nigeria players with the most appearances in the premier league history

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	287	19,552	225	31	0.11	35	66	0	0	355	136	8	12,704	693	25
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	Victor Moses V. Moses	220	13,400	151	20	0.09	19	39	1
8	Wilfred Ndidi W. Ndidi	217	17,939	203	7	0.03	13	20	0	0	210	39	6	13,786	227	9
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	Obafemi Martins O. Martins	92	6,967	79	28	0.30	7	35	2
18	Ola Aina O. Aina	86	6,969	81	5	0.06	3	8	0	0	35	8	0	4,783	50	6
19	Adeola Akinbiyi A. Akinbiyi	76	5,077	57	11	0.14	3	14	0
20	Taiwo Awoniyi T. Awoniyi	71	2,820	32	17	0.24	4	21	0	0	67	30	2	1,014	129	28
21	Frank Onyeka F. Onyeka	69	3,071	31	1	0.01	4	5	0	0	47	18	1	1,575	65	6
22	Odion Ighalo O. Ighalo	67	4,546	50	17	0.25	3	20	0	0	153	62	3	1,864	94	37
23	John Utaka J. Utaka	65	3,769	39	7	0.11	6	13	0
24	Calvin Bassey C. Bassey	61	5,103	56	2	0.03	0	2	0	0	19	6	1	4,247	29	4
25	Success Isaac S. Isaac	54	1,608	11	2	0.04	2	4	0	0	44	18	0	973	94	13