| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alan Shearer | 42 | 42 | - | - | 2 | 34 |
Chris Sutton | 40 | 40 | - | - | 7 | 15 |
Henning Berg | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | 1 |
Tim Flowers | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | - |
Graeme Le Saux | 39 | 39 | - | - | - | 3 |
Tim Sherwood | 38 | 38 | - | - | 1 | 6 |
Colin Hendry | 38 | 38 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Stuart Ripley | 37 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - |
Mark Atkins | 34 | 30 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
Ian Pearce | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | - | - |
Jason Wilcox | 27 | 27 | - | - | 4 | 5 |
Paul Warhurst | 27 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
Robbie Slater | 18 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | - |
Tony Gale | 15 | 15 | 4 | - | 2 | - |
Mike Newell | 12 | 2 | 25 | 10 | - | - |
Jeff Kenna | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 |
Alan Wright | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
David Batty | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Bobby Mimms | 4 | 3 | 39 | 1 | - | - |
Kevin Gallacher | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | 1 |
Richard Witschge | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
Shay Given | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Nicky Marker | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 499 | 462 | 126 | 37 | 37 | 78 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .