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List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

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Below are lists of records of the German football club FC Schalke 04.

Member of the Schalke 04 Hall of Fame ("Ehrenkabine")

Player records

First / Last: year of the first / last competitive appearance for Schalke
Seasons (Sea): number of seasons in which the player made at least one competitive appearance for Schalke
Position (Pos): GK = Goalkeeper, DF = Defender, MF = Midfielder, FW = Forward

Bundesliga era

Statistics include all competitive matches since the formation of the Bundesliga in August 1963. Players who are still active for Schalke 04 are shown in bold.

BL = Bundesliga (1963–1981, 1982–83, 1984–1988, 1991–2021, 2022–23)
2.BL = 2. Bundesliga (1981–82, 1983–84, 1988–1991, 2021–22, 2023–)
Cup = DFB-Pokal (1963–)
EC = European competitions: Champions League (2001–2019), UEFA Cup / Europa League (1976–2017), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–1973)
OtC = Other competitions: Supercup (2010, 2011), Ligapokal (1972–73, 1998–2007), UI Cup (2003, 2004), Bundesliga relegation play-offs (1983)

Statistics correct as of 14 April 2024^[update].

Most appearances

Players are sorted by number of total appearances, then by number of Bundesliga appearances.

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Player	First	Last	Sea	Pos	BL	2.BL	Cup	EC	OtC	Total
Klaus Fichtel	1965	1988	19	DF	477	–	52	20	7	556
Norbert Nigbur	1966	1982	14	GK	355	38	41	12	9	455
Olaf Thon	1983	2002	13	DF	295	38	29	22	–	384
Gerald Asamoah	1999	2013	12	FW	279	–	30	51	21	381
Rolf Rüssmann	1969	1980	12	DF	304	–	42	19	10	375
Ingo Anderbrügge	1988	1999	12	MF	216	100	22	16	1	355
Herbert Lütkebohmert	1968	1979	11	MF	286	–	39	19	7	351
Klaus Fischer	1970	1981	12	FW	295	–	39	9	6	349
Benedikt Höwedes	2007	2017	10	DF	240	–	27	66	2	335
Andreas Müller	1988	2000	12	MF	200	86	19	18	–	323
Jens Lehmann	1988	1998	10	GK	200	74	19	19	–	312
Jiří Němec	1993	2002	9	MF	256	–	24	25	2	307
Mike Büskens	1992	2002	11	MF	257	–	21	23	1	302
Ralf Fährmann	2008	2024	12	GK	212	15	21	40	1	289
Thomas Kruse	1978	1988	10	DF	199	63	22	–	1	285
Ebbe Sand	1999	2006	7	FW	214	–	25	31	12	282
Helmut Kremers	1971	1980	9	MF	226	–	27	15	6	274
Yves Eigenrauch	1990	2001	11	DF	229	7	20	12	1	269
Erwin Kremers	1971	1978	8	FW	212	–	27	15	6	260
Joël Matip	2009	2016	7	DF	194	–	16	46	2	258
Mathias Schipper	1976	1988	10	DF	189	32	31	4	2	258
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2010	2021	8	FW	184	–	15	49	1	249
Michael Opitz	1980	1988	9	MF	158	66	20	–	2	246
Jürgen Sobieray	1969	1979	9	DF	210	–	21	8	–	239
Michael Prus	1986	1996	11	DF	120	100	19	–	–	239
Rüdiger Abramczik	1973	1987	8	FW	202	–	23	10	–	235
Ulrich Bittcher	1976	1983	8	MF	168	38	22	4	2	234
Levan Kobiashvili	2003	2009	7	MF	168	–	13	35	17	233
Marcelo Bordon	2004	2010	6	DF	168	–	19	36	8	231
Hans-Jürgen Becher	1963	1971	8	DF	201	–	22	6	–	229
Jefferson Farfán	2008	2015	7	FW	170	–	17	40	1	228
Reinhard Libuda	1963	1974	8	FW	190	–	28	7	–	225
Radoslav Látal	1994	2001	7	MF	187	–	17	20	1	225
Bernd Thiele	1973	1982	9	DF	162	27	17	9	–	215
Kevin Kurányi	2005	2010	5	FW	162	–	14	29	4	209
Thomas Linke	1992	1998	6	DF	175	–	12	18	–	205
Jürgen Luginger	1988	1994	6	MF	83	108	13	–	–	204
Klaus Scheer	1969	1975	6	MF	165	–	23	9	6	203
Manuel Neuer	2006	2011	5	GK	156	–	16	27	4	203
Youri Mulder	1993	2002	9	FW	177	–	13	12	–	202
Rafinha	2005	2010	5	DF	153	–	13	31	1	198
Frank Rost	2002	2006	5	GK	130	–	14	34	18	196
Friedel Rausch	1963	1971	8	DF	170	–	20	4	–	194
Marco van Hoogdalem	1997	2003	7	DF	151	–	18	20	4	193
Max Meyer	2013	2018	6	MF	146	–	12	34	–	192
Jermaine Jones	2007	2013	6	MF	129	–	17	37	2	185
Tomasz Wałdoch	1999	2006	7	DF	141	–	18	14	11	184
Mladen Krstajić	2004	2009	5	DF	131	–	13	28	11	183
Marc Wilmots	1996	2003	6	MF	138	–	14	26	–	178
Niels Oude Kamphuis	1999	2005	6	MF	134	–	16	16	7	173
Julian Draxler	2011	2015	6	MF	119	–	12	38	1	170
Walter Junghans	1982	1987	5	GK	110	38	18	–	2	168
Nico Van Kerckhoven	1998	2004	6	DF	134	–	16	9	5	164
Gerhard Neuser	1965	1970	5	MF	143	–	12	7	–	162
Christian Poulsen	2002	2006	4	MF	111	–	12	29	10	162
Roman Neustädter	2012	2016	4	MF	122	–	7	32	–	161
Hamit Altıntop	2003	2007	4	MF	113	–	10	21	16	160
Bernard Dietz	1982	1986	5	DF	101	34	21	–	2	158
Matija Nastasić	2015	2021	7	DF	122	–	17	18	–	157
Hans Bongartz	1974	1978	4	MF	131	–	17	8	–	156
Peter Sendscheid	1989	1994	6	FW	80	69	6	–	–	155
Heinz van Haaren	1968	1972	4	MF	126	–	20	8	–	154
Atsuto Uchida	2010	2016	6	DF	104	–	8	40	1	153
Michael Jakobs	1983	1988	5	DF	97	37	15	–	–	149
Leon Goretzka	2013	2018	5	MF	116	–	9	22	–	147
Fabian Ernst	2005	2009	4	MF	106	–	7	28	5	146
Manfred Drexler	1979	1984	5	MF	67	62	13	–	2	144
Alessandro Schöpf	2016	2021	6	MF	112	–	15	16	–	143
Hartmut Huhse	1971	1975	4	DF	113	–	15	6	8	142
Darío Rodríguez	2002	2007	6	DF	102	–	9	24	7	142
Sead Kolašinac	2012	2021	6	DF	111	–	7	23	–	141
Tomasz Hajto	2000	2004	4	DF	104	–	13	16	8	141
Bernd Dierßen	1983	1987	4	MF	87	37	15	–	–	139
Sven Vermant	2001	2005	4	MF	98	–	12	15	13	138
Klaus Täuber	1983	1987	4	FW	88	37	13	–	–	138
Christian Fuchs	2011	2015	4	MF	99	–	7	29	1	136
Ivan Rakitić	2007	2011	4	MF	97	–	15	19	4	135
Martin Max	1995	1999	4	FW	109	–	5	18	1	133
Benjamin Stambouli	2016	2021	5	DF	105	–	12	16	–	133
Oliver Reck	1998	2002	5	GK	112	–	13	6	1	132
Jörg Böhme	2000	2004	5	MF	101	–	12	10	8	131
Daniel Caligiuri	2017	2020	4	MF	108	–	11	11	–	130
Aleksandr Borodyuk	1989	1993	5	FW	63	61	6	–	–	130
Halil Altıntop	2006	2009	4	FW	96	–	11	17	5	129
Marco Höger	2011	2016	5	MF	88	–	8	30	1	127
Bastian Oczipka	2017	2021	4	DF	111	–	13	2	–	126
Manfred Pohlschmidt	1967	1971	4	FW	106	–	12	7	–	125
Günter Güttler	1990	1994	4	DF	85	34	6	–	–	125
Heiko Westermann	2007	2010	3	DF	92	–	11	18	2	123
Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp	1967	1971	4	MF	101	–	15	6	–	122
Günther Herrmann	1963	1967	4	MF	110	–	9	–	–	119
Amine Harit	2017	2021	4	MF	102	–	12	5	–	119
Guido Burgstaller	2017	2020	4	FW	95	–	13	11	–	119
Gustavo Varela	2002	2008	6	MF	82	–	9	19	8	118
Günter Schlipper	1989	1992	5	MF	33	78	7	–	–	118
Lincoln	2004	2007	3	MF	83	–	9	19	6	117
Klaus Senger	1966	1971	6	DF	102	–	8	3	–	113
Andreas Möller	2000	2003	3	MF	86	–	14	8	4	112
Oliver Held	1995	2001	6	MF	96	–	6	8	–	110
Sven Kmetsch	1998	2003	5	MF	88	–	8	9	3	108

Top goalscorers

Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Players are sorted by number of total goals, then by goals per game (Ø).

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Player	First	Last	Pos	BL	2.BL	Cup	EC	OtC	Total	Ø
Klaus Fischer	1970	1981	FW	182 (295)	–	34 (39)	07 0(9)	3 0(6)	226 (349)	0.65
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2010	2021	FW	084 (184)	–	13 (15)	31 (49)	0 0(1)	128 (249)	0.51
Ebbe Sand	1999	2006	FW	073 (214)	–	18 (25)	10 (31)	3 (12)	104 (282)	0.37
Ingo Anderbrügge	1988	1999	MF	046 (216)	36 (100)	05 (22)	01 (16)	0 0(1)	088 (355)	0.25
Kevin Kurányi	2005	2010	FW	071 (162)	–	08 (14)	07 (29)	1 0(4)	087 (209)	0.42
Olaf Thon	1983	2002	DF	052 (295)	14 (38)	08 (29)	01 (22)	–	075 (384)	0.20
Klaus Täuber	1983	1987	FW	039 0(88)	19 (37)	06 (13)	–	–	064 (138)	0.46
Gerald Asamoah	1999	2013	FW	044 (279)	–	12 (30)	05 (51)	3 (21)	064 (381)	0.17
Helmut Kremers	1971	1980	FW	045 (226)	–	12 (27)	01 (15)	1 0(6)	059 (274)	0.22
Rüdiger Abramczik	1973	1987	FW	044 (202)	–	10 (23)	04 (10)	–	058 (235)	0.25
Erwin Kremers	1971	1978	MF	050 (212)	–	02 (27)	02 (15)	0 0(6)	054 (260)	0.21
Jefferson Farfán	2008	2015	FW	039 (170)	–	08 (17)	06 (40)	0 0(1)	053 (228)	0.23
Klaus Scheer	1969	1975	MF	038 (165)	–	05 (23)	03 0(9)	2 0(6)	048 (203)	0.24
Peter Sendscheid	1989	1994	FW	018 0(80)	28 (69)	00 0(6)	–	–	046 (155)	0.30
Rolf Rüssmann	1969	1980	DF	030 (304)	–	09 (42)	02 (19)	5 (10)	046 (375)	0.12
Youri Mulder	1993	2002	FW	033 (177)	–	07 (13)	04 (12)	–	044 (202)	0.22
Aleksandr Borodyuk	1989	1993	FW	012 0(63)	29 (61)	01 0(6)	–	–	042 (130)	0.32
Simon Terodde	2021	2024	FW	005 0(32)	35 (54)	00 0(5)	–	–	040 0(91)	0.44
Raúl	2010	2012	FW	028 0(66)	–	03 0(7)	09 (23)	0 0(2)	040 0(98)	0.41
Martin Max	1995	1999	FW	033 (109)	–	02 0(5)	04 (18)	0 0(1)	039 (133)	0.29
Marc Wilmots	1996	2003	MF	027 (138)	–	02 (14)	09 (26)	–	038 (178)	0.21
Hans-Jürgen Wittkamp	1967	1971	MF	030 (101)	–	06 (15)	01 0(6)	–	037 (122)	0.30
Manfred Drexler	1979	1984	MF	008 0(67)	20 (62)	05 (13)	–	2 0(2)	035 (144)	0.24
Émile Mpenza	2000	2003	FW	028 0(79)	–	03 0(8)	02 0(7)	0 0(2)	033 0(96)	0.34
Herbert Lütkebohmert	1968	1979	MF	028 (286)	–	03 (39)	01 (19)	1 0(7)	033 (351)	0.09
Guido Burgstaller	2017	2020	FW	024 0(95)	–	04 (13)	04 (11)	–	032 (119)	0.27
Andreas Müller	1988	2000	MF	017 (200)	13 (86)	02 (19)	00 (18)	–	032 (323)	0.10
Lincoln	2004	2007	MF	020 0(83)	–	04 0(9)	07 (19)	0 0(6)	031 (117)	0.26
Manfred Pohlschmidt	1967	1971	FW	026 (106)	–	05 (12)	00 0(7)	–	031 (125)	0.25
Jörg Böhme	2000	2004	MF	023 (101)	–	07 (12)	00 (10)	1 0(8)	031 (131)	0.24
Ulrich Bittcher	1976	1983	MF	019 (168)	10 (38)	02 (22)	00 0(4)	0 0(2)	031 (234)	0.13
Julian Draxler	2011	2015	MF	018 (119)	–	05 (12)	07 (38)	0 0(1)	030 (170)	0.18
Hans-Joachim Abel	1982	1984	FW	009 0(33)	14 (30)	06 0(8)	–	0 0(2)	029 0(73)	0.40
Hans Bongartz	1974	1978	MF	024 (131)	–	02 (17)	02 0(8)	–	028 (156)	0.18
Günther Herrmann	1963	1967	MF	022 (110)	–	05 0(9)	–	–	027 (119)	0.23
Reinhard Libuda	1963	1974	FW	020 (190)	–	03 (28)	03 0(7)	–	026 (225)	0.12
Waldemar Gerhardt	1963	1965	FW	020 0(52)	–	05 0(6)	–	–	025 0(58)	0.43
Gerhard Neuser	1965	1970	MF	019 (143)	–	06 (12)	00 0(7)	–	025 (162)	0.15
Frank Hartmann	1984	1986	MF	020 0(52)	–	04 0(5)	–	–	024 0(57)	0.42
Nico Braun	1971	1973	FW	014 0(35)	–	03 0(6)	02 0(4)	4 0(7)	023 0(52)	0.44
Marius Bülter	2021	2023	FW	011 0(33)	10 (32)	02 0(4)	–	–	023 0(69)	0.33
Mike Hanke	2002	2005	FW	007 0(58)	–	04 0(8)	09 (13)	3 0(8)	023 0(87)	0.26
Joël Matip	2009	2016	DF	017 (194)	–	02 (16)	04 (46)	0 0(2)	023 (258)	0.09
Benedikt Höwedes	2007	2017	DF	012 (240)	–	05 (27)	06 (66)	0 0(2)	023 (335)	0.07
Eric M. Choupo-Moting	2014	2017	FW	018 0(82)	–	00 0(5)	04 (19)	–	022 (106)	0.21
Halil Altıntop	2006	2009	FW	016 0(96)	–	03 (11)	02 (17)	1 0(5)	022 (129)	0.17
Max Meyer	2013	2018	MF	017 (146)	–	02 (12)	03 (34)	–	022 (192)	0.11
Klaus Matischak	1963	1964	FW	018 0(22)	–	03 0(3)	–	–	021 0(25)	0.84
Daniel Caligiuri	2017	2020	MF	017 (108)	–	03 (11)	01 (11)	–	021 (130)	0.16
Aílton	2004	2005	FW	014 0(29)	–	01 0(2)	01 0(7)	4 0(6)	020 0(44)	0.45

Other records

Youngest and oldest

Youngest player: Assan Ouédraogo – 17 years, 80 days (28 July 2023, 2. Bundesliga)
Youngest Bundesliga player: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 117 days (15 January 2011)
Youngest goalscorer: Assan Ouédraogo – 17 years, 80 days (28 July 2023, 2. Bundesliga)
Youngest Bundesliga goalscorer: Julian Draxler – 17 years, 193 days (1 April 2011)
Oldest player: Klaus Fichtel – 43 years, 184 days (21 May 1988, Bundesliga, also league record)
Oldest goalscorer: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 37 years, 276 days (15 May 2021, Bundesliga)

Goals

Most goals in a season in all competitions: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 48 (2011–12)
Most league goals in a season: Simon Terodde – 30 (2021–22, 2. Bundesliga)
Most Bundesliga goals in a season: Klaus Fischer – 29 (1975–76), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 29 (2011–12)
Most goals scored in a match: Klaus Scheer – 5 (1 September 1971, Bundesliga)
Most penalty goals scored: Ingo Anderbrügge – 28 (of 33, 20 of 25 in Bundesliga)

Goalkeeping

Most clean sheets: Norbert Nigbur – 133 (96 in Bundesliga)
Most consecutive minutes without conceding a goal: Jens Lehmann – 597 (1996–97 md 16–23, Bundesliga)
Most penalties saved: Norbert Nigbur – 18 (of 51, 16 of 42 in Bundesliga)

Internationals

Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Jiří Němec – 64 (1994–2001, Czech Republic)
Most international caps for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Benedikt Höwedes – 44 (2011–2017)
Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 26 (2010–2015, Netherlands)
Most international goals for Germany as a Schalke 04 player: Klaus Fischer – 23 (1977–1981)
World Cup winners: Benedikt Höwedes (2014, appeared in final), Julian Draxler (2014), Norbert Nigbur (1974, did not play), Helmut Kremers (1974, did not play)
European Championship winners: Erwin Kremers (1972, appeared in final), Bent Christensen (1992, Denmark)

Transfers

Highest transfer fee paid: Breel Embolo – €26.5 million (2016)
Highest transfer fee received: Leroy Sané – €52.0 million (2016)

Pre-Bundesliga era

Statistics include all competitive matches from 1920 until 1963, except if a player ended his Schalke 04 career after 1963, then all his matches are considered.

GLW = Gauliga Westfalen (1933–1945)
OLW = Oberliga West (1947–1963)
OtL = Other leagues: Emscher-Kreisliga (1921–1926), Gauliga Ruhr (1926–1933), Landesliga Westfalen (1945–1947), Bundesliga (1963–)
GC = German championship (1927–1962)
Cup = Tschammer-Pokal (1935–1943), DFB-Pokal (1952–)
EC = European competitions: European Cup (1958–59), Cup Winners' Cup (1969–70)
OtC = Other competitions: Western German championship (1927–1933), Westphalian Cup (1943–1944), British zone championship (1947), Oberliga relegation play-offs (1949), Western German Cup (1953–1963), i.a.

Team records

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Competition	#	Years
International title
UEFA Cup	1	1997
National titles
German Championship	7	1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1958
DFB-Pokal	5	1937, 1972, 2001, 2002, 2011
DFL-Supercup	1	2011
DFL-Ligapokal	1	2005
2. Bundesliga	3	1982, 1991, 2022
Regional titles
Oberliga West	2	1951, 1958
Landesliga Westfalen	2	1946, 1947
Gauliga Westfalen	11	1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944
Western German Championship	4	1929, 1930, 1932, 1933
Western German Cup	1	1954
Westphalian Cup	2	1943, 1944

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List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

Player records

Bundesliga era

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Other records

Pre-Bundesliga era

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Other records

All time

Most appearances

Top goalscorers

Manager records

Bundesliga era

Pre-Bundesliga era

Team records

Bundesliga era

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Honours

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Rank	Player	First		Last		Sea- sons	Apps
Rank	Player	Year	Age	Year	Age	Sea- sons	Apps
1	Klaus Fichtel	1965	20	1988	43	19	556
2	Ernst Kuzorra	1923	17	1949	43	24	466
3	Norbert Nigbur	1966	18	1982	34	14	455
4	Fritz Szepan	1925	17	1949	41	22	437
5	Bernhard Klodt	1943	16	1962	35	18	425
6	Olaf Thon	1983	17	2002	35	13	384
7	Gerald Asamoah	1999	20	2013	34	12	381
8	Rolf Rüssmann	1969	19	1980	30	12	375
9	Ingo Anderbrügge	1988	24	1999	35	12	355
10	Herbert Lütkebohmert	1968	20	1979	31	11	351