Premier League · former league club
- Newcastle United 41 shared
- Leeds United 40 shared
- Aston Villa 40 shared
- Leicester City 31 shared
- Southampton 29 shared
- Manchester City 28 shared
- Tottenham Hotspur 26 shared
- Everton 25 shared
- Wolves 25 shared
- Manchester United 25 shared
- Liverpool 24 shared
- West Ham United 22 shared
- Crystal Palace 22 shared
- Arsenal 21 shared
- Chelsea 20 shared
- West Brom 20 shared
- Barcelona 8 shared
- Roma 6 shared
- Lazio 6 shared
- Inter 5 shared
- Marseille 5 shared
- Sevilla 4 shared
- Real Madrid 4 shared
- Valencia 4 shared
- Sunderland 44 shared
- Cardiff City 43 shared
- Sheffield United 42 shared
- Stoke City 36 shared
- Hull City 34 shared
- Nottingham Forest 33 shared
- Brentford 33 shared
- Coventry City 28 shared
- Watford 28 shared
- Huddersfield 28 shared
- Norwich City 27 shared
- Burnley 27 shared
- Celtic 26 shared
- Luton Town 25 shared
- Fulham 23 shared
- Ipswich Town 20 shared
- QPR 20 shared
- Wigan Athletic 20 shared
- Bournemouth 19 shared
- Brighton 18 shared
- Swansea City 18 shared
- Reading 17 shared
- Rangers 16 shared
- Ajax 7 shared
- Sampdoria 6 shared
- Feyenoord 5 shared
- Osasuna 5 shared
- Metz 5 shared
- Espanyol 4 shared
Famous players who played for Middlesbrough
- Víctor Valdés 2016–2017
- Mikel John Obi 2019
- Álvaro Negredo 2016–2017
- Christian Karembeu 2000–2001
- Mark Schwarzer 1997–2008
- Paul Gascoigne 1998–2000
- Gareth Southgate 2001–2006
- Shay Given 2013–2014
- Yakubu Aiyegbeni 2005–2007
- Martin Braithwaite 2017–2019
- Cristhian Stuani 2015–2017
- Adama Traoré 2016–2018
- Stewart Downing 2001–2009, 2015–2019
- Fábio 2016–2018
- Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 2004–2006
- Folarin Balogun 2022
- Gaizka Mendieta 2003–2004, 2004–2008
- Kelechi Iheanacho 2025
- Mark Viduka 2004–2007
- Bryan Robson 1994–1997
- Brian Clough 1955–1961
- Boudewijn Zenden 2003–2004, 2004–2005
- Paul Ince 1999–2002
- Marten de Roon 2016–2017
- Calum Chambers 2016–2017
- Morgan Rogers 2023–2024
- Viktor Fischer 2016–2017
- Christian Ziege 1999–2000
- Alen Bokšić 2000–2003
- Neil Taylor 2021–2022
- Muhamed Bešić 2018–2019
- Adam Johnson 2004–2010
- Geremi 2002–2003
- Graeme Souness 1972–1978
- Robert Huth 2006–2009
- Antonio Barragán 2016–2018
- Gastón Ramírez 2016, 2016–2017
- Patrick Bamford 2014–2015, 2017–2018
- Brad Guzan 2016–2017
- Miloš Veljković 2014–2015
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.