| Frigate class | Number
of ships | Notes | A |
| Abu Bakr|frigate|5}} | 2 | Leopard|frigate|4}} |
| Adelaide|frigate|5}} | 6 | Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} |
| Ahmad Yani|frigate|5}} | 6 | Van Speijk|frigate|4}} |
| Al Madinah|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Allende|frigate|5}} | 3 | Knox|frigate|4}} |
| Almirante Brown|frigate|5}} | 4 | built in Germany |
| Almirante Padilla|frigate|5}} | 4 | built in Germany |
| Alpino|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Alvand|frigate|5}} | 3 | built in Britain for the Iranian Navy |
| Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|5}} | 5 |
| Amiral Petre Barbuneanu|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Andrés Bonifacio|frigate|5}} | 4 | modified ex-US Casco class, all decommissioned |
| Anzac|frigate|5}} | 10 (2 RNZN) | built by Tenix in Williamstown, Vic, Australia |
| Al Riyadh | 4 | three under construction |
| Artigliere|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Atrevida|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Aung Zeya|frigate|4}} | 1 | built in Myanmar |
B |
| Baleares|frigate|5}} | 5 | Knox|frigate|4}} |
| BNS|Bangabandhu | 2} | 1 |
| Baptista de Andrade|corvette|5}} | 4 |
| Barbaros|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Brazilian corvette|Barroso|V34|2}} | 1 |
| Bay|frigate|5}} | 21 |
| Bditel'nyy|frigate|5}} | 19 | see Burevestnik class |
| Beograd|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Bergamini|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Bessmennyy|frigate|5}} | 10 |
| Brahmaputra|frigate|5}} | 3 | built by GRSE; Indian Navy: 2000–present |
| Brandenburg|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Bravo|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Bremen|frigate|5}} | 8 |
| Bronstein|frigate|5}} | 2 | FF 1963 |
| Brooke|frigate|5}} | 6 | FFG 1966 to 1968 |
| Burevestnik|frigate|5}} | 40 |
C |
| Canterbury (Leander) | 2 |
| Captain|frigate|5}} | 78 | US built destroyer escorts |
| Cassard|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Centauro|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Chao Phraya|frigate|5}} | 4 | Chinese Jianghu III class |
| Cheng Kung|frigate|5}} | 8 |
| Chi Yang|frigate|5}} | 8 | Knox|frigate|4}} |
| Chien Yang|frigate|5}} | 12 |
| Commandant Rivière|frigate|5}} | 9 | French built, decommissioned 3 ships sold to Uruguay |
| Condell|frigate|5}} | 3 | fourth decommissioned, British built Leander class |
| Contre-Amiral Eustatiu Sebastian|frigate|5}} | 2 |
D |
| Datu Kalantiaw|frigate|5}} | 3 | Cannon|destroyer escort|4}}, 2 decommissioned, 1 remain |
| Damyat|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| De Zeven Provinciën|frigate|5}} | 4 | 2001–2005 |
E |
| El Fateh|frigate|5}} | 1 | ex-British destroyer Zenith |
| Elli|frigate|5}} | 10 | Kortenaer|frigate|4}} |
| Eloy Alfaro|frigate|5}} | 2 | Leander|frigate|4}} |
| Eolo|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Espora|frigate|5}} | 6 |
F |
| F125|frigate|5}} | | five planned |
| KRI|Fatahillah | 2} | 3 |
| Floréal|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Formidable|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| FREMM | 4 | twenty-seven planned |
| Fridtjof Nansen|frigate|5}} | 5 | Álvaro de Bazán|frigate|4}} |
G |
| Garcia|frigate|5}} | | 10 FF and 1 AGFF ship, 1964–1968 |
| Gabya | 8 | Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} |
| General K. Pulaski|frigate|5}} | 2 | Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} |
| Georges Leygues|frigate|5}} | 7 |
| Godavari Type 16 | 3 | built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1983–present |
| Greenhalgh|frigate|5}} | 4 | ex-UK Broadsword class (Batch 1) |
| Gregorio del Pilar|frigate|5}} | 3 | Hamilton|cutter|4}} |
H |
| Hajar Dewantara|frigate|5}} | 1 | training ship |
| Halifax|frigate|5}} | 12 |
I |
| Ilhuicamina|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Inhauma|corvette|5}} | 4 |
| Ipiros|frigate|5}} | 1 | Knox|frigate|4}}; two others decommissioned |
J |
| Jacob van Heemskerck|frigate|5}} | 2 | 1986 |
| Jinan | 15 |
| Jianghu | 31 |
| Jiangwei | 14 |
| Joao Belo|frigate|5}} | 3 |
| Joao Coutinho|corvette|5}} | 6 |
| Jose Rizal-class Frigate | 2 |
| Jupiter|frigate|5}} | 2 |
K |
| Kang Ding|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Karel Doorman|frigate|5}} | 8 | 1991–1995 |
| Kasturi|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Knox|frigate|5}} | | 46 FF, 1969–1974 |
| Kola|frigate|5}} | |
| Köln|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Koni|frigate|5}} | 14 |
| Kotor|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Kortenaer|frigate|5}} | 10 | 1978–1983 |
| Krivak | 40 | See Burevestnik class. |
| Kwanggaeto|frigate|5}} | 3 |
| Kyan Sittha|frigate|5}} | 2 |
L |
| La Fayette|frigate|5}} | 5 |
| Leander|frigate|5}} | 44 |
| Legkiy|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Lekiu|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Loch|frigate|5}} | 32 |
| Lupo|frigate|5}} | 4 |
M |
| Ma'anshan|frigate|5}} | | 2 + 2 |
| Maestrale|frigate|5}} | 8 |
| Marasesti|frigate|5}} | 1 |
| Mariscal Sucre|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Marte|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Martha Khristina Tiyahahu|frigate|5}} | | Tribal|frigate|4}}, all decommissioned |
| Meliton Carvajal|frigate|5}} | 4 | Lupo|frigate|4}} |
| Mohammed V|frigate|5}} | 2 | Floréal|frigate|4}} |
| Moudge|frigate|5}} | 2 | Iranian built |
| Muavenet|frigate|5}} | 6 |
| Mubarak|frigate|5}} | 4 | Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} |
N |
| Najim al Zafir|frigate|5}} | 2 | ex-Chinese Jianghu class |
| Najin|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Naresuan|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Neustrashimyy|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Nilgiri|frigate|5}} | 6 | built by MDL; Indian Navy: 1972-2010 |
| Niteroi|frigate|5}} | 6 |
O |
| Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|5}} | 26 | 2 with the Polish Navy (as General K. Pulaski class), 4 with the Egyptian Navy (as Mubarak class), 1 with the Royal Bahrain Naval Forces, 8 with the Turkish Navy (as Gabya class), 1 with Pakistan Navy (as Alamgir class) and 10 with the United States Navy |
| Oslo|frigate|5}} | 3 |
| Osman|frigate|5}} | 1 | ex-Chinese Jianghu II class |
P |
| Para|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Pham Ngu Lao|frigate|5}} | 1 | former seaplane tender |
| Phutthayotfa Chulalok|frigate|5}} | 2 | Knox|frigate|4}} |
| Pizarro|frigate|5}} | 8 |
R |
| KD|Rahmat | 2} | | one ship, decommissioned 2004 and retired |
| Regele Ferdinand | 2 |
S |
| Sachsen|frigate|5}} | 3 |
| Salisbury|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Samadikun | 4 | Claud Jones|destroyer escort|1}} |
| Santa Maria|frigate|5}} | 6 | Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate|4}} |
| SF3000|frigate|5}} | (2) | two planned |
| Shivalik|frigate|5}} | 3 | built by MDL; Indian Navy: 2010–present |
| Sigma|corvette|5}} | 1(2) | built by Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding for Morocco and Indonesia |
| Smeli | 1 | ex-Russian Delfin class |
| Soho|frigate|5}} | 1 |
T |
| Talwar|frigate|5}} | 6 | Indian Navy: 2003–present |
| Tariq|frigate|5}} | 1 | ex-British sloop Whimbrel |
| Tariq|frigate|5}} | 6 | Amazon|frigate|4}} |
| Te Kaha (Anzac) | 2 | These are Anzac-class frigate, just built for NZ |
| Thetis|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Tromp|frigate|5}} | | two ships, 1975–1976 |
| Type 053H/H1 Xiamen (Jianghu I/II) | 21 |
| Type 053H2 Huangshi (Jianghu III) | 3 |
| Type 053HT-H Siping (Jianghu IV) | 1 |
| Type 053H1G Zigong (Jianghu V) | 6 |
| Type 053H2G Anqing (Jiangwei) | 4 |
| Type 053H3 Jiaxing (Jiangwei II) | 10 |
| Type 054 Ma'anshan | 2 |
| Type 054A | 26 | 2 are fitting out and 2 are under construction |
| Type 12 Whitby (Batch 1) | 6 |
| Type 12 Rothesay (Batch 2) | 9 |
| Type 14 Blackwood | 12 |
| Type 12M Leander (Batch 1) | 8 |
| Type 12M Leander (Batch 2) | 8 |
| Type 12M Leander (Batch 3) | 10 |
| Type 21 Amazon | 8 |
| Type 22 Boxer (Batch 2) | 6 |
| Type 22 Broadsword (Batch 1) | 4 |
| Type 22 Cornwall (Batch 3) | 4 |
| Type 23 Duke | 16 |
| Type 41 Leopard | 5 |
| Type 61 Salisbury | 4 |
| Type 81 Tribal | 7 |
U |
| Ulsan|frigate|5}} | 9 |
| Uruguay|frigate|5}} | 3 | ex-French |
V |
| Valour|frigate|4}} | 4 |
| Van Amstel|frigate|5}} | 6 | Bostwick|destroyer escort|4}} |
| Van Speijk|frigate|5}} | 6 | Leander|frigate|4}} |
| Vasco da Gama|frigate|5}} | 3 |
W |
| Wielingen|frigate|5}} | 3 |
Y |
| Yavuz|frigate|5}} | 4 |
| Ydra|frigate|5}} | 4 |
Z |
| Zagreb|frigate|5}} | 2 |
| Zuhai|frigate|5}} | 1 |
| Zulfiquar | 4 |