| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Mark Hughes | 3556' | 40 | 40 | - | 1 | 17 | - | - | - |
| Paul McGrath | 3556' | 40 | 40 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Arthur Albiston | 3286' | 37 | 37 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Norman Whiteside | 3242' | 37 | 37 | - | 2 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Frank Stapleton | 3199' | 41 | 34 | 7 | 4 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Gordon Strachan | 2343' | 28 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Jesper Olsen | 2253' | 28 | 25 | 3 | 3 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Gary Bailey | 2250' | 25 | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John Gidman | 2072' | 24 | 24 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Duxbury | 1980' | 23 | 21 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Bryan Robson | 1802' | 21 | 21 | - | 2 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Moran | 1577' | 19 | 18 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Colin Gibson | 1532' | 18 | 18 | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Graeme Hogg | 1530' | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Turner | 1530' | 17 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Barnes | 1081' | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Clayton Blackmore | 1036' | 12 | 12 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Billy Garton | 900' | 10 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Davenport | 814' | 11 | 11 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Alan Brazil | 540' | 11 | 1 | 10 | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Mark Higgins | 540' | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Terry Gibson | 361' | 7 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Remi Moses | 272' | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| John Sivebæk | 225' | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Dempsey | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Nicholas Wood | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan McLoughlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Ratcliffe | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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