Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Peter Atherton made the most appearances in the Premier League, with 258 appearances.

most games by a player premier league 1990s

	NAME	M	MIN	START	G	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Peter Atherton P. Atherton	258	22,956	257	8	0.03	12	20	0
2	Gary Speed G. Speed	252	22,175	247	43	0.17	19	62	3
3	Peter Schmeichel P. Schmeichel	252	22,375	252	0	0.00	3	3	0
4	Tim Sherwood T. Sherwood	249	21,630	244	27	0.11	22	49	0
5	Nigel Winterburn N. Winterburn	242	21,326	241	4	0.02	17	21	0
6	Matthew Le Tissier M. Le Tissier	240	19,545	223	96	0.40	59	155	24
7	Steve McManaman S. McManaman	240	20,686	232	41	0.17	58	99	0
8	Denis Irwin D. Irwin	238	20,544	231	15	0.06	20	35	5
9	Mark Hughes M. Hughes	238	20,197	230	61	0.26	30	91	1
10	Jeff Kenna J. Kenna	236	20,917	232	5	0.02	18	23	0
11	Lee Dixon L. Dixon	235	20,357	231	5	0.02	16	21	0
12	David Seaman D. Seaman	232	20,834	232	0	0.00	4	4	0
13	Gary McAllister G. McAllister	232	20,668	232	33	0.14	34	67	13
14	Gary Pallister G. Pallister	232	20,352	232	8	0.03	4	12	0
15	Tim Flowers T. Flowers	232	20,549	229	0	0.00	2	2	0
16	Carlton Palmer C. Palmer	231	20,382	227	14	0.06	11	25	0
17	Darren Peacock D. Peacock	231	20,192	223	8	0.03	9	17	0
18	Des Walker D. Walker	227	20,100	227	0	0.00	2	2	0
19	Les Ferdinand L. Ferdinand	223	18,650	217	111	0.50	42	153	0
20	Ruel Fox R. Fox	220	18,338	207	36	0.16	44	80	2
21	Ryan Giggs R. Giggs	220	17,795	204	48	0.22	49	97	0
22	Robbie Earle R. Earle	219	19,397	217	42	0.19	23	65	0
23	Dave Watson D. Watson	217	18,779	215	6	0.03	6	12	0
24	Teddy Sheringham T. Sheringham	217	18,230	201	87	0.40	50	137	12
25	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	216	18,647	207	153	0.71	39	192	28