| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Michael Tonge | 45 | 37 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Paddy Kenny | 40 | 40 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
Matthew Kilgallon | 40 | 39 | 5 | 1 | - | 2 |
James Beattie | 39 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 |
Gary Naysmith | 38 | 38 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
Keith Gillespie | 35 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 2 |
Chris Armstrong | 32 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
Billy Sharp | 29 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 4 |
Chris Morgan | 25 | 25 | 7 | - | 1 | 2 |
Jon Stead | 24 | 12 | 31 | 12 | 6 | 3 |
Derek Geary | 21 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 2 | - |
David Carney | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 13 | 2 |
Rob Hulse | 21 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 3 | - |
Gary Speed | 20 | 20 | - | - | 2 | 3 |
Nick Montgomery | 20 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 2 | - |
Stephen Quinn | 19 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
Philip Bardsley | 16 | 16 | - | - | 1 | - |
Gary Cahill | 16 | 16 | - | - | - | 2 |
David Cotterill | 16 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 7 | - |
Luton Shelton | 15 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 |
Danny Webber | 14 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Lee Hendrie | 12 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
Leigh Bromby | 11 | 11 | 7 | - | 1 | - |
Ugo Ehiogu | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | - |
Alan Quinn | 8 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 | - |
Ian Bennett | 7 | 6 | 11 | 1 | - | - |
John Halls | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
Lee Martin | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
Chris Lucketti | 6 | 4 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - |
Mikele Leigertwood | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
Nicky Law | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - |
Paul Gerrard | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | 615 | 506 | 230 | 109 | 109 | 53 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .