Bundesliga
- Borussia Dortmund 32 shared
- Schalke 04 25 shared
- Bayern München 23 shared
- Eintracht Frankfurt 22 shared
- Fenerbahçe 10 shared
- Galatasaray 6 shared
- Beşiktaş 5 shared
- Juventus 5 shared
- Inter 4 shared
- Bayer Leverkusen 38 shared
- Nürnberg 27 shared
- Hamburger SV 27 shared
- Hertha BSC 26 shared
- VfL Bochum 25 shared
- Stuttgart 23 shared
- Hannover 96 21 shared
- Greuther Fürth 21 shared
- Wolfsburg 21 shared
- Werder Bremen 21 shared
- Fortuna Düsseldorf 19 shared
- Mainz 18 shared
- Arminia Bielefeld 17 shared
- Borussia Mönchengladbach 16 shared
- Augsburg 16 shared
- St. Pauli 14 shared
- Freiburg 14 shared
- Darmstadt 98 14 shared
- Union Berlin 12 shared
- Paderborn 12 shared
- Hoffenheim 11 shared
- Holstein Kiel 8 shared
- Eintracht Braunschweig 7 shared
- Fulham 7 shared
- Bordeaux 6 shared
- Nice 6 shared
- RB Leipzig 6 shared
- Panathinaikos 5 shared
- Metz 5 shared
- Başakşehir 5 shared
- Bursaspor 4 shared
- Hellas Verona 4 shared
- Auxerre 4 shared
- Benfica 4 shared
- Udinese 4 shared
- Torino 4 shared
- Bastia 4 shared
- Ajax 4 shared
- Strasbourg 4 shared
- Bologna 4 shared
Famous players who played for Köln
- Yūya Osako 2014–2018
- Lukas Podolski 2003–2006, 2009–2012
- Claudio Pizarro 2017–2018
- Hansi Flick 1990–1993
- Jürgen Kohler 1987–1989
- Yasuhiko Okudera 1977–1980
- Alpay Özalan 2005–2008
- Uwe Bein 1984–1987
- Joshua Kennedy 2003–2004
- Neven Subotić 2017
- Ron-Robert Zieler 2020–2021, 2025–
- Zoran Tošić 2010
- Bernd Schuster 1978–1980
- Thomas Häßler 1984–1990
- Toni Schumacher 1972–1987
- Frank Ordenewitz 1989–1993
- Bodo Illgner 1986–1996
- Uwe Rahn 1988–1990
- Salih Özcan 2016–2022
- Serhou Guirassy 2016–2019
- Ondrej Duda 2020–2023
- Faryd Mondragón 2007–2011
- Jong Tae-Se 2012–2013
- Klaus Allofs 1981–1987
- Wilfried Sanou 2008–2011
- Maniche 2009–2010
- Rainer Bonhof 1980–1983
- Michael Rensing 2010–2012
- Andriy Voronin 2003–2004
- Ellyes Skhiri 2019–2023, 2026–
- Max Meyer 2021
- Filip Mladenović 2016
- Slawomir Peszko 2011–2013, 2013–2014, 2014–2015
- Kevin Wimmer 2012–2015
- Rigobert Song 2001–2002
- Marco Streller 2006
- Pedro Geromel 2008–2015
- Derek Boateng 2008–2009
- Preben Elkjær 1976–1978
- Petit 2008–2012
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.