Bundesliga · former league club
- Schalke 04 9 shared
- Eintracht Frankfurt 5 shared
- Hamburger SV 25 shared
- St. Pauli 17 shared
- Union Berlin 17 shared
- Hannover 96 16 shared
- Arminia Bielefeld 12 shared
- Eintracht Braunschweig 12 shared
- Wolfsburg 12 shared
- Paderborn 10 shared
- Stuttgart 9 shared
- Werder Bremen 9 shared
- Köln 8 shared
- Fortuna Düsseldorf 8 shared
- Bayer Leverkusen 7 shared
- Mainz 7 shared
- Hertha BSC 7 shared
- Elversberg 5 shared
- Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 shared
- Freiburg 4 shared
- Greuther Fürth 4 shared
- VfL Bochum 4 shared
- Darmstadt 98 4 shared
Famous players who played for Holstein Kiel
- Andreas Köpke 1979–1983
- Salih Özcan 2019–2020
- Lewis Holtby 2021–2025
- Shuto Machino 2024–2025
- Jae-sung Lee 2018–2021
- Fiete Arp 2024–2025
- Émerson Luiz Firmino 1994–1995
- Marvin Ducksch 2017–2018
- Fin Bartels 2005, 2005–2007, 2020–2023
- Christopher Lenz 2017–2018
- Robin Zentner 2015–2017
- André Breitenreiter 2003–2007
- Steven Skrzybski 2024–2025
- Timo Schultz 2003–2005, 2004–2005
- Fabian Reese 2020–2023
- Thomas Dähne 2025
- Dominick Drexler 2016–2018
- Marvin Schulz 2024–2025
- Aaron Seydel 2017–2018, 2018–2019
- Michél Mazingu-Dinzey 2007–2008
- Timo Becker 2024–2025
- Jonas Meffert 2018–2021, 2025–
- Milad Salem 2015–2017
- Rafael Czichos 2015–2018
- Fabian Schnellhardt 2015–2016
Source: Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia club articles and player infoboxes (years at each club). Youth spells and appearances that look unplayed are left out; volunteer-kept records can contain gaps or errors.