| Author | Faculty / Appointment Dates | Vols. | Tradition | Reference |
| Desiderius Erasmus | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1511-1515) | 451 | Roman Catholic |  en de | CE | DBNL | EMLO | NDB |
| William Perkins | Fellow of Christ's College (1584-1594) | 310 | Puritan, Reformed | en | ADB | DNB2 | Scholasticon |
| Martin Bucer | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1550-†1551) | 286 | Reformed | en de | DNB2 | EMLO | GAMEO | HLS | NDB | VGT |
| John Lightfoot | Vice-Chancellor (1654-?) | 131 | Puritan, Reformed | en |
| Richard Bentley | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1717-†1742) | 82 | Anglican | EMLO |
| Richard Watson | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1771-?) | 75 | n/a | n/a |
| John Fisher | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1502-1504) | 70 | Roman Catholic | CE | DNB1 |
| William Whitaker | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1580-†1595) | 66 | Anglican, Puritan, Reformed | en | DNB1 |
| John Pearson | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1661-1673) | 63 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Alexander Alesius | King's Scholar (1535-1539) | 62 | Lutheran, Reformed | en de | BBKL | DNB1 | DNB2 | NDB |
| John Davenant | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1609-1623) | 40 | Anglican, Reformed | en | DNB1 | EMLO |
| Joseph Mede | Mildmay Greek Lecturer / Christ's College (1618-†1638) | 36 | Puritan, Reformed | en |
| Immanuel Tremellius | Regius Prof. of Hebrew (1549-1553) | 33 | Reformed | en de | ADB | DNB1 |
| William Dell | Master of Gonville and Caius College (1649-1660) | 24 | Puritan, Reformed | en | DNB1 |
| Paul Fagius | Regius Prof. of Hebrew (1549-†1549) | 22 | Lutheran | en de | DNB1 | NDB | VGT |
| Edmund Castell | Prof. of Arabic (1667-?) | 21 | Anglican | en |
| Thomas Cartwright | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1569-1570) | 19 | Puritan, Reformed | en | EMLO |
| Antoine Rodolphe Chevalier | Lecturer in Hebrew (1569-†1572) | 17 | Reformed | en | DNB1 |
| John Whitgift | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1563-1567) | 16 | Reformed | DNB1 |
| John Whitgift | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1567-1569) | 16 | Reformed | DNB1 |
| John Arrowsmith | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1651-1656) | 14 | Puritan, Reformed | en | DNB2 |
| John Overall | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1596-1606) | 13 | Anglican | en |
| Thomas Rutherforth | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1756-†1771) | 12 | Anglican | en |
| Thomas Stanley | Prof. of Philosophy (?-?) | 11 | n/a | n/a |
| James Pilkington | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1559-1561) | 10 | Reformed | en | DNB1 |
| Matthew Hutton | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1561-1562) | 9 | Reformed | DNB1 |
| Matthew Hutton | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1562-1567) | 9 | Reformed | DNB1 |
| Richard Holdsworth | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1643-†1649) | 8 | Reformed | en |
| Thomas Playfere | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1596-†1609) | 7 | Reformed | DNB1 |
| John Spencer | n/a | 7 | Anglican, Latitudinarian | n/a |
| Samuel Ward | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1623-†1643) | 6 | Reformed | en | DNB1 | DNB2 |
| Anthony Tuckney | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1656-1661) | 6 | Reformed | en | DNB2 |
| Peter Gunning | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1660-1661) | 6 | Anglican, Arminian-Remonstrant | DNB1 |
| Peter Gunning | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1661-1674) | 6 | Anglican, Arminian-Remonstrant | DNB1 |
| Roger Cotes | Plumian Prof. of (1707-†1716) | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| Robert Jenkin | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1711-†1727) | 5 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Martin Clifford | n/a | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| John Young | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1555-1557) | 4 | Roman Catholic | en | DNB1 |
| Joseph Beaumont | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1674-†1699) | 4 | Anglican | DNB1 | EMLO |
| John Turner | Fellow of Christ's College (?-?) | 4 | Anglican, Arminian-Remonstrant | n/a |
| Nicholas Gibbons | n/a | 3 | Reformed | n/a |
| Peter Baro | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1574-1596) | 2 | Anglican, Arminian-Remonstrant | en | DNB1 | Haag2 |
| John Newcome | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1727-†1765) | 2 | Anglican | n/a |
| William Temple | Provost, Trinity College (?-?) | 2 | Reformed | n/a |
| Robert Some | n/a | 1 | Reformed | en |
| John Richardson | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1606-1617) | 1 | Anglican | n/a |
| Edward Potter | Fellow, Emanuel College (?-?) | 1 | Anglican | n/a |
| John Redman | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1538-1542) | 0 | Roman Catholic | DNB1 |
| Edward Wigan | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1540-†1545) | 0 | Anglican | n/a |
| William Glyn | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1544-1549) | 0 | Roman Catholic | DNB1 |
| John Madew | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1545-1550) | 0 | Anglican | n/a |
| John Redman | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1549-†1551) | 0 | Roman Catholic | DNB1 |
| Thomas Sedgwick | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1554-1556) | 0 | Roman Catholic | en | CE | DNB1 |
| George Bullock | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1556-1559) | 0 | Roman Catholic | n/a |
| Thomas Sedgwick | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1557-1559) | 0 | Roman Catholic | en | CE | DNB1 |
| Robert Beaumont | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1559-1561) | 0 | Puritan, Reformed | DNB1 |
| Leonard Pilkington | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1561-1562) | 0 | Reformed | en |
| William Chaderton | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1567-1569) | 0 | Reformed | EMLO |
| William Chaderton | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1569-1580) | 0 | Reformed | EMLO |
| John Still | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1570-1573) | 0 | Anglican, Reformed | en |
| Samuel Collins | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1617-†1651) | 0 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Richard Love | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1649-1660) | 0 | Anglican, Reformed | DNB1 |
| Ralph Widdrington | Regius Prof. of Greek (1654-1660) | 0 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Ralph Widdrington | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1673-†1688) | 0 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Humphrey Gower | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1688-†1711) | 0 | Anglican | en | DNB1 |
| Henry James | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1699-†1717) | 0 | Anglican | n/a |
| John Green | Regius Prof. of Divinity (1749-1756) | 0 | Anglican | DNB1 |
| Zachary Brooke | Lady Margaret Prof. of Divinity (1765-†1788) | 0 | Anglican | DNB1 |
