The Reading FC Academy began in the summer of 1999, and since then 24 players have gone on to play first team football for the Royals:

1999/2000
Alex Haddow
Darius Henderson
Nathan Tyson

2000/1
Jamie Ashdown

2002/3
Darren Campbell
Peter Castle

2003/4
Jamie Young

2005/6
Simon Cox
Shane Long
Curtis Osano

2006/7
Alex Pearce

2007/8
James Henry

2008/9
Jem Karacan
Julian Kelly
Gylfi Sigurdsson
Simon Church

2009/10
Scott Davies
Hal Robson-Kanu
Ben Hamer
Nicholas Bignall

2010/11
Jake Taylor
Jordan Obita
Alex McCarthy

2011/12
Lawson D'Ath 

In addition the following players have been unused substitutes for the first team: Ricky Allaway, Adam Lockwood, Chris Smith, Andre Boucaud, Andre Fashanu, Jonathan Hayes, Pierre Joseph-Dubois, Mikkel Andersen, Oliver Bozanic, Daniel Spence.