| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Graeme Le Saux | 41 | 40 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Henning Berg | 41 | 38 | 3 | 3 | - | 1 |
David May | 40 | 40 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Stuart Ripley | 40 | 40 | - | - | 9 | 4 |
Alan Shearer | 40 | 34 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
Tim Sherwood | 38 | 38 | - | - | 1 | 2 |
Jason Wilcox | 33 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
Kevin Gallacher | 30 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 |
Tim Flowers | 29 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
Mike Newell | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
David Batty | 26 | 26 | - | - | 3 | - |
Colin Hendry | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Nicky Marker | 23 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | - |
Kevin Moran | 19 | 19 | - | - | 9 | 1 |
Mark Atkins | 15 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
Bobby Mimms | 13 | 13 | 29 | - | - | - |
Alan Wright | 12 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | - |
Paul Warhurst | 9 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 1 | - |
Ian Pearce | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Andy Morrison | 5 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - |
Lee Makel | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Patrik Andersson | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
Frank Talia | - | - | 13 | - | - | - | 513 | 462 | 126 | 51 | 51 | 63 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .