Northern Ireland Players in the Premier League (Overview)

- Most Capped - Top Goalscorers - Youngest Players - Oldest Players -

- Premier Players - Cup Finalists - Award Winners - Million Pound Men -

- Olympians - Dual Internationals - Captains - Goalkeepers - One Cap Wonders -

1992/93, 1993/94-1994/95, 1995/96-1997/98, 1998/99-2001/02, 2002/03-2012/13
Scottish Premier League
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NIFG presents a series of tables graphs to present the pattern of players by season in the English Premier League to illustrate those teams where our talent thrives.

Appearances by Season
The table below shows the number of players who made Premier League first-team appearances in each of the competitions eighteen seasons, the number of players who made their Premier League debut, the total appearances, games started, appearances from the bench, and finally, goals scored.

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Season..Players (Debut) App ... St .. Sb . Gls 
92/93.......11..(11) .. 263 .. 240 .. 23 .. 25
93/94.......12.. (5) .. 248 .. 216 .. 32 .. 10
94/95.......15.. (7) .. 332 .. 303 .. 29 .. 31
95/96.......14.. (2) .. 281 .. 260 .. 21 .. 20
96/97.......16.. (6) .. 268 .. 231 .. 37 .. 12
97/98.......14.. (2) .. 242 .. 218 .. 24 .. 13
98/99.......12.. (2) .. 206 .. 177 .. 29 ... 9
99/00.......11.. (3) .. 234 .. 207 .. 27 .. 14
00/01.......12.. (4) .. 198 .. 186 .. 12 ... 7
01/02.......10.. (1) .. 143 .. 110 .. 33 ... 8
02/03....... 9.. (1) .. 205 .. 165 .. 40 ... 2
03/04....... 9.. (2) .. 145 .. 130 .. 15 ... 1
04/05....... 9.. (1) .. 214 .. 183 .. 31 ... 5
05/06....... 6.. (0) .. 167 .. 166 ... 1 ... 4
06/07....... 5.. (0) .. 112 ... 87 .. 25 ... 2
07/08....... 9.. (1) .. 218 .. 201 .. 17 ... 5
08/09....... 6.. (1) .. 126 .. 101 .. 25 .. 10
09/10....... 9.. (2) .. 149 .. 130 .. 19 ... 4
10/11....... 7.. (3) .. 152 .. 139 .. 13 ... 8
11/12....... 7.. (2) .. 136 .. 116 .. 20 ... 5 
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The graph shows how Northern Ireland player's impact has declined with the influx of foreign talent to the Premier League, and illustrates our problems in the ongoing search for regular goalscorers.

Appearances by Club
The table below illustrates the clubs who have featured Northern Ireland players in the Premier League. Generally it is the small-to-middling clubs who feature highly in this table, and whilst a big club like Manchester United has brought through a number of youngsters, few made a significant impact on their first-team until the emergence of Jonny Evans.

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Teams .. Players .. Apps .. St .. Sb . Gls

Arsenal....... 1 ... 60 ... 39 .. 21 ... 1 

Aston Villa... 2 .. 145 .. 120 .. 25 ... 5 

Birmingham C.. 2 .. 292 .. 285 ... 7 ... 2 

Blackburn Rvrs 3 .. 111 ... 73 .. 38 ... 6 

Blackpool..... 1 ... 30 ... 28 ... 2 ... 1 

Bolton Wdrs... 2 ... 28 ... 27 ... 1 ... 1 

Bradford City. 2 ... 29 ... 24 ... 5 ... 0 

Burnley....... 2 ... 34 ... 27 ... 7 ... 4 

Chelsea....... 2 ... 68 ... 63 ... 5 ... 3 

Coventry City. 3 .... 9 .... 4 ... 5 ... 0 

Crystal Palace 3 ... 73 ... 71 ... 2 ... 7 

Derby County.. 1 ... 14 ... 14 ... 0 ... 0 

Everton....... 1 .... 1 .... 1 ... 0 ... 0 

Fulham........ 5 .. 340 .. 300 .. 40 ... 7 

Ipswich Town.. 1 ... 57 ... 48 ... 9 ... 1 

Leeds United.. 2 ... 44 ... 33 .. 11 ... 1 

Leicester City 4 .. 278 .. 264 .. 14 .. 13 

Manchester C.. 5 .. 153 .. 132 .. 21 ... 8 

Manchester Utd 5 .. 137 .. 123 .. 14 ... 2 

Newcastle Utd. 4 .. 338 .. 295 .. 43 .. 15 

Norwich City.. 3 ... 29 ... 12 .. 17 ... 1 

Nott’m Forest. 3 ... 41 ... 30 .. 11 ... 7 

Q.P.R. ....... 1 .. 117 .. 116 ... 1 ... 3 

Sheffield Utd. 1 ... 31 ... 27 ... 4 ... 2 

Sheffield Wed. 6 .. 341 .. 311 .. 30 .. 12 

Southampton... 5 .. 250 .. 237 .. 13 .. 34 

Sunderland.... 3 .. 126 ... 93 .. 33 ... 1 

Swindon Town.. 2 ... 46 ... 38 ... 8 ... 0 

Tottenham H... 3 ... 21 ... 12 ... 9 ... 1 

Watford....... 2 ... 40 ... 37 ... 3 ... 2 

West Bromwich. 2 .. 129 .. 119 .. 10 .. 17 

West Ham Utd.. 7 .. 486 .. 439 .. 47 .. 24 

Wimbledon..... 2 .. 131 .. 118 .. 13 .. 14 

Wolverhampton. 2 ... 10 .... 6 ... 4 ... 0

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1992/93, 1993/94-1994/95, 1995/96-1997/98, 1998/99-2001/02, 2002/03-2012/13
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See also:
NI's English Champions
20+ Goals in a Season - NI Players with 20 plus goals in a Football League season (46/47-date)
Champion Players - NI Players in the UEFA Champions League (92/93-date) 
Europa League Players (09/10-date)
NI Players in the SPL (98/99-date)
NI Players in the NASL (1968-1984)

- Most Capped - Top Goalscorers - Youngest Players - Oldest Players -

- Premier Players - Cup Finalists - Award Winners - Million Pound Men -

- Dual Internationals - Captains - Goalkeepers - One Cap Wonders -