| Squad | Appearances | ||
| sorting |
| Name |  |
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| Steve Coppell | 3780' | 42 | 42 | - | - | 11 | - | - | - |
| Sammy McIlroy | 3556' | 40 | 40 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Martin Buchan | 3242' | 37 | 37 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Gordon McQueen | 3196' | 36 | 36 | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Arthur Albiston | 2925' | 33 | 32 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Greenhoff | 2881' | 33 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Jimmy Greenhoff | 2750' | 33 | 33 | - | 5 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Lou Macari | 2791' | 32 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Joe Jordan | 2700' | 30 | 30 | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
| Gary Bailey | 2520' | 28 | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mickey Thomas | 2162' | 25 | 25 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Stewart Houston | 1891' | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Jimmy Nicholl | 1756' | 21 | 19 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Andy Ritchie | 1353' | 17 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Ashley Grimes | 945' | 16 | 5 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David McCreery | 1129' | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Paddy Roche | 1260' | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Sloan | 227' | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Paterson | 180' | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tom Connell | 180' | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris McGrath | 90' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Moran | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthony Grimshaw | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Micklewhite | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Pearson | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martyn Rogers | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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