| Squad | Appearances | ||
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| Gordon Strachan | 3646' | 41 | 41 | - | 1 | 15 | - | - | - |
| Arthur Albiston | 3510' | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gary Bailey | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Hughes | 3420' | 38 | 38 | - | - | 16 | - | - | - |
| Jesper Olsen | 3196' | 36 | 36 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Bryan Robson | 2793' | 33 | 32 | 1 | 3 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Michael Duxbury | 2521' | 30 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Graeme Hogg | 2566' | 29 | 29 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| John Gidman | 2386' | 27 | 27 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Norman Whiteside | 2177' | 27 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | - | - | - |
| Remi Moses | 2296' | 26 | 26 | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Frank Stapleton | 1981' | 24 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| Paul McGrath | 2070' | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan Brazil | 1577' | 20 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | - | - | - |
| Kevin Moran | 1518' | 19 | 19 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Gordon McQueen | 1080' | 12 | 12 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Arnold Mühren | 855' | 12 | 7 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Pears | 360' | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Billy Garton | 136' | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Clayton Blackmore | 90' | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan Davies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Dempsey | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arthur Graham | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Alan McLoughlin | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeffrey Wealands | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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