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.

Gerd Müller holds the record for the most goals scored in the DFB-Pokal, with 78.

All-time top scorers

As of 1 November 2023

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
	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
	Robert Lewandowski	39	50	0.78	2010–2022	Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich
8	Ronald Worm	35	43	0.81	1972–1985	MSV Duisburg, Eintracht Braunschweig
9	Thomas Müller	34	65	0.52	2009–0000	Bayern Munich
	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
	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
	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
	Franz Binder	26	15	1.73	1938–1941	Rapid Wien
	Heinz Flohe	26	65	0.4	1967–1979	1. FC Köln, 1860 Munich
	Mario Gómez	26	36	0.72	2004–2019	VfB Stuttgart, Bayern Munich, VfL Wolfsburg
	Ernst Kuzorra	26	39	0.67	1935–1943	Schalke 04
	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
	Stefan Kuntz	25	49	0.51	1981–1998	Borussia Neunkirchen, VfL Bochum, Bayer Uerdingen, 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Arminia Bielefeld
	Frank Neubarth	25	41	0.61	1980–1995	Concordia Hamburg, Werder Bremen
	Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	25	42	0.6	1974–1984	Bayern Munich
26	Bernd Hölzenbein	24	53	0.45	1969–1981	Eintracht Frankfurt
	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
	Frank Mill	24	57	0.42	1976–1996	Rot-Weiss Essen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Borussia Dortmund, Fortuna Düsseldorf
	Bernd Rupp	24	35	0.69	1966–1973	Borussia Mönchengladbach, Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln
	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
	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
	Dieter Herzog	22	39	0.56	1970–1981	Fortuna Düsseldorf, Bayer Leverkusen
	Carsten Jancker	22	26	0.85	1993–2005	1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Kaiserslautern
	Bernd Nickel	22	54	0.41	1968–1982	Eintracht Frankfurt
	Christian Schreier	22	37	0.59	1981–1995	VfL Bochum, Bayer Leverkusen, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Rot-Weiss Essen
	Rüdiger Wenzel	22	45	0.49	1974–1989	FC St. Pauli, Eintracht Frankfurt, Fortuna Düsseldorf
39	Roland Wohlfarth	21	32	0.66	1981–1995	MSV Duisburg, Bayern Munich, VfL Bochum
	Martin Harnik	21	29	0.72	2007–0000	Werder Bremen, VfB Stuttgart, Hannover 96, Werder Bremen II
41	Hans-Jörg Criens	20	36	0.56	1980–1994	VfR Neuss, Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Nürnberg
	Miroslav Klose	20	38	0.53	2000–2011	1. FC Kaiserslautern, Werder Bremen, Bayern Munich
	Nils Petersen	20	37	0.54	2007–2023	Carl Zeiss Jena, Energie Cottbus, Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen, SC Freiburg
	Uwe Rahn	20	39	0.51	1980–1992	Borussia Mönchengladbach, 1. FC Köln, Eintracht Frankfurt
	Thomas Remark	20	28	0.71	1977–1986	Röchling Völklingen, Hertha BSC, Waldhof Mannheim
	Wynton Rufer	20	27	0.74	1989–1994	Werder Bremen
	Michael Rummenigge	20	37	0.54	1983–1993	Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund
	Fritz Walter	20	38	0.53	1981–1997	Waldhof Mannheim, VfB Stuttgart, Arminia Bielefeld, SSV Ulm
Bold indicates active player in Germany

Note

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
	Ernst Poertgen	Schalke 04
1937	Kurt Männer	BC Hartha	7
1938	Helmut Schön	Dresdner SC	10
1939	Edmund Adamkiewicz	Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV	11
	Franz Binder	Rapid Wien
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
	Rudolf Noack	First Vienna (C)
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
	Erwin Waldner	VfB Stuttgart (C)
1954–55	Antoine Kohn	Karlsruher SC (C)	2
	Ernst Kunkel	Karlsruher SC (C)
	Helmut Sadlowski	Schalke 04
	Dieter Seeler	Altona 93
	Kurt Sommerlatt	Karlsruher SC (C)
	Oswald Traub	Karlsruher SC (C)
1955–56	Heinz Ruppenstein	Karlsruher SC (C)	2
	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV
	Bernhard Termath	Karlsruher SC (C)
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
	Gustav Witlatschil	Karlsruher SC
1960–61	Klaus Hänel	Werder Bremen (C)	3
1961–62	Gustav Flachenecker	1. FC Nürnberg (C)	2
	Kurt Haseneder	1. FC Nürnberg (C)
	Tasso Wild	1. FC Nürnberg (C)
	Franz-Josef Wolfframm	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1962–63	Uwe Seeler	Hamburger SV (C)	3
1963–64	Rudolf Brunnenmeier	1860 Munich (C)	5
1964–65	Christian Breuer	Alemannia Aachen	4
	Lothar Emmerich	Borussia Dortmund (C)
	Waldemar Gerhardt	Schalke 04
	Kurt Haseneder	Schwaben Augsburg
	Willi Koslowski	Schalke 04
	Tasso Wild	1. FC Nürnberg
1965–66	Rainer Ohlhauser	Bayern Munich (C)	5
	Peter Osterhoff	FC St. Pauli
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
	Hannes Löhr	1. FC Köln
	Wolfgang Overath	1. FC Köln
	Bernd Rupp	1. FC Köln
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
	Manfred Burgsmüller	Borussia Dortmund
1980–81	Jimmy Hartwig	Hamburger SV	7
	Horst Hrubesch	Hamburger SV
	Thomas Remark	Hertha BSC
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
	Ronald Worm	Eintracht Braunschweig
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
	Wynton Rufer	Werder Bremen
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
	Thomas Häßler	Karlsruher SC
	Pavel Kuka	1. FC Kaiserslautern (C)
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
	Ivan Klasnić	Werder Bremen (C)
2004–05	Carsten Jancker	1. FC Kaiserslautern	6
	Claudio Pizarro	Bayern Munich (C)
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
	Ivica Olić	Hamburger SV
2009–10	Lucas Barrios	Borussia Dortmund	4
	Thomas Müller	Bayern Munich (C)
	Sahr Senesie	Eintracht Trier
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
	Sven Schipplock	1899 Hoffenheim
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
C  Champions   Record number of goals

Rankings

Ernst Wilimowski holds the record, along with Dieter Müller, for the most goals scored in a cup campaign, with 14.

By player

Rank	Player	Titles
1	Robert Lewandowski	5
2	Hannes Löhr	4
3	Gerd Müller	3
4	Klaus Fischer	2
	Mario Gómez	2
	Kurt Haseneder	2
	Carsten Jancker	2
	Stefan Kuntz	2
	Dieter Müller	2
	Thomas Müller	2
	Claudio Pizarro	2
	Wynton Rufer	2
	Uwe Seeler	2
	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
	Borussia Dortmund	6
	Hamburger SV	6
	Schalke 04	6
9	1. FC Kaiserslautern	5
10	1. FC Nürnberg	4
	Bayer Leverkusen	4
12	Stuttgarter Kickers	3
	1860 Munich	3
	Borussia Mönchengladbach	3
	Eintracht Frankfurt	3
16	Rot-Weiss Essen	2

By nationality

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

See also

• List of Bundesliga top scorers