Announced on 21 May 2026 in Frankfurt
The names
heading to America.
3 keepers, 9 defenders, 8 midfielders, 6 forwards. Headline: Manuel Neuer (40) returns as No. 1 two years after retiring, Lennart Karl (18) is the youngest gamble. Data snapshot: 25/26 season (Bundesliga, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Süper Lig).
Click a player for the full profile, season stats and career totals. Below: the top lists (scorers, rating, market value) and the snub block — who missed out on the 26 and why.
The 26
Sortable and filterable. Click a player for the profile and career.
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| 1 | N Alexander Nübel VfB Stuttgart | GK | 29 | BL | €14M | 34 | 2430 | 0 | 1 | — | — | 7.34 |
| 2 | N Manuel Neuer FC Bayern München (aktiv) | GK | 40 | BL | €3M | 22 | 1862 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6.81 |
| 3 | B Oliver Baumann TSG 1899 Hoffenheim | GK | 35 | BL | €3M | 34 | 2790 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 6.90 |
| 4 | S Nico Schlotterbeck Borussia Dortmund | CB | 26 | BL | €45M | 28 | 2520 | 5 | 1 | 87.9% | 59% | 7.59 |
| 5 | T Malick Thiaw AC Mailand | CB | 24 | PL | €30M | 32 | 2680 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 7.05 |
| 6 | T Jonathan Tah FC Bayern München | CB | 30 | BL | €55M | 25 | 1929 | 2 | 1 | 96.3% | 96% | 7.27 |
| 7 | A Waldemar Anton Borussia Dortmund | CB | 29 | BL | €28M | 32 | 2790 | 2 | 0 | 90% | 59% | 7.44 |
| 8 | R Antonio Rüdiger Real Madrid | CB | 33 | LaLiga | €25M | 15 | 1450 | 1 | 0 | 90% | — | 6.94 |
| 9 | R David Raum RB Leipzig | LB | 28 | BL | €25M | 30 | 2476 | 3 | 7 | 80.8% | 64% | 7.68 |
| 10 | B Nathaniel Brown Eintracht Frankfurt | LB | 22 | BL | €18M | 33 | 2657 | 4 | 4 | — | — | 7.11 |
| 11 | K Joshua Kimmich FC Bayern München | RB | 31 | BL | €50M | 26 | 2100 | 2 | 7 | 92% | 59% | 7.67 |
| 12 | G Leon Goretzka FC Bayern München | CM | 31 | BL | €28M | 31 | 1954 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 7.29 |
| 13 | S Angelo Stiller VfB Stuttgart | CM / DM | 25 | BL | €40M | 34 | 2743 | 2 | 5 | 88% | — | 7.31 |
| 14 | N Felix Nmecha Borussia Dortmund | CM | 25 | BL | €25M | 29 | 2094 | 2 | 3 | 87.2% | — | 7.22 |
| 15 | P Aleksandar Pavlović FC Bayern München | CM / DM | 22 | BL | €45M | 24 | 1460 | 3 | 1 | 95% | — | 7.13 |
| 16 | G Pascal Groß Borussia Dortmund | CM | 34 | PL | €10M | 17 | 1366 | 1 | 3 | 83.9% | — | 7.28 |
| 17 | A Nadiem Amiri 1. FSV Mainz 05 | AM | 29 | BL | — | 26 | 2083 | 12 | 2 | 82% | — | 7.61 |
| 18 | K Lennart Karl FC Bayern München | AM / RW | 18 | BL | €15M | 26 | 1282 | 5 | 5 | — | — | 7.13 |
| 19 | W Florian Wirtz FC Liverpool | AM | 23 | PL | €130M | 30 | 2372 | 5 | 3 | 84.8% | — | 7.18 |
| 20 | M Jamal Musiala FC Bayern München | AM / LW | 23 | BL | €110M | 14 | 609 | 3 | 4 | — | — | 7.10 |
| 21 | L Jamie Leweling VfB Stuttgart | LW / RW | 25 | BL | €22M | 32 | 2375 | 7 | 9 | — | — | 7.18 |
| 22 | S Leroy Sané Galatasaray Istanbul | RW / LW | 30 | SuperLig | €35M | 27 | 2198 | 7 | 5 | 86% | — | 7.44 |
| 23 | U Deniz Undav VfB Stuttgart | ST | 29 | BL | €25M | 28 | 2247 | 19 | 6 | — | — | — |
| 24 | B Maximilian Beier Borussia Dortmund | ST / RW | 23 | BL | €30M | 32 | 2000 | 9 | 5 | — | — | — |
| 25 | W Nick Woltemade Newcastle United | ST / AM | 24 | PL | €85M | 28 | 1836 | 8 | 3 | — | — | 6.67 |
| 26 | H Kai Havertz FC Arsenal | ST / AM | 26 | PL | €65M | 11 | 538 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6.76 |
Top lists
17 stats, combinable with position, league and age filters.
- 1
Deniz Undav
ST · VfB Stuttgart · 29 yrs
25
G+A
- 2
Jamie Leweling
LW / RW · VfB Stuttgart · 25 yrs
16
G+A
- 3
Nadiem Amiri
AM · 1. FSV Mainz 05 · 29 yrs
14
G+A
- 4
Maximilian Beier
ST / RW · Borussia Dortmund · 23 yrs
14
G+A
- 5
Leroy Sané
RW / LW · Galatasaray Istanbul · 30 yrs
12
G+A
- 6
Nick Woltemade
ST / AM · Newcastle United · 24 yrs
11
G+A
- 7
David Raum
LB · RB Leipzig · 28 yrs
10
G+A
- 8
Lennart Karl
AM / RW · FC Bayern München · 18 yrs
10
G+A
- 9
Joshua Kimmich
RB · FC Bayern München · 31 yrs
9
G+A
- 10
Nathaniel Brown
LB · Eintracht Frankfurt · 22 yrs
8
G+A
- 11
Leon Goretzka
CM · FC Bayern München · 31 yrs
8
G+A
- 12
Florian Wirtz
AM · FC Liverpool · 23 yrs
8
G+A
- 13
Angelo Stiller
CM / DM · VfB Stuttgart · 25 yrs
7
G+A
- 14
Jamal Musiala
AM / LW · FC Bayern München · 23 yrs
7
G+A
- 15
Nico Schlotterbeck
CB · Borussia Dortmund · 26 yrs
6
G+A
Left out
Injured, overlooked or phased out — the non-selected players up for debate.
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Maximilian Mittelstädt
LB · VfB Stuttgart
BL: 31 games · 4G/4A · Rating 7.53
Best FotMob figure of all the left-back snubs, fully fit.
Top rating of 7.53 plus 8 goal involvements, fully fit, and yet Raum (10) and Brown (23) board the plane ahead of him.
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Jonathan Burkardt
ST · Eintracht Frankfurt
BL: 22 games · 9G/1A · Rating 7.03
9 Bundesliga goals, 13 across all competitions, 0.82 goals per 90.
13 goals across all competitions, while Havertz travels on 2 goals from 538 minutes.
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Said El Mala
LW · 1. FC Köln
BL: 34 games · 12G/4A · Rating 6.93
12 Bundesliga goals at 19, THE snub that set the room alight.
12 Bundesliga goals at 19, the headline above all headlines: "The squad without El Mala".
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Karim Adeyemi
RW / LW · Borussia Dortmund
BL: 26 games · 7G/4A · Rating 6.95
Raw pace, market value 50M euros, around 10 goal involvements across all competitions.
Pace plus 10 goal involvements across all competitions plus a 50M-euro valuation, no other winger brings this speed.
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Yann Aurel Bisseck
CB · Inter Mailand
SerieA: 22 games · 3G/2A
A goal threat at centre-half for Inter Milan; market value 30M euros and rising.
A regular starter at a Champions League finalist, and the highest valuation of any centre-back snub.
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Matthias Ginter
CB · SC Freiburg
BL: 32 games · 3G/4A · Rating 7.38
Played every game over 90 minutes; pundits openly called for his recall.
A 2014 World Cup winner, every league game over 90 minutes, a 7.38 rating, and he is simply ignored.
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Robin Koch
CB · Eintracht Frankfurt
BL: 29 games · 3G/1A · Rating 6.89
A Champions League regular and captain at Frankfurt, fully fit.
A Champions League regular and captain at Frankfurt, fully fit, the centre-back depth looks needlessly thin.
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Kevin Schade
LW / ST · FC Brentford
PL: 34 games · 7G/3A · Rating 6.89
Best Premier League xG (11.1) among the left wingers.
Best Premier League xG of 11.1 as a left winger, undershooting his numbers but the underlying figures are top drawer.
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Anton Stach
DM / CM · Leeds United
PL: 26 games · 5G/3A · Rating 7.31
A strong Premier League season at Leeds.
8 goal involvements as a holding midfielder in the Premier League, a 7.31 rating, and overlooked.
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Tom Bischof
AM / CM · FC Bayern München
BL: 26 games · 3G/3A · Rating 7.37
A 7.37 FotMob figure as a rotation player at Bayern, at 20 years old, frankly absurd.
A 40M-euro valuation and 7.37 FotMob at 20, deeply unlucky, no slot could be found.