# List of Galatasaray S.K. footballers

The following is a list of Galatasaray S.K footballers based in Istanbul, Turkey.

## Key

* The list is ordered first by date of debut, and then if necessary in alphabetical order.
* Appearances as a substitute are included.
* Statistics are correct up to and including the match played on 14 March 2025. Where a player left the club permanently after this date, his statistics are updated to his date of leaving.
Positions key :
| Pre-1960s | Pre-1960s | 1960s– | 1960s– |
| GK | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper | Goalkeeper |
| FB | Full back | DF | Defender |
| HB | Half back | MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward | Forward | Forward |

### Nationality

    Unless otherwise noted, the nationality of a player is determined by the country/countries which he has played for, or if said person has not played international football, their country of birth.

### Position

    Playing positions are listed according to the tactical formations that were employed at the time. Thus the change in the names of defensive and midfield positions reflects the tactical evolution that occurred from the 1960s onwards.

### Club career

    Club career is defined as the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared for the club in any of the competitions listed below.

### Total appearances and Total goals

    Total appearances and goals comprise those in the Atatürk Cup, Istanbul Football Cup, Istanbul Football League, Istanbul Friday League, Istanbul Shield, Prime Minister's Cup, Süper Lig, Turkish Football Championship, Turkish Cup, Turkish Super Cup, TSYD Cup, European Cup/UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup, UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup. Matches; wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1939–40 season.

## Players

Players highlighted in bold are still actively playing at Galatasaray.
List of Galatasaray S.K. players with at least 100 appearances :
| Name | Nationality | Position | Galatasaray career | Starts | Subs | Total | Goals |
| Ref(s) |||
| Bülent Korkmaz | Turkey | DF | 1987–2005 | 559 | 54 | 613 | 18 |
| Hakan Şükür | Turkey | FW | 1992–1995, 1995–2000, 2003–2008 | 516 | 33 | 549 | 292 |
| Fernando Muslera | Uruguay | GK | 2011– | 541 | 0 | 541 | 1 |
| Cüneyt Tanman | Turkey | DF | 1973–1991 | 512 | 23 | 535 | 53 |
| Arif Erdem | Turkey | FW | 1991–2000, 2001–2005 | 327 | 171 | 498 | 138 |
| Sabri Sarıoğlu | Turkey | MF | 2002–2017 | 362 | 113 | 475 | 24 |
| Ergün Penbe | Turkey | MF | 1994–2007 | 353 | 85 | 438 | 14 |
| Fatih Terim | Turkey | DF | 1974–1985 | 431 | 3 | 434 | 29 |
| Tugay Kerimoğlu | Turkey | MF | 1987–2000 | 376 | 42 | 418 | 40 |
| Turgay Şeren | Turkey | GK | 1949–1967 | 417 | 0 | 417 | 0 |
| Metin Oktay | Turkey | FW | 1955–1961, 1962–1969 | 416 | 1 | 417 | 356 |
| Gökmen Özdenak | Turkey | FW | 1967–1980 | 365 | 42 | 407 | 141 |
| Uğur Köken | Turkey | FW | 1959–1973 | 374 | 7 | 381 | 48 |
| Mehmet Oğuz | Turkey | MF | 1967–1979 | 356 | 22 | 378 | 40 |
| Suat Kaya | Turkey | MF | 1986–1987, 1992–2003 | 281 | 86 | 367 | 43 |
| Hasan Şaş | Turkey | MF | 1998–2009 | 266 | 86 | 352 | 40 |
| İsmail Demiriz | Turkey | DF | 1984–1993 | 314 | 23 | 337 | 9 |
| Hakan Balta | Turkey | DF | 2007–2018 | 304 | 28 | 332 | 13 |
| Selçuk İnan | Turkey | MF | 2011–2020 | 292 | 39 | 331 | 59 |
| Hakan Ünsal | Turkey | DF | 1994–2002, 2003–2005 | 298 | 30 | 328 | 25 |
| Ayhan Akman | Turkey | MF | 2001–2012 | 241 | 78 | 319 | 16 |
| Okan Buruk | Turkey | MF | 1991–2001, 2006–2008 | 234 | 81 | 315 | 44 |
| Yusuf Altıntaş | Turkey | DF | 1984–1994 | 277 | 20 | 297 | 25 |
| Uğur Tütüneker | Turkey | FW | 1986–1996 | 259 | 33 | 292 | 57 |
| Ayhan Elmastaşoğlu | Turkey | FW | 1960–1972 | 285 | 6 | 291 | 82 |
| Suat Mamat | Turkey | MF | 1952–1963 | 286 | 1 | 287 | 99 |
| Mustafa Yürür | Turkey | MF | 1959–1968 | 280 | 3 | 283 | 13 |
| Ergun Ercins | Turkey | MF | 1954–1965 | 267 | 1 | 268 | 2 |
| Zoran Simović | Yugoslavia | GK | 1984–1990 | 250 | 1 | 251 | 1 |
| Xhevat Prekazi | Yugoslavia | MF | 1985–1992 | 210 | 37 | 247 | 49 |
| Talat Özkarslı | Turkey | MF | 1961–1971 | 247 | 0 | 247 | 15 |
| Yasin Özdenak | Turkey | GK | 1967–1976 | 245 | 2 | 247 | 0 |
| Raşit Çetiner | Turkey | DF | 1981–1988 | 245 | 1 | 246 | 40 |
| Kadri Aytaç | Turkey | FW | 1953–1958, 1962–1966 | 242 | 2 | 244 | 79 |
| Muzaffer Sipahi | Turkey | DF | 1968–1975 | 243 | 0 | 243 | 1 |
| Ahmet Berman | Turkey | FW | 1959–1965 | 240 | 1 | 241 | 13 |
| Candemir Berkman | Turkey | DF | 1957–1965 | 240 | 0 | 240 | 2 |
| Faryd Mondragón | Colombia | GK | 2001–2007 | 239 | 0 | 239 | 0 |
| Ümit Karan | Turkey | FW | 2001–2009 | 175 | 63 | 238 | 97 |
| Erhan Önal | Turkey | DF | 1985–1992 | 226 | 12 | 238 | 15 |
| Bülent Alkılıç | Turkey | FW | 1980–1986, 1989–1991 | 184 | 53 | 237 | 27 |
| Mustafa Ergücü | Turkey | MF | 1973–1976, 1978–1985 | 185 | 52 | 237 | 28 |
| Arda Turan | Turkey | MF | 2004–2011, 2020–2022 | 194 | 41 | 235 | 48 |
| Ekrem Günalp | Turkey | DF | 1969–1977 | 219 | 16 | 235 | 6 |
| Ümit Davala | Turkey | DF | 1996–2001, 2002–2003 | 203 | 32 | 234 | 33 |
| Salim Şatıroğlu | Turkey | DF | 1935–1949 | 228 | 1 | 229 | 40 |
| Semih Yuvakuran | Turkey | DF | 1984–1990 | 202 | 21 | 223 | 5 |
| Turan Doğangün | Turkey | MF | 1962–1970 | 219 | 3 | 222 | 36 |
| Öner Kılıç | Turkey | FW | 1976–1987 | 191 | 25 | 216 | 26 |
| Metin Kurt | Turkey | FW | 1970–1976 | 212 | 4 | 216 | 48 |
| Hayrettin Demirbaş | Turkey | GK | 1986–1997 | 212 | 3 | 215 | 0 |
| Semih Kaya | Turkey | DF | 2008–2017, 2019, 2022 | 199 | 12 | 211 | 5 |
| Muhammet Altıntaş | Turkey | MF | 1986–1993 | 173 | 36 | 209 | 11 |
| Muzaffer Tokaç | Turkey | FW | 1942–1955 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 50 |
| Gündüz Kılıç | Turkey | FW | 1935–1952 | 200 | 0 | 200 | 150 |
| Tuncay Temeller | Turkey | DF | 1970–1979 | 186 | 13 | 199 | 23 |
| Mehmet Özgül | Turkey | FW | 1972–1978, 1981 | 182 | 16 | 198 | 59 |
| İsfendiyar Açıksöz | Turkey | FW | 1946–1960 | 196 | 0 | 197 | 42 |
| Gheorghe Hagi | Romania | MF | 1996–2001 | 190 | 6 | 196 | 73 |
| Erdal Keser | Turkey | FW | 1984–1986, 1989–1994 | 170 | 26 | 196 | 59 |
| Metin Yıldız | Turkey | MF | 1978–1985, 1989–1992 | 165 | 28 | 193 | 12 |
| Ergün Acuner | Turkey | DF | 1964–1971 | 188 | 1 | 189 | 32 |
| Aydın Güleş | Turkey | MF | 1970–1976 | 170 | 16 | 186 | 7 |
| Faruk Barlas | Turkey | DF | 1933–1935, 1938–1947 | 186 | 0 | 186 | 0 |
| Ahmet Karlıklı | Turkey | DF | 1957–1965 | 183 | 1 | 184 | 12 |
| Bülent Ünder | Turkey | MF | 1969–1978 | 149 | 33 | 182 | 10 |
| Gheorghe Popescu | Romania | DF | 1997–2001 | 180 | 1 | 181 | 8 |
| Emre Çolak | Turkey | MF | 2009–2016 | 104 | 77 | 181 | 19 |
| Kerem Aktürkoğlu | Turkey | FW | 2020–2024 | 134 | 45 | 179 | 46 |
| Eser Özaltındere | Turkey | GK | 1978–1984 | 175 | 2 | 177 | 0 |
| Wesley Sneijder | Netherlands | MF | 2013–2017 | 162 | 13 | 175 | 46 |
| Osman İncili | Turkey | GK | 1938–1949 | 175 | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| Umut Bulut | Turkey | FW | 2012–2016 | 89 | 84 | 173 | 43 |
| Güngör Tekin | Turkey | DF | 1975–1980 | 172 | 1 | 173 | 11 |
| Fatih Akyel | Turkey | DF | 1997–2001 | 146 | 24 | 170 | 10 |
| Müfit Erkasap | Turkey | DF | 1974–1983 | 156 | 14 | 169 | 6 |
| Servet Çetin | Turkey | DF | 2007–2012 | 160 | 8 | 168 | 12 |
| Yılmaz Gökdel | Turkey | FW | 1963–1970 | 163 | 5 | 168 | 20 |
| Bülent Eken | Turkey | DF | 1942–1950, 1952–1955 | 165 | 0 | 165 | 61 |
| Musa Sezer | Turkey | MF | 1937–1951 | 165 | 0 | 165 | 3 |
| Nihat Akbay | Turkey | GK | 1968–1978 | 160 | 4 | 164 | 0 |
| Cihan Haspolatlı | Turkey | DF | 2002–2007 | 134 | 29 | 163 | 13 |
| Sofiane Feghouli | Algeria | MF | 2017–2022 | 127 | 35 | 162 | 34 |
| Bahri Altıntabak | Turkey | MF | 1960–1967 | 157 | 3 | 160 | 46 |
| Emre Belözoğlu | Turkey | MF | 1996–2001 | 119 | 40 | 159 | 21 |
| Ahmet Ceyhan | Turkey | DF | 1982–1987 | 148 | 10 | 158 | 1 |
| Tanju Çolak | Turkey | FW | 1987–1991 | 152 | 5 | 157 | 145 |
| Hamza Hamzaoğlu | Turkey | MF | 1991–1995 | 148 | 7 | 155 | 11 |
| Felipe Melo | Brazil | MF | 2011–2015 | 148 | 7 | 155 | 18 |
| Ryan Donk | Suriname | MF | 2016–2021 | 120 | 35 | 155 | 8 |
| Tarık Kutver | Turkey | FW | 1962–1967 | 152 | 0 | 152 | 49 |
| Barış Alper Yılmaz | Turkey | MF | 2021– | 87 | 61 | 148 | 22 |
| Yasin Öztekin | Turkey | MF | 2014–2018 | 107 | 41 | 148 | 31 |
| Emre Aşık | Turkey | DF | 2000–2003, 2006–2010 | 123 | 24 | 147 | 4 |
| Saim Tayşengil | Turkey | DF | 1955–1960 | 146 | 1 | 147 | 8 |
| Doğan Sel | Turkey | DF | 1963–1968 | 145 | 1 | 146 | 1 |
| Martin Linnes | Norway | DF | 2016–2021 | 109 | 37 | 146 | 5 |
| Victor Nelsson | Denmark | DF | 2021– | 124 | 20 | 144 | 4 |
| Cláudio Taffarel | Brazil | GK | 1998–2001 | 144 | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| Erdoğan Arıca | Turkey | DF | 1977–1981 | 143 | 1 | 144 | 2 |
| Berkan Kutlu | Turkey | MF | 2021– | 86 | 57 | 143 | 3 |
| Marcão | Brazil | DF | 2019–2022 | 141 | 0 | 141 | 2 |
| Burak Yılmaz | Turkey | FW | 2012–2016 | 128 | 13 | 141 | 82 |
| Eşfak Aykaç | Turkey | FW | 1935–1945 | 141 | 0 | 141 | 59 |
| Necati Ateş | Turkey | FW | 2004–2007, 2012 | 118 | 22 | 140 | 65 |
| Adnan Esen | Turkey | MF | 1982–1987 | 108 | 32 | 140 | 4 |
| Ali Çoban | Turkey | DF | 1980–1984 | 136 | 4 | 140 | 6 |
| Aydın Yılmaz | Turkey | MF | 2005–2015 | 44 | 94 | 138 | 11 |
| Rigobert Song | Cameroon | DF | 2004–2008 | 129 | 6 | 135 | 6 |
| Mert Korkmaz | Turkey | DF | 1991–1997 | 104 | 30 | 134 | 1 |
| Barış Özbek | Turkey | MF | 2007–2011 | 101 | 33 | 134 | 12 |
| Şevki Şenlen | Turkey | FW | 1973–1977 | 122 | 12 | 134 | 32 |
| Arif Kocabıyık | Turkey | MF | 1985–1989 | 109 | 24 | 133 | 2 |
| Arif Sevinç | Turkey | MF | 1940–1948 | 132 | 0 | 132 | 33 |
| Reha Eken | Turkey | FW | 1944–1954 | 131 | 0 | 131 | 82 |
| Adnan İncirmen | Turkey | DF | 1937–1949 | 130 | 1 | 131 | 0 |
| Necdet Cici | Turkey | FW | 1928–1941 | 131 | 0 | 131 | 63 |
| Younès Belhanda | Morocco | MF | 2017–2021 | 117 | 14 | 131 | 22 |
| Vedat İnceefe | Turkey | DF | 1995–2003 | 96 | 33 | 129 | 4 |
| Dries Mertens | Belgium | FW | 2022– | 104 | 22 | 126 | 24 |
| Ömer Bayram | Turkey | MF | 2018–2022 | 70 | 56 | 126 | 2 |
| Ahmet Akkuş | Turkey | MF | 1970–1974 | 96 | 29 | 125 | 24 |
| Mehmet Topal | Turkey | MF | 2006–2010 | 102 | 22 | 124 | 4 |
| Coşkun Özarı | Turkey | MF | 1953–1960 | 124 | 0 | 124 | 19 |
| Stjepan Tomas | Croatia | DF | 2004–2007 | 119 | 1 | 120 | 1 |
| Lucas Torreira | Uruguay | MF | 2022– | 114 | 5 | 119 | 1 |
| Aurélien Chedjou | Cameroon | DF | 2013–2017 | 113 | 6 | 119 | 12 |
| Ali Beratlıgil | Turkey | FW | 1951–1958 | 118 | 0 | 118 | 33 |
| Abdülkerim Bardakcı | Turkey | DF | 2022– | 109 | 7 | 116 | 14 |
| İlyas Tüfekçi | Turkey | FW | 1986–1990 | 84 | 32 | 116 | 25 |
| Enver Arslanalp | Turkey | MF | 1939–1945 | 116 | 0 | 116 | 4 |
| Sinan Gümüş | Turkey | FW | 2014–2019 | 54 | 62 | 116 | 33 |
| Milan Baroš | Czech Republic | FW | 2008–2013 | 87 | 28 | 115 | 61 |
| Mersad Kovačević | Yugoslavia | FW | 1986–1989 | 87 | 27 | 114 | 38 |
| Capone | Brazil | MF | 1999–2002 | 103 | 10 | 113 | 9 |
| Gürcan Aday | Turkey | MF | 1977–1981 | 86 | 23 | 109 | 4 |
| Mustafa Gençsoy | Turkey | MF | 1940–1946 | 109 | 0 | 109 | 30 |
| Mariano | Brazil | DF | 2017–2020 | 97 | 8 | 105 | 2 |
| Orhan Ak | Turkey | DF | 2003–2007 | 95 | 8 | 103 | 5 |
| Bülent Gürbüz | Turkey | GK | 1960–1967 | 100 | 2 | 102 | 0 |
| Taylan Antalyalı | Turkey | MF | 2019– | 82 | 20 | 102 | 2 |
| Emmanuel Eboué | Ivory Coast | DF | 2011–2015 | 95 | 6 | 101 | 5 |
| Ryan Babel | Netherlands | MF | 2019–2022 | 61 | 48 | 100 | 17 |