List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

Statistics include all competitive matches since the formation of the Bundesliga in August 1963. Current Schalke 04 players are shown in bold.

• BL = Bundesliga (1963–1981, 1982–83, 1984–1988, 1991–)
• 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga (1981–82, 1983–84, 1988–1991)
• Cup = DFB-Pokal (1963–)
• EC = European competitions: Champions League (2001–2019), UEFA Cup / Europa League (1976–2017), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–1973)
• OtC = Other competitions: DFL-Supercup (2010–2011), DFL-Ligapokal (1998–2007), UI Cup (2003–2004), Bundesliga Relegation play-offs (1983)

Correct as of 7 February 2021.

Players are sorted by number of total appearances, then by number of Bundesliga appearances.

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100

Name Nat First Last Sea Pos BL 2.BL Cup EC OtC Total Klaus Fichtel 1965 1988 19 DF 477 – 52 20 7 556 Norbert Nigbur 1966 1982 14 GK 355 38 41 12 9 455 Olaf Thon 1983 2002 13 DF 295 38 29 22 – 384 Gerald Asamoah 1999 2013 12 FW 279 – 30 51 21 381 Rolf Rüssmann 1969 1980 12 DF 304 – 42 19 10 375 Ingo Anderbrügge 1988 1999 12 MF 216 100 22 16 1 355 Herbert Lütkebohmert 1968 1979 11 MF 286 – 39 19 7 351 Klaus Fischer 1970 1981 12 FW 295 – 39 9 6 349 Benedikt Höwedes 2007 2017 10 DF 240 – 27 66 2 335 Andreas Müller 1988 2000 12 MF 200 86 19 18 – 323 Jens Lehmann 1988 1998 10 GK 200 74 19 19 – 312 Jiří Němec 1993 2002 9 MF 256 – 24 25 2 307 Mike Büskens 1992 2002 11 MF 257 – 21 23 1 302 Thomas Kruse 1978 1988 10 DF 199 63 22 – 1 285 Ebbe Sand 1999 2006 7 FW 214 – 25 31 12 282 Helmut Kremers 1971 1980 9 MF 226 – 27 15 6 274 Yves Eigenrauch 1990 2001 11 DF 229 7 20 12 1 269 Erwin Kremers 1971 1978 8 FW 212 – 27 15 6 260 Joël Matip 2009 2016 7 DF 194 – 16 46 2 258 Mathias Schipper 1976 1988 10 DF 189 32 31 4 2 258 Ralf Fährmann 2008 2021 9 GK 191 – 18 40 1 250 Michael Opitz 1980 1988 9 MF 158 66 20 – 2 246 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2010 2021 8 FW 176 – 15 49 1 241 Jürgen Sobieray 1969 1979 9 DF 210 – 21 8 – 239 Michael Prus 1986 1996 11 DF 120 100 19 – – 239 Rüdiger Abramczik 1973 1987 8 FW 202 – 23 10 – 235 Ulrich Bittcher 1976 1983 8 MF 168 38 22 4 2 234 Levan Kobiashvili 2003 2009 7 MF 168 – 13 35 17 233 Marcelo Bordon 2004 2010 6 DF 168 – 19 36 8 231 Hans-Jürgen Becher 1963 1971 8 DF 201 – 22 6 – 229 Jefferson Farfán 2008 2015 7 FW 170 – 17 40 1 228 Reinhard Libuda 1963 1974 8 FW 190 – 28 7 – 225 Radoslav Látal 1994 2001 7 MF 187 – 17 20 1 225 Bernd Thiele 1973 1982 9 DF 162 27 17 9 – 215 Kevin Kurányi 2005 2010 5 FW 162 – 14 29 4 209 Thomas Linke 1992 1998 6 DF 175 – 12 18 – 205 Jürgen Luginger 1988 1994 6 MF 83 108 13 – – 204 Klaus Scheer 1969 1975 6 MF 165 – 23 9 6 203 Manuel Neuer 2006 2011 5 GK 156 – 16 27 4 203 Youri Mulder 1993 2002 9 FW 177 – 13 12 – 202 Rafinha 2005 2010 5 DF 153 – 13 31 1 198 Frank Rost 2002 2006 5 GK 130 – 14 34 18 196 Friedel Rausch 1963 1971 8 DF 170 – 20 4 – 194 Marco van Hoogdalem 1997 2003 7 DF 151 – 18 20 4 193 Max Meyer 2013 2018 6 MF 146 – 12 34 – 192 Jermaine Jones 2007 2013 6 MF 129 – 17 37 2 185 Tomasz Wałdoch 1999 2006 7 DF 141 – 18 14 11 184 Mladen Krstajić 2004 2009 5 DF 131 – 13 28 11 183 Marc Wilmots 1996 2003 6 MF 138 – 14 26 – 178 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1999 2005 6 MF 134 – 16 16 7 173 Julian Draxler 2011 2015 6 MF 119 – 12 38 1 170 Walter Junghans 1982 1987 5 GK 110 38 18 – 2 168 Nico van Kerckhoven 1998 2004 6 DF 134 – 16 9 5 164 Gerhard Neuser 1965 1970 5 MF 143 – 12 7 – 162 Christian Poulsen 2002 2006 4 MF 111 – 12 29 10 162 Roman Neustädter 2012 2016 4 MF 122 – 7 32 – 161 Hamit Altıntop 2003 2007 4 MF 113 – 10 21 16 160 Bernard Dietz 1982 1986 5 DF 101 34 21 – 2 158 Matija Nastasić 2015 2021 7 DF 122 – 17 18 – 157 Hans Bongartz 1974 1978 4 MF 131 – 17 8 – 156 Peter Sendscheid 1989 1994 6 FW 80 69 6 – – 155 Heinz van Haaren 1968 1972 4 MF 126 – 20 8 – 154 Atsuto Uchida 2010 2016 6 DF 104 – 8 40 1 153 Michael Jakobs 1983 1988 5 DF 97 37 15 – – 149 Leon Goretzka 2013 2018 5 MF 116 – 9 22 – 147 Fabian Ernst 2005 2009 4 MF 106 – 7 28 5 146 Manfred Drexler 1979 1984 5 MF 67 62 13 – 2 144 Hartmut Huhse 1971 1975 4 DF 113 – 15 6 8 142 Darío Rodríguez 2002 2007 6 DF 102 – 9 24 7 142 Tomasz Hajto 2000 2004 4 DF 104 – 13 16 8 141 Bernd Dierßen 1983 1987 4 MF 87 37 15 – – 139 Alessandro Schöpf 2016 2021 6 MF 107 – 15 16 – 138 Sven Vermant 2001 2005 4 MF 98 – 12 15 13 138 Klaus Täuber 1983 1987 4 FW 88 37 13 – – 138 Christian Fuchs 2011 2015 4 MF 99 – 7 29 1 136 Ivan Rakitić 2007 2011 4 MF 97 – 15 19 4 135 Martin Max 1995 1999 4 FW 109 – 5 18 1 133 Oliver Reck 1998 2002 5 GK 112 – 13 6 1 132 Jörg Böhme 2000 2004 5 MF 101 – 12 10 8 131 Daniel Caligiuri 2017 2020 4 MF 108 – 11 11 – 130 Aleksandr Borodyuk 1989 1993 5 FW 63 61 6 – – 130 Sead Kolašinac 2012 2021 6 DF 99 – 7 23 – 129 Halil Altıntop 2006 2009 4 FW 96 – 11 17 5 129 Marco Höger 2011 2016 5 MF 88 – 8 30 1 127 Manfred Pohlschmidt 1967 1971 4 FW 106 – 12 7 – 125 Günter Güttler 1990 1994 4 DF 85 34 6 – – 125 Benjamin Stambouli 2016 2021 5 DF 96 – 12 16 – 124 Heiko Westermann 2007 2010 3 DF 92 – 11 18 2 123 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 1967 1971 4 MF 101 – 15 6 – 122 Günther Herrmann 1963 1967 4 MF 110 – 9 – – 119 Guido Burgstaller 2017 2020 4 FW 95 – 13 11 – 119 Gustavo Varela 2002 2008 6 MF 82 – 9 19 8 118 Günter Schlipper 1989 1992 5 MF 33 78 7 – – 118 Lincoln 2004 2007 3 MF 83 – 9 19 6 117 Bastian Oczipka 2017 2021 4 DF 101 – 13 2 – 116 Klaus Senger 1966 1971 6 DF 102 – 8 3 – 113 Andreas Möller 2000 2003 3 MF 86 – 14 8 4 112 Oliver Held 1995 2001 6 MF 96 – 6 8 – 110 Sven Kmetsch 1998 2003 5 MF 88 – 8 9 3 108 Christian Pander 2002 2011 7 MF 78 – 9 14 7 108

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Players are sorted by number of total goals, then by goals per game (Ø).

Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50

Name Nat First Last Pos BL 2.BL Cup EC OtC Total Ø Klaus Fischer 1970 1981 FW 182 (295) – 34 (39) 07 0(9) 3 0(6) 226 (349) 0.65 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2010 2021 FW 082 (176) – 13 (15) 31 (49) 0 0(1) 126 (241) 0.52 Ebbe Sand 1999 2006 FW 073 (214) – 18 (25) 10 (31) 3 (12) 104 (282) 0.37 Ingo Anderbrügge 1988 1999 MF 046 (216) 36 (100) 05 (22) 01 (16) 0 0(1) 088 (355) 0.25 Kevin Kurányi 2005 2010 FW 071 (162) – 08 (14) 07 (29) 1 0(4) 087 (209) 0.42 Olaf Thon 1983 2002 DF 052 (295) 14 0(38) 08 (29) 01 (22) – 075 (384) 0.20 Klaus Täuber 1983 1987 FW 039 0(88) 19 0(37) 06 (13) – – 064 (138) 0.46 Gerald Asamoah 1999 2013 FW 044 (279) – 12 (30) 05 (51) 3 (21) 064 (381) 0.17 Helmut Kremers 1971 1980 FW 045 (226) – 12 (27) 01 (15) 1 0(6) 059 (274) 0.22 Rüdiger Abramczik 1973 1987 FW 044 (202) – 10 (23) 04 (10) – 058 (235) 0.25 Erwin Kremers 1971 1978 MF 050 (212) – 02 (27) 02 (15) 0 0(6) 054 (260) 0.21 Jefferson Farfán 2008 2015 FW 039 (170) – 08 (17) 06 (40) 0 0(1) 053 (228) 0.23 Klaus Scheer 1969 1975 MF 038 (165) – 05 (23) 03 0(9) 2 0(6) 048 (203) 0.24 Peter Sendscheid 1989 1994 FW 018 0(80) 28 0(69) 00 0(6) – – 046 (155) 0.30 Rolf Rüssmann 1969 1980 DF 030 (304) – 09 (42) 02 (19) 5 (10) 046 (375) 0.12 Youri Mulder 1993 2002 FW 033 (177) – 07 (13) 04 (12) – 044 (202) 0.22 Aleksandr Borodyuk 1989 1993 FW 012 0(63) 29 0(61) 01 0(6) – – 042 (130) 0.32 Raúl 2010 2012 FW 028 0(66) – 03 0(7) 09 (23) 0 0(2) 040 0(98) 0.41 Martin Max 1995 1999 FW 033 (109) – 02 0(5) 04 (18) 0 0(1) 039 (133) 0.29 Marc Wilmots 1996 2003 MF 027 (138) – 02 (14) 09 (26) – 038 (178) 0.21 Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp 1967 1971 MF 030 (101) – 06 (15) 01 0(6) – 037 (122) 0.30 Manfred Drexler 1979 1984 MF 008 0(67) 20 0(62) 05 (13) – 2 0(2) 035 (144) 0.24 Émile Mpenza 2000 2003 FW 028 0(79) – 03 0(8) 02 0(7) 0 0(2) 033 0(96) 0.34 Herbert Lütkebohmert 1968 1979 MF 028 (286) – 03 (39) 01 (19) 1 0(7) 033 (351) 0.09 Guido Burgstaller 2017 2020 FW 024 0(95) – 04 (13) 04 (11) – 032 (119) 0.27 Andreas Müller 1988 2000 MF 017 (200) 13 0(86) 02 (19) 00 (18) – 032 (323) 0.10 Lincoln 2004 2007 MF 020 0(83) – 04 0(9) 07 (19) 0 0(6) 031 (117) 0.26 Manfred Pohlschmidt 1967 1971 FW 026 (106) – 05 (12) 00 0(7) – 031 (125) 0.25 Jörg Böhme 2000 2004 MF 023 (101) – 07 (12) 00 (10) 1 0(8) 031 (131) 0.24 Ulrich Bittcher 1976 1983 MF 019 (168) 10 0(38) 02 (22) 00 0(4) 0 0(2) 031 (234) 0.13 Julian Draxler 2011 2015 MF 018 (119) – 05 (12) 07 (38) 0 0(1) 030 (170) 0.18 Hans-Joachim Abel 1982 1984 FW 009 0(33) 14 0(30) 06 0(8) – 0 0(2) 029 0(73) 0.40 Hans Bongartz 1974 1978 MF 024 (131) – 02 (17) 02 0(8) – 028 (156) 0.18 Günther Herrmann 1963 1967 MF 022 (110) – 05 0(9) – – 027 (119) 0.23 Reinhard Libuda 1963 1974 FW 020 (190) – 03 (28) 03 0(7) – 026 (225) 0.12 Waldemar Gerhardt 1963 1965 FW 020 0(52) – 05 0(6) – – 025 0(58) 0.43 Gerhard Neuser 1965 1970 MF 019 (143) – 06 (12) 00 0(7) – 025 (162) 0.15 Frank Hartmann 1984 1986 MF 020 0(52) – 04 0(5) – – 024 0(57) 0.42 Nico Braun 1971 1973 FW 014 0(35) – 03 0(6) 02 0(4) 4 0(7) 023 0(52) 0.44 Mike Hanke 2002 2005 FW 007 0(58) – 04 0(8) 09 (13) 3 0(8) 023 0(87) 0.26 Joël Matip 2009 2016 DF 017 (194) – 02 (16) 04 (46) 0 0(2) 023 (258) 0.09 Benedikt Höwedes 2007 2017 DF 012 (240) – 05 (27) 06 (66) 0 0(2) 023 (335) 0.07 Eric M. Choupo-Moting 2014 2017 FW 018 0(82) – 00 0(5) 04 (19) – 022 (106) 0.21 Halil Altıntop 2006 2009 FW 016 0(96) – 03 (11) 02 (17) 1 0(5) 022 (129) 0.17 Max Meyer 2013 2018 MF 017 (146) – 02 (12) 03 (34) – 022 (192) 0.11 Klaus Matischak 1963 1964 FW 018 0(22) – 03 0(3) – – 021 0(25) 0.84 Daniel Caligiuri 2017 2020 MF 017 (108) – 03 (11) 01 (11) – 021 (130) 0.16 Aílton 2004 2005 FW 014 0(29) – 01 0(2) 01 0(7) 4 0(6) 020 0(44) 0.45 Victor Agali 2001 2004 FW 014 0(54) – 01 0(5) 01 0(7) 4 0(8) 020 0(74) 0.27 Manfred Kreuz 1963 1968 FW 017 0(83) – 02 0(8) – – 019 0(91) 0.21

Youngest and oldest

• Youngest player: Volker Abramczik – 17 years, 95 days (30 August 1981, DFB-Pokal)
• Youngest league player: Olaf Thon – 17 years, 96 days (5 August 1983, 2. Bundesliga)
• Youngest Bundesliga player: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 117 days (15 January 2011)
• Youngest goalscorer: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 127 days (25 January 2011, DFB-Pokal)
• Youngest league goalscorer: Olaf Thon – 17 years, 132 days (10 September 1983, 2. Bundesliga)
• Youngest Bundesliga goalscorer: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 193 days (1 April 2011)
• Oldest player: Klaus Fichtel – 43 years, 184 days (21 May 1988, Bundesliga, also league record)
• Oldest goalscorer: Oliver Reck – 36 years, 347 days (9 February 2002, Bundesliga)

Goals

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 48 (2011–12)
• Most league goals in a season: Klaus Fischer – 29 (1975–76, Bundesliga) and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 29 (2011–12, Bundesliga)
• Most goals scored in a match: Klaus Scheer – 5 (1 September 1971, Bundesliga)
• Most penalty goals scored: Ingo Anderbrügge – 28 (of 33, 20 of 25 in Bundesliga)

Goalkeeping

• Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: Jens Lehmann – 597 (30 November 1996 – 15 March 1997, Bundesliga)
• Most penalties saved: Norbert Nigbur – 18 (of 51, 16 of 42 in Bundesliga)

Internationals

• Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Jiří Němec – 64 (1994 – 2001, Czech Republic)
• Most international caps for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Benedikt Höwedes – 44 (2011 – 2017)
• Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 26 (2010 – 2015, Netherlands)
• Most international goals for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Klaus Fischer – 23 (1977 – 1981)
• World Cup winners: Benedikt Höwedes (2014, appeared in final), Julian Draxler (2014), Norbert Nigbur (1974, did not play), Helmut Kremers (1974, did not play)
• European Championship winners: Erwin Kremers (1972, appeared in final), Bent Christensen (1992, Denmark)

Transfers

• Highest transfer fee paid: Breel Embolo – €26.5 million (2016)
• Highest transfer fee received: Leroy Sané – €50.5 million (2016)

Statistics include all competitive matches from 1920 until 1963, except if a player ended his Schalke 04 career after 1963, then all his matches are considered.

• GLW = Gauliga Westfalen (1933–1945)
• OLW = Oberliga West (1947–1963)
• OtL = Other leagues: Emscher-Kreisliga (1921–1926), Gauliga Ruhr (1926–1933), Landesliga Westfalen (1945–1947), Bundesliga (1963–)
• GC = German championship (1927–1962)
• Cup = Tschammer-Pokal (1935–1943), DFB-Pokal (1952–)
• EC = European competitions: European Cup (1958–59), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–70)
• OtC = Other competitions: Western German championship (1927–1933), Westphalian Cup (1943–1944), British zone championship (1947), Oberliga relegation play-offs (1949), Western German Cup (1953–1963), i.a.

Youngest and oldest

• Youngest player: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen)
• Youngest goalscorer: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen)
• Oldest player: Ernst Kuzorra – 43 years, 92 days (16 January 1949, Oberliga West)
• Oldest goalscorer: Ernst Kuzorra – 41 years, 333 days (14 September 1947, Oberliga West)

Goals

• Most goals in a season in all competitions: Hermann Eppenhoff – 42 (1940–41)
• Most league goals in a season: Ernst Kuzorra – 34 (1929–30, Gauliga Ruhr)
• Most Gauliga Westfalen goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 28 (1940–41)
• Most Oberliga West goals in a season: Hans Kleina – 23 (1950–51)
• Most German championship goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 13 (1941)
• Most goals scored in a match: Herbert Burdenski – 8 (23 February 1947, Landesliga Westfalen)
• Most goals scored in a German championship match: Ernst Kalwitzki – 5 (18 June 1939, final)

Internationals

• First international cap as a Schalke 04 player: Ernst Kuzorra – 20 November 1927
• Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Fritz Szepan – 34 (1929 – 1939)
• Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Adolf Urban – 11 (1935 – 1942)
• World Cup winner: Bernhard Klodt (1954)

Matches

• Record league win: 7–0 vs. FC Bayern Munich (a), Bundesliga, 9 October 1976
• Record league home win: 6–0 each vs. SpVgg Bayreuth, 24 October 1981; SC Freiburg, 29 October 1983 and Darmstadt 98, 10 March 1984; all 2. Bundesliga
• Record Bundesliga home win: 6–1 each vs. Kickers Offenbach, 4 October 1972; Fortuna Köln, 2 March 1974 and Borussia Dortmund, 10 December 1985
• Record league home goals scored: 7–4 vs. Bayer Leverkusen, 11 Februar 2006
• Record DFB-Pokal win: 11–1 vs. FC Teningen (a), 31 July 2011
• Record DFB-Pokal final win: 5–0 each vs. 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1 July 1972 and MSV Duisburg, 21 May 2011
• Record European win: 6–1 vs. HJK Helsinki (h), Europa League, 25 August 2011
• Record Champions League win: 4–0 vs. RCD Mallorca (a), 16 October 2001
• Record Revierderby win: 6–1 vs. Borussia Dortmund (h), Bundesliga, 10 December 1985
• Record defeat: 0–11 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (a), Bundesliga, 7 January 1967

League

• Most league wins in a season: 24 (Bundesliga, 1971–72, 34 games)
• Most league goals scored in a season: 95 (2. Bundesliga, 1983–84, 38 games)
• Most Bundesliga goals scored in a season: 77 (1976–77, 34 games)
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 29 (2. Bundesliga, 1990–91, 38 games)
• Fewest Bundesliga goals conceded in a season: 31 each (2005–06 and 2009–10, 34 games)
• Most consecutive league wins: 6 each (Bundesliga, 2004–05 md 7–12, 2006–07 md 16–21, 2017–18 md 23–28 and 2. Bundesliga, 1990–91 md 3–8)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat: 14 (Bundesliga, 1976–77 md 29 – 1977–78 md 8)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat within a season: 13 each (Bundesliga, 1997–98 md 16–28 and 2006–07 md 10–22)
• Most consecutive league matches without a win: 30 (Bundesliga, 2019–20 md 19 – 2020–21 md 14)

Matches

• Record league win: 20–0 vs. SpVgg Herten (a), Landesliga Westfalen, 23 February 1947
• Record league home win: 15–1 vs. Union Recklinghausen, Gauliga Westfalen, 16 February 1936
• Record Oberliga West win: 8–0 vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach (h), 24. September 1950
• Record German championship win: 16–0 vs. CSC 03 Kassel (h), 16 June 1940
• Record German championship final win: 9–0 vs. Admira Vienna (in Berlin), 18. June 1939
• Record DFB-Pokal win: 13–0 vs. VfvB Alsum (a), 20. August 1939
• Record European win: 5–2 vs. KB Copenhagen (h), European Cup, 18 September 1958
• Record Revierderby win: 10–0 vs. Borussia Dortmund (h), Gauliga Westfalen, 20 October 1940

League

• Most league wins in a season: 21 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1940–41, 22 games)
• Most league goals scored in a season: 103 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1936–37, 18 games)
• Fewest league goals conceded in a season: 10 each (Gauliga Westfalen, 1934–35, 1937–38, 1941–42 and 1943–44, 18 games each)
• Most consecutive league wins: 26 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1935–36 md 4 – 1936–37 md 11)
• Most consecutive league wins with a season: 16 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1942–43 md 3–18)
• Most consecutive league matches without a defeat: 84 (Gauliga Westfalen, 1934–35 md 18 – 1939–40 md 11)