GolVoteBest German football players of all time (2026)
According to GolVote fans, Miroslav Klose is number one with a rating of 1563, ahead of Franz Beckenbauer and Gerd Müller. The order is decided by head-to-head fan votes and changes live with every vote.
Best German football players of all time: a live ranking decided by football fans' head-to-head votes. Updated with every vote. Updated: .
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Miroslav Klose: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Franz Beckenbauer: Panini Group, Public domain
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Miroslav Klose🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1563 - 2
Franz Beckenbauer🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1554 - 3
Gerd Müller🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1554 - 4
Jamal Musiala🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1522 - 5
Florian Wirtz🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1522 - 6
Thomas Müller🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1477 - 7
Marc-André ter Stegen🇩🇪 Germany · Goalkeeper1474 - 8
Mario Götze🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1468 - 9
Marco Reus🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1468 - 10
Kai Havertz🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1462 - 11
Emre Can🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1459 - 12
Leon Goretzka🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1456 - 13
Matthias Ginter🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1453 - 14
Bernd Leno🇩🇪 Germany · Goalkeeper1453 - 15
Jonathan Tah🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1453 - 16
Kevin Trapp🇩🇪 Germany · Goalkeeper1453 - 17
Niclas Füllkrug🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450 - 18
Loris Karius🇩🇪 Germany · Goalkeeper1450 - 19
Robin Gosens🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1450 - 20
Deniz Undav🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450 - 21
Karim Adeyemi🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1450 - 22
Ron-Robert Zieler🇩🇪 Germany · Goalkeeper1447 - 23
Nico Schlotterbeck🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1447 - 24
Kevin Volland🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1441 - 25
Gonzalo Castro🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1441 - 26
Pascal Groß🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1441 - 27
Benjamin Henrichs🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1441 - 28
Jonas Hofmann🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1441 - 29
David Raum🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1438 - 30
Nick Woltemade🇩🇪 Germany · Midfielder1438 - 31RKRobin Koch🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1438
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Malick Thiaw🇩🇪 Germany · Defender1438 - 33
Maximilian Beier🇩🇪 Germany · Forward1438
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Photo credits
- Miroslav Klose: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Franz Beckenbauer: Panini Group, Public domain
- Gerd Müller: Unknown author, Public domain
- Jamal Musiala: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Florian Wirtz: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Thomas Müller: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Marc-André ter Stegen: Government of Catalonia, CC0
- Mario Götze: Steindy (talk) 19:34, 27 June 2011 (UTC), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Marco Reus: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kai Havertz: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Emre Can: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leon Goretzka: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Matthias Ginter: Steffen Prößdorf, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bernd Leno: Granada, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Jonathan Tah: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kevin Trapp: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Niclas Füllkrug: Silesia711, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Loris Karius: Антон Зайцев, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Robin Gosens: Ago76, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Deniz Undav: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Karim Adeyemi: Werner100359, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ron-Robert Zieler: Илья Хохлов/Ilya Khokhlov/Ilja Chochłow, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Nico Schlotterbeck: Sandro Halank, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kevin Volland: Fuguito, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Gonzalo Castro: Basicallyidosum, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Pascal Groß: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Benjamin Henrichs: Fuguito, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Jonas Hofmann: Eastfrisian, CC BY 3.0
- David Raum: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nick Woltemade: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Malick Thiaw: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Maximilian Beier: Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Biographical data: Wikidata (CC0). Photos: Wikimedia Commons under the licenses shown.