# List of saxophonists

Instruments key:
* s, Sopranino
* S, Soprano
* A, Alto
* T, Tenor
* B, Baritone
* b, Bass
* c, Contrabass (or tubax)
* sc, Subcontrabass
Indicators key:
* X, instrument has been used by person or group
* X, instrument has been used by person or group, but much less often than other X-marked instruments
* C, person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the normal tenor sax)
* F, person or group uses an F Mezzo-soprano saxophone in addition to the E♭ alto sax.
| Name | Lifetime | s | S | A | T | B | b | c | sc | Genre |
| Mindi Abair | 1969- | | X | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Greg Abate | 1947- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Bebop |
| Ray Abrams | 1920-1992 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| George Adams | 1940-1992 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Pepper Adams | 1930-1986 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Cannonball Adderley | 1928-1975 | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Gerald Albright | 1957- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eric Alexander | 1968- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Harry Allen | 1966- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lee Allen | 1926-1994 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Marshall Allen | 1924- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Luiz Americano | 1900-1960 | | | | X | | | | | Choro |
| Gene Ammons | 1925-1974 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Fred Anderson | 1929-2010 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ian Anderson | 1947- | x | X | x | | | | | | Rock |
| Elie Apper | 1933- | | | | X | | | | | Classical |
| Buddy Arnold | 1926-2003 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Harry Arnold | 1920-1971 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Harold Ashby | 1925-2003 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Georgie Auld | 1919-1990 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Albert Ayler | 1936-1970 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jerome Badini | | | | | X | | | | | Nu jazz |
| Gabe Baltazar | 1929- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Greg Banaszak | 1966- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Linda Bangs | | | | | | | X | | | Classical |
| Gato Barbieri | 1932-2016 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eddie Barefield | 1909-1991 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Phillip Barham | 1957- | | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Paul "Polo" Barnes | 1901-1981 | | X | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Charlie Barnet | 1913-1991 | | X | X | X | | | | | Swing |
| Kjell Bartholdsen | 1938-2009 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gary Bartz | 1940- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Bascomb | 1912-1986 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz|- | Sidney Bechet | 1897-1959 | X | Jazz |
| Jay Beckenstein | 1951- | | X | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Captain Beefheart | 1941-2010 | | X | X | X | | | | | Rock |
| Bob Belden | 1956-2015 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Tex Beneke | 1914-2000 | | | | X | | | | | Swing |
| Bob Berg | 1951-2002 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kristian Bergheim | 1926-2010 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Sean Bergin | 1948-2012 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jerry Bergonzi | 1947- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Tim Berne | 1954- | | | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Chu Berry | 1908-1941 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gary Bias | 1962- | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Rolf Billberg | 1930-1966 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Gus Bivona | 1915-1996 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jane Ira Bloom | 1955- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| T. K. Blue | 1953- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Hamiet Bluiett | 1940-2018 | | | | X | X | X | | | Jazz |
| Arthur Blythe | 1940-2017 | X | X | X | X | | | | | Free jazz, jazz |
| Arno Bornkamp | 1959- | | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Earl Bostic | 1913-1965 | | | X | | | | | | R&B |
| Mwata Bowden | 1947- | | | | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Ralph Bowen | 1961- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| David Bowie | 1947-2016 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Charles Brackeen | 1940- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz, free jazz |
| Anthony Braxton | 1945- | X | X | X+F | C | X | X | X | | Jazz |
| Michael Brecker | 1949-2007 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Willem Breuker | 1944-2010 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| James Briggs (Jimmy the Robot) | 1978- | | | | X | | | | | Ska |
| Nick Brignola | 1936-2002 | | X | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Napoleon Murphy Brock | 1945- | | | | X | | Monk Higgins (1936-1986) | | | Rock, jazz |
| Tina Brooks | 1932-1974 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Peter Brötzmann | 1941- | | | X | X | X | X | | | Free jazz |
| Les Brown | 1912-2001 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, swing |
| Marion Brown | 1931-2010 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| YolanDa Brown | 1982- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Cornelius Bumpus | 1946-2004 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, rock |
| Jane Bunnett | 1956- | | X | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Garvin Bushell | 1902-1991 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Sam Butera | 1927-2009 | | | | X | | | | | R&B, big band |
| Don Byas | 1912-1972 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ernie Caceres | 1911-1971 | | | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Sid Caesar | 1922-2014 | | | | X | | | | | Swing |
| Hadley Caliman | 1932-2010 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ed Calle | 1969- | | X | X | X | X | | Jazz |
| Ace Cannon | 1934-2018 | | | X | X | | | | | Rock |
| Tim Cappello | 1955- | | | | X | | | | | R&B, rock, jazz |
| Ronald Caravan | 1946- | X | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Harry Carney | 1910-1974 | | | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Pete Carney | 1974- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Acid jazz |
| Benny Carter | 1907-2003 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Daniel Carter | 1945- | | X | X | | | | | | Free jazz |
| James Carter | 1969- | X | X | X+F | C | X | X | | | Jazz |
| George Cassidy | 1936 - 2023 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Emilio Castillo | 1968- | | | | X | | | | | Soul, funk |
| Serge Chaloff | 1923-1957 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| James Chance | 1953- | | | X | | | | | | No wave, funk, free jazz |
| Igo Chico | | | | | X | | | | | Afrobeat |
| Pete Christlieb | 1945- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, bebop |
| Jeff Clayton | 1954-2020 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Clarence Clemons | 1942-2011 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Bill Clinton | 1946- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Arnett Cobb | 1918-1989 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jeff Coffin | 1965- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Anat Cohen | | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Cohen | | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Classical |
| Al Cohn | 1925-1988 | | | | X | x | | | | Jazz |
| Ornette Coleman | 1930-2015 | | | X | X | | | | | Free jazz |
| Steve Coleman | 1956- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Dana Colley | 1961- | | x | | X | X | x | | | Rock |
| Mel Collins | 1947- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock, jazz |
| John Coltrane | 1926-1967 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ravi Coltrane | 1965- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Alix Combelle | 1912-1978 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Junior Cook | 1934-1992 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Cooper | 1925-1993 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lol Coxhill | 1932-2012 | X | X | | X | | | | | Free improv |
| Hank Crawford | 1934-2009 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, R&B |
| Sonny Criss | 1927-1977 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Ronnie Cuber | 1941-2022 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| King Curtis | 1934-1971 | | X | X | X | | | | | Rock & roll, soul, blues |
| Claire Daly | 1958- | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Eric Darius | 1982- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, smooth jazz |
| Julian Dash | 1916-1974 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis | 1922-1986 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Charles DeChant | | | X | X | X | X | | | | Blue-eyed soul |
| Daniel Deffayet | 1922-2002 | | | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Claude Delangle | 1957- | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Classical |
| Karl Denson | 1956- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, funk |
| Paul Desmond | 1924-1977 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Stefano di Battista | 1969- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Manu Dibango | 1933-2020 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz funk |
| Amy Dickson | 1982- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Klaus Doldinger | 1936- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eric Dolphy | 1928-1964 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Arne Domnérus | 1924-2008 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Sam Donahue | 1918-1974 | | | | X | | | | | Swing |
| Lou Donaldson | 1926–2024 | | | X | | | | | | Hard bop |
| Daniel Dorff | 1956- | | | | X | X | | | | Classical |
| Jimmy Dorsey | 1904-1957 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Paquito D'Rivera | 1948- | | X | X | X | | | | | Latin jazz |
| Steve Duke | 1954- | | X | X | | | | | | Contemporary classical |
| Candy Dulfer | 1969- | | | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Hans Dulfer | 1940- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Dunmall | 1953- | | X | | C | | | | | Free jazz |
| Teddy Edwards | 1924-2003 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Larry Elgart | 1922-2017 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, swing |
| Richard Elliot | 1960- | | x | x | X | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Alfred "Pee Wee" Ellis | 1941-2021 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Booker Ervin | 1930-1970 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Wayne Escoffery | 1975- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ellery Eskelin | 1959- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bill Evans | 1958- | | x | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Herschel Evans | 1909-1939 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Evans | 1916-2014 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Sandy Evans | | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Stump Evans | 1904-1928 | | | | C | | | | | Jazz |
| Douglas Ewart | 1946- | X | | X | | | | | | Free jazz |
| Joe Farrell | 1937-1986 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Mirko Fait | 1965- | X | | | X | | | | | Smooth jazz, ambient |
| Wilton Felder | 1940-2015 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, fusion, R&B |
| Herbie Fields | 1919-1958 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz, R&B |
| Gavin Fitzjohn | 1985- | | | | X | X | | | | Jazz, rock |
| Christian Forshaw | | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Frank Foster | 1928-2011 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gary Foster | 1936- | x | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jean-Yves Fourmeau | | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Charlie Fowlkes | 1916-1980 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Joel Frahm | 1969- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Franceschini | 1961- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bud Freeman | 1906-1991 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Chico Freeman | 1949- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Von Freeman | 1923-2012 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Fuller | 1898-? | | X | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Tia Fuller | 1976- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, R&B |
| Kenny G | 1956- | | X | X | X | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Al Gallodoro | 1913-2008 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, classical |
| Jan Garbarek | 1947- | | X | | X | | X | | | Jazz |
| Bunk Gardner | 1933- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz, rock |
| Joe Garland | 1903-1977 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kenny Garrett | 1960- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Blaise Garza | 1989- | X | X | X+F | C | X | X | X | X | Rock, Jazz |
| George Garzone | 1950- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz, free jazz |
| Charles Gayle | 1939- | | | X | X | X | | | | Free jazz |
| Stan Getz | 1927-1991 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Gilmore | 1931-1995 | | | | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Vince Giordano | 1952- | | | | | | X | | | Jazz |
| Jimmy Giuffre | 1921-2008 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Vinny Golia | 1946- | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | Jazz |
| Benny Golson | 1929- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz to |
| Paul Gonsalves | 1920-1974 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kadri Gopalnath | 1950-2019 | | | X | | | | | | Carnatic |
| Bob Gordon | 1928-1955 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Dexter Gordon | 1923-1990 | | X | | X | | | | | Hard bop |
| Doudou Gouirand | 1940- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Glen Gray | 1906-1963 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Wardell Gray | 1921-1955 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bunky Green | 1935- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Leo Green | 1972- | | | | X | | | | | Rock |
| Euge Groove | 1962- | | X | X | X | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Steve Grossman | 1951-2020 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gigi Gryce | 1925-1983 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Lars Gullin | 1928-1976 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Mats Gustafsson | 1964- | X | X | X | X | X | | X | | Free jazz |
| Lawrence Gwozdz | 1953- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Dick Hafer | 1927-2012 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Elisa Hall | 1853-1924 | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Greg Ham | 1953-2012 | | | | X | | | | | Reggae |
| Lenny Hambro | 1942-1995 | | | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, swing, bebop, mambo |
| Andy Hamilton (jazz musician) | 1918-2012 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Andy Hamilton (pop musician) | 1953- | | | | X | | | | | Pop |
| Scott Hamilton | 1954- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Craig Handy | 1960- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Handy | 1933- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Keitaro Harada | 1985- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Otto Hardwick | 1904-1970 | | X | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| John Harle | 1956- | | X | X | x | | | | | Classical |
| Rufus Harley | 1936-2006 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Billy Harper | 1946- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Harriott | 1929-1973 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Eddie Harris | 1934-1996 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Donald Harrison | 1960- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, smooth jazz, hip hop |
| Coleman Hawkins | 1904-1969 | | | | X | | | X | | Jazz |
| Jimmy Heath | 1926-2020 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Helliwell | 1945- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Frederick L. Hemke | 1935-2019 | | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Julius Hemphill | 1938-1995 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Henderson | 1937-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ian Hendrickson-Smith | 1974- | | | X | x | x | | | | Jazz |
| Ernie Henry | 1926-1957 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Haywood Henry | 1913-1994 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Woody Herman | 1913-1987 | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Chuck Higgins | 1924-1999 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Warren Hill | 1991- | | X | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Johnny Hodges | 1906-1970 | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Red Holloway | 1927-2012 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ron Holloway | 1953- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, R&B, blues, funk, rock |
| Bill Holman | 1927- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Michael Holmes | 1982- | | | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Kyle Horch | 1964- | | | | | | | | | Classical |
| Lynn Hope | 1926-1993 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Jim Horn | 1940- | | | X | X | | | | | Blues, rock, R&B |
| James Houlik | 1942- | | | | X | | | | | Classical |
| Joe Houston | 1926-2015 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Vincent Ingala | 1992- | | | | X | | | | | Smooth jazz, Urban jazz, R&B |
| Mihai Iordache | 1967- | | | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, funk, punk, rock |
| David Jackson | 1947- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Progressive rock |
| Franz Jackson | 1912-2008 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Javon Jackson | 1965- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Illinois Jacquet | 1922-2004 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Hilton Jefferson | 1903-1968 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Budd Johnson | 1910-1984 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Floyd "Candy" Johnson | 1922-1981 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Howard Johnson | 1941-2021 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Howard E. Johnson | 1908-1991 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Plas Johnson | 1931- | | | | X | | | | | Bebop, R&B, blues, jazz |
| David Jones | 1888?-1956? | | | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Clifford Jordan | 1931-1993 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Edward "Kidd" Jordan | 1935-2023 | X | X | X | C | X | | | | Jazz |
| Louis Jordan | 1908-1975 | | | X | | | | | | R&B |
| Richie Kamuca | 1930-1977 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ori Kaplan | 1969- | | | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Bruce Kapler | 1953- | | X | X | X | X | X | | | Rock, R&B |
| Jackie Kelso | 1922-2012 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz, rock, R&B |
| Theodore Kerkezos | | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| John-Edward Kelly | 1958-2015 | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Bobby Keys | 1943-2014 | | | | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Rahsaan Roland Kirk | 1935-1977 | | X | X | X | | | | | Free jazz, jazz |
| John Klemmer | 1946- | | X | X | X | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Al Klink | 1915-1991 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lynn Klock | 1950- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Sigurd Køhn | 1959-2004 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Ian Kirkham | 1963- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Pop, smooth jazz, jazz |
| Lee Konitz | 1927-2020 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Dave Koz | 1963- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Karel Krautgartner | 1922-1982 | | | X | | | | | | Classical, jazz |
| Jonas Kullhammar | 1978- | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Jazz |
| Stephen "Doc" Kupka | 1946- | | | | | X | | | | Funk |
| Fela Kuti | 1938-1997 | | X | | | | | | | Afrobeat |
| Femi Kuti | 1962- | | | X | | | | | | Afrobeat |
| Seun Kuti | 1982- | | | | X | | | | | Afrobeat |
| Trent Kynaston | 1946- | | X | X | X | | | | | Classical, jazz |
| Guy Lacour | 1932-2013 | | | | X | | | | | Classical |
| Steve Lacy | 1934-2004 | | X | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Guy Lafitte | 1927-1998 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Oliver Lake | 1942- | | X | X | X | | | | | R&B |
| Harold Land | 1928-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Hard bop |
| Brian Landrus | 1978- | | x | | x | X | X | | | Jazz |
| Prince Lasha | 1929-2008 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Yusef Lateef | 1920-2013 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Géraldine Laurent | 1975- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Abdon Laus | 1888-1945 | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Clifford Leaman | | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Amy Lee | 1963- | X | X | X | X | X | | | | Smooth jazz, jazz, R&B |
| Cecil Leeson | 1902-1989 | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Min Leibrook | 1903-1943 | | | | | | X | | | Jazz |
| Michael Lewis | 1946- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Dave Liebman | 1946- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lin Chien-Kwan | 1972- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Magnus Lindgren | 1974- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Linnell | 1959- | | | X | X | X | X | | | Pop, rock |
| Charles Lloyd | 1938- | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jean-Marie Londeix | 1932- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Classical |
| Julien Lourau | 1970- | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Lovano | 1952- | | X | X | X+C | | | | | Jazz |
| Joseph Lulloff | 1960- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Classical |
| Anders Lundegård | | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Claude Luter | 1923-2006 | | X | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Arun Luthra | | | X | x | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Andy Mackay | 1946- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Steve Mackay | 1949-2015 | | | | X | | | | | Punk rock |
| Fraser MacPherson | 1928-1993 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Rudresh Mahanthappa | 1971- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Maini | 1930-1964 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Didier Malherbe | 1943- | | X | X | X | | X | | | Progressive rock, jazz fusion |
| Steve "The Count" Marcus | 1939-2005 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz, fusion |
| Rick Margitza | 1961- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Charlie Mariano | 1923-2009 | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz, fusion |
| Eric Marienthal | 1957- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lou Marini | 1945- | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | Jazz |
| Branford Marsalis | 1960- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, classical |
| Warne Marsh | 1927-1987 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jerry Martini | 1943- | | | X | X | | | | | Soul, funk, rock |
| Lenny Massey | 1988- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Sabir Mateen | 1951- | | | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Stuart Matthewman | 1982- | | | X | X | | | | | Smooth Jazz |
| Bennie Maupin | 1940- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Timothy McAllister | 1972- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Tommy McCook | 1927-1998 | | | | X | | | | | Reggae |
| Jackie McLean | 1932-2006 | | | X | | | | | | Hard bop |
| René McLean | 1946- | | | X | X | X | | | | Hard bop |
| Harold McNair | 1932-1971 | | | X | X | | | To | | Jazz |
| Big Jay McNeely | 1927-2018 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Joe McPhee | 1939- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Charles McPherson | 1939- | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Patrick Meighan | 1949- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Jay Migliori | 1930-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Chris Mercer | | | | | X | | | | | R&B, rock |
| Charles Miller | 1939-1980 | | | X | X | | | | | Funk |
| Eddie Miller | 1911-1991 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Mintzer | 1953- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Billy Mitchell | 1926-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Roscoe Mitchell | 1940- | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Jazz |
| Hank Mobley | 1930-1986 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| J. R. Monterose | 1927-1993 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jack Montrose | 1928-2006 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| James Moody | 1925-2010 | | | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Jemeel Moondoc | 1951-2021 | | | X | | | | | | Free jazz |
| Angelo Moore | 1965- | | x | x | x | X | X | | | Rock |
| LeRoi Moore | 1961-2008 | | X | X | X | X | X | | | Rock, jazz |
| Wild Bill Moore | 1918-1983 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Frank Morgan | 1933-2007 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Van Morrison | 1945- | | X | X | X | | | | | Rock |
| Dick Morrissey | 1940-2000 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Mover | 1952- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Marcel Mule | 1901-2001 | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Gerry Mulligan | 1927-1996 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Otis Murphy | 1972- | | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| David Murray | 1955- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Don Murray | 1904-1929 | | | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Vido Musso | 1913-1982 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Boots Mussulli | 1915-1967 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Don Myrick | 1940-1993 | | | X | X | | | | | R&B |
| Derek Nash | 1961- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Big band |
| Ted Nash (born 1922) | 1922-2011 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ted Nash (born 1960) | 1960- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| David "Fathead" Newman | 1933-2009 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Albert Nicholas | 1900-1973 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Jack Nimitz | 1930-2009 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Enzo Nini | 1954- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ryo Noda | 1948- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Steve Norman | 1960- | | | X | | | | | | Pop |
| Norbert H. J. Nozy | 1952- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Luis Nubiola | 1974- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Greg Osby | 1960- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Gerald Oshita | 1942–1992 | | | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, contemporary classical |
| Fausto Papetti | 1923-1999 | | | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Walter Parazaider | 1945- | | | X | X | | | | | Rock |
| Johnny Paris | 1940-2006 | | | | X | | | | | Rock & roll |
| Charlie Parker | 1920-1955 | | | X | X | | | | | Bebop |
| Evan Parker | 1944- | | X | | X | | | | | Free improv |
| Maceo Parker | 1943- | | | X | X | | | | | R&B, funk |
| J. D. Parran | | | X | | X | X | X | | | Free jazz |
| Dick Parry | 1942- | | | | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Tony Pastor | 1907-1969 | | | | X | | | | | Swing |
| Lee Patrick | 1938- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Pat Patrick | 1929-1991 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Cecil Payne | 1922-2007 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Dave Pell | 1925-2017 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kirk Pengilly | 1958- | | | | | | | | | Rock |
| Ken Peplowski | 1959- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Art Pepper | 1925-1982 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jim Pepper | 1941-1992 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Houston Person | 1934- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Flip Phillips | 1915-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Reuben Phillips | ????-1974 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Lenny Pickett | 1954- | | X | X | X | X | | | | R&B, funk |
| Dave Pietro | 1964- | | X | X | C | | | | | Jazz |
| St. Clair Pinckney | 1930-1999 | | | | X | X | | | | Funk |
| Courtney Pine | 1964- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, jazz fusion |
| Harvey Pittel | 1943- | X | X | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Dan Plonsey | 1958- | | X | X | C | X | | | | Free jazz |
| Rudy Pompilli | 1926-1976 | | | | X | | | | | Rock & roll |
| Michel Portal | 1935- | | | | | | | | | Jazz, classical |
| Chris Potter | 1971- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Noah Preminger | 1986- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Russell Procope | 1908-1981 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Ike Quebec | 1918-1963 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gene Quill | 1927-1988 | | | X | | | | | | Bebop |
| Paul Quinichette | 1916-1983 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kenneth Radnofsky | 1953- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Boyd Raeburn | 1913-1966 | | | | | | X | | | Jazz |
| Boots Randolph | 1927-2007 | | | X | X | | | | | Rock & roll |
| Sigurd Raschèr | 1907-2001 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | Classical |
| Raphael Ravenscroft | 1954-2014 | | | X | | | | | | Rock |
| Danny Ray | 1951- | | | | X | | | | | Rock |
| Vi Redd | 1928-2022 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Dewey Redman | 1931-2006 | | | | X | | | | | Free jazz |
| Don Redman | 1900-1964 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Joshua Redman | 1969- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Alto Reed | 1948-2020 | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Rock |
| Don Rendell | 1926-2015 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Jerome Richardson | 1920-2000 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, big band |
| Kim Richmond | 1940- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Debra Richtmeyer | 1957- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Sam Rivers | 1923-2011 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Tyler Rix | 1993- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Pat Rizzo | 1941-2021 | | | X | X | | | | | Soul, funk, rock |
| David Roach | 1955- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Matana Roberts | 1975- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Scott Robinson | 1959- | | | | C | X | | X | | Jazz |
| Adrian Rollini | 1904-1956 | | | | | | X | | | Swing |
| Sonny Rollins | 1930- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bernt Rosengren | 1937- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Hubert Rostaing | 1918-1990 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ned Rothenberg | 1956- | | | X | | | | | | Free improv |
| Charlie Rouse | 1924-1988 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eugene Rousseau | 1932- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Marshal Royal | 1912-1995 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Pee Wee Russell | 1906-1969 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Babe Russin | 1911-1984 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Sampen | 1949- | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Edgar Sampson | 1907-1973 | | | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| David Sanborn | 1945-2024 | | X | X | | | | | | Smooth jazz |
| Pharoah Sanders | 1940- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Adolphe Sax | 1814-1894 | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Classical |
| Jacques Schwarz-Bart | 1962- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Louis Sclavis | 1953- | | X | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Cecil Scott | 1905-1964 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Tom Scott | 1948- | X | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz fusion |
| Al Sears | 1910-1990 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Gene Sedric | 1907-1963 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bud Shank | 1926-2009 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Elliott Sharp | 1951- | | X | X | X | | | | | Experimental |
| Archie Shepp | 1937- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Andy Sheppard | 1957- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bob Sheppard | 1952- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Euclid James "Motorhead" Sherwood | 1942-2011 | | X | | X | X | | | | Rock, jazz |
| Sahib Shihab | 1925-1989 | | X | X | | X | | | | Bebop |
| Wayne Shorter | 1933-2023 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Omer Simeon | 1902-1959 | | X | X | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Sonny Simmons | 1933-2021 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Zoot Sims | 1925-1985 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Hal Singer | 1919-2020 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Donald Sinta | 1937- | | | X | | | | | | R&B |
| Steve Slagle | 1952- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Rodney Slater | 1944- | | | X | | X | X | | | Rock |
| Ben Smith | 1905-???? | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Buster Smith | 1904-1991 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Jon Robert Smith | 1945- | | | X | | | | | | Rock |
| Julian Smith | 1969- | | X | X | X | | | | | Smooth jazz, pop, soul, mambo |
| Tab Smith | 1909-1971 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz, R&B |
| Tommy Smith | 1967- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Willie Smith | 1910-1967 | | | X | | | | | | Swing |
| Gary Smulyan | 1956- | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| James Spaulding | 1937- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Roger Ruskin Spear | 1943- | | | | X | | X | | | Rock |
| Chris Speed | 1967- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Dick Stabile | 1909-1980 | | | X | | | | | | Swing |
| Hal Stein | 1928-2008 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Herbie Steward | 1926-2003 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Sonny Stitt | 1924-1982 | | | X | X | X | | | | Bebop |
| Vernon Story | 1922-2007 | | | | X | | | | | Bebop |
| Ira Sullivan | 1931-2020 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ed Summerlin | 1928-2006 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| John Surman | 1944- | | X | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Lew Tabackin | 1940- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Richard Tabnik | 1952- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Buddy Tate | 1913-2001 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Taylor | 1960- | | X | X | X | | | | | Pop, smooth jazz, R&B |
| Sam "the Man" Taylor | 1916-1990 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz, R&B, pop |
| John Tchicai | 1936-2012 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Larry Teal | 1905-1984 | | | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| Joe Temperley | 1929-2016 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Frank Teschemacher | 1906-1932 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Joe Thomas | 1909-1986 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Pete Thomas | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | Rock |
| Barbara Thompson | 1944- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Lee Thompson | 1957- | | | X | X | X | | | | Ska |
| Lucky Thompson | 1924-2005 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Theo Travis | 1964- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz, Rock, Ambient |
| Alejandro Toledo | 1977- | | X | X | | | | | | Contemporary, Classical, World |
| Frankie Trumbauer | 1901-1956 | | | X | X | C | | | | Jazz |
| Kenneth Tse | 1972- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Mark Turner | 1965- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Nik Turner | 1940- | | X | X | X | | | | | Space rock |
| Stanley Turrentine | 1934-2000 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Kazutoki Umezu | 1949- | | X | X | | | | | | Free jazz |
| Ian Underwood | 1939- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, rock |
| Ken Vandermark | 1964- | | | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Cindy Vela | 1979- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Charlie Ventura | 1916-1992 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eddie Vinson | 1917-1988 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Greely Walton | 1904-1993 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Mark Walton | 1957- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Classical |
| Carlos Ward | 1940- | | | X | X | | | | | Classical |
| David S. Ware | 1949-2012 | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Pete Wareham | ? | | | | X | x | | | | Punk jazz, alternative rock |
| Earle Warren | 1914-1994 | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Grover Washington Jr. | 1943-1999 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Smooth jazz, jazz |
| Jack Washington | 1910-1964 | | | | | X | | | | Jazz |
| Tyrone Washington | 1944- | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Benny Waters | 1902-1998 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Bobby Watson | 1953- | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Ernie Watts | 1945- | | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz, fusion |
| Noble "Thin Man" Watts | 1926-2004 | | | | X | | | | | R&B |
| Doug Webb | 1960- | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ben Webster | 1909-1973 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ben Wendel | | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Frank Wess | 1922-2013 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Crawford Wethington | 1904-1994 | | | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Kirk Whalum | 1958- | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz fusion |
| Andrew White | 1942-2020 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Chris White | 1955- | | X | X | X | X | | | | Jazz, rock |
| Harry White | 1967- | | X | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Steve White | 1925-2005 | | | | X | X | | | | Jazz |
| Rudy Wiedoeft | 1893-1940 | | | X | C | | | | | Classical |
| Barney Wilen | 1937-1996 | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Ernie Wilkins | 1922-1999 | | | X | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Eddie Williams | | X | | | | | | | | Jazz |
| Mars Williams | 1955- | X | X | X | X | | | | | Jazz, free jazz, acid jazz, rock, funk |
| Pamela Williams | | | | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Williams | 1915-2002 | | | X | | X | | | | R&B |
| Dick Wilson | 1911-1941 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Steve Wilson | 1961- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz |
| Paul Winter | 1939- | | X | X | | | | | | Jazz, world music |
| Don Wise | 1957- | | | x | X | | | | | R&B, soul |
| Francis Wong | | | X | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Chris Wood | 1944-1983 | | X | X | X | X | | | | Rock |
| Phil Woods | 1931-2015 | | X | X | | | | | | Bebop |
| Andrew Woolfolk | 1951-2022 | X | X | X | | | | | | R&B |
| John Worley | 1919-1999 | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Laurence Wyman | | | | X | | | | | | Classical |
| Lester Young | 1909-1959 | | | | X | | | | | Jazz |
| Daniel Zamir | 1981- | | X | X | | | | | | Free jazz, Jewish music |
| John Zorn | 1953- | | | X | | | | | | Free jazz |
| Anders Paulsson | 1961- | | X | | | | | | | Classical, Jazz |
| Name | Timespan | s | S | A | T | B | b | c | sc | Genre |

## Fictional saxophonists

* Bleeding Gums Murphy (The Simpsons)
* Lisa Simpson - (The Simpsons)
* Henry Jones Jr. (The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, soprano)
* Zoot (The Muppets)