Jamie Carragher, our current longest serving player, moved into the Top 10 for Premier League appearances when he skippered the reds to victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield on Wednesday evening.

He played his 419th League game against Spurs, and ranks at #11 in the club's list of League games played, although he is number one for the reds in terms of the rebadged Premier League, 69 games ahead of Steven Gerrard.

Jamie signed on as a pro in September 1996, and is currently contracted with the club until 2011. He made his League bow as a substitute in our goalless home draw with West Ham United in January 1997, having remained on the bench on four previous occasions that season. He played in just one more League game during that campaign, when he netted against Aston Villa in his first start.

After twenty League outings in 1997/98, he established himself as a regular, missing just eighteen League fixtures in the next five seasons. However, his 2003/04 was affected by a broken leg at Blackburn Rovers in September, and he could only turn out 22 times in the League during that campaign.

He was an ever-present in the Premiership for the first time in 2004/05, and has since missed just nine League matches, with Rafael Benítez rarely rotating him out of the team, again failing to miss a League game last season.

He has drawn level with Teddy Sheringham, whose Premier League games came while playing for Nottingham Forest, Manchester United, Portsmouth, West Ham United and two spells at Tottenham Hotspur.

Current Top 10 Premier League Appearances:
1. David James (560)
2. Ryan Giggs (538)
3. Gary Speed (535)
4. Sol Campbell (485)
5. Emile Heskey (455)
6. Frank Lampard (451)
7. Alan Shearer (441)
8. Paul Scholes (429)
9. Gareth Southgate (426)
10= Jamie Carragher (419)
10= Teddy Sheringham (419)