Top all-time Bundesliga defenders
The greatest defenders in Bundesliga history, by their honours. Rank the top all-time Bundesliga defenders, 1 to 100.
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Franz BeckenbauerDF · MUN
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Per MertesackerDF · SVW
Jürgen KloppFW/DF · M05
Jürgen KohlerDF · MUN
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Jérôme BoatengDF · MUN
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Berti VogtsDF · BMG
Joshua KimmichMF/DF · MUN
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Mats HummelsDF · MUN
Guido BuchwaldDF · VFB
Georg SchwarzenbeckDF · MUN
Olaf ThonMF/DF · S04
Horst-Dieter HöttgesDF · SVW
Klaus AugenthalerDF · MUN
Lucas HernandezDF · MUN
Daniel Van BuytenDF · MUN
Jonathan TahDF · B04
JuanDF · B04
Robert KovačDF · B04
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Nico ElvediDF · BMG
Jonas HectorDF · KOE
Willy SagnolDF · MUN
KFKarlheinz Förster
DF · VFB
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Mladen KrstajićDF · S04
Michal KadlecDF · B04
Kō ItakuraDF · BMG
Hany RamzyDF · SVW
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Antonio RüdigerDF · VFB
Karl-Heinz SchnellingerDF · KOE
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Julian RyersonDF · FCU
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Willi OrbanDF · RBL
Uli StielikeMF/DF · BMG
HPHans Pflügler
DF · MUN
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Morten OlsenDF · KOE
Fernando MeiraDF · VFB
Mišo BrečkoDF · KOE
Paul StalteriDF · SVW
Niklas MoisanderDF · SVW
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Helmut KremersDF · S04
Miloš VeljkovićDF · SVW
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Philipp LienhartDF · SCF
Bernard DietzDF · S04
Andreas BrehmeDF · MUN
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Wolfgang WeberDF · KOE
Roque JúniorDF · B04
Lukas KlostermannDF · RBL
Tomasz WałdochDF · S04
Frank BaumannMF/DF · SVW
Martin StranzlDF · BMG
BFBernd Förster
DF · VFB
HBHans Bauer
DF · MUN
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Dennis AogoDF · SCF
Serdar TaşçıDF · VFB
Edson BraafheidDF · TSG
BŽBoris Živković
DF · B04
Marko RehmerDF · FCU
Neven SubotićDF · M05
Dragan HolcerDF · VFB
Sepp PiontekDF · SVW
PRPer Røntved
DF · SVW
Kevin McKennaFW/DF · KOE
Odilon KossounouDF · B04
PSPaul Steiner
DF · KOE
THThomas Helveg
DF · BMG
Jeff StrasserDF · BMG
Ludwig GoldbrunnerDF · MUN
Michael FrontzeckDF · BMG
Leonardo BonucciDF · FCU
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Raphaël GuerreiroDF · MUN
Vratislav GreškoDF · B04
Viktor SkrypnykDF · SVW
JHJohnny Hansen
DF · MUN
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Joško GvardiolDF · RBL
BKBernd Krauss
DF · BMG
RRRolf Rüssmann
DF · S04
Philipp MaxDF · FCA
SBSpasoje Bulajič
DF · KOE
Klaus-Dieter SieloffDF · VFB
SDSlobodan Dubajić
DF · VFB
Aaron MokoenaDF · B04
Roman NeustädterMF/DF · S04
JSJakob Streitle
DF · MUN
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Christopher TrimmelDF · FCU
Francisco Javier RodríguezDF · VFB
Jan HeintzeDF · B04
Filip DaemsDF · BMG
HNHans Nowak
DF · S04
Sigmund HaringerDF · MUN
Wilfried HannesDF · BMG
Stefan MajewskiDF · SCF
GSGerhard Strack
DF · KOE
Leo WildenDF · KOE
NENorbert Eder
DF · MUN
Zlatko ČajkovskiDF · KOE
Alpay ÖzalanDF · KOE
Thomas SchaafDF · SVW
Christian PanderDF · S04
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Abdou DialloDF · M05
UBUlrich Borowka
DF · SVW
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Paweł OlkowskiMF/DF · KOE
Franco FodaDF · B04
Top all-time Bundesliga defenders — November 2026
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