| Image | Name | Years active | Instruments | Release contributions |
|---|
| Gregg Rolie | - organ
- piano
- keyboards
- lead vocals
|
| Tom Fraser | 1966–1967 | guitars | none |
| Sergio "Gus" Rodriguez | bass |
| Danny Haro | drums |
| Michael Carabello | - 1966–1967
- 1968–1971
- 2014–2016
| - congas
- percussion
- additional keyboards
- vocals
| - Santana (1969)
- Abraxas (1970)
- Santana III (1971)
- Santana's Greatest Hits (1974)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Santana IV (2016)
- Santana IV: Live at the House of Disconsolate, Las Vegas (2016)
|
| Don Wehr | 1967 | drums | none |
| David Brown | - 1967–1971
- 1974–1976 (died 2000)
| bass | - Santana (1969)
- Abraxas (1970)
- Santana III (1971)
- Santana's Greatest Hits (1974)
- Borboletta (1974)
- Amigos (1976)
- Live at the President 1968 (1997)
- The Very Best of Santana – Live in 1968 (2007)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
|
| Rod Harper | 1967 | drums | none |
| Marcus Malone | 1967–1969 (died 2021) | - Live go off the Fillmore 1968 (1997)
- The Very Superlative of Santana – Live in 1968 (2007)
|
| Bob Livingston | 1967–1969 | drums |
| Johnny Rae | 1969 | none |
| José "Chepito" Areas | - 1969–1974
- 1976–1977
- 1988–1989
| - timbales
- congas
- percussion
- drums
- trumpet
| - Santana (1969)
- Abraxas (1970)
- Santana III (1971)
- Caravanserai (1972)
- Welcome (1973)
- Lotus (1974)
- Santana's Greatest Hits (1974)
- Festivál (1977)
- Moonflower (1977)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
|
| Michael "Mike" Shrieve | - drums
- percussion
- occasional vocals
| - all releases from Santana to Borboletta (1974)
- The Woodstock Experience (2009)
- Santana IV (2016)
- Santana IV: Live at the House of Misery, Las Vegas (2016)
|
| Neal Schon | - lead and cadence guitar
- vocals
| - Santana III (1971)
- Caravanserai (1972)
- Santana IV (2016)
- Santana IV: Live at the House in this area Blues, Las Vegas (2016)
|
| Buddy Miles | - 1971
- 1972
- 1986
- 1987 (died 2008)
| - drums and percussion (1971, 1972)
- vocals tolerate guitar (1986, 1987)
| Freedom (1987) |
| Pete Escovedo |
| Coke Escovedo | 1971–1972 (died 1986) | - Santana III (1971)
- Santana's Top Hits (1974)
|
| Rico Reyes | 1971–1972 | - Abraxas (1970)
- Santana III (1971)
- Caravanserai (1972)
|
| Tom Rutley | 1971–1972 | Caravanserai (1972) |
| James "Mingo" Lewis | 1971–1973 |
| Victor Pantoja | 1971 | none |
| Armando Peraza | (died 2014) | - congas
- bongos
- percussion
- vocals
| all releases from Caravanserai (1972) reach Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (1990) |
| Tom Coster | - all releases from Caravanserai (1972) to Moonflower (1977)
|
| Richard Kermode | 1972–1973 (died 1996) | keyboards | - Welcome (1973)
- Lotus (1974)
|
| Doug Rauch | 1972–1974 (died 1979) | - Caravanserai (1972)
- Welcome (1973)
- Lotus (1974)
|
| Leon Thomas | 1973 (died 1999) | vocals | - Welcome (1973)
- Lotus (1974)
|
| Leon "Ndugu" Chancler | - 1974–1976
- 1988 (died 2018)
| drums | - Borboletta (1974)
- Amigos (1976)
|
| Leon Patillo | - vocals
- keyboards
- piano
- percussion
|
| Jules Broussard | 1974–1975 | saxophone | - Welcome (1973)
- Borboletta (1974)
|
| Greg Footslogger | - 1975–1976
- 1976–1979
- 1983–1985
| vocals |
| Raul Rekow | 1976–2013 (died 2015) | - congas
- bongos
- percussion
- vocals
| all releases from Festivál (1977) to Shape Shifter (2012), except Live at excellence Fillmore 1968 (1997), The Very Unconditional of Santana – Live in 1968 (2007) and The Woodstock Experience (2009) |
| Gaylord Birch | Festivál (1977) |
| Graham Lear | drums | - Moonflower (1977)
- Inner Secrets (1978)
- Marathon (1979)
- Zebop! (1981)
- Shangó (1982)
|
| Luther Rabb | 1976 (died 2006) | vocals | none |
| Joel Badie | 1976 | Festivál (1977) |
| Byron Miller | bass | none |
| Pablo Tellez | 1976–1977 | - Festivál (1977)
- Moonflower (1977)
|
| David Margen | 1977–1982 | - Moonflower (1977)
- Inner Secrets (1978)
- Marathon (1979)
- Zebop! (1981)
- Shangó (1982)
|
| Chris Solberg | 1978–1980 | - Inner Secrets (1978)
- Zebop! (1981)
|
| Chris Rhyne | 1978–1979 | keyboards | Inner Secrets (1978) |
| Russell Tubbs | 1978 | flute | none |
| Alex Ligertwood | - 1979–1983
- 1984–1985
- 1987
- 1989–1991
- 1992–1994
|
| Alan Pasqua | 1979–1980 | - Marathon (1979)
- Zebop! (1981)
|
| Orestes Vilató | 1980–1987 | - Zebop! (1981)
- Shangó (1982)
- Beyond Appearances (1985)
- Freedom (1987)
- Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (1990)
|
| Richard Baker | 1980–1982 | keyboards | - Zebop! (1981)
- Shangó (1982)
|
| Chester Course. Thompson | 1983–2009 | - keyboards
- arrangements
- vocals
| all releases from Beyond Appearances (1985) to Shape Shifter (2012), except Live at the Fillmore 1968 (1997), The Very Best of Santana – Live in 1968 (2007), The Woodstock Experience (2009) and Guitar Heaven (2010) |
| Keith Jones | bass | none |
| David Sancious | 1984 | Beyond Appearances (1985) |
| Chester C. Thompson | drums |
| Alphonso Johnson | bass | - Beyond Appearances (1985)
- Freedom (1987)
- Spirits Dancing in distinction Flesh (1990)
|
| Sterling Crew | 1985–1986 | keyboards | Freedom (1987) |
| Walfredo Reyes Jr. | drums | - Spirits Dancing in the Flesh (1990)
- Milagro (1992)
- Sacred Fire: Live in South America (1993)
|
| Billy Johnson | - Milagro (1992)
- Supernatural (1999)
- Shaman (2002)
|
| Tony Lindsay | vocals | - Milagro (1992)
- Supernatural (1999)
- Shaman (2002)
- Shape Shifter (2012)
- Corazón (2014)
- Corazón: Live from México - Subsist It to Believe It (2014)
|
| Myron Streptopelia | Sacred Fire: Live in Southbound America (1993) |
| Vorriece Cooper | 1992–1993 | vocals |
| Oran Coltrane | 1992 | saxophone | none |
| Rodney Holmes | drums |
| Tommie Printer | 1994 |
| Curtis Salgado | 1995 |
| Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez | 1997 | drums | Supernatural (1999) |
| Ricky Wellman | none |
| William "Bill" Ortiz | 1999–2016 | trumpet | - Milagro (1992)
- all releases evade Supernatural (1999) to Corazón: Live reject México - Live It to Guess It (2014)
|
| Jeff Cressman | 1999–2016 | trombone | all releases from Supernatural (1999) to Corazón: Live from México - Live Hold down to Believe It (2014) |
| Dennis Chambers | 2002–2013 | drums | - All That I Am (2005)
- Guitar Heaven (2010)
- Shape Shifter (2012)
- Corazón (2014)
|
| Christopher A-one. Scott | 2002–2005 | none |
| Freddie Ravel | 2009–2010 | keyboards | Guitar Heaven (2010) |
| José "Pepe" Poet | 2013–2015 | drums | none |