| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Tim Flowers | 3690' | 41 | 41 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan Shearer | 3690' | 41 | 41 | - | - | 13 | - | - | - |
| Glenn Cockerill | 3153' | 37 | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Micky Adams | 2909' | 34 | 34 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Barry Horne | 2928' | 34 | 34 | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Matt Le Tissier | 2527' | 32 | 31 | 1 | 7 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Iain Dowie | 2366' | 30 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Neil Ruddock | 2489' | 30 | 30 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 2 |
| Terry Hurlock | 2388' | 29 | 27 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Jason Dodd | 2430' | 28 | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Hall | 2065' | 26 | 21 | 5 | - | 3 | - | - | 1 |
| Francis Benali | 1757' | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - |
| David Lee | 1236' | 19 | 11 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Moore | 1263' | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Wood | 1262' | 15 | 15 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Jeff Kenna | 1216' | 14 | 14 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Gray | 871' | 12 | 10 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Jon Gittens | 856' | 11 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Michael Gilkes | 406' | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Maddison | 406' | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Russell Osman | 362' | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Nicky Banger | 142' | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Moody | 182' | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Lee Powell | 225' | 4 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paul Rideout | 316' | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Tommy Widdrington | 181' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Alan McLoughlin | 90' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ian Andrews | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Matthew Bound | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Aleksey Cherednik | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Danny Hoekman | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Hughes | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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