Player positions provided by the CFL and errors are known to exist
Other teams associated with the Ottawa Rough Riders:
| Name | Position | Regular GP | # of Seasons (Years) | Also played for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daffer, Ted | G, T | 6 | 1 (1955) | |
| Daigneault, Doug | HB | 34 | 4 (1960–1963) | MTL, WPG |
| Daley, Tommy | HB | 30 | 5 (1936, 1938–1940, 1945) | HAM |
| Dalliday, Kevin | OL | 21 | 2 (1983–1984) | |
| Dalton, Bill “Beaver” | E, G | 4 | 3 (1947–1949) | |
| Daneliuk, Luki | G, HB, T | 23 | 3 (1955–1957) | |
| Daniels, Shawn | FB | 60 | 4 (1991–1993, 1996) | CGY, EDM, SSK, TOR |
| Darbyshire, John | HB | 0 | 1 (1934) | TOR |
| Davey, Lloyd “Dutch” | HB | 2 | 1 (1946) | |
| Davis, Chucky | RB | 3 | 1 (1984) | |
| Davis, Henry | U | 1 | 1 (1935) | |
| Davis, Mike | DB | 9 | 2 (1980–1981) | |
| Davis, Tom | G | 7 | 1 (1979) | TOR |
| Dawsey, Stacey | WR | 22 | 2 (1989–1990) | BC, CGY |
| Dawson, Bobby | DB | 1 | 1 (1996) | HAM, MPH |
| Dawson, Gerry | HB | 4 | 1 (1948) | |
| Daymond, Irv | C, OL | 143 | 10 (1986–1995) | |
| Deacon, Tom | WR | 4 | 1 (1970) | WPG |
| DeGraw, Larry | DB, HB | 65 | 5 (1963–1967) | SSK |
| Deiderich, George | G | 6 | 1 (1961) | MTL |
| Dekdebrun, Al | QB | 10 | 1 (1954) | HAMWC, MTL, TOR |
| De La Garza, Gabriel | LB | 10 | 1 (1988) | |
| deLeeuw, Marcel | DB | 14 | 1 (1971) | EDM |
| Dempsey, Frank | C, G | 3 | 1 (1955) | HAM |
| Dengel, Johnny | HB | 16 | 2 (1949–1950) | |
| Dennis, Steve | DB | 6 | 1 (1979) | SSK, TOR |
| Derrick, Don | HB | 7 | 1 (1963) | TOR |
| De Silva, Jim | OL | 15 | 2 (1984–1985) | |
| Desmarais, Dick | HB | 7 | 1 (1961) | |
| Dever, Danny | DB, LB | 73 | 6 (1968–1973) | BC |
| Dewalt, Roy | QB | 4 | 1 (1988) | BC, WPG |
| Dillard, Jim | HB | 26 | 2 (1965–1966) | CGY, TOR |
| Dillon, Todd | QB | 33 | 3 (1986–1988) | HAM |
| DiMaggio, Frank | QB | 1 | 1 (1973) | |
| Dimitroff, Tom Sr. | P, QB | 19 | 2 (1957–1958) | |
| Dinnall, Dave | RB | 15 | 2 (1995–1996) | HAM, SSK |
| Disipio, Carlo | RB | 5 | 1 (1996) | |
| Disipio, Dom | U | 1 | 1 (1946) | |
| Dixon, Ralph | DB | 15 | 1 (1985) | EDM, TOR |
| Dixon, Tom | K | 20 | 2 (1987–1988) | EDM |
| Dobrovolny, Jerry | OL, T | 14 | 2 (1986–1987) | CGY, MTL |
| Donaldson, Allie | G, T | 23 | 5 (1935–1938, 1945) | |
| Dorsey, Dean | K | 102 | 6 (1984–1987, 1989–1990) | EDM, TOR |
| Dosant, Al | DB | 7 | 2 (1979, 1982) | HAM, MTL, SSK, TOR |
| Dougherty, Robert | QB | 5 | 1 (1995) | TOR |
| Douglas, Scott | G | 6 | 1 (1995) | HAM, TOR |
| Dowden, Corey | RB | 6 | 1 (1994) | |
| Downing, Kenneth | DB | 31 | 3 (1978–1980) | |
| Doyle, Maurice | RB | 21 | 3 (1982–1984) | |
| Dozier, Cornelius | LB | 2 | 1 (1987) | |
| Drawhorn, Anthony | DB | 53 | 3 (1991–1993) | BC, BRM, MTL, SSK |
| Dressler, Bert | K, T | 10 | 1 (1947) | |
| Dube, Marc | LB | 2 | 1 (1995) | CGY |
| Dulin, Gary | DT | 41 | 3 (1982–1984) | SSK, TOR |
| Duncan, Dennis | RB | 13 | 1 (1971) | MTL |
| Duncan, Greg | K | 1 | 1 (1993) | |
| Dunlap, Frank | FW, G, T | 50 | 5 (1945–1947, 1950–1951) | TOR |
| Dunlap, Jerry | DB | 8 | 1 (1990) | |
| Dunlap, Jake | G, T | 56 | 7 (1945–1948, 1951, 1953–1954) | HAM, TOR |
| Dunn, Jimmy “Red” | C, FW | 5 | 1 (1936) | HAM |
| Dupin, Damir | DL | 18 | 2 (1984–1985) | |
| Dzikowicz, Jayson | DB | 15 | 1 (1996) | WPG |
| “D” player count: 62 | ||||