When the 27th 45-hour race starts on May 24th at the Nürburgring, more than 160 teams will go into the race twice around the clock. However, the overall victory will be achieved among the SP9 teams. The works teams from Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Audi are also among the top favorites, as are the Bentley team and the Porsche teams.
| No. | Team | Vehicle | Driver | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mercedes AMG Team Black Falcon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Maro Engel, Adam Christodoulou, Yelmer Buurman, and Manuel Metzger | SP9 |
| 3 | Mercedes AMG Team Black Falcon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Dirk Müller, Maro Engel, Jan Seyffarth, and Thomas Jäger | SP9 |
| 4 | Black Falcon | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Abdulaziz Al Faisal, Hubert Haupt, Luca Stolz | SP9 |
| 5 | Phoenix Racing | Audi R8 LMS | Frank Stippler, Mike Rockenfeller, Dennis Busch, Nicolay Moller Madsen | SP9 |
| 7 | Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd | Aston Martin GT8 | Darren Turner, Nicki Thiim, Florian Kamelger, and Peter Cate | SP8 |
| 8 | Haribo Racing | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Uwe Alzen, Lance David Arnold, Maximilian Goetz, Renger van der Zande | SP9 |
| 9 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Nico Müller, Marcel Fässler, Robin Frijns, and René Rast | SP9 |
| 10 | Audi Sport Team WRT | Audi R8 LMS | Frank Stippler, René Rast, Frederic Vervisch, Nico Müller | SP9 |
| 11 | Konrad Motorsport | Lamborghini Huracan GT3 | Marco Mapelli, Hendrik Still | SP9 |
| 12 | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R. | Otto Klohs, Robert Renauer, Mathieu Jaminet, and Matteo Cairoli | SP9 |
| 19 | Schubert Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Jens Klingmann, Jörg Müller, Tom Onslow-Cole, and John Edwards | SP9 |
| 20 | Schubert Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Jesse Krohn, Jörg Müller, Bruno Spengler, and Kuno Wittmer | SP9 |
| 22 | Weekly mirror team Monschau | Ferrari 488 GT3 | Georg Weiss, Oliver Kainz, Daniel Keilwitz, and Jochen Krumbach | SP9 |
| 28 | Audi Sport Team Country | Audi R8 LMS | Connor De Phillippi, Christopher Mies, Christopher Haase, and Pierre Kaffer | SP9 |
| 29 | Audi Sport Team Country | Audi R8 LMS | Connor De Phillippi, Christopher Mies, Markus Winkelhock, and Kelvin van der Linde | SP9 |
| 30 | Frikadelli Racing Team | Porsche 991 GT3 R. | Klaus Abbelen, Sabine Schmitz, Andreas Ziegler | SP9 |
| 31 | Frikadelli Racing Team | Porsche 991 GT3 R. | Norbert Siedler, Marco Mapelli, and Hendrik Still | SP9 |
| 33 | Falken Motorsports | BMW M6 GT3 | Peter Dumbreck, Alexandre Imperatori, Stef Dusseldorp, and Marco Seefried | SP9 |
| 34 | Car Collection Motorsport | Audi R8 LMS | Peter Schmidt, Ronnie Saurenmann | SP9 |
| 36 | Bentley Team Dept. | Bentley Continental GT3 | Steven Kane, Guy Smith, Maxime Soulet | SP9 |
| 37 | Bentley Team Dept. | Bentley Continental GT3 | Christopher Brück, Nico Verdonck, and Christian Menzel | SP9 |
| 38 | Bentley Team Dept. | Bentley Continental GT3 | Christer Jöns, Christian Mamerow, and Jordan Pepper | SP9 |
| 42 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | Marco Wittmann, Tom Blomqvist, Martin Tomczyk, and Augusto Farfus | SP9 |
| 43 | BMW Team Schnitzer | BMW M6 GT3 | Augusto Farfus, Alexander Lynn, Antonio Felix Da Costa Portugal, and Timo Scheider | SP9 |
| 44 | Falken Motorsports | Porsche 991 GT3 R. | Martin Ragginger, Dirk Werner | SP9 |
| 47 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Sebastian Asch, Dominik Baumann, Christian Hohenadel, Stefan Mücke | SP9 |
| 48 | Mann-Filter Team HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Kenneth Heyer, Bernd Schneider, Indy Dontje, and Patrick Assenheimer | SP9 |
| 50 | HTP Motorsport | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Dominik Baumann, Maximilian Buhk, Edoardo Mortara, and Eduward Sandstrom | SP9 |
| 59 | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R. | Steve Smith, Randy Walls, Hari Proczyk, and Sven Muller | SP9 |
| 98 | Rowe Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | Markus Palttala, Nick Catsburg, Alexander Sims, and Richard Westbrook | SP9 |
| 99 | Rowe Racing | BMW M6 GT3 | Marc Basseng, Philipp Eng, Alexander Sims, and Maxime Martin | SP9 |
| 100 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Nico Menzel, Christian Krognes, Michele Di Martino, and Matias Henkola | SP9 |
| 101 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW M6 GT3 | Henry Walkenhorst, Jordan Tresson | SP9 |
| 102 | Walkenhorst Motorsport | BMW Z4 GT3 | Peter Posavac, Alex Lambertz | SP9 |
| 911 | Manthey Racing | Porsche 911 GT3 R. | Richard Lietz, Romain Dumas, Fred Makowiecki, and Patrick Pilet | SP9 |