Most Famous German Athletes
Germany has produced 1,452 notable athletes throughout history, led by Michael Schumacher. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
MS
Michael Schumacher German Driver Born 1969
#
1,148
LP
Lukas Podolski German Football Born 1985
#
1,311
BB
Boris Becker German Player Born 1967
#
1,316
MN
Manuel Neuer German Football Born 1986
#
2,743
MB
Michael Ballack German Football Born 1976
#
2,804
OK
Oliver Kahn German Football Born 1969
#
2,819
GM
Gerd Müller German Football Born 1945
#
3,131
KW
Katarina Witt German Skater Born 1965
#
3,753
EL
Emanuel Lasker German Chess 1868 – 1941
#
4,014
BS
Bastian Schweinsteiger German Football Born 1984
#
4,067
MS
Max Schmeling German Boxer 1905 – 2005
#
4,114
MG
Mario Götze German Football Born 1992
#
4,202
MK
Miroslav Klose German Football Born 1978
#
4,555
JK
Jürgen Klopp German Football Born 1967
#
5,168
TM
Thomas Müller German Football Born 1989
#
5,196
MG
Mario Gómez German Football Born 1985
#
6,180
MR
Marco Reus German Football Born 1989
#
6,414
JK
Jürgen Klinsmann German Football Born 1964
#
6,430
JL
Jens Lehmann German Football Born 1969
#
6,718
SM
Sepp Maier German Football Born 1944
#
8,710