Manchester United 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Manchester United in the 1980s — 97 in all, with their career-at-club league appearances and goals. Martin Buchan made the most appearances (456). Brian McClair scored the most (88).
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lou Macari | MF | 329 | 78 | 92 |
| Bryan Robson | MF | 345 | 74 | 92 |
| Sammy McIlroy | MF | 342 | 57 | 92 |
| Steve Coppell | MF | 322 | 53 | 92 |
| Martin Buchan | DF | 456 | 4 | 92 |
| Arthur Albiston | DF | 379 | 6 | 91 |
| Gary Bailey | GK | 294 | 0 | 90 |
| Mark Hughes | FW | 256 | 83 | 90 |
| Gary Pallister | DF | 317 | 12 | 90 |
| Gordon Strachan | MF | 160 | 33 | 90 |
| Steve Bruce | DF | 309 | 36 | 90 |
| Paul Ince | MF | 206 | 25 | 89 |
| Mike Duxbury | DF | 299 | 6 | 89 |
| Lee Sharpe | MF | 193 | 21 | 89 |
| Frank Stapleton | FW | 223 | 60 | 88 |
| Joe Jordan | FW | 109 | 37 | 88 |
| Brian McClair | FW | 355 | 88 | 88 |
| Kevin Moran | DF | 231 | 21 | 88 |
| Jesper Olsen | MF | 139 | 21 | 87 |
| Stewart Houston | DF | 205 | 13 | 86 |
| Jimmy Nicholl | DF | 197 | 3 | 86 |
| Clayton Blackmore | DF | 186 | 19 | 86 |
| Gordon McQueen | DF | 184 | 20 | 86 |
| Norman Whiteside | MF/FW | 206 | 47 | 85 |
| Paul McGrath | DF | 163 | 12 | 85 |
| Jimmy Greenhoff | FW | 97 | 26 | 84 |
| Ray Wilkins | MF | 160 | 7 | 83 |
| Remi Moses | MF | 150 | 7 | 83 |
| Peter Davenport | MF/FW | 92 | 22 | 82 |
| Mickey Thomas | MF | 90 | 11 | 82 |
| Ashley Grimes | MF | 90 | 10 | 81 |
| Arnold Mühren | MF | 70 | 13 | 80 |
| Colin Gibson | DF/MF | 79 | 9 | 80 |
| Jim Leighton | GK | 73 | 0 | 79 |
| Neil Webb | MF | 75 | 8 | 79 |
| John Gidman | DF | 95 | 4 | 78 |
| Chris Turner | GK | 64 | 0 | 78 |
| Mal Donaghy | DF | 89 | 0 | 78 |
| Mike Phelan | MF | 102 | 2 | 77 |
| Graeme Hogg | DF | 83 | 1 | 77 |
| Mark Robins | FW | 48 | 11 | 77 |
| Garry Birtles | FW | 58 | 11 | 76 |
| Gary Walsh | GK | 50 | 0 | 75 |
| Paddy Roche | GK | 46 | 0 | 75 |
| Lee Martin | DF | 73 | — | 75 |
| Andy Ritchie | MF | 42 | 13 | 74 |
| Alan Brazil | FW | 31 | 8 | 73 |
| Russell Beardsmore | MF | 56 | 4 | 73 |
| Viv Anderson | DF | 54 | 3 | 71 |
| Danny Wallace | FW | 47 | 6 | 71 |
| Arthur Graham | MF | 37 | 5 | 71 |
| Billy Garton | DF | 41 | 0 | 69 |
| Scott McGarvey | FW | 35 | 5 | 69 |
| Liam O'Brien | MF | 31 | 2 | 67 |
| John Sivebæk | DF | 31 | 1 | 66 |
| Ralph Milne | MF | 23 | 3 | 65 |
| Chris McGrath | MF | 28 | 1 | 64 |
| Peter Barnes | MF | 20 | 2 | 63 |
| Nikola Jovanović | DF | 21 | 4 | 62 |
| Jeff Wealands | GK | 5 | 0 | 62 |
| Terry Gibson | FW | 23 | 1 | 61 |
| Stephen Pears | GK | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Mark Bosnich | GK | 3 | 0 | 60 |
| Garth Crooks | FW | 7 | 2 | 60 |
| Tony Gill | MF | 10 | 1 | 59 |
| Tom Sloan | MF | 11 | 0 | 57 |
| Steve Paterson | DF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Mark Higgins | DF | 6 | 0 | 57 |
| Laurie Cunningham | MF | 5 | 1 | 56 |
| Alan Davies | MF | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| Giuliano Maiorana | MF | 7 | 0 | 55 |
| David Wilson | MF | 4 | 0 | 54 |
| Derek Brazil | DF | 2 | 0 | 54 |
| Fraser Digby | GK | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Peter Hucker | GK | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| Nicky Wood | FW | 3 | 0 | 53 |
| Anthony Whelan | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Deiniol Graham | FW | 2 | 0 | 52 |
| Mark Dempsey | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Brian Carey | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Simon Ratcliffe | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Martin Lane | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Andy Hill | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Peter Beardsley | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Dave Hanson | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Joe Hanrahan | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Shaun Goater | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Andy Rammell | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Dennis Cronin | FW | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Alan McLoughlin | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Mike Rowbotham | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Paul McGuinness | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Mark Todd | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Martin Russell | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Aidan Murphy | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| Andy Robinson | MF | 0 | 0 | 49 |
| David Evans | DF | — | — | 48 |
Manchester United through the decades
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