Manuel Neuer, Thomas Müller and the most decorated players in Bundesliga history
Bayern Munich’s 2025/26 Bundesliga title was the 13th of Manuel Neuer’s illustrious career, drawing him level with Thomas Müller as the most decorated player in German top-flight history. But who trails them? Read on to find out…
13 - Thomas Müller and Manuel Neuer
Müller and Neuer’s trophy cabinets are fit to burst, given they have to fit a baker’s dozen of Meisterschale. After making his debut during Wolfsburg's surprise 2008/09 title-winning campaign, Müller then played in every single game for his boyhood club the following term to pick up his first winner’s medal. A run of 11 straight titles between 2013 and 2023 earned him legendary status, which he capped off with one final celebration in 2025 after 150 goals in 503 Bundesliga appearances.
Neuer, meanwhile, is still at the club and could still add to his tally if he decides to play on beyond this campaign. The goalkeeper’s domination has been even more pronounced than Müller’s, with Neuer standing alongside his teammates on the top step of the podium in 13 of his 15 seasons in Bavaria following his switch from Schalke in 2011. The all-time record for clean sheets in a career spanning almost 550 Bundesliga appearances underlines his longevity and greatness.
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10 - Robert Lewandowski, Joshua Kimmich, David Alaba, Sven Ulreich
There is a sizeable gap between Müller, Neuer and the rest, but Lewandowski, Kimmich, Alaba and Ulreich have all still reached double figures. Of that group, Lewandowski is the only one to have won the Bundesliga with two different clubs, twice firing Borussia Dortmund to the title before sweeping everyone aside for Bayern between 2014 and 2022.
Alaba has won two La Ligas with Real Madrid since his exit, while, at the age of 31, Kimmich has plenty more time left to close in on the record considering he is nine years Neuer’s junior. Ulreich, meanwhile, has managed just 67 Bundesliga appearances, therefore averaging a title every 6.7 games. The majority of his time at Bayern has been spent as back-up to Neuer, but he stepped up to the plate in 2017/18, conceding just 26 times in 29 matches as the first-choice spent the majority of the campaign injured.
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9 - Kingsley Coman, Jérôme Boateng, Javi Martínez, Franck Ribéry
Four players have lifted the trophy on nine occasions. Interestingly, Coman had won the league in every season of his career across spells with Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Bayern, until Bayer Leverkusen broke that run in 2023/24. His last triumph came in 2024/25, prior to a switch to Al-Nassr in Saudi Arabia.
During his time at Bayern, Ribéry developed into one of the best players in the world, while Martínez and Boateng were key members of several Bayern sides that led the Bundesliga, including two treble-winning teams in 2013 and 2020.
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8 - Arjen Robben, Philipp Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Oliver Kahn, Mehmet Scholl
Two generations are included in this group. Kahn and Scholl were part of the team that cemented Bayern's return to the top of German football, with their best spell coming between 1998 and 2001 when they picked up three consecutive Meisterschale and also reached two Champions League finals.
Robben, Lahm and Schweinsteiger, meanwhile, were all a part of Bayern’s first-ever treble in 2012/13. The former’s wing partnership with Ribéry has become the stuff of Bundesliga legend, while Lahm was the captain of five title-winning seasons.
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7 - Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Alphonso Davies, Thiago Alcántara, Rafinha, Bernd Dreher, Alexander Zwickler, Lothar Matthäus, Klaus Augenthaler
No fewer than nine players have seven winners’ medals, with Goretzka, Gnabry and Davies amongst the current crop of victors. Meanwhile, Davies and Rafinha are the two non-European players with the most Bundesliga titles. Thiago was the metronome of the Bayern side for several years, from the Pep Guardiola days through to Hansi Flick.
Former Ballon d’Or winner Matthäus’ victories came across two spells and 12 years at Bayern, while goalkeeper Dreher featured even less frequently than Ulreich, making just 13 Bundesliga appearances for the record champions during two stints and nine years at the club. That's a trophy almost every other game he played.
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