List of VfL Bochum players

Key

 * Players are listed according to the date of their first-team debut for the club.

Prior to the 1949–50 season

 * Players whose name is in italics have played for the club after to the 1948–49 season.

Since the 1949–50 season

 * Verbandsliga Westfalen promotion playoffs, regional cups (e.g. DFB-Pokal qualification rounds) and Intertoto Cup matches not included, therefore the overall statistics are incomplete.
 * Players whose name is in italics may have played for the club prior to the 1949–50 season, therefore their total league statistics may be incomplete.
 * Players whose name is in bold currently play for the club.