List of X-ray pulsars
This is a partial list of known accretion-powered pulsars, as of 1997.
IMXB
| Intermediate-mass binaries | Spin period | Orbital period | Companion (MK type) |
| Hercules X-1 | 1.24 | 1.7 | HZ Her |
HMXB
| High-mass binaries | Spin period | Orbital period | Companion (MK type) |
| SMC X-1 | 0.717 | 3.89 | Sk 160 |
| Centaurus X-3 | 4.82 | 2.09 | V779 Cen |
| RX J0648.1-4419 | 13.2 | 1.54 | HD 49798 |
| LMC X-4 | 13.5 | 1.41 | Sk-Ph |
| OAO 1657-415 | 37.7 | 10.4 | |
| Vela X-1 | 283 | 8.96 | HD 77581 |
| 1E 1145.1-6141 | 297 | unknown | V830 Cen |
| 4U 1907+09 | 438 | 8.38 | |
| 4U 1538-52 | 530 | 3.73 | QV Nor |
BeXB
| Transient Be star binary systems | Spin period | Orbital period | Companion (MK type) |
| A0538-67 | 0.069 | 16.7 | |
| 4U 0115+63 | 3.61 | 24.3 | V635 Cas |
| V0332+53 | 4.37 | 34.2 | BQ Cam |
| 2S 1417-624 | 17.6 | 42.1 | |
| EXO 2030+375 | 41.7 | 46.0 | |
| GRO J1008-57 | 93.5 | ~248 | |
| A0535+26 | 105 | 110 | HDE 245770 |
| GX 304-1 | 272 | 133 | V850 Cen |
| 4U 1145-619 | 292 | 187 | Hen 715 |
| A1118-616 | 405 | unknown | He 3-640 |
| 4U 0352+309 | 835 | unknown | X Per |
| RX J0146.9+6121 | 1413 | unknown | LS I+61 235 |
| RX J0209.6-7427 | 9.28 | unknown | |
| SWIFT J0243.6+6124 | 9.8 | 28.9 |