Premier League · former league club
- Crystal Palace 43 shared
- Leicester City 38 shared
- Aston Villa 35 shared
- Leeds United 33 shared
- Wolves 32 shared
- West Brom 31 shared
- Arsenal 24 shared
- Manchester City 24 shared
- West Ham United 24 shared
- Newcastle United 23 shared
- Liverpool 22 shared
- Manchester United 22 shared
- Southampton 21 shared
- Everton 15 shared
- Tottenham Hotspur 14 shared
- Chelsea 9 shared
- Beşiktaş 4 shared
- Swansea City 67 shared
- Middlesbrough 43 shared
- QPR 40 shared
- Hull City 40 shared
- Coventry City 38 shared
- Fulham 36 shared
- Stoke City 35 shared
- Bournemouth 34 shared
- Reading 33 shared
- Luton Town 32 shared
- Norwich City 32 shared
- Watford 31 shared
- Wigan Athletic 31 shared
- Sheffield United 30 shared
- Sunderland 28 shared
- Huddersfield 28 shared
- Brighton 26 shared
- Burnley 24 shared
- Brentford 24 shared
- Nottingham Forest 23 shared
- Ipswich Town 22 shared
- Rangers 21 shared
- Celtic 18 shared
- Trabzonspor 5 shared
- Alanyaspor 4 shared
Famous players who played for Cardiff City
- Aaron Ramsey 2006–2008, 2011, 2023–2025
- Kasper Schmeichel 2007–2008
- Peter Odemwingie 2013–2014
- Gary Medel 2013–2014
- Junichi Inamoto 2004–2005
- Fábio 2014–2016
- Craig Bellamy 2010–2011, 2012–2014
- Wilfried Zaha 2014
- Marouane Chamakh 2016
- Jay Bothroyd 2008–2011
- Tom Heaton 2008–2009, 2010–2012
- Robbie Fowler 2007–2008
- John Charles 1963–1966
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 2007–2008
- Rickie Lambert 2016–2017
- Andreas Cornelius 2013–2014
- Fraizer Campbell 2013–2014
- Aron Gunnarsson 2011–2019
- John Toshack 1965–1970
- Danny Drinkwater 2010–2011
- Chris Gunter 2006–2008
- Federico Macheda 2014–2016
- Leandro Bacuna 2019–2022
- Harry Wilson 2020–2021
- Sol Bamba 2016–2021
- Marko Grujić 2018
- James Collins 2000–2005
- Joe Ledley 2004–2010
- Bo-kyung Kim 2012–2015
- Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson 2023–2024
- Kenwyne Jones 2014–2016
- Steven Caulker 2013–2014
- David Marshall 2009–2016
- Danny Gabbidon 2000, 2000–2005, 2014–2015
- Ross Turnbull 2007
- Kagisho Dikgacoi 2014–2016
- Sammy Ameobi 2015–2016
- Oumar Niasse 2019
- Junior Hoilett 2016–2021
- Nathaniel Phillips 2024
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.