The list of DFB-Pokal top scorers includes the all-time top scorers of the DFB-Pokal, as well as the top scorers of each season of the competition since its inception as the Tschammerpokal in 1935. Gerd Müller is the all-time top scorer in the DFB-Pokal, having scored 78 goals in 62 appearances for Bayern Munich. The record for the most seasons as top scorer is held by Robert Lewandowski, with five titles. So far only Dieter Müller and Hannes Löhr of 1. FC Köln, along with Claudio Pizarro and Lewandowski of Bayern Munich have successfully defended their title as top scorers. Dieter Müller holds jointly with Ernst Wilimowski of 1860 Munich the record of the most goals scored in a single cup campaign, with 14.
The table includes all players to have scored 20 or more goals.
The following lists all of the top scorers in each individual season.[1]
| Year | Player(s) | Club(s) | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1935 | data-sort-value="Kuzorra, Ernst" | Ernst Kuzorra | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | 9 |
| 1936 | data-sort-value="Budde, Hermann" | Hermann Budde | data-sort-value="Benrath" | VfL Benrath | 7 |
| data-sort-value="Poertgen, Ernst" | Ernst Poertgen | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | ||
| 1937 | data-sort-value="Manner, Kurt" | Kurt Männer | data-sort-value="Hartha" | BC Hartha | 7 |
| 1938 | data-sort-value="Schon, Helmut" | Helmut Schön | data-sort-value="Dresden" | Dresdner SC | 10 |
| 1939 | data-sort-value="Adamkiewicz, Edmund" | Edmund Adamkiewicz | data-sort-value="Frankfurt; Hamburg" | Eintracht Frankfurt, Hamburger SV | 11 |
| data-sort-value="Binder, Franz" | Franz Binder | data-sort-value="Wein" | Rapid Wien | ||
| 1940 | data-sort-value="Machate, Fritz" | Fritz Machate | data-sort-value="Dresden" | Dresdner SC (C) | 10 |
| 1941 | data-sort-value="Conen, Edmund" | Edmund Conen | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Kickers" | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 1942 | data-sort-value="Wilimowski, Ernst" | Ernst Wilimowski | data-sort-value="Munich, 1860" | 1860 Munich (C) | 14 |
| 1943 | data-sort-value="Decker, Karl" | Karl Decker | data-sort-value="Vienna" | First Vienna (C) | 10 |
| data-sort-value="Noack, Rudolf" | Rudolf Noack | data-sort-value="Vienna" | First Vienna (C) | ||
| Champions Record number of goals | |||||
| Season | Player(s) | Club(s) | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952–53 | data-sort-value="Islacker, Franz" | Franz Islacker | data-sort-value="Essen, Rot-Weiss" | Rot-Weiss Essen (C) | 3 |
| 1953–54 | data-sort-value="Stollenwerk, Georg" | Georg Stollenwerk | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Waldner, Erwin" | Erwin Waldner | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart (C) | ||
| 1954–55 | data-sort-value="Kohn, Antoine" |  Antoine Kohn | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Kunkel, Ernst" | Ernst Kunkel | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Sadlowski, Helmut" | Helmut Sadlowski | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | ||
| data-sort-value="Seeler, Dieter" | Dieter Seeler | data-sort-value="Altona" | Altona 93 | ||
| data-sort-value="Sommerlatt, Kurt" | Kurt Sommerlatt | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Traub, Oswald" | Oswald Traub | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | ||
| 1955–56 | data-sort-value="Ruppenstein, Heinz" | Heinz Ruppenstein | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Seeler, Uwe" | Uwe Seeler | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | ||
| data-sort-value="Termath, Bernhard" | Bernhard Termath | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC (C) | ||
| 1956–57 | data-sort-value="Jobst, Rudolf" | Rudolf Jobst | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 2 |
| 1957–58 | data-sort-value="Geiger, Rolf" | Rolf Geiger | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart (C) | 3 |
| 1958–59 | data-sort-value="Rummel, Manfred" | Manfred Rummel | data-sort-value="Essen, Schwarz-Weiss" | Schwarz-Weiß Essen (C) | 4 |
| 1959–60 | data-sort-value="Brulls, Albert" | Albert Brülls | data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | Borussia München Gladbach (C) | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Witlatschil, Gustav" | Gustav Witlatschil | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC | ||
| 1960–61 | data-sort-value="Hanel, Klaus" | Klaus Hänel | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen (C) | 3 |
| 1961–62 | data-sort-value="Flachenecker, Gustav" | Gustav Flachenecker | data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Haseneder, Kurt" | Kurt Haseneder | data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Wild, Tasso" | Tasso Wild | data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Wolfframm, Franz-Josef" | Franz-Josef Wolfframm | data-sort-value="Dusseldorf" | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
| 1962–63 | data-sort-value="Seeler, Uwe" | Uwe Seeler | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV (C) | 3 |
| 1963–64 | data-sort-value="Brunnenmeier, Rudolf" | Rudolf Brunnenmeier | data-sort-value="Munich, 1860" | 1860 Munich (C) | 5 |
| 1964–65 | data-sort-value="Breuer, Christian" | Christian Breuer | data-sort-value="Aachen" | Alemannia Aachen | 4 |
| data-sort-value="Emmerich, Lothar" | Lothar Emmerich | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Gerhardt, Waldemar" | Waldemar Gerhardt | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | ||
| data-sort-value="Haseneder, Kurt" | Kurt Haseneder | data-sort-value="Augsburg" | Schwaben Augsburg | ||
| data-sort-value="Koslowski, Willi" | Willi Koslowski | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | ||
| data-sort-value="Wild, Tasso" | Tasso Wild | data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg | ||
| 1965–66 | data-sort-value="Ohlhauser, Rainer" | Rainer Ohlhauser | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 5 |
| data-sort-value="Osterhoff, Peter" | Peter Osterhoff | data-sort-value="St Pauli" | FC St. Pauli | ||
| 1966–67 | data-sort-value="Muller, Gerd" | Gerd Müller | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1967–68 | data-sort-value="Lohr, Hannes" | Hannes Löhr | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln (C) | 5 |
| 1968–69 | data-sort-value="Muller, Gerd" | Gerd Müller | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1969–70 | data-sort-value="Lohr, Hannes" | Hannes Löhr | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | 6 |
| 1970–71 | data-sort-value="Muller, Gerd" | Gerd Müller | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 10 |
| 1971–72 | data-sort-value="Fischer, Klaus" | Klaus Fischer | data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 (C) | 7 |
| data-sort-value="Lohr, Hannes" | Hannes Löhr | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | ||
| data-sort-value="Overath, Wolfgang" | Wolfgang Overath | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | ||
| data-sort-value="Rupp, Bernd" | Bernd Rupp | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | ||
| 1972–73 | data-sort-value="Lohr, Hannes" | Hannes Löhr | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | 8 |
| 1973–74 | data-sort-value="Holzenbein, Bernd" | Bernd Hölzenbein | data-sort-value="Frankfurt" | Eintracht Frankfurt (C) | 6 |
| 1974–75 | data-sort-value="Lindner, Hermann" | Hermann Lindner | data-sort-value="Essen, Rot-Weiss" | Rot-Weiss Essen | 6 |
| 1975–76 | data-sort-value="Toppmoller, Klaus" | Klaus Toppmöller | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 8 |
| 1976–77 | data-sort-value="Muller, Dieter" | Dieter Müller | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln (C) | 14 |
| 1977–78 | data-sort-value="Muller, Dieter" | Dieter Müller | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln (C) | 8 |
| 1978–79 | data-sort-value="Hoeness, Dieter" | Dieter Hoeneß | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 8 |
| 1979–80 | data-sort-value="Allofs, Klaus" | Klaus Allofs | data-sort-value="Dusseldorf" | Fortuna Düsseldorf (C) | 9 |
| data-sort-value="Burgsmuller, Manfred" | Manfred Burgsmüller | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund | ||
| 1980–81 | data-sort-value="Hartwig, Jimmy" | Jimmy Hartwig | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | 7 |
| data-sort-value="Hrubesch, Horst" | Horst Hrubesch | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | ||
| data-sort-value="Remark, Thomas" | Thomas Remark | data-sort-value="Berlin" | Hertha BSC | ||
| 1981–82 | data-sort-value="Rummenigge, Karl-Heinz" | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 1982–83 | data-sort-value="Engels, Stephan" | Stephan Engels | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln (C) | 6 |
| 1983–84 | data-sort-value="Fischer, Klaus" | Klaus Fischer | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | 5 |
| data-sort-value="Worm, Ronald" | Ronald Worm | data-sort-value="Braunschweig" | Eintracht Braunschweig | ||
| 1984–85 | data-sort-value="Dum, Manfred" | Manfred Dum | data-sort-value="Solingen" | Union Solingen | 5 |
| 1985–86 | data-sort-value="Allgower, Karl" | Karl Allgöwer | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 8 |
| 1986–87 | data-sort-value="Kurtenbach, Dirk" | Dirk Kurtenbach | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Kickers" | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 1987–88 | data-sort-value="Kuntz, Stefan" | Stefan Kuntz | data-sort-value="Uerdingen" | Bayer Uerdingen | 5 |
| 1988–89 | data-sort-value="Schreier, Christian" | Christian Schreier | data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 |
| 1989–90 | data-sort-value="Kuntz, Stefan" | Stefan Kuntz | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) | 5 |
| data-sort-value="Rufer, Wynton" |  Wynton Rufer | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1990–91 | data-sort-value="Tonnies, Michael" | Michael Tönnies | data-sort-value="Duisburg" | MSV Duisburg | 6 |
| 1991–92 | data-sort-value="Walter, Fritz" | Fritz Walter | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 7 |
| 1992–93 | data-sort-value="Thom, Andreas" | Andreas Thom | data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen (C) | 6 |
| 1993–94 | data-sort-value="Rufer, Wynton" | Wynton Rufer | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen (C) | 5 |
| 1994–95 | data-sort-value="Herrlich, Heiko" | Heiko Herrlich | data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | Borussia Mönchengladbach (C) | 6 |
| 1995–96 | data-sort-value="Beschastnykh, Vladimir" |  Vladimir Beschastnykh | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen | 4 |
| data-sort-value="Hassler, Thomas" | Thomas Häßler | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC | ||
| data-sort-value="Kuka, Pavel" |  Pavel Kuka | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern (C) | ||
| 1996–97 | data-sort-value="Winkler, Bernhard" | Bernhard Winkler | data-sort-value="Munich, 1860" | 1860 Munich | 4 |
| 1997–98 | data-sort-value="Jancker, Carsten" | Carsten Jancker | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 1998–99 | data-sort-value="Weber, Achim" | Achim Weber | data-sort-value="Oberhausen" | Rot-Weiß Oberhausen | 6 |
| 1999–2000 | data-sort-value="Kevric, Adnan" |  Adnan Kevrić | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Kickers" | Stuttgarter Kickers | 8 |
| 2000–01 | data-sort-value="Van Lent, Arie" | Arie van Lent | data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 6 |
| 2001–02 | data-sort-value="Berbatov, Dimitar" | Dimitar Berbatov | data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 |
| 2002–03 | data-sort-value="Elber, Giovane" |  Giovane Élber | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2003–04 | data-sort-value="Ailton" | Aílton | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen (C) | 6 |
| data-sort-value="Klasnic, Ivan" | Ivan Klasnić | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen (C) | ||
| 2004–05 | data-sort-value="Jancker, Carsten" | Carsten Jancker | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 6 |
| data-sort-value="Pizarro, Claudio" |  Claudio Pizarro | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | ||
| 2005–06 | data-sort-value="Pizarro, Claudio" | Claudio Pizarro | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 5 |
| 2006–07 | data-sort-value="Cacau" | Cacau | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 5 |
| 2007–08 | data-sort-value="Gomez, Mario" | Mario Gómez | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 6 |
| 2008–09 | data-sort-value="Dzeko, Edin" | Edin Džeko | data-sort-value="Wolfsburg" | VfL Wolfsburg | 6 |
| data-sort-value="Olic, Ivica" | Ivica Olić | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | ||
| 2009–10 | data-sort-value="Barrios, Lucas" | Lucas Barrios | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund | 4 |
| data-sort-value="Muller, Thomas" | Thomas Müller | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | ||
| data-sort-value="Senesie, Sahr" | Sahr Senesie | data-sort-value="Trier" | Eintracht Trier | ||
| 2010–11 | data-sort-value="Lakic, Srdan" | Srđan Lakić | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 7 |
| 2011–12 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" |  Robert Lewandowski | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 7 |
| 2012–13 | data-sort-value="Gomez, Mario" | Mario Gómez | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2013–14 | data-sort-value="Muller, Thomas" | Thomas Müller | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 8 |
| 2014–15 | data-sort-value="Kiessling, Stefan" | Stefan Kießling | data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen | 6 |
| data-sort-value="Schipplock, Sven" | Sven Schipplock | data-sort-value="Hoffenheim" | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
| 2015–16 | data-sort-value="Mkhitaryan, Henrikh" |  Henrikh Mkhitaryan | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund | 5 |
| 2016–17 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" | Robert Lewandowski | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich | 5 |
| 2017–18 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" | Robert Lewandowski | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich | 6 |
| 2018–19 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" | Robert Lewandowski | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 7 |
| 2019–20 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" | Robert Lewandowski | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich (C) | 6 |
| 2020–21 | data-sort-value="Sancho, Jadon" | Jadon Sancho | data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund (C) | 6 |
| 2021–22 | data-sort-value="Glatzel, Robert" | Robert Glatzel | data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | 5 |
| 2022–23 | data-sort-value="Kolo Muani, Randal" |  Randal Kolo Muani | data-sort-value="Frankfurt" | Eintracht Frankfurt | 6 |
| 2023–24 | data-sort-value="Adli, Amine" | Amine Adli | data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen (C) | 5 |
| Champions Record number of goals | |||||
| Rank | Player | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Lewandowski, Robert" | Robert Lewandowski | 5 |
| 2 | data-sort-value="Lohr, Hannes" | Hannes Löhr | 4 |
| 3 | data-sort-value="Muller, Gerd" | Gerd Müller | 3 |
| 4 | data-sort-value="Fischer, Klaus" | Klaus Fischer | 2 |
| data-sort-value="Gomez, Mario" | Mario Gómez | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Haseneder, Kurt" | Kurt Haseneder | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Jancker, Carsten" | Carsten Jancker | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Kuntz, Stefan" | Stefan Kuntz | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Muller, Dieter" | Dieter Müller | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Muller, Thomas" | Thomas Müller | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Pizarro, Claudio" | Claudio Pizarro | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Rufer, Wynton" | Wynton Rufer | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Seeler, Uwe" | Uwe Seeler | 2 | |
| data-sort-value="Wild, Tasso" | Tasso Wild | 2 |
| Rank | Club | Titles | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | data-sort-value="Munich, Bayern" | Bayern Munich | 20 | |
| 2 | data-sort-value="Koln" | 1. FC Köln | 10 | |
| 3 | data-sort-value="Karlsruhe" | Karlsruher SC | 8 | |
| 4 | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Vfb" | VfB Stuttgart | 7 | |
| 5 | data-sort-value="Bremen" | Werder Bremen | 6 | |
| data-sort-value="Dortmund" | Borussia Dortmund | 6 | ||
| data-sort-value="Hamburg" | Hamburger SV | 6 | ||
| data-sort-value="Schalke" | Schalke 04 | 6 | ||
| 9 | data-sort-value="Kaiserslautern" | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 5 | |
| data-sort-value="Leverkusen" | Bayer Leverkusen | 5 | ||
| 11 | data-sort-value="Nurnberg" | 1. FC Nürnberg | 4 | |
| 12 | data-sort-value="Stuttgart, Kickers" | Stuttgarter Kickers | 3 | |
| data-sort-value="Munich, 1860" | 1860 Munich | 3 | ||
| data-sort-value="Monchengladbach" | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 3 | ||
| data-sort-value="Frankfurt" | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | ||
| 16 | data-sort-value="Essen" | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2 |
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| 3 | | 3 |
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| 5 | | 2 |
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