| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gary Ablett | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | - |
Neville Southall | 40 | 40 | - | - | 1 | - |
Dave Watson | 40 | 40 | - | - | - | 1 |
Peter Beardsley | 39 | 39 | - | - | 1 | 10 |
Barry Horne | 34 | 34 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
Matt Jackson | 27 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Tony Cottee | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
Stuart Barlow | 26 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 5 |
Andy Hinchcliffe | 25 | 25 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
John Ebbrell | 24 | 24 | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Paul Rideout | 24 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
Preki Radosavljevic | 23 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 3 |
Peter Beagrie | 22 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
Ian Snodin | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Robert Warzycha | 20 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
Mark Ward | 19 | 19 | - | - | 6 | 1 |
Alan Harper | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 3 | - |
William Kenny | 17 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
Martin Keown | 13 | 13 | - | - | - | - |
Mo Johnston | 13 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 3 |
Kenny Sansom | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
Jason Kearton | 5 | 2 | 39 | 3 | - | - |
Paul Holmes | 4 | 4 | 1 | - | - | - |
David Unsworth | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Iain Jenkins | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
Neil Moore | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Steve Reeves | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Gerry Peyton | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 531 | 462 | 126 | 69 | 69 | 51 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .