most appearances by irish defenders in the premier league history

John O'Shea has made the most appearances by an Irish defender in the Premier League in his career, with 445 appearances.

	NAME	M	Rating	START	MIN	G	A	TKL	TKL-W	TKL-LM	SH-BLK	INT	CLR	FOUL	YC	RC
1	John O'Shea J. O'Shea	445		370	33,067	13	13								34	1
2	Richard Dunne R. Dunne	431		419	36,794	11	5								76	8
3	Stephen Carr S. Carr	377		371	32,742	8	18								54	2
4	Séamus Coleman S. Coleman	374		327	28,915	22	24								39	2
5	Kenny Cunningham K. Cunningham	335		334	29,618	0	16								30	2
6	Denis Irwin D. Irwin	328		316	27,889	18	25								25	1
7	Gary Kelly G. Kelly	325		316	28,397	2	31								36	2
8	Jeff Kenna J. Kenna	290		282	25,176	8	20								15	0
9	Steve Staunton S. Staunton	288		271	23,568	13	28								32	3
10	Andy O'Brien A. O'Brien	280		265	23,661	8	2								22	2
11	Ian Harte I. Harte	237		217	19,766	28	36								23	1
12	Steve Finnan S. Finnan	236		224	20,162	1	14								24	0
13	Philip Babb P. Babb	231		220	19,663	4	4								26	1
14	Ciaran Clark C. Clark	214		194	17,632	15	6								54	3
15	Steven Reid S. Reid	192		153	13,564	8	13								33	1
16	Matt Doherty M. Doherty	190		141	12,859	14	15								22	1
17	Marc Wilson M. Wilson	181		164	14,175	1	3								36	2
18	Stephen Ward S. Ward	171		158	13,937	6	5								18	1
19	Paul McGrath P. McGrath	166		160	14,299	6	3								13	0
20	Gary Breen G. Breen	165		150	13,496	3	6								24	2
21	Nathan Collins N. Collins	153	6.72	139	12,727	6	6	171	88	7	16	160	791	100	20	2
22	Curtis Fleming C. Fleming	146		141	12,551	2	6								21	0
23	Terry Phelan T. Phelan	143		138	12,140	1	6								19	1
24	Stephen Kelly S. Kelly	141		121	11,349	2	0								7	0
25	Damien Delaney D. Delaney	138		124	11,234	3	6								29	1

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	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Arsenal	4	4	0	0	7	12
2	Man City	4	4	0	0	6	12
3	Leeds	4	2	2	0	4	8
4	Hull City	4	2	2	0	3	8
5	Brighton	4	2	1	1	8	7
6	Chelsea	4	2	1	1	1	7
7	Brentford	4	1	3	0	3	6
8	Liverpool	4	1	3	0	2	6
9	Everton	4	1	3	0	2	6
10	Ipswich	4	2	0	2	-3	6
11	Nottm Forest	4	1	2	1	0	5
12	Newcastle	4	1	2	1	-1	5
13	Man United	4	1	1	2	0	4
14	Sunderland	4	1	1	2	-2	4
15	Bournemouth	4	0	3	1	-1	3
16	Crystal Palace	4	1	0	3	-5	3
17	Tottenham	4	0	2	2	-5	2
18	Fulham	4	0	1	3	-3	1
19	Aston Villa	4	0	1	3	-6	1
20	Coventry	4	0	0	4	-10	0

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Barcelona	5	5	0	0	17	15
2	Real Madrid	5	4	0	1	10	12
3	Real Betis	5	4	0	1	1	12
4	Alavés	5	3	1	1	6	10
5	Atlético Madrid	5	3	1	1	4	10
6	Sevilla	5	3	1	1	2	10
7	Deportivo	5	2	3	0	3	9
8	Espanyol	5	2	1	2	3	7
9	Athletic Club	5	2	1	2	1	7
10	Racing	5	2	1	2	0	7
11	Osasuna	5	2	1	2	-3	7
12	Real Sociedad	6	2	1	3	-5	7
13	Levante	5	1	2	2	-2	5
14	Getafe	5	1	2	2	-3	5
15	Celta Vigo	6	0	4	2	-3	4
16	Rayo	5	1	1	3	-6	4
17	Málaga	5	0	3	2	-6	3
18	Villarreal	5	0	2	3	-3	2
19	Elche	5	0	2	3	-7	2
20	Valencia	5	0	1	4	-9	1

	Bundesliga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Freiburg	3	3	0	0	9	9
2	Dortmund	3	3	0	0	6	9
3	Augsburg	3	2	1	0	6	7
4	Bayern	3	2	1	0	5	7
5	Leipzig	3	2	0	1	6	6
6	Elversberg	3	2	0	1	1	6
7	Leverkusen	3	1	1	1	3	4
8	Mainz	3	1	1	1	3	4
9	Frankfurt	3	1	1	1	-1	4
10	Werder	3	1	1	1	-1	4
11	Schalke	3	1	1	1	-1	4
12	Köln	3	1	1	1	-2	4
13	Hoffenheim	3	1	0	2	-1	3
14	Stuttgart	3	1	0	2	-2	3
15	Paderborn	3	0	1	2	-4	1
16	Union Berlin	3	0	1	2	-6	1
17	M'gladbach	3	0	0	3	-9	0
18	Hamburg	3	0	0	3	-12	0

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1	Roma	4	4	0	0	11	12
2	Inter	4	4	0	0	7	12
3	Como	4	3	1	0	5	10
4	Lazio	4	3	1	0	3	10
5	Cagliari	4	3	0	1	2	9
6	Milan	4	2	2	0	3	8
7	Frosinone	4	2	1	1	3	7
8	Juventus	4	2	1	1	2	7
9	Sassuolo	4	2	1	1	1	7
10	Napoli	4	2	0	2	1	6
11	Atalanta	4	2	0	2	0	6
12	Lecce	4	2	0	2	-2	6
13	Udinese	4	1	1	2	-2	4
14	Torino	4	1	0	3	-3	3
15	Fiorentina	4	1	0	3	-6	3
16	Bologna	4	0	1	3	-3	1
17	Parma	4	0	1	3	-4	1
18	Monza	4	0	1	3	-5	1
19	Genoa	4	0	1	3	-6	1
20	Venezia	4	0	0	4	-7	0

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1	Lille	4	3	1	0	5	10
2	Monaco	4	3	1	0	4	10
3	Rennes	4	3	1	0	3	10
4	Lyon	4	2	2	0	4	8
5	Paris FC	4	2	2	0	4	8
6	Strasbourg	4	2	1	1	1	7
7	PSG	4	1	2	1	0	5
8	Lorient	4	1	2	1	0	5
9	Brest	4	1	2	1	0	5
10	Lens	4	1	1	2	1	4
11	Angers	4	1	1	2	-1	4
12	Troyes	4	1	1	2	-5	4
13	Marseille	4	1	0	3	0	3
14	Le Mans	4	0	3	1	-1	3
15	Auxerre	4	1	0	3	-6	3
16	Le Havre	4	0	2	2	-2	2
17	Toulouse	4	0	2	2	-3	2
18	Nice	4	0	2	2	-4	2

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1	PSG	1	1	0	0	5	3
2	Bayern	1	1	0	0	5	3
3	Barcelona	1	1	0	0	4	3
4	Man United	1	1	0	0	4	3
5	Como	1	1	0	0	3	3
6	Stuttgart	1	1	0	0	2	3
7	Sporting CP	1	1	0	0	2	3
8	Man City	1	1	0	0	2	3
9	Aston Villa	1	1	0	0	1	3
10	Lens	1	1	0	0	1	3
11	Real Betis	1	1	0	0	1	3
12	Dortmund	1	1	0	0	1	3
13	Liverpool	1	1	0	0	1	3
14	Real Madrid	1	1	0	0	1	3
15	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	1	3
16	AEK	1	1	0	0	1	3
17	Roma	1	0	1	0	0	1
18	PSV	1	0	1	0	0	1
19	Shaktar	1	0	1	0	0	1
20	Fenerbahçe	1	0	1	0	0	1
21	Lille	1	0	0	1	-1	0
22	Villarreal	1	0	0	1	-1	0
23	Slavia Prague	1	0	0	1	-1	0
24	Club Brugge	1	0	0	1	-1	0
25	Atlético Madrid	1	0	0	1	-1	0
26	Inter	1	0	0	1	-1	0
27	Napoli	1	0	0	1	-1	0
28	LASK	1	0	0	1	-1	0
29	Galatasaray	1	0	0	1	-2	0
30	Viking	1	0	0	1	-2	0
31	Porto	1	0	0	1	-2	0
32	Leipzig	1	0	0	1	-3	0
33	Feyenoord	1	0	0	1	-4	0
34	Sabah	1	0	0	1	-4	0
35	Slovan Bratislava	1	0	0	1	-5	0
36	Bodø/Glimt	1	0	0	1	-5	0