
Manfred Burgsmüller
Forward · Rhein Fire
- born
- 1949
- apps
- 733
- goals
- 372
- caps
- 3

Heiko Bonan
Midfielder · FC Gütersloh 2000
- born
- 1966
- apps
- 708
- goals
- 82
- caps
- 53
Dieter Bast
Defender · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1951
- apps
- 600
- goals
- 86
- caps
- 4
Willi Landgraf
Defender · VfB Bottrop
- born
- 1968
- apps
- 574
- goals
- 19
- caps
- –

Frank Mill
Forward · Fortuna Düsseldorf
- born
- 1958
- apps
- 545
- goals
- 211
- caps
- 19
Waldemar Matysik
Midfielder · TSV Germania Windeck
- born
- 1961
- apps
- 541
- goals
- 10
- caps
- 55

Norbert Nigbur
Goalkeeper · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1948
- apps
- 538
- goals
- 0
- caps
- 12
Vlatko Glavaš
Midfielder · Wuppertaler SV
- born
- 1962
- apps
- 537
- goals
- 91
- caps
- 28

Karim Zaza
Goalkeeper · FC Hjørring
- born
- 1975
- apps
- 517
- goals
- 1
- caps
- 5
Mike Wunderlich
Midfielder · 1. FC Köln
- age
- 40
- apps
- 515
- goals
- 236
- caps
- –

Bjarne Goldbæk
Midfielder · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1968
- apps
- 507
- goals
- 66
- caps
- 33
Flemming Lund
Midfielder · Wichita Wings
- born
- 1952
- apps
- 507
- goals
- 48
- caps
- 33
Mathias Jack
Defender · SV Meppen
- born
- 1969
- apps
- 504
- goals
- 21
- caps
- –
Manfred Müller
Goalkeeper · 1. FC Nürnberg
- born
- 1947
- apps
- 501
- goals
- 0
- caps
- –
Christian Schreier
Forward · TuS Schloß Neuhaus
- born
- 1959
- apps
- 495
- goals
- 141
- caps
- 1

Matthias Herget
Defender · Schalke 04
- born
- 1955
- apps
- 488
- goals
- 78
- caps
- 42
Tomasz Zdebel
Midfielder · Alemannia Aachen
- born
- 1973
- apps
- 487
- goals
- 38
- caps
- 14
Ronald Maul
Full-back · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1973
- apps
- 479
- goals
- 14
- caps
- 2
Mitja Schäfer
Midfielder · SC Fortuna Köln
- born
- 1980
- apps
- 478
- goals
- 17
- caps
- –
Jürgen Rynio
Goalkeeper · Hannover 96
- born
- 1948
- apps
- 477
- goals
- 0
- caps
- –
Markus Kurth
Forward · TSV Germania Windeck
- born
- 1973
- apps
- 475
- goals
- 107
- caps
- –
Dietmar Klinger
Midfielder · Wuppertaler SV
- born
- 1958
- apps
- 472
- goals
- 42
- caps
- –
Uwe Wegmann
Forward · FC Kempten
- born
- 1964
- apps
- 464
- goals
- 110
- caps
- –

Jürgen Röber
Forward · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1953
- apps
- 458
- goals
- 101
- caps
- –

Helmut Rahn
Forward · MSV Duisburg
- born
- 1929
- apps
- 457
- goals
- 212
- caps
- 40

Radosław Kałużny
Midfielder · Chrobry Głogów
- born
- 1974
- apps
- 452
- goals
- 62
- caps
- 41
Wolfgang Rausch
Defender · Dallas Americans
- born
- 1947
- apps
- 451
- goals
- 95
- caps
- 4
Adolf Steinig
Defender · SSVg Velbert
- born
- 1939
- apps
- 444
- goals
- 2
- caps
- –
Ronny Nikol
Full-back · VSG Altglienicke
- born
- 1974
- apps
- 438
- goals
- 17
- caps
- –
Rudolf Zedi
Midfielder · FC Rot-Weiß Erfurt
- born
- 1974
- apps
- 437
- goals
- 35
- caps
- –
Arie van Lent
Forward · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1970
- apps
- 436
- goals
- 199
- caps
- –

Mario Basler
Midfielder · Al-Rayyan
- born
- 1968
- apps
- 435
- goals
- 89
- caps
- 30
Werner Scholz
Goalkeeper · VfL Bochum II
- born
- 1944
- apps
- 435
- goals
- 0
- caps
- –
David Czyszczon
Defender · SC Wiedenbrück
- born
- 1981
- apps
- 434
- goals
- 24
- caps
- –
Heinz Simmet
Midfielder · Germany
- born
- 1944
- apps
- 433
- goals
- 62
- caps
- –
91activeKevin Behrens
Forward · FC Lugano
- age
- 35
- apps
- 420
- goals
- 134
- caps
- 1
Stefan Kühne
Midfielder · SC Preußen Münster
- born
- 1980
- apps
- 419
- goals
- 75
- caps
- –
Heinz Kwiatkowski
Goalkeeper · Germany men's
- born
- 1926
- apps
- 416
- goals
- 0
- caps
- 4
Daniel Masuch
Goalkeeper · SC Preußen Münster
- born
- 1977
- apps
- 409
- goals
- 0
- caps
- –
Macchambes Younga-Mouhani
Midfielder · Congo men's
- born
- 1974
- apps
- 402
- goals
- 77
- caps
- –
Rafael Kazior
Forward · SV Werder Bremen II
- born
- 1983
- apps
- 401
- goals
- 95
- caps
- –

Erich Beer
Midfielder · TSV 1860 München
- born
- 1946
- apps
- 396
- goals
- 111
- caps
- 24

Erwin Koen
Full-back · Netherlands
- born
- 1978
- apps
- 395
- goals
- 78
- caps
- –
Ronny Ernst
Midfielder · SV Straelen
- born
- 1976
- apps
- 394
- goals
- 13
- caps
- 13

Christian Knappmann
Forward · SC Westfalia Herne
- born
- 1981
- apps
- 393
- goals
- 145
- caps
- –
Fred-Werner Bockholt
Goalkeeper · Bayer 04 Leverkusen
- born
- 1943
- apps
- 392
- goals
- 0
- caps
- –
Frank Löning
Forward · Rot-Weiss Essen
- born
- 1981
- apps
- 387
- goals
- 138
- caps
- –
André Wiwerink
Defender · Sportfreunde Lotte
- born
- 1980
- apps
- 385
- goals
- 18
- caps
- –