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The Top Ranked Soccer Players of All-Time from Germany
Notes: Players are ranked on the list of the country they were born in.
Where a player grew up, went to school, or who they represented internationally is not factored into this list.
| Rnk | Athlete | POS | Rookie Yr | Overall Rank |
| 1 | Franz Beckenbauer | DF | 1964 | 5 |
| 2 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | FW | 1974 | 10 |
| 3 | Gerd Muller | FW | 1963 | 12 |
| 4 | Lothar Matthaus | MF | 1979 | 16 |
| 5 | Jurgen Klinsmann | FW | 1981 | 28 |
| 6 | Paul Breitner | DF | 1970 | 57 |
| 7 | Thomas Muller | FW | 2008 | 71 |
| 8 | Michael Ballack | MF | 1995 | 79 |
| 9 | Berti Vogts | DF | 1965 | 80 |
| 10 | Manuel Neuer | GK | 2004 | 92 |
| 11 | Uwe Seeler | FW | 1953 | 95 |
| 12 | Miroslav Klose | FW | 1998 | 97 |
| 13 | Rudi Voller | FW | 1977 | 98 |
| 14 | Toni Kroos | MF | 2007 | 104 |
| 15 | Bastian Schweinsteiger | MF | 2001 | 105 |
| 16 | Philipp Lahm | DF | 2001 | 109 |
| 17 | Wolfgang Overath | MF | 1962 | 124 |
| 18 | Oliver Kahn | GK | 1987 | 127 |
| 19 | Karl-Heinz Schnellinger | DF | 1958 | 128 |
| 20 | Andreas Moller | MF | 1985 | 131 |
| 21 | Horst Szymaniak | MF | 1952 | 134 |
| 22 | Sepp Maier | GK | 1962 | 139 |
| 23 | Mesut Ozil | MF | 2006 | 154 |
| 24 | Rainer Bonhof | MF | 1970 | 168 |
| 25 | Helmut Rahn | FW | 1951 | 173 |
| 26 | Helmut Haller | FW | 1957 | 178 |
| 27 | Harald Schumacher | GK | 1972 | 182 |
| 28 | Andreas Brehme | DF | 1978 | 185 |
| 29 | Oliver Bierhoff | FW | 1986 | 187 |
| 30 | Robert Prosinecki | MF | 1986 | 210 |
| 31 | Pierre Littbarski | MF | 1978 | 211 |
| 32 | Bernd Schuster | MF | 1978 | 226 |
| 33 | Gunter Netzer | MF | 1963 | 230 |
| 34 | Mats Hummels | DF | 2006 | 259 |
| 35 | Hansi Muller | MF | 1975 | 260 |
| 36 | Jens Lehmann | GK | 1988 | 274 |
| 37 | Matthias Sammer | MF | 1985 | 318 |
| 38 | Thomas Hassler | MF | 1984 | 366 |
| 39 | Willi Schulz | DF | 1960 | 369 |
| 40 | Andreas Kopke | GK | 1979 | 389 |
| 41 | Jurgen Grabowski | FW | 1965 | 400 |
| 42 | Hans Schafer | FW | 1948 | 408 |
| 43 | Sami Khedira | MF | 2004 | 426 |
| 44 | Stefan Effenberg | MF | 1987 | 455 |
| 45 | Klaus Allofs | FW | 1975 | 477 |
| 46 | Dieter Muller | FW | 1972 | 478 |
| 47 | Jurgen Croy | GK | 1965 | 481 |
| 48 | Horst Hrubesch | FW | 1971 | 490 |
| 49 | Uli Hoeness | FW | 1970 | 491 |
| 50 | Antonio Rudiger | DF | 2000 | 502 |
| 51 | Oleh Kuznetsov | DF | 1981 | 512 |
| 52 | Guido Buchwald | DF | 1979 | 513 |
| 53 | Hans-Peter Briegel | DF | 1975 | 515 |
| 54 | Manfred Kaltz | DF | 1971 | 519 |
| 55 | Mario Gotze | MF | 2009 | 535 |
| 56 | Klaus Fischer | FW | 1968 | 542 |
| 57 | Heinz Flohe | MF | 1966 | 543 |
| 58 | Fritz Walter | MF | 1937 | 544 |
| 59 | Ilkay Gundogan | MF | 2008 | 548 |
| 60 | Bernd Schneider | MF | 1991 | 553 |
| 61 | Karl-Heinz Riedle | FW | 1983 | 558 |
| 62 | Jurgen Kohler | DF | 1983 | 580 |
| 63 | Olaf Thon | MF | 1983 | 581 |
| 64 | Bodo Illgner | GK | 1986 | 618 |
| 65 | Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting | FW | 2007 | 674 |
| 66 | Emile Veinante | FW | 1926 | 718 |
| 67 | Uli Stielike | MF | 1972 | 766 |
| 68 | Hans-Jurgen Kreische | FW | 1964 | 770 |
| 69 | Jupp Heynckes | FW | 1963 | 772 |
| 70 | Max Morlock | FW | 1940 | 781 |
| 71 | Joachim Streich | FW | 1969 | 802 |
| 72 | Jurgen Sparwasser | MF | 1966 | 839 |
| 73 | Joshua Kimmich | MF | 2013 | 852 |
| 74 | Marc-Andre ter Stegen | GK | 2009 | 855 |
| 75 | Christian Ziege | DF | 1990 | 865 |
| 76 | Karl-Heinz Forster | DF | 1977 | 869 |
| 77 | Felix Magath | MF | 1972 | 873 |
| 78 | Hans Tilkowski | GK | 1955 | 914 |
| 79 | Ernst Lehner | FW | 1929 | 954 |
| 80 | Joel Matip | DF | 2009 | 979 |
| 81 | Kevin-Prince Boateng | MF | 2004 | 1009 |
| 82 | Marcell Jansen | DF | 2004 | 1011 |
| 83 | Arne Friedrich | DF | 1999 | 1034 |
| 84 | Torsten Frings | MF | 1994 | 1058 |
| 85 | Niko Kovac | MF | 1990 | 1073 |
| 86 | Bernhard Cullmann | MF | 1970 | 1136 |
| 87 | Bernd Holzenbein | MF | 1967 | 1141 |
| 88 | Wolfgang Weber | DF | 1963 | 1145 |
| 89 | Albert Brulls | MF | 1954 | 1152 |
| 90 | Bernhard Klodt | FW | 1943 | 1164 |
| 91 | Alfred Bickel | FW | 1935 | 1170 |
| 92 | Otto Siffling | FW | 1930 | 1172 |
| 93 | Matthias Ginter | DF | 2012 | 1189 |
| 94 | Jerome Boateng | DF | 2006 | 1207 |
| 95 | Per Mertesacker | DF | 2003 | 1214 |
| 96 | Thomas Berthold | DF | 1982 | 1274 |
| 97 | Horst-Dieter Hottges | DF | 1960 | 1293 |
| 98 | Herbert Erhardt | DF | 1948 | 1302 |
| 99 | Jamal Musiala | MF | 2020 | 1337 |
| 100 | Yildiray Basturk | MF | 1996 | 1361 |
| 101 | Mario Basler | MF | 1987 | 1374 |
| 102 | Ottmar Walter | FW | 1941 | 1467 |
| 103 | Edmund Conen | FW | 1932 | 1471 |
| 104 | Andre Schurrle | MF | 2009 | 1480 |
| 105 | Ilhan Mansiz | FW | 1994 | 1484 |
| 106 | Kai Havertz | MF | 2016 | 1520 |
| 107 | Niclas Fullkrug | FW | 2011 | 1527 |
| 108 | Umit Davala | DF | 1992 | 1548 |
| 109 | Slobodan Komljenovic | DF | 1989 | 1552 |
| 110 | Wolfgang Fahrian | GK | 1960 | 1583 |
| 111 | Karl Hohmann | MF | 1929 | 1614 |
| 112 | Serge Gnabry | FW | 2012 | 1675 |
| 113 | John Brooks | DF | 2011 | 1680 |
| 114 | Marco Reus | MF | 2006 | 1715 |
| 115 | Shane Smeltz | FW | 1999 | 1751 |
| 116 | Carsten Jancker | FW | 1993 | 1795 |
| 117 | Marco Bode | MF | 1988 | 1842 |
| 118 | Thomas Linke | DF | 1988 | 1843 |
| 119 | Uwe Bein | MF | 1978 | 1897 |
| 120 | Uwe Reinders | FW | 1974 | 1927 |
| 121 | Rudiger Abramczik | FW | 1973 | 1938 |
| 122 | Martin Hoffmann | FW | 1972 | 1943 |
| 123 | Horst Wolter | GK | 1963 | 1985 |
| 124 | Reinhard Libuda | FW | 1961 | 1998 |
| 125 | Lothar Emmerich | FW | 1960 | 2005 |
| 126 | Hans Cieslarczyk | FW | 1955 | 2021 |
| 127 | Alfred Pfaff | MF | 1947 | 2058 |
| 128 | Fritz Herkenrath | GK | 1946 | 2064 |
| 129 | Josef Gauchel | FW | 1932 | 2096 |
| 130 | Rudolf Noack | FW | 1931 | 2101 |
| 131 | Stanislaus Kobierski | FW | 1929 | 2109 |
| 132 | Julian Brandt | MF | 2014 | 2153 |
| 133 | Leon Goretzka | MF | 2012 | 2179 |
| 134 | Niklas Sule | DF | 2012 | 2183 |
| 135 | Julian Draxler | MF | 2011 | 2196 |
| 136 | Kevin Trapp | GK | 2007 | 2253 |
| 137 | Mario Gomez | FW | 2003 | 2319 |
| 138 | Du-Ri Cha | DF | 2002 | 2338 |
| 139 | Christoph Metzelder | DF | 1999 | 2387 |
| 140 | Sebastian Kehl | MF | 1998 | 2424 |
| 141 | Vladimir Vasilj | GK | 1995 | 2490 |
| 142 | Hans-Jorg Butt | GK | 1994 | 2498 |
| 143 | Jens Jeremies | MF | 1993 | 2514 |
| 144 | Dietmar Hamann | MF | 1992 | 2529 |
| 145 | Robert Kovac | DF | 1991 | 2550 |
| 146 | Stefan Reuter | MF | 1984 | 2648 |
| 147 | Thomas Helmer | DF | 1984 | 2649 |
| 148 | Ulf Kirsten | FW | 1983 | 2664 |
| 149 | Thomas Dooley | MF | 1981 | 2689 |
| 150 | Eike Immel | GK | 1978 | 2713 |
| 151 | Klaus Augenthaler | DF | 1976 | 2729 |
| 152 | Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck | DF | 1966 | 2794 |
| 153 | Bernd Patzke | DF | 1962 | 2810 |
| 154 | Klaus-Dieter Sieloff | DF | 1960 | 2824 |
| 155 | Max Lorenz | MF | 1958 | 2845 |
| 156 | Hans Sturm | FW | 1955 | 2874 |
| 157 | Gunter Sawitzki | GK | 1952 | 2893 |
| 158 | Horst Eckel | MF | 1949 | 2910 |
| 159 | Heinz Kwiatkowski | GK | 1947 | 2921 |
| 160 | Paul Janes | DF | 1930 | 2972 |
| 161 | Fritz Buchloh | GK | 1928 | 2983 |
| 162 | Reinhold Munzenberg | DF | 1927 | 2991 |
| 163 | Hans Jakob | GK | 1926 | 2997 |
| 164 | Fritz Szepan | FW | 1925 | 3001 |
| 165 | Hakan Calhanoglu | MF | 2021 | 3013 |
| 166 | Florian Wirtz | MF | 2020 | 3015 |
| 167 | Andreas Thom | FW | 1983 | 3051 |
| 168 | Thomas Doll | MF | 1983 | 3056 |
| 169 | Gert Dorfel | FW | 1960 | 3098 |
| 170 | Klaus Urbanczyk | DF | 1960 | 3101 |
| 171 | Manfred Kaiser | MF | 1950 | 3128 |
| 172 | Josip Stanisic | DF | 2019 | 3184 |
| 173 | Karim Adeyemi | MF | 2018 | 3229 |
| 174 | Nico Schlotterbeck | DF | 2018 | 3237 |
| 175 | Ismail Jakobs | DF | 2017 | 3266 |
| 176 | Philipp Kohn | GK | 2017 | 3290 |
| 177 | David Raum | MF | 2016 | 3310 |
| 178 | Mohamed Drager | DF | 2015 | 3411 |
| 179 | Thilo Kehrer | DF | 2015 | 3425 |
| 180 | Leroy Sane | MF | 2014 | 3459 |
| 181 | Lukas Klostermann | DF | 2014 | 3460 |
| 182 | Mario Pasalic | MF | 2013 | 3524 |
| 183 | Timo Werner | FW | 2013 | 3545 |
| 184 | Adam Davies | GK | 2012 | 3557 |
| 185 | Christian Gunter | DF | 2012 | 3567 |
| 186 | Sead Kolasinac | DF | 2012 | 3607 |
| 187 | Jonas Hofmann | MF | 2011 | 3649 |
| 188 | Cedric Soares | DF | 2010 | 3690 |
| 189 | Erik Durm | DF | 2010 | 3698 |
| 190 | Marvin Plattenhardt | DF | 2010 | 3730 |
| 191 | Muhamed Besic | MF | 2010 | 3738 |
| 192 | Christoph Kramer | MF | 2009 | 3773 |
| 193 | Jonas Hector | DF | 2009 | 3796 |
| 194 | Shkodran Mustafi | DF | 2009 | 3832 |
| 195 | Ron-Robert Zieler | GK | 2008 | 3900 |
| 196 | Timothy Chandler | DF | 2008 | 3910 |
| 197 | Benedikt Howedes | DF | 2007 | 3928 |
| 198 | Daniel Davari | GK | 2007 | 3937 |
| 199 | Holger Badstuber | DF | 2007 | 3951 |
| 200 | Leon Balogun | DF | 2007 | 3968 |
| 201 | Sebastian Rudy | MF | 2007 | 3991 |
| 202 | Kevin Grosskreutz | DF | 2006 | 4052 |
| 203 | Jose Holebas | DF | 2005 | 4124 |
| 204 | Serdar Tasci | DF | 2005 | 4154 |
| 205 | Dennis Aogo | DF | 2004 | 4192 |
| 206 | Fabian Johnson | DF | 2004 | 4195 |
| 207 | Stefan Kiessling | FW | 2003 | 4376 |
| 208 | Robert Huth | DF | 2002 | 4445 |
| 209 | David Odonkor | MF | 2001 | 4482 |
| 210 | Mike Hanke | FW | 2001 | 4528 |
| 211 | Thomas Hitzlsperger | MF | 2001 | 4545 |
| 212 | Zvjezdan Misimovic | MF | 2000 | 4630 |
| 213 | Tim Borowski | MF | 1999 | 4709 |
| 214 | Tim Wiese | GK | 1999 | 4710 |
| 215 | Timo Hildebrand | GK | 1999 | 4711 |
| 216 | Ferydoon Zandi | MF | 1998 | 4752 |
| 217 | Roman Weidenfeller | GK | 1998 | 4796 |
| 218 | Ivan Klasnic | FW | 1997 | 4844 |
| 219 | Curro Torres | DF | 1995 | 4963 |
| 220 | Frank Baumann | MF | 1994 | 5055 |
| 221 | Lars Ricken | MF | 1993 | 5146 |
| 222 | Jorg Bohme | MF | 1992 | 5213 |
| 223 | Otto Addo | MF | 1992 | 5232 |
| 224 | Tayfur Havutcu | MF | 1992 | 5251 |
| 225 | Carsten Ramelow | DF | 1991 | 5268 |
| 226 | Jens Nowotny | DF | 1991 | 5285 |
| 227 | Markus Babbel | DF | 1991 | 5297 |
| 228 | Marko Rehmer | DF | 1990 | 5362 |
| 229 | Michael Tarnat | DF | 1990 | 5365 |
| 230 | Christian Worns | DF | 1989 | 5406 |
| 231 | Steffen Freund | MF | 1989 | 5463 |
| 232 | Jorg Heinrich | DF | 1988 | 5498 |
| 233 | Martin Wagner | MF | 1988 | 5517 |
| 234 | Mike Windischmann | DF | 1986 | 5659 |
| 235 | Thomas Strunz | MF | 1986 | 5678 |
| 236 | Minas Hantzidis | MF | 1985 | 5730 |
| 237 | Maurizio Gaudino | MF | 1984 | 5787 |
| 238 | Olaf Marschall | FW | 1983 | 5858 |
| 239 | Sven Habermann | GK | 1983 | 5873 |
| 240 | Gunter Hermann | MF | 1982 | 5910 |
| 241 | Raimond Aumann | GK | 1982 | 5942 |
| 242 | Stefan Kuntz | FW | 1980 | 6065 |
| 243 | Uwe Rahn | MF | 1980 | 6071 |
| 244 | Hans Pflugler | DF | 1979 | 6095 |
| 245 | Wolfgang Rolff | MF | 1979 | 6135 |
| 246 | Holger Hieronymus | DF | 1978 | 6166 |
| 247 | Stephan Engels | MF | 1978 | 6195 |
| 248 | Thomas Allofs | FW | 1978 | 6197 |
| 249 | Karl Allgower | MF | 1977 | 6235 |
| 250 | Bernd Krauss | DF | 1976 | 6280 |
| 251 | Frank Mill | FW | 1976 | 6291 |
| 252 | Matthias Herget | DF | 1976 | 6312 |
| 253 | Uli Stein | GK | 1976 | 6329 |
| 254 | Paul Steiner | DF | 1975 | 6386 |
| 255 | Wilfried Hannes | DF | 1975 | 6402 |
| 256 | Bernd Forster | DF | 1974 | 6412 |
| 257 | Norbert Eder | DF | 1974 | 6452 |
| 258 | Wolfgang Dremmler | MF | 1973 | 6532 |
| 259 | Gerd Zewe | MF | 1972 | 6550 |
| 260 | Herbert Zimmermann | FW | 1972 | 6555 |
| 261 | Dieter Hoeness | FW | 1971 | 6588 |
| 262 | Ditmar Jakobs | DF | 1971 | 6589 |
| 263 | Harald Konopka | DF | 1971 | 6596 |
| 264 | Ronald Worm | FW | 1971 | 6621 |
| 265 | Rudiger Schnuphase | MF | 1971 | 6624 |
| 266 | Rudolf Kargus | GK | 1971 | 6625 |
| 267 | Joachim Fritsche | DF | 1970 | 6657 |
| 268 | Konrad Weise | DF | 1970 | 6662 |
| 269 | Dieter Burdenski | GK | 1969 | 6694 |
| 270 | Garry Manuel | FW | 1969 | 6701 |
| 271 | Rolf Russmann | DF | 1969 | 6727 |
| 272 | Erich Beer | MF | 1968 | 6747 |
| 273 | Gerd Kische | DF | 1968 | 6754 |
| 274 | Jupp Kapellmann | DF | 1968 | 6763 |
| 275 | Lothar Kurbjuweit | DF | 1968 | 6767 |
| 276 | Wolfgang Kleff | GK | 1968 | 6788 |
| 277 | Bernard Dietz | DF | 1967 | 6793 |
| 278 | Bernd Franke | GK | 1967 | 6794 |
| 279 | Dieter Herzog | MF | 1967 | 6802 |
| 280 | Helmut Kremers | DF | 1967 | 6810 |
| 281 | Harald Irmscher | MF | 1966 | 6857 |
| 282 | Norbert Nigbur | GK | 1966 | 6877 |
| 283 | Siegmar Watzlich | DF | 1966 | 6884 |
| 284 | Klaus Fichtel | DF | 1965 | 6929 |
| 285 | Shraga Bar | DF | 1964 | 7012 |
| 286 | Werner Friese | GK | 1964 | 7016 |
| 287 | Wolfgang Seguin | MF | 1964 | 7019 |
| 288 | Wolfram Lowe | MF | 1964 | 7020 |
| 289 | Peter Dietrich | MF | 1963 | 7061 |
| 290 | Zvi Rosen | DF | 1963 | 7076 |
| 291 | Bernd Bransch | DF | 1962 | 7083 |
| 292 | Erich Hamann | MF | 1962 | 7090 |
| 293 | Hannes Lohr | FW | 1962 | 7092 |
| 294 | Eberhard Vogel | FW | 1961 | 7142 |
| 295 | Jurgen Pommerenke | MF | 1961 | 7161 |
| 296 | Manfred Manglitz | GK | 1961 | 7163 |
| 297 | Wolfgang Paul | DF | 1961 | 7180 |
| 298 | Jurgen Kurbjuhn | DF | 1960 | 7207 |
| 299 | Manfred Schaefer | DF | 1960 | 7211 |
| 300 | Wolfgang Blochwitz | GK | 1960 | 7229 |
| 301 | Peter Ducke | FW | 1959 | 7261 |
| 302 | Gunter Bernard | GK | 1958 | 7284 |
| 303 | Hans Nowak | DF | 1958 | 7285 |
| 304 | Heinz Hornig | FW | 1958 | 7286 |
| 305 | Heinz Strehl | FW | 1958 | 7287 |
| 306 | Leo Wilden | DF | 1958 | 7296 |
| 307 | Reinhard Lauck | MF | 1958 | 7309 |
| 308 | Werner Kramer | FW | 1958 | 7318 |
| 309 | Friedel Lutz | DF | 1957 | 7328 |
| 310 | Willi Koslowski | MF | 1957 | 7358 |
| 311 | Aki Schmidt | MF | 1956 | 7360 |
| 312 | Gunther Herrmann | MF | 1956 | 7366 |
| 313 | Willi Giesemann | MF | 1956 | 7386 |
| 314 | Jurgen Werner (1935) | DF | 1955 | 7410 |
| 315 | Heinz Vollmar | FW | 1954 | 7440 |
| 316 | Wolfgang Peters | MF | 1954 | 7467 |
| 317 | Hermann Nuber | DF | 1953 | 7481 |
| 318 | Engelbert Kraus | FW | 1952 | 7502 |
| 319 | Rudi Hoffmann | DF | 1952 | 7530 |
| 320 | Ulrich Biesinger | FW | 1952 | 7536 |
| 321 | Georg Stollenwerk | DF | 1950 | 7590 |
| 322 | Heinz Kubsch | GK | 1949 | 7636 |
| 323 | Heinz Wewers | DF | 1949 | 7637 |
| 324 | Alfred Kelbassa | FW | 1946 | 7750 |
| 325 | Hans Bauer | DF | 1946 | 7767 |
| 326 | Fritz Laband | DF | 1945 | 7813 |
| 327 | Paul Mebus | MF | 1945 | 7834 |
| 328 | Erich Juskowiak | DF | 1943 | 7877 |
| 329 | Karl-Heinz Metzner | MF | 1943 | 7884 |
| 330 | Werner Liebrich | DF | 1943 | 7890 |
| 331 | Hans-Peter Friedlander | FW | 1942 | 7906 |
| 332 | Karl Mai | MF | 1942 | 7910 |
| 333 | Werner Kohlmeyer | DF | 1941 | 7949 |
| 334 | Jakob Streitle | DF | 1936 | 8040 |
| 335 | Toni Turek | GK | 1936 | 8051 |
| 336 | Fritz Keller | FW | 1934 | 8079 |
| 337 | Martin Povolny | DF | 1933 | 8129 |
| 338 | Andreas Kupfer | MF | 1932 | 8143 |
| 339 | Hans Schwartz | DF | 1932 | 8157 |
| 340 | Matthias Heidemann | FW | 1932 | 8165 |
| 341 | Ignace Kowalczyk | MF | 1931 | 8196 |
| 342 | Josef Streb | FW | 1931 | 8198 |
| 343 | Paul Zielinski | MF | 1930 | 8256 |
| 344 | Albin Kitzinger | MF | 1929 | 8270 |
| 345 | Rudolf Gramlich | MF | 1929 | 8307 |
| 346 | Willibald Kress | GK | 1929 | 8315 |
| 347 | Sigmund Haringer | DF | 1928 | 8360 |
| 348 | Herman Rapp | DF | 1927 | 8388 |
| 349 | Jakob Bender | MF | 1927 | 8391 |
| 350 | Ludwig Goldbrunner | DF | 1927 | 8402 |
| 351 | Willy Busch | DF | 1927 | 8413 |
| 352 | Rudolf Gellesch | FW | 1926 | 8452 |
| 353 | Ernst Albrecht | MF | 1924 | 8513 |
| 354 | Franz Dienert | FW | 1919 | 8613 |
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