| | | Squads | Games | Starts | Sub On |
| >6 Matches | 204 | 30 | 450 | 100 |
| 1 | Brian O'Driscoll | 4 | 17 | 16 | 1 |
| 2 | Ronan O'Gara | 3 | 14 | 10 | 4 |
| 3 | Paul O'Connell | 3 | 13 | 13 | 0 |
| 4 | Donncha O'Callaghan | 3 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| 5 | Malcolm O'Kelly | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| 6 | Brendan Mullin | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| 7 | Keith Wood | 3 | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| 8 | Neil Francis | 3 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Gordon D'Arcy | 3 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 10 | John Hayes | 2 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| 11 | Marcus Horan | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 12 | Terry Kingston | 3 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 13 | Denis Leamy | 2 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 14 | Simon Easterby | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 15 | Shane Horgan | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 16 | Girvan Dempsey | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 17 | Kevin Maggs | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| 18 | Rory Best | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 19 | Eoin Reddan | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Andrew Trimble | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 21 | Peter Stringer | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 22 | Denis Hickie | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 23 | Eric Miller | 2 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 24 | Conor O'Shea | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 25 | Paddy Johns | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 26 | Simon Geoghegan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 27 | Nick Popplewell | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 28 | Keith Crossan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 29 | Donal Lenihan | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
