| Squad | Appearances | ||
| sorting |
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| Steve McMahon | 3159' | 40 | 40 | - | 11 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Steve Nicol | 3556' | 40 | 40 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Alan Hansen | 3466' | 39 | 39 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Barnes | 3360' | 38 | 38 | - | 3 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Peter Beardsley | 3198' | 38 | 36 | 2 | 3 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Bruce Grobbelaar | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Aldridge | 2872' | 36 | 36 | - | 10 | 26 | - | - | - |
| Gary Gillespie | 3018' | 35 | 35 | - | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Craig Johnston | 1822' | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Ray Houghton | 2386' | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Ronnie Whelan | 2386' | 28 | 26 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nigel Spackman | 1850' | 27 | 19 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Barry Venison | 1532' | 18 | 18 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Ablett | 1440' | 17 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Lawrenson | 992' | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Walsh | 331' | 8 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jan Mølby | 316' | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Kenny Dalglish | 90' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Hooper | 180' | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alex Watson | 180' | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin MacDonald | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Wark | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Beglin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Durnin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Magilton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Marsh | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Billy Mercer | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Staunton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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