The most professional contests
This information is based on the very many records that I have in my collection.
Len Wickwar(Leicester) 1928-1947 472 contests
George Marsden(Nottingham) 1927-1946 372 contests
Billy Bird(Chelsea) 1920-1948 355 contests
Bert Ison(Leicester) 1928-1939 337 contests
Arnold Kid Sheppard(Ferndale) 1925-1939 330 contests
Sam Minto(USA) 1909-1937 321 contests
Sandy McEwan(Aberdeen) 1926-1938 310 contests
Red Pullen(Cardiff) 1924-1946 308 contests
Bill Handley(Hackney) 1918-1937 291 contests
Hector Alderman(Pontytpridd) 1918-1935 271 contests
Billy Reynolds(Newcastle) 1929-1942 266 contests
Jim Learoyd(Leeds) 1922-1934 261 contests
Charlie Parkin(Mansfield) 1928-1946 261 contests
George Rose(Bristol) 1926-1937 253 contests
Ginger Sadd(Norwich) 1929-1951 252 contests
Nobby Baker(Trealaw) 1923-1939 251 contests
Kid Kelly(Plymouth) 1918-1937 250 contests
Jimmy Taylor(St James) 1926-1939 246 contests
Harry Brooks(St George's) 1922-1940 245 contests
Cuthbert Taylor(Merthyr) 1928-1947 242 contests
Phineas John(Pentre) 1926-1940 239 contests
Jack Lewis(Bournemouth) 1929-1947 237 contests
Peter Jackson(Blackfriars) 1910-1929 234 contests
Alf Paolozzi(North Shields) 1925-1940 234 contests
Len Tiger Smith(Birmingham) 1925-1945 230 contests
Sonny Bird(Chelsea) 1918-1935 220 contests
Johnny King(Manchester) 1926-1947 227 contests
Jack Casey(Sunderland) 1926-1943 226 contests
Harry Corbett(Bethnal Green) 1921-1936 226 contests
Harold Ratchford(Oldham) 1920-1944 225 contests
Harry Pullen(Blackfriars) 1918-1928 226 contests
Bert Taylor(Birmingham) 1925-1937 222 contests
Fred Green(Blackfriars) 1923-1933 222 contests
Archie Sexton(Bethnal Green) 1925-1936 222 contests
Al Kenny(Salford) 1924-1934 221 contests
Billy Graham(Gateshead) 1927-1945 220 contests
Mick Gibbons(Belfast) 1930-1948 220 contests
Jack Kirby(Birmingham) 1922-1938 219 contests
Sonny Lee(Leeds) 1928-1938 218 contests
Ernie Bicknell(Doncaster) 1920-1937 218 contests
Jack McKnight(Belfast) 1929-1949 217 contests
Tom Howard(Holloway) 1923-1938 216 contests
Harry Mason(Leeds) 1920-1937 214 contests
George Odwell(Camden Town) 1930-1945 213 contests
Tom Cartwright(Tipton) 1926-1935 212 contests
Bill Hood(Plymouth) 1927-1943 211 contests
Fred Housego(Paddington) 1910-1930 210 contests
Johnny McArdle(Newcastle) 1902-1919 208 contests
Kid Socks(Bethnal Green) 1922-1934 208 contests
Stan Jehu(Maesteg) 1924-1939 206 contests
Len Beynon(Swansea) 1929-1942 205 contests
Charlie McDonald(Sunderland) 1925-1936 202 contests
Terence Morgan(Newport) 1925-1937 202 contests
Frank Moody(Pontypridd) 1914-1936 200 contests
Ernie Hendricks(Salford) 1925-1938 198 contests
Fred Bullions(Deptford) 1920-1939 197 contests
Jack Lord(Bolton) 1928-1946 196 contests
Bertie Brooks(Stratford) 1930-1939 196 contests
Arthur Lloyd(Camberwell) 1919-1932 196 contests
Tommy Hyams(Kings Cross) 1930-1943 195 contests
Jack Marks(Aldgate) 1909-1919 195 contests
Pat Kelly(Belfast) 1934-1953 195 contests
Bobby Hinds(South Elmsall) 1932-1945 195 contests
Benny Sharkey(Newcastle) 1928-1940 194 contests
Jack Kid Berg(Whitechapel) 1924-1945 193 contests
George Harwood(Craghead) 1920-1932 193 contests
Bugler Harry Lake(Plymouth) 1917-1933 192 contests
George Williams(Treherbert) 1924-1944 191 contests
Young Beckett(Pentre) 1925-1940 190 contests
Bert Kirby(Birmingham) 1926-1938 190 contests
Glen Moody(Pontypridd) 1927-1945 190 contests
Harry Edwards(Birmingham) 1927-1945 189 contests
Benny Thackeray(Leeds) 1927-1938 189 contests
Fred Tennant(Dundee) 1930-1945 188 contests
Bill Beynon(Taibach) 1910-1931 187 contests
Stan Davies(Maltby) 1930-1937 187 contests
Bobby Magee(North Shields) 1930-1948 186 contests
Ted Ferry(Bethnal Green) 1922-1937 186 contests
Dave Crowley(Clerkenwell) 1928-1946 185 contests
Dick Corbett(Bethnal Green) 1926-1943 184 contests
Hugo Francis(Islington) 1910-1931 184 contests
Billy Stevens(Tillicoutry) 1937-1950 184 contests
Ted Coveney(Highbury) 1919-1933 183 contests
Billy Brooks(Stratford) 1929-1947 182 contests
Charlie Williams(Kings Cross) 1915-1934 181 contests
Sam Boy Smithson(Goole) 1930-1939 181 contests
Billy Buchanan(Hoxton) 1928-1938 180 contests
Tommy Noble(Bermondsey) 1915-1932 180 contests
Joe Warriner(Newark) 1929-1939 180 contests
George Daly(Blackfriars) 1929-1951 179 contests
Eddie Davies(Cwmparc) 1930-1949 178 contests
Bobby Lyons(Walworth) 1928-1940 178 contests
Jack Moody(Pontypridd) 1926-1942 178 contests
Johnny Kilburn(North Shields) 1930-1947 177 contests
Harry Brooks(Aldgate) 1910-1929 176 contests
Moe Moss(Mile End) 1928-1939 176 contests
Tommy Farr(Clydach Vale) 1926-1953 175 contests
Kid Haycox(Mansfield) 1926-1947 175 contests
Bill Lewis(Bethnal Green) 1920-1933 175 contests
Dave Finn(Stepney) 1930-1946 174 contests
Tommy Rose(Bolton) 1927-1938 174 contests
Ted Cullen(Mansfield) 1925-1939 174 contests
Bill Lee(St James) 1917-1928 173 contests
Jim Brady(Dundee) 1932-1947 173 contests
Johnny Peters(Battersea) 1923-1938 172 contests
Tommy Dexter(Sheffield) 1925-1938 172 contests
Billy Mounders(Oldham) 1924-1933 172 contests
Johnny Regan(Rotherham) 1927-1938 172 contests
Tommy Armour(Belfast) 1936-1952 172 contests
Johnny Curley(Lambeth) 1913-1931 171 contests
Les Ward(Woking) 1930-1943 171 contests
Tommy John(Pentre) 1921-1939 171 contests
Boyo Rees(Abercwmboi) 1927-1945 171 contests
Bert Cannons(St George's) 1920-1936 170 contests
Peter Miller(Gateshead) 1932-1940 170 contests
Roy Mills(Sunderland) 1929-1947 170 contests
Albert Barker(Sheffield) 1924-1938 170 contests
Fred Oldfield(Rossington) 1923-1936 170 contests
Chuck Parker(Barnsley) 1928-1938 170 contests