Since its inception in 1963, the Bundesliga has been the home of some of the greatest goalscorers in football. Gerd Müller is the most successful player in the history of the league. His 365 goals seem impeccable, but Robert Lewandowski is now in second place and has not yet finished.

1. Gerd Müller

Club: Bayern Munich
Goals: 365
Games: 427
Minutes per goal: 105

Gerd’Der Bomber’ Müller broke the record in the Bundesliga against Bayern. It is very likely that his 365 goals will remain unbeaten forever, but what is even more impressive is the speed at which he continues to score over such a long period of time.

In the course of 14 seasons, the four-time Bundesliga champion averaged one goal every 105 minutes and won the coveted Torgecano five times in an unprecedented manner. In the 1971/72 season, he set a single-season scoring record 40 times-even though he missed three penalty kicks.

2. Robert Lewandowski

Club: Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
Goals: 290
Games: 361
Minutes per goal: 100

Lewandowski’s Bundesliga story is far from over, so it is expected that more records will decline in the next few years. The Poland international has scored more goals than any other non-German player in the history of the Bundesliga, and is the first person to win the top scorer cannon four times in a row.

He made history and broke the 49 year old Bombers’ best record of 40 league goals in a single season. He scored 41 goals in the outstanding performance of the 2020/21 season. Klaus Fisher jumped to second place with 268 goals in Bayern’s 26th round victory over Stuttgart.

3. Klaus Fischer

Club: 1860 Munich, Schalke, Cologne, Bochum
Goals: 268
Games: 535
Minutes per goal: 173

Fisher’s longevity in the Bundesliga ended his 19-year career, becoming one of 11 players in the league with more than 500 appearances. Among the respected members of this group, he scored the most goals so far, but only once became the league’s top scorer (1975/76).

He has scored at least 20 goals in six seasons. Although he is known for over headers, perhaps his greatest moment was when Schalke scored 4 goals in a 7-0 victory over Bayern.

4. Jupp Heynckes

Club: Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hannover
Goals: 220
Games: 369
Minutes per goal: 147

After leading Bayern to the Triple Crown in 2013 and now known as one of the greatest coaches in the history of German football, Jupp Heynckes first began his life in the Bundesliga as a goal machine on the pitch. As a boy from Monchengladbach through and through, he spent his entire successful career with the Colts, staying in Hannover for two years.

Heynckes was a key figure in Gladbach’s golden age, winning four Bundesliga titles in the 1970s. He won Torjägerkanone twice, as well as raised the DFB Cup (1973) and the UEFA Cup (1975). During this decade, he also won FIFA World Cup (1974) and UEFA Cup (1972) championship medals with Germany.

5. Manfred Burgsmüller

Club: Rot-Weiß Essen, Borussia Dortmund, Nuremberg, Werder Bremen
Goals: 213
Games: 447
Minutes per goal: 168

Manny Bergsmuller may be the most underrated striker in Bundesliga history. For more than 30 years, he ranked fourth on the historical scoring list, and Lewandowski equalized the score just a few months after his death at 69.

To this day, he is still Dortmund’s best scorer in Bundesliga history (135 goals), but it was not until 1988-19 years after his league debut-he finally won the Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. champion.