| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Lee Chapman | 40 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
Gary Speed | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | 7 |
John Lukic | 39 | 39 | 2 | - | - | - |
Jon Newsome | 37 | 30 | 9 | 7 | 5 | - |
Chris Whyte | 34 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
Tony Dorigo | 33 | 33 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Gary McAllister | 32 | 32 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
Rod Wallace | 32 | 31 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 |
Gordon Strachan | 31 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
David Batty | 30 | 30 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
Chris Fairclough | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Steve Hodge | 23 | 9 | 16 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
David Rocastle | 18 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Carl Shutt | 14 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | - |
David Wetherall | 13 | 13 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
Eric Cantona | 13 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
Frank Strandli | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
David Kerslake | 8 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - |
Scott Sellars | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - |
Mark Tinkler | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
Ray Wallace | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
Jamie Forrester | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - |
Dylan Kerr | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Kevin Sharp | 4 | 4 | - | - | 1 | - |
Rob Bowman | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Imre Varadi | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 1 |
Mel Sterland | 3 | 3 | - | - | 2 | - |
Mervyn Day | 2 | 2 | 39 | - | - | - |
Noel Whelan | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Mark Beeney | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Paul Pettinger | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 526 | 462 | 126 | 64 | 64 | 56 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .