nigeria players with the most appearances for nigeria

John Utaka has made the most career appearances by a Nigerian in Europe's top five leagues, with 304 appearances in Ligue 1 and the Premier League.

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	John Utaka J. Utaka	304	22,111	247	66	0.22	12	78	1
2	Alex Iwobi A. Iwobi	303	20,808	240	32	0.11	37	69	0	0	378	143	8	13,535	720	27
3	Shola Ameobi S. Ameobi	298	14,797	156	43	0.14	20	63	5
4	Jay-Jay Okocha J. Okocha	298	21,894	249	44	0.15	11	55	7
5	Nwankwo Kanu N. Kanu	285	15,522	159	55	0.19	29	84	1
6	Yakubu Aiyegbeni Y. Aiyegbeni	252	19,009	216	95	0.38	26	121	18
7	Joseph Yobo J. Yobo	251	20,949	235	8	0.03	2	10	0
8	John Obi Mikel J. Obi Mikel	249	16,220	183	1	0.00	10	11	0
9	Victor Moses V. Moses	232	13,817	155	20	0.09	22	42	1
10	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	220	18,207	206	7	0.03	14	21	0	0	212	39	6	13,968	230	9
11	Ademola Lookman A. Lookman	219	12,562	138	56	0.26	27	83	4	0	367	141	13	7,700	851	76
12	Obafemi Martins O. Martins	217	14,572	153	69	0.32	8	77	2
13	Samuel Chukwueze S. Chukwueze	211	10,819	112	25	0.12	21	46	0	0	293	86	9	6,364	773	80
14	Taye Taiwo T. Taiwo	210	18,050	201	18	0.09	10	28	5
15	Moses Simon M. Simon	209	15,375	181	36	0.17	40	76	7	1	271	105	10	7,415	848	35
16	Kelechi Iheanacho K. Iheanacho	205	8,231	85	42	0.20	25	67	1	0	270	108	5	4,074	416	65
17	Victor Anichebe V. Anichebe	204	9,532	97	26	0.13	13	39	0
18	Peter Odemwingie P. Odemwingie	204	13,022	142	60	0.29	13	73	3
19	Victor Ikpeba V. Ikpeba	203	13,354	148	58	0.29			1
20	Finidi George F. George	200	15,989	187	49	0.25	2	51	5
21	Wilson Oruma W. Oruma	197	12,304	135	11	0.06	0	11	0
22	Ola Aina O. Aina	196	14,214	157	7	0.04	9	16	0	0	94	23	1	10,208	158	14
23	Christian Obodo C. Obodo	196	13,903	153	9	0.05	1	10	0
24	Ikechukwu Uche I. Uche	194	12,180	137	43	0.22	2	45	1
25	Success Isaac S. Isaac	191	9,061	96	13	0.07	21	34	0	0	201	61	2	4,806	314	63