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1.James Milner - 498
It is said that wine gets better with age, so has been the career of the Liverpool midfielder. James Milner has had a 16-year long Premier League career playing for 5 different Premier League clubs making a total of 498 appearances, the 14th highest appearance maker in the league and the active player with the most appearances.
James Milner made his first ever Premier League appearance on the November 10, 2006 coming on as a Leeds player aged 16, the then second youngest ever player in the Premier League, against West Ham United, coming on as a substitute for Jason Wilcox in the 84th minute.
Milner also has the record of being the second youngest goalscorer in the Premier League when he scored against Sunderland on the 26th of December 2002. James Milner spent 2 years at Elland road before financial problems and relegation caused Leeds downfall.
Milner joined Newcastle in 2004 spent 4 seasons with the Toons scoring the 500th home goal for the Toons before joining Aston Villa in 2008 after giving a transfer request. 2 seasons at Villa Park saw some impressive performances from the Englishman with the midfielder being named in the PFA Player's team of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Year.
Milner joined the Manchester City bandwagon in 2010 joining former Villa team-mate Gareth Barry in the midfield. The 5 seasons at City saw James Milner winning his first piece of silverware, the 2010-11 FA Cup. The Englishman ended his Manchester City career with 2 Premier League titles, 1 League Cup and 1 FA Cup before moving to Liverpool on a free.
James Milner joined Liverpool in 2015. He has been the go-to man for any situations for Jurgen Klopp with the Leeds born midfielder being employed in the centre and either side of the midfield and as a left back at times during the injury situations.
The 32-year old James Milner has till date 498 Premier League appearances (48 for Leeds, 88 for Newcastle, 100 for Aston Villa, 147 for Manchester City and 109 for Liverpool), 50 league goals and 80 assists to his name, the all-time 7th highest assist maker.
