- For the Advanced Warfare customization feature, see Operator (Advanced Warfare).
- For the similar feature from Black Ops III and 4, see Specialists.
Operators are the playable characters that feature within the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare, Call of Duty: Warzone, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, Call of Duty: Vanguard, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Multiplayer, Co-op and Zombies modes.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
As of August 3rd, 2021, there are 38 named operators in Modern Warfare (not including Mil-Sim operators). Modern Warfare's Season Five introduced the new sub-faction Shadow Company.
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- BP - debuted in a battle pass
- $ - debuted in a store bundle
- CW - exclusive to owners of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- CWS<number> - operator released during a Black Ops Cold War season.
Mil-Sim
- Main article: Mil-Sim
Mil-Sim operators were introduced with the release of Season Three.
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- BP - debuted in a battle pass
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- E - exclusive to owners of the Fearless Pack
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
As of May 6th, 2022, there are 37 named operators in Black Ops Cold War (not including CDL operators).
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- BP - debuted in a battle pass
- $ - debuted in a store bundle
- V - exclusive to owners of Call of Duty: Vanguard
- VS<number> - operator released during a Vanguard season.
Call of Duty: Vanguard
As of Season Three, Vanguard features a total of 22 Operators. All operators also sport a "Favorite Weapon", and using the corresponding weapon with the corresponding operator will earn additional XP. Operators also have a leveling system, and upon leveling up, various rewards (such as MVP Intros, Finishing Moves, and Operator skins,) can be earned. Upon getting all operators in a single unit to max level, players will obtain a unique skin for all operators in that unit incorporating a bronze and black color scheme. Upon getting all operators of any four units to max level, a unique skin for all operators is unlocked, incorporating a black and silver color scheme as well as gas masks.
| SOTF 002 "Hellhounds" |
SOTF 003 "Sentinel" |
SOTF 004 "Barbarian" |
SOTF 005 "Shadow" |
SOTF 006 "Trident" |
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| SOTF 007 "Yeti" |
SOTF 420 "Executioners" |
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- S<number> - post-release operators and season they appeared in
- BP - debuted in a battle pass
- $ - debuted in a store bundle
Trivia
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
- Roze was originally released as a Jackal operator in Season Four. With the Season Five update, she was moved to the Shadow Company faction.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
- With Season Four of Black Ops Cold War, most of the Operators' in-game biographies were updated and expanded with a "Peer Assessment" section written by Perseus regarding who could be recruited.
- Following an update in February 9, 2022, Sergei Ravenov appeared as a Warsaw Pact Operator in custom matches with bots. However, after an update in April 25, 2022, the Operator character was removed from the game.
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