The all-time top 10 Bundesliga goalscorers

Müller's record is unbeatable. Between 1965 and 1979 he played solely for Bayern Munich, winning four German titles in the process. He won the golden boot an impressive seven times and in five seasons he scored goals than he played games. In the 1971/72 season he scored 40 goals - a record that still stands today.

Fischer played 100 games more than Müller but scored 97 goals fewer. Fischer scored the most of his goals for Schalke (182), but he also played for 1860 Munich, Cologne and Bochum. Fischer's Bundesliga career lasted 20 years, from 1968 to 1988.

Lewandowski might have long dreamed of a move to Real Madrid but the move never arrived. In the meantime, he has become an institution in the Bundesliga. He scored 74 goals in four seasons for Borussia Dortmund and then he joined Bayern Munich where he has since managed 153 goals. Although 31, Lewandowski's hunt for goals is not over yet. (*As of: 23.04.2020)

Before Heynckes celebrated success as a coach, he was one of the best German strikers of all time. Fourteen years long he played in the Bundesliga, for Borussia Mönchengladbach and Hannover. Heynckes is Gladbach's all-time leading Bundesliga goalscorer (195). As a member of "The Foals" he won four German titles.

Between 1967 and 1990, "Manni" bamboozled opponents with his dribbling ability. He played in the Bundesliga for Essen, Dortmund, Nürnberg and Bremen and is Dortmund's all-time leading Bundesliga goalscorer with 135 goals. After his football career, Burgsmüller spent six years as a kicker for American football team Rhein Fire. He died in May 2019 aged 69.

In 1999, the Peruvian joined Werder Bremen aged 20. Other than a brief spell at Chelsea, "Pizza" has been a Bundesliga regular. He twice made the move from Bremen to Bayern (2001 and 2012). After one season in Cologne, the 41-year-old joined Werder Bremen for the fifth time, where he plans to end his career in the summer of 2020. (*As of 23.04.2020)

Kirsten was already a dangerous striker in his days playing for Dynamo Dresden in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). In 1990, he moved to Leverkusen and stayed there until the end of his career in 2003, making 350 appearances for the club in the Bundesliga. He also won the golden boot three times.

Bochum, Uerdingen, Kaiserslautern, back in Bochum and finally Bielefeld - Stefan Kuntz never played for one of the big Bundesliga clubs. Nevertheless, the man in charge of Germany's U21s today won the golden boot while at Bochum in 1986. He twice won the accolade at Kaiserslautern, where he also lifted the German Cup (1990) and the Bundesliga title (1991).

Dieter Müller still has a Budnesliga record today: On August 17, 1977 he scored six goals in Cologne's 7-2 win against Werder Bremen. Although he spent the majority of his career in Cologne, Müller also played in the Bundesliga for Offenbach, Stuttgart and Saarbrücken. Between 1977 and 1986 he made 303 Bundesliga appearances.

When Cologne spent 2.25 million (€1.15m) Deutschmarks on Düsseldorf striker Klaus Allofs to replace Dieter Müller, it was a then Bundesliga record signing. Few would have predicted that Allofs would go on to score just as many goals as the man he replaced, although he needed 121 more games to reach 177. After a few years in France, Allofs also played in the Bundesliga for Werder Bremen.