100 players who wore #4.
| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Caps | Intl goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Michael Bradley | Midfield - Central Midfield | United States | Retired | 151 | 17 |
| 2 |  Rafa Márquez | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico Spain | Retired | 147 | 17 |
| 3 |  Mauricio Isla | Defender - Right-Back | Chile | CSD Colo-Colo | 144 | 5 |
| 4 |  Rigobert Song | Defender - Centre-Back | Cameroon France | Retired | 137 | 4 |
| 5 |  Hany Ramzy | Defender - Centre-Back | Egypt | Retired | 124 | 6 |
| 6 |  Masami Ihara | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Retired | 122 | 5 |
| 7 |  Kolo Touré | Defender - Centre-Back | Cote d'Ivoire England | Retired | 118 | 6 |
| 8 |  John O'Shea | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland | Retired | 118 | 3 |
| 9 |  Steven Gerrard | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 114 | 21 |
| 10 |  Carlos Gamarra | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Retired | 109 | 12 |
| 11 |  Tim Cahill | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Australia Samoa | Retired | 108 | 50 |
| 12 |  Patrick Vieira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Senegal | Retired | 107 | 6 |
| 13 |  Sami Hyypiä | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Retired | 105 | 5 |
| 14 |  Aaron Mokoena | Defender - Centre-Back | South Africa | Retired | 105 | 1 |
| 15 |  Ulises de la Cruz | Defender - Right-Back | Ecuador England | Retired | 101 | 7 |
| 16 |  Keisuke Honda | Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Japan | Retired | 98 | 37 |
| 17 |  Ben Davies | Defender - Centre-Back | Wales | Tottenham Hotspur | 97 | 3 |
| 18 |  Lucas Neill | Defender - Centre-Back | Australia Northern Ireland | Retired | 97 | 1 |
| 19 |  Edson Álvarez | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mexico | Fenerbahce | 93 | 7 |
| 20 |  Raphaël Varane | Defender - Centre-Back | France Martinique | Retired | 93 | 5 |
| 21 |  Fidel Escobar | Defender - Centre-Back | Panama | Deportivo Saprissa | 92 | 4 |
| 22 |  Jan Durica | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia | Retired | 91 | 4 |
| 23 |  Elseid Hysaj | Defender - Right-Back | Albania | SS Lazio | 91 | 2 |
| 24 |  Alpay Özalan | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Retired | 90 | 4 |
| 25 |  Vincent Kompany | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium DR Congo | Retired | 89 | 4 |
| 26 |  Emmanuel Adebayor | Attack - Centre-Forward | Togo Nigeria | Retired | 86 | 32 |
| 27 |  Virgil van Dijk | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands Suriname | Liverpool FC | 84 | 10 |
| 28 |  Robert Kovac | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Retired | 84 | 0 |
| 29 |  Oswaldo Vizcarrondo | Defender - Centre-Back | Venezuela France | Retired | 83 | 9 |
| 30 |  Aleksandr Martynovich | Defender - Centre-Back | Belarus Russia | Kairat Almaty | 83 | 2 |
| 31 |  Kakhaber Kaladze | Defender - Centre-Back | Georgia | Retired | 83 | 1 |
| 32 |  Bakary Koné | Defender - Centre-Back | Burkina Faso France | Retired | 81 | 0 |
| 33 |  Gareth McAuley | Defender - Centre-Back | Northern Ireland | Retired | 80 | 9 |
| 34 |  Daniel Agger | Defender - Centre-Back | Denmark | Retired | 75 | 12 |
| 35 |  Juan Carlos Paredes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ecuador | 22 de Julio FC | 75 | 0 |
| 36 |  Jonathan Mensah | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana | Without Club | 70 | 1 |
| 37 |  Min-jae Kim | Defender - Centre-Back | Korea, South | Bayern Munich | 69 | 4 |
| 38 |  Carlos Marchena | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Retired | 69 | 2 |
| 39 |  Declan Rice | Midfield - Central Midfield | England Ireland | Arsenal FC | 68 | 6 |
| 40 |  Nikola Milenković | Defender - Centre-Back | Serbia | Nottingham Forest | 68 | 3 |
| 41 |  Martin Hinteregger | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | SGA Sirnitz | 67 | 4 |
| 42 |  Gabriel Tamaș | Defender - Centre-Back | Romania | Retired | 67 | 3 |
| 43 |  Kaspars Dubra | Defender - Centre-Back | Latvia | Retired | 66 | 3 |
| 44 |  Igor Shitov | Defender - Right-Back | Belarus | DMedia Minsk | 66 | 1 |
| 45 |  Armend Dallku | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania Kosovo | Retired | 64 | 1 |
| 46 |  Fatih Akyel | Defender - Right-Back | Türkiye | Retired | 64 | 0 |
| 47 |  Santiago Arias | Defender - Right-Back | Colombia | Esporte Clube Bahia | 63 | 0 |
| 48 |  Do-heon Kim | Midfield - Central Midfield | Korea, South | Retired | 62 | 12 |
| 49 |  Mattias Käit | Midfield - Central Midfield | Estonia | FC Thun | 62 | 10 |
| 50 |  Scott McTominay | Midfield - Central Midfield | Scotland England | SSC Napoli | 61 | 12 |
| 51 |  Shane Duffy | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland Northern Ireland | Norwich City | 61 | 7 |
| 52 |  Emanuel Pogatetz | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Retired | 61 | 2 |
| 53 |  James Milner | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Brighton & Hove Albion | 61 | 1 |
| 54 |  Paolo Montero | Defender - Centre-Back | Uruguay Spain | Retired | 60 | 5 |
| 55 |  Igor Stimac | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Retired | 59 | 3 |
| 56 |  Samuel Kuffour | Defender - Centre-Back | Ghana Germany | Retired | 59 | 3 |
| 57 |  Roberto Sensini | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | Retired | 59 | 0 |
| 58 |  Jean Michaël Seri | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | NK Maribor | 58 | 4 |
| 59 |  Edvinas Girdvainis | Defender - Centre-Back | Lithuania | FK Liepaja | 58 | 1 |
| 60 |  Pablo Zabaleta | Defender - Right-Back | Argentina Spain | Retired | 58 | 0 |
| 61 |  Philippe Senderos | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland Spain | Retired | 57 | 5 |
| 62 |  David Luiz | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Pafos FC | 57 | 3 |
| 63 |  Tamás Kádár | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary | MTK Budapest | 57 | 1 |
| 64 |  Aleksey Smertin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Retired | 55 | 0 |
| 65 |  Anthar Yahia | Defender - Centre-Back | Algeria France | Retired | 53 | 6 |
| 66 |  Gareth Barry | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Hurstpierpoint FC | 53 | 3 |
| 67 |  Paul Ince | Midfield - Central Midfield | England Barbados | Retired | 53 | 2 |
| 68 |  Victor Pálsson | Defender - Centre-Back | Iceland Portugal | AC Horsens | 52 | 4 |
| 69 |  Nikola Vukcevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Montenegro | Retired | 52 | 1 |
| 70 |  Florian Bohnert | Defender - Right-Back | Luxembourg | SC Bastia | 52 | 1 |
| 71 |  Matthias Ginter | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | SC Freiburg | 51 | 2 |
| 72 |  Nikolas Ioannou | Defender - Left-Back | Cyprus England | UC Sampdoria | 51 | 2 |
| 73 |  Tyler Adams | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | AFC Bournemouth | 51 | 2 |
| 74 |  Johan Mjällby | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Retired | 49 | 4 |
| 75 |  Attila Szalai | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary | Kasimpasa | 49 | 2 |
| 76 |  Nicolás Burdisso | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Italy | Retired | 49 | 2 |
| 77 |  Jorge Fucile | Defender - Right-Back | Uruguay Italy | Retired | 49 | 0 |
| 78 |  Roque Júnior | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil | Retired | 48 | 2 |
| 79 |  Luis Haquín | Defender - Centre-Back | Bolivia | Al-Tai FC | 47 | 1 |
| 80 |  Marcos López | Defender - Left-Back | Peru | FC Copenhagen | 47 | 0 |
| 81 |  Mohammed Waad | Midfield - Central Midfield | Qatar Iraq | Al-Sadd SC | 46 | 0 |
| 82 |  Xaver Schlager | Midfield - Central Midfield | Austria | RB Leipzig | 45 | 4 |
| 83 |  Amadou Haidara | Midfield - Central Midfield | Mali | RB Leipzig | 45 | 2 |
| 84 |  Charlie Mulgrew | Defender - Centre-Back | Scotland | Doncaster City | 44 | 3 |
| 85 |  Benedikt Höwedes | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 44 | 2 |
| 86 |  Thomas Linke | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 43 | 1 |
| 87 |  Hao Rong | Defender - Left-Back | China | Retired | 43 | 0 |
| 88 |  Josko Gvardiol | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Manchester City | 42 | 3 |
| 89 |  Nelson Vivas | Defender - Right-Back | Argentina | Retired | 42 | 1 |
| 90 |  Owen Hargreaves | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England Canada | Retired | 42 | 0 |
| 91 |  Robert Ivanov | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Asteras Aktor | 41 | 0 |
| 92 |  Robert Arboleda | Defender - Centre-Back | Ecuador | São Paulo Futebol Clube | 39 | 2 |
| 93 |  Luka Milivojevic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Al-Nasr SC (UAE) | 39 | 1 |
| 94 |  Jonathan Tah | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany Cote d'Ivoire | Bayern Munich | 39 | 0 |
| 95 |  Ko Itakura | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Ajax Amsterdam | 38 | 2 |
| 96 |  Konstantinos Mavropanos | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece | West Ham United | 38 | 2 |
| 97 |  Manuel da Costa | Defender - Centre-Back | Morocco Portugal | Retired | 38 | 1 |
| 98 |  James Sands | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States | FC St. Pauli | 37 | 1 |
| 99 |  Gonzalo Montiel | Defender - Right-Back | Argentina Spain | CA River Plate | 37 | 1 |
| 100 |  Dara O'Shea | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland | Ipswich Town | 37 | 0 |