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?
1Gerd MullerBayern Munich striker whose 365 Bundesliga goals across 14 seasons remain the league's gold standard.1000pts
2Franz BeckenbauerDer Kaiser invented the modern libero role while winning five Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich.968pts
3Matthias SammerBorussia Dortmund sweeper and leader who won back-to-back Bundesliga titles in 1995 and 1996 and the 1996 Ballon d'Or.635pts
4Jupp HeynckesBorussia Mönchengladbach striker who scored 220 Bundesliga goals and won four titles in the club's golden 1970s.616pts
5Mehmet SchollCult Bayern Munich playmaker who won eight Bundesliga titles in one of the league's most decorated club spells.600pts
6Giovane ÉlberBrazilian striker who scored 133 Bundesliga goals for Stuttgart, Bayern and Gladbach and won four titles with Bayern.537pts
7Mats HummelsCentre-back who won Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich across a 15-year career.537pts
8Oliver KahnBayern Munich goalkeeper who won eight Bundesliga titles and was the league's defining number 1 of his era.528pts
9Manuel NeuerSchalke and Bayern goalkeeper who redefined the position while winning a decade of consecutive Bundesligas.486pts
10Michael BallackPowerful midfielder who lifted Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and was the German game's face of the 2000s.486pts
11Pierre-Emerick AubameyangGabonese striker who scored 31 goals to win the 2016–17 Bundesliga Golden Boot with Borussia Dortmund.440pts
12Sepp MaierBayern Munich goalkeeper who won four Bundesliga titles in the 1970s and played 442 consecutive league games for the club.440pts
13Erling HaalandNorwegian striker who scored 62 Bundesliga goals in 67 games for Borussia Dortmund in two and a half seasons.440pts
14Berti VogtsBorussia Mönchengladbach one-club defender and tireless man-marker who won five Bundesliga titles with the Foals in the 1970s.440pts
15Toni Schumacher1. FC Köln goalkeeper known as Toni who won the 1978 double and played more than 400 Bundesliga games for the club.440pts
16Horst HrubeschHeader specialist who won three Bundesliga titles with Hamburger SV and topped the 1982 scoring charts.440pts
17Franck RibéryFrench winger who won nine Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and formed the Robbery partnership with Arjen Robben.440pts
18Thomas MullerBayern Munich Raumdeuter with the most Bundesliga title medals of any player in the league's history.388pts
19Andreas BrehmeVersatile full-back who won Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich and Kaiserslautern across two decades.388pts
20Karl-Heinz RummeniggeTwo-time Ballon d'Or winner who scored 162 Bundesliga goals for Bayern in the late 1970s and early 80s.388pts
21Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund captain and skill icon, the modern Bundesliga's most beloved one-club star.388pts
22AíltonBrazilian striker who won the 2004 Bundesliga double, the Golden Boot and Footballer of the Year with Werder Bremen.381pts
23Harry KaneEnglish striker who scored 36 goals in his first Bundesliga season with Bayern Munich and won the title in 2024–25.381pts
24Felix MagathHamburger SV playmaker who won three Bundesliga titles and scored the winner in the 1983 European Cup final.381pts
25Claudio PizarroPeruvian striker who scored 197 Bundesliga goals for Werder Bremen, Bayern and Köln, long a record for a foreign player.381pts
26Klaus FischerSchalke striker famed for bicycle kicks who scored 268 Bundesliga goals, second only to Gerd Müller when he retired.381pts
27Jürgen GrabowskiEintracht Frankfurt winger and one-club legend who made 441 Bundesliga appearances and won the 1980 UEFA Cup.381pts
28Rainer BonhofBorussia Mönchengladbach midfielder whose power and free kicks drove the Foals to a string of Bundesliga titles in the 1970s.381pts
29Arjen RobbenDutch winger whose Bayern Munich years yielded eight Bundesliga titles and countless cut-inside goals.330pts
30Andreas MollerAttacking midfielder who won Bundesliga titles with Borussia Dortmund and starred for Eintracht Frankfurt.330pts
31Stefan EffenbergCombative midfielder who captained Bayern Munich's treble-winning side and starred for Borussia Monchengladbach.330pts
32Rudi VöllerStriker who topped the Bundesliga scoring charts with Werder Bremen in 1983 before starring in Italy and returning to Leverkusen.314pts
33Manfred KaltzHamburger SV right-back who won three Bundesliga titles and perfected the banana cross over 581 league games.314pts
34Wolfgang Overath1. FC Köln one-club playmaker with a famous left foot who won the very first Bundesliga title in 1963–64.314pts
35Kevin KeeganEnglish forward who won the 1979 Bundesliga with Hamburger SV and the Ballon d'Or in 1978 and 1979.314pts
36Uwe SeelerHamburg one-club legend who topped the Bundesliga scoring charts and remains the city's defining footballer.264pts
37Lothar MatthausBundesliga record-appearance maker and 1990 Ballon d'Or winner with Bayern Munich.264pts
38Paul BreitnerBayern Munich left-back turned midfielder, twice a Bundesliga champion and a 1974 World Cup winner.264pts
39Allan SimonsenDanish forward who won three Bundesliga titles with Borussia Mönchengladbach and the 1977 Ballon d'Or.237pts
40Gunter NetzerLong-haired Borussia Monchengladbach playmaker who orchestrated the great Foals side of the early 1970s.188pts
41Robert LewandowskiPolish striker who scored 312 Bundesliga goals for Dortmund and Bayern and broke Gerd Muller's single-season record.188pts
42Jürgen KohlerUncompromising centre-back who won Bundesliga titles with Bayern Munich in 1990 and with Borussia Dortmund in the mid-1990s and 2002.147pts
43Philipp LahmBayern Munich captain and full-back who won eight Bundesliga titles and led the 2013 treble-winning side.147pts
44Bastian SchweinsteigerBayern Munich midfielder who won eight Bundesliga titles and the 2013 treble during 13 seasons in the first team.147pts
45Joshua KimmichBayern Munich midfielder and full-back who has won a long run of Bundesliga titles since 2015.0pts
Photo credits
- Matthias Sammer — Harald Bischoff, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jupp Heynckes — Doha Stadium Plus Qatar Photograph: Mohan (www.dohastadiumplusqatar.com), CC BY 2.0
- Giovane Élber — Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Mats Hummels — Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang — Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sepp Maier — Udo Grimberg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Erling Haaland — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Berti Vogts — Eminn, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Toni Schumacher — Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Horst Hrubesch — Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Franck Ribéry — Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Marco Reus — Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Harry Kane — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Felix Magath — Frank Schwichtenberg, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Claudio Pizarro — Niklas B., CC BY 2.0
- Klaus Fischer — DerHans04, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jürgen Grabowski — Olaf Kosinsky, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Rudi Völler — 9EkieraM1, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Manfred Kaltz — Udo Grimberg, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jürgen Kohler — Christophe95, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Philipp Lahm — Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bastian Schweinsteiger — Anne Barth / re:publica, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Joshua Kimmich — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
