Wayne Rooney made 292 appearances in the Premier League before turning 26.

most games before turning 26 top 5 years old by a player

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Wayne Rooney W. Rooney	292	22,263	245	126	0.43	62	188	8
2	James Milner J. Milner	289	20,924	229	26	0.09	47	73	4
3	Gareth Barry G. Barry	279	23,354	267	27	0.10	22	49	9
4	Raheem Sterling R. Sterling	268	20,243	227	89	0.33	44	133	1
5	Frank Lampard F. Lampard	261	21,759	241	45	0.17	23	68	4
6	Declan Rice D. Rice	260	21,796	243	18	0.07	20	38	1	0	227	64	10	15,885	280	8
7	Emile Heskey E. Heskey	258	20,419	231	69	0.27	33	102	0
8	Romelu Lukaku R. Lukaku	252	19,084	209	113	0.45	33	146	6
9	Marcus Rashford M. Rashford	249	17,266	189	77	0.31	38	115	6	1	527	228	13	8,857	1,099	106
10	Joe Cole J. Cole	245	16,276	180	27	0.11	20	47	0
11	Kevin Nolan K. Nolan	241	18,799	212	39	0.16	13	52	0
12	Sol Campbell S. Campbell	240	20,299	231	9	0.04	9	18	0
13	James Ward-Prowse J. Ward-Prowse	237	14,596	157	23	0.10	20	43	4
14	Aaron Lennon A. Lennon	236	16,962	187	25	0.11	40	65	0
15	Rio Ferdinand R. Ferdinand	235	20,423	229	4	0.02	4	8	0
16	Trent Alexander-Arnold T. Alexander-Arnold	233	18,950	214	15	0.06	59	74	0	6	289	74	10	20,574	394	32
17	Jermain Defoe J. Defoe	232	14,582	150	74	0.32	17	91	6
18	Steven Gerrard S. Gerrard	232	18,280	211	37	0.16	36	73	3
19	Ryan Giggs R. Giggs	232	18,750	216	50	0.22	54	104	0
20	Charles N'Zogbia C. N'Zogbia	231	16,999	190	26	0.11	30	56	0
21	Nick Barmby N. Barmby	231	18,686	214	40	0.17	40	80	1
22	Dwight McNeil D. McNeil	229	17,948	202	21	0.09	32	53	0	0	282	85	8	10,549	354	10
23	Jordan Henderson J. Henderson	227	17,321	193	23	0.10	30	53	1
24	Alan Smith A. Smith	224	16,625	185	45	0.20	29	74	1
25	Michael Owen M. Owen	223	17,453	200	122	0.55	30	152	11