| 1 |  Torsten Frings | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 2 |  Dema Kovalenko | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ukraine United States | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 3 |  Thomas Gravesen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 4 |  Patrick Vieira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Senegal | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 5 |  Amdy Faye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 6 |  Kuami Agboh | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Togo France | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 7 |  Mihai Tararache | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Romania | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 8 |  Gilberto Silva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 9 |  Sander van Gessel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 10 |  Tie Li | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | China | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 11 |  Pellegrino Matarazzo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | United States Italy | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 12 |  Jörg Scherbe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 13 |  Benjamin Huggel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Switzerland | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 14 |  Salif Diao | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 15 |  Edmílson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 16 |  Johann Vogel | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Switzerland | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 17 |  Thomas Riedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 18 |  Vincent Doukantie | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Mali France | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 19 |  Daniel Andersson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Sweden | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 20 |  Ousmane Dabo | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Senegal | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 21 |  Stefan Siedschlag | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 22 |  Markus Hausweiler | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 23 |  Stephan Maaß | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 24 |  Ivan Vukomanovic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Serbia | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 25 |  Sascha Amstätter | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 26 |  Tom van der Leegte | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 27 |  Pál Dárdai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 28 |  Matthias Heidrich | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | - |
| 29 |  Ivan Vicelich | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | New Zealand Croatia | Retired | 1976 | - |
| 30 |  Dirk Böcker | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | - |