This table excludes José María Olazábal (in 1995) and Miguel Ángel Martín (in 1997) who withdrew due to injury and were replaced in the team.
In the 19 contests from 1979 to 2016 there have been 144 appearances by players from Great Britain and Ireland (an average of 7.6) and 84 by those from Continental Europe (an average of 4.4).