| 1 |  Gavin McCann | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 2 |  Kristian O'Leary | Midfield - Central Midfield | Wales | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 3 |  Kléberson | Midfield - Central Midfield | Brazil | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 4 |  Jody Morris | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 5 |  Timo Schultz | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 6 |  Tobias Zellner | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 7 |  Stephen Clemence | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 8 |  Jonathan Greening | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 9 |  David Thompson | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 10 |  Eirik Bakke | Midfield - Central Midfield | Norway | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 11 |  Fabian Boll | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 12 |  Tsvetomir Chipev | Midfield - Central Midfield | Bulgaria | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 13 |  Stiliyan Petrov | Midfield - Central Midfield | Bulgaria | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 14 |  Scott Severin | Midfield - Central Midfield | Scotland | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 15 |  Lucas Bernardi | Midfield - Central Midfield | Argentina Italy | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 16 |  Lee Marshall | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 17 |  Jamie McClen | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 18 |  Erdal Eraslan | Midfield - Central Midfield | Germany Türkiye | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 19 |  David Jarolím | Midfield - Central Midfield | Czech Republic | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 20 |  Ronnie Wallwork | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 21 |  Mark Wilson | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 22 |  Pascal Johansen | Midfield - Central Midfield | France | Retired | 1979 | — |
| 23 |  Cristian Ledesma | Midfield - Central Midfield | Argentina | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 24 |  Gennaro Gattuso | Midfield - Central Midfield | Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 25 |  Damien Johnson | Midfield - Central Midfield | Northern Ireland | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 26 |  Pape Sarr | Midfield - Central Midfield | Senegal France | Retired | 1977 | — |
| 27 |  Dejan Stanković | Midfield - Central Midfield | Serbia Italy | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 28 |  Frank Lampard | Midfield - Central Midfield | England | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 29 |  Ali Güneş | Midfield - Central Midfield | Türkiye Germany | Retired | 1978 | — |
| 30 |  Mile Krstev | Midfield - Central Midfield | North Macedonia | Retired | 1979 | — |