| Picture | Rank | Name | Entered Office | Exited Office | Position |
| Colonel | Francisco de la Lastra de la Sotta | 1812 | 1814 | Valparaíso governor | |
| Lieutenant Colonel | Rudecindo Alvarado | 1817 | 1817 | Valparaíso governor | |
| Colonel | Francisco de la Lastra de la Sotta | 1817 | 1818 | Valparaíso governor | |
| Navy Captain 1st Class | Manuel Blanco Encalada | 1818 | 1821 | Navy General Commander | |
| Colonel | José Ignacio Zenteno del Pozo | 1821 | 1825 | Navy General Commander | |
| General | Francisco de la Lastra de la Sotta | 1825 | 1829 | Navy General Commander | |
| Division General | José María de la Cruz Prieto | 1829 | 1831 | Navy General Commander | |
| José Matías López Orrego | 1831 | 1833 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Colonel of Militia | Diego Portales Palazuelos | 1833 | 1834 | Navy General Commander | |
| Colonel | Ramón de la Cavareda Trucios | 1834 | 1837 | Navy General Commander | |
| Colonel | Victorino Garrido | 1837 | 1842 | Navy General Commander | |
| Division General | José María de la Cruz Prieto | 1842 | 1843 | Navy General Commander | |
| Commodore | Robert Winthrop Simpson | 1843 | 1844 | Navy General Commander | |
| Division General | José Joaquín Prieto Vial | 1844 | 1845 | Navy General Commander | |
| Navy Captain | Robert Winthrop Simpson | 1845 | 1846 | Navy General Commander | |
| General | José Santiago Aldunate Toro | 1846 | 1847 | Navy General Commander | |
| Vice Admiral | Manuel Blanco Encalada | 1847 | 1852 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Robert Winthrop Simpson | 1852 | 1853 | Navy General Commander | |
| Julián Riesco Droguett | 1853 | 1856 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Domingo Espiñera Riesco | 1856 | 1858 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Manuel Valenzuela Castillo | 1858 | 1858 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Jovino Novoa Vidal | 1859 | 1859 | Navy General Commander | ||
| General | Juan Vidaurre-Leal Morla | 1859 | 1859 | Navy General Commander | |
| Colonel | Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez | 1860 | 1860 | Navy General Commander | |
| General | José Santiago Aldunate Toro | 1861 | 1864 | Navy General Commander | |
| Juan Ramón Lira | 1864 | 1865 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Vicente Villalón | 1865 | 1865 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Juan Ramón Lira | 1865 | 1866 | Navy General Commander | ||
| José María de la Cruz Salvo | 1867 | 1867 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Commodore | José Anacleto Goñi Prieto | 1867 | 1868 | Navy General Commander | |
| Juan Ramón Lira | 1868 | 1868 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Commodore | José Anacleto Goñi Prieto | 1869 | 1870 | Navy General Commander | |
| Francisco Echaurren García-Huidobro | 1870 | 1876 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Eulogio Altamirano Aracena | 1876 | 1879 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Rear Admiral | José Anacleto Goñi Prieto | 1879 | 1880 | Navy General Commander | |
| Eulogio Altamirano Aracena | 1880 | 1880 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Commodore | Oscar Viel Toro | 1881 | 1883 | Navy General Commander | |
| Domingo Toro Herrera | 1884 | 1885 | Navy General Commander | ||
| Rear Admiral | Juan José Latorre Benavente | 1886 | 1887 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Luis Uribe Orrego | 1887 | 1889 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Juan Williams Rebolledo | 1890 | 1891 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Oscar Viel Toro | 1891 | 1891 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Francisco Javier Molinas Gacitúa | 1892 | 1892 | Navy General Commander | |
| Rear Admiral | Luis Anacleto Castillo Goñi | 1893 | 1897 | Navy General Commander | |
| Vice Admiral | Jorge Montt Alvarez | 1897 | 1913 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Luis Alberto Goñi Simpson | 1913 | 1916 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Lindor Pérez Gacitúa | 1916 | 1916 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Joaquín Muñoz Hurtado | 1916 | 1922 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Francisco Nef Jara | 1922 | 1924 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Salustio Valdés Cortés | 1924 | 1925 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Luis Langlois Vidal | 1925 | 1925 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Juan Schroeder Peña | 1925 | 1927 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Jose Toribio Merino Saavedra | 1927 | 1928 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Rear Admiral | Felipe Wiegand Rodríguez | 1928 | 1929 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Rear Admiral | Alejandro García Castelblanco | 1929 | 1930 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Vice Admiral | Hipólito Marchant Morales | 1930 | 1931 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Rear Admiral | Alejandro García Castelblanco | 1931 | 1931 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Vice Admiral | Hipólito Marchant Morales | 1931 | 1932 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Rear Admiral | Edgardo von Schröeders Sarratea | 1932 | 1932 | Navy Inspector General | |
| Rear Admiral | Carlos Jouanne de la Motte du Portail | 1932 | 1932 | Navy General Director | |
| Rear Admiral | Luis Alvarez Jaramillo | 1932 | 1932 | Navy General Director | |
| Rear Admiral | Calisto Rogers Ceas | 1932 | 1932 | Navy General Director | |
| Vice Admiral | Olegario Reyes del Río | 1932 | 1938 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Luis Alvarez Jaramillo | 1938 | 1938 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Julio Allard Pinto | 1938 | 1943 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Vicente Merino Bielich | 1943 | 1947 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Emilio Daroch Soto | 1947 | 1948 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Carlos Torres Hevia | 1948 | 1952 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Danilo Bassi Galleguillos | 1952 | 1952 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Enrique Lagreze Echavarría | 1952 | 1954 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Francisco O'Ryan Orrego | 1954 | 1958 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Vice Admiral | Leopoldo Fontaine Nakin | 1958 | 1962 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Hernán Cubillos Leiva | 1962 | 1964 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Jacobo Neumann Etienne | 1964 | 1966 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Ramón Barros González | 1966 | 1968 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Fernando Porta Angulo | 1968 | 1970 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Hugo Tirado Barros | 1970 | 1970 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Raúl Montero Cornejo | 1970 | 1973 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | José Toribio Merino Castro | 1973 | 1990 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Jorge Martínez Busch | 1990 | 1997 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Jorge Arancibia Reyes | 1997 | 2001 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Miguel Ángel Vergara Villalobos | 2001 | 2005 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Rodolfo Codina Díaz | 2005 | 2009 | Navy Commander-in-chief | |
| Admiral | Edmundo González Robles | 2009 | Present | Navy Commander-in-chief |