This list comprises all players who have participated in at least one league match for the Columbus Crew since the team's first Major League Soccer season in 1996. Players who were on the roster but never appeared in a game are not listed; players who appeared for the team in other competitions (US Open Cup, CONCACAF Champions League, etc.) but never actually made an MLS appearance are noted at the bottom of the page.
A "†" denotes players who only appeared in a single match.
Fifi Baiden †
Rich Balchan Devin Barclay
Guillermo Barros Schelotto Chad Barson Shane Battelle Adam Bedell Joe Bendik Sebastian Berhalter
Miguel Berry
Chris Birchall
Leonard Bisaku Brian Bliss Emmanuel Boateng
Tenywa Bonseu Eric Brunner Edson Buddle Marc Burch Kevin Burns Jon Busch Evan Bush
Altimont Butler † Romain Gall
Freddy García Josh Gardner Jason Garey
Bill Gaudette Eddie Gaven Eric Gehrig Kevan George Steve Gillespie
Gláuber Cornell Glen Jimmy Glenn
Giancarlo González
Marcos González Mario Gori Ned Grabavoy Hernán Grana Ricci Greenwood † Andrew Gregor Mike Grella Alex Grendi Julian Gressel
Léandre Griffit Cole Grossman Andy Gruenebaum David Guzmán
Cedrick Mabwati Brian Maisonneuve Connor Maloney
Kekuta Manneh Pete Marino Chad Marshall
Cristian Martínez Kyle Martino
Alexandru Mățan Jeff Matteo Brian McBride Chad McCarty Jack McInerney Domenic Mediate
Jimmy Medranda Carlos Mendes
Andrés Mendoza Jonathan Mensah
Justin Meram Janusz Michallik Stefani Miglioranzi Sergio Miguez Todd Miller Sebastián Miranda Milovan Mirošević
Adam Moffat
Youness Mokhtar Kevin Molino Obi Moneme †
Steven Moreira
Alejandro Moreno Aidan Morris Brandon Moss Patrick Mullins
Mohammed Saeid Jorge Salcedo Matías Sánchez Will Sands Tony Sanneh
Pedro Santos Rodrigo Saravia Gastón Sauro Dominic Schell Aaron Schoenfeld Kenny Schoeni † Mark Schulte Patrick Schulte Erick Scott Rob Smith Juergen Sommer Eduardo Sosa Ben Speas Zack Steffen
Kristinn Steindórsson Marcus Storey Brad Stuver Jamal Sutton Ben Swanson † Danny Szetela Tyson Wahl Jonny Walker Diego Walsh Brandon Ward Tim Ward
Konrad Warzycha Robert Warzycha Dante Washington
Mark Watson Brian West Andy Williams JJ Williams Josh Williams
Mark Williams Romario Williams John Wilmar Pérez Chris Wingert David Winner
Ian Woan John Wolyniec A. J. Wood
Vito Wormgoor Bradley Wright-Phillips| Nation | Number of players |
|---|---|
| United States
|
172 |
| Argentina
|
13 |
| Ghana
|
10 |
| Costa Rica
|
9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago
|
8 |
| Brazil
|
6 |
| Canada
|
6 |
| Jamaica
|
6 |
| Chile
|
4 |
| Colombia
|
4 |
| England
|
4 |
| Venezuela
|
4 |
 Denmark
|
3 |
| Guatemala
|
3 |
 Nigeria
|
3 |
| Poland
|
3 |
 Uruguay
|
3 |
| France
|
2 |
 New Zealand
|
2 |
 Norway
|
2 |
| Scotland
|
2 |
| Spain
|
2 |
 South Africa
|
2 |
 Armenia
|
1 |
 Australia
|
1 |
 Austria
|
1 |
 Bolivia
|
1 |
| Cabo Verde
|
1 |
 Cameroon
|
1 |
| Croatia
|
1 |
 Curaçao
|
1 |
| DR Congo
|
1 |
 Ecuador
|
1 |
 Egypt
|
1 |
| Eritrea
|
1 |
 Finland
|
1 |
| Gambia
|
1 |
 Haiti
|
1 |
 Honduras
|
1 |
 Hungary
|
1 |
| Iceland
|
1 |
| Iraq
|
1 |
 Mexico
|
1 |
 Montenegro
|
1 |
| Morocco
|
1 |
| Netherlands
|
1 |
| Northern Ireland
|
1 |
| Panama
|
1 |
| Peru
|
1 |
| Portugal
|
1 |
| Puerto Rico
|
1 |
| Romania
|
1 |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
1 |
 Sierra Leone
|
1 |
 Serbia
|
1 |
 Ukraine
|
1 |
| Uganda
|
1 |
 Zimbabwe
|
1 |
Players that never played in a league match, but appeared in another competition:
Ivan Becerra: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Ray Burse: two CONCACAF Champions League appearances. Noah Fuson: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Taha Habroune: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Marshall Hollingsworth: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. George Josten: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Logan Ketterer: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Grant Lillard: one CONCACAF Champions League appearance. Jake Morris: three U.S. Open Cup appearances. Mike Mucino: two CONCACAF Giants Cup appearances. Stanley Nyazamba: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Aubrey Perry: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Santiago Prim: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Gibran Rayo: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Thomas Roberts: two U.S. Open Cup appearances. Ben Sweat: one U.S. Open Cup appearance. Korey Veeder: one U.S. Open Cup appearance.