All-time Bundesliga defenders bracket

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1

Franz Beckenbauer1965–1977

2

Per Mertesacker2006–2011

3

Jürgen Klopp1990–2001

4

Jürgen Kohler1987–1991

5

Jérôme Boateng2011–2021

6

Berti Vogts1965–1979

7

Joshua Kimmich2013–2015

8

Mats Hummels2007–2019

9

Guido Buchwald1983–1994

10

Georg Schwarzenbeck1966–1981

11

Olaf Thon1983–2002

12

Horst-Dieter Höttges1963–1978

13

Klaus Augenthaler1976–1991

14

Lucas Hernandez2019–2023

15

Daniel Van Buyten2006–2014

16

Jonathan Tah2015–2025

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Juan2002–2007

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Robert Kovač1996–2005

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Nico Elvedi2015–2026

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Jonas Hector2012–2023

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Willy Sagnol2000–2009

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KF

Karlheinz Förster1977–1986

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Mladen Krstajić2000–2009

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Michal Kadlec2008–2013

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Kō Itakura2021–2022

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Hany Ramzy1994–1998

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Antonio Rüdiger2012–2016

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Karl-Heinz Schnellinger1958–1963

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Julian Ryerson2018–2023

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Willi Orban2015–

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Uli Stielike1972–1977

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HP

Hans Pflügler1981–1995

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Morten Olsen1986–1989

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Fernando Meira2002–2008

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Mišo Brečko2008–2015

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Paul Stalteri1998–2011

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Niklas Moisander2016–2021

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Helmut Kremers1967–1980

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Miloš Veljković2016–2025

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Philipp Lienhart2017–

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Bernard Dietz1982–1987

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Andreas Brehme1986–1988

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Wolfgang Weber1963–1978

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Roque Júnior2004–2007

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Lukas Klostermann2014–

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Tomasz Wałdoch1999–2006

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Frank Baumann1999–2009

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Martin Stranzl2004–2016

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BF

Bernd Förster1974–1986

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HB

Hans Bauer1948–1959

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Dennis Aogo2004–2008

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Serdar Taşçı2006–2016

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Edson Braafheid2009–2014

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BŽ

Boris Živković1997–2006

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Marko Rehmer1990–1997

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Neven Subotić2007–2020

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Dragan Holcer1975–1982

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Sepp Piontek1960–1972

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PR

Per Røntved1972–1979

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Kevin McKenna2007–2014

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Odilon Kossounou2021–2025

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PS

Paul Steiner1981–1991

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TH

Thomas Helveg2005–2007

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Jeff Strasser2002–2006

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Ludwig Goldbrunner1927–1945

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Michael Frontzeck1982–2000

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Leonardo Bonucci2023–2024

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Raphaël Guerreiro2023–2026

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Vratislav Greško1999–2009

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Viktor Skrypnyk1996–2004

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JH

Johnny Hansen1970–1976

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Joško Gvardiol2020–2023

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BK

Bernd Krauss1983–1990

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RR

Rolf Rüssmann1969–1980

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Philipp Max2014–2020

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SB

Spasoje Bulajič1998–2004

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Klaus-Dieter Sieloff1960–1974

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SD

Slobodan Dubajić1991–1996

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Aaron Mokoena1998–1999

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Roman Neustädter2006–2010

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JS

Jakob Streitle1936–1954

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Christopher Trimmel2014–

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Francisco Javier Rodríguez2011–2012

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Jan Heintze1996–1999

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Filip Daems2005–2015

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HN

Hans Nowak1958–1968

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Sigmund Haringer1928–1934

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Wilfried Hannes1975–1988

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Stefan Majewski1989–1993

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GS

Gerhard Strack1974–1985

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Leo Wilden1958–1969

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NE

Norbert Eder1984–1988

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Zlatko Čajkovski1955–1958

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Alpay Özalan2005–2007

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Thomas Schaaf1978–1995

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Christian Pander2003–2011

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Abdou Diallo2017–2023

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UB

Ulrich Borowka1980–1995

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Paweł Olkowski2014–

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Franco Foda1990–1996

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A knockout bracket: pick the winner of every matchup, round by round, until one is left.

The greatest defenders in Bundesliga history, by their honours.

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