| # | Player | Position | Citizenship | Club | Born | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Alpay Özalan | Defender - Centre-Back | Türkiye | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 2 |  Ralf Bucher | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 3 |  Markus Babbel | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 4 |  Darryl Powell | Defender - Centre-Back | Jamaica England | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 5 |  Ralph Geiger | Defender - Centre-Back | Austria | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 6 |  Witold Wawrzyczek | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 7 |  Ned Zelic | Defender - Centre-Back | Australia Croatia | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 8 |  Patrick Pothuizen | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 9 |  Andreas Jakobsson | Defender - Centre-Back | Sweden | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 10 |  Jaap Stam | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 11 |  Tomasz Klos | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 12 |  Regillio Vrede | Defender - Centre-Back | Netherlands Suriname | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 13 |  Arne Tammen | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 14 |  Émerson Thome | Defender - Centre-Back | Brazil Portugal | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 15 |  El Hadji Dione | Defender - Centre-Back | Senegal Germany | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 16 |  Dariusz Zuraw | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 17 |  Tomasz Hajto | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 18 |  Marco Grimm | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 19 |  Dennis Grassow | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 20 |  Christian Beeck | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 21 |  Krzysztof Kowalik | Defender - Centre-Back | Poland | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 22 |  Konstantinos Konstantinidis | Defender - Centre-Back | Greece | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 23 |  Vilmos Sebők | Defender - Centre-Back | Hungary | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 24 |  Lilian Thuram | Defender - Centre-Back | France Guadeloupe | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 25 |  Marco Zwyssig | Defender - Centre-Back | Switzerland | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 26 |  Mauricio Pochettino | Defender - Centre-Back | Argentina Spain | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 27 |  Petr Gabriel | Defender - Centre-Back | Czech Republic | Retired | 1973 | - |
| 28 |  Tom Persich | Defender - Centre-Back | Germany | Retired | 1971 | - |
| 29 |  Paul Butler | Defender - Centre-Back | Ireland England | Retired | 1972 | - |
| 30 |  Alan Stubbs | Defender - Centre-Back | England | Retired | 1971 | - |