| Squad | Appearances | ||
| sorting |
| Name |  |
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| Michael Duxbury | 3780' | 42 | 42 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Frank Stapleton | 3631' | 41 | 41 | - | 2 | 14 | - | - | - |
| Norman Whiteside | 3334' | 39 | 39 | - | 4 | 8 | - | - | - |
| Arthur Albiston | 3376' | 38 | 38 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gary Bailey | 3330' | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon McQueen | 3330' | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bryan Robson | 2955' | 33 | 33 | - | 1 | 10 | - | - | - |
| Arnold Mühren | 2836' | 32 | 32 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Steve Coppell | 2566' | 29 | 29 | - | 1 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Moran | 2478' | 29 | 29 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Remi Moses | 2610' | 29 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ray Wilkins | 2252' | 26 | 26 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ashley Grimes | 1365' | 16 | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Paul McGrath | 1260' | 14 | 14 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Lou Macari | 421' | 9 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scott McGarvey | 495' | 8 | 3 | 5 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Laurie Cunningham | 360' | 5 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jeffrey Wealands | 450' | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Buchan | 270' | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan Davies | 225' | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Gidman | 270' | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Clayton Blackmore | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Graeme Hogg | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Hughes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Pears | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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