| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| John Lukic | 3780' | 42 | 42 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary McAllister | 3412' | 42 | 41 | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Gary Speed | 3497' | 41 | 41 | - | 5 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Chris Whyte | 3683' | 41 | 41 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| David Batty | 3556' | 40 | 40 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Lee Chapman | 3332' | 38 | 38 | - | 2 | 16 | - | - | - |
| Tony Dorigo | 3332' | 38 | 38 | - | 2 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Gordon Strachan | 2920' | 36 | 35 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| Rodney Wallace | 2791' | 34 | 34 | - | 7 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Chris Fairclough | 2636' | 31 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Mel Sterland | 2480' | 31 | 29 | 2 | 5 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Steve Hodge | 1293' | 23 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 1 | - | - |
| John McClelland | 1456' | 18 | 16 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Éric Cantona | 861' | 15 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Carl Shutt | 784' | 14 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jon Newsome | 733' | 10 | 7 | 3 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Mike Whitlow | 541' | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Imre Váradi | 137' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Agana | 91' | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Bobby Davison | 90' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Kamara | 60' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Kelly | 90' | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| David Wetherall | 45' | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Leonard Curtis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Tinkler | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ray Wallace | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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