| Shirt | Player | Position | Club | Age | Caps | Goals |
| 1 | Tommy Younger (captain) | Goalkeeper | Liverpool | 28 | 22 | 0 |
| 2 | Bill Brown | Goalkeeper | Dundee | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Alex Parker | Full-Back | Everton | 22 | 14 | 0 |
| 4 | Eric Caldow | Full-Back | Rangers | 24 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | John Hewie | Full-Back | Charlton Athletic | 29 | 12 | 1 |
| 6 | Harry Haddock | Full-Back | Clyde | 32 | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | Ian McColl | Wing-Half | Rangers | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| 8 | Eddie Turnbull | Wing-Half | Hibernian | 35 | 5 | 0 |
| 9 | Bobby Evans | Center-Half | Celtic | 30 | 34 | 0 |
| 10 | Tommy Docherty | Wing-Half | Preston North End | 30 | 22 | 1 |
| 11 | Dave Mackay | Wing-Half | Hearts | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Doug Cowie | Wing-Half | Dundee | 32 | 18 | 0 |
| 13 | Sam Baird | Forward | Rangers | 28 | 6 | 1 |
| 14 | Graham Leggat | Winger | Aberdeen | 23 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Alex Scott | Winger | Rangers | 21 | 5 | 2 |
| 16 | Jimmy Murray | Forward | Hearts | 25 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Jackie Mudie | Forward | Blackpool | 28 | 14 | 8 |
| 18 | John Coyle | Forward | Clyde | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bobby Collins | Forward | Celtic | 27 | 19 | 6 |
| 20 | Archie Robertson | Forward | Clyde | 28 | 4 | 2 |
| 21 | Stuart Imlach | Winger | Nottingham Forest | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Willie Fernie | Winger | Celtic | 29 | 11 | 1 |