| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Henning Berg | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
Tim Flowers | 37 | 37 | - | - | - | - |
Alan Shearer | 35 | 35 | - | - | - | 31 |
Tim Sherwood | 33 | 33 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 |
Colin Hendry | 33 | 33 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Jeff Kenna | 32 | 32 | - | - | 1 | - |
Mike Newell | 30 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
Stuart Ripley | 28 | 28 | 1 | - | 10 | - |
David Batty | 23 | 23 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Chris Coleman | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Lars Bohinen | 19 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Billy McKinlay | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
Kevin Gallacher | 16 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Graeme Le Saux | 14 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Graham Fenton | 14 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 6 |
Chris Sutton | 13 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 4 | - |
Ian Pearce | 12 | 12 | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Jason Wilcox | 10 | 10 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
Paul Warhurst | 10 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 2 | - |
Nicky Marker | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Matt Holmes | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Niklas Gudmundsson | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | - |
Mark Atkins | 4 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - |
Garry Flitcroft | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
Lee Makel | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - |
Bobby Mimms | 2 | 1 | 26 | 1 | - | - |
Shay Given | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Gary Croft | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 470 | 418 | 114 | 52 | 52 | 60 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .