| Players | Total | Start | Sub | CO | Off | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alan Shearer | 37 | 36 | 1 | 1 | - | 23 |
Gary Speed | 36 | 36 | - | - | - | 9 |
Warren Barton | 34 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - |
Robert Lee | 30 | 30 | - | - | 9 | - |
Nolberto Solano | 30 | 29 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
Kieron Dyer | 30 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
Nikos Dabizas | 29 | 29 | - | - | 1 | 4 |
Aaron Hughes | 27 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Didier Domi | 27 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 3 |
Duncan Ferguson | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
Temuri Ketsbaia | 21 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 8 | - |
Kevin Gallacher | 20 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
Steve Harper | 18 | 18 | 16 | - | - | - |
Alessandro Pistone | 15 | 15 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
Alain Goma | 14 | 14 | 2 | - | 2 | - |
Shay Given | 14 | 14 | 11 | - | - | - |
Silvio Maric | 13 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | - |
Elena Marcelino | 11 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - |
Paul Robinson | 11 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 1 | - |
Steve Howey | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | - |
Jamie McClen | 9 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 1 | - |
Helder | 8 | 8 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
Stephen Glass | 7 | 1 | 11 | 6 | - | 1 |
Franck Dumas | 6 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - |
Diego Gavilan | 6 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
Jose Fumaca | 5 | 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | - |
John Karelse | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - | - |
Tommy Wright | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - |
Andy Griffin | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
Carl Serrant | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
Laurent Charvet | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
David Beharall | 2 | - | 4 | 2 | - | - |
Brian Kerr | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Stuart Green | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Lionel Perez | - | - | 4 | - | - | - |
Steven Caldwell | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 505 | 418 | 190 | 87 | 87 | 60 |
Total = Total appearances,
Start = Total started,
CO = Came on,
Sub = Started as a sub,
Off = Taken off .