Javier Zanetti has made the most career appearances by a player 24 or older in Europe's top five leagues, with 550 appearances in Serie A.

most games by a player after turning 24 years old

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Javier Zanetti J. Zanetti	550	47,359	525	7	0.01	6	13	0
2	David James D. James	529	47,548	529	0	0.00	2	2	0
3	Joaquín	526	32,694	360	55	0.10	33	88	4
4	Miroslav Votava M. Votava	525	46,263	520	39	0.07			0
5	Samir Handanovič S. Handanovič	524	46,830	524	0	0.00	0	0	0
6	Mark Schwarzer M. Schwarzer	514	46,181	514	0	0.00	1	1	0
7	Hilton	512	44,669	501	20	0.04	8	28	0
8	Gianluca Pagliuca G. Pagliuca	511	45,860	511	0	0.00			0
9	Dino Zoff D. Zoff	507	45,604	507	0	0.00			0
10	Ulrich Stein U. Stein	503	45,129	503	0	0.00			0
11	Steve Mandanda S. Mandanda	501	44,558	500	0	0.00	1	1	0
12	Fabio Quagliarella F. Quagliarella	499	34,532	393	170	0.34	34	204	32
13	Luka Modrić L. Modrić	496	36,062	408	41	0.08	70	111	3
14	Jens Lehmann J. Lehmann	495	44,338	494	2	0.00	1	3	1
15	Jean-Luc Ettori J. Ettori	494	44,338	494	0	0.00			0
16	Enrico Albertosi E. Albertosi	494	43,980	493	0	0.00			0
17	Pepe Reina P. Reina	491	43,925	489	0	0.00	6	6	0
18	Gary Speed G. Speed	490	42,269	476	72	0.15	41	113	10
19	Francisco Buyo F. Buyo	490	44,039	490	0	0.00			0
20	Gianluigi Buffon G. Buffon	486	43,280	486	0	0.00	0	0	0
21	Florent Balmont F. Balmont	483	37,340	437	13	0.03	28	41	1
22	Andoni Zubizarreta A. Zubizarreta	479	42,992	479	0	0.00			0
23	Pietro Vierchowod P. Vierchowod	479	42,061	474	34	0.07			0
24	Michael Lameck M. Lameck	478	42,610	474	33	0.07			13
25	Sylvain Pierre Kastendeuch S. Pierre Kastendeuch	475	42,132	475	26	0.05			21