Bundesliga victory record: Neuer outperforms Kahn

Bayern Munich captain Manuel Neuer has set a winning record in the Bundesliga. The 35-year-old goalkeeper scored his 311th success in his 460th Bundesliga game with the record champions on Saturday in a 4-0 (3-0) win over Union Berlin. In doing so, he overtakes Bavaria’s CEO Oliver Kahn (310 wins).

Neuer achieved 234 wins (303 games) with Bayern and 77 wins (156) with Schalke 04. Kahn had won 260 times (429) with Bayern and 50 times (128) with Karlsruher SC.

Neuer celebrated his first win on his Bundesliga debut with Schalke 04 on August 19, 2006 against Alemannia Aachen (1-0). The goalkeeper made 156 appearances for the Royal Blues before moving to the German record champions in the summer of 2011.

Neuer’s teammates Thomas Müller (298 wins in 409 games) and Robert Lewandowski (270 wins in 377 games) are third and fifth in the list.

The players with the most wins in the Bundesliga at a glance

1. Manuel Neuer (Schalke 04, Bayern Munich) – 311 wins/73 draws/76 losses/460 games *

2. Oliver Kahn (Karlsruher SC, Bayern Munich) – 310 wins/137 draws/110 losses/557 games

3. Thomas Müller (Bayern Munich) – 298 wins/65 draws/46 losses/409 games *

4. Manfred Kaltz (Hamburger SV) – 291 wins/135 draws/155 defeats/581 games

5. Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich) – 270 wins/58 draws/49 losses/377 games *

6. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich, VfB Stuttgart) – 250 wins/75 draws/60 losses/385 games

7. Sepp Maier (Bayern Munich) – 249 wins/103 draws/121 losses/473 games

7. Lothar Matthäus (Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach) – 249 wins/116 draws/99 losses/464 games

9. Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen, 1. FC Köln, Bayern Munich) – 248 wins/107 draws/135 losses/490 games

10. Stefan Reuter (Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich, 1. FC Nürnberg) – 238 wins/142 draws/122 defeats/502 games