Who is the best player in Bundesliga history?

By YPB Team
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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?

Gerd Muller - ranking option ranked #1

Gerd Muller

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

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Franz Beckenbauer - ranking option ranked #2

Franz Beckenbauer

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

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Karl-Heinz Rummenigge - ranking option ranked #3

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge

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

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Lothar Matthaus - ranking option ranked #4

Lothar Matthaus

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

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Oliver Kahn - ranking option ranked #5

Oliver Kahn

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

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Manuel Neuer - ranking option ranked #6

Manuel Neuer

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

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Robert Lewandowski - ranking option ranked #7

Robert Lewandowski

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

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Thomas Muller - ranking option ranked #8

Thomas Muller

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

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Stefan Effenberg - ranking option ranked #9

Stefan Effenberg

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

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Andreas Brehme - ranking option ranked #10

Andreas Brehme

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

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Uwe Seeler - ranking option ranked #11

Uwe Seeler

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

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Gunter Netzer - ranking option ranked #12

Gunter Netzer

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

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Paul Breitner - ranking option ranked #13

Paul Breitner

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

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Michael Ballack - ranking option ranked #14

Michael Ballack

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

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Andreas Moller - ranking option ranked #15

Andreas Moller

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

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Mehmet Scholl - ranking option ranked #16

Mehmet Scholl

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

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Marco Reus - ranking option ranked #17

Marco Reus

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

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Arjen Robben - ranking option ranked #18

Arjen Robben

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

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