| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gary Speed | 38 | 34 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
Shay Given | 31 | 31 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Laurent Charvet | 31 | 30 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
Alan Shearer | 30 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 |
Nikos Dabizas | 30 | 25 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
Nolberto Solano | 29 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
Robert Lee | 26 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 2 | - |
Temuri Ketsbaia | 26 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 5 |
Warren Barton | 24 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 4 | - |
Dietmar Hamann | 23 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Stephen Glass | 22 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
Andreas Andersson | 15 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
Andy Griffin | 14 | 14 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
Didier Domi | 14 | 14 | - | - | - | - |
Steve Howey | 14 | 14 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Aaron Hughes | 14 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 1 | - |
Stuart Pearce | 12 | 12 | 3 | - | - | - |
Paul Dalglish | 11 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Louis Saha | 11 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
Silvio Maric | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 5 | - |
Georgios Georgiadis | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | - |
Garry Brady | 9 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 2 | - |
Steve Harper | 8 | 7 | 21 | 1 | - | - |
David Batty | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Duncan Ferguson | 7 | 7 | - | - | 3 | 2 |
Steve Watson | 7 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - |
Keith Gillespie | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
Philippe Albert | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | - | - |
David Beharall | 4 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - |
Carl Serrant | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
Stephane Guivarc'h | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Alessandro Pistone | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Jamie McClen | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
John Barnes | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
Peter Keen | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Steven Caldwell | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Lionel Perez | - | - | 12 | - | - | - | 504 | 418 | 190 | 86 | 86 | 47 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .