Bundesliga top scorers since 2000
Top 20
Robert Lewandowski scored 312 Bundesliga goals across twelve seasons at Dortmund and Bayern Munich, and is 125 clear of the man in second. That second man is Claudio Pizarro, who scored 187 of them across twenty seasons and is the more remarkable entry of the two.
The top twenty from 2000/01 onward, which is where this dataset's German coverage starts. As with the other continental lists, treat it as a record of the last twenty-five seasons.
| # | Player | Goals |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert LewandowskiBayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund2010/11–2021/22 | 312 |
| 2 | Claudio PizarroWerder Bremen, Bayern Munich, Köln2000/01–2019/20 | 187 |
| 3 | Mario GómezStuttgart, Bayern Munich, Wolfsburg2003/04–2018/19 | 170 |
| 4 | Marco ReusBorussia Dortmund, Borussia Mönchengladbach2009/10–2023/24 | 156 |
| 5 | Thomas MüllerBayern Munich2008/09–2024/25 | 150 |
| 6 | Stefan KießlingBayer Leverkusen, Nürnberg2002/03–2017/18 | 144 |
| 7 | Andrej KramarićHoffenheim2015/16–2025/26 | 140 |
| 8 | Vedad IbiševićHertha BSC, Hoffenheim, Stuttgart + 1 more2006/07–2020/21 | 127 |
| 9 | Miroslav KloseWerder Bremen, Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich2000/01–2010/11 | 120 |
| 10 | Kevin KurányiSchalke 04, Stuttgart2001/02–2015/16 | 111 |
| 11 | Timo WernerRB Leipzig, Stuttgart2013/14–2025/26 | 102 |
| 12 | Arjen RobbenBayern Munich2009/10–2018/19 | 99 |
| 13 | Serge GnabryBayern Munich, Werder Bremen, Hoffenheim2016/17–2025/26 | 99 |
| 14 | Harry KaneBayern Munich2023/24–2025/26 | 98 |
| 15 | Pierre-Emerick AubameyangBorussia Dortmund2013/14–2017/18 | 98 |
| 16 | Max KruseWerder Bremen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Union Berlin + 3 more2007/08–2022/23 | 97 |
| 17 | Alexander MeierEintracht Frankfurt2001/02–2017/18 | 93 |
| 18 | Aílton GonçalvesWerder Bremen, Schalke 04, Hamburger SV + 1 more2000/01–2007/08 | 92 |
| 19 | Patrik SchickBayer Leverkusen, RB Leipzig2019/20–2025/26 | 90 |
| 20 | CacauStuttgart, Nürnberg2001/02–2013/14 | 89 |
Just outside. The next five are Nils Petersen (89), Anthony Modeste (85), Franck Ribéry (85), Lars Stindl (85) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (84).
What the table shows
It is the most Bayern-heavy of the four league tables and simultaneously the one with the most surprising middle. Andrej Kramarić is seventh with 140 goals for Hoffenheim, Stefan Kießling sixth on 144 mostly for Leverkusen, and Alexander Meier is on the list for a career spent almost entirely at Eintracht Frankfurt. None of the three ever played for the champions.
Pizarro is the entry worth pausing on. Twenty Bundesliga seasons across Werder Bremen, Bayern and Köln, still scoring at forty, and second on a list headed by one of the most prolific forwards in the sport's history. Longevity does not usually compete with peak output; here it very nearly does.