Gerd Müller

German association football player (1945–2021)

  • Fame68.8
  • Momentum38.5
  • Footballers rank#161
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  • Fame68.8
  • Momentum38.5
  • Footballers rank#161
  • Wikipedia205.1K
Lived 1945–2021, aged 76Germany
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  • Wikipedia
    87 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Era
    1945–2021
    Aged 76
  • Known for
    Libero
    1973
Summary
Updated 2026-06-21

Gerd Müller turned the six-yard box into a killing floor. The math was simple and brutal: 68 goals in 62 games for West Germany, 365 in 427 for Bayern Munich, a World Cup record that stood for three decades. He didn't dribble through defenses — he just knew where the ball would arrive before it did.

Biography

About

Born 3 November 1945, Müller spent 15 years at Bayern Munich, where his instinct in tight spaces made him the Bundesliga's all-time leading scorer — a record that still stands. In 1970 he won the Golden Boot with ten goals at the World Cup, then claimed the Ballon d'Or. Two years later he scored twice in the final to win the European Championship. In 1974 he put in the winner in the World Cup final, capping a tournament where he added four more goals. His 14 World Cup goals held as the record for 32 years, and among all-time international scorers his goal-per-game ratio remains near-untouchabl…

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Teams

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  • Fort Lauderdale Strikers
    1979–1981
  • Germany men's national association football team
    1966–1974
  • Germany national under-21 football team
    1966–1966
  • Germany national under-23 football team
    1966–1966
  • FC Bayern Munich
    1964–1979
  • TSV 1861 Nördlingen
    1963–1964
19631981
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Season stats

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1979–19817138
1966–19746268
1966–196611
1964–1979453398
1963–19643151
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Awards

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  • German Football Hall of Fame
  • Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • German Footballer of the Year
Where to find them

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Score breakdown

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Fame
Rising
68.8
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Score components
Momentum38.5
Historical31.4
Now attention86.8
Source confidence65.0
Completeness75.0
Global rank
Country rank
Category rank
#161
Receipts

Sources

  • Wikipedia
    wikipedia · en.wikipedia.org
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  • Wikidata
    wikidata · wikidata.org
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  • Pantheon 2.0
    database · pantheon.world
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