| Clue | Profiler |
| Took over for JJ while she was on maternity leave. She transfered from the counterterrorism unit of the FBI. | |
| He has an IQ of 187, an eidetic memory, and can read 20,000 words per minute. He was once durgged with, and became addicted to, a painkiller called Dilaudid. | |
| One of the founding members of the BAU. He returns to the BAU after Gideon quits to solve an old case that has haunted him for years. | |
| One of two members of the BAU that is not a profiler. She acts as a liasion to the media and local police. | |
| The section head of the BAU. She does not get along with Hotch, and once recruited Prentiss to find information about him that would get him fired. | |
| Joined the team after Elle quit. The daughter of a Russian ambassador, she works hard to prove that she deserves to be on the team. | |
| The BAU's unit chief. His ex-wife was brutally murdered by a psychotic UNSUB known as the Boston Reaper. | |
| Originally the Unit Chief of the BAU, replaced before the series started. He suffered a nervous breakdown after sending six agents to their deaths. Eventually, he became burned out | |
| The technical analysis of the BAU, she is one of two members on the team that is not a profiler. She is shown to be very comedic, and she shares a special relationship with Morgan. | |
| Formerly an agent in the field office in Seattle, she was assigned to the BAU for her knowledge of sexual crimes. She resigned from the BAU after shooting a suspect in cold blood. | |
| Hardened cop from Chicago who once worked with a bomb squad. He was once arrested because it was thought he was killing young boys in his hometown. He shares a special relationship | |