Title: List of Premier League players
Content:  Since the Premier League's formation at the start of the 1992–93 season, 13 players have accrued 500 or more appearances in the Premier League. The first player to reach the milestone was midfielder Gary Speed, in representation of Leeds United, Everton, Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers; his 500th match was Bolton's 4–0 win over West Ham United on 9 December 2006. Speed held the record for most appearances until 14 February 2009, when goalkeeper David James played his 536th match, for Portsmouth against his former team Manchester City. James ended with 572 appearances, a record which was broken by Ryan Giggs on 14 May 2011, having played all of his matches for Manchester United. On 25 September 2017, Gareth Barry broke Giggs' record by playing his 633rd match, West Bromwich Albion's 
Title: List of Premier League players
Content:  loss at Arsenal. At the time of breaking the record, Barry ranked 8th in English top division appearances since the Second World War, trailing Giggs in 6th (672 total top division appearances) and six other players. Barry is the youngest of the 13 players to have achieved the feat. Giggs (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher (both Liverpool) are the only three players to have achieved the accolade of 500+ Premier League appearances exclusively for one club. James Milner, Emile Heskey and David James each played for five Premier League clubs (the most for this achievement) on their way to 500+ Premier League games. The only player from outside the United Kingdom to play 500 Premier League games is Australian goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer, for Middlesbrough, Fulham, Chelsea and Leicester City.
Title: Premier League records and statistics
Content: Most Premier League appearances: 653, Gareth Barry (2 May 1998 to 24 February 2018) ; Most different clubs played for: 8, Marcus Bent (for Crystal Palace, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town, Leicester City, Everton, Charlton Athletic, Wigan Athletic, and Wolverhampton Wanderers) ; Oldest player: John Burridge, 43 years and 162 days (for Manchester City v. Queens Park Rangers, 14 May 1995) ; Youngest player: Harvey Elliott, 16 years and 30 days (for Fulham v. Wolverhampton Wanderers, 4 May 2019) ; Most consecutive Premier League appearances: 310, Brad Friedel (14 August 2004 until 7 October 2012) ; Most Premier League appearances as a substitute: 161, James Milner ; Most seasons appeared in: 22, Ryan Giggs (every season from 1992–93 to 2013–14)  Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold.
Title: List of Premier League players
Content:  Since the advent of the Premier league, 39 players have made 300 or more appearances for a single club, with Liverpool player Jordan Henderson the latest to achieve the feat in September 2021. Current Premier League players and their current clubs are shown in bold. Statistics are updated as of matches played on 16 December 2021.
Title: Premier League 20 Seasons Awards
Content: Most Appearances: Ryan Giggs was recognised for having made the most appearances in the first and second decades of the Premier League. While playing for Manchester United, Giggs made a total 598 Premier League appearances. ; Top Goalscorer: Striker Alan Shearer was recognised for having scored the most goals in the Premier League's first and second decades. While at Blackburn Rovers and then Newcastle United, Shearer scored a total 260 Premier League goals between 1992 and 2006. ; Most Clean Sheets: Goalkeeper David James was recognised for keeping the most clean sheets in the Premier League's first and second decades. While at Liverpool, Aston Villa, West Ham United, Manchester City and then Portsmouth, James kept a total 173 Premier League clean sheets between 1992 and 2010. ; Premier League 500 Club: The award was given to players who have played at least 500 matches in the Premier League history. Those were, Ryan Giggs, David James, Gary Speed, Frank Lampard, Emile Heskey, Steven Gerrard, and Sol Campbell. The 20 Seasons Awards also recognised a number of statistical feats achieved during the first and second decades, in the following categories: 
Title: Ryan Giggs
Content:  Manchester United player to have winner's medals from all 13 Premier League title wins. ; Most Premier League appearances for a player, with 632 (since surpassed by Gareth Barry). ; Most Premier League assists for a player, with 162. ; Only player to have played in 22 successive Premier League seasons. ; Only player to have scored in 21 successive Premier League seasons. ; Only player to have scored in 17 different Champions League tournaments (includes 11 consecutive tournaments, 1996–97 to 2006–07; Raúl and Lionel Messi have a better record with respectively 14 and 16) ; Most goals by a British player in the Champions League/European 
Title: List of footballers with 100 or more Premier League goals
Content:  Since the Premier League's formation at the beginning of the 1992–93 season, a total of 32 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition; collectively, these players are collectively referred to as the Premier League 100 Club. During the 1995–96 season, Alan Shearer became the first player to score 100 Premier League goals, and holds the record for the fewest games taken to reach the figure, doing so in 124 appearances. Additionally, he also holds the record for most goals scored in the Premier League with 260. Harry Kane is the second-fastest to 100 goals, doing so in 141 games. At 23 years and 133 days, Michael Owen is the youngest player to reach the 100 goal milestone. Didier Drogba was the first African player to join the list with two further Africans—Mohamed Salah in September 2021 and Sadio Mané in October 2021—becoming the 30th and 31st players respectively to reach the landmark. In December 2021, Raheem Sterling became the most recent player to reach 100 goals. Five of the 32 players have accomplished the feat without scoring a penalty – Sadio Mané, Peter Crouch, Emile Heskey, Les Ferdinand, and Andy Cole.
Title: Premier League records and statistics
Content:  single Premier League match: 4 ; Dennis Bergkamp (for Arsenal v. Leicester City, 20 February 1999) ; José Antonio Reyes (for Arsenal v. Middlesbrough, 14 January 2006) ; Cesc Fàbregas (for Arsenal v. Blackburn Rovers, 4 October 2009) ; Emmanuel Adebayor (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Newcastle United, 11 February 2012) ; Santi Cazorla (for Arsenal v. Wigan Athletic, 14 May 2013) ; Dušan Tadić (for Southampton  v. Sunderland, 18 October 2014) ; Harry Kane (for Tottenham Hotspur v. Southampton, 20 September 2020) – only instance in which all four assists were to a single player (Son Heung-min) ; Paul Pogba (for Manchester United  v. Leeds United, 14 August 2021) Players currently playing in the Premier League are highlighted in bold. 
Title: Premier League
Content:   Italics denotes players still playing professional football, Bold denotes players still playing in the Premier League. The Premier League Golden Boot is awarded each season to the top scorer in the division. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-eight players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 23 players from 11 clubs have won or shared the top scorer title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league. Giggs also holds the record for the most Premier League assists, with 162.
Title: Premier League 10 Seasons Awards
Content: Most Appearances: Gary Speed was recognised for having made the most appearances in the first decade of the Premiership. While playing for Leeds United, Everton and Newcastle United, Speed appeared 352 times out of a possible 392. ; Goalkeeper with most clean sheets: David Seaman was recognised in the awards for being the goalkeeper with the best record for keeping the most clean sheets, i.e. the number of games played without conceding a goal in his own net. Seaman recorded 130 clean sheets during the decade, all while at Arsenal At the time of the awards Peter Schmeichel, on picking up his Goalkeeper of the Decade at the Awards, praised Seaman as the current in-form goalkeeper of 

Question: who has made the most premier league appearances?
Answer: Gareth Barry.