100 players who wore #5.
| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Caps | Intl goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Celso Borges | Midfield - Central Midfield | Costa Rica Brazil | LD Alajuelense | 163 | 27 |
| 2 |  Jan Vertonghen | Defender - Centre-Back | Belgium | Retired | 157 | 10 |
| 3 |  Yuto Nagatomo | Defender - Left-Back | Japan | FC Tokyo | 144 | 4 |
| 4 |  Sergio Busquets | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Spain | Inter Miami CF | 143 | 2 |
| 5 |  Fabio Cannavaro | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | Retired | 136 | 2 |
| 6 |  Didier Zokora | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Cote d'Ivoire | Retired | 123 | 1 |
| 7 |  Román Torres | Defender - Centre-Back | Panama | Retired | 119 | 10 |
| 8 |  Idrissa Gueye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal | Everton FC | 113 | 7 |
| 9 |  Weifeng Li | Defender - Centre-Back | China | Retired | 112 | 14 |
| 10 |  Jonny Evans | Defender - Centre-Back | Northern Ireland | Retired | 107 | 6 |
| 11 |  Giovanni van Bronckhorst | Defender - Left-Back | Netherlands | Retired | 106 | 6 |
| 12 |  Bruno Ecuele Manga | Defender - Centre-Back | Gabon France | Paris 13 Atletico | 105 | 9 |
| 13 |  Linpeng Zhang | Defender - Centre-Back | China | Shanghai Port | 105 | 6 |
| 14 |  Vedran Corluka | Defender - Centre-Back | Croatia | Retired | 103 | 4 |
| 15 |  Bostjan Cesar | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovenia | Retired | 101 | 10 |
| 16 |  Emre Belözoğlu | Midfield - Central Midfield | Türkiye | Retired | 101 | 9 |
| 17 |  Carles Puyol | Defender - Centre-Back | Spain | Retired | 100 | 3 |
| 18 |  Laurent Blanc | Defender - Centre-Back | France | Retired | 97 | 16 |
| 19 |  Lorik Cana | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Albania France | Retired | 92 | 1 |
| 20 |  Andrius Skerla | Defender - Centre-Back | Lithuania | Retired | 88 | 1 |
| 21 |  Tarek Salman | Defender - Centre-Back | Qatar Egypt | Al-Sadd SC | 85 | 2 |
| 22 |  William Gallas | Defender - Centre-Back | France Guadeloupe | Retired | 84 | 5 |
| 23 |  John Stones | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Manchester City | 83 | 3 |
| 24 |  Junichi Inamoto | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Japan | Retired | 82 | 5 |
| 25 |  Mark Milligan | Defender - Centre-Back | Australia | Retired | 80 | 6 |
| 26 |  Casemiro | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Spain | Manchester United | 78 | 7 |
| 27 |  William Troost-Ekong | Defender - Centre-Back | Nigeria Netherlands | Al-Kholood Club | 78 | 7 |
| 28 |  Hannu Tihinen | Defender - Centre-Back | Finland | Retired | 78 | 5 |
| 29 |  Christian Fuchs | Defender - Left-Back | Austria | Retired | 78 | 1 |
| 30 |  Woo-young Jung | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Korea, South | Ulsan HD FC | 77 | 3 |
| 31 |  Tony Vidmar | Defender - Left-Back | Australia Italy | Retired | 77 | 3 |
| 32 |  Leandro Paredes | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina | CA Boca Juniors | 75 | 5 |
| 33 |  Ioan Lupescu | Midfield - Central Midfield | Romania | Retired | 74 | 6 |
| 34 |  Manuel Akanji | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland Nigeria | Inter Milan | 73 | 4 |
| 35 |  Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | Defender - Centre-Back | Japan | Retired | 71 | 3 |
| 36 |  Jan Bednarek | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | FC Porto | 71 | 1 |
| 37 |  Milad Mohammadi | Defender - Left-Back | Iran | Persepolis FC | 71 | 1 |
| 38 |  Matías Vecino | Midfield - Central Midfield | Uruguay Italy | SS Lazio | 69 | 5 |
| 39 |  David Weir | Defender - Centre-Back | Scotland | Retired | 69 | 1 |
| 40 |  Pablo Contreras | Defender - Centre-Back | Chile Spain | Retired | 67 | 2 |
| 41 |  Julio Cáceres | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Retired | 66 | 2 |
| 42 |  Diego Reyes | Defender - Centre-Back | Mexico | Querétaro FC | 65 | 2 |
| 43 |  Attila Fiola | Defender - Right-Back | Hungary | Újpest FC | 64 | 2 |
| 44 |  Javier Margas | Defender - Centre-Back | Chile | Retired | 63 | 6 |
| 45 |  Walter Gargano | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Uruguay Italy | Retired | 63 | 1 |
| 46 |  Sergiy Sydorchuk | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine | KVC Westerlo | 62 | 3 |
| 47 |  Ronny Johnsen | Defender - Centre-Back | Norway | Retired | 62 | 3 |
| 48 |  Grant Hanley | Defender - Centre-Back | Scotland | Hibernian FC | 62 | 2 |
| 49 |  Sead Kolasinac | Defender - Centre-Back | Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany | Atalanta BC | 62 | 0 |
| 50 |  Gary Cahill | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Retired | 61 | 5 |
| 51 |  Gilberto Martínez | Defender - Centre-Back | Costa Rica | Retired | 61 | 0 |
| 52 |  Michael Essien | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana France | Retired | 59 | 9 |
| 53 |  Babanco | Midfield - Central Midfield | Cape Verde Portugal | Retired | 59 | 4 |
| 54 |  Alessandro Costacurta | Defender - Centre-Back | Italy | Retired | 59 | 2 |
| 55 |  Kali | Defender - Centre-Back | Angola Portugal | Retired | 59 | 0 |
| 56 |  Rudi Vata | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania | Retired | 58 | 5 |
| 57 |  Alvas Powell | Defender - Right-Back | Jamaica | FC Cincinnati | 58 | 2 |
| 58 |  Serge Akakpo | Defender - Centre-Back | Togo France | Retired | 58 | 2 |
| 59 |  Wilmar Barrios | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Colombia | Zenit St. Petersburg | 57 | 1 |
| 60 |  Erik Edman | Defender - Left-Back | Sweden | Retired | 57 | 1 |
| 61 |  Martin Olsson | Defender - Left-Back | Sweden | Malmö FF | 56 | 5 |
| 62 |  Nayef Aguerd | Defender - Centre-Back | Morocco | Olympique Marseille | 56 | 2 |
| 63 |  Ethan Ampadu | Defender - Centre-Back | Wales England | Leeds United | 56 | 0 |
| 64 |  Nathan Aké | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands Cote d'Ivoire | Manchester City | 55 | 5 |
| 65 |  Stanislav Varga | Defender - Centre-Back | Slovakia Hungary | Retired | 55 | 2 |
| 66 |  Vladimír Coufal | Defender - Right-Back | Czech Republic | TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | 55 | 1 |
| 67 |  Fernando Meira | Defender - Centre-Back | Portugal | Retired | 54 | 2 |
| 68 |  Marek Cech | Defender - Left-Back | Slovakia | Retired | 52 | 5 |
| 69 |  Fábio Coentrão | Defender - Left-Back | Portugal | Retired | 52 | 5 |
| 70 |  Esteban Cambiasso | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Italy | Retired | 52 | 5 |
| 71 |  Louie Annesley | Defender - Centre-Back | Gibraltar England | Dorking Wanderers | 52 | 1 |
| 72 |  Bobo Baldé | Defender - Centre-Back | Guinea France | Retired | 51 | 4 |
| 73 |  James Collins | Defender - Centre-Back | Wales | Retired | 51 | 3 |
| 74 |  Aleksandre Amisulashvili | Defender - Centre-Back | Georgia Russia | Retired | 50 | 4 |
| 75 |  Antonee Robinson | Defender - Left-Back | United States England | Fulham FC | 50 | 4 |
| 76 |  Nikolay Bodurov | Defender - Centre-Back | Bulgaria | Pirin Blagoevgrad | 50 | 2 |
| 77 |  Steve von Bergen | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland | Retired | 50 | 0 |
| 78 |  Murat Yakin | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland Türkiye | Retired | 49 | 4 |
| 79 |  Sonni Nattestad | Defender - Centre-Back | Faroe Islands | 07 Vestur | 49 | 3 |
| 80 |  Renato Ibarra | Attack - Right Winger | Ecuador | Independiente del Valle | 49 | 1 |
| 81 |  Danny Gabbidon | Defender - Centre-Back | Wales Jamaica | Retired | 49 | 0 |
| 82 |  Efe Ambrose | Defender - Centre-Back | Nigeria | Glasgow United FC | 47 | 3 |
| 83 |  Okay Yokuşlu | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Türkiye | Trabzonspor | 47 | 1 |
| 84 |  Steven Vitória | Defender - Centre-Back | Canada Portugal | Without Club | 46 | 5 |
| 85 |  Walker Zimmerman | Defender - Centre-Back | United States | Nashville SC | 46 | 3 |
| 86 |  Fabián Balbuena | Defender - Centre-Back | Paraguay | Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense | 46 | 2 |
| 87 |  Stefan Posch | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Como 1907 | 44 | 2 |
| 88 |  Frédéric Veseli | Defender - Centre-Back | Albania Switzerland | FC Südtirol | 44 | 0 |
| 89 |  Jules Koundé | Defender - Right-Back | France Benin | FC Barcelona | 44 | 0 |
| 90 |  Adam Straith | Defender - Centre-Back | Canada | Without Club | 43 | 0 |
| 91 |  David Edgar | Defender - Centre-Back | Canada England | Retired | 42 | 4 |
| 92 |  Thimothée Atouba | Defender - Left-Back | Cameroon | Retired | 42 | 0 |
| 93 |  Pierre Neurath Bengtsson | Defender - Left-Back | Sweden | Retired | 42 | 0 |
| 94 |  Radoslaw Kaluzny | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Poland | Retired | 41 | 11 |
| 95 |  Rafik Halliche | Defender - Centre-Back | Algeria | Retired | 41 | 3 |
| 96 |  Macit Güven | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Retired | 41 | 0 |
| 97 |  Dejan Stanković | Midfield - Central Midfield | Serbia Italy | Retired | 40 | 8 |
| 98 |  Hidemasa Morita | Midfield - Central Midfield | Japan | Sporting CP | 40 | 6 |
| 99 |  Júnior Moreno | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Venezuela | Without Club | 40 | 1 |
| 100 |  Volodymyr Yezerskyi | Defender - Right-Back | Ukraine | Retired | 39 | 2 |