| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shay Given | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | - |
Jermaine Jenas | 31 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
Laurent Robert | 31 | 20 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 3 |
Shola Ameobi | 31 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 2 |
Alan Shearer | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
Lee Bowyer | 27 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
Stephen Carr | 26 | 26 | - | - | 5 | 1 |
Patrick Kluivert | 25 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 6 |
James Milner | 25 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 1 |
Andrew O'Brien | 23 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Kieron Dyer | 23 | 20 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
Aaron Hughes | 22 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Craig Bellamy | 21 | 21 | - | - | 6 | 7 |
Oliver Bernard | 21 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 3 | - |
Titus Bramble | 19 | 18 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 |
Nicky Butt | 18 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Robbie Elliott | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Jean-Alain Boumsong | 14 | 14 | - | - | 1 | - |
Charles N'Zogbia | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | - |
Steven Taylor | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | - |
Darren Ambrose | 12 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
Amdy Faye | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Celestine Babayaro | 7 | 7 | - | - | 1 | - |
Peter Ramage | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | - |
Ronny Johnsen | 3 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Steve Harper | 2 | 2 | 35 | - | - | - |
Michael Chopra | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Martin Brittain | - | - | 6 | - | - | - |
Tony Caig | - | - | 3 | - | - | - |
Jamie McClen | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 503 | 418 | 188 | 85 | 85 | 44 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .