| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Kevin Ratcliffe | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Adrian Heath | 3108' | 36 | 36 | - | 3 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Peter Reid | 3017' | 35 | 34 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Neville Southall | 3150' | 35 | 35 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Bailey | 2926' | 33 | 33 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Derek Mountfield | 2790' | 31 | 31 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Alan Harper | 2431' | 29 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Richardson | 2341' | 28 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Graeme Sharp | 2387' | 28 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Sheedy | 2432' | 28 | 28 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Trevor Steven | 2118' | 27 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gary Stevens | 2385' | 27 | 26 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Andy Gray | 2070' | 23 | 23 | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
| Alan Irvine | 1800' | 21 | 19 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Andy King | 1711' | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Mark Higgins | 1260' | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Johnson | 720' | 9 | 7 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Terry Curran | 632' | 8 | 8 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Arnold | 630' | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Bishop | 15' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Darren Hughes | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Rimmer | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rob Wakenshaw | 75' | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Morrissey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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