| Player | Matches | Goals | Penalties | First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zwolanowski, Felix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1940-09-15 | 1940-11-03 |
| Zörner, Carl | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1923-05-10 | 1923-08-12 |
| Zorc, Michael | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1992-12-16 | 1993-10-13 |
| Zolper, Karl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1925-03-29 | 1925-03-29 |
| Zimmermann, Herbert | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1976-10-06 | 1979-12-22 |
| Zilgas, Karl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1913-10-26 | 1913-10-26 |
| Zielinski, Paul | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1934-05-27 | 1936-09-27 |
| Zieler, Ron-Robert | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2011-11-11 | 2015-06-10 |
| Ziege, Christian | 72 | 9 | 0 | 1993-06-10 | 2004-05-27 |
| Zickler, Alexander | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1998-11-18 | 2002-10-11 |
| Zewe, Gerd | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1978-10-11 | 1979-02-25 |
| Zembski, Dieter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1971-09-08 | 1971-09-08 |
| Zeitler, Hans | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1952-04-20 | 1952-04-20 |
| Zastrau, Walter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1958-12-28 | 1958-12-28 |
| Zaczyk, Klaus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1967-02-22 | 1967-02-22 |
| Younes, Amin | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2017-06-06 | 2021-03-31 |
| Wuttke, Wolfram | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1986-10-15 | 1988-06-17 |
| Wunderlich, Georg | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1920-06-27 | 1923-05-10 |
| Wunder, Klaus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1973-09-05 | 1973-09-05 |
| Wosz, Dariusz | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1997-02-26 | 2000-11-15 |
| Worpitzky, Willy | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1909-04-04 | 1912-10-06 |
| Wörns, Christian | 66 | 0 | 0 | 1992-04-22 | 2005-09-03 |
| Worm, Ronnie | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1975-12-20 | 1978-10-11 |
| Wolter, Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1992-12-16 | 1992-12-16 |
| Wolter, Karl | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1912-10-06 | 1921-09-18 |
| Wolter, Horst | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1967-02-22 | 1970-06-20 |
| Woltemade, Nick | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2025-06-04 | 2025-11-17 |
| Wolpers, Eduard | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1926-12-12 | 1926-12-12 |
| Wollscheid, Philipp | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2013-05-29 | 2013-06-02 |
| Wolf, Marius | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2023-03-25 | 2023-06-20 |
| Wohlfarth, Roland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1986-10-15 | 1989-09-06 |
| Wirtz, Florian | 37 | 8 | 0 | 2021-09-02 | 2025-11-17 |
| Winkler, Willi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1928-09-23 | 1928-09-23 |
| Winkler, Paul | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1938-03-20 | 1938-03-20 |
| Wimmer, Herbert | 36 | 4 | 0 | 1968-11-23 | 1976-06-20 |
| Willimowski, Ernst | 8 | 13 | 0 | 1941-06-01 | 1942-11-22 |
| Wilden, Leo | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1960-03-23 | 1964-04-29 |
| Wigold, Willi | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1932-12-04 | 1934-03-11 |
| Wiggers, Hermann | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1911-06-18 | 1911-06-18 |
| Wiese, Tim | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2008-11-19 | 2012-02-29 |
| Wientjes, Clemens | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1952-04-20 | 1952-10-05 |
| Wieder, Ludwig | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1923-06-03 | 1926-10-31 |
| Widmayer, Werner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1931-06-17 | 1931-06-21 |
| Weymar, Hans | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1908-04-05 | 1910-10-16 |
| Wewers, Heinz | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1951-12-23 | 1958-06-28 |
| Wetzel, Fritz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1922-04-23 | 1922-04-23 |
| Westermann, Heiko | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2008-02-06 | 2013-11-19 |
| Werner, Timo | 57 | 24 | 0 | 2017-03-22 | 2023-03-28 |
| Werner, Jürgen | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1961-03-26 | 1963-05-05 |
| Werner, Heinz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1935-08-25 | 1935-08-25 |