# List of DFB-Pokal top scorers

The list of DFB-Pokal top scorers includes the all-time top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, as well as the top scorers of each season of the competition since its inception as the Tschammerpokal in 1935. Gerd Müller is the all-time top scorer in the DFB-Pokal, having scored 78 goals in 62 appearances for Bayern Munich. The record for the most seasons as top scorer is held by Robert Lewandowski, with five titles. So far only Dieter Müller and Hannes Löhr of 1. FC Köln, along with Claudio Pizarro and Lewandowski of Bayern Munich have successfully defended their title as top scorers. Dieter Müller holds jointly with Ernst Wilimowski of 1860 Munich the record of the most goals scored in a single cup campaign, with 14.

## All-time top scorers

    As of 30 October 2024
The table includes all players to have scored 20 or more goals.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Years | Club(s) |
| 1 | Gerd Müller | 78 | 62 | 1.26 | 1966–1978 | Bayern Munich |
| 2 | Dieter Müller | 48 | 44 | 1.09 | 1973–1988 | 1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Saarbrücken, Kickers Offenbach |
| 3 | Klaus Fischer | 46 | 60 | 0.77 | 1969–1987 | 1860 Munich, Schalke 04, 1. FC Köln, VfL Bochum |
| 4 | Manfred Burgsmüller | 40 | 50 | 0.8 | 1974–1990 | Rot-Weiss Essen, Bayer Uerdingen, Borussia Dortmund, 1. FC Nürnberg, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, Werder Bremen |
| 4 | Hannes Löhr | 40 | 65 | 0.62 | 1963–1977 | Sportfreunde Saarbrücken, 1. FC Köln |
| 6 | Klaus Allofs | 39 | 61 | 0.64 | 1975–1992 | Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Köln, Werder Bremen |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | 39 | 50 | 0.78 | 2010–2022 | Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich |
| 8 | Thomas Müller | 36 | 67 | 0.54 | 2009–0000 | Bayern Munich |
| 9 | Ronald Worm | 35 | 43 | 0.81 | 1972–1985 | MSV Duisburg, Eintracht Braunschweig |
| 10 | Claudio Pizarro | 34 | 58 | 0.59 | 1999–2019 | Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich |
| 11 | Karl Allgöwer | 31 | 48 | 0.65 | 1977–1991 | Stuttgarter Kickers, VfB Stuttgart |
| 12 | Dieter Hoeneß | 28 | 32 | 0.88 | 1975–1986 | VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich |
| 12 | Erwin Kostedde | 28 | 38 | 0.74 | 1966–1982 | Preußen Münster, MSV Duisburg, Kickers Offenbach, Hertha BSC, Borussia Dortmund, Werder Bremen, VfL Osnabrück |
| 14 | Jupp Heynckes | 27 | 43 | 0.63 | 1966–1977 | Borussia Mönchengladbach, Hannover 96 |
| 14 | Ernst Kalwitzki | 27 | 36 | 0.75 | 1935–1942 | Schalke 04 |
| 16 | Erich Beer | 26 | 47 | 0.55 | 1969–1982 | 1. FC Nürnberg, Rot-Weiss Essen, Hertha BSC, 1860 Munich |
| 16 | Franz Binder | 26 | 15 | 1.73 | 1938–1941 | Rapid Wien |
| 16 | Heinz Flohe | 26 | 65 | 0.4 | 1967–1979 | 1. FC Köln, 1860 Munich |
| 16 | Mario Gómez | 26 | 36 | 0.72 | 2004–2019 | VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg |
| 16 | Ernst Kuzorra | 26 | 39 | 0.67 | 1935–1943 | Schalke 04 |
| 16 | Helmut Schön | 26 | 20 | 1.3 | 1937–1943 | Dresdner SC |
| 22 | Hans-Joachim Abel | 25 | 33 | 0.76 | 1973–1984 | Fortuna Düsseldorf, Westfalia Herne, VfL Bochum, Schalke 04 |
| 22 | Stefan Kuntz | 25 | 49 | 0.51 | 1981–1998 | Borussia Neunkirchen, VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld |
| 22 | Frank Neubarth | 25 | 41 | 0.61 | 1980–1995 | Concordia Hamburg, Werder Bremen |
| 22 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 25 | 42 | 0.6 | 1974–1984 | Bayern Munich |
| 26 | Bernd Hölzenbein | 24 | 53 | 0.45 | 1969–1981 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 26 | Bruno Labbadia | 24 | 43 | 0.56 | 1984–2002 | Darmstadt 98, Hamburger SV, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Köln, Werder Bremen, Arminia Bielefeld, Karlsruher SC |
| 26 | Frank Mill | 24 | 57 | 0.42 | 1976–1996 | Rot-Weiss Essen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 26 | Bernd Rupp | 24 | 35 | 0.69 | 1966–1973 | Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln |
| 26 | Uwe Seeler | 24 | 32 | 0.75 | 1954–1972 | Hamburger SV |
| 31 | Horst Hrubesch | 23 | 31 | 0.74 | 1976–1985 | Rot-Weiss Essen, Hamburger SV, Borussia Dortmund |
| 31 | Wolfgang Overath | 23 | 55 | 0.42 | 1964–1977 | 1. FC Köln |
| 33 | Thomas Allofs | 22 | 39 | 0.56 | 1978–1991 | Fortuna Düsseldorf II, Fortuna Düsseldorf, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, 1. FC Köln |
| 33 | Dieter Herzog | 22 | 39 | 0.56 | 1970–1981 | Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer Leverkusen |
| 33 | Carsten Jancker | 22 | 26 | 0.85 | 1993–2005 | 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern |
| 33 | Bernd Nickel | 22 | 54 | 0.41 | 1968–1982 | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 33 | Christian Schreier | 22 | 37 | 0.59 | 1981–1995 | VfL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Rot-Weiss Essen |
| 33 | Rüdiger Wenzel | 22 | 45 | 0.49 | 1974–1989 | FC St. Pauli, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf |
| 39 | Martin Harnik | 21 | 28 | 0.75 | 2007–0000 | Werder Bremen II, Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96 |
| 39 | Vedad Ibišević | 21 | 40 | 0.53 | 2006–2020 | Alemannia Aachen, TSG Hoffenheim, VfB Stuttgart, Hertha BSC, Schalke 04 |
| 39 | Roland Wohlfarth | 21 | 32 | 0.66 | 1981–1995 | MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, VfL Bochum |
| 42 | Hans-Jörg Criens | 20 | 36 | 0.56 | 1980–1994 | VfR Neuss, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Nürnberg |
| 42 | Miroslav Klose | 20 | 38 | 0.53 | 2000–2011 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich |
| 42 | Nils Petersen | 20 | 37 | 0.54 | 2007–2023 | Carl Zeiss Jena, Energie Cottbus, Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, SC Freiburg |
| 42 | Uwe Rahn | 20 | 39 | 0.51 | 1980–1992 | Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Köln, Eintracht Frankfurt |
| 42 | Thomas Remark | 20 | 28 | 0.71 | 1977–1986 | Röchling Völklingen, Hertha BSC, Waldhof Mannheim |
| 42 | Wynton Rufer | 20 | 27 | 0.74 | 1989–1994 | Werder Bremen |
| 42 | Michael Rummenigge | 20 | 37 | 0.54 | 1983–1993 | Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund |
| 42 | Fritz Walter | 20 | 38 | 0.53 | 1981–1997 | Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart, Arminia Bielefeld, SSV Ulm |
| Bold indicates active player in Germany |||||||

### Note

* ↑ As a result of the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany on 13 March 1938, Binder had become a German citizen.

## Top scorers by season

The following lists all of the top scorers in each individual season.

### Tschammerpokal

| Year | Player(s) | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1935 | Ernst Kuzorra | Schalke 04 | 9 |
| 1936 | Hermann Budde | VfL Benrath | 7 |
| 1936 | Ernst Poertgen | Schalke 04 | 7 |
| 1937 | Kurt Männer | BC Hartha | 7 |
| 1938 | Helmut Schön | Dresdner SC | 10 |
| 1939 | Edmund Adamkiewicz | Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV | 11 |
| 1939 | Franz Binder | Rapid Wien | 11 |
| 1940 | Fritz Machate | Dresdner SC (C) | 10 |
| 1941 | Edmund Conen | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 1942 | Ernst Wilimowski | 1860 Munich (C) | 14 |
| 1943 | Karl Decker | First Vienna (C) | 10 |
| 1943 | Rudolf Noack | First Vienna (C) | 10 |
| C Champions Record number of goals ||||

### DFB-Pokal

| Season | Player(s) | Club(s) | Goals |
| 1952–53 | Franz Islacker | Rot-Weiss Essen (C) | 3 |
| 1953–54 | Georg Stollenwerk | 1. FC Köln | 2 |
| 1953–54 | Erwin Waldner | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Antoine Kohn | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Ernst Kunkel | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Helmut Sadlowski | Schalke 04 | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Dieter Seeler | Altona 93 | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Kurt Sommerlatt | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1954–55 | Oswald Traub | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1955–56 | Heinz Ruppenstein | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1955–56 | Uwe Seeler | Hamburger SV | 2 |
| 1955–56 | Bernhard Termath | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| 1956–57 | Rudolf Jobst | Bayern Munich (C) | 2 |
| 1957–58 | Rolf Geiger | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 3 |
| 1958–59 | Manfred Rummel | Schwarz-Weiß Essen (C) | 4 |
| 1959–60 | Albert Brülls | Borussia München Gladbach (C) | 2 |
| 1959–60 | Gustav Witlatschil | Karlsruher SC | 2 |
| 1960–61 | Klaus Hänel | Werder Bremen (C) | 3 |
| 1961–62 | Gustav Flachenecker | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 2 |
| 1961–62 | Kurt Haseneder | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 2 |
| 1961–62 | Tasso Wild | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 2 |
| 1961–62 | Franz-Josef Wolfframm | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 |
| 1962–63 | Uwe Seeler | Hamburger SV (C) | 3 |
| 1963–64 | Rudolf Brunnenmeier | 1860 Munich (C) | 5 |
| 1964–65 | Christian Breuer | Alemannia Aachen | 4 |
| 1964–65 | Lothar Emmerich | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 4 |
| 1964–65 | Waldemar Gerhardt | Schalke 04 | 4 |
| 1964–65 | Kurt Haseneder | Schwaben Augsburg | 4 |
| 1964–65 | Willi Koslowski | Schalke 04 | 4 |
| 1964–65 | Tasso Wild | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4 |
| 1965–66 | Rainer Ohlhauser | Bayern Munich (C) | 5 |
| 1965–66 | Peter Osterhoff | FC St. Pauli | 5 |
| 1966–67 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1967–68 | Hannes Löhr | 1. FC Köln (C) | 5 |
| 1968–69 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1969–70 | Hannes Löhr | 1. FC Köln | 6 |
| 1970–71 | Gerd Müller | Bayern Munich (C) | 10 |
| 1971–72 | Klaus Fischer | Schalke 04 (C) | 7 |
| 1971–72 | Hannes Löhr | 1. FC Köln | 7 |
| 1971–72 | Wolfgang Overath | 1. FC Köln | 7 |
| 1971–72 | Bernd Rupp | 1. FC Köln | 7 |
| 1972–73 | Hannes Löhr | 1. FC Köln | 8 |
| 1973–74 | Bernd Hölzenbein | Eintracht Frankfurt (C) | 6 |
| 1974–75 | Hermann Lindner | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 |
| 1975–76 | Klaus Toppmöller | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 8 |
| 1976–77 | Dieter Müller | 1. FC Köln (C) | 14 |
| 1977–78 | Dieter Müller | 1. FC Köln (C) | 8 |
| 1978–79 | Dieter Hoeneß | VfB Stuttgart | 8 |
| 1979–80 | Klaus Allofs | Fortuna Düsseldorf (C) | 9 |
| 1979–80 | Manfred Burgsmüller | Borussia Dortmund | 9 |
| 1980–81 | Jimmy Hartwig | Hamburger SV | 7 |
| 1980–81 | Horst Hrubesch | Hamburger SV | 7 |
| 1980–81 | Thomas Remark | Hertha BSC | 7 |
| 1981–82 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1982–83 | Stephan Engels | 1. FC Köln (C) | 6 |
| 1983–84 | Klaus Fischer | 1. FC Köln | 5 |
| 1983–84 | Ronald Worm | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 |
| 1984–85 | Manfred Dum | Union Solingen | 5 |
| 1985–86 | Karl Allgöwer | VfB Stuttgart | 8 |
| 1986–87 | Dirk Kurtenbach | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 1987–88 | Stefan Kuntz | Bayer Uerdingen | 5 |
| 1988–89 | Christian Schreier | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 |
| 1989–90 | Stefan Kuntz | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) | 5 |
| 1989–90 | Wynton Rufer | Werder Bremen | 5 |
| 1990–91 | Michael Tönnies | MSV Duisburg | 6 |
| 1991–92 | Fritz Walter | VfB Stuttgart | 7 |
| 1992–93 | Andreas Thom | Bayer Leverkusen (C) | 6 |
| 1993–94 | Wynton Rufer | Werder Bremen (C) | 5 |
| 1994–95 | Heiko Herrlich | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 6 |
| 1995–96 | Vladimir Beschastnykh | Werder Bremen | 4 |
| 1995–96 | Thomas Häßler | Karlsruher SC | 4 |
| 1995–96 | Pavel Kuka | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) | 4 |
| 1996–97 | Bernhard Winkler | 1860 Munich | 4 |
| 1997–98 | Carsten Jancker | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 1998–99 | Achim Weber | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 6 |
| 1999–2000 | Adnan Kevrić | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 2000–01 | Arie van Lent | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 |
| 2001–02 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 |
| 2002–03 | Giovane Élber | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2003–04 | Aílton | Werder Bremen (C) | 6 |
| 2003–04 | Ivan Klasnić | Werder Bremen (C) | 6 |
| 2004–05 | Carsten Jancker | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 |
| 2004–05 | Claudio Pizarro | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2005–06 | Claudio Pizarro | Bayern Munich (C) | 5 |
| 2006–07 | Cacau | VfB Stuttgart | 5 |
| 2007–08 | Mario Gómez | VfB Stuttgart | 6 |
| 2008–09 | Edin Džeko | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 |
| 2008–09 | Ivica Olić | Hamburger SV | 6 |
| 2009–10 | Lucas Barrios | Borussia Dortmund | 4 |
| 2009–10 | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich (C) | 4 |
| 2009–10 | Sahr Senesie | Eintracht Trier | 4 |
| 2010–11 | Srđan Lakić | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 7 |
| 2011–12 | Robert Lewandowski | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 7 |
| 2012–13 | Mario Gómez | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2013–14 | Thomas Müller | Bayern Munich (C) | 8 |
| 2014–15 | Stefan Kießling | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 |
| 2014–15 | Sven Schipplock | TSG Hoffenheim | 6 |
| 2015–16 | Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Borussia Dortmund | 5 |
| 2016–17 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 5 |
| 2017–18 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich | 6 |
| 2018–19 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 2019–20 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2020–21 | Jadon Sancho | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 6 |
| 2021–22 | Robert Glatzel | Hamburger SV | 5 |
| 2022–23 | Randal Kolo Muani | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 |
| 2023–24 | Amine Adli | Bayer Leverkusen (C) | 5 |
| C Champions Record number of goals ||||

### Rankings
#### By player

| Rank | Player | Titles |
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | 5 |
| 2 | Hannes Löhr | 4 |
| 3 | Gerd Müller | 3 |
| 4 | Klaus Fischer | 2 |
| 4 | Mario Gómez | 2 |
| 4 | Kurt Haseneder | 2 |
| 4 | Carsten Jancker | 2 |
| 4 | Stefan Kuntz | 2 |
| 4 | Dieter Müller | 2 |
| 4 | Thomas Müller | 2 |
| 4 | Claudio Pizarro | 2 |
| 4 | Wynton Rufer | 2 |
| 4 | Uwe Seeler | 2 |
| 4 | Tasso Wild | 2 |

#### By club

| Rank | Club | Titles |
| 1 | Bayern Munich | 20 |
| 2 | 1. FC Köln | 10 |
| 3 | Karlsruher SC | 8 |
| 4 | VfB Stuttgart | 7 |
| 5 | Werder Bremen | 6 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 6 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 6 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 6 |
| 9 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 |
| 9 | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 |
| 11 | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4 |
| 12 | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 |
| 12 | 1860 Munich | 3 |
| 12 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 |
| 12 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2 |

#### By nationality

| Rank | Country | Titles |
| 1 | / Germany | 91 |
| 2 | Poland | 5 |
| 3 | Brazil | 3 |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 |
| 5 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2 |
| 5 | Peru | 2 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 1 |
| 8 | Russia | 1 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 1 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1 |
| 8 | Paraguay | 1 |
| 8 | Armenia | 1 |
| 8 | England | 1 |
| 8 | France | 1 |
| 8 | Morocco | 1 |