Andoni Zubizarreta has made the most career appearances by a player younger than 40 in LaLiga, with 622 appearances.

most games by a player before turning 40 years old

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Andoni Zubizarreta A. Zubizarreta	622	55,862	622	0	0.00			0
2	Raúl García R. García	609	38,078	424	112	0.18	26	138	19
3	Joaquín	579	41,312	469	77	0.13	24	101	4
4	Raúl	550	44,004	499	228	0.41			9
5	Antoine Griezmann A. Griezmann	547	41,108	476	203	0.37	75	278	12
6	Eusebio Sacristán E. Sacristán	543	38,022	422	36	0.07			4
7	Francisco Buyo F. Buyo	542	48,719	542	0	0.00			0
8	Dani Parejo D. Parejo	538	41,689	471	77	0.14	67	144	33
9	Sergio Ramos S. Ramos	536	46,782	530	77	0.14	6	83	16
10	Manuel Sanchis M. Sanchis	523	43,470	489	33	0.06			0
11	Lionel Messi L. Messi	520	42,168	464	474	0.91	106	580	60
12	Jesús Navas J. Navas	516	40,053	451	26	0.05	23	49	0
13	Iker Casillas I. Casillas	510	45,781	508	0	0.00	0	0	0
14	Xavi	505	39,221	443	58	0.11	10	68	0
15	Miquel Soler M. Soler	504	38,848	418	11	0.02			0
16	Koke	501	38,072	434	38	0.08	71	109	0
17	Fernando Hierro F. Hierro	497	43,185	490	105	0.21			21
18	José María Bakero J. María Bakero	483	37,071	431	139	0.29			1
19	Sergio Busquets S. Busquets	481	37,505	431	11	0.02	26	37	0
20	Lorenzo Juarros L. Juarros	481	39,550	447	53	0.11			0
21	Joaquín Alonso J. Alonso	479	41,785	470	65	0.14			18
22	José Ramón Esnaola J. Ramón Esnaola	469	42,060	467	0	0.00			0
23	José Ángel Iribar J. Ángel Iribar	466	41,551	465	0	0.00			0
24	Miquel Àngel Nadal M. Àngel Nadal	463	37,902	413	34	0.07			0
25	Alberto Górriz A. Górriz	461	39,881	440	14	0.03			0