| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Eike Immel | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
Kit Symons | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | 2 |
Georgi Kinkladze | 37 | 37 | - | - | 4 | 4 |
Nicky Summerbee | 37 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
Uwe Rosler | 36 | 34 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
Steve Lomas | 33 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
Keith Curle | 32 | 32 | - | - | - | - |
Niall Quinn | 32 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 |
Ian Brightwell | 29 | 26 | 3 | 3 | 2 | - |
Garry Flitcroft | 25 | 25 | - | - | 4 | - |
Michael Brown | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - |
Nigel Clough | 15 | 15 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Gerry Creaney | 15 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
Richard Edghill | 13 | 13 | - | - | 2 | - |
Michael Frontzeck | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | - |
Martin Phillips | 11 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 1 | - |
Terry Phelan | 9 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - |
Alan Kernaghan | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - |
Scott Hiley | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
Rae Ingram | 5 | 5 | - | - | 1 | - |
Peter Beagrie | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
John Foster | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - |
Mikhail Kavelashvili | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Ronald Ekelund | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Paul Walsh | 3 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - |
Giuseppe Mazzarelli | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
David Kerr | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Martyn Margetson | - | - | 19 | - | - | - |
Lee Crooks | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Tony Coton | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | 473 | 418 | 114 | 55 | 55 | 33 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .