The All-Time Greatest Bundesliga Players

[Gregoriak]

This is of course an entirely subjective list which I compiled just for fun. Please let me know if you disagree with the ranking.

There are 10 categories:

-Goalkeepers
-Sweepers
-Center Backs
-Right Backs
-Left Backs
-Defensive Midfielders
-Offensive Midfielders
-Right Wingers
-Center Forwards
-Left Wingers

Only players that did well while they played in the Bundesliga are featured. Thus you won't find players like Oliver Bierhoff or Karl-Heinz Schnellinger in this ranking.

Many players did well at more than one position and will thus be featured in more than one category.

Sized of categories varies from 30 to 70 positions as it's harder to come up with decent left wingers than offensive midfield players (a position that includes central midfield, left midfield and right midfield!). Regarding the clubs someone played for, I usually only listed two clubs, even if that someone played for three, four or more clubs during his Bundesliga career.

I will start with goalkeepers.

[Gregoriak]

TOP 40 GOALKEEPERS

Rank #40

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Horst PODLASLY (Hannover)
*29 March 1936, Germany
187 Bundesliga appearances [1964-1971]


Rank #39

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Hansjörg BUTT (Hamburg, Leverkusen)
*28 May 1974, Germany
3 International appearances [2000-2003]
308 Bundesliga appearances [1997-2006]
Bundesliga runner-up 2002
German Cup beaten finalist 2002


Rank #38

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Jürgen RYNIO (Dortmund, RWE, St. Pauli)
*1 April 1948, Germany
186 Bundesliga appearances [1967-1978/1985-1986]

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Rank #37

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Wolfgang FAHRIAN (Hertha, TSV 1860, Fortuna Cologne)
*31 May 1941, Germany
10 International appearances [1962-1964]
67 Bundesliga appearances [1964-1967/1973-1974]
Bundesliga runner-up 1967


Rank #36

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Helmut ROLEDER (Stuttgart)
*9 October 1953, Germany
1 International appearance [1984]
280 Bundesliga appearances [1972-1986]
Bundesliga Champion 1984
Bundesliga runner-up 1979
German Cup beaten finalist 1986


Rank #35

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Arkoc ÖZCAN (Hamburg)
*2 October 1939, Turkey
8 International appearances [1958-1965]
159 Bundesliga appearances [1967-1974]

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Rank #34

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Franz WOHLFAHRT (Stuttgart)
*1 July 1964, Austria
59 International appearances [1987-2001]
118 Bundesliga appearances [1996-2000]
German Cup winner 1997
Austrian Footballer of the Year 1993


Rank #33

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Wolfgang KNEIB (M’Gladbach, Bielefeld)
*20 November 1952, Germany
245 Bundesliga appearances [1976-1985], 1 goal
Bundesliga Champion 1977
Bundesliga runner-up 1978


Rank #32

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Gerald EHRMANN (Cologne, Kaiserslautern)
*18 February 1959, Germany
294 Bundesliga appearances [1982-1996]
Bundesliga Champion 1991
Bundesliga runner-up 1994
German Cup winner 1990
German Cup beaten finalist 1996

[Gregoriak]

Rank #31

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Ralf ZUMDICK (Bochum)
*10 May 1958, Germany
282 Bundesliga appearances [1981-1993], 1 goal
German Cup beaten finalist 1988


Rank #30

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Dr. Peter KUNTER (Frankfurt)
*28 April 1941, Germany
234 Bundesliga appearances [1965-1976]
German Cup winner 1974, 1975


Rank #29



Günter SAWITZKI (Stuttgart)
*22 November 1932, Germany
10 International appearances [1956-1963]
146 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1971]
German Cup winner 1958

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Rank #28

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Milutin SOSKIC (Cologne)
*31 December 1937, Yugoslavia
50 International appearances [1959-1966]
65 Bundesliga appearances [1966-1971]
German Cup winner 1968
German Cup beaten finalist 1970, 1971


Rank #27



Gerhard HEINZE (Stuttgart, Duisburg)
*30 November 1948, Germany
398 Bundesliga appearances [1967-1982]


Rank #26

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Oliver RECK (Bremen, Schalke)
*27 February 1965, Germany
1 International appearance [1996]
471 Bundesliga appearances [1983-2003], 1 goal
Bundesliga Champion 1988, 1993
Bundesliga runner-up 1995
German Cup winner 1991, 1994, 2001, 2002
German Cup beaten finalist 1989, 1990

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Rank #25

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Raimond AUMANN (Bayern)
*12 October 1963, Germany
4 International appearances [1989-1990]
216 Bundesliga appearances [1984-1994]
Bundesliga Champion 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1994
Bundesliga runner-up 1988, 1991, 1993
German Cup winner 1986
German Cup beaten finalist 1985


Rank #24

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Uwe KAMPS (M’Gladbach)
*12 June 1964, Germany
390 Bundesliga appearances [1982-1998/2004]
German Cup winner 1995
German Cup beaten finalist 1984, 1992


Rank #23


Günter BERNARD (Bremen)
*4 November 1939, Germany
5 International appearances [1962-1968]
287 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1973]
Bundesliga Champion 1965
Bundesliga runner-up 1968

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Rank #22

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Frank ROST (Bremen, Schalke)
*30 June 1973, Germany
4 International appearances [2002-2003]
274 Bundesliga appearances [1995-2006], 1 goal
German Cup winner 1999
German Cup beaten finalist 2000, 2005


Rank #21

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Eike IMMEL (Dortmund, Stuttgart)
*27 November 1960, Germany
19 International appearances [1980-1988]
534 Bundesliga appearances [1978-1995]
Bundesliga Champion 1992


Rank #20

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Stefan KLOS (Dortmund)
*16 August 1971, Germany
254 Bundesliga appearances [1990-1999]
Bundesliga Champion 1995, 1996
Bundesliga runner-up 1992

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Rank #19

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Bodo ILLGNER (Cologne)
*7 April 1967, Germany
54 International appearances [1987-1994]
326 Bundesliga appearances [1985-1997]
Bundesliga runner-up 1989, 1990
German Cup beaten finalist 1991


Rank #18

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Volkmar GROSS (Hertha, Schalke)
*31 January 1948, Germany
1 International appearance [1970]
153 Bundesliga appearances [1968-1972/1976-1979], 1 goal


Rank #17

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Manfred MANGLITZ (Duisburg, Schalke)
*8 March 1940, Germany
4 International appearances [1965-1970]
257 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1971], 1 goal
Bundesliga runner-up 1964
German Cup beaten finalist 1966, 1970, 1971

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Rank #16


Horst WOLTER (Brunswick, Hertha)
*8 June 1942, Germany
13 International appearances [1967-1970]
243 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1977]
Bundesliga Champion 1967
Bundesliga runner-up 1975
German Cup beaten finalist 1977


Rank #15

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Hans TILKOWSKI (Dortmund, Frankfurt)
*12 July 1935, Germany
39 International appearances [1957-1967]
121 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1969]
Bundesliga runner-up 1966
German Cup winner 1965
German Cup beaten finalist 1963
German Footballer of the Year 1965


Rank #14

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Wolfgang KLEFF (Gladbach, Düsseldorf)
*16 November 1946, Germany
6 International appearances [1971-1973]
433 Bundesliga appearances [1968-1986]
Bundesliga Champion 1970, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977
Bundesliga runner-up 1974, 1978
German Cup winner 1973

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Rank #13

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Jens LEHMANN (Schalke, Dortmund)
*10 November 1969, Germany
39 International appearances [1998-2006]
329 Bundesliga appearances [1991-2003], 2 goals
Bundesliga Champion 2002


Rank #12

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Dieter BURDENSKI (Bielefeld, Bremen)
*26 November 1950, Germany
12 International appearances [1977-1984]
478 Bundesliga appearances [1970-1988], 1 goal
Bundesliga Champion 1988
Bundesliga runner-up 1983, 1985, 1986


Rank #11

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Bernd FRANKE (Brunswick)
*12 February 1948, Germany
7 International appearances [1973-1982]
345 Bundesliga appearances [1971-1985]

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Rank #10

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Jean-Marie PFAFF (Bayern)
*4 December 1953, Belgium
64 International appearances [1976-1987]
156 Bundesliga appearances [1982-1988]
Bundesliga Champion 1985, 1986, 1987
Bundesliga runner-up 1988
German Cup winner 1984, 1986
German Cup beaten finalist 1985
Belgian Footballer of the Year 1978


Rank #9

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Petar RADENKOVIC (TSV 1860)
*1 October 1934, Yugoslavia
3 International appearances [1956]
215 Bundesliga appearances [1963-1970]
Bundesliga Champion 1966
Bundesliga runner-up 1967
German Cup winner 1964


Rank #8

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Rudolf KARGUS (Hamburg, Nuremberg)
*15 August 1952, Germany
3 International appearances [1975-1977]
408 Bundesliga appearances [1971-1987]
Bundesliga Champion 1979
Bundesliga runner-up 1976
German Cup winner 1976
German Cup beaten finalist 1974

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Rank #7

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Ronnie HELLSTRÖM (Kaiserslautern)
*21 February 1949, Sweden
77 International appearances [1968-1980]
266 Bundesliga appearances [1974-1984]
German Cup beaten finalist 1976, 1981
Swedish Footballer of the Year 1978


Rank #6

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Ulrich STEIN (Hamburg, Frankfurt)
*23 October 1954, Germany
6 International appearances [1983-1986]
512 Bundesliga appearances [1978-1997]
Bundesliga Champion 1982, 1983
Bundesliga runner-up 1981, 1984, 1987
German Cup winner 1987, 1988


Rank #5

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Norbert NIGBUR (Schalke, Hertha)
*8 May 1948, Germany
6 International appearances [1974-1980]
456 Bundesliga appearances [1966-1983]
Bundesliga runner-up 1972
German Cup winner 1972
German Cup beaten finalist 1969, 1977, 1979

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Rank #4

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Andreas KÖPKE (Nuremberg, Frankfurt)
*12 March 1962, Germany
59 International appearances [1990-1998]
346 Bundesliga appearances [1986-1999], 2 goals
German Footballer of the Year 1993

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Rank #3

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Harald SCHUMACHER (Cologne, Schalke)
*6 March 1954, Germany
76 International appearances [1979-1986]
464 Bundesliga appearances [1973-1988/1991-1992/1995-1996]
Bundesliga Champion 1978
Bundesliga runner-up 1982
German Cup winner 1977, 1978, 1983
German Cup beaten finalist 1980
German Footballer of the Year 1984, 1986

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Rank #2

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Josef MAIER (Bayern)
*28 February 1944, Germany
95 International appearances [1966-1979]
473 Bundesliga appearances [1965-1979]
Bundesliga Champion 1969, 1972, 1973, 1974
Bundesliga runner-up 1970, 1971
German Cup winner 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971
German Footballer of the Year 1975, 1977, 1978

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Rank #1

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Oliver KAHN (Karlsruhe, Bayern)
*15 June 1969, Germany
86 International appearances [1995-2005]
505 Bundesliga appearances [1987-2006]
Bundesliga Champion 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006
Bundesliga runner-up 1996, 1998, 2004
German Cup winner 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006
German Cup beaten finalist 1999
German Footballer of the Year 2000, 2001

[Gregoriak]

There you have it. End of part one.

[ForeverRed]

Great list.

What puts Kahn ahead of Maier for you though?

[Eric_101491]

anyone have a video of schumacher taking out the french guy in the world cup? just wondering :D