| Place | Player | Matches | Goals | Penalties | First match | Last match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua Kimmich | 116 | 10 | 2 | 2016-05-29 | 2026-09-27 |
| 2 | Franz Beckenbauer | 103 | 14 | 0 | 1965-09-26 | 1977-02-23 |
| 3 | Michael Ballack | 98 | 42 | 10 | 1999-04-28 | 2010-03-03 |
| 4 | Andreas Brehme | 86 | 8 | 1 | 1984-02-15 | 1994-07-10 |
| 5 | Arne Friedrich | 82 | 1 | 0 | 2002-08-21 | 2011-06-03 |
| 6 | Karlheinz Forster | 81 | 2 | 0 | 1978-04-05 | 1986-06-29 |
| 7 | Torsten Frings | 79 | 10 | 4 | 2001-02-27 | 2009-02-11 |
| 8 | Jerome Boateng | 76 | 1 | 0 | 2009-10-10 | 2018-10-13 |
| 8 | Guido Buchwald | 76 | 4 | 0 | 1984-05-22 | 1994-07-10 |
| 10 | Hans-Peter Briegel | 72 | 4 | 0 | 1979-10-17 | 1986-06-29 |
| 11 | Oliver Bierhoff | 70 | 37 | 2 | 1996-02-21 | 2002-06-30 |
| 12 | Kai Havertz | 63 | 25 | 5 | 2018-09-09 | 2026-09-24 |
| 13 | Thomas Berthold | 62 | 1 | 0 | 1985-01-29 | 1994-12-18 |
| 13 | Serge Gnabry | 62 | 26 | 0 | 2016-11-11 | 2026-10-01 |
| 15 | Julian Draxler | 58 | 7 | 1 | 2012-05-26 | 2022-03-29 |
| 16 | Klaus Allofs | 56 | 17 | 0 | 1978-10-11 | 1988-03-31 |
| 17 | Rainer Bonhof | 53 | 9 | 4 | 1972-05-26 | 1981-01-07 |
| 17 | Bernard Dietz | 53 | 0 | 0 | 1974-12-22 | 1981-05-19 |
| 17 | Jonathan Tah | 53 | 1 | 0 | 2016-03-26 | 2026-09-27 |
| 20 | Markus Babbel | 51 | 1 | 0 | 1995-02-22 | 2000-06-17 |
| 21 | Herbert Erhardt | 50 | 1 | 0 | 1953-10-11 | 1962-09-30 |
| 22 | Paul Breitner | 48 | 10 | 4 | 1971-06-22 | 1982-07-11 |
| 22 | Emre Can | 48 | 2 | 0 | 2015-09-04 | 2024-09-10 |
| 22 | Julian Brandt | 48 | 3 | 0 | 2016-05-29 | 2024-11-19 |
| 22 | Florian Wirtz | 48 | 12 | 0 | 2021-09-02 | 2026-10-04 |
| 26 | Jamal Musiala | 46 | 10 | 0 | 2021-03-25 | 2026-06-29 |
| 27 | Klaus Fischer | 45 | 32 | 0 | 1977-04-27 | 1982-07-11 |
| 27 | Marc-Andre ter Stegen | 45 | 0 | 0 | 2012-05-26 | 2026-09-24 |
| 29 | Gerald Asamoah | 43 | 6 | 0 | 2001-05-29 | 2006-09-06 |
| 30 | Marco Bode | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1995-12-15 | 2002-06-30 |
| 30 | Bernd Cullmann | 40 | 6 | 0 | 1973-02-14 | 1980-06-22 |
| 30 | David Raum | 40 | 1 | 0 | 2021-09-05 | 2026-10-04 |
| 33 | Heinz Flohe | 39 | 8 | 0 | 1970-11-22 | 1978-06-14 |
| 34 | Fredi Bobic | 37 | 10 | 0 | 1994-10-12 | 2004-06-19 |
| 35 | Sebastian Deisler | 36 | 3 | 0 | 2000-02-23 | 2006-03-01 |
| 36 | Stefan Effenberg | 35 | 5 | 0 | 1991-06-05 | 1998-09-05 |
| 37 | Tim Borowski | 33 | 2 | 0 | 2002-08-21 | 2008-06-19 |
| 37 | Bernd Forster | 33 | 0 | 0 | 1979-05-22 | 1984-06-20 |
| 39 | Horst Eckel | 32 | 0 | 0 | 1952-11-09 | 1958-11-19 |
| 40 | Holger Badstuber | 31 | 1 | 0 | 2010-05-29 | 2015-03-25 |
| 40 | Dieter Eilts | 31 | 0 | 0 | 1993-12-18 | 1997-06-07 |
| 42 | Mario Basler | 30 | 2 | 0 | 1994-03-23 | 1998-11-18 |
| 42 | Nico Schlotterbeck | 30 | 1 | 0 | 2022-03-26 | 2026-09-24 |
| 44 | Frank Baumann | 28 | 2 | 0 | 1999-11-14 | 2005-03-26 |
| 44 | Edmund Conen | 28 | 27 | 1 | 1934-01-14 | 1942-05-03 |
| 46 | Klaus Augenthaler | 27 | 0 | 0 | 1983-10-05 | 1990-07-08 |
| 46 | Wolfgang Dremmler | 27 | 3 | 0 | 1981-01-07 | 1984-02-29 |
| 48 | Albert Brulls | 25 | 9 | 0 | 1959-10-04 | 1966-07-16 |
| 49 | Fabian Ernst | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2002-05-09 | 2006-03-22 |
| 49 | Erich Beer | 24 | 7 | 0 | 1975-05-17 | 1978-06-21 |