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In association football at least 44 players have played at least 1 000 official matches at all age levels Regarding youth football only matches with national teams are counted as such data for club levels cannot be found for the majority of the players Regarding B teams and reserve teams appearances for such teams are only included if made in the primary football pyramid and not reserve divisions Goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for the most competitive appearances English goalkeeper Peter Shilton holds the record for the most appearances making over 1 400 appearances between the 1960s and 1990s including a national record of 125 appearances for England and in 1996 became the first footballer to make 1 000 league appearances 1 In March 2022 Robert Carmona from Uruguay was recognized as the oldest active footballer by Guinness World Records 2 3 4 and was reported as having played around 2 200 official matches 2 3 4 a total that would place him at the top of the list by far however due to a lack of details about the distribution of these matches per year and team or even which teams he played for 5 6 7 he cannot currently be added to the list Contents 1 Ranking 2 Notes 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRanking editAs of 03 35 3 November 2023 UTC Bold indicates the player is currently active Rank Player Pos Apps Goals Span a Teams b Apps Ref 1 nbsp Peter Shilton G 1 411 1 1965 1997 nbsp Leicester City 349 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 c nbsp Stoke City 121 nbsp Nottingham Forest 275 nbsp Southampton 242 nbsp Derby County 216 nbsp Plymouth Argyle 43 nbsp Bolton Wanderers 2 nbsp Leyton Orient 10 nbsp England 17 125 nbsp England U23 20 13 nbsp England Youth 21 9 nbsp England Schoolboys d 62 nbsp Paul Bastock G 1 286 0 1988 nbsp Cambridge United 25 13 26 27 28 29 e f nbsp Bath City 36 37 1 nbsp Sabah FA 36 38 nbsp Cheltenham Town 39 1 nbsp Fisher Athletic 26 28 nbsp Kettering Town 26 27 nbsp Aylesbury United 26 5 nbsp Boston United 33 27 679 nbsp Dagenham amp Redbridge 26 1 nbsp St Albans City 40 26 315 nbsp Rushden amp Diamonds 25 nbsp Worksop Town 41 42 42 nbsp Royston Town 26 13 nbsp St Neots Town 26 39 nbsp Dunstable Town 26 30 nbsp Stamford 43 44 25 nbsp Corby Town 45 5 nbsp Wisbech Town 46 33 nbsp Grantham Town 47 1 nbsp Pinchbeck United 48 29 1 nbsp King s Lynn Town 49 29 1 nbsp Deeping Rangers 34 50 13 nbsp Fabio G 1 280 0 1997 nbsp Uniao Bandeirante 30 51 52 53 54 55 g nbsp Atletico Paranaense 16 nbsp Vasco da Gama 150 nbsp Cruzeiro 54 g 955 nbsp Fluminense 118 nbsp Brazil U23 57 nbsp Brazil U20 5 nbsp Brazil U17 64 nbsp Cristiano Ronaldo F 1 228 880 2001 nbsp Sporting CP B 58 2 59 60 61 62 63 58 64 nbsp Sporting CP 31 nbsp Manchester United 62 346 nbsp Real Madrid 65 438 nbsp Juventus 134 nbsp Al Nassr 40 nbsp Portugal 203 nbsp Portugal U23 63 3 nbsp Portugal U21 63 10 nbsp Portugal U20 63 5 nbsp Portugal U17 63 7 nbsp Portugal U15 63 95 nbsp Rogerio Ceni G 1 226 129 h 1990 2015 nbsp Sinop 12 68 69 70 71 72 nbsp Sao Paulo 1 197 nbsp Brazil 176 nbsp Frantisek Planicka G 1 187 0 1918 1957 nbsp Slovan Praha VII 73 22 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 i j nbsp Union VII 74 nbsp Staromestsky SK Olympia 74 nbsp SK Bubenec 73 84 108 nbsp Slavia Praha 74 k 969 nbsp Ruda Hvezda VII 73 14 nbsp Czechoslovakia 86 l 73 nbsp Czechoslovakia amateur team 79 17 nbsp Tommy Hutchison M 1 178 81 1964 1994 nbsp Dundonald Bluebell 87 88 87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 m n o nbsp Alloa Athletic 100 101 84 nbsp Blackpool 87 94 198 nbsp Coventry City 102 103 355 nbsp Seattle Sounders 25 nbsp Manchester City 60 nbsp Bulova 89 m 26 nbsp Burnley 114 nbsp Swansea City 87 n 222 nbsp Merthyr Tydfil 95 o 76 nbsp Scotland 121 122 17 nbsp Scotland U23 92 18 nbsp Gianluigi Buffon G 1 175 0 1993 2023 nbsp Parma 265 123 124 125 126 nbsp Juventus 685 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 25 nbsp Italy 176 nbsp Italy U23 127 4 nbsp Italy U21 128 11 nbsp Italy U18 129 3 nbsp Italy U17 130 3 nbsp Italy U16 131 39 nbsp Yasuhito Endō M 1 152 157 1995 nbsp Kagoshima Mitsutaka 1 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 p q nbsp Yokohama Flugels 20 nbsp Kyoto Purple Sanga 64 nbsp Gamba Osaka 790 nbsp Jubilo Iwata 107 nbsp Japan 146 147 152 nbsp Japan U23 7 nbsp Japan U20 11 nbsp Japan U16 q 10 nbsp Xavi M 1 148 141 1997 2019 nbsp Barcelona B 61 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 r s nbsp Barcelona 148 779 nbsp Al Sadd 153 162 117 nbsp Spain 163 133 nbsp Spain U23 6 nbsp Spain U21 26 nbsp Spain U20 6 nbsp Spain U18 10 nbsp Spain U17 164 1011 nbsp Roberto Carlos D 1 141 129 1991 20112015 nbsp Uniao Sao Joao 67 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 t u v nbsp Palmeiras w 162 nbsp Inter Milan 34 nbsp Real Madrid 527 nbsp Fenerbahce 104 nbsp Corinthians Paulista 61 nbsp Anzhi Makhachkala t 28 nbsp Delhi Dynamos 3 nbsp Brazil 168 173 127 nbsp Brazil Olympic team 23 nbsp Brazil U20 5 12 nbsp Pat Jennings G 1 132 1 1961 1986 nbsp Newry United x 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 x y z nbsp Newry Town x 28 nbsp Watford 197 52 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 184 198 597 nbsp Arsenal 199 327 nbsp Northern Ireland 187 200 119 nbsp Northern Ireland U23 184 201 1 nbsp Northern Ireland U18 184 202 813 nbsp Iker Casillas G 1 125 0 1996 2019 nbsp Real Madrid C 32 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 nbsp Real Madrid B 4 nbsp Real Madrid 210 725 nbsp Porto 156 nbsp Spain 211 167 nbsp Spain U21 5 nbsp Spain U20 2 nbsp Spain U18 4 nbsp Spain U17 10 nbsp Spain U16 19 nbsp Spain U15 114 nbsp Ray Clemence G 1 119 0 1966 1988 nbsp Scunthorpe United 50 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 aa nbsp Liverpool 220 221 665 nbsp St George Budapest 222 216 2 nbsp Tottenham Hotspur 215 223 337 nbsp England 217 218 61 nbsp England U23 20 218 415 nbsp Javier Zanetti D M 1 115 31 1992 2014 nbsp Talleres RE 224 33 225 226 227 228 ab ac nbsp Banfield 230 66 nbsp Inter Milan 231 ad 858 nbsp Argentina 241 228 145 nbsp Argentina U23 ab 1316 nbsp Lionel Messi F 1 100 848 2003 nbsp Barcelona C 246 10 247 248 249 250 246 ae af nbsp Barcelona B 246 22 nbsp Barcelona 250 778 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 75 nbsp Inter Miami 14 nbsp Argentina 251 178 nbsp Argentina U23 ae 5 nbsp Argentina U20 af 1817 nbsp Marcelinho Paraiba M 1 097 360 1991 2020 nbsp Campinense 255 256 257 258 nbsp Paraguacuense 259 29 nbsp Santos ag 14 nbsp Rio Branco 255 256 79 nbsp Sao Paulo 255 256 202 nbsp Marseille 262 21 nbsp Gremio 263 23 nbsp Hertha BSC 264 193 nbsp Trabzonspor 22 nbsp VfL Wolfsburg 264 57 nbsp Flamengo 265 25 nbsp Coritiba 255 256 50 nbsp Sport Recife 92 nbsp Gremio Barueri 19 nbsp Boa 45 nbsp Fortaleza 44 nbsp Internacional de Lages 26 nbsp Joinville 30 nbsp Oeste 13 nbsp Ypiranga 4 nbsp Portuguesa 26 nbsp Treze 54 nbsp Perilima 24 nbsp Brazil 518 nbsp Robbie James M 1 095 185 1973 1998 nbsp Swansea City 266 593 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 ah ai nbsp Stoke City 267 56 nbsp Queens Park Rangers 267 101 nbsp Leicester City 267 29 nbsp Bradford City 267 108 nbsp Cardiff City aj 68 nbsp Merthyr Tydfil 268 16 nbsp Barry Town 281 38 nbsp Inter Cardiff 267 nbsp Llanelli 268 274 36 nbsp Weston super Mare 267 268 nbsp Wales 271 272 47 nbsp Wales U21 272 319 nbsp Tony Ford D M 1 083 126 1975 2001 nbsp Grimsby Town 282 491 282 283 284 285 ak nbsp Sunderland 9 nbsp Stoke City 135 nbsp West Bromwich Albion 128 nbsp Bradford City 7 nbsp Scunthorpe United 286 91 nbsp Barrow al nbsp Mansfield Town 116 nbsp Rochdale 104 nbsp England B 287 220 nbsp Dani Alves D M 1 080 75 2001 nbsp Bahia 288 289 58 290 291 292 293 288 294 295 296 297 am nbsp Sevilla 294 250 nbsp Barcelona 299 408 nbsp Juventus 33 nbsp Paris Saint Germain 73 nbsp Sao Paulo 95 nbsp UNAM 13 nbsp Brazil 296 126 nbsp Brazil Olympic team 293 7 nbsp Brazil U20 295 1721 nbsp Zinho M 1 078 189 1986 2007 nbsp Flamengo 300 365 301 302 303 nbsp Palmeiras 304 305 316 nbsp Yokohama Flugels 107 nbsp Gremio 146 nbsp Cruzeiro 306 32 nbsp Nova Iguacu 4 nbsp Miami FC 302 53 nbsp Brazil 303 5522 nbsp Raul F 1 071 468 1994 2015 nbsp Real Madrid C 307 9 308 309 310 311 312 307 313 314 315 an nbsp Real Madrid B 308 312 1 nbsp Real Madrid 324 741 nbsp Schalke 04 312 310 98 nbsp Al Sadd 315 313 61 nbsp New York Cosmos 311 325 32 nbsp Spain 326 327 102 nbsp Spain Olympic team 308 an 4 nbsp Spain U21 314 an 9 nbsp Spain U20 308 an 5 nbsp Spain U18 314 an 2 nbsp Jamie Cureton F 1 071 390 1993 nbsp Norwich City 108 328 329 330 nbsp Bournemouth 6 nbsp Bristol Rovers 198 nbsp Reading 127 nbsp Busan I Cons 21 nbsp Queens Park Rangers 46 nbsp Swindon Town 32 nbsp Colchester United 56 nbsp Barnsley 8 nbsp Shrewsbury Town 12 nbsp Exeter City 96 nbsp Leyton Orient 23 nbsp Cheltenham Town 36 nbsp Dagenham amp Redbridge 93 nbsp Farnborough 50 nbsp Eastleigh 7 nbsp St Albans City 17 nbsp Bishop s Stortford 94 nbsp Enfield 29 nbsp Hornchurch 8 nbsp England U18 424 nbsp Ze Roberto D M 1 067 106 1994 2017 nbsp Portuguesa 331 ao 132 332 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 ap nbsp Real Madrid 332 24 nbsp Flamengo 348 23 nbsp Bayer Leverkusen 349 340 150 nbsp Bayern Munich 349 248 nbsp Santos 61 nbsp Hamburger SV 349 72 nbsp Al Gharafa 344 332 26 nbsp 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390 386 391 392 393 394 395 396 ay az nbsp Blackpool 388 164 nbsp Everton 390 399 254 nbsp Arsenal 388 400 218 nbsp Hellenic 389 4 nbsp Southampton 388 234 nbsp Philadelphia Fury 33 nbsp Vancouver Whitecaps 31 nbsp Floreat Athena 401 402 3 nbsp Eastern 397 389 12 nbsp Bristol Rovers 388 17 nbsp England 392 389 72 nbsp England U23 392 20 828 nbsp David Seaman G 1 053 0 1982 2004 nbsp Peterborough United 403 109 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 ba nbsp Birmingham City 84 nbsp Queens Park Rangers 403 bb 175 nbsp Arsenal 404 420 568 nbsp Manchester City 26 nbsp England 408 406 75 nbsp England B 408 287 6 nbsp England U21 408 421 1029 nbsp Andres Iniesta M 1 051 115 2000 nbsp Barcelona B 54 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 bc nbsp Barcelona 424 679 nbsp Vissel Kobe 430 bd 135 nbsp Emirates 7 nbsp Spain 433 131 nbsp Spain U21 18 nbsp Spain U20 7 nbsp Spain U19 7 nbsp Spain U17 434 164 4 nbsp Spain U16 435 436 7 nbsp Spain U15 437 230 nbsp Glenn Ferguson F 1 047 563 1987 2011 nbsp Ards 72 438 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