After two excellent seasons, however, Wright was forced to retire from playing in September 1998, at the age of 35, due to a back problem. In seven years at the club, he scored nine goals in 210 appearances. A 2006 LFC TV programme entitled 100 Players Who Shook the Kop, based on a survey of the club's fans, ranked Wright at number 65 in order of the impact he made on Liverpool's history. An updated version of the programme, broadcast in August 2013, had Wright at number 87.