so that you learn about the stories behind each individual as well has the facts and figures.