| 1 |  Robbie Savage | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Wales | Retired | 1974 | — |
| 2 |  Bernd Maier | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1974 | — |
| 3 |  Sead Mehic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 4 |  Gilberto Silva | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 5 |  Cyril Jeunechamp | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 6 |  Altin Lala | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Albania Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 7 |  Markus Hausweiler | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 8 |  Sylvain N'Diaye | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Senegal France | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 9 |  George Boateng | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Netherlands Ghana | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 10 |  Godfried Aduobe | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Ghana | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 11 |  Thomas Gravesen | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Denmark | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 12 |  Patrick Vieira | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | France Senegal | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 13 |  Ivica Grlic | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Bosnia-Herzegovina Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 14 |  Mathias Surmann | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1974 | — |
| 15 |  Ivan Vicelich | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | New Zealand Croatia | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 16 |  Sebastian Hahn | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 17 |  Edmílson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil Italy | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 18 |  Aleksey Smertin | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Russia | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 19 |  Frank Wilde | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 20 |  Everson | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Brazil | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 21 |  Pál Dárdai | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Hungary | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 22 |  Guido Spork | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 23 |  Dirk Böcker | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 24 |  Nicky Butt | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | England | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 25 |  Claudio Husaín | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Argentina Lebanon | Retired | 1974 | — |
| 26 |  Danny Fütterer | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 27 |  Danny Schwarz | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1975 | — |
| 28 |  Thomas Riedl | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 29 |  Stephan Maaß | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1976 | — |
| 30 |  Markus Kullig | Midfield - Defensive Midfield | Germany | Retired | 1974 | — |