Best Bundesliga strikers 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 striker rankings can be found below.

World Class

1. Harry Kane, FC Bayern

International Class

2. Deniz Undav, VfB Stuttgart  

National Class 

3. Igor Matanovic, SC Freiburg

4. Fisnik Asllani, TSG Hoffenheim 

5. Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund 

6. Patrik Schick, Bayer Leverkusen 

7. Ermedin Demirovic, VfB Stuttgart 

8. Said El Mala, 1. FC Köln 

9. Ragnar Ache, 1. FC Köln 

10. Philip Tietz, Mainz 05