# List of World War I flying aces from Germany

This is a complete list of World War I flying aces from the German Empire.
Aces were listed after verifying the date and location of combat, and the foe vanquished, for every victory accredited by an aviator's home air service. Aces awarded honors and thus shown to be notable are linked to their biographies.
| German Aces | Victories claimed |
| Manfred von Richthofen | 80 |
| Ernst Udet | 62 |
| Erich Loewenhardt | 54 |
| Josef Jacobs | 48 |
| Werner Voss | 48 |
| Fritz Rumey | 45 |
| Rudolf Berthold | 44 |
| Bruno Loerzer | 44 |
| Paul Bäumer | 43 |
| Oswald Boelcke | 40 |
| Franz Büchner | 40 |
| Lothar von Richthofen | 40 |
| Heinrich Gontermann | 39 |
| Carl Menckhoff | 39 |
| Carl Bolle | 36 |
| Julius Buckler | 36 |
| Max Ritter von Müller | 36 |
| Gustav Dörr | 35 |
| Otto Könnecke | 35 |
| Eduard Ritter von Schleich | 35 |
| Emil Thuy | 35 |
| Josef Veltjens | 35 |
| Heinrich Bongartz | 33 |
| Heinrich Kroll | 33 |
| Kurt Wolff | 33 |
| Hermann Frommherz | 32 |
| Theodor Osterkamp | 32 |
| Paul Billik | 31 |
| Gotthard Sachsenberg | 31 |
| Karl Allmenröder | 30 |
| Carl Degelow | 30 |
| Josef Mai | 30 |
| Ulrich Neckel | 30 |
| Karl Emil Schäfer | 30 |
| Harald Auffarth | 29 |
| Walter Blume | 28 |
| Walter von Bülow-Bothkamp | 28 |
| Robert Ritter von Greim | 28 |
| Arthur Laumann | 28 |
| Friedrich Ritter von Röth | 28 |
| Fritz Otto Bernert | 27 |
| Otto Fruhner | 27 |
| Hans Kirschstein | 27 |
| Karl Thom | 27 |
| Adolf Ritter von Tutschek | 27 |
| Kurt Wüsthoff | 27 |
| Oskar Freiherr von Boenigk | 26 |
| Eduard Ritter von Dostler | 26 |
| Max Näther | 26 |
| Olivier Freiherr von Beaulieu-Marconnay | 25 |
| Georg von Hantelmann | 25 |
| Fritz Pütter | 25 |
| Erwin Böhme | 24 |
| Georg Meyer | 24 |
| Hermann Becker | 23 |
| Hermann Göring | 22 |
| Hans Klein | 22 |
| Hans Martin Pippart | 22 |
| Werner Preuss | 22 |
| Karl Schlegel | 22 |
| Rudolf Windisch | 22 |
| Hans Ritter von Adam | 21 |
| Friedrich Altemeier | 21 |
| Friedrich Friedrichs | 21 |
| Fritz Höhn | 21 |
| Friedrich T. Noltenius | 21 |
| Hans Bethge | 20 |
| Rudolf von Eschwege | 20 |
| Wilhelm Frankl | 20 |
| Hans von Freden | 20 |
| Walter Göttsch | 20 |
| Oskar Hennrich | 20 |
| Otto Kissenberth | 20 |
| Wilhelm Reinhard | 20 |
| Otto Schmidt | 20 |
| Christian Donhauser | 19 |
| Gerhard Fieseler | 19 |
| Kurt Wintgens | 19 |
| Alexander Zenzes | 19 |
| Hartmuth Baldamus | 18 |
| Franz Hemer | 18 |
| Emil Schäpe | 18 |
| Fritz Beckhardt | 17 |
| Hans Böhning | 17 |
| Walter Böning | 17 |
| Ernst Hess | 17 |
| Rudolf Klimke | 17 |
| Karl Plauth | 17 |
| Franz Ray | 17 |
| Hans Rolfes | 17 |
| Josef Schwendemann | 17 |
| Ernst Bormann | 17 |
| Ludwig Hanstein | 16 |
| Johannes Klein | 16 |
| Karl Odebrett | 16 |
| Wilhelm Seitz | 16 |
| Hans Weiss (aviator) | 16 |
| Karl Bohnenkamp | 15 |
| Albert Dossenbach | 15 |
| Rudolf Francke | 15 |
| Albert Haussmann | 15 |
| Alois Heldmann | 15 |
| Max Immelmann | 15 |
| Otto Löffler | 15 |
| Hans-Georg von der Marwitz | 15 |
| Edmund Nathanael | 15 |
| Wilhelm Neuenhofen | 15 |
| Viktor von Pressentin von Rautter | 15 |
| Theodor Quandt | 15 |
| Julius Schmidt (aviator) | 15 |
| Kurt Schneider (aviator) | 15 |
| Paul Strähle | 15 |
| Reinhold Jörke | 14 |
| Franz Piechulek | 14 |
| Georg Schlenker | 14 |
| Rudolf Wendelmuth | 14 |
| Hans-Joachim Buddecke | 13 |
| Siegfried Büttner | 13 |
| Friedrich Christiansen | 13 |
| Dieter Collin | 13 |
| Heinrich Geigl | 13 |
| Robert Heibert | 13 |
| Johannes Janzen | 13 |
| Christian Mesch | 13 |
| Otto Rosenfeld | 13 |
| Kurt Schönfelder | 13 |
| Erich Rüdiger von Wedel | 13 |
| Erich Buder | 12 |
| Theodor Cammann | 12 |
| Gottfried Ehmann | 12 |
| Otto Esswein | 12 |
| Wilhelm Frickart | 12 |
| Bertram Heinrich | 12 |
| Walter Höhndorf | 12 |
| Gerhard Hubrich | 12 |
| Hans von Keudell | 12 |
| Max Kuhn | 12 |
| Friedrich Manschott | 12 |
| Hans Müller (aviator) | 12 |
| Franz Schleiff | 12 |
| Renatus Theiller | 12 |
| Bernhard Ultsch | 12 |
| Richard Wenzl | 12 |
| Heinrich Arntzen | 11 |
| Raven Freiherr von Barnekow | 11 |
| Joachim von Busse | 11 |
| Friedrich Classen | 11 |
| Franz Xaver Danhuber | 11 |
| Kurt-Bertram von Döring | 11 |
| Heinrich Drekman | 11 |
| Willi Gabriel | 11 |
| Stefan Kirmaier | 11 |
| Fritz Loerzer | 11 |
| Hans Nülle | 11 |
| Hermann Pfeiffer | 11 |
| Reinhold Poss | 11 |
| Hugo Schäfer | 11 |
| Rudolf Stark | 11 |
| Leopold Anslinger | 10 |
| Paul Aue | 10 |
| Dietrich Averes | 10 |
| Hans Berr | 10 |
| Franz Brandt | 10 |
| Otto Brauneck | 10 |
| Martin Dehmisch | 10 |
| Karl Gallwitz | 10 |
| Justus Grassmann | 10 |
| Paul Lotz | 10 |
| Rudolf Matthaei | 10 |
| Max Ritter von Mulzer | 10 |
| Alfons Nagler | 10 |
| Hans Schuez | 10 |
| Werner Steinhäuser | 10 |
| Erich Thomas | 10 |
| Paul Turck | 10 |
| Paul Wenzel | 10 |
| Hans Wolff (aviator) | 10 |
| Ernst Freiherr von Althaus | 9 |
| Arno Benzler | 9 |
| Konrad Brendle | 9 |
| Albert Dietlen | 9 |
| Otto Fitzner | 9 |
| Friedrich Huffzky | 9 |
| Herbert Knappe | 9 |
| Egon Koepsch | 9 |
| Fritz Kosmahl | 9 |
| Walter Kypke | 9 |
| Helmut Lange | 9 |
| Gustav Leffers | 9 |
| Herbert Mahn | 9 |
| Eberhard Mohnicke | 9 |
| Hans Karl Müller | 9 |
| Karl Pech | 9 |
| Willi Rosenstein | 9 |
| Karl Schattauer | 9 |
| Adolf Schulte | 9 |
| Georg Weiner | 9 |
| Paul Achilles | 8 |
| Ludwig Beckmann | 8 |
| Karl Bohny | 8 |
| Aloys Freiherr von Brandenstein | 8 |
| Otto Creutzmann | 8 |
| Gunther Dobberke | 8 |
| Friedrich Ehmann | 8 |
| Walter Ewers | 8 |
| Hans-Eberhardt Gandert | 8 |
| Max Gossner | 8 |
| Adolf Gutknecht | 8 |
| Wolfgang Güttler | 8 |
| Hans Gottfried von Häbler | 8 |
| Heinrich Henkel | 8 |
| Wilhelm Hippert | 8 |
| Hans Hoyer | 8 |
| Paul Hüttenrauch | 8 |
| Michael Hutterer | 8 |
| Fritz Jacobsen | 8 |
| Willi Kampe | 8 |
| Fritz Kieckhäfer | 8 |
| Franz Kirchfeld | 8 |
| Arthur Korff | 8 |
| Fritz Krebs | 8 |
| Karl Meyer (aviator) | 8 |
| Kurt Adolf Monnington | 8 |
| Otto Parschau | 8 |
| Friedrich Poeschke | 8 |
| Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen | 8 |
| Claus Reimer | 8 |
| Karl Ritscherle | 8 |
| Richard Runge | 8 |
| Karl Scharon | 8 |
| Hans Schilling (aviator) | 8 |
| Viktor Schobinger | 8 |
| Carl-August von Schoenebeck | 8 |
| Wilhelm Schwartz | 8 |
| Fritz Thiede | 8 |
| Wilhelm Zorn | 8 |
| Fritz Anders | 7 |
| Gerhard Bassenge | 7 |
| Helmut Brünig | 7 |
| Hermann Dahlmann | 7 |
| Helmut Dilthey | 7 |
| Julius Fichter | 7 |
| Hermann Gilly | 7 |
| Hans Goerth | 7 |
| Gisbert-Wilhelm Groos | 7 |
| Hermann Habich | 7 |
| Otto Hartmann | 7 |
| Georg Ritter von Hengl | 7 |
| Josef Hohly | 7 |
| Kurt Jacob | 7 |
| Karl Jentsch | 7 |
| Martin Johns | 7 |
| Christian Kairies | 7 |
| Emil Koch | 7 |
| Hans Körner | 7 |
| Wilhelm Kühne (aviator) | 7 |
| Hans Kummetz | 7 |
| Herman Leptien | 7 |
| Albert Lux | 7 |
| Karl Mendel | 7 |
| Alfred Niederhoff | 7 |
| Paul von Osterroht | 7 |
| Richard Plange | 7 |
| Johann Pütz | 7 |
| Josef Raesch | 7 |
| Gustav Schneidewind | 7 |
| Marat Schumm | 7 |
| Georg Strasser | 7 |
| Karl Treiber | 7 |
| Kurt Ungewitter | 7 |
| Franz Walz | 7 |
| Johannes Werner | 7 |
| Karl Arnold | 6 |
| Johann Baur | 6 |
| Paul Bona | 6 |
| Moritz-Waldemar Bretschneider-Bodemer | 6 |
| Albin Bühl | 6 |
| Harry von Bülow-Bothkamp | 6 |
| August Burkard | 6 |
| Karl Deilman | 6 |
| Karl Engelfried | 6 |
| Alfred Fleischer | 6 |
| Gustav Frädrich | 6 |
| Mieczysław Garsztka | 6 |
| Friedrich Gille | 6 |
| Heinrich Haase | 6 |
| Erich Hahn | 6 |
| Albert Hets | 6 |
| Robert Hildebrandt | 6 |
| Otto Höhne | 6 |
| Alfred Hübner | 6 |
| Hans Imelmann | 6 |
| Johannes Jensen (aviator) | 6 |
| Erich Just | 6 |
| Willy Kahle | 6 |
| Max Kahlow | 6 |
| Otto Klaiber | 6 |
| Gustav Klaudat | 6 |
| Erich König | 6 |
| Kurt Küppers | 6 |
| Herman Kunz | 6 |
| Alfred Lenz | 6 |
| Ludwig Luer | 6 |
| Friedrich Mallinckrodt | 6 |
| Heinrich Maushake | 6 |
| Emil Meinecke | 6 |
| Konrad Mettlich | 6 |
| Alfred Mohr | 6 |
| Werner Niethammer | 6 |
| Hans Oberlander | 6 |
| Rudolf Otto | 6 |
| Arthur Rahn | 6 |
| Rudolf Rienau | 6 |
| Alfons Scheicher | 6 |
| Karl Schmückle | 6 |
| Edgar Scholtz | 6 |
| Erich Schütze | 6 |
| Wilhelm Schulz | 6 |
| Gunther Schuster | 6 |
| Heinrich Seywald | 6 |
| Erich Sonneck | 6 |
| Otto Splitgerber | 6 |
| Georg Staudacher | 6 |
| Kurt Student | 6 |
| Hermann Stutz | 6 |
| Reinhard Treptow | 6 |
| Hermann Vallendor | 6 |
| Hans Waldhausen | 6 |
| Heinrich Wessels | 6 |
| Siegfried Westphal | 6 |
| Ernst Wiehle | 6 |
| Hans Auer | 5 |
| Bernard Bartels | 5 |
| Joachim von Bertrab | 5 |
| Rudolf Besel | 5 |
| Otto Bieleit | 5 |
| Eduard Blaas | 5 |
| Hans-Helmut von Boddien | 5 |
| Erich Bönisch | 5 |
| Gustav Borm | 5 |
| Hans Bowski | 5 |
| Herbert Boy | 5 |
| Otto von Breiten-Landenberg | 5 |
| Friedrich-Karl Burckhardt | 5 |
| Karl Christ | 5 |
| Theodor Croneiss | 5 |
| Wilhelm Cymera | 5 |
| August Delling | 5 |
| Wilhelm Fahlbusch | 5 |
| Ludwig Gaim | 5 |
| Johannes Gildemeister | 5 |
| Siegfried Gussmann | 5 |
| Kurt Haber | 5 |
| August Hanko | 5 |
| Friedrich Hengst | 5 |
| Kurt Hetze | 5 |
| Hermann Juhnke | 5 |
| Werner Junck | 5 |
| Wilhelm Kohlbach | 5 |
| Johann Kopka | 5 |
| Wilhelm Leusch | 5 |
| Heinrich Lorenz | 5 |
| Hans Marwede | 5 |
| Erich Meyer | 5 |
| Hans-Georg von der Osten | 5 |
| Leopold Reimann | 5 |
| Hans Rosencrantz | 5 |
| Paul Rothe | 5 |
| Richard Rübe | 5 |
| Theodor Rumpel (aviator) | 5 |
| Johann Schlimpen | 5 |
| Roman Schneider | 5 |
| Herbert Schroeder | 5 |
| Friedrich Schumacher | 5 |
| Konrad Schwartz | 5 |
| Kurt Seit | 5 |
| Eugen Siempelkamp | 5 |
| Wilhelm Sommer | 5 |
| Helmut Steinbrecher | 5 |
| Wilhelm Stör | 5 |
| Karl Strünklenberg | 5 |
| Alwin Thurm | 5 |
| Oswald Traenkner | 5 |
| Gerold Tschentschel | 5 |
| Alfred Ulmer | 5 |
| Hans Viebig | 5 |
| Werner Wagener | 5 |
| Hasso von Wedel (aviator) | 5 |
| Ernst Wiessner | 5 |
| Kurt Wissemann | 5 |
| Martin Zander | 5 |