The details are the player's usual name followed by the years in which he was active as a Derbyshire player and then his name is given as it would appear on match scorecards. Note that many players represented other top-class teams besides Derbyshire. Current players are shown as active to the latest season in which they played for the club. The list excludes Second XI and other players who did not play for the club's first team; and players whose first team appearances were in minor matches only.[4] The list has been updated to the end of the 2024 cricket season using the data published in Playfair Cricket Annual, 2022 edition.[5]
^Harrison made his List A debut in August 2022 against Worcester. He had previously played for the Derbyshire Second XI and the Derbyshire Academy. He has also played for Hertfordshire.[6][7]
^Hodgkinson is known to have played a single match, a first-class fixture against MCC in 1882. Other than a surname and initial, no biographical details are known.[8]
^Zubair Khan, whose brother Rawait Khan also played for the club, played as a fast bowler in a single first-class match for Derbyshire against Cambridge University in an early season match in 2000 as a 17-year old, taking a single wicket. He played second XI cricket for Derbyshire and Worcestershire and was twelfth man in the Derbyshire side at least once during the 2000 season.[9][10]
^Sylvester made his First-class debut in September 2022 against Glamorgan. He had previously played for the Derbyshire Second XI.[11][12]