Hilton has made the most career appearances by a Brazilian in Europe's top five leagues, with 512 appearances in Ligue 1.

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Hilton	512	44,669	501	20	0.04	8	28	0
2	Dani Alves D. Alves	503	40,853	454	30	0.06	31	61	0
3	Dante	475	40,916	456	19	0.04	10	29	0
4	Donato Gama D. Gama	466	37,190	415	49	0.11			13
5	José João Altafini J. João Altafini	458	39,038	429	217	0.47			15
6	Thiago Silva T. Silva	410	34,947	398	23	0.06	8	31	0
7	Lucas Leiva L. Leiva	402	27,882	323	3	0.01	20	23	0
8	Roberto Carlos R. Carlos	400	35,287	397	52	0.13			3
9	Roberto Firmino R. Firmino	396	29,470	337	120	0.30	73	193	5
10	Adriano	395	28,569	337	26	0.07	5	31	0
11	Marcelo	386	30,729	348	26	0.07	40	66	0
12	Felipe	376	29,791	344	14	0.04	4	18	0
13	Mauro da Silva M. da Silva	369	31,380	356	1	0.00			0
14	Filipe Luis F. Luis	366	30,551	341	15	0.04	16	31	0
15	Rafinha	366	28,138	309	14	0.04	28	42	4
16	Naldo	365	31,544	356	46	0.13	9	55	1
17	Angelo Benedicto Sormani A. Benedicto Sormani	361	32,030	358	98	0.27			12
18	Zé Roberto	351	27,920	318	38	0.11	21	59	1
19	Luis Vinicio L. Vinicio	348	31,185	348	155	0.45			15
20	Danilo	344	30,486	343	12	0.03	4	16	0
21	Marquinhos	343	27,746	303	26	0.08	7	33	0
22	Claudio de Carvalho C. de Carvalho	339	29,835	333	34	0.10			2
23	Philippe Coutinho P. Coutinho	336	22,030	255	80	0.24	55	135	2
24	Sergio Clerici S. Clerici	336	29,673	332	104	0.31			18
25	Lúcio	333	29,515	330	25	0.08	4	29	0