| Squad | Appearances | ||
| sorting |
| Name |  |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Brian McClair | 3720' | 42 | 41 | 1 | - | 18 | - | - | - |
| Gary Pallister | 3335' | 40 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Peter Schmeichel | 3600' | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Hughes | 3408' | 39 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Ryan Giggs | 3023' | 38 | 32 | 6 | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Denis Irwin | 3295' | 38 | 37 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Steve Bruce | 3263' | 37 | 37 | - | 4 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Andrey Kanchelskis | 2445' | 34 | 28 | 6 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Clayton Blackmore | 1995' | 33 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Paul Ince | 2599' | 33 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Neil Webb | 2556' | 31 | 29 | 2 | 9 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Bryan Robson | 2250' | 27 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Paul Parker | 2079' | 26 | 24 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Mal Donaghy | 1452' | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Phelan | 1243' | 18 | 14 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Lee Sharpe | 855' | 14 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Darren Ferguson | 187' | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Robins | 102' | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Walsh | 180' | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lee Martin | 1' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Giuliano Maiorana | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Danny Wallace | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Wratten | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
England