List of FC Schalke 04 records and statistics

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

Player records First / Last: year of the first / last competitive appearance for Schalke Seasons (S): 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, 2026–current) 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga (1981–82, 1983–84, 1988–1991, 2021–22, 2023–2026) 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 .

Most appearances Players are sorted by number of total appearances, then by number of Bundesliga appearances. PlayerFirstLastTotal1965198819477–52207556196619821435538411294551983200213295382922–3841999201312279–3051213811969198012304–4219103751988199912216100221613551968197911286–391973511970198112295–39963492007201710240–276623351988200012200861918–3231988199810200741919–312199320029256–242523071992200211257–212313022008202412212152140128919781988101996322–1285199920067214–253112282197119809226–271562741990200111229720121269197119788212–27156260200920167194–164622581976198810189323142258201020218184–154912491980198891586620–2246196919799210–218–239198619961112010019––239197319878202–2310–235197619838168382242234200320097168–133517233200420106168–19368231196319718201–226–229200820157170–17401228196319748190–287–225199420017187–1720122519731982916227179–215200520105162–14294209199219986175–1218–2051988199468310813––204196919756165–2396203200620115156–16274203199320029177–1312–202200520105153–13311198200220065130–143418196196319718170–204–194199720037151–18204193201320186146–1234–192200720136129–17372185199920067141–181411184200420095131–132811183199620036138–1426–178199920056134–16167173201120156119–123811701982198751103818–2168199820046134–1695164196519705143–127–162200220064111–122910162201220164122–732–161200320074113–1021161601982198651013421–2158201520217122–1718–157197419784131–178–15619891994680696––155196819724126–208–154201020166104–8401153198319885973715––149201320185116–922–147200520094106–7285146197919845676213–2144201620216112–1516–143197119754113–1568142200220076102–9247142201220216111–723–141200020044104–13168141198319874873715––13920012005498–121513138198319874883713––13820112015499–729113620072011497–15194135199519994109–5181133201620215105–1216–133199820025112–1361132200020045101–12108131201720204108–1111–13019891993563616––13020062009496–1117512920112016588–8301127201720214111–132–126196719714106–127–12519901994485346––12520072010392–11182123196719714101–156–12220222026424907––121196319674110–9––119201720214102–125–11920172020495–1311–11920022008682–919811819891992533787––11820042007383–9196117196619716102–83–11320002003386–148411219952001696–68–110

Top goalscorers Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. Players are sorted by number of total goals, then by goals per game (Ø). PlayerFirstLastTotal19701981182 (295)–34 (39)7 (9)3 (6)226 (349)2010202184 (184)–13 (15)31 (49)0 (1)128 (249)1999200673 (214)–18 (25)10 (31)3 (12)104 (282)1988199946 (216)36 (100)5 (22)1 (16)0 (1)88 (355)2005201071 (162)–8 (14)7 (29)1 (4)87 (209)1983200252 (295)14 (38)8 (29)1 (22)–75 (384)1983198739 (88)19 (37)6 (13)––64 (138)1999201344 (279)–12 (30)5 (51)3 (21)64 (381)1971198045 (226)–12 (27)1 (15)1 (6)59 (274)1973198744 (202)–10 (23)4 (10)–58 (235)1971197850 (212)–2 (27)2 (15)0 (6)54 (260)2008201539 (170)–8 (17)6 (40)0 (1)53 (228)1969197538 (165)–5 (23)3 (9)2 (6)48 (203)1989199418 (80)28 (69)0 (6)––46 (155)1969198030 (304)–9 (42)2 (19)5 (10)46 (375)1993200233 (177)–7 (13)4 (12)–44 (202)202220261 (24)40 (90)2 (7)––43 (121)1989199312 (63)29 (61)1 (6)––42 (130)202120245 (32)35 (58)0 (5)––40 (95)2010201228 (66)–3 (7)9 (23)0 (2)40 (98)1995199933 (109)–2 (5)4 (18)0 (1)39 (133)1996200327 (138)–2 (14)9 (26)–38 (178)1967197130 (101)–6 (15)1 (6)–37 (122)197919848 (67)21 (62)5 (13)–2 (2)35 (144)2000200328 (79)–3 (8)2 (7)0 (2)33 (96)1968197928 (286)–3 (39)1 (19)1 (7)33 (351)2017202024 (95)–4 (13)4 (11)–32 (119)1988200017 (200)13 (86)2 (19)0 (18)–32 (323)2004200720 (83)–4 (9)7 (19)0 (6)31 (117)1967197126 (106)–5 (12)0 (7)–31 (125)2000200423 (101)–7 (12)0 (10)1 (8)31 (131)1976198319 (168)10 (38)2 (22)0 (4)0 (2)31 (234)2011201518 (119)–5 (12)7 (38)0 (1)30 (170)198219849 (33)14 (30)6 (8)–0 (2)29 (73)1974197824 (131)–2 (17)2 (8)–28 (156)1963196722 (110)–5 (9)––27 (119)1963197420 (190)–3 (28)3 (7)–26 (225)1963196520 (52)–5 (6)––25 (58)1965197019 (143)–6 (12)0 (7)–25 (162)1984198620 (52)–4 (5)––24 (57)202420260 (3)23 (57)1 (4)––24 (64)1971197314 (35)–3 (6)2 (4)4 (7)23 (52)2021202311 (33)10 (32)2 (4)––23 (69)200220057 (58)–4 (8)9 (13)3 (8)23 (87)2009201617 (194)–2 (16)4 (46)0 (2)23 (258)2007201712 (240)–5 (27)6 (66)0 (2)23 (335)2014201718 (82)–0 (5)4 (19)–22 (106)2006200916 (96)–3 (11)2 (17)1 (5)22 (129)2013201817 (146)–2 (12)3 (34)–22 (192)1963196418 (22)–3 (3)––21 (25)

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: Edin Džeko – (24 August 2026, DFB-Pokal) Oldest league goalscorer: Edin Džeko – (15 March 2026, 2. Bundesliga) Oldest Bundesliga goalscorer: Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 37 years, 276 days (15 May 2021) 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), Helmut Kremers, Norbert Nigbur (both 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, unless a player ended his Schalke 04 career after 1963, then all of 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.

Most appearances PlayerFirstLastTotal1923194924FW16418957939–714661925194922FW15610998735–504371943196218FW14330212487214251932194816DF16234237734–193491939195514FW65143–3924–62771960197111DF–32201124672711955196510FW–182398117182651962197410FW–25190–32742581956196812FW–135837124152561933194411FW150––6636–1253

Top goalscorers Numbers in brackets indicate appearances made. PlayerFirstLastTotal19231949FW147 (164)1 (18)141 (95)48 (79)26 (39)82 (71)445 (466)0.9519251949FW118 (156)1 (10)80 (99)56 (87)19 (35)37 (50)311 (437)0.7119331944FW113 (150)––54 (66)28 (36)0 (1)195 (253)0.7719431962FW7 (14)129 (330)14 (21)10 (24)0 (8)8 (28)*168 (425)0.4019391955FW88 (65)18 (143)–26 (39)14 (24)0 (6)146 (277)0.5319321943FW78 (80)–4 (3)30 (46)12 (24)–124 (153)0.8119341938FW59 (59)––28 (24)17 (18)–104 (101)1.031924193510 (32)–55 (64)14 (23)–23 (47)102 (166)0.611940194928 (31)16 (38)31 (18)7 (15)8 (11)3 (6)93 (119)0.781930193629 (49)–45 (33)10 (30)0 (6)6 (10)90 (128)0.70

Other records Youngest and oldest Youngest player: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen) Youngest goalscorer: Otto Schrader – 15 years, 331 days (21 March 1937, Gauliga Westfalen) Oldest player: Ernst Kuzorra – 43 years, 92 days (16 January 1949, Oberliga West) Oldest goalscorer: Ernst Kuzorra – 41 years, 333 days (14 September 1947, Oberliga West)

Goals Most goals in a season in all competitions: Hermann Eppenhoff – 42 (1940–41) Most league goals in a season: Ernst Kuzorra – 34 (1929–30, Gauliga Ruhr) Most Gauliga Westfalen goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 28 (1940–41) Most Oberliga West goals in a season: Hans Kleina – 23 (1950–51) Most German championship goals in a season: Hermann Eppenhoff – 13 (1941) Most goals scored in a match: Herbert Burdenski – 8 (23 February 1947, Landesliga Westfalen) Most goals scored in a German championship match: Ernst Kalwitzki – 5 (18 June 1939, final) Internationals First international cap as a Schalke 04 player: Ernst Kuzorra – 20 November 1927 Most international caps as a Schalke 04 player: Fritz Szepan – 34 (1929–1939) Most international goals as a Schalke 04 player: Adolf Urban – 11 (1935–1942) World Cup winner: Bernhard Klodt (1954)

All time

Most appearances

PlayerFirstLastSea-sonsAppsYearAgeYearAge19652019884319556192317194943244661966181982341445519251719494122437194316196235184251983172002351338419992020133412381196919198030123751988241999351235519682019793111351

Top goalscorers

PlayerFirstLastGoals(Apps)YearAgeYearAge192317194943445 (466)0.95192517194941311 (437)0.71197020198131226 (349)0.65193323194434195 (253)0.77194318196235168 (425)0.40193819195536146 (277)0.53201027202137128 (249)0.51193218194329124 (153)0.81193422193826104 (101)1.03199927200633104 (282)0.37

Manager records Most matches managed

Bundesliga era BL = Bundesliga, 2.BL = 2. Bundesliga, Cup = DFB-Pokal, EC = European competitions, OtC = Other competitions (Supercup, Ligapokal) ManagerFirstLastTotal1996202010249–23423317197119795157–20610193198319894685518––14119931996499–92–11019641967499–10––10920062008379–520510920042011457–82038819761977365–1010–8520092011260–10817920122014358–514–77

Pre-Bundesliga era OLW = Oberliga West, GWL = Gauliga Westfalen, Cup = DFB-Pokal, GC = German championship, EC = European Cup ManagerFirstLastTotal195419595150–1177175194919545150–121–163193319385–904119–150

Team records

Bundesliga era Matches Record league win: 7–0 vs. FC Bayern Munich (a), Bundesliga, 9 October 1976 Record league home win: 6–0 each vs. SpVgg Bayreuth, 24 October 1981; SC Freiburg, 29 October 1983; Darmstadt 98, 10 March 1984; all 2. Bundesliga