All-time Bundesliga defenders alignment chart

The greatest defenders in Bundesliga history, by their honours. Sort all-time Bundesliga defenders onto an alignment chart.

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Franz Beckenbauer
DF · MUN
Per Mertesacker
DF · SVW
Jürgen Klopp
FW/DF · M05
Jürgen Kohler
DF · MUN
Jérôme Boateng
DF · MUN
Berti Vogts
DF · BMG
Joshua Kimmich
MF/DF · MUN
Mats Hummels
DF · MUN
Guido Buchwald
DF · VFB
Georg Schwarzenbeck
DF · MUN
Olaf Thon
MF/DF · S04
Horst-​Dieter Höttges
DF · SVW
Klaus Augenthaler
DF · MUN
Lucas Hernandez
DF · MUN
Daniel Van Buyten
DF · MUN
Jonathan Tah
DF · B04
Juan
DF · B04
Robert Kovač
DF · B04
Nico Elvedi
DF · BMG
Jonas Hector
DF · KOE
Willy Sagnol
DF · MUN
KFKarlheinz Förster
DF · VFB
Mladen Krstajić
DF · S04
Michal Kadlec
DF · B04
Kō Itakura
DF · BMG
Hany Ramzy
DF · SVW
Antonio Rüdiger
DF · VFB
Karl-​Heinz Schnellinger
DF · KOE
Julian Ryerson
DF · FCU
Willi Orban
DF · RBL
Uli Stielike
MF/DF · BMG
HPHans Pflügler
DF · MUN

Top all-time Bundesliga defenders — November 2026

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The greatest defenders in Bundesliga history, by their honours.

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