For a list of all Bayer Leverkusen players, major or minor, with a Wikipedia article, see Category:Bayer Leverkusen players, and for the current squad see the main Bayer Leverkusen article.
Players are listed according to the date of their first team debut. Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
Name | Nationality | Position | Bayer Leverkusen career | Appearances | Goals | Notes | {{sortname|Rene|Adler}} | Germany}} | Goalkeeper | 2006-2012 | 173 | 0 |
{{sortname|Renato|Augusto}} | Brazil}} | Midfielder | 2008-2012 | 97 | 8 |
{{sortname|Marko|Babić|Marko Babić (footballer)}} | Croatia}} | Midfielder | 2000-2007 | 144 | 13 |
{{sortname|Hanno|Balitsch}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2002-2005, 2010-2012 | 96 | 6 |
{{sortname|Michael|Ballack}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1999-2002, 2010-2012 | 114 | 29 |
{{sortname|Tranquillo|Barnetta}} | Switzerland}} | Midfielder | 2004-2012 | 187 | 23 |
{{sortname|Dieter|Bast}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1983-1986 | 71 | 2 |
{{sortname|Yıldıray|Baştürk}} | Turkey}} | Midfielder | 2001-2004 | 73 | 8 |
{{sortname|Stefan|Beinlich}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1997-2000 | 80 | 24 |
{{sortname|Lars|Bender}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2009- | 173 | 16 |
{{sortname|Javier|Hernández}} | Mexico}} | Forward | 2015-2017 | 76 | 39 |
{{sortname|Dimitar|Berbatov}} | Bulgaria}} | Forward | 2001-2006 | 154 | 69 |
{{sortname|Daniel|Bierofka}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2002-2005 | 78 | 12 |
{{sortname|Thomas|Brdarić}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1999-2003 | 82 | 14 |
{{sortname|Andrzej|Buncol}} | Poland}} | Midfielder | 1987-1992 | 123 | 14 |
{{sortname|Hans-Jörg|Butt}} | Germany}} | Goalkeeper | 2001-2007 | 191 | 7 |
{{sortname|Gonzalo|Castro}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2005-2015 | 220 | 18 |
{{sortname|Cha|Bum-Kun}} | South Korea}} | Forward | 1983-1989 | 185 | 52 |
{{sortname|Jean-Pierre|de Keyser}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1986-1990 | 81 | 1 |
{{sortname|Dietmar|Demuth}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1979-1983 | 92 | 14 |
{{sortname|Eren|Derdiyok}} | Switzerland}} | Forward | 2009-2012 | 90 | 25 |
Emerson | Brazil}} | Midfielder | 1997-2000 | 88 | 11 |
{{sortname|Markus|Feldhoff}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1995-1998 | 77 | 14 |
{{sortname|Andreas|Fischer|Andreas Fischer (footballer)}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1989-1994 | 151 | 13 |
{{sortname|Franco|Foda}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1990-1994 | 113 | 10 |
{{sortname | França} | Brazil}} | Forward | 2002-2005 | 102 | 29 |
{{sortname|Paul|Freier}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2004-2008 | 111 | 17 |
{{sortname|Manuel|Friedrich}} | Germany}} | Defender | 2007-2013 | 147 | 11 |
{{sortname|Theofanis|Gekas}} | Greece}} | Forward | 2007-2010 | 50 | 13 |
{{sortname|Jürgen|Gelsdorf}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1976-1986 | 296 | 26 |
{{sortname|Jürgen|Glowacz}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1979-1982 | 53 | 13 |
{{sortname|Falko|Götz}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1984-1988 | 115 | 26 |
{{sortname|Karim|Haggui}} | Tunisia}} | Defender | 2006-2009 | 59 | 3 |
{{sortname|Pavel|Hapal}} | Czech Republic}} | Midfielder | 1992-1995 | 86 | 13 |
{{sortname|Markus|Happe}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1991-1999 | 188 | 8 |
{{sortname|Christian|Hausmann}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1986-1988 | 56 | 2 |
{{sortname|Dirk|Heinen}} | Germany}} | Goalkeeper | 1990-1999 | 107 | 0 |
{{sortname|Jan|Heintze}} | Denmark}} | Defender | 1996-1999 | 87 | 5 |
{{sortname|Frankie|Hejduk}} | United States}} | Defender | 1998-2003 | 19 | 1 |
{{sortname|Patrick|Helmes}} | Germany}} | Forward | 2008-2011 | 57 | 28 |
{{sortname|Peter|Hermann|Peter Hermann (footballer)}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1976-1984 | 215 | 32 |
{{sortname|Heiko|Herrlich}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1989-1993 | 75 | 6 |
{{sortname|Dieter|Herzog}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1976-1983 | 193 | 29 |
{{sortname|Sami|Hyypiä}} | Finland}} | Defender | 2009-2011 | 53 | 3 |
{{sortname|Thomas|Hörster}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1977-1991 | 404 | 26 |
{{sortname | Jorginho (footballer, born 1964)} | Brazil}} | Defender | 1989-1992 | 87 | 9 |
{{sortname | Juan Silveira dos Santos} | Brazil}} | Defender | 2002-2007 | 139 | 10 |
{{sortname|Michal|Kadlec}} | Czech Republic}} | Defender | 2007-2013 | 128 | 8 |
{{sortname|Radosław|Kałużny}} | Poland}} | Defender | 2003-2004 | 12 | 0 |
{{sortname|Stefan|Kießling}} | Germany}} | Forward | 2006-2018 | 344 | 131 |
{{sortname|Ulf|Kirsten}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1990-2003 | 350 | 182 |
{{sortname|Niko|Kovač}} | Croatia}} | Midfielder | 1996-1999 | 77 | 8 |
{{sortname|Robert|Kovač}} | Croatia}} | Defender | 1996-2001 | 127 | 1 |
{{sortname|Martin|Kree}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1989-1994 | 156 | 22 |
{{sortname|Toni|Kroos}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2009-2010 | 43 | 10 |
{{sortname|Jacek|Krzynówek}} | Poland}} | Midfielder | 2004-2006 | 52 | 9 |
{{sortname|Hans-Peter|Lehnhoff}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1994-2000 | 139 | 11 |
{{sortname|Bernd|Leno}} | Germany}} | Goalkeeper | 2011- 2018 | 165 | 0 |
{{sortname|Marek|Leśniak}} | Poland}} | Forward | 1988-1992 | 119 | 20 |
{{sortname | Lúcio} | Brazil}} | Defender | 2001-2004 | 92 | 15 |
{{sortname|Ioan|Lupescu}} | Romania}} | Midfielder | 1990-1996 | 184 | 4 |
{{sortname|Adam|Matysek}} | Poland}} | Goalkeeper | 1998-2001 | 78 | 0 |
{{sortname|Erik|Meijer|Erik Meijer (footballer)}} | Netherlands}} | Forward | 1996-1999 | 84 | 16 |
{{sortname|Markus|Münch|Markus Münch (footballer)}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1994-1996 | 57 | 3 |
{{sortname|Josef|Nehl}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1992-1996 | 56 | 5 |
{{sortname|Oliver|Neuville}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1999-2004 | 165 | 42 |
{{sortname|Jens|Nowotny}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1996-2006 | 231 | 4 |
{{sortname|Arne Larsen|Økland}} | Norway}} | Forward | 1980-1983 | 101 | 43 |
{{sortname|Wolfgang|Patzke}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1983-1986 | 59 | 5 |
Paulo Sérgio | Brazil}} | Forward | 1993-1997 | 121 | 47 |
{{sortname|Diego|Placente}} | Argentina}} | Defender | 2001-2005 | 123 | 3 |
{{sortname|Robson|Ponte}} | Brazil}} | Midfielder | 1999-2005 | 79 | 6 |
{{sortname|Walter|Posner}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1975-1984 | 274 | 5 |
{{sortname|Carsten|Ramelow}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1996-2008 | 333 | 22 |
{{sortname|Jörg|Reeb}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1998-2001 | 54 | 1 |
{{sortname|Stefan|Reinartz}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2008-2015 | 96 | 7 |
{{sortname|Alois|Reinhardt}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1984-1991 | 156 | 1 |
{{sortname|Knut|Reinhardt}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1985-1991 | 118 | 5 |
{{sortname|Paulo|Rink}} | Brazil}} | Forward | 1997-2001 | 88 | 29 |
{{sortname|Jürgen|Röber}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1982-1986 | 105 | 18 |
{{sortname|Simon|Rolfes}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 2005-2015 | 214 | 34 |
{{sortname|Wolfgang|Rolff}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1986-1989 | 99 | 9 |
{{sortname|Sidney|Sam}} | Germany}} | Forward | 2010-2014 | 92 | 24 |
Bernd Schneider | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1999-2009 | 263 | 35 |
{{sortname|Heiko|Scholz}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1992-1995 | 75 | 5 |
{{sortname|Christian|Schreier}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1984-1991 | 203 | 63 |
{{sortname|André|Schürrle}} | Germany}} | Forward | 2011-2013 | 65 | 18 |
{{sortname|Bernd|Schuster}} | Germany}} | Midfielder | 1993-1996 | 59 | 8 |
{{sortname|Daniel|Schwaab}} | Germany}} | Defender | 2009-2013 | 96 | 0 |
{{sortname|Pirmin|Schwegler}} | Switzerland}} | Midfielder | 2006-2009 | 46 | 0 |
{{sortname|Erich|Seckler}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1987-1992 | 86 | 2 |
{{sortname|Andreas|Thom}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1990-1995 | 161 | 36 |
{{sortname | Tita} | Brazil}} | Forward | 1987-1988 | 21 | 10 |
{{sortname|Arturo|Vidal}} | Chile}} | Midfielder | 2007-2011 | 117 | 15 |
{{sortname|Rüdiger|Vollborn}} | Germany}} | Goalkeeper | 1982-1999 | 401 | 0 |
{{sortname|Rudi|Völler}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1994-1996 | 62 | 26 |
{{sortname|Andriy|Voronin}} | Ukraine}} | Forward | 2004-2007 | 92 | 32 |
{{sortname|Jurica|Vranješ}} | Croatia}} | Midfielder | 2000-2003 | 46 | 0 |
{{sortname|Herbert|Waas}} | Germany}} | Forward | 1982-1989 | 209 | 72 |
{{sortname|Helmut|Winklhofer}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1982-1985 | 90 | 5 |
{{sortname|Rudolf|Wojtowicz}} | Poland}} | Defender | 1982-1986 | 76 | 2 |
{{sortname|Christian|Wörns}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1991-1998 | 211 | 13 |
{{sortname | Zé Roberto} | Brazil}} | Midfielder | 1998-2002 | 113 | 17 |
{{sortname|Thomas|Zechel}} | Germany}} | Defender | 1983-1988 | 70 | 6 |
{{sortname|Boris|Živković}} | Croatia}} | Defender | 1997-2003 | 144 | 9 |
{{sortname|Son|Heung-min}} | South Korea}} | Forward | 2013-2015 | 62 | 21 |
{{sortname|Emir|Spahić}} | Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | Defender | 2013-2015 | 48 | 3 |
{{sortname|Sergej|Barbarez}} | Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | Forward | 2006-2008 | 61 | 11 |
{{sortname|Džemal|Berberović}} | Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | Defender | 2003-2004 | 1 | 0 |
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