| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Nigel Worthington | 3575' | 40 | 40 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Chris Woods | 3510' | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Chris Bart-Williams | 2142' | 34 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Carlton Palmer | 2974' | 34 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Chris Waddle | 2772' | 33 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Roland Nilsson | 2758' | 32 | 32 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Mark Bright | 2577' | 30 | 28 | 2 | - | 11 | 3 | - | - |
| John Harkes | 2101' | 29 | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Paul Warhurst | 2186' | 29 | 25 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| Viv Anderson | 2200' | 26 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Danny Wilson | 1733' | 26 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| John Sheridan | 2183' | 25 | 25 | - | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - |
| David Hirst | 1872' | 22 | 22 | - | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - |
| Graham Hyde | 1466' | 20 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - |
| Peter Shirtliff | 1763' | 20 | 20 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Nigel Pearson | 1224' | 16 | 13 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nigel Jemson | 472' | 13 | 5 | 8 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Phil King | 945' | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Gordon Watson | 469' | 11 | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ryan Jones | 713' | 9 | 9 | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Paul Williams | 630' | 7 | 7 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Simon Stewart | 476' | 6 | 6 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Trevor Francis | 136' | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Julian Watts | 226' | 4 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Pressman | 270' | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Williams | 185' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Richie Barker | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Faulkner | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lance Key | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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