| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Neville Southall | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart McCall | 3330' | 37 | 37 | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Sheedy | 3018' | 37 | 33 | 4 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Graeme Sharp | 2717' | 33 | 30 | 3 | 2 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Neil McDonald | 2477' | 31 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Pat Nevin | 2253' | 30 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Dave Watson | 2433' | 29 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tony Cottee | 2120' | 27 | 25 | 2 | 5 | 13 | - | - | - |
| Norman Whiteside | 2165' | 27 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Mike Newell | 2026' | 26 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Ian Snodin | 2162' | 25 | 25 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Kevin Ratcliffe | 2116' | 24 | 24 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Martin Keown | 1711' | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Peter Beagrie | 1309' | 19 | 14 | 5 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Pointon | 1578' | 19 | 19 | - | 3 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Raymond Atteveld | 1310' | 18 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - |
| John Ebbrell | 1218' | 17 | 13 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Stefan Rehn | 210' | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Wright | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phil Jones | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jason Kearton | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Powell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Stowell | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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