# List of SSC Napoli players

Below is a list of notable footballers who have played for Napoli. Generally, this means players have played at least 50 matches or scored 10 goals for the club, but some players who have played fewer matches are included, if they have had success at other clubs or appeared at least once in the national team.

## List of players

Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club. Appearances and goals are for the first team, including appearances as substitutes, correct as of 5 March 2025
| Player | Nationality | Position | Napoli career | Appearances | Goals |
| Leslie Minter | Italy England | DF | 1926–1927 | 2 | 0 |
| Ernesto Ghisi | Italy Libya | FW | 1926–1930 | 39 | 13 |
| Domenico Gariglio | Italy | FW | 1926–1930 | 62 | 4 |
| Roberto Di Martino | Italy | MF | 1926–1931 | 100 | 0 |
| Paulo Innocenti | Italy Brazil | DF | 1926–1937 | 213 | 6 |
| Attila Sallustro | Italy Paraguay | FW | 1926–1937 | 266 | 108 |
| Gondrano Innocenti | Italy | MF | 1927–1929 | 49 | 17 |
| Adamo Roggia | Italy | MF | 1928–1931 | 91 | 5 |
| Camillo Fenili | Italy | FW/MF | 1928–1931 | 51 | 5 |
| Carlo Buscaglia | Italy | MF/FW | 1928–1938 | 270 | 41 |
| Marcello Mihalich | Italy Croatia | MF | 1929–1932 | 94 | 32 |
| Giovanni Vincenzi | Italy | DF | 1929–1935 | 172 | 0 |
| Antonio Vojak | Italy Croatia | FW/MF | 1929–1935 | 196 | 103 |
| Giuseppe Cavanna | Italy | GK | 1929–1936 | 156 | 0 |
| Mariano Tansini | Italy | FW/MF | 1930–1932 | 54 | 11 |
| Ettore Fontana | Italy | DF | 1930–1933 | 49 | 0 |
| Enrico Colombari | Italy | MF | 1930–1937 | 219 | 6 |
| Luigi Castello | Italy | DF | 1930–1940 | 182 | 0 |
| Carlos Volante | Argentina | MF | 1931–1932 | 26 | 0 |
| Oliviero Vojak | Italy Croatia | FW | 1931–1932 | 15 | 6 |
| Oreste Benatti | Italy | MF | 1931–1934 | 62 | 6 |
| Valerio Gravisi | Italy | MF | 1932–1935 | 39 | 12 |
| Pietro Ferraris | Italy | FW | 1932–1936 | 85 | 14 |
| Goliardo Gelardi | Brazil | MF | 1933–1934 | 1 | 0 |
| Enrico Rivolta | Italy | FW/MF | 1933–1936 | 90 | 2 |
| Gino Rossetti | Italy | FW/MF | 1933–1937 | 128 | 29 |
| Giovanni Venditto | Italy | FW/MF | 1933–1943 | 188 | 34 |
| Guillermo Stábile | Argentina | FW | 1934–1935 | 20 | 3 |
| Arnaldo Sentimenti | Italy | GK | 1934–1943 1945–1948 | 235 | 0 |
| Giovanni Busoni | Italy | FW | 1935–1936 | 30 | 12 |
| Antonio Ferrara | Argentina Italy | MF | 1935–1937 | 40 | 7 |
| Vittorio Mosele | Italy | GK | 1935–1938 | 58 | 0 |
| Giuseppe Fenoglio | Italy | DF | 1935–1940 | 123 | 0 |
| Silverio Tricoli | Italy | MF | 1935–1943 | 90 | 0 |
| Carlo Biagi | Italy | MF | 1936–1940 | 94 | 17 |
| Nicolás Riccardi | Uruguay | DF | 1937–1939 | 58 | 1 |
| Filippo Prato | Italy | MF | 1937–1940 | 82 | 8 |
| Germano Mian | Italy | FW/MF | 1937–1940 | 77 | 14 |
| Nereo Rocco | Italy | MF/FW | 1937–1940 | 55 | 8 |
| Giuseppe Gerbi | Italy | FW | 1937–1940 | 29 | 9 |
| Mario Pretto | Italy | DF | 1937–1949 | 229 | 1 |
| Achille Piccini | Italy | DF | 1938–1939 | 25 | 1 |
| Alfonso Negro | Italy United States | FW | 1938–1941 | 27 | 2 |
| Aldo Fabbro | Italy | MF | 1938–1943 | 108 | 8 |
| Italo Romagnoli | Italy | MF/DF | 1938–1940 1946–1947 | 68 | 9 |
| Bruno Gramaglia | Italy | MF/DF | 1938–1943 1949–1955 | 275 | 4 |
| Luigi Rosellini | Italy | MF | 1939–1941 | 52 | 18 |
| Carlo Alberto Quario | Italy | FW | 1939–1941 | 55 | 19 |
| Luigi Cassano | Italy | DF | 1939–1942 | 49 | 0 |
| Evaristo Barrera | Argentina | FW | 1940–1942 | 49 | 12 |
| Giuseppe Cadregari | Italy | FW | 1940–1943 | 60 | 15 |
| Luigi Milano | Italy | MF | 1940–1943 1945–1946 | 94 | 2 |
| Umberto Busani | Italy | FW/MF | 1940–1948 | 174 | 46 |
| Bruno Berra | Italy | DF | 1941–1947 | 119 | 0 |
| Andrea Verrina | Italy | MF | 1941–1944 1945–1948 | 144 | 18 |
| Ferdinando Pastore | Italy | MF | 1941–1942 1945–1950 | 88 | 1 |
| Egidio Di Costanzo | Italy | MF | 1941–1943 1945–1951 | 153 | 7 |
| Vinicio Viani | Italy | FW | 1942–1943 | 32 | 17 |
| Luigi Ganelli | Italy | MF | 1942–1943 1946–1948 | 49 | 2 |
| Raffaele Sansone | Italy Uruguay | MF | 1945–1946 | 4 | 0 |
| Riza Lushta | Kosovo Albania | FW | 1945–1946 | 27 | 6 |
| Michele Andreolo | Italy Uruguay | MF | 1945–1948 | 93 | 11 |
| Mario Rosi | Italy | MF | 1945–1949 | 149 | 3 |
| Carlo Barbieri | Italy | FW/MF | 1945–1949 | 108 | 31 |
| Dante Di Benedetti | Italy | FW | 1946–1948 | 47 | 20 |
| Ferruccio Santamaria | Italy | MF | 1946–1949 | 64 | 14 |
| Jone Spartano | Italy | MF | 1946–1949 | 54 | 3 |
| Sergio Chellini | Italy | GK | 1946–1950 | 121 | 0 |
| Ottavio Morgia | Italy | FW | 1946–1947 1949–1950 | 31 | 7 |
| Roberto La Paz | Uruguay | FW | 1947–1949 | 33 | 6 |
| Naim Krieziu | Albania | FW/MF | 1947–1952 | 168 | 40 |
| Petar Manola | Yugoslavia Bosnia and Herzegovina | FW/MF | 1948–1949 | 14 | 1 |
| Felice Borel | Italy | FW | 1948–1949 | 1 | 0 |
| Renato Brighenti | Italy | FW | 1948–1949 | 27 | 8 |
| Eto Soldani | Italy | DF | 1948–1951 | 87 | 5 |
| Ivo Šuprina | Croatia Yugoslavia | FW | 1948–1951 | 54 | 21 |
| Costantino De Andreis | Italy | FW | 1949–1950 | 38 | 12 |
| Paolo Todeschini | Italy | MF | 1949–1952 | 94 | 14 |
| Mario Astorri | Italy | FW | 1949–1953 | 88 | 31 |
| Alberto Delfrati | Italy | DF | 1949–1954 | 127 | 0 |
| Leandro Remondini | Italy | DF | 1950–1951 | 28 | 5 |
| Antonio Bacchetti | Italy | MF | 1950–1952 | 30 | 10 |
| Giuseppe Casari | Italy | GK | 1950–1953 | 107 | 0 |
| Silvio Formentin | Italy | MF | 1950–1954 | 103 | 23 |
| Farnese Masoni | Italy | FW/MF | 1950–1953 1954–1955 | 25 | 9 |
| Amedeo Amadei | Italy | FW | 1950–1956 | 171 | 47 |
| Giorgio Granata | Italy | MF | 1950–1957 | 169 | 4 |
| Dionisio Arce | Paraguay | FW | 1951–1952 | 11 | 2 |
| István Mike Mayer | Hungary | FW | 1951–1952 | 21 | 8 |
| Jeno Vinyei | Czechoslovakia Hungary | DF | 1951–1955 | 124 | 5 |
| Giulio Castelli | Italy | DF/MF | 1951–1956 | 121 | 7 |
| Luciano Comaschi | Italy | DF | 1951–1960 | 251 | 4 |
| Hasse Jeppson | Sweden | FW | 1952–1956 | 112 | 51 |
| Giancarlo Vitali | Italy | FW/MF | 1952–1957 | 136 | 41 |
| Bruno Pesaola | Italy Argentina | FW/MF | 1952–1960 | 253 | 27 |
| Giovanni Ciccarelli | Italy | MF/FW | 1953–1957 | 93 | 10 |
| Ottavio Bugatti | Italy | GK | 1953–1961 | 261 | 0 |
| Armando Tre Re | Italy | DF | 1954–1956 | 66 | 0 |
| Rodolfo Beltrandi | Italy | MF | 1954–1960 | 171 | 13 |
| Celso Posio | Italy | MF/DF | 1954–1961 | 208 | 13 |
| Luís Vinício | Brazil | FW | 1955–1960 | 155 | 70 |
| Elia Greco | Italy | DF | 1955–1962 | 194 | 1 |
| Dolo Mistone | Italy | DF | 1955–1966 | 159 | 1 |
| Luigi Brugola | Italy | FW/MF | 1956–1959 | 65 | 10 |
| Cesare Franchini | Italy | MF | 1956–1960 | 69 | 3 |
| Sergio Morin | Italy | MF | 1956–1960 | 97 | 1 |
| Carlo Novelli | Italy | FW/MF | 1957–1959 | 40 | 9 |
| Gino Bertucco | Italy | MF | 1957–1961 | 69 | 8 |
| Beniamino Di Giacomo | Italy | FW | 1957–1961 | 127 | 37 |
| Emanuele Del Vecchio | Brazil | FW | 1957–1961 | 71 | 28 |
| Alessandro Vitali | Italy | MF | 1958–1960 | 35 | 8 |
| Gianfelice Schiavone | Italy | DF | 1959–1962 | 64 | 1 |
| Pacifico Cuman | Italy | GK | 1959–1969 | 56 | 0 |
| Guido Gratton | Italy | MF | 1960–1961 | 19 | 2 |
| Gino Pivatelli | Italy | FW | 1960–1961 | 22 | 3 |
| Juan Carlos Tacchi | Argentina | FW | 1960–1966 | 127 | 19 |
| Antonio Girardo | Italy | MF/DF | 1960–1968 | 224 | 6 |
| Giovanni Molino | Italy | DF | 1961–1963 | 68 | 0 |
| Ugo Tomeazzi | Italy | MF/FW | 1961–1963 | 40 | 2 |
| Amos Mariani | Italy | FW/MF | 1961–1963 | 39 | 8 |
| Giovanni Fanello | Italy | FW | 1961–1963 | 87 | 19 |
| Walter Pontel | Italy | GK | 1961–1964 | 94 | 0 |
| Rosario Rivellino | Italy | MF | 1961–1964 | 43 | 0 |
| Glauco Gilardoni | Italy | FW | 1961–1965 | 57 | 15 |
| Achille Fraschini | Italy | MF | 1961–1965 | 105 | 23 |
| Gianni Corelli | Italy | FW/MF | 1961–1965 | 120 | 26 |
| Mauro Gatti | Italy | DF | 1961–1966 | 136 | 6 |
| Pierluigi Ronzon | Italy | DF/MF | 1961–1967 | 227 | 15 |
| Vincenzo Montefusco | Italy | MF | 1961–1970 1971–1972 1973–1974 1975–1977 | 214 | 13 |
| Humberto Rosa | Italy Argentina | MF | 1962–1964 | 48 | 7 |
| Cané | Brazil | FW | 1962–1969 1972–1975 | 254 | 70 |
| Antonio Juliano | Italy | MF | 1962–1978 | 505 | 38 |
| Bruno Garzena | Italy | DF | 1963–1964 | 32 | 0 |
| Giovanni Bolzoni | Italy | MF | 1963–1966 | 45 | 9 |
| Flavio Emoli | Italy | MF | 1963–1966 | 75 | 0 |
| Pietro Adorni | Italy | DF | 1964–1966 | 49 | 2 |
| Claudio Bandoni | Italy | GK | 1964–1967 | 113 | 0 |
| Gastone Bean | Italy | FW | 1964–1967 | 55 | 14 |
| Dino Panzanato | Italy | DF | 1964–1973 | 262 | 2 |
| Mario Zurlini | Italy | DF | 1964–1974 | 254 | 4 |
| Amedeo Stenti | Italy | DF | 1965–1969 | 75 | 0 |
| Omar Sívori | Italy Argentina | FW/MF | 1965–1969 | 76 | 16 |
| Stelio Nardin | Italy | DF | 1965–1971 | 169 | 0 |
| José Altafini | Italy Brazil | FW | 1965–1972 | 234 | 97 |
| Alberto Orlando | Italy | FW | 1966–1968 | 74 | 14 |
| Romano Micelli | Italy | DF | 1966–1969 | 40 | 0 |
| Ottavio Bianchi | Italy | MF | 1966–1971 | 150 | 20 |
| Paolo Barison | Italy | FW/MF | 1967–1970 | 82 | 16 |
| Dino Zoff | Italy | GK | 1967–1972 | 190 | 0 |
| Luigi Pogliana | Italy | DF | 1967–1977 | 263 | 8 |
| Aristide Guarneri | Italy | DF | 1968–1969 | 27 | 0 |
| Claudio Sala | Italy | MF | 1968–1969 | 33 | 3 |
| Harald Nielsen | Denmark | FW | 1968–1969 | 19 | 5 |
| Luciano Monticolo | Italy | DF | 1969–1971 | 63 | 2 |
| Kurt Hamrin | Sweden | FW | 1969–1971 | 34 | 5 |
| Pierpaolo Manservisi | Italy | FW/MF | 1969–1970 1971–1972 | 60 | 7 |
| Giovanni Improta | Italy | MF | 1969–1973 1979–1980 | 181 | 22 |
| Angelo Sormani | Italy Brazil | FW | 1970–1972 | 69 | 13 |
| Carlo Ripari | Italy | DF | 1970–1972 1973–1974 | 66 | 1 |
| Pietro Carmignani | Italy | GK | 1972–1977 | 194 | 0 |
| Giovanni Vavassori | Italy | DF | 1972–1977 | 121 | 1 |
| Salvatore Esposito | Italy | MF | 1972–1977 | 176 | 8 |
| Oscar Damiani | Italy | FW/MF | 1972–1973 1979–1982 | 128 | 26 |
| Giuseppe Bruscolotti | Italy | DF | 1972–1988 | 511 | 11 |
| Sergio Clerici | Brazil | FW | 1973–1975 | 66 | 32 |
| Spartaco Landini | Italy | DF | 1973–1976 | 33 | 0 |
| Giorgio Braglia | Italy | FW | 1973–1976 | 110 | 35 |
| Andrea Orlandini | Italy | MF | 1973–1977 | 156 | 8 |
| Tarcisio Burgnich | Italy | DF | 1974–1977 | 118 | 1 |
| Giuseppe Massa | Italy | FW/MF | 1974–1978 | 150 | 36 |
| Antonio La Palma | Italy | DF | 1974–1978 | 116 | 5 |
| Giuseppe Savoldi | Italy | FW | 1975–1979 | 165 | 77 |
| Luciano Chiarugi | Italy | FW/MF | 1976–1978 | 48 | 10 |
| Sauro Catellani | Italy | DF | 1976–1979 | 70 | 0 |
| Walter Speggiorin | Italy | FW | 1976–1977 1979–1981 | 79 | 13 |
| Claudio Vinazzani | Italy | MF | 1976–1983 | 253 | 5 |
| Livio Pin | Italy | MF | 1977–1979 | 58 | 7 |
| Antonio Capone | Italy | FW | 1977–1981 1982–1983 | 87 | 13 |
| Gaetano Musella | Italy | FW | 1977–1978 1979–1982 | 85 | 12 |
| Moreno Ferrario | Italy | DF | 1977–1988 | 396 | 11 |
| Domenico Caso | Italy | MF/FW | 1978–1979 | 24 | 1 |
| Claudio Pellegrini | Italy | FW | 1978–1979 1980–1984 | 175 | 41 |
| Attilio Tesser | Italy | DF | 1978–1980 | 50 | 3 |
| Vittorio Caporale | Italy | DF | 1978–1980 | 55 | 0 |
| Roberto Filippi | Italy | MF | 1978–1980 | 70 | 3 |
| Luciano Castellini | Italy | GK | 1978–1985 | 258 | 0 |
| Mauro Bellugi | Italy | DF | 1979–1980 | 34 | 0 |
| Mario Guidetti | Italy | MF | 1979–1982 | 96 | 10 |
| Raimondo Marino | Italy | DF | 1979–1983 1984–1986 | 143 | 4 |
| Costanzo Celestini | Italy | MF | 1979–1981 1982–1987 | 145 | 2 |
| Luciano Marangon | Italy | DF | 1980–1981 | 29 | 0 |
| Ruud Krol | Netherlands | DF | 1980–1984 | 125 | 1 |
| Filippo Citterio | Italy | DF | 1981–1983 | 63 | 2 |
| Antonio Criscimanni | Italy | MF | 1981–1983 | 78 | 5 |
| Massimo Palanca | Italy | FW | 1981–1982 1983–1984 | 50 | 2 |
| Antonio Carannante | Italy | DF | 1981–1987 1988–1989 | 107 | 3 |
| Ramon Diaz | Argentina | FW | 1982–1983 | 38 | 8 |
| Paolo Dal Fiume | Italy | MF | 1982–1985 | 101 | 10 |
| Dirceu | Brazil | MF | 1983–1984 | 35 | 6 |
| Gianni De Rosa | Italy | FW | 1983–1984 | 33 | 8 |
| Luigi Caffarelli | Italy | MF/FW | 1983–1987 | 129 | 11 |
| Daniel Bertoni | Argentina | FW/MF | 1984–1986 | 63 | 18 |
| Salvatore Bagni | Italy | MF | 1984–1988 | 135 | 17 |
| Francesco Baiano | Italy | FW | 1984–1986 1987–1988 | 12 | 0 |
| Diego Maradona | Argentina | FW | 1984–1991 | 259 | 115 |
| Ciro Ferrara | Italy | DF | 1984–1994 | 322 | 15 |
| Eraldo Pecci | Italy | MF | 1985–1986 | 29 | 1 |
| Ruben Buriani | Italy | MF | 1985–1986 | 9 | 0 |
| Claudio Garella | Italy | GK | 1985–1988 | 115 | 0 |
| Bruno Giordano | Italy | FW | 1985–1988 | 109 | 37 |
| Alessandro Renica | Italy | DF | 1985–1991 | 194 | 17 |
| Massimo Filardi | Italy | DF | 1985–1989 1991–1992 | 80 | 0 |
| Francesco Romano | Italy | MF | 1986–1989 | 91 | 7 |
| Fernando De Napoli | Italy | MF | 1986–1992 | 242 | 9 |
| Giuseppe Taglialatela | Italy | GK | 1986–1988 1990–1991 1993–1999 | 203 | 0 |
| Tebaldo Bigliardi | Italy | DF | 1986–1990 | 59 | 0 |
| Andrea Carnevale | Italy | FW | 1986–1990 | 154 | 47 |
| Careca | Brazil | FW | 1987–1993 | 221 | 95 |
| Giovanni Francini | Italy | DF | 1987–1994 | 250 | 17 |
| Giuliano Giuliani | Italy | GK | 1988–1990 | 98 | 0 |
| Luca Fusi | Italy | MF/DF | 1988–1990 | 96 | 2 |
| Alemão | Brazil | MF | 1988–1992 | 133 | 14 |
| Massimo Crippa | Italy | MF | 1988–1993 | 206 | 11 |
| Giancarlo Corradini | Italy | DF | 1988–1994 | 230 | 3 |
| Marco Baroni | Italy | DF | 1989–1991 | 77 | 4 |
| Massimo Mauro | Italy | MF | 1989–1993 | 90 | 4 |
| Gianfranco Zola | Italy | FW/MF | 1989–1993 | 136 | 36 |
| Massimo Tarantino | Italy | DF | 1989 1991–1996 | 118 | 0 |
| Luca Altomare | Italy | MF | 1989–1991 1992–1993 1994–1999 | 116 | 4 |
| Giorgio Venturin | Italy | MF | 1990–1991 | 41 | 0 |
| Giuseppe Incocciati | Italy | FW | 1990–1991 | 32 | 11 |
| Andrea Silenzi | Italy | FW | 1990–1992 | 50 | 9 |
| Giovanni Galli | Italy | GK | 1990–1993 | 123 | 0 |
| Laurent Blanc | France | DF | 1991–1992 | 34 | 6 |
| Michele Padovano | Italy | FW | 1991–1992 | 31 | 7 |
| Sebastiano Nela | Italy | DF | 1992–1994 | 38 | 0 |
| Jonas Thern | Sweden | MF | 1992–1994 | 55 | 1 |
| Daniel Fonseca | Uruguay | FW | 1992–1994 | 69 | 39 |
| Fabio Cannavaro | Italy | DF | 1992–1995 | 68 | 1 |
| Fausto Pari | Italy | MF/DF | 1992–1996 | 100 | 1 |
| Roberto Policano | Italy | DF/MF | 1992–1997 | 113 | 15 |
| Eugenio Corini | Italy | MF | 1993–1994 | 22 | 0 |
| Paolo Di Canio | Italy | FW | 1993–1994 | 27 | 5 |
| Renato Buso | Italy | MF/FW | 1993–1996 | 108 | 12 |
| Roberto Bordin | Italy Libya | MF/DF | 1993–1997 | 122 | 0 |
| Fabio Pecchia | Italy | MF | 1993–1997 2000–2001 | 172 | 24 |
| Freddy Rincón | Colombia | MF | 1994–1995 | 38 | 7 |
| Benito Carbone | Italy | FW/MF | 1994–1995 | 40 | 11 |
| Massimo Agostini | Italy | FW | 1994–1996 | 74 | 17 |
| André Cruz | Brazil | DF | 1994–1997 | 98 | 14 |
| Alain Boghossian | France | MF | 1994–1997 | 69 | 5 |
| Raffaele Longo | Italy | MF | 1994–1998 | 65 | 0 |
| Francesco Colonnese | Italy | DF | 1995–1997 | 54 | 0 |
| Roberto Ayala | Argentina | DF | 1995–1998 | 96 | 1 |
| Francesco Baldini | Italy | DF | 1995–2001 2002–2003 | 195 | 2 |
| Beto | Brazil | MF | 1996–1997 | 26 | 5 |
| Nicola Caccia | Italy | FW | 1996–1997 | 40 | 7 |
| Caio | Brazil | FW | 1996–1997 | 24 | 1 |
| Alfredo Aglietti | Italy | FW | 1996–1997 | 34 | 10 |
| Bertrand Crasson | Belgium | DF | 1996–1998 | 51 | 0 |
| Massimiliano Esposito | Italy | MF | 1996–1997 1998–1999 | 55 | 6 |
| Gennaro Scarlato | Italy | DF | 1996–1998 1999–2000 2004–2005 | 78 | 4 |
| Francesco Turrini | Italy | MF/FW | 1996–2000 | 126 | 20 |
| Reynald Pedros | France | MF | 1997 | 4 | 0 |
| Giuseppe Giannini | Italy | MF | 1997 | 5 | 1 |
| William Prunier | France | DF | 1997–1998 | 4 | 0 |
| Aljoša Asanović | Croatia Yugoslavia | MF | 1997–1998 | 15 | 0 |
| Igor Protti | Italy | FW | 1997–1998 | 31 | 6 |
| José Luis Calderón | Argentina | FW | 1997–1998 | 7 | 0 |
| Raffaele Sergio | Italy | DF | 1997–1999 | 17 | 0 |
| Fabio Rossitto | Italy | MF | 1997–1999 | 59 | 3 |
| Claudio Bellucci | Italy | FW | 1997–2001 | 101 | 28 |
| Marco Zamboni | Italy | DF | 1997–1998 2003–2004 | 42 | 3 |
| Igor Shalimov | Russia Soviet Union | MF | 1998–1999 | 20 | 2 |
| Giovanni Lopez | Italy | DF | 1998–2000 | 56 | 0 |
| Cristiano Scapolo | Italy | MF | 1998–2000 | 51 | 3 |
| Steinar Nilsen | Norway | DF | 1998–2002 | 59 | 1 |
| Oscar Magoni | Italy | MF | 1998–2002 | 127 | 6 |
| Antonio Bocchetti | Italy | DF | 1997–1998 2000–2003 | 74 | 2 |
| Emanuele Troise | Italy | DF | 1998–2003 | 84 | 1 |
| Nicola Mora | Italy | DF | 1998–2000 2004–2005 | 83 | 2 |
| Massimo Oddo | Italy | DF | 1999–2000 | 45 | 1 |
| Stefan Schwoch | Italy | FW | 1999–2000 | 66 | 32 |
| Matuzalém | Brazil | MF | 1999–2001 | 61 | 1 |
| Roberto Stellone | Italy | FW | 1999–2003 | 102 | 33 |
| Antonino Asta | Italy | MF | 2000 | 15 | 2 |
| Luciano Galletti | Argentina | MF/FW | 2000 | 11 | 2 |
| Mauricio Pineda | Argentina | DF | 2000–2001 | 22 | 0 |
| Facundo Hernán Quiroga | Argentina | DF | 2000–2001 | 28 | 0 |
| Salvatore Fresi | Italy | DF | 2000–2001 | 24 | 1 |
| Nicola Amoruso | Italy | FW | 2000–2001 | 32 | 10 |
| Francesco Moriero | Italy | FW/MF | 2000–2002 | 26 | 1 |
| Claudio Husaín | Argentina | MF | 2000–2001 2002–2003 | 44 | 1 |
| Marek Jankulovski | Czech Republic | MF/DF | 2000–2002 | 53 | 9 |
| Francesco Mancini | Italy | GK | 2000–2003 | 87 | 0 |
| Abdelilah Saber | Morocco | DF | 2000–2004 | 52 | 0 |
| José Vidigal | Portugal Angola | MF | 2000–2004 | 91 | 8 |
| Antonio Floro Flores | Italy | FW | 2000–2004 | 68 | 3 |
| David Sesa | Switzerland | FW/MF | 2000–2004 | 82 | 6 |
| Edmundo | Brazil | FW | 2001 | 17 | 4 |
| Amauri | Italy Brazil | FW | 2001 | 6 | 1 |
| Mauro Bonomi | Italy | DF | 2001–2004 | 102 | 3 |
| Fábio César Montezine | Qatar Brazil | MF | 2001–2004 | 80 | 8 |
| Marco Storari | Italy | GK | 2002–2003 | 4 | 0 |
| Carlos Pavon | Honduras | FW | 2002–2003 | 14 | 0 |
| Davide Dionigi | Italy | FW | 2002–2004 | 64 | 27 |
| Emanuele Manitta | Italy | GK | 2003–2004 | 50 | 0 |
| Daniele Portanova | Italy | DF | 2003–2004 | 32 | 0 |
| Massimo Carrera | Italy | DF | 2003–2004 | 26 | 0 |
| Mario Cvitanović | Croatia | DF | 2003–2004 | 9 | 0 |
| Vittorio Tosto | Italy | DF/MF | 2003–2004 | 39 | 5 |
| Dario Marcolin | Italy | MF | 2003–2004 | 47 | 0 |
| Nicola Zanini | Italy | MF | 2003–2004 | 37 | 5 |
| Massimiliano Vieri | Australia Italy | FW | 2003–2004 | 29 | 5 |
| Gonzalo Martinez | Colombia | DF | 2003 2004 | 32 | 0 |
| Cataldo Montesanto | Italy | MF | 2003–2007 | 72 | 1 |
| Francesco Montervino | Italy | MF | 2003 2004–2009 | 166 | 6 |
| Marko Perović | Serbia Yugoslavia | MF | 2004 | 15 | 3 |
| Karl Corneliusson | Sweden | MF/DF | 2004–2005 | 11 | 0 |
| Ignazio Abate | Italy | MF | 2004–2005 | 33 | 2 |
| Fabio Gatti | Italy | MF | 2004–2006 2006–2008 | 53 | 0 |
| Roberto Sosa | Argentina | FW | 2004–2008 | 131 | 30 |
| Emanuele Calaiò | Italy | FW | 2004–2008 2013 | 136 | 44 |
| Olivier Renard | Belgium | GK | 2005 | 2 | 0 |
| Ruben Maldonado | Paraguay | DF | 2005–2008 | 74 | 2 |
| Marco Capparella | Italy | MF/FW | 2005–2008 | 63 | 6 |
| Mirko Savini | Italy | DF | 2005–2009 | 80 | 0 |
| Nicolás Amodio | Uruguay | MF | 2005–2007 2008–2010 | 68 | 1 |
| Piá | Brazil | FW | 2005–2007 2008–2010 | 101 | 23 |
| Mariano Bogliacino | Uruguay | MF | 2005–2010 | 158 | 20 |
| Luigi Vitale | Italy | MF/DF | 2005–2007 2008–2009 2010–2011 | 43 | 4 |
| Gennaro Iezzo | Italy | GK | 2005–2011 | 119 | 0 |
| Gianluca Grava | Italy | DF | 2005–2013 | 180 | 2 |
| Ivano Trotta | Italy | MF | 2006–2007 | 48 | 3 |
| Cristian Bucchi | Italy | FW | 2006–2007 | 34 | 11 |
| György Garics | Austria Hungary | DF | 2006–2008 | 41 | 1 |
| Maurizio Domizzi | Italy | DF | 2006–2008 | 73 | 14 |
| Samuele Dalla Bona | Italy | MF | 2006–2009 | 43 | 5 |
| Paolo Cannavaro | Italy | DF | 1998–1999 2006–2013 | 278 | 9 |
| Marcelo Zalayeta | Uruguay | FW | 2007–2009 | 56 | 12 |
| Matteo Contini | Italy | DF | 2007–2010 | 86 | 1 |
| Manuele Blasi | Italy | MF | 2007–2009 2010–2011 | 73 | 0 |
| Ezequiel Lavezzi | Argentina | FW | 2007–2012 | 188 | 48 |
| Walter Gargano | Uruguay | MF | 2007–2012 2014–2015 | 235 | 4 |
| Marek Hamšík | Slovakia | MF | 2007–2019 | 520 | 121 |
| Germán Denis | Argentina | FW | 2008–2010 | 72 | 15 |
| Fabiano Santacroce | Italy Brazil | DF | 2008–2011 | 62 | 0 |
| Michele Pazienza | Italy | MF | 2008–2011 | 121 | 4 |
| Leandro Rinaudo | Italy | DF | 2008–2010 2011 2012–2013 | 44 | 3 |
| Salvatore Aronica | Italy | DF | 2008–2013 | 141 | 0 |
| Christian Maggio | Italy | DF/MF | 2008–2018 | 308 | 23 |
| Luca Bucci | Italy | GK | 2009 | 1 | 0 |
| Jesús Dátolo | Argentina | MF | 2009–2010 | 25 | 1 |
| Luca Cigarini | Italy | MF | 2009–2010 | 29 | 2 |
| Erwin Hoffer | Austria | FW | 2009–2010 | 11 | 1 |
| Fabio Quagliarella | Italy | FW | 2009–2010 | 37 | 11 |
| Morgan De Sanctis | Italy | GK | 2009–2013 | 175 | 0 |
| Hugo Campagnaro | Argentina | DF | 2009–2013 | 143 | 4 |
| Juan Camilo Zúñiga | Colombia | DF/MF | 2009–2016 | 162 | 4 |
| Lorenzo Insigne | Italy | FW/MF | 2009–2010 2012–2022 | 434 | 122 |
| Hassan Yebda | Algeria France | MF | 2010–2011 | 39 | 1 |
| José Sosa | Argentina | MF | 2010–2011 | 31 | 1 |
| Cristiano Lucarelli | Italy | FW | 2010–2012 | 14 | 1 |
| Andrea Dossena | Italy | DF/MF | 2010–2013 | 109 | 3 |
| Edinson Cavani | Uruguay | FW | 2010–2013 | 138 | 104 |
| Víctor Ruiz | Spain | DF | 2011 | 7 | 0 |
| Mario Santana | Argentina | MF | 2011 | 11 | 0 |
| Giuseppe Mascara | Italy | FW | 2011–2012 | 25 | 4 |
| Federico Fernández | Argentina | DF | 2011–2012 2013–2014 | 64 | 2 |
| Blerim Džemaili | Switzerland North Macedonia | MF | 2011–2014 | 109 | 18 |
| Goran Pandev | North Macedonia | FW | 2011–2014 | 124 | 22 |
| Miguel Britos | Uruguay | DF | 2011–2015 | 99 | 3 |
| Gökhan Inler | Switzerland Turkey | MF | 2011–2015 | 166 | 13 |
| Eduardo Vargas | Chile | FW | 2012 | 28 | 3 |
| Alessandro Gamberini | Italy | DF | 2012–2013 | 30 | 1 |
| Omar El Kaddouri | Morocco Belgium | MF | 2012–2013 2015–2017 | 43 | 3 |
| Bruno Uvini | Brazil | DF | 2012 2013–2014 | 2 | 0 |
| Valon Behrami | Switzerland Kosovo | MF | 2012–2014 | 70 | 0 |
| Giandomenico Mesto | Italy | DF/MF | 2012–2015 | 52 | 1 |
| Rolando | Portugal Cape Verde | DF | 2013 | 9 | 0 |
| Pablo Armero | Colombia | DF/MF | 2013 | 33 | 0 |
| Pepe Reina | Spain | GK | 2013–2014 2015–2018 | 182 | 0 |
| Anthony Réveillère | France | DF | 2013–2014 | 18 | 0 |
| Josip Radošević | Croatia | MF | 2013–2015 | 10 | 0 |
| Rafael Cabral | Brazil | GK | 2013–2018 | 45 | 0 |
| Raúl Albiol | Spain | DF | 2013–2019 | 236 | 6 |
| Dries Mertens | Belgium | FW/MF | 2013–2022 | 397 | 148 |
| José Callejón | Spain | FW/MF | 2013–2020 | 349 | 82 |
| Duván Zapata | Colombia | FW | 2013–2015 | 53 | 15 |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina France | FW | 2013–2016 | 146 | 91 |
| Mariano Andújar | Argentina | GK | 2014–2015 | 27 | 0 |
| Faouzi Ghoulam | Algeria France | DF | 2014–2022 | 216 | 3 |
| Kalidou Koulibaly | Senegal France | DF | 2014–2022 | 317 | 14 |
| Henrique | Brazil | DF | 2014–2016 | 38 | 2 |
| David López | Spain | MF | 2014–2016 | 79 | 3 |
| Jorginho | Italy Brazil | MF | 2014–2018 | 160 | 6 |
| Jonathan de Guzmán | Netherlands Canada | MF | 2014–2016 | 36 | 7 |
| Michu | Spain | FW/MF | 2014–2015 | 6 | 0 |
| Gabriel | Brazil | GK | 2015–2016 | 4 | 0 |
| Ivan Strinić | Croatia | DF | 2015–2017 | 39 | 0 |
| Manolo Gabbiadini | Italy | FW | 2015–2017 | 79 | 25 |
| Vlad Chiricheș | Romania | DF | 2015–2019 | 48 | 4 |
| Elseid Hysaj | Albania | DF | 2015–2021 | 223 | 1 |
| Allan | Brazil | MF | 2015–2020 | 212 | 11 |
| Mirko Valdifiori | Italy | MF | 2015–2016 | 16 | 0 |
| Nathaniel Chalobah | England Sierra Leone | MF | 2015–2016 | 9 | 1 |
| Piotr Zieliński | Poland | MF | 2016–2024 | 364 | 51 |
| Arkadiusz Milik | Poland | FW | 2016–2021 | 122 | 48 |
| Nikola Maksimović | Serbia | DF | 2016–2017 2018–2021 | 99 | 2 |
| Emanuele Giaccherini | Italy | FW/MF | 2016–2017 | 24 | 2 |
| Amadou Diawara | Guinea | MF | 2016–2019 | 74 | 2 |
| Marko Rog | Croatia | MF | 2016–2019 | 67 | 2 |
| Lorenzo Tonelli | Italy | DF | 2016–2018 2019–2020 | 9 | 3 |
| Leonardo Pavoletti | Italy | FW | 2017 | 10 | 0 |
| Adam Ounas | Algeria France | FW/MF | 2017–2019 2021–2022 | 62 | 7 |
| Mário Rui | Portugal | DF | 2017–2025 | 227 | 3 |
| Orestis Karnezis | Greece | GK | 2018–2020 | 9 | 0 |
| David Ospina | Colombia | GK | 2018–2022 | 103 | 0 |
| Simone Verdi | Italy | FW/MF | 2018–2019 | 24 | 4 |
| Fabián Ruiz | Spain | MF | 2018–2022 | 166 | 22 |
| Kévin Malcuit | France Morocco | DF | 2018–2021 2021–2022 | 48 | 0 |
| Alex Meret | Italy | GK | 2018– | 202 | 0 |
| Amin Younes | Germany Lebanon | FW/MF | 2018–2020 | 27 | 4 |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | Italy | DF | 2019– | 260 | 18 |
| Kostas Manolas | Greece | DF | 2019–2021 | 75 | 4 |
| Eljif Elmas | North Macedonia Turkey | MF | 2019–2024 | 189 | 19 |
| Hirving Lozano | Mexico | FW/MF | 2019–2023 | 155 | 30 |
| Fernando Llorente | Spain | FW | 2019–2021 | 29 | 4 |
| Diego Demme | Germany Italy | MF | 2020–2024 | 92 | 5 |
| Stanislav Lobotka | Slovakia | MF | 2020– | 189 | 2 |
| Matteo Politano | Italy | FW/MF | 2020– | 222 | 33 |
| Victor Osimhen | Nigeria | FW | 2020–2024 | 133 | 76 |
| Andrea Petagna | Italy | FW | 2020–2022 | 68 | 9 |
| Tiémoué Bakayoko | France Ivory Coast | MF | 2020–2021 | 44 | 2 |
| Amir Rrahmani | Kosovo Albania | DF | 2021– | 164 | 12 |
| Juan Jesus | Brazil | DF | 2021– | 90 | 5 |
| André-Frank Zambo Anguissa | Cameroon | MF | 2021– | 144 | 10 |
| Axel Tuanzebe | DR Congo England | DF | 2022 | 2 | 0 |
| Kim Min-jae | South Korea | DF | 2022–2023 | 45 | 2 |
| Mathías Olivera | Uruguay | DF | 2022– | 90 | 3 |
| Leo Skiri Østigård | Norway | DF | 2022–2024 | 43 | 3 |
| Tanguy Ndombele | France DR Congo | MF | 2022–2023 | 40 | 2 |
| Khvicha Kvaratskhelia | Georgia | FW/MF | 2022–2025 | 107 | 30 |
| Alessio Zerbin | Italy | FW/MF | 2022–2023 2024-2025 | 27 | 2 |
| Giacomo Raspadori | Italy | FW/MF | 2022– | 99 | 15 |
| Giovanni Simeone | Argentina | FW | 2022– | 95 | 14 |
| Pierluigi Gollini | Italy | GK | 2023–2024 | 14 | 0 |
| Bartosz Bereszyński | Poland | DF | 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| Jens Cajuste | Sweden | MF | 2023–2024 | 35 | 0 |
| Jesper Lindstrøm | Denmark | FW/MF | 2023–2024 | 29 | 0 |
| Pasquale Mazzocchi | Italy | DF/MF | 2024– | 30 | 0 |
| Leander Dendoncker | Belgium | MF | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Hamed Traorè | Ivory Coast | MF | 2024 | 11 | 0 |
| Cyril Ngonge | Belgium DR Congo | FW/MF | 2024- | 28 | 3 |
| Walid Cheddira | Morocco Italy | FW | 2024 | 2 | 0 |
| Alessandro Buongiorno | Italy | DF | 2024– | 19 | 1 |
| Leonardo Spinazzola | Italy | DF/MF | 2024– | 21 | 1 |
| Michael Folorunsho | Italy Nigeria | MF | 2024–2025 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Gilmour | Scotland | MF | 2024– | 17 | 0 |
| Scott McTominay | Scotland England | MF | 2024– | 26 | 7 |
| David Neres | Brazil | FW/MF | 2024– | 24 | 3 |
| Romelu Lukaku | Belgium DR Congo | FW | 2024– | 27 | 9 |
| Philip Billing | Denmark Nigeria | MF | 2025– | 2 | 1 |
| Noah Okafor | Switzerland Nigeria | FW-MF | 2025– | 3 | 0 |

## Captains

Appearances and goals are for the first team, including appearances as substitutes, correct as of 29 January 2025
| Name | Position | Napoli career | Seasons as captain | Appearances | Goals |
| Paulo Innocenti | DF | 1926–1937 | 7 (1926–1933) | 213 | 6 |
| Attila Sallustro | FW | 1926–1937 | 4 (1933–1937) | 266 | 108 |
| Carlo Buscaglia | MF/FW | 1928–1938 | 1 (1937–1938) | 270 | 41 |
| Arnaldo Sentimenti | GK | 1934–1943, 1945–1948 | 8 (1938–1943, 1945–1948) | 235 | 0 |
| Egidio Di Costanzo | MF | 1941–1943, 1945–1951 | 3 (1948–1951) | 153 | 7 |
| Amedeo Amadei | FW | 1950–1956 | 2 (1951–1953) | 171 | 47 |
| Bruno Pesaola | FW/MF | 1952–1960 | 7 (1953–1960) | 253 | 27 |
| Ottavio Bugatti | GK | 1953–1961 | 1 (1960–1961) | 261 | 0 |
| Pierluigi Ronzon | DF/MF | 1961–1967 | 5 (1961–1966) | 227 | 15 |
| Antonio Juliano | MF | 1962–1978 | 12 (1966–1978) | 505 | 38 |
| Giuseppe Bruscolotti | DF | 1972–1988 | 5 (1978–1980, 1983–1986) | 511 | 11 |
| Claudio Vinazzani | MF | 1976–1983 | 3 (1980–1983) | 253 | 5 |
| Diego Maradona | FW/MF | 1984–1991 | 5 (1986–1991) | 259 | 115 |
| Ciro Ferrara | DF | 1984–1994 | 3 (1991–1994) | 322 | 15 |
| Roberto Bordin | MF/DF | 1993–1997 | 3 (1994–1997) | 122 | 0 |
| Roberto Ayala | DF | 1995–1998 | 1 (1997–1998) | 96 | 1 |
| Giuseppe Taglialatela | GK | 1990–1991, 1993–1999 | 1 (1998–1999) | 203 | 0 |
| Francesco Baldini | DF | 1995–2001, 2002–2003 | 2 (1999–2001) | 195 | 2 |
| Oscar Magoni | MF | 1999–2002 | 1 (2001–2002) | 127 | 6 |
| Roberto Stellone | FW | 1999–2003 | 1 (2002–2003) | 102 | 33 |
| Dario Marcolin | MF | 2003–2004 | 1 (2003–2004) | 47 | 0 |
| Gennaro Scarlato | DF | 1996–1999/ 1999–2000, 2004–2005 | 1 (2004–2005) | 78 | 4 |
| Francesco Montervino | MF | 2003–2004, 2004–2009 | 2 (2005–2007) | 166 | 6 |
| Gianluca Grava | DF | 2005–2013 | 1 (2007–2008) | 180 | 2 |
| Paolo Cannavaro | DF | 1998–1999, 2007–2014 | 6 (2008–2014) | 278 | 9 |
| Marek Hamšík | MF | 2007–2019 | 5 (2014–2019) | 520 | 121 |
| Lorenzo Insigne | FW/MF | 2009–2010, 2012–2022 | 4 (2019–2022) | 434 | 122 |
| Giovanni Di Lorenzo | DF | 2019– | 3 (2022–) | 260 | 18 |

## Key

* GK – Goalkeeper
* DF – Defender
* MF – Midfielder
* FW – Forward
Players in bold are still actively in team.
Nationalities are indicated by the corresponding FIFA country code.

## References and notes

* ↑ "Calciatori". Napolistat.it.
* ↑ "Classifica presenze con la maglia azzurra del Napoli, Tutte su 10maggio87.it".
* ↑ "Calciatori". Napolistat.it.