Best Bundesliga full-backs 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 the second part of its summer rankings. The full-back rankings can be found below.

World Class

None. 

International Class

1. Julian Ryerson, Borussia Dortmund 

2. Alex Grimaldo, Bayer Leverkusen 

3. Konrad Laimer, FC Bayern

National Class 

4. Vladimir Coufal, Hoffenheim 

5. Maximilian Mittelstädt, Stuttgart 

6. David Raum, RB Leipzig 

7. Josip Stanisic, FC Bayern 

8. Nathaniel Brown, Eintracht Frankfurt (now at FC Bayern)

9. Philipp Treu, SC Freiburg