Here, Press Association Sport takes a look at the 36-year-old former England captain's career in numbers:
19 - Number of years since he made his Chelsea first-team debut
717 - Number of Chelsea appearances
6 - Number of appearances on loan at Nottingham Forest in 2000
78 - Number of England caps
41 - Number of Premier League goals he has scored for Chelsea
17 - Terry has scored in 17 successive Premier League seasons
580 - Games as captain of the Blues, a club record
26 - Number on the back of his Chelsea shirt and the minute in which the defender was withdrawn in his final game against Sunderland
15 - Number of major titles he has won as Chelsea captain (five Premier Leagues, five FA Cups, three League Cups, one Champions League and one Europa League)
17 - Age when he made his senior Chelsea debut as a substitute in a League Cup game against Aston Villa
6 - Number of times he has been sent off in the Premier League
Source : PA
Source: PA