100 players who wore #3.
| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Caps | Intl goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maynor Figueroa | Defender - Left-Back | Honduras | Retired | 175 | 5 |
| 2 |  Diego Godín | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Retired | 161 | 8 |
| 3 |  Pepe | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal Brazil | Retired | 141 | 8 |
| 4 |  Paolo Maldini | Defender - Left-Back | Italy | Retired | 126 | 7 |
| 5 |  Carlos Salcido | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Retired | 124 | 10 |
| 6 |  Giorgio Chiellini | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | Retired | 117 | 8 |
| 7 |  Olof Mellberg | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Retired | 117 | 8 |
| 8 |  Răzvan Raț | Defender - Left-Back | Romania | Retired | 113 | 2 |
| 9 |  Carlos Bocanegra | Defender - Centre-Back | United States Mexico | Retired | 110 | 14 |
| 10 |  Asamoah Gyan | Attack - Centre-Forward | Ghana | Retired | 107 | 51 |
| 11 |  Ashley Cole | Defender - Left-Back | England Barbados | Retired | 107 | 0 |
| 12 |  Lúcio | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Retired | 105 | 4 |
| 13 |  Josip Simunic | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia Australia | Retired | 105 | 3 |
| 14 |  Martin Skrtel | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia | Hajskala Raztocno | 104 | 6 |
| 15 |  Mario Yepes | Defender - Centre-Back | Colombia France | Retired | 102 | 6 |
| 16 |  Gerard Piqué | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Retired | 102 | 5 |
| 17 |  Joevin Jones | Defender - Left-Back | Trinidad and Tobago | Central FC | 99 | 14 |
| 18 |  Bixente Lizarazu | Defender - Left-Back | France | Retired | 97 | 2 |
| 19 |  Tal Ben Haim | Defender - Centre-Back | Israel | Retired | 96 | 1 |
| 20 |  Viljormur Davidsen | Defender - Left-Back | Faroe Islands | HB Tórshavn | 90 | 6 |
| 21 |  Giancarlo González | Defender - Centre-Back | Costa Rica | Sporting FC | 90 | 2 |
| 22 |  Ahmed El Mohamady | Defender - Right-Back | Egypt | Retired | 88 | 6 |
| 23 |  Thomas Vermaelen | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Retired | 85 | 2 |
| 24 |  Khaled Adénon | Defender - Centre-Back | Benin | Albert Sports | 85 | 2 |
| 25 |  Arthur Boka | Defender - Left-Back | Cote d'Ivoire | Retired | 85 | 1 |
| 26 |  Andrew Robertson | Defender - Left-Back | Scotland | Liverpool FC | 84 | 4 |
| 27 |  Nicolas N'Koulou | Defender - Centre-Back | Cameroon | Without Club | 83 | 2 |
| 28 |  Karim Haggui | Defender - Centre-Back | Tunisia Germany | Retired | 82 | 5 |
| 29 |  Arne Friedrich | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 82 | 1 |
| 30 |  Youssef Mohamad | Defender - Centre-Back | Lebanon | Retired | 81 | 3 |
| 31 |  Patrice Evra | Defender - Left-Back | France Senegal | Retired | 81 | 0 |
| 32 |  Vilmos Vanczák | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary | Retired | 80 | 4 |
| 33 |  Nicolás Tagliafico | Defender - Left-Back | Argentina Italy | Olympique Lyon | 72 | 1 |
| 34 |  Victor Lindelöf | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Aston Villa | 71 | 3 |
| 35 |  Rúben Dias | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal | Manchester City | 70 | 3 |
| 36 |  Xiang Sun | Defender - Left-Back | China | Retired | 69 | 5 |
| 37 |  Elias Charalambous | Defender - Left-Back | Cyprus South Africa | Retired | 69 | 0 |
| 38 |  Michal Kadlec | Defender - Centre-Back | Czech Republic | Retired | 67 | 8 |
| 39 |  Jaap Stam | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Retired | 66 | 3 |
| 40 |  Éric Abidal | Defender - Left-Back | France Martinique | Retired | 66 | 0 |
| 41 |  Frickson Erazo | Defender - Centre-Back | Ecuador | Retired | 64 | 2 |
| 42 |  Niklas Moisander | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Retired | 62 | 2 |
| 43 |  Paulo Ferreira | Defender - Right-Back | Portugal | Retired | 62 | 0 |
| 44 |  César Montes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Lokomotiv Moscow | 61 | 4 |
| 45 |  Damion Stewart | Defender - Centre-Back | Jamaica | Retired | 60 | 3 |
| 46 |  Bill Tchato | Defender - Left-Back | Cameroon France | Retired | 60 | 1 |
| 47 |  Miguel Rebosio | Defender - Centre-Back | Peru Italy | Retired | 60 | 0 |
| 48 |  Elderson | Defender - Left-Back | Nigeria | Retired | 59 | 3 |
| 49 |  Naoki Soma | Defender - Right-Back | Japan | Retired | 58 | 4 |
| 50 |  Merih Demiral | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Al-Ahli SFC | 57 | 4 |
| 51 |  Guillermo Maripán | Defender - Centre-Back | Chile | Torino FC | 57 | 2 |
| 52 |  Fidan Aliti | Defender - Centre-Back | Kosovo Switzerland | Alanyaspor | 57 | 1 |
| 53 |  Martin Stranzl | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Retired | 56 | 3 |
| 54 |  Jannik Vestergaard | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark Germany | Leicester City | 55 | 3 |
| 55 |  Nadir Belhadj | Defender - Left-Back | Algeria France | Retired | 54 | 4 |
| 56 |  Darío Rodríguez | Defender - Left-Back | Uruguay | Retired | 53 | 5 |
| 57 |  Craig Moore | Defender - Centre-Back | Australia England | Retired | 53 | 3 |
| 58 |  Steve Finnan | Defender - Right-Back | Ireland | Retired | 53 | 2 |
| 59 |  Lucas Digne | Defender - Left-Back | France | Aston Villa | 53 | 0 |
| 60 |  Yves Oehri | Defender - Right-Back | Liechtenstein Switzerland | Retired | 53 | 0 |
| 61 |  Omar González | Defender - Centre-Back | United States Mexico | Chicago Fire FC | 52 | 3 |
| 62 |  Fernando Varela | Defender - Centre-Back | Cape Verde Portugal | Retired | 51 | 3 |
| 63 |  Hamad Ndikumana | Defender - Right-Back | Rwanda | --- | 51 | 0 |
| 64 |  Stephen Ward | Defender - Left-Back | Ireland | Retired | 50 | 3 |
| 65 |  Neco Williams | Defender - Left-Back | Wales | Nottingham Forest | 48 | 4 |
| 66 |  Strahinja Pavlović | Defender - Centre-Back | Serbia | AC Milan | 48 | 4 |
| 67 |  Fabio Grosso | Defender - Left-Back | Italy | Retired | 48 | 4 |
| 68 |  Carlos Salcedo | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | CF Monterrey | 48 | 1 |
| 69 |  Hugo Ayala | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Retired | 47 | 1 |
| 70 |  Kristoffer Ajer | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Brentford FC | 45 | 2 |
| 71 |  Lasha Dvali | Defender - Centre-Back | Georgia | CSKA 1948 | 45 | 1 |
| 72 |  Michael Hector | Defender - Centre-Back | Jamaica England | Without Club | 45 | 0 |
| 73 |  Ermir Lenjani | Defender - Left-Back | Albania Kosovo | FC Schaffhausen | 44 | 5 |
| 74 |  Santiago Acasiete | Defender - Centre-Back | Peru Spain | Retired | 44 | 2 |
| 75 |  Nuraly Alip | Defender - Centre-Back | Kazakhstan | Zenit St. Petersburg | 44 | 0 |
| 76 |  Jonas Hector | Defender - Left-Back | Germany | Retired | 43 | 3 |
| 77 |  Ermin Bicakcic | Defender - Centre-Back | Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany | Without Club | 43 | 3 |
| 78 |  Neil Taylor | Defender - Left-Back | Wales India | Retired | 43 | 1 |
| 79 |  Waldo Ponce | Defender - Centre-Back | Chile | Retired | 42 | 4 |
| 80 |  José Chamot | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | Retired | 42 | 2 |
| 81 |  Artur Jedrzejczyk | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Legia Warszawa | 41 | 3 |
| 82 |  Alejandro Chumacero | Midfield - Central Midfield | Bolivia | Club Jorge Wilstermann | 41 | 2 |
| 83 |  Sasa Papac | Defender - Left-Back | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Retired | 40 | 0 |
| 84 |  Jamal Lewis | Defender - Left-Back | Northern Ireland England | Without Club | 39 | 0 |
| 85 |  Chris Gloster | Defender - Left-Back | United States | New Mexico United | 38 | 1 |
| 86 |  Jure Balkovec | Defender - Left-Back | Slovenia | Fatih Karagümrük | 38 | 0 |
| 87 |  Faouzi Ghoulam | Defender - Left-Back | Algeria France | Without Club | 37 | 5 |
| 88 |  Omari Tetradze | Defender - Right-Back | Russia Georgia | Retired | 37 | 1 |
| 89 |  Sung-yong Choi | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Retired | 37 | 0 |
| 90 |  Michael Klukowski | Defender - Left-Back | Canada Poland | Retired | 37 | 0 |
| 91 |  Enes Mahmutovic | Defender - Centre-Back | Luxembourg Kosovo | NAC Breda | 37 | 0 |
| 92 |  Marvin Baudry | Defender - Centre-Back | Congo France | US Orléans | 36 | 3 |
| 93 |  Firmin Sanou | Defender | Burkina Faso | Retired | 36 | 2 |
| 94 |  Tyler Polak | Defender - Left-Back | United States | Greenville Triumph SC | 36 | 1 |
| 95 |  Won-hee Cho | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Retired | 36 | 1 |
| 96 |  Yordan Osorio | Defender - Centre-Back | Venezuela | Deportivo La Guaira | 36 | 0 |
| 97 |  Delio Toledo | Defender - Left-Back | Paraguay Argentina | Retired | 35 | 4 |
| 98 |  Aaron Long | Defender - Centre-Back | United States | Los Angeles FC | 35 | 3 |
| 99 |  Nicolás Samayoa | Defender - Centre-Back | Guatemala United States | CSD Municipal | 35 | 2 |
| 100 |  Éder Militão | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Spain | Real Madrid | 35 | 2 |