100 players who wore #2.
| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Caps | Intl goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cafu | Defender - Right-Back | Brazil Italy | Retired | 143 | 5 |
| 2 |  Peter Pekarík | Defender - Right-Back | Slovakia | Hertha BSC II | 134 | 2 |
| 3 |  Toby Alderweireld | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Retired | 127 | 5 |
| 4 |  Mehdi Mahdavikia | Attack - Right Winger | Iran | Retired | 112 | 13 |
| 5 |  Chris Gunter | Defender - Right-Back | Wales | Retired | 109 | 0 |
| 6 |  Stephan Lichtsteiner | Defender - Right-Back | Switzerland | Retired | 108 | 8 |
| 7 |  Igors Stepanovs | Defender - Centre-Back | Latvia | Retired | 100 | 4 |
| 8 |  Joseph Yobo | Defender - Centre-Back | Nigeria England | Retired | 97 | 7 |
| 9 |  Bruno Alves | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal Brazil | Retired | 96 | 11 |
| 10 |  José María Giménez | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Atlético de Madrid | 96 | 8 |
| 11 |  Kyle Walker | Defender - Right-Back | England | Burnley FC | 96 | 1 |
| 12 |  Diego Lugano | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Italy | Retired | 95 | 9 |
| 13 |  Pedro Miguel | Defender - Centre-Back | Qatar Cape Verde | Al-Sadd SC | 95 | 2 |
| 14 |  Christian Poulsen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 92 | 6 |
| 15 |  Radostin Kishishev | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bulgaria | Retired | 87 | 1 |
| 16 |  Frankie Hejduk | Defender - Right-Back | United States Croatia | Retired | 85 | 7 |
| 17 |  Gary Neville | Defender - Right-Back | England | Retired | 85 | 0 |
| 18 |  Harrison Afful | Defender - Right-Back | Ghana | Retired | 83 | 0 |
| 19 |  Antonio Rüdiger | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Sierra Leone | Real Madrid | 81 | 3 |
| 20 |  DeAndre Yedlin | Defender - Right-Back | United States Latvia | Real Salt Lake City | 81 | 0 |
| 21 |  Petri Pasanen | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Retired | 78 | 1 |
| 22 |  Miso Brecko | Defender - Right-Back | Slovenia | Retired | 77 | 0 |
| 23 |  Otar Kakabadze | Midfield - Right Midfield | Georgia | Cracovia | 75 | 0 |
| 24 |  Atsuto Uchida | Defender - Right-Back | Japan | Retired | 74 | 2 |
| 25 |  Cosmin Contra | Defender - Right-Back | Romania Spain | Retired | 73 | 7 |
| 26 |  Iván Córdoba | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia Italy | Retired | 73 | 5 |
| 27 |  Séamus Coleman | Defender - Right-Back | Ireland | Everton FC | 73 | 1 |
| 28 |  Maxime Chanot | Defender - Centre-Back | Luxembourg France | Retired | 71 | 4 |
| 29 |  Eli Dasa | Defender - Right-Back | Israel Ethiopia | Without Club | 71 | 1 |
| 30 |  Madjid Bougherra | Defender - Centre-Back | Algeria France | Retired | 70 | 4 |
| 31 |  Christian Dailly | Defender - Centre-Back | Scotland | Retired | 67 | 6 |
| 32 |  Néstor Araújo | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico Spain | CF América | 67 | 3 |
| 33 |  Danilo | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | CR Flamengo | 66 | 1 |
| 34 |  Zdenek Grygera | Defender - Right-Back | Czech Republic | Retired | 65 | 2 |
| 35 |  Cuco Martina | Defender - Centre-Back | Curacao Netherlands | SV Victory Boys | 65 | 1 |
| 36 |  Sung-yong Choi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Retired | 64 | 1 |
| 37 |  Chong-gug Song | Defender - Right-Back | Korea, South | Retired | 60 | 3 |
| 38 |  Michael Krohn-Dehli | Midfield - Central Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 59 | 6 |
| 39 |  Hamari Traoré | Defender - Right-Back | Mali | Paris FC | 59 | 3 |
| 40 |  Servet Çetin | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Retired | 59 | 3 |
| 41 |  Phil Neville | Defender - Right-Back | England | Retired | 59 | 0 |
| 42 |  Oleg Reabciuk | Defender - Left-Back | Moldova Portugal | Spartak Moscow | 59 | 0 |
| 43 |  Paulus Arajuuri | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Retired | 58 | 3 |
| 44 |  Cristian Zapata | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia | Without Club | 58 | 2 |
| 45 |  Christian Panucci | Defender - Right-Back | Italy | Retired | 57 | 4 |
| 46 |  Eric Deflandre | Defender - Right-Back | Belgium | Retired | 57 | 0 |
| 47 |  Yong Lee | Defender - Right-Back | Korea, South | Suwon FC | 57 | 0 |
| 48 |  Walter Samuel | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Spain | Retired | 56 | 5 |
| 49 |  Benjamin Pavard | Defender - Centre-Back | France | Olympique Marseille | 55 | 5 |
| 50 |  Zeki Çelik | Defender - Right-Back | Türkiye | AS Roma | 55 | 2 |
| 51 |  Glen Johnson | Defender - Right-Back | England | Retired | 54 | 1 |
| 52 |  Matt Doherty | Defender - Right-Back | Ireland | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 53 | 3 |
| 53 |  Daniel Carvajal | Defender - Right-Back | Spain | Real Madrid | 52 | 1 |
| 54 |  Sime Vrsaljko | Defender - Right-Back | Croatia | Retired | 52 | 0 |
| 55 |  Jorge Sánchez | Defender - Right-Back | Mexico | CD Cruz Azul | 51 | 2 |
| 56 |  Emil Krafth | Defender - Right-Back | Sweden | Newcastle United | 51 | 0 |
| 57 |  Nikolas Ledgerwood | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Canada | Retired | 50 | 1 |
| 58 |  Alan Hutton | Defender - Right-Back | Scotland | Retired | 50 | 0 |
| 59 |  Tom Høgli | Defender - Right-Back | Norway | Retired | 49 | 2 |
| 60 |  Dmitriy Khlestov | Defender - Right-Back | Russia | Retired | 49 | 0 |
| 61 |  Pavel Kaderabek | Defender - Right-Back | Czech Republic | AC Sparta Prague | 48 | 3 |
| 62 |  Syam Ben Youssef | Defender - Centre-Back | Tunisia France | Without Club | 48 | 2 |
| 63 |  Kara Mbodj | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal | Without Club | 47 | 5 |
| 64 |  Rebin Sulaka | Defender - Centre-Back | Iraq Sweden | Port FC | 47 | 1 |
| 65 |  Carlens Arcus | Defender - Right-Back | Haiti | Angers SCO | 46 | 1 |
| 66 |  Ola Aina | Defender - Right-Back | Nigeria England | Nottingham Forest | 46 | 0 |
| 67 |  Gregory van der Wiel | Defender - Right-Back | Netherlands Curacao | Retired | 46 | 0 |
| 68 |  Milos Degenek | Defender - Centre-Back | Australia Serbia | FK TSC Backa Topola | 45 | 1 |
| 69 |  César Azpilicueta | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Sevilla FC | 44 | 1 |
| 70 |  Nélson Semedo | Defender - Right-Back | Portugal Cape Verde | Fenerbahce | 44 | 0 |
| 71 |  Joachim Andersen | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | Fulham FC | 43 | 0 |
| 72 |  Linas Klimavičius | Defender - Centre-Back | Lithuania | FK Panevėžys | 43 | 0 |
| 73 |  Francis N'Ganga | Defender - Left-Back | Congo France | Retired | 41 | 3 |
| 74 |  György Garics | Defender - Right-Back | Austria Hungary | Retired | 41 | 2 |
| 75 |  Denil Maldonado | Defender - Centre-Back | Honduras | Rubin Kazan | 41 | 1 |
| 76 |  Gabriel Milito | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | Retired | 41 | 1 |
| 77 |  Vincent Candela | Defender - Left-Back | France | Retired | 40 | 2 |
| 78 |  Kirill Pechenin | Defender - Left-Back | Belarus | Krylya Sovetov Samara | 40 | 0 |
| 79 |  Mattia De Sciglio | Defender - Right-Back | Italy | Without Club | 40 | 0 |
| 80 |  Arouna Koné | Attack - Centre-Forward | Cote d'Ivoire | Retired | 39 | 9 |
| 81 |  Nahuel Ferraresi | Defender - Centre-Back | Venezuela Italy | São Paulo Futebol Clube | 39 | 1 |
| 82 |  Saliou Ciss | Defender - Left-Back | Senegal | Entente Feignies Aulnoye FC | 39 | 0 |
| 83 |  Märten Kuusk | Defender - Centre-Back | Estonia | GKS Katowice | 39 | 0 |
| 84 |  Akira Narahashi | Defender - Right-Back | Japan | Retired | 39 | 0 |
| 85 |  Stephen Kelly | Defender - Right-Back | Ireland | Retired | 38 | 0 |
| 86 |  Michal Pazdan | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Wieczysta Krakow | 38 | 0 |
| 87 |  Georges Ambourouet | Defender - Left-Back | Gabon | Retired | 37 | 1 |
| 88 |  Mishek Lungu | Defender - Centre-Back | Zambia | Retired | 37 | 1 |
| 89 |  Mohamed Yattara | Attack - Centre-Forward | Guinea | Zakho SC | 36 | 12 |
| 90 |  Marco Motta | Defender - Right-Back | Italy | Retired | 36 | 1 |
| 91 |  Jin-sub Park | Defender - Right-Back | Korea, South | Retired | 35 | 5 |
| 92 |  Tyias Browning | Defender - Centre-Back | China England | Shanghai Port | 35 | 1 |
| 93 |  Heath Pearce | Defender - Left-Back | United States | Retired | 35 | 0 |
| 94 |  Sergiño Dest | Defender - Right-Back | United States Netherlands | PSV Eindhoven | 34 | 2 |
| 95 |  Florent Hadergjonaj | Defender - Right-Back | Kosovo Switzerland | Alanyaspor | 34 | 1 |
| 96 |  Christian Maggio | Defender - Right-Back | Italy | Retired | 34 | 0 |
| 97 |  Mário Fernandes | Defender - Right-Back | Russia Brazil | Without Club | 33 | 5 |
| 98 |  Tim Payne | Defender - Right-Back | New Zealand | Wellington Phoenix | 33 | 2 |
| 99 |  Winston Reid | Defender - Centre-Back | New Zealand Denmark | Retired | 33 | 1 |
| 100 |  Dzemal Berberovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Retired | 33 | 0 |