List of Bundesliga top scorers

Gerd Müller has scored the most goals in Bundesliga history with 365.

Since the Bundesliga's introduction at the beginning of the 1963–64 season, a total of 55 players have scored 100 or more goals in the competition. The most successful goalscorer is Gerd Müller, becoming the first player to score 100 Bundesliga goals in the 1969–70 season, finishing his career with 365 goals. Robert Lewandowski is the fastest foreign player to reach 100 goals. With the exception of Aílton, each of the players listed represented their national team at least once.

Gerd Müller has been the Bundesliga's top scorer since 1970. Previous record scorers were Lothar Emmerich (1966–70), Timo Konietzka (1965–66) and Uwe Seeler (1964–65).

The most recent player to score 100 goals in the Bundesliga was Andrej Kramarić, who scored his centennial goal on 20 May 2023. Of the active players still in the Bundesliga, Serge Gnabry is closest to making the list, with 88 goals.

Bundesliga players with 100 or more goals

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Key

Bold shows players still playing in the Bundesliga.
Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.

As of matches played 1 March 2025^[1]

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last	Club(s) (goals/apps)
1	Germany Gerd Müller	365	427	0.85	1965	1979	Bayern
2	Poland Robert Lewandowski	312	384	0.81	2010	2022	Dortmund (74/131), Bayern (238/253)
3	Germany Klaus Fischer	268	535	0.50	1968	1988	1860 Munich (28/60), Schalke (182/295), Köln (31/96), Bochum (27/84)
4	Germany Jupp Heynckes	220	369	0.60	1965	1978	M’gladbach (195/283), Hannover (25/86)
5	Germany Manfred Burgsmüller	213	447	0.48	1969	1990	Essen (32/74), Dortmund (135/224), Nürnberg (12/34), Bremen (34/115)
6	Peru Claudio Pizarro	197	490	0.40	1999	2020	Bremen (109/250), Bayern (87/224), Köln (1/16)
7	Germany Ulf Kirsten	181	350	0.52	1990	2003	Leverkusen
8	Germany Stefan Kuntz	179	449	0.40	1983	1999	Bochum (47/120), Uerdingen (32/94), K'lautern (75/170), Bielefeld (25/65)
9	Germany Dieter Müller	177	303	0.58	1973	1986	Offenbach (0/2), Köln (159/248), Stuttgart (14/30), Saarbrücken (4/23)
9	Germany Klaus Allofs	177	424	0.42	1975	1993	Düsseldorf (71/169), Köln (88/177), Bremen (18/78)
11	Germany Mario Gómez	170	328	0.52	2004	2019	Stuttgart (78/168), Bayern (75/115), Wolfsburg (17/45)
12	Germany Hannes Löhr	166	381	0.44	1964	1977	Köln
13	Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	162	310	0.52	1974	1984	Bayern
14	Germany Bernd Hölzenbein	160	420	0.38	1967	1981	Frankfurt
15	Germany Fritz Walter	157	348	0.45	1983	1996	Mannheim (55/129), Stuttgart (102/216), Bielefeld (0/3)
16	Germany Marco Reus	156	391	0.40	2009	2024	M’gladbach (36/97), Dortmund (120/294)
17	Germany Thomas Müller	150	494	0.30	2008	2025	Bayern
18	Germany Thomas Allofs	148	378	0.39	1978	1992	Düsseldorf (57/182), K'lautern (61/126), Köln (30/70)
19	Germany Stefan Kießling	144	403	0.36	2003	2018	Nürnberg (13/59), Leverkusen (131/344)
20	Germany Bernd Nickel	141	426	0.33	1968	1983	Frankfurt
21	Germany Uwe Seeler	137	239	0.57	1963	1972	Hamburg
22	Germany Horst Hrubesch	136	224	0.61	1975	1985	Essen (38/48), Hamburg (96/159), Dortmund (2/17)
23	Brazil Giovane Élber	133	260	0.51	1994	2005	Stuttgart (41/87), Bayern (92/169), M’gladbach (0/4)
24	Germany Rudi Völler	132	232	0.57	1980	1996	1860 Munich (9/33), Bremen (97/137), Leverkusen (26/62)
25	Germany Michael Zorc	131	463	0.28	1981	1998	Dortmund
26	Germany Karl Allgöwer	129	338	0.38	1980	1991	Stuttgart
27	Germany Dieter Hoeneß	127	288	0.44	1977	1987	Bayern (102/224), Stuttgart (25/64)
27	Bosnia and Herzegovina Vedad Ibišević	127	344	0.37	2006	2020	Aachen (6/24), Hoffenheim (43/92), Stuttgart (33/86), Hertha (45/138), Schalke (0/4)
29	Germany Martin Max	126	396	0.32	1989	2004	M’gladbach (22/142), Schalke (33/109), 1860 Munich (51/112), Rostock (20/33)
30	Germany Georg Volkert	125	410	0.30	1965	1981	Nürnberg (37/136), Hamburg (62/214), Stuttgart (26/60)
31	Germany Frank Mill	123	387	0.32	1976	1996	Essen (3/19), M’gladbach (71/153), Dortmund (47/187), Düsseldorf (2/28)
32	Croatia Andrej Kramarić	122	276	0.44	2016	2025	Hoffenheim
33	Germany Herbert Laumen	121	267	0.45	1965	1974	M’gladbach (97/186), Bremen (18/60), K'lautern (6/21)
	Germany Miroslav Klose	121	307	0.39	2000	2011	K'lautern (44/120), Bremen (53/89), Bayern (24/96)
	Germany Lothar Matthäus	121	464	0.26	1979	2000	M’gladbach (36/162), Bayern (85/302)
36	Germany Roland Wohlfarth	120	287	0.42	1981	1997	Duisburg (1/17), Bayern (119/254), Bochum (0/16)
37	Germany Bernd Rupp	119	274	0.43	1965	1974	M’gladbach (50/119), Bremen (23/58), Köln (46/97)
37	Germany Ronald Worm	119	380	0.31	1972	1985	Duisburg (71/231), Braunschweig (48/149)
39	Germany Pierre Littbarski	116	406	0.29	1978	1993	Köln
40	Germany Lothar Emmerich	115	183	0.63	1963	1969	Dortmund
41	Germany Reiner Geye	113	485	0.23	1971	1986	Düsseldorf (66/195), K'lautern (47/290)
42	Germany Kevin Kurányi	111	275	0.40	2001	2016	Stuttgart (40/99), Schalke (71/162), Hoffenheim (0/14)
43	Germany Jürgen Klinsmann	110	221	0.50	1984	1997	Stuttgart (79/156), Bayern (31/65)
43	Germany Andreas Möller	110	429	0.26	1986	2004	Frankfurt (33/115), Dortmund (71/228), Schalke (6/86)
45	Germany Jürgen Grabowski	109	441	0.25	1965	1980	Frankfurt
46	Germany Klaus Toppmöller	108	204	0.53	1973	1979	K'lautern
46	Germany Fredi Bobic	108	285	0.38	1994	2005	Stuttgart (69/148), Dortmund (17/56), Hannover (14/27), Hertha (8/54)
48	Germany Uwe Rahn	107	318	0.34	1980	1993	M’gladbach (81/227), Köln (13/43), Hertha (5/21), Düsseldorf (5/15), Frankfurt (3/12)
49	Brazil Aílton	106	219	0.48	1998	2007	Bremen (88/169), Schalke (14/29), Hamburg (3/13), Duisburg (1/8)
	Switzerland Stéphane Chapuisat	106	228	0.46	1991	1999	Uerdingen (4/10), Dortmund (102/218)
	Germany Christian Schreier	106	331	0.32	1981	1992	Bochum (35/98), Leverkusen (63/203), Düsseldorf (8/30)
52	Germany Bruno Labbadia	103	328	0.31	1987	2000	Hamburg (11/41), K'lautern (20/67), Bayern (28/82), Köln (15/41), Bremen (18/63), Bielefeld (11/34)
53	Germany Timo Werner	102	257	0.40	2013	2023	Stuttgart (13/95), Leipzig (89/162)
54	Germany Marco Bode	101	379	0.27	1989	2002	Bremen
55	Germany Thomas von Heesen	100	378	0.26	1980	1997	Hamburg (99/368), Bielefeld (1/10)
Minimum 100 goals

Most Bundesliga goals by club

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Current Bundesliga clubs and players are shown in bold.

As of matches played 1 March 2025.^[1]

Rank	Club	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	First	Last
1	Bayern Munich	Germany Gerd Müller	365	427	0.85	1965	1979
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	Germany Jupp Heynckes	195	283	0.69	1965	1978
3	Schalke 04	Germany Klaus Fischer	182	295	0.62	1970	1981
4	Bayer Leverkusen	Germany Ulf Kirsten	181	350	0.52	1990	2003
5	1. FC Köln	Germany Hannes Löhr	166	381	0.44	1964	1977
6	Eintracht Frankfurt	Germany Bernd Hölzenbein	160	420	0.38	1967	1981
7	Hamburger SV	Germany Uwe Seeler	137	239	0.57	1963	1972
8	Borussia Dortmund	Germany Manfred Burgsmüller	135	224	0.60	1976	1983
9	VfB Stuttgart	Germany Karl Allgöwer	129	338	0.38	1980	1991
10	TSG Hoffenheim	Croatia Andrej Kramarić	122	276	0.44	2016	2025
11	Werder Bremen	Peru Claudio Pizarro	109	250	0.44	1999	2020
12	1. FC Kaiserslautern	Germany Klaus Toppmöller	108	204	0.53	1973	1979
13	RB Leipzig	Germany Timo Werner	89	162	0.55	2016	2023
14	Hertha BSC	Germany Michael Preetz	84	196	0.43	1997	2003
14	Eintracht Braunschweig	Germany Lothar Ulsaß	84	201	0.42	1964	1971
16	Rot-Weiss Essen	Netherlands Willi Lippens	79	172	0.46	1966	1976
17	1. FC Nürnberg	Germany Heinz Strehl	76	174	0.44	1963	1969
18	Hannover 96	Germany Hans Siemensmeyer	72	278	0.26	1965	1974
19	Fortuna Düsseldorf	Germany Klaus Allofs	71	169	0.42	1975	1981
19	MSV Duisburg	Germany Ronnie Worm	71	231	0.31	1972	1979
21	SC Freiburg	Germany Nils Petersen	69	216	0.32	2015	2023
22	VfL Wolfsburg	Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko	66	111	0.59	2007	2010
22	1860 Munich	Germany Rudolf Brunnenmeier	66	119	0.55	1963	1968
24	VfL Bochum	Germany Hans-Joachim Abel	60	144	0.42	1977	1982
25	Bayer Uerdingen	Germany Friedhelm Funkel	59	254	0.23	1975	1989
26	Waldhof Mannheim	Germany Fritz Walter	55	129	0.43	1983	1987
27	Kickers Offenbach	Germany Erwin Kostedde	52	93	0.56	1972	1975
28	Arminia Bielefeld	Poland Artur Wichniarek	45	152	0.30	1999	2009
29	Wuppertaler SV	Germany Günter Pröpper	39	87	0.45	1972	1975
29	Wattenscheid 09	Senegal Souleyman Sané	39	117	0.33	1990	1994
31	FC Augsburg	Iceland Alfreð Finnbogason	37	115	0.32	2016	2022
	Karlsruher SC	Germany Emanuel Günther	37	126	0.29	1980	1985
	Mainz 05	Germany Jonathan Burkardt	37	127	0.29	2018	2025
34	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen	Germany Lothar Kobluhn	36	107	0.34	1969	1973
35	Hansa Rostock	Sweden Magnus Arvidsson	27	155	0.17	1999	2005
36	FC St. Pauli	Germany André Golke	25	98	0.26	1988	1991
Minimum 25 goals

References

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^ ^a ^b "Bundesliga – All-time Topscorers". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 13 May 2020.

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