| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gary Speed | 35 | 35 | - | - | - | 5 |
Aaron Hughes | 35 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Shay Given | 34 | 34 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
Nolberto Solano | 33 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
Warren Barton | 29 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
Kieron Dyer | 26 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Clarence Acuna | 26 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Robert Lee | 22 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 10 | - |
Christian Bassedas | 22 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 |
Daniel Cordone | 21 | 12 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
Lomana LuaLua | 21 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 1 | - |
Shola Ameobi | 20 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 2 |
Alan Shearer | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | 5 |
Alain Goma | 19 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Andy Griffin | 19 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 3 | - |
Kevin Gallacher | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 2 |
Wayne Quinn | 15 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
Didier Domi | 14 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 2 | - |
Stephen Glass | 14 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
Carl Cort | 13 | 13 | - | - | 2 | 6 |
Andrew O'Brien | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | 1 |
Nikos Dabizas | 9 | 9 | - | - | 1 | - |
Steven Caldwell | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | - |
Laurent Charvet | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - |
Elena Marcelino | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
Steve Harper | 5 | 4 | 30 | 1 | - | - |
Brian Kerr | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
Diego Gavilan | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | - |
James Coppinger | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
John Karelse | - | - | 5 | - | - | - |
Derrick Hamilton | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
Jamie McClen | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | 504 | 418 | 190 | 86 | 86 | 42 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .