most appearances in the premier league from nigeria

Shola Ameobi has made the most career appearances by a Nigerian in the Premier League, with 298 appearances.

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Shola Ameobi S. Ameobi	298	14,797	156	43	0.14	20	63	5
2	Alex Iwobi A. Iwobi	297	20,274	234	32	0.11	37	69	0	0	369	140	8	13,161	706	26
3	Nwankwo Kanu N. Kanu	273	15,128	155	54	0.20	29	83	1
4	Yakubu Aiyegbeni Y. Aiyegbeni	252	19,009	216	95	0.38	26	121	18
5	John Obi Mikel J. Obi Mikel	249	16,220	183	1	0.00	10	11	0
6	Joseph Yobo J. Yobo	228	18,948	212	8	0.04	2	10	0
7	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	220	18,207	206	7	0.03	14	21	0	0	212	39	6	13,968	230	9
8	Victor Moses V. Moses	220	13,400	151	20	0.09	19	39	1
9	Victor Anichebe V. Anichebe	204	9,532	97	26	0.13	13	39	0
10	Kelechi Iheanacho K. Iheanacho	196	7,830	80	42	0.21	25	67	1	0	261	106	5	3,958	402	58
11	Celestine Babayaro C. Babayaro	179	14,350	163	5	0.03	12	17	0
12	Efan Ekoku E. Ekoku	160	11,402	128	52	0.33	10	62	0
13	Peter Odemwingie P. Odemwingie	129	8,627	94	37	0.29	13	50	3
14	Jay-Jay Okocha J. Okocha	124	9,370	106	14	0.11	11	25	5
15	Dickson Etuhu D. Etuhu	111	7,406	83	4	0.04	3	7	0
16	Ademola Lookman A. Lookman	96	5,257	54	11	0.11	6	17	0	0	127	44	4	3,330	288	22
17	Ola Aina O. Aina	94	7,667	89	5	0.05	3	8	0	0	39	8	0	5,255	54	6
18	Obafemi Martins O. Martins	92	6,967	79	28	0.30	7	35	2
19	Adeola Akinbiyi A. Akinbiyi	76	5,077	57	11	0.14	3	14	0
20	Taiwo Awoniyi T. Awoniyi	73	2,856	32	17	0.23	4	21	0	0	67	30	2	1,022	129	28
21	Frank Onyeka F. Onyeka	73	3,141	31	1	0.01	5	6	0	0	47	18	1	1,622	67	6
22	Calvin Bassey C. Bassey	70	5,913	65	2	0.03	0	2	0	0	21	6	1	4,920	31	4
23	Odion Ighalo O. Ighalo	67	4,546	50	17	0.25	3	20	0	0	153	62	3	1,864	94	37
24	John Utaka J. Utaka	65	3,769	39	7	0.11	6	13	0
25	Success Isaac S. Isaac	54	1,608	11	2	0.04	2	4	0	0	44	18	0	973	94	13