Surf Wiki
Save to docs
sports

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances

none

List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances
Summary

none

[[Gareth Barry]] has the most Premier League appearances.
[[James Milner]] is the only active Premier League player with over 500 appearances.

Since the Premier League's formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, 13 players have accrued 500 or more appearances in the Premier League. The first player to reach the milestone was midfielder Gary Speed, in representation of Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers; his 500th match was Bolton's 4–0 win over West Ham United on 9 December 2006. Speed held the record for most appearances until 14 February 2009, when goalkeeper David James played his 536th match, for Portsmouth against his former team Manchester City. James ended with 572 appearances, a record which was broken by Ryan Giggs on 14 May 2011, having played all of his matches for Manchester United. On 25 September 2017, Gareth Barry broke Giggs' record by playing his 633rd match, West Bromwich Albion's 2–0 loss at Arsenal. At the time of breaking the record, Barry ranked 8th in English top division appearances since the Second World War, trailing Giggs in 6th (672 total top division appearances) and six other players. Barry is the youngest of the 13 players to have achieved the feat.

Giggs (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard, and Jamie Carragher (both Liverpool) are the only three players to have achieved the accolade of 500+ Premier League appearances exclusively for one club. James Milner plays for his sixth club, which is the most of anyone in the "500 Club". Emile Heskey and David James each played for five Premier League clubs on their way to over 500 Premier League games. The only player from outside the United Kingdom to play 500 Premier League games is Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, for Middlesbrough, Fulham, Chelsea and Leicester City.

Of the still active players in the Premier League, Jordan Henderson is closest to joining the "500 Club". The Brentford midfielder has 451 Premier League appearances as of 7 January 2026 (71 for Sunderland, 360 for Liverpool and 20 for Brentford). Burnley's Kyle Walker is next with 430 matches played in the Premier League.

List of players

Players are initially listed by number of appearances. If number of appearances are equal, the players are then listed chronologically by the year of first appearance. Current Premier League players and their current clubs are shown in bold.

Statistics were updated .

RankPlayerNat.PosAppsFirstLastClub(s)
1EnglandMF65319982018Aston Villa (365), Manchester City (132), Everton (131), West Bromwich Albion (25)
2****EnglandMF65220022026Liverpool (230), Manchester City (147), Aston Villa (100), Newcastle United (94), Leeds United (48), Brighton & Hove Albion (33)
3WalesMF63219922014Manchester United (632)
4EnglandMF60919962015Chelsea (429), West Ham United (148), Manchester City (32)
5EnglandGK57219922010Liverpool (214), Portsmouth (134), Manchester City (93), Aston Villa (67), West Ham United (64)
6WalesMF53519922007Newcastle United (213), Leeds United (143), Bolton Wanderers (121), Everton (58)
7EnglandFW51619952012Liverpool (150), Leicester City (124), Aston Villa (92), Wigan Athletic (82), Birmingham City (68)
8AustraliaGK51419972015Middlesbrough (332), Fulham (172), Leicester City (6), Chelsea (4)
9EnglandDF50819972013Liverpool (508)
10EnglandDF50519952013Manchester United (263), Everton (242)
11EnglandDF50419962015Manchester United (312), West Ham United (127), Leeds United (54), Queens Park Rangers (11)
EnglandMF50419982015Liverpool (504)
13EnglandDF50319922011Tottenham Hotspur (255), Arsenal (146), Portsmouth (95), Newcastle United (7)

Most appearances by club

[[Ryan Giggs]] has the most Premier League appearances for one club.

Current Premier League clubs and players who hold the record for the club are shown in bold, defunct clubs are in italics.

! width="50" |Apps ! First ! Last |- |1 |WAL |632 |1992||2014 |- |2 |ENG |508 |1997||2013 |- |3 |ENG |492 |1998||2017 |- |4 |ENG |414 |2005||2022 |- |5 |FIN |379 |2001||2011 |- |6 |IRL |372 |2009||2025 |- |7 |ENG |365 |1998||2009 |- |8 |FRA |361 |2012||2023 |- |9 |IRL |354 |1997||2009 |- |10 |ENG |343 |2012||2023 |- |11 |ENG |342 |2014||2025 |- |12 |ENG |333 |1992||2004 |- |13 |AUS |332 |1997||2008 |- |14 |IRL |325 |1993||2004 |- |15 |ENG |317 |2008||2018 |- |16 |ESP |309 |2010||2020 |- |17 |ENG |306 |2013||2025 |- |18 |ENG |288 |2017||2026 |- |19 |NIR |269 |2008||2018 |- |20 |ENG |264 |1993||2000 |- |21 |USA |261 |2001||2008 |- |22 |ENG |245 |2015||2026 |- |23 |JAM |244 |1992||2000 |- |NOR |2008||2014 |- |ENG |2014||2022 |- |26 |ENG |198 |2011||2018 |- |27 |BRB |194 |2006||2013 |- |28 |ENGSCO |191 ||| |- |29 |IRL |189 |2011||2017 |- |30 |ENGENG |187 ||| |- |31 |POR |177 |2018||2023 |- |32 |ENG |174 |1992||1999 |- |33 |JAM |170 |1996||2002 |- |34 |ENG |165 |2015||2021 |- |35 |GER |154 |2021||2026 |- |36 |NIR |150 |2002||2009 |- |37 |ENG |144 |2003||2008 |- |38 |ENG |142 |1992||1996 |- |39 |SCO |125 |2011||2016 |- |40 |ENG |112 |1992||1995 |- |41 |EGY |109 |2013||2017 |- |42 |NIR |97 |2019||2024 |- |43 |ENG |90 |2006||2013 |- |44 |IRE |81 |1992||1994 |- |45 |GER |74 |2017||2019 |- |46 |SCO |71 |1999||2001 |- |47 |ISL |51 |2013||2019 |-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom" |}

References

References

  1. (9 December 2006). "Bolton 4-0 West Ham". BBC Sport.
  2. Walker, Michael. (13 August 2020). "The Premier League 60: No 40, Gary Speed".
  3. Fletcher, Paul. (14 February 2009). "Portsmouth 2-0 Man City". BBC Sport.
  4. Smith, Ben. (16 November 2012). "Rejuvenated David James sets his sights on a new landmark". BBC Sport.
  5. (25 September 2017). "Gareth Barry breaks Ryan Giggs' Premier League appearance record". Sky Sports.
  6. (25 September 2017). "Live MNF: Arsenal v West Brom".
  7. Includes games played in the Football League First Division between 1946 and 1992 and subsequently all games played in the Premier League.
  8. Sandford, Daniel. (10 December 2018). "Premier League players with 500 appearances ranked: Where does James Milner fit in with Rio Ferdinand, Steven Gerrard and Ryan Giggs?".
  9. (22 April 2013). "Schwarzer first overseas player to join 500 club". Premier League.
  10. "Premier League Player Stats - Appearances". [[Premier League]].
  11. (23 January 2025). "The ultimate guide to the top Premier League appearance makers for all 51 clubs to have played in the competition". Opta Analyst.
Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

lists-of-premier-league-players association-football-player-non-biographical-articles
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about List of footballers with 500 or more Premier League appearances — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report