| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Malcolm Brown | 3466' | 39 | 39 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Beardsley | 3376' | 38 | 38 | - | 1 | 17 | - | - | - |
| Neil McDonald | 2881' | 36 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Glenn Roeder | 3240' | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Waddle | 3107' | 36 | 35 | 1 | 2 | 13 | - | - | - |
| John Anderson | 2926' | 35 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| David McCreery | 2929' | 35 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kenny Wharton | 3150' | 35 | 35 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - |
| Pat Heard | 3016' | 34 | 34 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Carr | 2160' | 24 | 24 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Clarke | 2070' | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Wesley Saunders | 1890' | 21 | 21 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Megson | 1623' | 20 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Martin Thomas | 1620' | 18 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| George Reilly | 1201' | 14 | 14 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Anthony Cunningham | 1126' | 13 | 13 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Stephen Carney | 496' | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Ryan | 496' | 6 | 6 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Baird | 405' | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Paul Ferris | 180' | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Gascoigne | 60' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Joe Allon | 46' | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Haddock | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Christopher Hedworth | 46' | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Kelly | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Scott | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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