Who is the best player in Bundesliga history?

From record-shattering strikers to imperious sweepers and modern game-changers, the German top flight has produced legends across every position. Where do you stand?

1

Franz Beckenbauer

Der Kaiser invented the modern libero role while winning five Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich.

1000pts

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2

Thomas Muller

Bayern Munich Raumdeuter with the most Bundesliga title medals of any player in the league's history.

666pts

3

Manuel Neuer

Schalke and Bayern goalkeeper who redefined the position while winning a decade of consecutive Bundesligas.

555pts

4

Arjen Robben

Dutch winger whose Bayern Munich years yielded eight Bundesliga titles and countless cut-inside goals.

555pts

5

Gerd Muller

Bayern Munich striker whose 365 Bundesliga goals across 14 seasons remain the league's gold standard.

555pts

6

Stefan Effenberg

Combative midfielder who captained Bayern Munich's treble-winning side and starred for Borussia Monchengladbach.

333pts

7

Andreas Brehme

Versatile full-back who won Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and Kaiserslautern across two decades.

333pts

8

Michael Ballack

Powerful midfielder who lifted Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and was the German game's face of the 2000s.

333pts

9

Paul Breitner

Bayern Munich left-back turned midfielder, twice a Bundesliga champion and a 1974 World Cup winner.

333pts

10

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

Two-time Ballon d'Or winner who scored 162 Bundesliga goals for Bayern in the late 1970s and early 80s.

1pts

11

Lothar Matthaus

Bundesliga record-appearance maker and 1990 Ballon d'Or winner with Bayern Munich.

1pts

12

Oliver Kahn

Bayern Munich goalkeeper who won eight Bundesliga titles and was the league's defining number 1 of his era.

1pts

13

Robert Lewandowski

Polish striker who scored 312 Bundesliga goals for Dortmund and Bayern and broke Gerd Muller's single-season record.

1pts

14

Gunter Netzer

Long-haired Borussia Monchengladbach playmaker who orchestrated the great Foals side of the early 1970s.

1pts

15

Andreas Moller

Attacking midfielder who won Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund and starred for Eintracht Frankfurt.

1pts

16

Marco Reus

Borussia Dortmund captain and skill icon, the modern Bundesliga's most beloved one-club star.

1pts

17

Uwe Seeler

Hamburg one-club legend who topped the Bundesliga scoring charts and remains the city's defining footballer.

1pts

18

Mehmet Scholl

Cult Bayern Munich playmaker who won eight Bundesliga titles in one of the league's most decorated club spells.

1pts