List of Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
This is a list of notable footballers who have played for Bayer Leverkusen. Generally, this means players that have played a significant amount of first-class matches for the club. Other players who have played an important role for the club can be included, but the reason why they have been included should be added in the 'Notes' column.
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 league matches only; wartime matches are excluded. Substitute appearances included.
Table
| Player | Nationality | Position | Bayer Leverkusen career | Appearances | Goals | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Heinz Spikofski | Midfielder | 1950-1952 | 27 | 3 | ||
| Udo Lattek | Forward | 1955-1957 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Heinz Höher | Midfielder/Forward | 1957-1963 | 155 | 60 | ||
| Zvonko Bego | Midfielder | 1960-1969 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Uwe Klimaschefski | Forward | 1960-1963 | 25 | 10 | ||
| Manfred Manglitz | Goalkeeper | 1961-1963 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Werner Görts | Forward | 1962-1965 | 41 | 8 | ||
| Werner Biskup | Defender | 1962-1965 | 30 | 3 | ||
| Franz-Josef Wolfframm | Midfielder | 1964-1966 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dieter Fern | Forward | 1965-1967 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Leo Wilden | Defender | 1966-1969 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zvonko Bego | Midfielder | 1968-1969 | 17 | 1 | ||
| Dieter Ferner | Goalkeeper | 1968-1973 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Harald Klose | Forward | 1968-1969 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pavle Kiš | Forward | 1969-1970 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burkhard Segler | Midfielder | 1970-1972 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Mühlenberg | Forward | 1972-1974 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gerhard Kentschke | Forward/Midfielder | 1973-1977 | 48 | 5 | ||
| Walter Posner | Defender | 1975-1984 | 274 | 5 | ||
| Theodor Rielander | Midfielder | 1975-1978 | 44 | 2 | ||
| Dieter Herzog | Midfielder | 1976-1983 | 193 | 29 | ||
| Jürgen Gelsdorf | Defender | 1976-1986 | 296 | 26 | ||
| Peter Hermann | Forward | 1976-1984 | 215 | 32 | ||
| Thomas Hörster | Defender | 1977-1991 | 404 | 26 | ||
| Kurt Eigl | Midfielder | 1979-1982 | 39 | 2 | ||
| Dietmar Demuth | Defender | 1979-1983 | 92 | 14 | ||
| Jürgen Glowacz | Defender | 1979-1982 | 53 | 13 | ||
| Arne Larsen Økland | Forward | 1980-1983 | 101 | 43 | ||
| Mathias Hönerbach | Defender | 1980-1981 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Valentin Herr | Goalkeeper | 1980-1982 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Christian Sackewitz | Forward | 1981-1982 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Jürgen Röber | Forward | 1982–1986 | 105 | 18 | ||
| Helmut Winklhofer | Defender | 1982-1985 | 90 | 5 | ||
| Rüdiger Vollborn | Goalkeeper | 1982-1999 | 401 | 0 | ||
| Herbert Waas | Forward | 1982-1989 | 209 | 72 | ||
| Rudolf Wojtowicz | Defender | 1982-1986 | 76 | 2 | ||
| Frank Saborowski | Defender | 1982-1984 | 41 | 0 | ||
| Cha Bum-kun | Forward | 1983-1989 | 185 | 52 | ||
| Ulrich Bittorf | Midfielder | 1983-1984 | 37 | 3 | ||
| Dieter Bast | Defender/Midfelder/Forward | 1983-1986 | 71 | 2 | ||
| Thomas Zechel | Midfilder/Defender | 1983-1988 | 70 | 6 | ||
| Wolfgang Patzke | Midfielder/Forward | 1983-1986 | 59 | 5 | ||
| Roman Geszlecht | Defender | 1983-1985 | 49 | 1 | ||
| Christian Schreier | Midfielder | 1984-1991 | 203 | 63 | ||
| Falko Götz | Forward | 1984–1988 | 115 | 26 | ||
| Florian Hinterberger | Midfelder | 1984-1990 | 105 | 2 | ||
| Anders Giske | Defender | 1984-1985 | 29 | 1 | ||
| Alois Reinhardt | Defender | 1984–1991 | 156 | 1 | ||
| Stefan Kohn | Forward | 1984-1985
1986-1987 |
18 | 2 | ||
| Minas Hantzidis | Midfielder | 1985-1988 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Günter Drews | Midfielder | 1985-1987 | 46 | 1 | ||
| Peter Zanter | Defender | 1985-1988 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Knut Reinhardt | Midfielder | 1986–1991 | 118 | 5 | ||
| Wolfgang Rolff | Midfielder | 1986–1989 | 99 | 9 | ||
| Jean-Pierre de Keyser | Defender | 1986-1990 | 81 | 1 | ||
| Dirk Rehbein | Midfielder | 1986-1988 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Bernd Dreher | Goalkeeper | 1986-1990 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Jürgen Luginger | Defender | 1986-1987 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Christian Hausmann | Midfielder/Forward | 1986-1988 | 56 | 2 | ||
| Erich Seckler | Defender | 1987–1992 | 86 | 2 | ||
| Tita | Forward | 1987–1988 | 21 | 10 | ||
| Ralf Falkenmayer | Midfielder | 1987-1989 | 48 | 7 | ||
| Klaus Täuber | Forward | 1987-1989 | 31 | 8 | ||
| Andrzej Buncol | Midfielder | 1987-1992 | 123 | 14 | ||
| Marcus Feinbier | Forward | 1987-1992 | 69 | 3 | ||
| Marek Leśniak | Forward | 1988–1992 | 119 | 20 | ||
| Terje Olsen | Midfielder | 1988-1990 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Oliver Pagé | Defender | 1988-1991 | 6 | 1 | ||
| Claus-Dieter Wollitz | Midfielder | 1988-1989 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Manfred Kastl | Forward | 1988-1989 | 26 | 6 | ||
| Andreas Fischer | Defender | 1989–1994 | 151 | 13 | ||
| Jorginho | Defender | 1989–1992 | 87 | 9 | ||
| Martin Kree | Defender | 1989–1994 | 156 | 22 | ||
| Markus von Ahlen | Midfielder Defender | 1989-1993 | 24 | 1 | ||
| Heiko Herrlich | Forward | 1989-1993 | 75 | 6 | ||
| Holger Aden | Forward | 1989 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Dirk Heinen | Goalkeeper | 1990–1999 | 107 | 0 | ||
| Franco Foda | Defender | 1990–1994 | 113 | 10 | ||
| Ulf Kirsten | Forward | 1990–2003 | 350 | 182 | ||
| Andreas Thom | Forward | 1990–1995 | 161 | 36 | ||
| Ioan Lupescu | Midfielder | 1990–1996 | 184 | 4 | ||
| René Rydlewicz | Midfielder | 1990-1994
1996-1997 |
28 | 2 | ||
| Christian Wörns | Defender | 1991–1998 | 211 | 13 | ||
| Markus Happe | Defender | 1991–1999 | 188 | 8 | ||
| Stephan Hanke | Midfielder | 1991-1994 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Heiko Scholz | Defender | 1992–1995 | 75 | 5 | ||
| Pavel Hapal | Midfielder | 1992–1995 | 86 | 13 | ||
| Josef Nehl | Midfielder | 1992–1996 | 56 | 5 | ||
| Uwe Stöver | Defender | 1992-1993 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Mario Tolkmitt | Midfielder | 1992-1996 | 55 | 0 | ||
| Paulo Sérgio | Forward | 1993–1997 | 121 | 47 | ||
| Bernard Schuiteman | Defender | 1993-1995 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bernd Schuster | Midfielder | 1993–1996 | 59 | 8 | ||
| Taifour Diané | Forward | 1993-1995 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Ralf Becker | Midfielder | 1993-1995 | 23 | 1 | ||
| Guido Hoffmann | Midfielder | 1993 | 18 | 2 | ||
| Hans-Peter Lehnhoff | Midfielder | 1994–2000 | 139 | 11 | ||
| Rudi Völler | Forward | 1994–1996 | 62 | 26 | ||
| Mike Rietpietsch | Midfielder | 1994-1997 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Walter Junghans | Goalkeeper | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Claudio Reyna | Midfielder | 1994-1999 | 26 | 0 | ||
| Markus Anfang | Midfielder | 1994-1995 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Dooley | Defender | 1994-1995 | 21 | 3 | ||
| Markus Kurth | Forward | 1994-1995 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Markus Münch | Defender/Midfielder | 1994-1996 | 57 | 3 | ||
| Markus Feldhoff | Forward | 1995–1998 | 77 | 14 | ||
| Ramon Menezes | Midfielder | 1995-1996 | 15 | 1 | ||
| Sebastian Barnes | Midfielder | 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rodrigo Chagas | Midfielder/Defender | 1995-1996 | 27 | 1 | ||
| Sebastian Helbig | Forward | 1995-1998 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Addo | Midfielder | 1995-1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Vana | Midfielder | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pete Marino | Forward | 1995-1996 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Niko Kovač | Midfielder | 1996–1999 | 77 | 8 | ||
| Robert Kovač | Defender | 1996–2001 | 127 | 1 | ||
| Manuel Cardoni | Midfielder | 1996-1998 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zé Elias | Midfielder | 1996-1997 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Jan Heintze | Defender | 1996-1999 | 87 | 5 | ||
| Lars Leese | Goalkeeper | 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Schumann | Defender | 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Erik Meijer | Forward | 1996–1999 | 84 | 16 | ||
| Stefan Beinlich | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 80 | 24 | ||
| Emerson | Midfielder | 1997–2000 | 88 | 11 | ||
| Paulo Rink | Forward | 1997–2001 | 88 | 29 | ||
| Artyom Bezrodny | Midfielder | 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Boris Živković | Defender | 1997-2003 | 144 | 9 | ||
| Thorsten Nehrbauer | Midfielder | 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dirk Lottner | Midfielder | 1997-1998 | 17 | 2 | ||
| Jörg Schmadtke | Goalkeeper | 1997-1998 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zé Roberto | Midfielder | 1998–2002 | 113 | 17 | ||
| Adam Matysek | Goalkeeper | 1998–2001 | 78 | 0 | ||
| Bent Skammelsrud | Midfielder | 1998 | 8 | 0 | ||
| Mehdi Pashazadeh | Defender | 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zoran Mamić | Midfielder/Defender | 1998-2000 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Jörg Reeb | Midfielder/Defender | 1998-2001 | 54 | 1 | ||
| Dariush Yazdani | Midfielder | 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Ledwoń | Midfielder | 1998-1999 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Aaron Mokoena | Midfielder/Defender | 1998-1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thomas Brdarić | Forward | 1999–2003 | 82 | 14 | ||
| Oliver Neuville | Forward | 1999–2004 | 165 | 42 | ||
| Bernd Schneider | Midfielder | 1999-2009 | 235 | 35 | ||
| Frankie Hejduk | Defender/Midfielder | 1999-2003 | 19 | 1 | ||
| Vratislav Greško | Defender | 1999-2000 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Michael Ballack | Midfielder | 1999-2002
2010-2012 |
35 | 2 | ||
| Frank Juric | Goalkeeper | 1999-2004 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Torben Hoffmann | Defender | 1999-2000 | 19 | 0 | ||
| John Thorrington | Midfielder | 1999-2001 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Robson Ponte | Midfielder | 1999-2005 | 79 | 6 | ||
| Mirosław Spiżak | Forward | 1999-2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pascal Zuberbühler | Goalkeeper | 2000-2001 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Marko Babić | Midfielder | 2000–2007 | 144 | 13 | ||
| Jurica Vranješ | Midfielder | 2000–2003 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Pascal Ojigwe | Defender/Midfider | 2000-2003 | 30 | 0 | ||
| Landon Donovan | Midfielder/Forward | 2000-2005 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Cha Du-ri | Defender/Midfielder | 2000-2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ali Mousavi | Forward | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Marquinhos | Midfielder | 2000-2005 | 31 | 6 | ||
| Tom Starke | Goalkeeper | 2000-2006 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Markus Daun | Forward | 2000-2001 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Anel Džaka | Midfielder | 2000-2003 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Hans-Jörg Butt | Goalkeeper | 2001-2007 | 191 | 7 | ||
| Yıldıray Baştürk | Midfielder | 2001–2004 | 73 | 8 | ||
| Lúcio | Defender | 2001-2004 | 92 | 15 | ||
| Diego Placente | Defender | 2001-2005 | 123 | 3 | ||
| Dimitar Berbatov | Forward | 2001-2006 | 154 | 69 | ||
| Joey DiGiamarino | Defender | 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thorsten Burkhardt | Midfielder | 2001-2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Zoltán Sebescen | Defender/Midfielder | 2001-2004 | 32 | 3 | ||
| Hüzeyfe Doğan | Midfielder | 2001-2003 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ioannis Masmanidis | / | Midfielder | 2001-2004 | 14 | 0 | |
| Thomas Kleine | Defender | 2001-2003 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Thorsten Wittek | Midfielder | 2001-2002 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Daniel Bierofka | Midfielder | 2002–2005 | 78 | 12 | ||
| França | Forward | 2002–2005 | 102 | 29 | ||
| Juan | Defender | 2002–2007 | 139 | 10 | ||
| Christoph Preuß | Defender/Midfielder | 2002-2003 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Jan Šimák | Midfielder | 2002-2003 | 22 | 3 | ||
| Daniel Bierofka | Midfielder | 2002-2005 | 78 | 11 | ||
| Emanuel Pogatetz | Defender | 2002-2005 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nasir El Kasmi | Midfielder | 2002-2003 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker | Defender | 2002-2008 | 36 | 2 | ||
| Radosław Kałużny | Defender | 2003–2004 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Sebastian Schoof | Forward | 2003 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Teddy Lučić | Defender | 2003-2005 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Džemal Berberović | Defender | 2003-2005 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cris | Defender | 2003 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Clemens Fritz | Defender/Midfielder | 2003-2006 | 43 | 2 | ||
| Paul Freier | Midfielder | 2004–2008 | 111 | 17 | ||
| Jacek Krzynówek | Midfielder | 2004–2006 | 52 | 9 | ||
| Andriy Voronin | Forward | 2004–2007 | 92 | 32 | ||
| Jermaine Jones | Midfielder | 2004-2005 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Paul Freier | Midfielder | 2004-2008 | 112 | 17 | ||
| Roque Júnior | Defender | 2004-2007 | 35 | 0 | ||
| Tranquillo Barnetta | Midfielder | 2004-2012 | 187 | 23 | ||
| Sezer Öztürk | Midfielder | 2004-2006 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Gonzalo Castro | Midfielder | 2005–2015 | 286 | 25 | ||
| Ahmed Reda Madouni | Defender | 2005-2007 | 29 | 3 | ||
| Simon Rolfes | Midfielder | 2005-2015 | 288 | 41 | ||
| Danko Lazović | Forward | 2005 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Josip Tadić | Forward | 2005-2006 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Athirson | Midfielder/Defender | 2005-2007 | 30 | 2 | ||
| Stefan Kießling | Forward | 2006–2018 | 344 | 131 | ||
| Pirmin Schwegler | Midfielder | 2006–2009 | 46 | 0 | ||
| Assimiou Touré | Defender | 2006-2010 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Sergej Barbarez | Forward | 2006-2008 | 61 | 11 | ||
| Karim Haggui | Defender | 2006-2009 | 59 | 3 | ||
| Michal Papadopulos | Forward | 2006-2008 | 19 | 0 | ||
| Fredrik Stenman | Defender | 2006-2007 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Benedikt Fernandez | Goalkeeper | 2006-2011 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Manuel Friedrich | Defender | 2007–2013 | 147 | 11 | ||
| Theofanis Gekas | Forward | 2007–2010 | 50 | 13 | ||
| Arturo Vidal | Midfielder | 2007–2011 | 117 | 15 | ||
| Michal Kadlec | Defender | 2007–2013 | 128 | 8 | ||
| Dmitri Bulykin | Forward | 2007-2008 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Hans Sarpei | Defender | 2007-2010 | 42 | 0 | ||
| Ricardo Faty | Midfielder | 2007 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Marcel Risse | Midfielder | 2007-2011 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Atanas Kurdov | Forward | 2007-2010 | 46 | 14 | ||
| Patrick Helmes | Forward | 2008–2011 | 57 | 28 | ||
| Renato Augusto | Midfielder | 2008-2012 | 101 | 9 | ||
| Henrique | Defender | 2008-2009 | 27 | 0 | ||
| Constant Djakpa | Defender | 2008-2011 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Stefan Reinartz | Midfielder/Defender | 2008-2015 | 145 | 11 | ||
| Anderson Bamba | Defender | 2008-2010 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Richard Sukuta-Pasu | Forward | 2008-2011 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Bastian Oczipka | Defender | 2008-2012 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Toni Kroos | Midfielder | 2009–2010 | 43 | 10 | ||
| Daniel Schwaab | Defender | 2009–2013 | 96 | 0 | ||
| Sami Hyypiä | Defender | 2009-2011 | 53 | 3 | ||
| Gábor Király | Goalkeeper | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Angelos Charisteas | Forward | 2009 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Tomasz Bobel | Goalkeeper | 2009-2011 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gonzalo Vásquez | Midfielder/Forward | 2009-2011 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burak Kaplan | / | Midfielder | 2009-2011 | 4 | 2 | |
| Lars Bender | Defender/Midfielder | 2009-2021 | 256 | 22 | ||
| Fabian Giefer | Goalkeeper | 2009-2012 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Eren Derdiyok | Forward | 2009-2012
2013-2014 |
90 | 25 | ||
| Sidney Sam | Forward | 2010–2014 | 92 | 24 | ||
| Thanos Petsos | Midifielder | 2010-2012 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kevin Kampl | Midfielder | 2010-2011
2015-2017 |
53 | 4 | ||
| Nicolai Jørgensen | Forward | 2010-2012 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Lucas Rocha | Defender | 2010-2012 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bernd Leno | Goalkeeper | 2011–2018 | 233 | 0 | ||
| David Yelldell | Goalkeeper | 2011-2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Hajime Hosogai | Midfielder/Defender | 2011-2013 | 17 | 0 | ||
| Michael Ortega | Midfielder | 2011-2013 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Karim Bellarabi | Midfielder | 2011-2023 | 215 | 34 | ||
| Ömer Toprak | Defender | 2011-2017 | 154 | 5 | ||
| Danny da Costa | Defender | 2011-2012 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Vedran Ćorluka | Defender | 2012 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Dani Carvajal | Defender | 2012-2013 | 32 | 1 | ||
| Niklas Lomb | Goalkeeper | 2012- | 2 | 0 | ||
| Samed Yeşil | Forward | 2012 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Junior Fernandes | Forward | 2012-2014 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Sebastian Boenisch | Defender | 2012-2016 | 60 | 3 | ||
| Okan Aydın | Forward | 2012-2013 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kolja Pusch | Midfielder | 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Philipp Wollscheid | Defender | 2012-2015 | 51 | 2 | ||
| Julian Riedel | Defender | 2012-2013 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dominik Kohr | Midfielder/Defender | 2012-2015
2017-2019 |
46 | 1 | ||
| Heung Min Son | Forward | 2013–2015 | 62 | 21 | ||
| Kostas Stafylidis | Midfielder/Defender | 2013-2015 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Roberto Hilbert | Defender/Midifielder | 2013-2017 | 58 | 1 | ||
| Andrés Palop | Goalkeeper | 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Giulio Donati | Defender | 2013-2016 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Emir Spahić | Defender | 2013-2015 | 49 | 3 | ||
| Robbie Kruse | Forward/Midfielder | 2013-2017 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Emre Can | Midfielder/Defender | 2013-2014 | 29 | 3 | ||
| Arkadiusz Milik | Forward | 2013-2015 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Levin Öztunalı | Midfielder | 2013-2016 | 15 | 0 | ||
| Malcolm Cacutalua | Defender | 2013-2016 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jonas Meffert | Midfielder | 2013-2014 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julian Brandt | Midfielder | 2014–2019 | 165 | 34 | ||
| Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Midfielder | 2014-2017 | 79 | 17 | ||
| Vladlen Yurchenko | Midfielder | 2014-2018 | 13 | 1 | ||
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | Defender | 2014-2015
2015-2017 |
16 | 0 | ||
| Ryu Seung-woo | Forward | 2014
2014-2017 |
0 | 0 | ||
| Wendell | Defender | 2014-2021 | 186 | 7 | ||
| Tin Jedvaj | Defender | 2014-2015
2015-2021 |
72 | 1 | ||
| Dario Krešić | Goalkeeper | 2014-2016 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Josip Drmić | Forward | 2014-2015 | 25 | 6 | ||
| Alexander Mühling | Midfielder | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Javier Hernández | Forward | 2015-2017 | 54 | 28 | ||
| Jonathan Tah | Defender | 2015-2025 | 291 | 15 | ||
| André Ramalho | Defender | 2015-2018 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Benjamin Henrichs | Defender/Midfielder | 2015-2018 | 62 | 0 | ||
| Charles Aránguiz | Midfielder | 2015-2023 | 168 | 10 | ||
| Marlon Frey | Midfielder | 2015-2018 | 9 | 0 | ||
| Admir Mehmedi | Forward | 2015-2018 | 62 | 7 | ||
| Patrik Džalto | Forward | 2015-2017 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kai Havertz | Midfielder | 2016–2020 | 118 | 36 | ||
| Julian Baumgartlinger | Midfielder | 2016-2022 | 115 | 5 | ||
| Ramazan Özcan | Goalkeeper | 2016-2020 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Joel Pohjanpalo | Forward | 2016-2022 | 23 | 7 | ||
| Joel Abu Hanna | Defender | 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aleksandar Dragović | Defender | 2016-2021 | 71 | 3 | ||
| Kevin Volland | Forward | 2016-2020 | 115 | 44 | ||
| Andrejs Cigaņiks | Midfielder/Defender | 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Leon Bailey | Midfielder | 2017-2021 | 119 | 28 | ||
| Lucas Alario | Forward | 2017-2022 | 126 | 42 | ||
| Panagiotis Retsos | Defender | 2017-2022 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Sven Bender | Defender/Midfielder | 2017-2021 | 107 | 4 | ||
| Lukas Hradecky | Goalkeeper | 2018- | 221 | 0 | ||
| Paulinho | Forward/Midfielder | 2018-2023 | 57 | 8 | ||
| Isaac Kiese Thelin | Forward | 2018-2019 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Tomasz Kucz | Goalkeeper | 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jakub Bednarczyk | Defender | 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adrian Stanilewicz | Midfielder | 2018-2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sandra Jessen | Midfielder | 2019-2021 | 34 | 1 | ||
| Moussa Diaby | Midfielder | 2019-2023 | 125 | 31 | ||
| Daley Sinkgraven | Defender/Midfielder | 2019-2023 | 59 | 0 | ||
| Nadiem Amiri | Midfielder | 2019-2024 | 105 | 8 | ||
| Kerem Demirbay | Midfielder | 2019-2023 | 108 | 10 | ||
| Jan Boller | Defender | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Edmond Tapsoba | Defender | 2020- | 155 | 3 | ||
| Patrik Schick | Forward | 2020- | 119 | 62 | ||
| Florian Wirtz | Midfielder | 2020-2025 | 140 | 35 | ||
| Samed Onur | Midfielder | 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Santiago Arias | Defender | 2020-2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Lennart Grill | Goalkeeper | 2020-2023 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ayman Azhil | Midfielder | 2020-2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Emrehan Gedikli | Forward | 2020-2022 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Exequiel Palacios | Midfielder | 2020- | 106 | 11 | ||
| Cem Türkmen | / | Midfielder | 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andrey Lunyov | Goalkeeper | 2021-2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Timothy Fosu-Mensah | Defender/Midfielder | 2021-2024 | 23 | 0 | ||
| Piero Hincapié | Defender | 2021- | 113 | 5 | ||
| Sadik Fofana | Defender/Midfielder | 2021-2025 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Demarai Gray | Midfielder | 2021 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Iker Bravo | Forward | 2021-2024 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zidan Sertdemir | Midfielder | 2021-2023 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Mitchel Bakker | Defender/Midfielder | 2021-2023 | 53 | 4 | ||
| Odilon Kossounou | Defender | 2021-2025 | 73 | 1 | ||
| Jeremie Frimpong | Midfielder/Defender | 2021-2025 | 133 | 23 | ||
| Callum Hudson-Odoi | Midfielder | 2022-2023 | 14 | 0 | ||
| Sardar Azmoun | Forward | 2022-2024 | 32 | 5 | ||
| Jardell Kanga | Forward | 2022-2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Adam Hložek | Forward/Midfielder | 2022-2024 | 52 | 7 | ||
| Josip Stanišić | Defender | 2023-2024 | 20 | 3 | ||
| Gustavo Puerta | Midfielder | 2023- | 7 | 0 | ||
| Noah Mbamba | Midfielder/Defender | 2023- | 4 | 0 | ||
| Matěj Kovář | Goalkeeper | 2023- | 3 | 0 | ||
| Nathan Tella | Midfielder | 2023- | 49 | 7 | ||
| Granit Xhaka | Midfielder | 2023- | 65 | 5 | ||
| Arthur | Defender | 2023- | 13 | 0 | ||
| Victor Boniface | Forward | 2023- | 42 | 22 | ||
| Ayman Aourir | Midfielder | 2023-2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Izekor | Forward | 2023- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Patrick Pentz | Goalkeeper | 2023-2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Madi Monamay | Defender | 2023-2024 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Álex Grimaldo | Defender | 2023- | 64 | 12 | ||
| Jonas Hofmann | Midfielder | 2023- | 42 | 7 | ||
| Nordi Mukiele | Defender | 2024- | 8 | 0 | ||
| Martin Terrier | Midfielder/Forward | 2024- | 15 | 2 | ||
| Jeanuël Belocian | Defender/Midfielder | 2024- | 5 | 0 | ||
| Borja Iglesias | Forward | 2024 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Artem Stepanov | Forward | 2024- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kerim Alajbegović | Forward | 2024- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Aleix García | Midfielder | 2024- | 27 | 3 | ||
| Alejo Sarco | Forward | 2025- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Emiliano Buendía | Midfielder | 2025 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Mario Hermoso | Defender | 2025 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Mark Flekken | Goalkeeper | 2025- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Abdoulaye Faye | Defender | 2025- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Axel Tape | Midfielder | 2025- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ibrahim Maza | Forward | 2025- | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jarell Quansah | Defender | 2025- | 0 | 0 |
World Cup players
The following players have been selected by their country for the FIFA World Cup finals, while playing for Bayer Leverkusen.
- Cha Bum-kun (1986)
- Jorginho (1990)
- Ioan Lupescu (1994)
- Paulo Sérgio (1994)
- Emerson (1998)
- Jan Heintze (1998)
- Christian Wörns (1998)
- Ulf Kirsten (1994, 1998)
- Lúcio (2002)
- Yıldıray Baştürk (2002)
- Frankie Hejduk (2002)
- Carsten Ramelow (2002)
- Oliver Neuville (2002)
- Michael Ballack (2002)
- Hans-Jörg Butt (2002)
- Diego Placente (2002)
- Boris Živković (2002)
- Jurica Vranješ (2002)
- Jens Nowotny (2006)
- Bernd Schneider (2002, 2006)
- Jacek Krzynówek (2006)
- Fredrik Stenman (2006)
- Juan (2006)
- Marko Babić (2006)
- Assimiou Touré (2006)
- Andriy Voronin (2006)
- Stefan Kießling (2010)
- Toni Kroos (2010)
- Hans Sarpei (2010)
- Arturo Vidal (2010)
- Tranquillo Barnetta (2006, 2010)
- Eren Derdiyok (2010)
- Andrés Guardado (2014)
- Emir Spahić (2014)
- Son Heung-min (2014)
- Tin Jedvaj (2018)
- Julian Brandt (2018)
- Piero Hincapié (2022)
- Jeremie Frimpong (2022)
- Sardar Azmoun (2022)
- Exequiel Palacios (2022)