Since the start of the Bundesliga in 1963, "kicker" magazine has chronicled the events faithfully in a multitude of ways. One of their most prominent features is the weekly rating of individual players' performances after each matchday. What they use to evaluate is the German schoolsystem grade rating, where the best performance equals "1" and the worst equals "5. On their website, Kicker recently published the average grades per season of all players since 1963. The following is a short overview of the results in four parts: Forwards, midfielders, defenders, goalies. PART ONE Top-Rated Forwards season - avg. grade - best player 1963-64 1.67 Uwe Seeler 1964-65 1.79 Uwe Seeler 1965-66 1.94 Bernd Rupp 1966-67 2.00 Bernd Rupp, Jupp Heynckes 1967-68 2.03 Heinz Strehl 1968-69 2.12 Siegfried Held 1969-70 2.09 Jürgen Grabowski 1970-71 2.03 Siegfried Held 1971-72 2.27 Gerd Müller, Erwin Kremers 1972-73 2.33 Jürgen Grabowski 1973-74 2.36 Klaus Fischer 1974-75 2.38 Allan Simonsen 1975-76 2.47 Allan Simonsen 1976-77 2.12 Allan Simonsen 1977-78 2.24 Kevin Keegan 1978-79 1.94 Kevin Keegan 1979-80 2.32 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1980-81 2.24 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1981-82 2.34 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1982-83 2.32 Rudi Völler 1983-84 2.31 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 1984-85 2.71 Pierre Littbarski 1985-86 2.85 Manfred Burgsmüller 1986-87 2.50 Uwe Rahn 1987-88 2.74 Jürgen Klinsmann 1988-89 3.11 Bum Kun Cha 1989-90 2.93 Ludwig Kögl 1990-91 2.89 Stefan Kuntz 1991-92 2.73 Sergio Zarate 1992-93 2.88 Anthony Yeboah 1993-94 2.71 Anthony Yeboah 1994-95 2.87 Stéphane Chapuisat 1995-96 3.00 Fredi Bobic 1996-97 3.03 Paulo Sergio 1997-98 2.60 Olaf Marschall 1998-99 2.89 Carsten Jancker 1999-00 3.06 Giovane Elber 2000-01 3.12 Emile Mpenza 2001-02 3.25 Ewerthon 2002-03 3.36 Kevin Kuranyi 2003-04 3.06 Lukas Podolski 2004-05 3.11 Miroslav Klose 2005-06 2.38 Miroslav Klose 2006-07 2.94 Mohamed Zidan 2007-08 3.13 Luca Toni 2008-09 2.53 Vehad Ibisevic 2009-10 2.80 Stefan Kessling TOP FIVE 1963-64 1.67 Uwe Seeler 2.04 Helmut Faeder 2.16 Friedhelm Konietzka 2.17 Heinz Hornig 2.19 Gert Dörfel 1964-65 1.79 Uwe Seeler 1.84 Wilhelm Wrenger 2.03 Udo Nix 2.10 Heinz Strehl 2.10 Lothar Ulsass 1965-66 1.94 Bernd Rupp 2.13 Siegfried Held 2.13 Reinhard Libuda 2.19 Heinz Hornig 2.26 Dieter Brenninger 1966-67 2.00 Jupp Heynckes 2.00 Bernd Rupp 2.03 Klaus Zaczyk 2.03 Lothar Ulsass 2.06 Erich Maass 1967-68 2.03 Heinz Strehl 2.06 Peter Meyer 2.15 Zvezdan Cebinac 2.15 Siegfried Held 2.21 Franz Brungs 1968-69 2.12 Siegfried Held 2.27 Josip Skoblar 2.33 Gerd Müller 2.33 Hans Siemensmeyer 2.35 Werner Görts 1969-70 2.09 Jürgen Grabowski 2.33 Gerd Müller 2.33 Uwe Seeler 2.39 Franz Krauthausen 2.39 Erich Maas 1970-71 2.03 Siegfried Held 2.16 Lothar Ulsass 2.26 Jürgen Grabowski 2.41 Willi Lippens 2.47 Dietmar Erler 2.47 Ferdinand Keller 1971-72 2.27 Erwin Kremers 2.27 Gerd Müller 2.38 Bernd Hölzenbein 2.39 Jupp Heynckes 2.42 Jürgen Grabowski 1972-73 2.33 Jürgen Grabowski 2.41 Reiner Geye 2.41 Klaus Wunder 2.47 Erwin Kremers 2.47 Gerd Müller 1973-74 2.36 Klaus Fischer 2.45 Klaus Wunder 2.50 Willi Lippens 2.50 Wolfgang Seel 2.52 Bernd Hölzenbein 1974-75 2.38 Allan Simonsen 2.40 Josef Pirrung 2.41 Willi Lippens 2.42 Siegfried Held 2.44 Wolfgang Seel 1975-76 2.47 Allan Simonsen 2.48 Henning Jensen 2.50 Werner Görts 2.59 Klaus Fischer 2.59 Bernd Hölzenbein 2.59 Reiner Geye 1976-77 2.12 Allan Simonsen 2.17 Bernd Hölzenbein 2.23 Danilo Popivoda 2.52 Lorenz Horr 2.52 Gerd Müller 1977-78 2.24 Kevin Keegan 2.42 Hans-Joachim Abel 2.43 Allan Simonsen 2.62 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.64 Georg Volkert 1978-79 1.94 Kevin Keegan 2.61 Klaus Allofs 2.61 Georg Volkert 2.62 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.68 Klaus Fischer 1979-80 2.32 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.42 Kevin Keegan 2.45 Bum Kun Cha 2.67 Reiner Geye 2.74 Hans-Joachim Abel 1980-81 2.24 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.79 Manfred Burgsmüller 2.81 Bernd Hölzenbein 2.83 Georg Volkert 2.85 Bum Kun Cha 1981-82 2.34 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.39 Pierre Littbarski 2.53 Rüdiger Wenzel 2.59 Lars Bastrup 2.64 Ronald Borchers 1982-83 2.32 Rudi Völler 2.32 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.52 Bum Kun Cha 2.63 Jürgen Milewski 2.88 Karl Allgöwer 1983-84 2.31 Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 2.55 Rudi Völler 2.58 Klaus Allofs 2.79 Christian Schreier 2.84 Frank Mill 1984-85 2.71 Pierre Littbarski 2.81 Klaus Allofs 2.82 Klaus Fischer 2.96 Ludwig Kögl 2.97 Karl Allgöwer 1985-86 2.85 Manfred Burgsmüller 2.85 Herbert Waas 3.00 Christian Schreier 3.13 Thomas Allofs 3.15 Jürgen Wegmann 1986-87 2.50 Uwe Rahn 2.72 Miroslav Okonski 2.74 Frank Mill 2.88 Klaus Allofs 3.03 Wlodzimierz Smolarek 1987-88 2.74 Jürgen Klinsmann 2.90 Frank Mill 3.18 Mark Hughes 3.21 Bum Kun Cha 3.24 Siegfried Reich 1988-89 3.11 Bum Kun Cha 3.13 Jürgen Klinsmann 3.19 Frank Mill 3.24 Jan Furtok 3.36 Thomas Allofs 1989-90 2.93 Ludwig Kögl 3.15 Josef Nehl 3.32 Brian Laudrup 3.39 Ralf Sturm 3.41 Jörn Ande 1990-91 2.89 Stefan Kuntz 2.90 Bruno Labbadia 3.06 Thomas Allofs 3.17 Klaus Allofs 3.17 Jan Furtok 1991-92 2.73 Sergio Zarate 2.81 Stéphane Chapuisat 2.91 Anthony Yeboah 3.00 Andreas Thom 3.09 Ulf Kirsten 1992-93 2.88 Anthony Yeboah 3.07 Sergey Kiriakov 3.09 Axel Kruse 3.12 Martin Dahlin 3.16 Ulf Kirsten 1993-94 2.71 Anthony Yeboah 3.07 Anton Polster 3.13 Stéphane Chapuisat 3.18 Stefan Kuntz 3.20 Martin Dahlin 1994-95 2.87 Stéphane Chapuisat 3.05 Rudi Völler 3.12 Uwe Spies 3.13 Olaf Marschall 3.24 Peter Peschel 1995-96 3.00 Fredi Bobic 3.05 Rudi Völler 3.07 Harry Decheiver 3.13 Martin Dahlin 3.23 Giovane Elber 1996-97 3.03 Paulo Sergio 3.06 Fredi Bobic 3.07 Ulf Kirsten 3.17 Giuseppe Reina 31.8 Ruggiero Rizzitelli 1997-98 2.60 Olaf Marschall 2.92 Ulf Kirsten 3.16 Bachirou Salou 3.26 Carsten Jancker 3.31 Stefan Kuntz 1998-99 2.89 Carsten Jancker 2.90 Giovane Elber 3.23 Olaf Marschall 3.31 Eyjolfur Sverisson 3.32 Ulf Kirsten 1999-2000 3.06 Giovane Elber 3.25 Paulo Sergio 3.28 Ulf Kirsten 3.31 Giuseppe Reina 3.33 Anthony Yeboah 2000-01 3.12 Emile Mpenza 3.14 Ebbe Sand 3.32 Claudio Pizarro 3.36 Alexander Iashvili 3.40 Markus Kurth 2001-02 3.25 Ewerthon 3.26 Miroslav Klose 3.30 Giovane Elber 3.38 Vratislav Lokvenc 3.43 Ebbe Sand 2002-03 3.36 Kevin Kuranyi 3.38 Victor Agali 3.39 Claudio Pizarro 3.41 Fredi Bobic 3.44 Giovane Elber 2003-04 3.06 Lukas Podolski 3.11 Dimitar Berbatov 3.18 Claudio Pizarro 3.19 Ailton 3.21 Ivan Klasnic 2004-05 3.11 Miroslav Klose 3.16 Gerald Asamoah 3.29 Claudio Pizarro 3.29 Dimitar Berbatov 3.31 Ebbe Sand 2005-06 2.38 Miroslav Klose 3.25 Ivan Klasnic 3.25 Ivan Saenko 3.29 Nelson Valdez 3.29 Dimitar Berbatov 2006-07 2.94 Mohamed Zidan 2.98 Mario Gomez 3.06 Theofanis Gekas 3.31 Kevin Kuranyi 3.34 Cacau 2007-08 3.13 Luca Toni 3.24 Marko Pantelic 3.24 Stefan Kiessling 3.28 Mario Gomez 3.36 Cacau 2008-09 2.53 Vedad Ibisevic 2.76 Grafite 2.88 Edin Dzeko 3.11 Mario Gomez 3.12 Claudio Pizarro 2009-10 2.80 Stefan Kiessling 3.03 Edin Dzeko 3.06 Jefferson Farfan 3.16 Kevin Kuranyi 3.17 Claudio Pizarro
How are the performances rated, is it subjective or based on statistics? I know Kicker has a record of all goalscorers going back to the 60s, and all goals and assists since 1988 which is quite useful. Klose in particular stands out as being prolific in both aspects.
Correct. Kicker only goes to '5' though if I remember correctly. I wanted to keep the introduction simple. Entirely subjective in the 1960s, 70s and most of the 1980s, as special statistics weren't recorded in those days. I am not sure whether Kicker incorporates statistics in their grades these days or not. However statistics can be misleading, like a defender always playing the ball backwards safely getting a 100% completed passes stat.
PART TWO Top-Rated Midfielders season - avg. grade - best player 1963-64 1.50 Werner Krämer 1964-65 1.78 Werner Krämer 1965-66 1.76 Zeljko Perusic 1966-67 1.97 Wolfgang Overath 1967-68 1.74 Günter Netzer 1968-69 1.74 Günter Netzer 1969-70 1.90 Günter Netzer 1970-71 1.94 Günter Netzer 1971-72 1.93 Günter Netzer 1972-73 2.29 Herbert Wimmer 1973-74 2.06 Jürgen Grabowski 1974-75 1.97 Jürgen Grabowski 1975-76 2.32 Jürgen Grabowski 1976-77 2.12 Rainer Bonhof 1977-78 2.23 Paul Breitner 1978-79 2.36 Paul Breitner, Branko Oblak, Jürgen Groh 1979-80 1.87 Paul Breitner 1980-81 2.27 Paul Breitner 1981-82 2.25 Felix Magath 1982-83 2.18 Lothar Matthäus 1983-84 2.48 Asgeir Sigurvinsson 1984-85 2.46 Sören Lerby 1985-86 2.27 Norbert Meier 1986-87 2.56 Wolfram Wuttke 1987-88 2.58 Thomas Hässler 1988-89 2.59 Thomas von Heesen 1989-90 2.62 Pierre Littbarski 1990-91 2.48 Ralf Falkenmayer 1991-92 2.48 Uwe Bein 1992-93 2.56 Uwe Bein 1993-94 2.78 Rodolfo Cardoso 1994-95 2.54 Pjotr Nowak 1995-96 2.67 Andreas Möller 1996-97 2.52 Dariusz Wosz 1997-98 2.79 Andreas Buck 1998-99 2.83 Jens Jeremies 1999-00 2.64 Emerson 2000-01 2.95 Sergej Barbarez 2001-02 2.68 Torsten Frings 2002-03 2.96 Michael Ballack 2003-04 2.76 Fabian Ernst 2004-05 2.79 Fabian Ernst 2005-06 2.91 Torsten Frings 2006-07 2.74 Torsten Frings 2007-08 2.54 Franck Ribéry 2008-09 2.74 Franck Ribéry 2009-10 2.48 Arjen Robben 1963-64 1.50 Werner Krämer 1.79 Gustav Witlatschil 1.80 Klaus Gerwien 1.90 Hans-Jürgen Neumann 1.93 Hans Sturm 1964-65 1.78 Werner Krämer 1.84 Hans-Jürgen Neumann 2.08 Gustav Witlatschil 2.10 Uwe Klimaschewski 2.11 Achim Melcher 2.11 Ludwig Nolden 1965-66 1.76 Zeljko Perusic 1.81 Günter Netzer 1.86 Werner Krämer 2.00 Hans Sturm 2.06 Dieter Kurrat 1966-67 1.97 Wolfgang Overath 2.00 Günter Netzer 2.00 Hans Küppers 2.00 Gerhard Neuser 2.03 Zeljko Perusic 1967-68 1.74 Günter Netzer 2.07 Wolfgang Overath 2.10 Dieter Kurrat 2.12 Zeljko Perusic 2.12 Bo Larsson 1968-69 1.74 Günter Netzer 1.90 Zeljko Perusic 2.12 Klaus Zaczyk 2.15 Jürgen Friedrich 2.21 Herbert Wimmer 1969-70 1.90 Günter Netzer 2.03 Wolfgang Overath 2.23 Klaus Zaczyk 2.26 Wolfgang Gayer 2.27 Franz Roth 1970-71 1.94 Günter Netzer 2.00 Jürgen Friedrich 2.32 Arnold Schütz 2.35 Gilbert Gress 2.38 Wolfgang Gayer 1971-72 1.93 Günter Netzer 2.23 Herbert Lütkebohmert 2.24 Uli Hoeness 2.31 Heinz Flohe 2.33 Jürgen Friedrich 1972-73 2.29 Herbert Wimmer 2.40 Heinz Flohe 2.47 Jürgen Friedrich 2.47 Uli Hoeness 2.47 Bernd Gersdorff 2.47 Gerd Zewe 1973-74 2.06 Jürgen Grabowski 2.22 Rainer Bonhof 2.42 Wolfgang Overath 2.42 Herbert Wimmer 2.44 Uli Hoeness 1974-75 1.97 Jürgen Grabowski 2.14 Herbert Wimmer 2.31 Erich Beer 2.32 Rainer Bonhof 2.42 Karl-Heinz Kamp 1975-76 2.32 Jürgen Grabowski 2.35 Karlheinz Handschuh 2.35 Johannes Riedl 2.38 Herbert Wimmer 2.40 Rainer Bonhof 1976-77 2.12 Rainer Bonhof 2.26 Franz-Josef Tenhagen 2.32 Jürgen Grabowski 2.34 Heinz Flohe 2.41 Josef Hickersberger 1977-78 2.23 Paul Breitner 2.27 Hans Müller 2.29 Jürgen Grabowski 2.30 Rainer Bonhof 2.43 Alfred Kohlhäufl 1978-79 2.36 Jürgen Groh 2.36 Branko Oblak 2.36 Paul Breitner 2.38 Wolfgang Pohl 2.42 Hans Müller 1979-80 1.87 Paul Breitner 2.35 Anthony Woodcock 2.42 Jürgen Groh 2.48 Jürgen Grabowski 2.59 Hans Müller 1980-81 2.27 Paul Breitner 2.48 Felix Magath 2.52 Norbert Eilenfeldt 2.56 Hans Müller 2.57 Bernd Nickel 1981-82 2.25 Felix Magath 2.50 Paul Breitner 2.53 Uwe Bracht 2.55 Ralf Falkenmayer 2.55 Stephan Engels 1982-83 2.18 Lothar Matthäus 2.19 Paul Breitner 2.47 Benno Möhlmann 2.48 Bernd Nickel 2.53 Norbert Meier 1983-84 2.48 Asgeir Sigurvinsson 2.56 Lothar Matthäus 2.58 Norbert Meier 2.65 Rudi Bommer 2.67 Peter Lux 1984-85 2.46 Sören Lerby 2.58 Lothar Matthäus 2.74 Gerhard Bold 2.85 Olaf Thon 2.86 Ralf Falkenmayer 1985-86 2.27 Norbert Meier 2.65 Sören Lerby 2.72 Asgeir Sigurvinsson 2.73 Karl Allgöwer 2.88 Thomas Zechel 1986-87 2.56 Wolfram Wuttke 2.70 Olaf Thon 2.70 Thomas von Heesen 2.71 Lothar Matthäus 2.73 Norbert Nachtweih 1987-88 2.58 Thomas Hässler 2.59 Olaf Thon 2.66 Günter Hermann 2.69 Miroslav Votava 2.73 Norbert Meier 1988-89 2.59 Thomas von Heesen 2.72 Andreas Möller 2.73 Thomas Hässler 2.75 Uwe Bein 2.76 Hans Dorfner 2.76 Peter Knäbel 1989-90 2.62 Pierre Littbarski 2.68 Heinz Gründel 2.70 Ralf Falkenmayer 2.71 Thomas Hässler 2.85 Uwe Bein 1990-91 2.48 Ralf Falkenmayer 2.73 Thomas Doll 2.77 Matthias Sammer 2.88 Bjarne Goldbaek 2.97 Stefan Effenberg 1991-92 2.48 Uwe Bein 2.63 Ralf Falkenmayer 2.78 Andreas Möller 2.78 Michael Rummenigge 2.82 Matthias Sammer 1992-93 2.56 Uwe Bein 2.76 Karlheinz Pflipsen 2.76 Ralf Weber 2.84 Gerhard Poschner 2.75 Andreas Thom 1993-94 2.78 Rodolfo Cardoso 2.81 Karlheinz Pflipsen 2.83 Christian Hochstätter 2.90 Jiri Nemec 3.00 Martin Wagner 1994-95 2.54 Pjotr Nowak 2.72 Dieter Eilts 2.73 Thomas Hässler 2.78 Andreas Herzog 2.85 Bernd Schuster 1995-96 2.67 Andreas Möller 2.74 Thomas Hässler 2.78 Jens Jeremies 2.80 Dieter Eilts 2.89 Stefan Effenberg 1996-97 2.52 Dariusz Wosz 2.60 Krassimir Balakov 2.64 Horst Heldt 2.89 Thomas Stickroth 3.00 Thomas Hässler 3.00 Andreas Möller 1997-98 2.79 Andreas Buck 2.84 Mehmet Scholl 2.85 Christian Hochstätter 2.89 Jens Jeremies 2.91 Carsten Ramelow 1998-99 2.83 Jens Jeremies 2.94 Carsten Ramelow 2.98 Stefan Beinlich 3.02 Dieter Eilts 3.05 Stefan Effenberg 1999-2000 2.64 Emerson 2.80 Michael Ballack 2.85 Stefan Effenberg 2.87 Jens Jeremies 2.91 Niko Kovac 2000-01 2.95 Sergej Barbarez 3.00 Miroslav Stevic 3.02 Sebastian Kehl 3.08 Mehmet Scholl 3.08 Jiri Nemec 2001-02 2.68 Torsten Frings 2.88 Michael Ballack 3.10 Ze Roberto 3.13 Tomas Rosicky 3.21 Krisztian Lisztes 2002-03 2.96 Michael Ballack 3.16 Fabian Ernst 3.16 Zvonimir Soldo 3.23 Tomas Rosicky 3.25 Jens Jeremies 2003-04 2.76 Fabian Ernst 2.92 Zvonimir Soldo 3.02 Frank Baumann 3.17 Johan Micoud 3.21 Aliaksandr Hleb 2004-05 2.79 Fabian Ernst 2.98 Michael Ballack 3.05 Lincoln 3.05 Zvonimir Soldo 3.14 Marcelinho 2005-06 2.91 Torsten Frings 3.08 Johan Micoud 3.11 Tim Borowski 3.18 Jermaine Jones 3.19 Michael Ballack 2006-07 2.74 Torsten Frings 2.79 Diego 2.97 Pavel Pardo 2.98 Bernd Schneider 3.07 Hawhar Mnari 2007-08 2.54 Franck Ribery 2.91 Ze Roberto 2.93 Simon Rolfes 3.00 David Jarolim 3.02 Mark van Bommel 2008-09 2.74 Franck Ribery 2.98 Mesut Özil 3.02 Carlos Eduardo 3.03 Jermaine Jones 3.05 Renato Augusto 2009-10 2.48 Arjen Robben 2.78 Toni Kroos 2.95 Marko Marin 3.00 Sven Bender 3.00 Torsten Frings
Does Misimovic not count as a midfielder? I'd have thought he'd be near the top of the rankings in the last few seasons (certainly 08-09)
I know! Too bad the same sort of information is not available for other countries. I wonder are premier sports magazines of other countries totally void of evaluations like Kicker's for the Bundesliga? Among midfielders, Misimovic surprisingly ended up 14th in 2008-09 and 10th in 2009-10.
Certainly England has no equivalent, but then England does not really have a serious magazine which deals with the domestic game and there are no sports newspapers in England. I think Italy tends to be pretty big on its ratings.
I'm not sure of Tony Woodcock's exact role at Koln but at Forest he was a second striker. So interestingly for that year, he would also be Kicker's second highest rated forward if considered in that category, just behind Karl-Heinz Rummenigge by 0.03. I guess Koln played a main striker, then Littbarski and Woodcock in support - maybe you have more info Gregoriak? I know that later Klaus Alloffs and Klaus Fischer both joined Koln and played in attack.
Good catch. I checked my Bundesliga facts book regarding the tactical lineups of Köln in the 1979-80 season and found that Woodcock - nominally - started 12 times as a left wing & 8 times as a left midfielder (he debuted for Köln on 8 December '79). Based on that, he should have been in the forwards category. Köln's tactical scheme that season looked roughly like this: ---Woodcock-----------D.Müller----------Littbarski --------Willmer----------------------H.Zimmermann -----------------------Schuster H.Zimmermann-----Strack-----Cullmann----Konopka -----------------------Schumacher Woodcock is part of a number of 'hybrid' players that played in various parts of their teams. Jürgen Grabowski is a prime example. Started out as an orthodox winger and ended his career as a midfield playmaker. Uli Hoeness is also hard to pin down - forward or midfielder? Same goes for players like Bernd Cullmann, who switched from sweeper to defensive midfielder regularly.
Thanks for the info. Woodcock played as a left-winger in a 4-4-2 for Forest occasionally in his early years but became a star as the support striker. He won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award in 77/78. I used to read magazines like Shoot and Match (weekly football magazines) in the 80's&90's and they gave marks out of 10 for each player in each match but I don't think they ever compiled them into annual averages.
He might have been playing the role of support striker at Köln as well. The lineups in those days only differentiated between defender-midfielder-forward. So you either were a midfielder or a forward. Woodcock's frequent changing roles on the left side at Köln (left midfield/left wing) might indicate that he in fact was used as a support striker there, too. Interesting. Kicker only recently published the average marks which I showed here, they never did that back in the day. Kicker put much of their archive online in July actually. Other vintage categories which are now available online are "man of the day", "team of the day", "penalties".
PART THREE Top-Rated Defenders season - avg. grade - best player 1963-64 1.70 Walter Schmidt 1964-65 1.70 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 1965-66 1.40 Josef Marx 1966-67 1.67 Franz Beckenbauer 1967-68 1.52 Joachim Bäse 1968-69 1.58 Franz Beckenbauer 1969-70 1.50 Franz Beckenbauer 1970-71 1.76 Franz Beckenbauer 1971-72 1.91 Franz Beckenbauer 1972-73 1.82 Berti Vogts 1973-74 1.79 Franz Beckenbauer 1974-75 1.79 Berti Vogts 1975-76 1.79 Berti Vogts 1976-77 1.96 Berti Vogts 1977-78 2.03 Bernard Dietz 1978-79 2.15 Dieter Bast 1979-80 2.00 Hans-Peter Briegel 1980-81 2.16 Bruno Pezzey 1981-82 2.18 Rolf Rüssmann 1982-83 2.09 Dieter Bast 1983-84 2.07 Matthias Herget 1984-85 2.48 Matthias Herget 1985-86 2.32 Thomas Hörster 1986-87 2.56 Ditmar Jakobs 1987-88 2.33 Jürgen Kohler 1988-89 2.50 Rune Bratseth 1989-90 2.54 Guido Buchwald 1990-91 2.57 Guido Buchwald 1991-92 2.53 Manfred Binz 1992-93 2.83 Rune Bratseth 1993-94 2.42 Lothar Matthäus 1994-95 2.17 Matthias Sammer 1995-96 2.67 Dietmar Beiersdorfer 1996-97 2.62 Christian Wörns 1997-98 2.81 Christian Wörns 1998-99 2.78 Jens Nowotny 1999-00 2.76 Nico Jan Hoogma 2000-01 2.98 Jens Nowotny 2001-02 2.78 Lucio 2002-03 2.84 Willy Sagnol 2003-04 2.70 Lucio 2004-05 2.81 Marcelo Bordon 2005-06 2.92 Lucio 2006-07 2.96 Per Mertesacker 2007-08 2.75 Martin Demichelis 2008-09 2.88 Philipp Lahm 2009-10 2.86 Sami Hyypiä 1963-64 1.70 Walter Schmidt 1.73 Josef Marx 1.90 Heinz Steinmann 2.03 Joachim Bäse 2.10 Egon Horst 1964-65 1.70 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 1.77 Walter Schmidt 1.87 Wolfgang Weber 2.00 Horst Saida 2.04 Willi Schulz 1965-66 1.40 Josef Marx 1.67 Franz Beckenbauer 1.82 Klaus Fichtel 1.88 Walter Schmidt 1.91 Wolfgang Weber 1.91 Ferdinand Wenauer 1966-67 1.67 Franz Beckenbauer 1.82 Walter Schmidt 1.84 Wolfgang Weber 1.85 Josef Marx 1.92 Ferdinand Wenauer 1967-68 1.52 Joachim Bäse 1.74 Berti Vogts 1.81 Franz Beckenbauer 1.85 Klaus Fichtel 1.85 Ferdinand Wenauer 1968-69 1.58 Franz Beckenbauer 1.65 Berti Vogts 1.79 Klaus Fichtel 2.06 Bernd Patzke 2.06 Hermann Nuber 1969-70 1.50 Franz Beckenbauer 1.82 Berti Vogts 2.03 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 2.18 Uwe Witt 2.19 Klaus Fichtel 2.19 Horst-Dieter Höttges 1970-71 1.76 Franz Beckenbauer 1.91 Berti Vogts 1.96 Klaus Fichtel 2.06 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 2.13 Uwe Witt 1971-72 1.91 Franz Beckenbauer 2.12 Klaus Fichtel 2.16 Klaus-Dieter Sieloff 2.17 Rolf Rüssmann 2.23 Paul Breitner 1972-73 1.82 Berti Vogts 1.88 Franz Beckenbauer 1.96 Rolf Rüssmann 2.13 Jupp Kapellmann 2.18 Bernd Cullmann 1973-74 1.79 Franz Beckenbauer 2.15 Bernard Dietz 2.19 Berti Vogts 2.24 Paul Breitner 2.33 Willi Entenmann 2.33 Ludwig Müller 1974-75 1.79 Berti Vogts 1.88 Franz Beckenbauer 2.09 Bernard Dietz 2.09 Manfred Ritschel 2.15 Klaus Franke 1975-76 1.79 Berti Vogts 1.88 Franz Beckenbauer 1.97 Bernard Dietz 2.03 Willi Neuberger 2.16 Per Roentved 1976-77 1.96 Berti Vogts 2.00 Franz Beckenbauer 2.21 Herbert Zimmermann 2.22 Wolfgang Weber 2.24 Ditmar Jakobs 2.24 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 1977-78 2.03 Bernard Dietz 2.06 Rolf Rüssmann 2.21 Karlheinz Förster 2.21 Franz-Josef Tenhagen 2.21 Berti Vogts 1978-79 2.15 Dieter Bast 2.15 Bernd Martin 2.24 Klaus Fichtel 2.28 Gerd Zewe 2.38 Karlheinz Förster 1979-80 2.00 Hans-Peter Briegel 2.24 Franz-Josef Tenhagen 2.25 Manfred Kaltz 2.26 Karlheinz Förster 2.31 Klaus Fichtel 1980-81 2.16 Bruno Pezzey 2.21 Hans-Peter Briegel 2.21 Wilfried Hannes 2.26 DieterBast 2.39 Rolf Rüssmann 1981-82 2.18 Rolf Rüssmann 2.21 Dieter Bast 2.31 Manfred Kaltz 2.32 Holger Hieronymus 2.32 Klaus Fichtel 1982-83 2.09 Dieter Bast 2.29 Gerd Strack 2.34 Karlheinz Förster 2.44 Horst Wohlers 2.45 Hans-Peter Briegel 1983-84 2.07 Matthias Herget 2.22 Karlheinz Förster 2.43 Hans-Peter Makan 2.44 Gerd Zewe 2.45 Dieter Bast 1984-85 2.48 Matthias Herget 2.52 Bruno Pezzey 2.52 Karlheinz Förster 2.63 Bernard Dietz 2.65 Hans Pflügler 1985-86 2.32 Thomas Hörster 2.39 Bruno Pezzey 2.57 Wolfgang Funkel 2.59 Karlheinz Förster 2.67 Klaus Augenthaler 2.67 Hans-Günter Bruns 2.67 Günter Sebert 1986-87 2.56 Ditmar Jakobs 2.58 Guido Buchwald 2.59 Thomas Hörster 2.67 Stefan Reuter 2.69 Jürgen Kohler 1987-88 2.33 Jürgen Kohler 2.52 Rune Bratseth 2.65 Manfred Binz 2.66 Srecko Bogdan 2.69 Matthias Herget 1988-89 2.50 Rune Bratseth 2.58 Jürgen Kohler 2.58 Klaus Augenthaler 2.66 Karl Allgöwer 2.67 Karl-Heinz Körbel 1989-90 2.54 Guido Buchwald 2.62 Manfred Binz 2.63 Thomas Kempe 2.66 Rune Bratseth 2.76 Ralf Loose 1990-91 2.57 Guido Buchwald 2.69 Jürgen Kohler 2.74 Reinhard Stumpf 2.77 Stefan Reuter 2.77 Miroslav Kadlec 1991-92 2.53 Manfred Binz 2.72 Holger Fach 2.74 Franco Foda 2.79 Anders Giske 2.84 Michael Schulz 1992-93 2.83 Rune Bratseth 2.90 Oliver Kreuzer 2.94 Kakhaber Tchachadze 2.95 Ned Zelic 2.96 Dietmar Beiersdorfer 1993-94 2.42 Lothar Matthäus 2.70 Matthias Sammer 2.73 Thomas Berthold 2.84 Guido Buchwald 2.85 Miroslav Kadlec 1994-95 2.17 Matthias Sammer 2.62 Patrik Andersson 2.66 Julio César 2.75 Thomas Helmer 2.83 Martin Spanring 1995-96 2.67 Dietmar Beiersdorfer 2.86 Matthias Sammer 2.86 Jürgen Kohler 2.88 Frank Verlaat 2.89 Patrik Andersson 1996-97 2.62 Christian Wörns 2.74 Alfred Nijhuis 2.75 Frank Verlaat 2.80 Olaf Thon 2.81 Thomas Berthold 1997-98 2.81 Christian Wörns 2.84 Olaf Thon 2.87 Miroslav Kadlec 2.88 Lothar Matthäus 2.92 Michael Schjönberg 1998-99 2.78 Jens Nowotny 2.79 Holger Greilich 2.84 Bixente Lizarazu 2.88 Frank Verlaat 2.96 Lothar Matthäus 1999-2000 2.76 Nico Jan Hoogma 2.77 Jens Nowotny 2.95 Olaf Thon 3.00 Jan Seifert 3.04 Ned Zelic 2000-01 2.98 Jens Nowotny 3.04 Thomas Cichon 3.09 Jürgen Kohler 3.13 Christian Wörns 3.13 Tomas Ujfalusi 2001-02 2.78 Lucio 2.78 Jens Nowotny 2.88 Christian Wörns 3.02 Marcelo Bordon 3.06 Jürgen Kohler 2002-03 2.84 Willy Sagnol 2.97 Thomas Linke 3.10 Christoph Metzelder 3.17 Lucio 3.19 Ahmed Madouni 2003-04 2.70 Lucio 2.78 Juan 2.81 Marcelo Bordon 2.86 Valerien Ismael 2.90 Christian Wörns 2004-05 2.81 Marcelo Bordon 2.86 Lucio 2.95 Valerien Ismael 3.03 Josip Simunic 3.06 Daniel van Buyten 2005-06 2.92 Lucio 3.09 Christian Wörns 3.13 Willy Sagnol 3.15 Cris 3.24 Philipp Lahm 2006-07 2.96 Per Mertesacker 2.97 Naldo 2.98 Marcelo Bordon 3.03 Fernando Meira 3.03 Matthieu Delpierre 2007-08 2.75 Martin Demichelis 2.87 Marcelo Bordon 2.98 Per Mertesacker 3.06 Daniel van Buyten 3.15 Gonzalo Castro 2008-09 2.88 Philipp Lahm 2.88 Josip Simunic 3.04 Per Mertesacker 3.09 Arne Friedrich 3.14 Benedikt Höwedes 2009-10 2.86 Sami Hyypiä 3.04 Gonzalo Castro 3.04 Philipp Lahm 3.05 Naldo 3.05 Daniel van Buyten
Hi, Gregoriak Thanks for useful details agina. If without you, I really can't rank German players in xtatime.org. I notice Netzer won a lot winners as midfielders despite kicker ranked Overath in more world-class years. In the same sources, It is different between two form of results. Could you explain why it is so.
Awesome. Kicker seemed to be more generous to give away good grades as the player average rating get worse each year. Interesting that Müller ranks rather bad. Similar ratings from Spain/Italy/England would be of great usefulness - anything available sort of?
No, 1 to 6 actually (sorry, a bit late, forgot about this thread ). Not originally, I think - but at least since the 1990s. Edit: I think "6" was introduced sometime arround 1980 by kicker (compare the worst rated players of the 1970s with the 1980s - the latter got "6" sometimes, but I couldn't find a playerwho was rated 6 before 1980 so far).
Kicker used a 5 or 6 grade scale until 93/94 After 93/94 they introduced 1,5; 2,5; 3,5 ... etc. One reason why ratings got worse
Edit: sorry, misread your post at first. I first read it as saying Kicker used a 5 grade scale until 93/94 (saw the "or 6" only after posting ). So my original post wasn't really neccessary anymore - still, I wrote that as far as I can tell the change to the 1-6 scale happened in 1980/1981.
and shoot and match weren't completely thorough in their ratings IIRC...(havent read one in 10 years though)
PART FOUR Top-Rated Goalkeepers 1963-64 1.83 Manfred PAUL 1964-65 1.76 Hans TILKOWSKI 1965-66 1.58 Sepp MAIER 1966-67 1.66 Horst WOLTER 1967-68 1.84 Horst WOLTER 1968-69 1.71 Volkmar GROSS 1969-70 1.85 Sepp MAIER 1970-71 2.00 Volker DANNER 1971-72 2.03 Norbert NIGBUR 1972-73 1.85 Bernd FRANKE 1973-74 1.88 Norbert NIGBUR 1974-75 2.00 Bernd FRANKE 1975-76 2.00 Rudi KARGUS 1976-77 1.65 Volkmar GROSS 1977-78 1.91 Ronnie HELLSTRÖM 1978-79 1.91 Dieter BURDENSKI 1979-80 2.11 Norbert NIGBUR 1980-81 2.13 Heinz-Josef KOITKA 1981-82 1.94 Bernd FRANKE 1982-83 2.00 Bernd FRANKE 1983-84 2.18 Harald SCHUMACHER 1984-85 2.38 Gerald EHRMANN 1985-86 2.35 Dieter BURDENSKI 1986-87 2.13 Uwe KAMPS 1987-88 2.38 Andreas KÖPKE 1988-89 2.42 Gerald EHRMANN 1989-90 2.50 Uli STEIN 1990-91 2.50 Uli STEIN 1991-92 2.32 Uli STEIN 1992-93 2.35 Uli STEIN 1993-94 2.39 Oliver KAHN 1994-95 2.71 Uli STEIN 1995-96 2.53 Georg KOCH 1996-97 2.55 Oliver KAHN 1997-98 2.69 Oliver KAHN 1998-99 2.63 Gintaras STAUCE 1999-00 2.67 Oliver KAHN 2000-01 2.75 Oliver KAHN 2001-02 2.66 Oliver KAHN 2002-03 2.66 Rein VAN DUIJNHOVEN 2003-04 2.74 Rein VAN DUIJNHOVEN 2004-05 2.58 Roman WEIDENFELLER 2005-06 2.65 Roman WEIDENFELLER 2006-07 2.61 Manuel NEUER 2007-08 2.62 Diego BENAGLIO 2008-09 2.67 Robert ENKE 2009-10 2.83 Heinz MÜLLER 1963-64 1.83 Manfred Paul 1.86 Hans Tilkowski 1.86 Hans Jäcker 1.90 Günter Sawitzki 1.90 Petar Radenkovic 1964-65 1.76 Hans Tilkowski 1.80 Wolfgang Fahrian 1.90 Horst Kirsch 1.96 Roland Wabra 2.00 Hans Jäcker 1965-66 1.58 Sepp Maier 1.71 Günter Bernard 1.80 Dr. Peter Kunter 1.85 Günter Sawitzki 1.86 Manfred Paul 1966-67 1.66 Horst Wolter 1.79 Sepp Maier 1.86 Hermann Ross 1.91 Siegfried Kessler 1.92 Petar Radenkovic 1967-68 1.84 Horst Wolter 1.85 Petar Radenkovic 1.85 Roland Wabra 1.90 Jürgen Rynio 2.03 Volkmar Danner 1968-69 1.71 Volkmar Gross 1.94 Manfred Manglitz 1.96 Jürgen Rynio 1.96 Horst Wolter 1.97 Gerhard Heinze 1969-70 1.85 Sepp Maier 1.88 Manfred Manglitz 2.03 Petar Radenkovic 2.05 Volkmar Gross 2.09 Norbert Nigbur 1970-71 2.00 Volker Danner 2.03 Norbert Nigbur 2.04 Dr. Peter Kunter 2.09 Volkmar Gross 2.09 Sepp Maier 1971-72 2.03 Norbert Nigbur 2.08 Bernd Franke 2.16 Dieter Burdenski 2.19 Dr. Peter Kunter 2.32 Gerhard Welz 1972-73 1.85 Bernd Franke 1.93 Günter Bernard 2.03 Gerhard Heinze 2.06 Norbert Nigbur 2.17 Dietmar Linders 1973-74 1.88 Norbert Nigbur 2.00 Franz-Josef Pauly 2.12 Dietmar Linders 2.18 Werner Scholz 2.19 Wilfried Woyke 1974-75 2.00 Bernd Franke 2.03 Ronnie Hellström 2.09 Sepp Maier 2.15 Werner Scholz 2.22 Gerhard Heinze 1975-76 2.00 Rudi Kargus 2.03 Bernd Franke 2.06 Sepp Maier 2.09 Dieter Burdenski 2.12 Ronnie Hellström 1976-77 1.65 Volkmar Gross 1.88 Bernd Franke 1.97 Norbert Nigbur 2.00 Dieter Burdenski 2.00 Dieter Ferner 1977-78 1.91 Ronnie Hellström 2.00 Dieter Burdenski 2.12 Norbert Nigbur 2.12 Helmut Roleder 2.13 Bernd Franke 1978-79 1.91 Dieter Burdenski 2.00 Ronnie Hellström 2.06 Norbert Nigbur 2.12 Uli Stein 2.26 Rudi Kargus 1979-80 2.11 Norbert Nigbur 2.12 Harald Schumacher 2.19 Bernd Franke 2.27 Ronnie Hellström 2.32 Helmut Roleder 1980-81 2.13 Heinz-Josef Koitka 2.15 Ronnie Hellström 2.21 Harald Schumacher 2.32 Gerhard Heinze 2.36 Rudi Kargus 1981-82 1.94 Bernd Franke 2.14 Rudi Wimmer 2.21 Dieter Burdenski 2.28 Ralf Zumdick 2.35 Eike Immel 1982-83 2.00 Bernd Franke 2.18 Dieter Burdenski 2.21 Rudi Kargus 2.21 Harald Schumacher 2.22 Jean-Marie Pfaff 1983-84 2.18 Harald Schumacher 2.20 Bernd Franke 2.24 Helmut Roleder 2.26 Dieter Burdenski 2.32 Wolfgang Kneib 1984-85 2.38 Gerald Ehrmann 2.39 Uli Stein 2.47 Uwe Greiner 2.47 Uli Sude 2.48 Walter Junghans 1985-86 2.35 Dieter Burdenski 2.41 Eike Immel 2.50 Carsten Hallmann 2.50 Jean-Marie Pfaff 2.52 Harald Schumacher 1986-87 2.13 Uwe Kamps 2.43 Uli Stein 2.55 Rudi Kargus 2.59 Rüdiger Vollborn 2.59 Wolfgang de Beer 2.59 Jean-Marie Pfaff 1987-88 2.38 Andreas Köpke 2.47 Uwe Kamps 2.55 Uli Stein 2.59 Eike Immel 2.59 Uwe Zimmermann 1988-89 2.42 Gerald Ehrmann 2.42 Andreas Köpke 2.47 Wolfgang de Beer 2.56 Uli Stein 2.59 Raimond Aumann 1989-90 2.50 Uli Stein 2.53 Rüdiger Vollborn 2.57 Gerald Ehrmann 2.62 Uwe Kamps 2.65 Richard Golz 1990-91 2.50 Uli Stein 2.52 Andreas Köpke 2.63 Jörg Schmadtke 2.64 Oliver Kahn 2.75 Wolfgang de Beer 1991-92 2.32 Uli Stein 2.35 Andreas Köpke 2.54 Bodo Illgner 2.63 Eike Immel 2.71 Gerald Ehrmann 2.71 Rüdiger Vollborn 1992-93 2.35 Uli Stein 2.50 Andreas Köpke 2.65 Stefan Klos 2.68 Oliver Kahn 2.73 Eike Immel 1993-94 2.39 Oliver Kahn 2.48 Bodo Illgner 2.50 Uli Stein 2.65 Andreas Köpke 2.70 Raimond Aumann 1994-95 2.71 Uli Stein 2.73 Bernd Meier 2.75 Andreas Köpke 2.79 Bernd Dreher 2.81 Uwe Kamps 1995-96 2.53 Georg Koch 2.55 Oliver Reck 2.59 Jens Lehmann 2.68 Dirk Heinen 2.72 Perry Bräutigam 1996-97 2.55 Oliver Kahn 2.66 Claus Reitmaier 2.70 Georg Koch 2.79 Uwe Gospodarek 2.82 Perry Bräutigam 1997-98 2.69 Oliver Kahn 2.73 Martin Pieckenhagen 2.80 Franz Wohlfahrt 2.81 Thomas Ernst 2.81 Uwe Kamps 1998-99 2.63 Gintaras Stauce 2.71 Oka Nikolov 2.74 Oliver Kahn 2.82 Richard Golz 2.83 Stefan Klos 1999-2000 2.67 Oliver Kahn 2.72 Jörg Butt 2.79 Dirk Heinen 2.86 Andreas Reinke 2.89 Daniel Hoffmann 2000-01 2.75 Oliver Kahn 2.82 Martin Pieckenhagen 2.84 Frank Rost 2.84 Georg Koch 2.86 Rein van Duijnhoven 2001-02 2.66 Oliver Kahn 2.69 Frank Rost 2.83 Jens Lehmann 2.88 Gabor Kiraly 2.90 Jörg Butt 2002-03 2.66 Rein van Duijnhoven 2.71 Tim Wiese 2.75 Timo Hildebrand 2.78 Simon Jentzsch 2.79 Frank Rost 2003-04 2.74 Rein van Duijnhoven 2.81 Timo Hildebrand 2.86 Oliver Kahn 2.89 Matthias Schober 2.94 Jörg Butt 2004-05 2.58 Roman Weidenfeller 2.78 Robert Enke 2.82 Dimo Wache 2.83 Rein van Duijnhoven 2.88 Simon Jentzsch 2005-06 2.65 Roman Weidenfeller 2.78 Frank Rost 2.79 Kasey Keller 2.79 Georg Koch 2.89 RobertEnke 2006-07 2.61 Manuel Neuer 2.76 Jaroslav Drobny 2.79 Raphael Schäfer 2.89 Timo Hildebrand 2.93 Roman Weidenfeller 2007-08 2.62 Diego Benaglio 2.62 René Adler 2.75 Robert Enke 2.84 Frank Rost 2.96 Markus Pröll 2008-09 2.67 Robert Enke 2.87 Diego Benaglio 2.91 Manuel Neuer 2.92 Jaroslav Drobny 2.95 René Adler 2009-10 2.83 Heinz Müller 2.84 Tim Wiese 2.85 Frank Rost 2.85 Jörg Butt 2.88 Jaroslav Drobny
I found this page http://www.fussballdaten.de/vereine/fortunakoeln/1974/ These were Kicker's points by seasons?
One thing you might consider about his high rating is that Woodcock played only 20 out of 34 possible games.