The X-Men are a team of mutant superheroes, published in American comic books by Marvel Comics. Over the decades, the team have featured a rotating line up composed of many members. 
Notation: 
 - A slash (/) between names indicates codenames  in chronological order.
  - Characters listed are set in the Earth-616 continuity, except when noted.
 
  Members
 Original members
  Recruits
 1960s
  1970s
  1980s
  1990s
  2000s
  2010s
  2020s
  Other status
  Substitute X-Men teams
 Eleven substitute teams that have either temporarily taken the place of the X-Men during their absence, or worked under the X-Men. 
 New Mutants graduate X-Men
 In January 1987, the New Mutants briefly graduated to become the X-Men in Uncanny X-Men Annual #10.[13][82] 
  New Mutants graduate X-Men members   | Character  |  Name  | 
  | Cannonball  |  Samuel "Sam" Guthrie  | 
  | Mirage  |  Danielle "Dani" Moonstar  | 
  | Karma  |  Xuân Cao Mạnh  | 
  | Magma  |  Amara Juliana Olivians Aquilla  | 
  | Sunspot  |  Roberto "Bobby" da Costa  | 
  | Magik  |  Illyana Nikolievna Rasputina  | 
  | Cypher  |  Douglas "Doug" Aaron Ramsey  | 
  | Warlock  | 
  | Wolfsbane  |  Rahne Sinclair  | 
 Muir Island X-Men
 In December 1989, during the wake of the X-Men's supposed "death" during "The Fall of the Mutants", Banshee assembled an X-Men team on Muir Island in Uncanny X-Men #254.[1] 
   Muir Island X-Men recruits   | Character  |  Name  |  Joined in  | 
  | Multiple Man  |  James "Jamie" Arthur Madrox  |  Uncanny X-Men Annual #15 (June 1991)[83]  | 
  | Siryn  |  Theresa Rourke Cassidy  | 
 Phalanx invasion X-Men
 In September 1993, to oppose the threat of the techno-organic alien Phalanx, an X-Men team quickly banded together in Uncanny X-Men #316.[84] 
  Mannite rescue X-Men
 In September 1999, after Professor X disbanded the X-Men in an attempt to expose a Skrull impostor in their ranks, Cyclops and Jean Grey formed an X-Men team to help the Mannites in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 2 #1.[85] 
  Mannite rescue X-Men members   | Character  |  Name  | 
  | Cyclops  |  Scott Summers  | 
  | Phoenix  |  Jean Elaine Grey  | 
  | Archangel  |  Warren Kenneth Worthington III  | 
  | Cable  |  Nathan Christopher Summers  | 
  | X-Man  |  Nathaniel "Nate" Grey  | 
  | Unidentified Skrull  | 
 Genoshan assault X-Men
 In March 2001, Jean Grey assembled an X-Men team to rescue Professor X from Magneto in Uncanny X-Men #392.[1][86] 
  Street team X-Men
 In November and December 2003, an X-Men team was formed by Cyclops in the wake of Xorn's rampage through Manhattan, New York in New X-Men #149 and #150.[1][87] 
  Street X-Men members   | Character  |  Name  | 
  | Cyclops  |  Scott Summers  | 
  | Fantomex  |  Charlie-Cluster 7  | 
  | E.V.A.  | 
  | Beak  |  Barnell Bohusk  | 
  | Dust  |  Sooraya Qadir  | 
  | Stepford Cuckoos  |  Celeste Cuckoo  | 
  | Irma "Mindee" Cuckoo  | 
  | Phoebe Cuckoo  | 
  | Longneck  |  William Hanover  | 
  | Forearm  |  Marcus Tucker  | 
  | Choir  |  Irina Clayton  | 
 X-Men in training
 Individuals that were once trained by the X-Men as part of younger teams of the X-Men or individually. 
  X-Force
 In December 2007, the X-Men's strike team was formed by Cyclops in Uncanny X-Men #493, with Wolverine serving as the field leader. The team took on missions which required responses "too violent or controversial" for the X-Men to deal with directly. When Cyclops disbanded the team, Wolverine assembled a new independent team.[111][112] 
   X-Force recruits   | Character  |  Name  |  Joined in  | 
  | Archangel  |  Warren Kenneth Worthington III  |  X-Force, vol. 3 #2 (March 2008)[113]  | 
  | Elixir  |  Joshua "Josh" Foley  |  X-Force, vol. 3 #4 (May 2008)[114]  | 
  | Domino  |  Neena Thurman  |  X-Force, vol. 3 #8 (October 2008)[115]  | 
  | Vanisher  |  Telford Porter  |  X-Force, vol. 3 #9 (November 2008)[116]  | 
 X-Club
 In November 2008, Beast gathered a science team in Uncanny X-Men #504, to attempt to deal with the mutant birth crisis, and reverse the effects of M-Day. The team lasted until 2012.[117][38] 
  Original X-Club members   | Character  |  Name  | 
  | Beast  |  Henry "Hank" Philip McCoy  | 
  | Angel  |  Warren Kenneth Worthington III  | 
  | Doctor Nemesis  |  James Bradley  | 
  Time-displaced X-Men
 In November 2012, a team was formed when the original members of X-Men were displaced in the time in All-New X-Men #1.[121] The team headlined both All-New X-Men from 2012 to 2017 and X-Men Blue from 2017 to 2018.[1][122] 
   London X-Men
 In July 2017, an X-Men team was formed to help Charles Xavier against the Shadow King in Astonishing X-Men, vol. 4 #1.[137] 
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