most appearances by midfielder in premier league

Gareth Barry has made the most career appearances by a midfielder in the Premier League, with 653 appearances.

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1Gareth Barry
G. Barry
653
54,434
618
53
0.08
64
117
18
2James Milner
J. Milner
645
40,285
434
56
0.09
88
144
18
3Ryan Giggs
R. Giggs
632
46,437
522
109
0.17
163
272
2
4Frank Lampard
F. Lampard
609
48,871
546
177
0.29
102
279
43
5Gary Speed
G. Speed
535
46,319
521
80
0.15
44
124
10
6Phil Neville
P. Neville
505
39,857
446
9
0.02
25
34
0
7Steven Gerrard
S. Gerrard
504
41,129
466
121
0.24
89
210
31
8Paul Scholes
P. Scholes
499
36,129
404
107
0.21
54
161
1
9Ashley Young
A. Young
485
36,894
411
50
0.10
74
124
5
10Michael Carrick
M. Carrick
481
38,052
421
24
0.05
40
64
0
11Jordan Henderson
J. Henderson
445
33,267
373
33
0.07
54
87
1
12Danny Murphy
D. Murphy
417
30,328
336
50
0.12
55
105
18
13Aaron Lennon
A. Lennon
416
27,990
312
36
0.09
50
86
0
14Mark Noble
M. Noble
414
32,029
373
47
0.11
36
83
28
15Nicky Butt
N. Butt
411
29,909
343
29
0.07
24
53
0
16James Ward-Prowse
J. Ward-Prowse
409
28,923
319
57
0.14
45
102
15
17Stewart Downing
S. Downing
408
32,593
361
37
0.09
56
93
2
18Kevin Nolan
K. Nolan
401
31,503
360
69
0.17
25
94
1
19Lee Bowyer
L. Bowyer
397
31,473
359
57
0.14
37
94
0
20Damien Duff
D. Duff
392
28,643
327
54
0.14
55
109
0
21George Boateng
G. Boateng
384
31,795
363
17
0.04
18
35
0
22Ray Parlour
R. Parlour
379
28,299
323
20
0.05
20
40
0
23Joe Cole
J. Cole
378
23,071
255
46
0.12
36
82
0
24Scott Parker
S. Parker
368
29,260
336
24
0.07
21
45
0
25Roy Keane
R. Keane
366
30,839
349
39
0.11
33
72
0

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Team Rankings

GF

20

10th

GA

14

3rd

GD

6

5th

FORM

WWWWL

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
1
20
33
2
Man City Man City
9
1
4
16
28
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8
3
3
6
27
4
Chelsea Chelsea
7
3
4
10
24
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6
5
3
7
23
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
ARS ARS
@
AVL AVL
7:30 AM
Sun
12/14
AVL AVL
@
WHU WHU
9:00 AM
Sun
12/21
MUN MUN
@
AVL AVL
11:30 AM
Sat
12/27
AVL AVL
@
CHE CHE
12:30 PM
Tue
12/30
AVL AVL
@
ARS ARS
3:15 PM
Last Game
BHA Brighton

W6 D4 L4

3

Final

4

AVL Aston Villa

W8 D3 L3

Wed 3 Dec 2025

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
10
3
1
20
33
2
Man City Man City
9
1
4
16
28
3
Aston Villa Aston Villa
8
3
3
6
27
4
Chelsea Chelsea
7
3
4
10
24
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
6
5
3
7
23
6
Sunderland Sunderland
6
5
3
4
23
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
5
0
0
13
15
2
PSG PSG
4
0
1
11
12
3
Bayern Bayern
4
0
1
9
12
4
Inter Inter
4
0
1
9
12
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
0
1
7
12
6
Dortmund Dortmund
3
1
1
6
10
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
12
1
2
25
37
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
11
3
1
19
36
3
Villarreal Villarreal
10
2
2
16
32
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
9
4
2
14
31
5
Real Betis Real Betis
6
6
2
8
24
6
Espanyol Espanyol
7
3
4
2
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
11
1
0
35
34
2
Leipzig Leipzig
8
2
2
9
26
3
Dortmund Dortmund
7
4
1
10
25
4
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
3
11
23
5
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
7
2
3
8
23
6
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
4
4
22
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Milan Milan
8
4
1
10
28
2
Napoli Napoli
9
1
3
9
28
3
Inter Inter
9
0
4
15
27
4
Roma Roma
9
0
4
8
27
5
Como Como
6
6
1
12
24
6
Bologna Bologna
7
3
3
11
24
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Lens Lens
10
1
3
12
31
2
PSG PSG
9
3
2
15
30
3
Marseille Marseille
9
2
3
21
29
4
Lille Lille
8
2
4
11
26
5
Rennes Rennes
6
6
2
6
24
6
Lyon Lyon
7
3
4
6
24

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/31
RAY RAY
@
VIL VIL
0-4
Fri
10/31
ATA ATA
@
UDI UDI
0-1
Fri
10/31
BMG BMG
@
STP STP
4-0
Fri
10/31
SVW SVW
@
M05 M05
1-1
Fri
10/31
SCF SCF
@
UNB UNB
0-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/5
ASM ASM
@
SBR SBR
1:00 PM
Fri
12/5
BMG BMG
@
M05 M05
2:30 PM
Fri
12/5
OM OM
@
LIL LIL
3:00 PM
Fri
12/5
MLL MLL
@
OVI OVI
3:00 PM
Sat
12/6
ARS ARS
@
AVL AVL
7:30 AM