Carlton Cole has won the most England caps without ever starting a game, playing seven times with an average of 17.17 minutes per cap, and unusually was involved in even more substitutions than he played matches, having come on for Emile Heskey in the 15th minute of a home friendly against Slovakia in March 2009, and gone off again for Peter Crouch 20 minutes later.

Crouch himself was replaced by Michael Carrick with 16 minutes to go, meaning that four people filled what was theoretically the same outfield slot in a single game.