sunderland players with most premier league appearances

John O'Shea has made the most career appearances by a Sunderland player in the Premier League, with 189 appearances.

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1John O'Shea
J. O'Shea
189
15,794
182
3
0.02
1
4
0
2Sebastian Larsson
S. Larsson
176
13,004
151
12
0.07
14
26
0
3Phil Bardsley
P. Bardsley
174
13,633
154
7
0.04
1
8
0
4Michael Gray
M. Gray
171
14,453
167
5
0.03
9
14
0
5Lee Cattermole
L. Cattermole
169
12,993
156
2
0.01
3
5
0
6Kevin Phillips
K. Phillips
139
12,250
139
61
0.44
16
77
10
7Kieran Richardson
K. Richardson
134
10,641
124
14
0.10
10
24
0
8Niall Quinn
N. Quinn
129
8,783
99
29
0.22
14
43
0
9Thomas Sørensen
T. Sørensen
126
11,221
126
0
0.00
1
1
0
10Adam Johnson
A. Johnson
122
8,604
97
19
0.16
17
36
3
11Jack Colback
J. Colback
115
8,497
93
4
0.03
3
7
0
12Jody Craddock
J. Craddock
108
9,534
106
2
0.02
1
3
0
13Kevin Kilbane
K. Kilbane
108
8,653
97
8
0.07
5
13
0
14Darren Williams
D. Williams
108
7,738
79
2
0.02
1
3
0
15Gavin McCann
G. McCann
105
8,876
101
8
0.08
9
17
0
16Steed Malbranque
S. Malbranque
102
6,952
88
1
0.01
16
17
0
17Dean Whitehead
D. Whitehead
98
8,529
94
4
0.04
8
12
2
18George McCartney
G. McCartney
98
6,970
78
0
0.00
0
0
0
19Danny Collins
D. Collins
97
8,434
92
3
0.03
3
6
0
20Steven Fletcher
S. Fletcher
94
6,410
72
23
0.24
3
26
0
21Kenwyne Jones
K. Jones
94
7,297
82
26
0.28
11
37
1
22Simon Mignolet
S. Mignolet
90
8,063
90
0
0.00
0
0
0
23Craig Gordon
C. Gordon
88
7,897
88
0
0.00
0
0
0
24Jermain Defoe
J. Defoe
87
7,330
82
34
0.39
3
37
6
0
218
85
3
2,047
146
94
25Stéphane Sessègnon
S. Sessègnon
87
7,330
85
17
0.20
16
33
1

More Sunderland Stats

Team Rankings

GF

14

13th

GA

11

4th

GD

3

7th

FORM

LDDWW

last 5

2025-26 Table
CLUBWDLGDPTS
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
5
2
7
20
6
Brighton Brighton
5
4
3
3
19
7
Sunderland Sunderland
5
4
3
3
19
8
Bournemouth Bournemouth
5
4
3
-1
19
9
Tottenham Tottenham
5
3
4
6
18
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
11/29
BOU BOU
@
SUN SUN
10:00 AM
Wed
12/3
SUN SUN
@
LIV LIV
3:15 PM
Sat
12/6
SUN SUN
@
MCI MCI
10:00 AM
Sun
12/14
NEW NEW
@
SUN SUN
9:00 AM
Sat
12/20
SUN SUN
@
BHA BHA
10:00 AM
Last Game
FUL Fulham

W4 D2 L6

1

Final

0

SUN Sunderland

W5 D4 L3

Sat 22 Nov 2025

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Leaders

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Rankings

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Table

TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
9
2
1
18
29
2
Chelsea Chelsea
7
2
3
12
23
3
Man City Man City
7
1
4
14
22
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
6
3
3
4
21
5
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
5
5
2
7
20
6
Brighton Brighton
5
4
3
3
19
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
5
0
0
13
15
2
PSG PSG
4
0
1
11
12
3
Bayern Bayern
4
0
1
9
12
4
Inter Inter
4
0
1
9
12
5
Real Madrid Real Madrid
4
0
1
7
12
6
Dortmund Dortmund
3
1
1
6
10
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Real Madrid Real Madrid
10
2
1
16
32
2
Barcelona Barcelona
10
1
2
21
31
3
Villarreal Villarreal
9
2
2
15
29
4
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
14
28
5
Real Betis Real Betis
5
6
2
6
21
6
Espanyol Espanyol
6
3
4
1
21
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
10
1
0
33
31
2
Leipzig Leipzig
8
1
2
9
25
3
Leverkusen Leverkusen
7
2
2
12
23
4
Dortmund Dortmund
6
4
1
9
22
5
Stuttgart Stuttgart
7
1
3
5
22
6
Frankfurt Frankfurt
6
2
3
5
20
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
Roma Roma
9
0
3
9
27
2
Milan Milan
7
4
1
9
25
3
Napoli Napoli
8
1
3
8
25
4
Inter Inter
8
0
4
13
24
5
Bologna Bologna
7
3
2
13
24
6
Como Como
5
6
1
10
21
TeamWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
9
3
1
16
30
2
Marseille Marseille
9
1
3
21
28
3
Lens Lens
9
1
3
11
28
4
Lille Lille
7
2
4
10
23
5
Strasbourg Strasbourg
7
1
5
7
22
6
Rennes Rennes
5
6
2
5
21

Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
10/24
OVI OVI
@
GIR GIR
3-3
Fri
10/24
COM COM
@
PAR PAR
0-0
Fri
10/24
LEC LEC
@
UDI UDI
2-3
Fri
10/24
STP STP
@
SGE SGE
0-2
Fri
10/24
WOB WOB
@
HSV HSV
1-0

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
11/28
RBL RBL
@
BMG BMG
2:30 PM
Fri
11/28
REN REN
@
FCM FCM
2:45 PM
Fri
11/28
SAS SAS
@
COM COM
2:45 PM
Fri
11/28
ELC ELC
@
GET GET
3:00 PM
Sat
11/29
OSA OSA
@
MLL MLL
8:00 AM