| Player | Matches | Goals | Penalties | First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehner, Ernst | 65 | 31 | 2 | 1933-11-19 | 1942-11-01 |
| Leinberger, Ludwig | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1927-10-02 | 1933-01-01 |
| Leip, Rudolf | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1923-08-12 | 1924-08-31 |
| Leno, Bernd | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2016-05-29 | 2021-09-02 |
| Lenz, August | 14 | 9 | 0 | 1935-04-28 | 1938-03-20 |
| Leweling, Jamie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2024-10-14 | 2025-11-14 |
| Libuda, Stan | 26 | 3 | 0 | 1963-09-28 | 1971-11-17 |
| Liebrich, Werner | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1951-06-17 | 1956-11-21 |
| Lindner, Willi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1933-03-19 | 1933-03-19 |
| Linke, Thomas | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1997-11-15 | 2004-08-18 |
| Littbarski, Pierre | 73 | 18 | 0 | 1981-10-14 | 1990-07-08 |
| Löble, Otto | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1909-04-04 | 1913-03-21 |
| Lohneis, Hans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1920-09-26 | 1920-09-26 |
| Löhr, Hannes | 20 | 5 | 0 | 1967-02-22 | 1970-09-09 |
| Lohrmann, Theodor | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1920-10-24 | 1922-07-02 |
| Lorenz, Max | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1965-04-24 | 1970-06-20 |
| Ludewig, Heinz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1914-04-05 | 1914-04-05 |
| Ludwig, Johannes | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1930-09-28 | 1931-06-21 |
| Ludwig, Karl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1908-04-05 | 1908-04-05 |
| Lüke, Josef | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1923-05-10 | 1923-08-12 |
| Lutz, Friedel | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1960-08-03 | 1966-07-25 |
| Lux, Hermann | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1924-08-31 | 1925-06-26 |
| Maas, Erich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1968-03-06 | 1970-04-08 |
| Madlung, Alexander | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2006-10-07 | 2007-03-28 |
| Magath, Felix | 43 | 3 | 0 | 1977-04-30 | 1986-06-29 |
| Mahlmann, Carl-Heinz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1932-12-04 | 1932-12-04 |
| Mai, Charly | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1953-10-11 | 1959-05-20 |
| Maier, Sepp | 95 | 0 | 0 | 1966-05-04 | 1979-05-26 |
| Malecki, Edmund | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1935-08-25 | 1939-03-26 |
| Malik, Richard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1932-10-30 | 1933-01-01 |
| Maneval, Hellmut | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1923-05-10 | 1923-05-10 |
| Manglitz, Manfred | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1965-03-13 | 1970-05-13 |
| Männer, Ludwig | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1937-06-25 | 1940-09-15 |
| Mantel, Hugo | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1927-10-02 | 1933-03-19 |
| Marin, Marko | 16 | 1 | 0 | 2008-05-27 | 2010-11-17 |
| Marischka, Otto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1939-08-27 | 1939-08-27 |
| Marohn, Arthur | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1921-06-05 | 1921-06-05 |
| Marschall, Olaf | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1994-10-12 | 1999-07-28 |
| Martin, Bernd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1979-05-02 | 1979-05-02 |
| Martinek, Alexander | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1940-07-14 | 1940-07-14 |
| Martwig, Otto | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1925-06-21 | 1927-10-23 |
| Marx, Josef | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1960-08-03 | 1960-08-03 |
| Massini, Erich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1909-03-13 | 1909-03-13 |
| Mathies, Paul | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1935-09-15 | 1935-10-13 |
| Matthäus, Lothar | 150 | 23 | 6 | 1980-06-14 | 2000-06-20 |
| Matthes, Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1908-04-20 | 1908-04-20 |
| Mauch, Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1922-04-23 | 1922-04-23 |
| Maul, Ronald | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1999-07-24 | 1999-07-30 |
| Mauritz, Matthias | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1959-05-20 | 1959-05-20 |
| Max, Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2002-04-17 | 2002-04-17 |