The following basketball players played with the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association from the team's founding in 1967 until the ABA-NBA merger in 1976.

• Henry Akin
• Dan Anderson
• Bird Averitt
• Jimmie Baker
• Howard Bayne
• Orbie Bowling
• Bill Bradley
• Jim Bradley
• Jim Caldwell
• M. L. Carr
• Darel Carrier
• Bill Chamberlain
• Wayne Chapman
• Steve Chubin
• Larry Conley
• Jimmy Dan Conner
• Bobby Croft
• Louie Dampier
• Ollie Darden
• Penny Ann Early
• John Fairchild
• David Gaines
• Mike Gale
• Artis Gilmore
• Travis Grant
• Tom Hagan
• Dennis Hamilton
• Joe Hamilton
• Dan Hester
• Les Hunter
• Dan Issel
• Billy James
• Stew Johnson
• Caldwell Jones
• Collis Jones
• Johnny Jones
• Wil Jones
• Kevin Joyce
• Ron King
• Tommy Kron
• Reggie Lacefield
• Wendell Ladner
• Manny Leaks
• Jim Ligon
• Sam Little
• Gene Littles
• Paul Long
• Maurice Lucas
• Randolph Mahaffey
• Ted McClain
• Jim McDaniels
• Eldon McGriff
• Gene Moore
• Rick Mount
• Allen Murphy
• Cotton Nash
• Johnny Neumann
• Jim O'Brien
• Bud Olsen
• Tom Owens
• Cincy Powell
• Mike Pratt
• Bobby Rascoe
• Kendall Rhine
• Red Robbins
• Joe Roberts
• Marv Roberts
• John Roche
• Pierre Russell
• Rubin Russell
• Walt Simon
• Sam Smith
• George Sutor
• Keith Swagerty
• Ron Thomas
• George Tinsley
• Jan van Breda Kolff
• Claude Virden
• Bobby Washington
• Al Williams
• Chuck Williams
• Gene Williams
• Tommy Woods
• Howie Wright