Efan Ekoku made 160 appearances in the Premier League in his career.

80 or more appearances by african players in the premier league history

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Efan Ekoku E. Ekoku	160	11,402	128	52	0.33	10	62	0
2	Peter Ndlovu P. Ndlovu	154	12,183	132	35	0.23	13	48	5
3	Lucas Radebe L. Radebe	197	15,722	179	0	0.00	0	0	0
4	Celestine Babayaro C. Babayaro	179	14,350	163	5	0.03	12	17	0
5	Mark Fish M. Fish	124	10,332	123	4	0.03	2	6	0
6	Hassan Kachloul H. Kachloul	112	7,889	90	16	0.14	9	25	0
7	Nwankwo Kanu N. Kanu	273	15,128	155	54	0.20	29	83	1
8	Frédéric Kanouté F. Kanouté	144	10,555	120	43	0.30	16	59	0
9	Mustapha Hadji M. Hadji	97	7,584	85	14	0.14	12	26	0
10	Quinton Fortune Q. Fortune	82	5,194	58	5	0.06	4	9	0
11	Djimi Traoré D. Traoré	112	8,269	94	0	0.00	1	1	0
12	Joseph Desiré Job J. Desiré Job	92	5,499	62	16	0.17	9	25	0
13	Lauren	184	15,380	172	6	0.03	8	14	2
14	Lomana Lualua L. Lualua	146	7,594	76	24	0.16	12	36	1
15	Shaun Bartlett S. Bartlett	123	8,193	95	24	0.20	6	30	0
16	Shola Ameobi S. Ameobi	298	14,797	156	43	0.14	20	63	5
17	El Hadji Diouf E. Hadji Diouf	243	18,066	209	28	0.12	25	53	2
18	Geremi Njitap G. Njitap	147	10,322	116	12	0.08	23	35	0
19	Jay-Jay Okocha J. Okocha	124	9,370	106	14	0.11	11	25	5
20	Joseph Yobo J. Yobo	228	18,948	212	8	0.04	2	10	0
21	Kolo Touré K. Touré	353	27,506	304	12	0.03	9	21	0
22	Salif Diao S. Diao	100	5,433	62	2	0.02	3	5	0
23	Talal El Karkouri T. El Karkouri	86	6,831	76	8	0.09	2	10	0
24	Amdy Faye A. Faye	127	9,353	109	1	0.01	2	3	0
25	Henri Camara H. Camara	126	8,283	88	31	0.25	8	39	1