Most Premier League Appearances

The Premier League's most durable players, ranked by total career league appearances. High appearance tallies make for big, risky darts in 501FC — great early, dangerous near a checkout.

Most Premier League Appearances

PosPlayerApps
🏆
James Milner
England
658
2
Gareth Barry
England
653
3
Ryan Giggs
Wales
632
4
Frank Lampard
England
611
5
David James
England
572
6
Gary Speed
Wales
535
7
Emile Heskey
England
516
8
Mark Schwarzer
Australia
514
9
Jamie Carragher
England
508
10
Phil Neville
England
504
11
Steven Gerrard
England
504
12
Rio Ferdinand
England
504
13
Sol Campbell
England
503
14
Paul Scholes
England
499
15
Jermain Defoe
England
496
16
John Terry
England
492
17
Wayne Rooney
England
491
18
Ashley Young
England
485
19
Michael Carrick
England
481
20
Sylvain Distin
France
469
21
Peter Crouch
England
468
22
Jordan Henderson
England
463
23
Aaron Hughes
Northern Ireland
455
24
Shay Given
Ireland
451
25
Brad Friedel
United States
450
26
Kyle Walker
England
446
27
John O'Shea
Ireland
446
28
Petr Cech
Czech Republic
443
29
Kevin Davies
England
442
30
Alan Shearer
England
441
31
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Finland
436
32
Richard Dunne
Ireland
432
33
Gareth Southgate
England
426
34
Leighton Baines
England
420
35
James Ward-Prowse
England
417
36
Danny Murphy
England
417
37
Teddy Sheringham
England
417
38
Aaron Lennon
England
416
39
David de Gea
Spain
415
40
Andy Cole
England
415
41
Mark Noble
England
414
42
Nicky Butt
England
411
43
Stewart Downing
England
408
44
Kevin Nolan
England
401
45
Danny Welbeck
England
400
46
Gary Neville
England
399
47
Tim Howard
United States
399
48
Theo Walcott
England
397
49
Lee Bowyer
England
397
50
Raheem Sterling
England
396

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