Bayer Leverkusen 2000s squad
Every player who appeared for Bayer Leverkusen in the 2000s — 136 in all, with their career-at-club league totals.
Ulf Kirsten racked up the most apps of anyone here — 350 in all. He also leads the scoring, with 182 goals. The squad breaks down as 13 goalkeepers, 46 defenders, 50 midfielders and 27 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ulf Kirsten | FW | 350 | 182 | 89 |
| Stefan Kießling | FW | 342 | 131 | 89 |
| Simon Rolfes | MF | 288 | 41 | 89 |
| Bernd Schneider | MF | 263 | 35 | 89 |
| Dimitar Berbatov | FW | 154 | 69 | 89 |
| Jens Nowotny | DF | 231 | 4 | 88 |
| Tranquillo Barnetta | MF | 187 | 23 | 88 |
| Gonzalo Castro | MF | 286 | 25 | 88 |
| Lars Bender | MF | 256 | 22 | 87 |
| Hans-Jörg Butt | GK | 191 | — | 87 |
| Carsten Ramelow | MF | 333 | 23 | 87 |
| Zé Roberto | MF | 113 | 17 | 86 |
| Paul Freier | MF | 112 | 17 | 86 |
| Andriy Voronin | FW | 92 | 32 | 86 |
| Oliver Neuville | FW | 165 | 42 | 86 |
| Hans-Peter Lehnhoff | MF | 139 | 11 | 86 |
| Paulo Rink | FW | 88 | 29 | 85 |
| René Adler | GK | 138 | — | 85 |
| Manuel Friedrich | DF | 147 | 11 | 85 |
| Stefan Reinartz | DF | 145 | 11 | 85 |
| Marko Babić | DF | 144 | 13 | 85 |
| Boris Živković | DF | 144 | 9 | 85 |
| Juan | DF | 139 | 10 | 85 |
| Eren Derdiyok | FW | 90 | 25 | 84 |
| Michael Ballack | MF | 79 | 27 | 84 |
| Stefan Beinlich | MF | 80 | 24 | 84 |
| Patrick Helmes | FW | 57 | 28 | 84 |
| Michal Kadlec | DF | 128 | 8 | 84 |
| Robert Kovač | DF | 127 | 1 | 84 |
| Diego Placente | DF | 123 | 3 | 84 |
| Françoaldo Sena de Souza | FW | 71 | 21 | 83 |
| Renato Augusto | MF | 101 | 9 | 83 |
| Emerson | MF | 82 | 11 | 83 |
| Daniel Bierofka | MF | 78 | 11 | 83 |
| Adam Matysek | GK | 78 | — | 82 |
| Daniel Schwaab | DF | 96 | 0 | 81 |
| Lúcio | DF | 92 | 15 | 81 |
| Yıldıray Baştürk | MF | 73 | 8 | 81 |
| Atanas Kurdov | FW | 46 | 14 | 81 |
| Sascha Marquet | MF | 68 | 8 | 81 |
| Sergej Barbarez | MF | 61 | 11 | 80 |
| Theofanis Gekas | FW | 50 | 13 | 80 |
| Thomas Brdarić | FW | 82 | 14 | 80 |
| Tom Starke | GK | 53 | — | 80 |
| Fabian Giefer | GK | 44 | — | 78 |
| Jacek Krzynówek | MF | 52 | 9 | 78 |
| Tim Jerat | MF | 49 | 6 | 77 |
| Toni Kroos | MF | 43 | 10 | 77 |
| Hanno Balitsch | MF | 64 | 3 | 76 |
| Karim Haggui | DF | 59 | 3 | 76 |
| Landon Donovan | MF/FW | 28 | 9 | 76 |
| Sami Hyypiä | DF | 53 | 3 | 75 |
| Kevin Kampl | MF | 36 | 5 | 74 |
| Jens Hegeler | MF | 45 | 3 | 74 |
| Robson Ponte | FW | 79 | 6 | 74 |
| Jörg Reeb | MF | 54 | 1 | 74 |
| Peter Lérant | DF | 44 | 2 | 73 |
| Sascha Dum | DF | 43 | 0 | 73 |
| Clemens Fritz | DF | 43 | 2 | 73 |
| Hans Sarpei | DF | 42 | 0 | 73 |
| Lukas Sinkiewicz | DF | 39 | 2 | 72 |
| Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker | DF | 36 | 2 | 71 |
| Roque Júnior | DF | 35 | 0 | 71 |
| Pascal Zuberbühler | GK | 13 | — | 71 |
| Jurica Vranješ | MF | 46 | 0 | 71 |
| Pirmin Schwegler | MF | 46 | 0 | 71 |
| Zoltán Sebescen | DF | 32 | 3 | 70 |
| Frank Juric | GK | 11 | — | 70 |
| Athirson Mazzoli e Oliveira | DF | 30 | 2 | 69 |
| Jan Šimák | MF | 22 | 3 | 69 |
| Ahmed Reda Madouni | DF | 29 | 3 | 69 |
| Fredrik Stenman | DF | 28 | 0 | 69 |
| Henrique | DF | 27 | 0 | 68 |
| René Schnitzler | FW | 17 | 3 | 68 |
| Emanuel Pogatetz | DF | 26 | 0 | 68 |
| Frankie Hejduk | DF | 26 | 0 | 68 |
| Benedikt Fernandez | GK | 6 | — | 67 |
| Pascal Ojigwe | MF | 30 | 0 | 67 |
| Jermaine Jones | MF | 15 | 5 | 66 |
| Vratislav Greško | DF | 21 | 0 | 66 |
| Dmitri Bulykin | FW | 15 | 2 | 66 |
| Torben Hoffmann | DF | 19 | 0 | 65 |
| Erkan Öztürk | FW | 22 | 0 | 64 |
| Aggelos Charisteas | FW | 13 | 1 | 64 |
| Zoran Mamić | DF | 15 | 0 | 63 |
| Sebastian Schoof | FW | 7 | 2 | 63 |
| Benjamin Kirsten | GK | 2 | — | 63 |
| Michal Papadopulos | FW | 19 | 0 | 63 |
| Ioannis Masmanidis | MF | 14 | 0 | 63 |
| Radosław Kałużny | MF | 12 | 0 | 61 |
| Tomasz Zdebel | MF | 12 | 0 | 61 |
| Teddy Lučić | DF | 11 | 0 | 61 |
| Ali Mousavi | FW | 13 | 0 | 61 |
| Thomas Kleine | DF | 10 | 0 | 61 |
| Constant Djakpa | DF | 9 | 0 | 60 |
| Danko Lazović | MF | 9 | 0 | 60 |
| Sezer Öztürk | MF | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Andreas Neuendorf | MF | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Burak Kaplan | MF | 4 | 2 | 59 |
| Kenan Şahin | FW | 6 | 0 | 58 |
| Bastian Oczipka | DF | 4 | 0 | 57 |
| Christoph Preuß | DF | 4 | 0 | 57 |
| Pierre de Wit | MF | 4 | 0 | 57 |
| Richard Sukuta-Pasu | FW | 4 | 0 | 57 |
| Ingo Hertzsch | DF | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Anel Džaka | MF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Marcel Risse | MF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Markus Daun | FW | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Cris | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Assimiou Touré | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Ricardo Faty | MF | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| Thorsten Wittek | MF | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Josip Tadić | FW | 1 | 0 | 54 |
| Tomasz Bobel | GK | 0 | — | 53 |
| Gábor Király | GK | 0 | — | 53 |
| Erik Domaschke | GK | 0 | — | 53 |
| Cha Du-ri | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Alexander Meyer | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Anderson Bamba | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Joey DiGiamarino | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Michael Zepek | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Džemal Berberović | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Mile Božić | DF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Rachid Tiberkanine | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Thorsten Burkhardt | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Nasir El Kasmi | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Andreas Voss | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Marcos Vicente dos Santos | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Hüzeyfe Doğan | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| John Thorrington | MF | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Mirosław Spiżak | FW | 0 | 0 | 50 |
| Fabian Hergesell | DF | — | — | 46 |
| Pierre-Michel Lasogga | FW | — | — | 46 |
| Ersin Demir | FW | — | — | 46 |
| Kai Klefisch | MF | — | — | 46 |
| Romuald Peiser | GK | — | — | 45 |
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