Cardinals created by Sixtus IV

Consistory of 16 December 1471

• Pietro Riario, O.F.M.Conv., nephew of the Pope, bishop of Treviso – cardinal-priest of S. Sisto, † 5 January 1474
• Giuliano della Rovere, nephew of the Pope, bishop of Carpentras – cardinal-priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli, then cardinal-bishop of Sabina, cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri, became Pope Julius II on 1 November 1503, † 21 February 1513

  Consistory of 7 May 1473

• Philippe de Levis, archbishop of Arles – cardinal-priest of SS. Marcellino e Pietro, † 4 November 1475
• Stefano Nardini, Archbishop of Milan – cardinal-priest of S. Adriano, then cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, † 22 October 1484
• Ausiàs Despuig, archbishop of Monreale, governor of Rome, vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Churchi, ambassador of the Kingdom of Aragon – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, then cardinal-priest of S. Sabina, † 3 September 1483
• Pedro González de Mendoza, bishop of Sigüenza, chancellor of the Kingdom of Castile – cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Domnica, then cardinal-priest of S. Croce in Gerusalemme, † 11 January 1495
• Giacopo Antonio Venier, bishop of Cuenca – cardinal-priest of SS. Vito e Modesto, then cardinal-priest of S. Clemente, † 3 August 1479
• Giovanni Battista Cibo, bishop of Molfetta and datary of His Holiness – cardinal-priest of S. Balbina, then cardinal-priest of S. Cecilia, became Pope Innocent VIII on 29 August 1484, † 25 July 1492
• Giovanni Arcimboldi, bishop of Novara, ambassador of the Duchy of Milan – cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, then cardinal-priest of S. Prasede, † 2 October 1488
• Philibert Hugonet, bishop of Mâcon – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Silice, then cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, † 11 September 1484

  Consistory of 18 December 1476

• Jorge da Costa, archbishop of Lisbon, first minister of the Kingdom of Portugal – cardinal-priest of SS.Marcellino e Pietro, then cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Trastevere, cardinal-bishop of Albano, cardinal-bishop of Tusculum, cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina, † 18 September 1508
• Charles de Bourbon, archbishop of Lyon – cardinal-priest of SS. Silvestro e Martino, † 17 September 1488
• Pedro Ferris, bishop of Tarazona – cardinal-priest of S. Sisto, † 25 September 1478
• Giovanni Battista Mellini, bishop of Urbino – cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, † 24 July 1478
• Pierre de Foix, bishop of Vannes and Aire – cardinal-deacon of SS. Cosma e Damiano, † 10 August 1490

  Consistory of 10 December 1477

• Cristoforo della Rovere, relative of the Pope, archbishop of Tarentaise and governor of the Castle S. Angelo – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, † 1 February 1478
• Girolamo Basso della Rovere, nephew of the Pope, bishop of Recanati – cardinal-priest of S. Balbina, then cardinal-priest of S. Crisogono, cardinal-bishop of Palestrina, cardinal-bishop of Sabina, † 1 September 1507
• Georg Hesler, protonotary apostolic, chancellor of the Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Silice, † 21 September 1482
• Gabriele Rangone, O.F.M. Obs., bishop of Eger – cardinal-priest of SS. Sergio e Bacco, † 27 September 1486
• Pietro Foscari, protonotary apostolic – cardinal-priest of S. Nicola inter Immagines, † 11 August 1485
• Giovanni d'Aragona, son of the king Ferrante I of Naples, administrator of the see of Taranto, bishop of Cava – cardinal-deacon of S. Adriano, then cardinal-priest of S. Adriano, cardinal-priest of S. Sabina, † 17 October 1485
• Raffaele Riario, grand-nephew of the Pope, protonotary apostolic – cardinal-deacon of S. Giorgio in Velabro, then cardinal-bishop of Albano, cardinal-bishop of Sabina, cardinal-bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina i cardinal-bishop of Ostia e Velletri, † 9 July 1521

  Consistory of 10 February 1478

• Domenico della Rovere, relative of the Pope, governor of the Castle S. Angelo– cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, then cardinal-priest of S. Clemente, † 22 April 1501

  Consistory of 15 May 1480

• Paolo di Campofregoso, archbishop of Genoa – cardinal-priest of S. Anastasia, then cardinal-priest of S. Sisto, † 22 March 1498
• Cosma Orsini, O.S.B., archbishop of Trani – cardinal-priest of S. Sisto, then cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, † 21 November 1481
• Ferry de Clugny, bishop of Tournai – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, then cardinal-priest of S. Maria in Domnica, † 7 October 1483
• Giovanni Battista Savelli, protonotary apostolic – cardinal-deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto, then cardinal-deacon of S. Nicola in Carcere, † 18 September 1498
• Giovanni Colonna, protonotary apostolic – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Aquiro, † 26 September 1508

  Consistory of 15 November 1483

• Giovanni Conti, archbishop of Conza – cardinal-priest of SS. Nereo ed Achilleo, then cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, † 20 October 1493
• Hélie de Bourdeilles, O.F.M.Obs., archbishop of Tours, confessor of the king Louis XI of France – cardinal-priest of S. Lucia in Silice, † 5 July 1484
• Juan Margarit i Pau, bishop of Girona, chancellor of the Kingdom of Aragon – cardinal-priest of S. Vitale, then cardinal-priest of S. Balbina, † 21 November 1484
• Giovanni Giacomo Sclafenati, bishop of Parma, secretary of the Sacred College of Cardinals, prefect of the Castle S. Angelo – cardinal-priest of S. Stefano al Monte Celio, † 9 December 1497
• Giambattista Orsini, protonotary apostolic – cardinal-deacon of S. Maria in Domnica, then cardinal-deacon of S. Maria Nuova, cardinal-priest of SS. Giovanni e Paolo, † 22 February 1503

  Consistory of 17 March 1484

• Ascanio Sforza, administrator of the see of Pavia – cardinal-deacon of SS. Vito e Modesto, † 27 May 1505