| 1 |  | Police General Raden Said Soekanto Tjokrodiatmodjo (1908–1993) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 29 September 1945 | 14 December 1959 | 14 years, 76 days |
| 2 |  | Police General Soekarno Djojonegoro (1908–1975) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 15 December 1959 | 29 December 1963 | 4 years, 14 days |
| 3 |  | Police Major General Soetjipto Danoekoesoemo (1922–1988) | 30 December 1963 | 8 May 1965 | 1 year, 129 days |
| 4 |  | Police Lieutenant General Soetjipto Joedodihardjo (1917–1984) | 9 May 1965 | 15 May 1968 | 3 years, 6 days |
| 5 |  | Police Lieutenant General Hoegeng Iman Santoso (1921–2004) | 15 May 1968 | 2 October 1971 | 3 years, 140 days |
| 6 |  | Police Lieutenant General Mohamad Hasan (1920–2005) | 3 October 1971 | 24 June 1974 | 2 years, 264 days |
| 7 |  | Police Lieutenant General Widodo Budidarmo (1920–2005) | 26 June 1974 | 25 September 1978 | 4 years, 91 days |
| 8 | Police Lieutenant General) Awaluddin Djamin (1927–2019) | 26 September 1978 | 3 December 1982 | 3 years, 68 days | |
| 9 |  | Police General Anton Soedjarwo (1930–1988) | 4 December 1982 | 6 June 1986 | 3 years, 184 days |
| 10 |  | Police General Mochammad Sanoesi (1935–2008) | 7 June 1986 | 19 February 1991 | 4 years, 257 days |
| 11 |  | Police General Kunarto (1940–2011) | 20 February 1991 | 5 April 1993 | 2 years, 44 days |
| 12 |  | Police General Banurusman Astrosemitro (1940–2011) Police Lieutenant General when became Chief | 6 April 1993 | 14 March 1996 | 2 years, 343 days |
| 13 |  | Police General Dibyo Widodo (1946–2012) | 15 March 1996 | 28 June 1998 | 2 years, 105 days |
| 14 |  | Police General Roesmanhadi (born 1946) | 29 June 1998 | 3 January 2000 | 1 year, 197 days |
| 15 |  | Police General Roesdihardjo (born 1945) | 4 January 2000 | 22 September 2000 | 262 days |
| 16 |  | Police General Surojo Bimantoro (born 1946) | 23 September 2000 | 29 November 2001 | 1 year, 67 days |
| 17 |  | Police General Da’i Bachtiar (born 1950) | 29 November 2001 | 7 July 2005 | 3 years, 220 days |
| 18 |  | Police General Sutanto (born 1950) | 8 July 2005 | 30 September 2008 | 3 years, 84 days |
| 19 | Police General Bambang Hendarso Danuri (born 1952) | 1 October 2008 | 22 October 2010 | 2 years, 21 days | |
| 20 |  | Police General Timur Pradopo (born 1956) | 22 October 2010 | 25 October 2013 | 3 years, 3 days |
| 21 | Police General Sutarman (born 1957) | 25 October 2013 | 16 January 2015 | 1 year, 83 days | |
| 22 |  | Police General Badrodin Haiti (born 1958) | 17 April 2015 | 13 July 2016 | 1 year, 87 days |
| 23 |  | Police General Tito Karnavian (born 1964) | 13 July 2016 | 22 October 2019 | 3 years, 101 days |
| 24 | Police General Idham Azis (born 1963) | 1 November 2019[12] | 27 January 2021 | 1 year, 87 days | |
| 25 |  | Police General Listyo Sigit Prabowo (born 1969) | 27 January 2021[13] | Incumbent | 1 year, 362 days |