| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Shay Given | 38 | 38 | - | - | - | - |
Jean-Alain Boumsong | 33 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - |
Alan Shearer | 32 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
Charles N'Zogbia | 32 | 27 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 5 |
Shola Ameobi | 30 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
Nolberto Solano | 29 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 |
Celestine Babayaro | 28 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
Lee Bowyer | 28 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 |
Scott Parker | 26 | 26 | - | - | 3 | 1 |
Titus Bramble | 24 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
Peter Ramage | 23 | 23 | 4 | - | 1 | - |
Amdy Faye | 22 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 4 | - |
Lee Clark | 22 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 1 |
Emre Belozoglu | 20 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
Stephen Carr | 19 | 19 | - | - | 1 | - |
Robbie Elliott | 17 | 14 | 18 | 3 | 2 | - |
Albert Luque | 14 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 |
Michael Chopra | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 |
Steven Taylor | 12 | 12 | - | - | 2 | - |
Michael Owen | 11 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
Kieron Dyer | 11 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 3 | - |
Craig Moore | 8 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - |
Jermaine Jenas | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Matthew Pattison | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
James Milner | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Alan O'Brien | 3 | - | 4 | 3 | - | - |
Martin Brittain | - | - | 10 | - | - | - |
Tony Caig | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Kris Gate | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Steve Harper | - | - | 37 | - | - | - | 505 | 418 | 190 | 87 | 87 | 46 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .