Most career appearances off the bench

Players brought on as substitutes most often across their careers.

#	Player	Position	Citizenship	Club	Bench apps	Goals while on bench-list
1	Roque Santa Cruz	Attack - Centre-Forward	Paraguay Spain	Club Libertad Asunción	302	185
2	Ángel Rodríguez	Attack - Centre-Forward	Spain	Without Club	294	133
3	Willian Bigode	Attack - Second Striker	Brazil	América Futebol Clube (MG)	287	140
4	Andy Williams	Attack - Centre-Forward	England	Hereford FC	286	158
5	Pedro	Attack - Right Winger	Spain	SS Lazio	285	172
6	Conor Sammon	Attack - Centre-Forward	Ireland	Alloa Athletic FC	283	121
7	James Milner	Midfield - Central Midfield	England	Brighton & Hove Albion	282	40
8	Cameron Jerome	Attack - Centre-Forward	Grenada England	Retired	276	126
9	Sam Vokes	Attack - Centre-Forward	Wales England	Gillingham FC	276	106
10	Neto Berola	Attack - Left Winger	Brazil	Ituano Futebol Clube (SP)	270	63
11	Brett Pitman	Attack - Centre-Forward	Jersey	Dorchester Town	265	162
12	Matt Smith	Attack - Centre-Forward	England Scotland	Retired	264	119
13	Souleymane Camara	Attack - Right Winger	Senegal France	Retired	261	89
14	Mustafa Pektemek	Attack - Centre-Forward	Türkiye	Güzide Gebze Spor Kulübü	259	90
15	Masayuki Okano	Attack - Right Winger	Japan	Retired	258	41
16	Kévin Gameiro	Attack - Centre-Forward	France	Retired	257	199
17	Jeremy Bokila	Attack - Centre-Forward	DR Congo Netherlands	Livingston FC	257	129
18	Mathieu Valbuena	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	France Spain	Olympiacos Piraeus B	254	86
19	Shane Long	Attack - Centre-Forward	Ireland	Retired	251	86
20	Ángel Correa	Attack - Right Winger	Argentina Spain	Tigres UANL	251	96
21	Eidur Gudjohnsen	Attack - Centre-Forward	Iceland	Retired	246	130
22	Raúl García	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Spain	Retired	246	131
23	Steven Fletcher	Attack - Centre-Forward	Scotland England	Without Club	244	154
24	Adrian Cieslewicz	Attack - Left Winger	Poland Faroe Islands	The New Saints	244	112
25	Kisho Yano	Attack - Centre-Forward	Japan	Tochigi SC	244	54
26	Theo Robinson	Attack - Centre-Forward	Jamaica England	Bromsgrove Sporting	242	121
27	Luis Muriel	Attack - Centre-Forward	Colombia	Orlando City SC	241	158
28	Sotiris Konstantinidis	Midfield - Left Midfield	Greece	Retired	238	73
29	Cristian Tello	Attack - Left Winger	Spain	Without Club	238	84
30	Claudio Pizarro	Attack - Centre-Forward	Peru Italy	Retired	236	229
31	Nwankwo Kanu	Attack - Centre-Forward	Nigeria	Retired	236	100
32	Aaron Wilbraham	Attack - Centre-Forward	England	Retired	236	133
33	Kota Mizunuma	Attack - Right Winger	Japan	Newcastle United Jets	236	79
34	Chaouki Ben Saada	Attack - Right Winger	Tunisia France	Football Club Lupinu	235	51
35	Lukas Jutkiewicz	Attack - Centre-Forward	England	Retired	235	110
36	Azar Karadas	Attack - Centre-Forward	Norway Türkiye	Retired	234	67
37	Danilo	Midfield - Attacking Midfield	Brazil	Retired	234	57
38	Antonio Floro Flores	Attack - Centre-Forward	Italy	Retired	233	73
39	Adebayo Akinfenwa	Attack - Centre-Forward	England Nigeria	Retired	233	214
40	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos	Attack - Right Winger	Greece	Retired	232	86
41	Fernando Llorente	Attack - Centre-Forward	Spain	Retired	232	144
42	Ryuji Bando	Attack - Centre-Forward	Japan	Retired	232	106
43	Steven Thompson	Attack - Centre-Forward	Scotland	Retired	231	107
44	Alexis Sánchez	Attack - Centre-Forward	Chile	Sevilla FC	231	180
45	Garath McCleary	Attack - Right Winger	Jamaica England	Gillingham FC	231	70
46	Stefano Scappini	Attack - Centre-Forward	Italy	AC Virtus Acquaviva	231	125
47	Alfredo Ortuño	Attack - Centre-Forward	Spain	FC Cartagena	231	94
48	Jermain Defoe	Attack - Centre-Forward	England St. Lucia	Retired	230	228
49	Felipe Caicedo	Attack - Centre-Forward	Ecuador Spain	Barcelona SC Guayaquil	230	118
50	Tadanari Lee	Attack - Centre-Forward	Japan	Retired	230	127

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