This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.
1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" Rank Name Service period SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Josef Dietrich 15 August 1938 – 7 April 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Theodor Wisch 7 April 1943 – 20 August 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke 20 August 1944 – 6 February 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm 6 February 1945 – 8 May 1945
2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" Rank Name Service period SS-Oberst-Gruppenführer Paul Hausser 19 October 1939 – 14 October 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich 14 October 1941 – 31 December 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 31 December 1941 – 19 April 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler 19 April 1942 – 10 February 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Herbert-Ernst Vahl 10 February 1943 – 18 March 1943 SS-Oberführer Kurt Brasack 18 March 1943 – 29 March 1943 SS-Obergruppenführer Walter Krüger 29 March 1943 – 23 October 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding 23 October 1943 – 24 July 1944 SS-Standartenführer Christian Tychsen 24 July 1944 – 28 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 28 July 1944 – 23 October 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding 23 October 1944 – 20 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz 20 January 1945 – 29 January 1945 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff 20 January 1945 – 9 March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Rudolf Lehmann 9 March 1945 – 13 April 1945 SS-Standartenführer Karl Kreutz 13 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" Rank Name Service period SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke 1 November 1939 – 7 July 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 7 July 1941 – 18 July 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler 18 July 1941 – 19 September 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke 19 September 1941 – 26 February 1943 SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Priess 26 February 1943 – 27 April 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding 27 April 1943 – 15 May 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon 15 May 1943 – 22 October 1943 SS-Obergruppenführer Hermann Priess 22 October 1943 – 21 June 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Hellmuth Becker 21 June 1944 – 8 May 1945
4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division Rank Name Service period SS-Gruppenführer Konrad Hitschler 1 September 1940 – 8 September 1940 SS-Gruppenführer Karl Pfeffer-Wildenbruch 8 September 1940 – 10 November 1940 SS-Gruppenführer Arthur Mülverstedt 10 November 1940 – 10 August 1941 SS-Gruppenführer Emil Höring 16 August 1941 – 18 August 1941 SS-Brigadeführer Walter Krüger 18 August 1941 – 15 December 1941 SS-Standartenführer Alfred Wünnenberg 15 December 1941 – 14 May 1942 SS-Oberführer Alfred Borchert 15 May 1942 – 18 July 1942 SS-Brigadeführer Alfred Wünnenberg 19 July 1942 – 10 June 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes 10 June 1943 – 5 July 1943 SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 5 July 1943 – 18 August 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag 18 August 1943 – 20 October 1943 SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 20 October 1943 – 19 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner 19 April 1944 – ? May 1944 SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock ? May 1944 – 7 May 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Herbert-Ernst Vahl 7 May 1944 – 22 July 1944 SS-Standartenführer Karl Schümers 22 July 1944 – 16 August 1944 SS-Oberführer Helmut Dörner 16 August 1944 – 22 August 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Schmedes 22 August 1944 – 27 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer 27 November 1944 – 1 March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Fritz Göhler 1 March 1945 – ? March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Walter Harzer ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945
5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" Rank Name Service period SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner 1 December 1940 – 1 May 1943 SS-Obergruppenführer Herbert Gille 1 May 1943 – 6 August 1944 SS-Oberführer Eduard Deisenhofer 20 July 1944 – 11 August 1944 SS-Standartenführer Johannes-Rudolf Mühlenkamp 11 August 1944 – 9 October 1944 SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich 9 October 1944 – 5 May 1945
6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Richard Herrmann 28 February 1941 – 25 May 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Maria Demelhuber 25 May 1941 – 21 September 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Georg Keppler 21 September 1941 – ? October 1941 SS-Obergruppenführer Karl Maria Demelhuber ? October 1941 – 21 April 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 21 April 1942 – ? April 1942 SS-Oberführer Hans Scheider 21 April 1942 – 15 June 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Matthias Kleinheisterkamp 15 June 1942 – 15 December 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Lothar Debes 15 December 1943 – 20 May 1944 SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger 20 May 1944 – 20 August 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 20 August 1944 – 1 September 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Karl-Heinrich Brenner 1 September 1944 – 2 April 1945 SS-Standartenführer Franz Schreiber 2 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" Rank Name Service period SS-Gruppenführer Artur Phleps 30 January 1942 – 15 May 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Karl von Oberkamp 15 May 1943 – 30 January 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Kumm 30 January 1944 – 20 January 1945 SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidhuber 20 January 1945 – 8 May 1945
8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard ? March 1942 – ? April 1942 SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein ? April 1942 – ? August 1942 SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich ? August 1942 – 15 February 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag 15 February 1943 – 20 April 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 20 April 1943 – 14 May 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein 14 May 1943 – 13 September 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach 13 September 1943 – 22 October 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Hermann Fegelein 22 October 1943 – 1 January 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach 1 January 1944 – 14 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Lombard 14 April 1944 – 1 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Rumohr 1 July 1944 – 11 February 1945
9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" Rank Name Service period SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Bittrich 15 February 1943 – 29 June 1944 SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 29 June 1944 – 10 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler 10 July 1944 – 31 July 1944 SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 31 July 1944 – 29 August 1944 SS-Oberführer Walter Harzer 29 August 1944 – 10 October 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Sylvester Stadler 10 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" Rank Name Service period SS-Standartenführer Michael Lippert ? March 1943 – 15 February 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Lothar Debes 15 February 1943 – 15 November 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld 15 November 1943 – 27 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Heinz Harmel 27 April 1944 – 28 April 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Erwin Franz Roestel 28 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nordland" Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Franz Augsberger 22 March 1943 – 1 May 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Fritz von Scholz 1 May 1943 – 27 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Joachim Ziegler 27 July 1944 – 25 April 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Gustav Krukenberg 25 April 1945 – 8 May 1945
12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Witt 31 July 1943 – 14 June 1944 SS-Standartenführer Kurt Meyer 14 June 1944 – 6 September 1944 SS-Obersturmbannführer Hubert Meyer 6 September 1944 – 24 October 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Kraemer 24 October 1944 – 13 November 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Hugo Kraas 13 November 1944 – 8 May 1945
13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Handschar" (1st Croatian) Rank Name Service period SS Gruppenführer Artur Phleps 13 February 1943 – 9 March 1943 SS-Standartenführer der Reserve Herbert von Obwurzer 9 March 1943 – 1 August 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig 1 August 1943 – 1 June 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Desiderius Hampel 1 June 1944 – 12 May 1945
14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Galicia" (1st Ukrainian) Rank Name Service period SS-Gruppenführer Walter Schimana 30 June 1943 – 20 November 1943 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag 20 November 1943 – 22 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Fritz Freitag 5 September 1944 – 24 April 1945
15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Peter Hansen 25 February 1943 – 1 May 1943 SS-Gruppenführer Carl Graf von Pückler-Burghauss 1 May 1943 – 17 February 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Nikolaus Heilmann 17 February 1944 – 21 July 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Herbert von Obwurzer 21 July 1944 – 26 January 1945 SS-Oberführer Eduard Deisenhofer 26 January 1945 – ??/??/???? SS-Oberführer Adolf Ax 26 January 1945 – 15 February 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Karl Burk 15 February 1945 – 2 May 1945
16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" Rank Name Service period SS-Gruppenführer Max Simon 3 October 1943 – 24 October 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 24 October 1944 – 8 May 1945
17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" Rank Name Service period SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 3 October 1943 – ? January 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff ? January 1944 – 15 June 1944 SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 16 June 1944 – 18 June 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Otto Baum 18 June 1944 – 1 August 1944 SS-Standartenführer Otto Binge 1 August 1944 – 29 August 1944 SS-Oberführer Eduard Deisenhofer 30 August 1944 – 30 September 1944 SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 30 September 1944 – ? September 1944 SS-Standartenführer Gustav Mertsch ? September 1944 – ? October 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Werner Ostendorff 21 October 1944 – 15 November 1944 SS-Standartenführer Hans Lingner 15 November 1944 – 9 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer Gerhard Lindner 9 January 1945 – 21 January 1945 SS-Standartenführer Fritz Klingenberg 21 January 1945 – 22 March 1945 SS-Obersturmbannführer Vinzenz Kaiser 22 March 1945 – 24 March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Jacob Fick 24 March 1945 – 27 March 1945 SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 27 March 1945 – 8 May 1945
18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Horst Wessel" Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Trabandt 25 January 1944 – 3 January 1945 SS-Gruppenführer Josef Fitzthum 3 January 1945 – 10 January 1945 SS-Oberführer Georg Bochmann 10 January 1945 – ? March 1945 SS-Standartenführer Heinrich Petersen ? March 1945 – 8 May 1945
19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) Rank Name Service period SS-Oberführer Friedrich-Wilhelm Bock 15 March 1944 – 13 April 1944 SS-Gruppenführer Bruno Streckenbach 13 April 1944 – 8 May 1945
20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer Franz Augsberger ? January 1944 – 19 March 1945 SS-Brigadeführer Berthold Maack 20 March 1945 – 8 May 1945
21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Skanderbeg" (1st Albanian) Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer August Schmidhuber 1 May 1944 – 20 January 1945
22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Rank Name Service period SS-Brigadeführer August Zehender 21 April 1944 – 11 February 1945
23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Kama" (2nd Croatian) Rank Name Service period SS-Standartenführer Helmuth Raithel 1 July 1944 – 31 October 1944
23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland" Rank Name Service period SS-Sturmbannführer Herbert Garthe ? November 1941 – ? February 1942 SS-Oberführer Otto Reich ? February 1942 – 1 April 1942 SS-Obersturmbannführer Arved Theuermann 1 April 1942 – ? July 1942 SS-Standartenführer Josef Fitzthum ? July 1942 – 20 April 1944 SS-Brigadeführer Jürgen Wagner 20 April 1944 – 8 May 1945
24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS "Karstjäger" Rank Name Service period SS-Obersturmbannführer Karl Marx 1 August 1944 – 5 December 1944 SS-Sturmbannführer Werner Hahn 5 December 1944 – 10 February 1945 SS-Oberführer Adolf Wagner 10 February 1945 – 8 May 1945
25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian) Rank Name Service period SS-Standartenführer Thomas Müller 2 November 1944 – 27 November 1944 SS-Gruppenführer József Grassy 27 November 1944 – 8 May 1945