# All-time D.C. United roster

&#x2D;PLEASE NOTE&#x2D;&#x2D;&#x2D;CHANGES TO THE LIST FORMAT SHOULD BE DISCUSSED AT [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Football/D.C. United task force]] BEFORE BEING IMPLEMENTED.&#x2D; This list comprises all players who have participated in at least one league match for D.C. United since the team's first Major League Soccer season in 1996. Players who were on the roster but never played in an MLS game are not listed.

## Players

Major League Soccer clubs are currently allowed a roster of 30 players at any one time during the MLS season. Players who were contracted to the club but never played an MLS game are not listed.
All statistics are for the MLS regular season games only, and are correct as of March 15, 2025.

### Outfield players

| Name | Position | Country | Years | Games | Goals | Assists | Minutes | Notes |
| Ramón Ábila | FW | Argentina | 2021 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 214 | — |
| Mohammed Abu | MF | Ghana | 2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 332 | — |
| Luciano Acosta | MF | Argentina | 2016–2019 | 126 | 24 | 35 | 9400 | — |
| Nicholas Addlery | FW | Jamaica | 2007 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 455 | — |
| Freddy Adu | MF | USA | 2004–2006 | 87 | 11 | 17 | 5442 | — |
| Jeff Agoos | DF | USA | 1996–2000 | 135 | 6 | 17 | 11696 | — |
| Miguel Aguilar | MF | Mexico | 2015–2016 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 618 | — |
| Matai Akinmboni | DF | USA | 2022–2024 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 743 | Homegrown |
| Lazo Alavanja | MF | USA | 2002 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1001 | — |
| Chris Albright | DF | USA | 1999–2001 | 56 | 4 | 2 | 3581 | — |
| Jose Alegria | MF | Peru | 2001–2003 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 2268 | — |
| Tony Alfaro | DF | Mexico | 2021–2022 | 43 | 1 | 2 | 2784 | — |
| Daniel Allsopp | FW | Australia | 2010 | 23 | 5 | 0 | 1456 | — |
| Quincy Amarikwa | FW | USA | 2019 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 414 | — |
| Conner Antley | DF | USA | 2024– | 7 | 0 | 1 | 433 | — |
| Kevin Ara | MF | USA | 2004 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 113 | — |
| Stephen Armstrong | MF | South Africa | 2001 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1112 | — |
| Davy Arnaud | MF | USA | 2014–2015 | 54 | 2 | 3 | 4541 | — |
| Jairo Arrieta | FW | Costa Rica | 2015 | 27 | 5 | 2 | 1264 | — |
| Paul Arriola | MF | USA | 2017–2021 | 89 | 20 | 16 | 6924 | — |
| Yamil Asad | MF | Argentina | 2018, 2020–2021, 2023 | 90 | 14 | 13 | 5107 | — |
| Raphael Augusto | MF | Brazil | 2012–2013 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 395 | — |
| Geoff Aunger | DF | Canada | 1998–2000 | 74 | 4 | 11 | 5602 | — |
| Dominique Badji | FW | Senegal | 2024– | 12 | 1 | 0 | 329 | — |
| Fidel Barajas | MF | Mexico | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | — |
| Devin Barclay | FW | USA | 2003 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 113 | — |
| Brandon Barklage | MF/DF | USA | 2009–2011 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 341 | — |
| Lucas Bartlett | DF | USA | 2024– | 36 | 2 | 5 | 3101 | — |
| Brian Bates | MF | USA | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 64 | — |
| Christian Benteke | FW | Belgium | 2022– | 72 | 41 | 11 | 6298 | — |
| Miguel Berry | FW | Spain | 2022 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 713 | — |
| Steve Birnbaum | DF | USA | 2014–2024 | 254 | 13 | 6 | 21714 | — |
| Emmanuel Boateng | MF | Ghana | 2019–2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 51 | — |
| Branko Bošković | MF | Montenegro | 2010–2012 | 43 | 1 | 7 | 1976 | — |
| Bobby Boswell | DF | USA | 2005–2007,2014–2017 | 188 | 10 | 8 | 16543 | — |
| Rodrigo Brasesco | DF | Uruguay | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 155 | — |
| Blake Brettschneider | FW | USA | 2011 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 789 | — |
| Frédéric Brillant | DF | France | 2018–2021 | 99 | 5 | 3 | 8136 | — |
| Deshorn Brown | FW | Jamaica | 2017 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 788 | — |
| Marc Burch | DF | USA | 2007–2011 | 93 | 3 | 9 | 6830 | — |
| Michael Burke | FW | USA | 2000 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 290 | — |
| Julian Büscher | MF | Germany | 2016–2017 | 27 | 1 | 4 | 764 | — |
| G. R. Cannon | DF | USA | 2004 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | — |
| Russell Canouse | MF | USA | 2017–2024 | 139 | 5 | 6 | 10925 | — |
| Kasali Yinka Casal | MF | England | 2007 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 104 | — |
| Danny Care | DF | USA | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| Junior Carreiro | MF | Brazil | 2010–2011 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 43 | — |
| Brian Carroll | MF | USA | 2003–2007 | 121 | 2 | 11 | 9582 | — |
| Jeff Carroll | MF | USA | 2006–2008 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | — |
| Pat Carroll | DF | USA | 2008 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 186 | — |
| Alex Caskey | MF | USA | 2014 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 198 | — |
| Cristian Castillo | MF | El Salvador | 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 691 | — |
| Ronald Cerritos | FW | El Salvador | 2003–2004 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1458 | — |
| Mike Chabala | DF | USA | 2012 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 143 | — |
| Christian | DF | Spain | 2014 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1342 | — |
| Abdul Thompson Conteh | FW | Sierra Leone | 2001–2002 | 30 | 15 | 1 | 1962 | — |
| Bobby Convey | MF | USA | 2000–2004 | 89 | 8 | 16 | 7253 | — |
| Judah Cooks | MF | USA | 1998–2001 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 876 | — |
| Micah Cooks | MF | USA | 2000–2001 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 167 | — |
| Ryan Cordeiro | MF | USA | 2008 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 207 | — |
| Facundo Coria | MF | Argentina | 2015 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 131 | — |
| Ben Crawley | FW | USA | 1996 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 82 | — |
| Adam Cristman | FW | USA | 2010 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 708 | — |
| Arnold Cruz | DF | Honduras | 1997 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 450 | — |
| Danny Cruz | MF | USA | 2012 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 969 | — |
| Ali Curtis | FW | USA | 2002–2003 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 1840 | — |
| Austin da Luz | MF | USA | 2011 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 616 | — |
| Cristian Dájome | DF | Colombia | 2023–2024 | 50 | 5 | 3 | 2701 | — |
| Charlie Davies | FW | USA | 2011 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1553 | — |
| Eric Davis | DF | Panama | 2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 538 | — |
| Dwayne De Rosario | MF | Canada | 2011–2013 | 68 | 23 | 21 | 5286 | — |
| Nick DeLeon | MF | USA | 2012–2018 | 180 | 13 | 16 | 14180 | — |
| Eric Denton | DF | USA | 2000–2001 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1887 | — |
| Stephen DeRoux | MF | Jamaica | 2005–2007 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 343 | — |
| Raúl Díaz Arce | FW | El Salvador | 1996–1997, 2000–2001 | 68 | 44 | 10 | 5743 | — |
| John DiRaimondo | MF | USA | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| Sofiane Djeffal | MF | France | 2022 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 1685 | — |
| Derek Dodson | DF | USA | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| Francis Doe | FW | Liberia | 2008–2009 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 475 | — |
| Matías Donnet | MF | Argentina | 2006 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 520 | — |
| Conor Doyle | FW | USA | 2013–2015 | 56 | 4 | 1 | 2254 | — |
| Emiliano Dudar | DF | Argentina | 2012 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 898 | — |
| Chris Durkin | MF | USA | 2016–2019, 2022–2023 | 96 | 5 | 9 | 6354 | Homegrown |
| Rod Dyachenko | MF | Russia | 2006–2008 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 1452 | — |
| Kevin Ellis | DF | USA | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 46 | — |
| Luciano Emilio | FW | Brazil | 2007–2009, 2010 | 87 | 41 | 8 | 6778 | — |
| Boris Enow | MF | Cameroon | 2024– | 11 | 1 | 0 | 595 | — |
| Facundo Erpen | DF | Argentina | 2005–2007 | 49 | 4 | 4 | 4203 | — |
| Alecko Eskandarian | FW | USA | 2003–2006 | 81 | 20 | 7 | 4485 | — |
| Fabian Espindola | FW | Argentina | 2014–2016 | 59 | 20 | 17 | 4396 | — |
| David Estrada | FW | USA | 2014 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 301 | — |
| Michael Estrada | FW | Ecuador | 2022 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 867 | — |
| Marco Etcheverry | MF | Bolivia | 1996–2003 | 191 | 34 | 101 | 16304 | — |
| José Fajardo | FW | Panama | 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 243 | — |
| Michael Farfan | MF | USA | 2015 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 660 | — |
| Said Fazlagić | DF | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136 | — |
| Lucio Filomeno | FW | Argentina | 2003–2006 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 458 | — |
| Oniel Fisher | DF | Jamaica | 2018–2020 | 39 | 1 | 1 | 2505 | — |
| Kristian Fletcher | FW | USA | 2022– | 25 | 2 | 2 | 423 | Homegrown |
| Edison Flores | MF | Peru | 2020–2022 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 2679 | — |
| Taxiarchis Fountas | FW | Greece | 2022–2023 | 38 | 18 | 4 | 2570 | — |
| Sean Franklin | DF | USA | 2014–2017 | 101 | 3 | 8 | 8530 | — |
| Fred | MF | Brazil | 2007–2009, 2011 | 89 | 11 | 17 | 5804 | — |
| Marcelo Gallardo | MF | Argentina | 2008 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1161 | — |
| Jeremy Garay | MF | El Salvador | 2021–2024 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | Homegrown |
| George Gelnovatch | MF | USA | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 135 | — |
| Christian Gómez | MF | Argentina | 2004–2007, 2009 | 124 | 45 | 33 | 9250 | — |
| Ray Goodlett | DF | USA | 1999–2001 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 223 | — |
| Mario Gori | DF | Argentina | 1996–1998 | 50 | 2 | 3 | 3376 | — |
| Jordan Graye | DF | USA | 2010 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1662 | — |
| Jacob Greene | DF | USA | 2020–2023 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 481 | Homegrown |
| Julian Gressel | MF | Germany | 2020–2022 | 73 | 4 | 23 | 5764 | — |
| Joshua Gros | MF | USA | 2004–2007 | 110 | 9 | 14 | 9077 | — |
| Sami Guediri | DF | USA | 2022 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 808 | — |
| Iván Guerrero | MF | Honduras | 2008 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 1149 | — |
| Steve Guppy | MF | England | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 285 | — |
| Markus Halsti | MF | Finland | 2015–2016 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 949 | — |
| Ian Harkes | MF | USA | 2017–2018 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2300 | Homegrown |
| John Harkes | MF | USA | 1996–1998 | 83 | 14 | 23 | 7135 | — |
| David Hayes | FW | USA | 1999–2000 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 458 | — |
| Ezra Hendrickson | DF | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2004 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 785 | — |
| Pablo Hernández | MF | Chile | 2010 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1149 | — |
| Aaron Herrera | DF | Guatemala | 2024– | 34 | 1 | 9 | 2955 | — |
| Federico Higuaín | MF | Argentina | 2020 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 155 | — |
| Brendan Hines-Ike | DF | USA | 2021–2023 | 45 | 1 | 1 | 3666 | — |
| Jackson Hopkins | MF | USA | 2022– | 45 | 0 | 2 | 2054 | Homegrown |
| Erik Hurtado | FW | USA | 2023 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 271 | — |
| Mike Huwiler | MF | USA | 1996 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 247 | — |
| Dennis Iapichino | DF | Switzerland | 2013 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 382 | — |
| Kennedy Igboananike | MF | Nigeria | 2016 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 236 | — |
| Erik Imler | MF | USA | 1996–1997 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1355 | — |
| Samuel Inkoom | MF | Ghana | 2014 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 70 | — |
| Benedict Iroha | MF | Nigeria | 1997 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 1104 | — |
| Galin Ivanov | DF | Bulgaria | 2003 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 2009 | — |
| Andrew Jacobson | MF | USA | 2009 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 845 | — |
| Dejan Jakovic | DF | Canada | 2009–2013 | 98 | 1 | 0 | 8454 | — |
| Julius James | DF | Trinidad and Tobago | 2009–2010 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 2388 | — |
| Greg Janicki | DF | USA | 2008–2009 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 638 | — |
| Leonardo Jara | DF | Argentina | 2019 | 30 | 1 | 5 | 2291 | — |
| Mohanad Jeahze | DF | Iraq | 2023–2024 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 367 | — |
| Jared Jeffrey | MF | USA | 2013–2018 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 4119 | — |
| Avery John | DF | Trinidad and Tobago | 2009 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 348 | — |
| Eddie Johnson | FW | USA | 2014–2015 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1957 | — |
| Alhaji Kamara | FW | Sierra Leone | 2016–2017 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 187 | — |
| Ola Kamara | FW | Norway | 2019–2022 | 85 | 35 | 6 | 4890 | — |
| Brian Kamler | MF | USA | 1996–1999, 2001 | 72 | 3 | 9 | 4770 | — |
| Kris Kelderman | MF | USA | 1996–1997 | 42 | 3 | 7 | 1727 | — |
| Dane Kelly | FW | Jamaica | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Taylor Kemp | DF | USA | 2013–2018 | 101 | 3 | 14 | 8599 | — |
| Thabiso Khumalo | MF | South Africa | 2008–2010 | 27 | 1 | 3 | 1096 | — |
| Hosei Kijima | MF | Japan | 2025– | 4 | 1 | 0 | 325 | — |
| Stephen King | MF | USA | 2010–2012 | 47 | 1 | 2 | 2685 | — |
| Quavas Kirk | FW | USA | 2008 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 135 | — |
| Perry Kitchen | MF | USA | 2011–2015 | 158 | 10 | 10 | 13924 | — |
| Mateusz Klich | MF | Poland | 2023–2024 | 63 | 6 | 22 | 5390 | — |
| Chris Korb | DF | USA | 2011–2017 | 121 | 0 | 11 | 9752 | — |
| Dema Kovalenko | MF | Ukraine | 2003–2005 | 77 | 12 | 14 | 6620 | — |
| Guy-Roland Kpene | FW | Côte d'Ivoire | 2007 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 626 | — |
| Ted Ku-DiPietro | MF | USA | 2022–2024 | 65 | 7 | 7 | 3273 | Homegrown |
| Nana Kuffour | FW | Ghana | 2004–2005 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 270 | — |
| Shawn Kuykendall | MF | USA | 2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | — |
| Roy Lassiter | FW | USA | 1998–1999, 2002 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 5217 | — |
| Sebastien Le Toux | MF | France | 2017 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 732 | — |
| Randall Leal | MF | Costa Rica | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — |
| Thor Lee | DF | USA | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 134 | — |
| Azaad Liadi | MF | USA | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | — |
| Mark Lisi | MF | USA | 2001–2002 | 31 | 4 | 5 | 1985 | — |
| Carlos Llamosa | DF | USA | 1997–2000 | 83 | 3 | 2 | 6658 | — |
| Dennis Ludwig | FW | USA | 2002 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 30 | — |
| Lukas MacNaughton | DF | Canada | 2025– | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | — |
| John Maessner | MF | USA | 1996–1997, 1999–2000 | 73 | 7 | 14 | 4171 | — |
| Justin Mapp | MF | USA | 2002 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 28 | — |
| Pete Marino | FW | USA | 2000 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 616 | — |
| Jesse Marsch | MF | USA | 1996–1997 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 325 | — |
| Collin Martin | MF | USA | 2013–2016 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 648 | Homegrown |
| Gonzalo Martínez | DF | Colombia | 2008 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 2102 | — |
| Felipe Martins | MF | Brazil | 2019–2021 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 2528 | Unwanted |
| Thiago Martins | FW | Brazil | 2003 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 359 | — |
| Darren Mattocks | FW | Jamaica | 2018 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 1267 | — |
| Chris McCann | DF | Ireland | 2019 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 319 | — |
| Dax McCarty | MF | USA | 2011 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 946 | — |
| Brandon McDonald | DF | Guam | 2011–2013 | 63 | 3 | 5 | 5527 | — |
| Ivan McKinley | DF | South Africa | 2002 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 1786 | — |
| Devon McTavish | DF | USA | 2006–2011 | 83 | 1 | 4 | 6149 | — |
| Christopher McVey | DF | USA | 2024 | 27 | 1 | 0 | 2148 | — |
| Domenic Mediate | MF | USA | 2006–2008 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1010 | — |
| Shawn Medved | MF | USA | 1996 | 27 | 3 | 1 | 1171 | — |
| Bruno Miranda | FW | Bolivia | 2017–2018 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 139 | — |
| Luke Mishu | DF | USA | 2015–2016 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 610 | — |
| Jason Moore | MF | USA | 1999 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 999 | — |
| Justin Moose | MF | USA | 2006–2008 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 319 | — |
| Joseph Mora | DF | Costa Rica | 2018–2021 | 97 | 0 | 4 | 7232 | — |
| Jaime Moreno | FW | Bolivia | 1996–2002, 2004–2010 | 329 | 131 | 102 | 25275 | — |
| Júnior Moreno | MF | Venezuela | 2018–2021 | 97 | 1 | 9 | 7949 | — |
| Ravel Morrison | MF | Jamaica | 2022 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 869 | — |
| Kurt Morsink | MF | Costa Rica | 2010–2012 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1715 | — |
| Patrick Mullins | FW | USA | 2016–2018 | 44 | 13 | 3 | 2348 | — |
| Jacob Murrell | FW | USA | 2024– | 31 | 2 | 4 | 1004 | — |
| Ange N'Silu | FW | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2009 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 452 | — |
| Andy Najar | MF | Honduras | 2010–2012, 2021–2023 | 152 | 11 | 16 | 11240 | Homegrown |
| Bryan Namoff | DF | USA | 2001–2010 | 195 | 4 | 16 | 16043 | — |
| Lamar Neagle | FW | USA | 2016–2017 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 3066 | — |
| Lewis Neal | MF | England | 2012–2014 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 2107 | — |
| Ryan Nelsen | DF | New Zealand | 2001–2004 | 81 | 7 | 5 | 6970 | — |
| Joseph Ngwenya | FW | Zimbabwe | 2011 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 629 | — |
| Matt Nickell | FW | USA | 2005–2006 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 44 | — |
| Franco Niell | FW | Argentina | 2008 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 279 | — |
| Patrick Nyarko | MF | Ghana | 2016–2017 | 40 | 5 | 10 | 2856 | — |
| Sainey Nyassi | MF | Gambia | 2013 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 676 | — |
| Moses Nyeman | MF | USA | 2019–2022 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 1434 | Homegrown |
| Lewis O'Brien | MF | England | 2023 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1515 | — |
| Chris Odoi-Atsem | DF | USA | 2017–2022 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 2617 | — |
| Ben Olsen | MF | USA | 1998–2009 | 221 | 29 | 49 | 17097 | — |
| Curt Onalfo | DF | USA | 1998–1999 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 79 | — |
| Kofi Opare | DF | Ghana | 2014–2018 | 65 | 3 | 1 | 5566 | — |
| José Guillermo Ortiz | FW | Costa Rica | 2017 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 669 | — |
| Antonio Otero | MF | USA | 1999–2000 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 1673 | — |
| Lionard Pajoy | FW | Colombia | 2012–2013 | 32 | 5 | 1 | 2115 | — |
| Victor Pálsson | MF | Iceland | 2022–2023 | 28 | 0 | 3 | 2449 | — |
| Kevin Paredes | MF | USA | 2020–2021 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 2496 | Homegrown |
| Jeff Parke | DF | USA | 2014 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1162 | — |
| Clint Peay | DF | USA | 1996–2000 | 43 | 2 | 2 | 3114 | — |
| Marquinhos Pedroso | DF | Brazil | 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 287 | — |
| João Peglow | MF | Brazil | 2025– | 2 | 0 | 1 | 164 | — |
| Matti Peltola | MF | Finland | 2024– | 34 | 0 | 1 | 2297 | — |
| Juan Manuel Peña | DF | Bolivia | 2010 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 700 | — |
| Gonzalo Peralta | DF | Argentina | 2008 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1514 | — |
| Trevor Perea | MF | USA | 2003 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Adrien Perez | FW | USA | 2021–2022 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1002 | — |
| Orlando Perez | DF | USA | 2002 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 268 | — |
| Mike Petke | DF | USA | 2003–2005 | 58 | 5 | 0 | 4997 | — |
| Donovan Pines | DF | USA | 2019–2023 | 87 | 6 | 2 | 6809 | Homegrown |
| Gabriel Pirani | MF | Brazil | 2023– | 47 | 7 | 3 | 2482 | — |
| Chris Pontius | MF | USA | 2009–2015 | 152 | 31 | 16 | 11319 | — |
| Eddie Pope | DF | USA | 1996–2002 | 143 | 8 | 8 | 12228 | — |
| Kyle Porter | MF | Canada | 2013–2014 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1659 | — |
| Brandon Prideaux | DF | USA | 2002–2006 | 116 | 0 | 0 | 9669 | — |
| Santino Quaranta | MF | USA | 2001–2006, 2008–2011 | 159 | 24 | 29 | 11063 | — |
| Eliseo Quintanilla | FW | El Salvador | 2002–2005 | 27 | 5 | 5 | 1902 | — |
| Rafael | FW | Brazil | 2013 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 331 | — |
| Steve Rammel | FW | USA | 1996–1997 | 37 | 15 | 4 | 2425 | — |
| Milton Reyes | DF | Honduras | 2002 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 2204 | — |
| Yordy Reyna | FW | Peru | 2020–2021 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 1178 | — |
| Barry Rice | DF | USA | 2010 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86 | — |
| James Riley | DF | USA | 2013 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1760 | — |
| Gelmin Rivas | FW | Venezuela | 2020 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 501 | — |
| Nigel Robertha | FW | Netherlands | 2021–2023 | 45 | 6 | 4 | 1958 | — |
| Jalen Robinson | DF | USA | 2014-2019 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 1575 | Homegrown |
| Alain Rochat | DF | Switzerland | 2013 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 404 | — |
| J. P. Rodrigues | DF | Guyana | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |
| Lucas Rodríguez | MF | Argentina | 2019 | 33 | 6 | 3 | 2707 | — |
| Martín Rodríguez | MF | Chile | 2022–2024 | 39 | 2 | 9 | 2162 | — |
| Chris Rolfe | MF | USA | 2014–2017 | 61 | 16 | 11 | 4777 | — |
| Wayne Rooney | FW | England | 2018–2019 | 48 | 23 | 15 | 3959 | — |
| Kye Rowles | DF | Australia | 2025– | 4 | 0 | 0 | 360 | — |
| Ruan | DF | Brazil | 2023 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1425 | — |
| Carlos Ruiz | FW | Guatemala | 2013 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 528 | — |
| Robbie Russell | DF | USA | 2012–2013 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1361 | — |
| Alvaro Saborio | FW | Costa Rica | 2015–2016 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1669 | — |
| Sergio Salas | FW | Bolivia | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — |
| Hamdi Salihi | FW | Albania | 2012 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 945 | — |
| Lloyd Sam | MF | Ghana | 2016–2017 | 43 | 5 | 12 | 2996 | — |
| Gaoussou Samaké | DF | Côte d'Ivoire | 2022–2023 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 473 | — |
| Marcos Sanchez | MF | Panama | 2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 508 | — |
| Tony Sanneh | DF | USA | 1996–1998 | 71 | 14 | 25 | 5688 | — |
| Maicon Santos | FW | Brazil | 2012 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 1470 | — |
| Pedro Santos | MF | Portugal | 2023–2024 | 51 | 4 | 5 | 3309 | — |
| Marcelo Saragosa | MF | Brazil | 2012–2013 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 1530 | — |
| Hayden Sargis | DF | USA | 2022–2024 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 45 | — |
| Marcelo Sarvas | MF | Brazil | 2016–2017 | 53 | 1 | 3 | 4088 | — |
| David Schnegg | DF | Austria | 2024– | 6 | 1 | 1 | 480 | — |
| Michael Seaton | FW | Jamaica | 2013–2015 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 174 | Homegrown |
| Ulises Segura | MF | Costa Rica | 2018–2020 | 66 | 5 | 3 | 3763 | — |
| Brandon Servania | MF | USA | 2025– | 4 | 0 | 0 | 180 | — |
| Conor Shanosky | DF | USA | 2010–2014 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 355 | Homegrown |
| Luis Silva | MF | USA | 2013–2015 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 2911 | — |
| Clyde Simms | MF | USA | 2005–2011 | 182 | 3 | 7 | 13184 | — |
| Axel Sjöberg | DF | Sweden | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171 | — |
| Drew Skundrich | MF | USA | 2021–2022 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 2029 | — |
| Mike Slivinski | MF | USA | 1998–2000 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 347 | — |
| Brad Smith | DF | Australia | 2022 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1152 | — |
| Kimarni Smith | FW | England | 2021–2022 | 20 | 1 | 3 | 445 | — |
| Diego Sonora | MF | Argentina | 1999 | 27 | 1 | 5 | 2201 | — |
| Erik Sorga | FW | Estonia | 2020–2021 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 917 | — |
| Robert Ssejjemba | FW | Uganda | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | — |
| Earnie Stewart | MF | USA | 2003–2004 | 47 | 4 | 6 | 4016 | — |
| Zoltan Stieber | MF | Hungary | 2017–2019 | 44 | 6 | 8 | 2660 | — |
| Hristo Stoichkov | FW | Bulgaria | 2003 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 897 | — |
| David Stokes | DF | USA | 2003–2006 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 848 | — |
| Dan Stratford | MF | England | 2008 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 81 | — |
| Jared Stroud | MF | USA | 2024– | 36 | 3 | 10 | 2735 | — |
| Berthy Suarez | FW | Bolivia | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 160 | — |
| Danny Szetela | MF | USA | 2009 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — |
| Carey Talley | DF | USA | 1998–2001, 2010 | 124 | 10 | 10 | 8848 | — |
| Long Tan | FW | China | 2012 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 231 | — |
| Joey Thieman | MF | USA | 1997 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 58 | — |
| Craig Thompson | MF | USA | 2008 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 241 | — |
| Jason Thompson | FW | USA | 2004–2005 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 61 | — |
| John Thorrington | MF | USA | 2013 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1052 | — |
| Maxim Tissot | DF | Canada | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 90 | — |
| Casey Townsend | FW | USA | 2013 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 316 | — |
| Garrison Tubbs | DF | USA | 2024– | 15 | 0 | 0 | 549 | — |
| Greg Vanney | DF | USA | 2007 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1261 | — |
| Carlos Varela | MF | Spain | 2010 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 173 | — |
| David Vaudreuil | DF | USA | 1996–1997 | 39 | 0 | 3 | 2937 | — |
| Lawson Vaughn | DF | USA | 2009 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 225 | — |
| Scott Vermillion | DF | USA | 2001 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 953 | — |
| Joe Vide | MF | USA | 2008 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 590 | — |
| Petter Villegas | MF | Puerto Rico | 2002 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 1346 | — |
| Rob Vincent | MF | England | 2016–2017 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1203 | — |
| Jamil Walker | MF | USA | 2005–2007 | 41 | 3 | 8 | 1135 | — |
| Rodney Wallace | DF | Costa Rica | 2009–2010 | 39 | 3 | 5 | 3189 | — |
| Akeem Ward | DF | USA | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 48 | — |
| Mark Watson | DF | Canada | 2001 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 923 | — |
| Roy Wegerle | FW | USA | 1997–1998 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1388 | — |
| Sterling Wescott | MF | USA | 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 102 | — |
| Ethan White | DF | USA | 2011–2013 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 3027 | Homegrown |
| Derrick Williams | DF | Ireland | 2023 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1847 | — |
| Richie Williams | MF | USA | 1996–2000, 2002 | 169 | 8 | 29 | 14597 | — |
| John Wilson | DF | USA | 2005–2007 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 1502 | — |
| Josh Wolff | FW | USA | 2011–2012 | 39 | 5 | 8 | 2147 | — |
| A. J. Wood | FW | USA | 1998–2001 | 74 | 14 | 9 | 3218 | — |
| Daniel Woolard | DF | USA | 2011–2013 | 73 | 2 | 3 | 6243 | — |
| Lyle Yorks | MF | USA | 1998 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — |
| Griffin Yow | MF | USA | 2019–2022 | 31 | 3 | 2 | 951 | Homegrown |
| Mike Zaher | DF | USA | 2008 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 124 | — |
| Henry Zambrano | FW | Colombia | 2002 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 240 | — |
| Abdoul Zanne | FW | Côte d'Ivoire | 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | — |
| Jed Zayner | DF | USA | 2010–2011 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1109 | — |
| Craig Ziadie | DF | Jamaica | 2001–2002 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 1334 | — |
| Rida Zouhir | MF | Canada | 2025– | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | — |

### Goalkeepers

| Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts | Minutes | Notes |
| Mike Ammann | USA | 2001 | 19 | 38 | 1 | 1739 | — |
| Clint Baumstark | USA | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100 | — |
| Alex Bono | USA | 2023–2024 | 39 | 66 | 7 | 3465 | — |
| José Carvallo | Peru | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 90 | — |
| Jeff Causey | USA | 1996–1997 | 25 | 46 | 1 | 2071 | — |
| Steve Clark | USA | 2017–2018 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 720 | — |
| Louis Crayton | Liberia | 2008–2009 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1620 | — |
| Steve Cronin | USA | 2009, 2011 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 306 | — |
| Andrew Dykstra | USA | 2013–2016 | 14 | 23 | 2 | 1228 | — |
| Scott Garlick | USA | 1997–1998 | 39 | 57 | 9 | 3376 | — |
| Bill Hamid | USA | 2010–2017, 2018–2022 | 278 | 358 | 80 | 24746 | Homegrown |
| Jon Kempin | USA | 2021–2022 | 12 | 22 | 1 | 1063 | — |
| Kim Joon Hong | South Korea | 2025– | 4 | 5 | 1 | 360 | — |
| Miloš Kočić | Serbia | 2009 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 308 | — |
| Paul Marcoullier | USA | 2000 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — |
| Tyler Miller | USA | 2023–2024 | 30 | 53 | 6 | 2655 | — |
| Jay Nolly | USA | 2007 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 90 | — |
| David Ochoa | Mexico | 2022 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 810 | — |
| Pat Onstad | Canada | 2011 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 270 | — |
| David Ousted | Denmark | 2018 | 17 | 32 | 0 | 1530 | — |
| Troy Perkins | USA | 2004–2007, 2010 | 99 | 131 | 24 | 8910 | — |
| Tom Presthus | USA | 1997–2000 | 59 | 97 | 5 | 5092 | — |
| Nick Rimando | USA | 2002–2006 | 98 | 121 | 29 | 8956 | — |
| Rafael Romo | Venezuela | 2022 | 14 | 34 | 1 | 1211 | — |
| Chris Seitz | USA | 2019–2021 | 11 | 19 | 2 | 990 | — |
| Mark Simpson | USA | 1996–2001 | 53 | 75 | 9 | 4531 | — |
| Doug Warren | USA | 2003–2004 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 494 | — |
| Zach Wells | USA | 2008 | 17 | 28 | 1 | 1530 | — |
| Josh Wicks | USA | 2009 | 19 | 26 | 5 | 1672 | — |
| Joe Willis | USA | 2011–2014 | 23 | 43 | 4 | 2052 | — |
| Travis Worra | USA | 2015–2018 | 19 | 32 | 4 | 1652 | — |

### Nationality

| Country | Number of players |
| Albania | 1 |
| Argentina | 18 |
| Australia | 3 |
| Austria | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 |
| Bolivia | 6 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 |
| Brazil | 14 |
| Bulgaria | 2 |
| Cameroon | 1 |
| Canada | 9 |
| Chile | 2 |
| China | 1 |
| Colombia | 4 |
| Costa Rica | 8 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 3 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1 |
| Denmark | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| El Salvador | 5 |
| England | 8 |
| Estonia | 1 |
| Finland | 2 |
| France | 3 |
| Gambia | 1 |
| Germany | 2 |
| Ghana | 7 |
| Greece | 1 |
| Guam | 1 |
| Guatemala | 2 |
| Guyana | 1 |
| Honduras | 4 |
| Hungary | 1 |
| Iceland | 1 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Jamaica | 9 |
| Japan | 1 |
| Liberia | 2 |
| Mexico | 4 |
| Montenegro | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 |
| New Zealand | 1 |
| Nigeria | 2 |
| Norway | 1 |
| Panama | 3 |
| Peru | 4 |
| Poland | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Russia | 1 |
| Senegal | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 |
| Sierra Leone | 2 |
| South Africa | 3 |
| South Korea | 1 |
| Spain | 3 |
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
| Switzerland | 2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 |
| Uganda | 1 |
| Ukraine | 1 |
| Uruguay | 1 |
| USA | 184 |
| Venezuela | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 |

## Club captains

This is a list of people who wore the captain's armband the most times.
| Dates | Name | Notes |
| 1996–1998 | John Harkes | — |
| 1999–2003 | Marco Etcheverry | — |
| 2004 | Ryan Nelsen | — |
| 2005–2009 | Jaime Moreno | — |
| 2010 | Santino Quaranta | — |
| 2011–2013 | Dwayne De Rosario | — |
| 2014–2016 | Bobby Boswell | — |
| 2017–2018 | Steve Birnbaum | — |
| 2018–2019 | Wayne Rooney | — |
| 2020–2024 | Steve Birnbaum | — |
| 2024– | Christian Benteke | — |