| 1 |  Frank Lampard | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 2 |  Nigel Quashie | Midfield - Central Midfield | Scotland England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 3 |  Massimo Ambrosini | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 4 |  Timo Schultz | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 5 |  Lee Hendrie | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 6 |  Lucas Bernardi | Midfield - Central Midfield | Argentina Italy | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 7 |  David Thompson | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 8 |  Benson Owusu | Midfield - Central Midfield | Ghana Switzerland | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 9 |  Michael Ballack | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 10 |  Georgios Karagounis | Midfield - Central Midfield | Greece | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 11 |  Ronnie Wallwork | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 12 |  Alfonso Camorani | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 13 |  Dejan Stanković | Midfield - Central Midfield | Serbia Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 14 |  Mehmet Deliorman | Midfield - Central Midfield | Türkiye | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 15 |  Tobias Zellner | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 16 |  Stephen Clemence | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 17 |  Gavin McCann | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 18 |  Devran Ayhan | Midfield - Central Midfield | Türkiye | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 19 |  Giuseppe Canale | Midfield - Central Midfield | Belgium Italy | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 20 |  Gennaro Gattuso | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 21 |  Sergio | Midfield - Central Midfield | Spain | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 22 |  Ekrem Kahya | Midfield - Central Midfield | Netherlands Türkiye | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 23 |  Christian Lenze | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 24 |  Kristian O'Leary | Midfield - Central Midfield | Wales | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 25 |  Bruno Sutter | Midfield - Central Midfield | Switzerland | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 26 |  Pape Sarr | Midfield - Central Midfield | Senegal France | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 27 |  Tsvetomir Chipev | Midfield - Central Midfield | Bulgaria | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 28 |  Danny Murphy | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 29 |  Eirik Bakke | Midfield - Central Midfield | Norway | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 30 |  Christian Amoroso | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy | Retired | 1976 | — |