Miroslav Klose tops the current ranking, having scored 71 goals during his time playing for the German national football team in international matches. Besides playing for Germany, notably in the team that won the title in the FIFA World Cup in 2014, his career includes such clubs as Bayern Munich and Werder Bremen.
German football stars
Miroslav Klose is currently the leading German goal scorer of all time. He is also among the German national football team players who had played the most international matches, with 137 games. Klose was overtaken by Lothar Matthäus with 150 matches. Other famous names in the ranking included Lukas Podolski, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Philipp Lahm.
224 goals
During its long career the German national football team as such has amassed quite a few interesting numbers from FIFA World Cups until 2018. To name some, German national teams have scored 224 goals, played 106 matches and received 110 yellow cards.
All-time leading goalscorers for the German national football team as of June 2022
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