Best attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga of 2026 so far

Every six months, German football publication Kicker publishes its ranking of the best players in the Bundesliga, as well as the top German players competing abroad, with the selections divided by position and further categorised by performance level.

Assessing performances from the second half of the 2025/26 season, the magazine has now released its summer rankings. The rankings for attacking midfielders can be found below.

World Class

None. 

International Class

1. Nadiem Amiri, Mainz 

2. Andrej Kramaric, Hoffenheim 

3. Serge Gnabry, FC Bayern 

National Class 

4. Christoph Baumgartner, RB Leipzig 

5. Alexis Claude-Maurice, Augsburg 

6. Jamal Musiala, FC Bayern 

7. Paul Nebel, Mainz 

8. Ibrahim Maza, Bayer Leverkusen 

9. Bilal El Khannouss, Stuttgart 

10. Fabio Vieira, Hamburger SV

11. Maximilian Beier, Borussia Dortmund 

12. Yuito Suzuki, Freiburg