# List of number-one hits of 1986 (Germany)

This is a list of the German Media Control GfK International Top100 Singles Chart number-ones of 1986.
Key :
| † | Indicates best-performing single and album of 1986 |
| Issue date | Song | Artist | Album | Artist |
| 6 January | "Nikita" | Elton John | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 13 January | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 20 January | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 27 January | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 3 February | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 10 February | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Movin'" † | Jennifer Rush |
| 17 February | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 24 February | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 3 March | "Jeanny" † | Falco | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 10 March | "Brother Louie" | Modern Talking | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 17 March | "Brother Louie" | Modern Talking | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 24 March | "Brother Louie" | Modern Talking | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 31 March | "Brother Louie" | Modern Talking | "Ahl Männer, aalglatt" | BAP |
| 7 April | "Geil" | Bruce and Bongo | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 14 April | "Geil" | Bruce and Bongo | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 21 April | "Geil" | Bruce and Bongo | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 28 April | "Geil" | Bruce and Bongo | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 5 May | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 12 May | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 19 May | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 26 May | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 2 June | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 9 June | "Midnight Lady" | Chris Norman | "Sprünge" | Herbert Grönemeyer |
| 16 June | "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" | Modern Talking | "Ready for Romance" | Modern Talking |
| 23 June | "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" | Modern Talking | "Ready for Romance" | Modern Talking |
| 30 June | "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" | Modern Talking | "Ready for Romance" | Modern Talking |
| 7 July | "Atlantis Is Calling (S.O.S. for Love)" | Modern Talking | "Ready for Romance" | Modern Talking |
| 14 July | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "Ready for Romance" | Modern Talking |
| 21 July | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 28 July | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 4 August | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 11 August | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 18 August | "Lessons in Love" | Level 42 | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 25 August | "Holiday Rap" | Mc Miker G & Deejay Sven | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 1 September | "Holiday Rap" | Mc Miker G & Deejay Sven | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 8 September | "Holiday Rap" | Mc Miker G & Deejay Sven | "True Blue" | Madonna |
| 15 September | "Holiday Rap" | Mc Miker G & Deejay Sven | "Top Gun" | Soundtrack |
| 22 September | "Holiday Rap" | Mc Miker G & Deejay Sven | "Top Gun" | Soundtrack |
| 29 September | "Rage Hard" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 6 October | "Rage Hard" | Frankie Goes to Hollywood | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 13 October | "The Final Countdown" | Europe | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 20 October | "The Final Countdown" | Europe | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 27 October | "The Final Countdown" | Europe | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 3 November | "The Final Countdown" | Europe | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 10 November | "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II)" | Falco | "Emotional" | Falco |
| 17 November | "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II)" | Falco | "Emotional" | Falco |
| 24 November | "In the Army Now" | Status Quo | "Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen" | Peter Maffay |
| 1 December | "In the Army Now" | Status Quo | "In the Middle of Nowhere" | Modern Talking |
| 8 December | "In the Army Now" | Status Quo | "Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen" | Peter Maffay |
| 15 December | "In the Army Now" | Status Quo | "Tabaluga und das leuchtende Schweigen" | Peter Maffay |
| 22 December | "Walk Like an Egyptian" | The Bangles | "Break Every Rule" | Tina Turner |
| 29 December | No release | No release | No release | No release |