List of VfB Stuttgart players
# List of VfB Stuttgart players

VfB Stuttgart is a German sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club is best known for its football team which is currently part of Germany's first division Bundesliga. VfB Stuttgart is one of Germany's most successful clubs. The club has won the national championship five times, most recently in 2006–07; the DFB-Pokal three times; and the UEFA Intertoto Cup a record three times.

## List of players

* Appearances and goals are for first-team competitive matches only, including Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga Süd, DFB-Pokal, DFL-Supercup, DFL-Ligapokal, European Cup/Champions League, UEFA Cup/Europa League, Cup Winners' Cup and Intertoto Cup matches.

Statistics correct as of match played 9 June 2020

### Table headers

* Nationality – If a player played international football, the country/countries he played for are shown. Otherwise, the player's nationality is given as their country of birth.
* VfB Stuttgart career – The year of the player's first appearance for Stuttgart to the year of his last appearance.
* Appearances – The total number of matches played, both as a starter and as a substitute.
* Goals – The total number of goals scored.

Positions key :

| GK | Goalkeeper |
| - | - |
| DF | Defender |
| MF | Midfielder |
| FW | Forward |

List of VfB Stuttgart players with at least 100 appearances :

| Name | Nationality | Position | VfB Stuttgart career | Appearances | Goals |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karl Allgöwer | Germany | MF | 1980–1991 | 410 | 166 |
| Hans Arnold | Germany | DF | 1963–1971 | 221 | 9 |
| Krasimir Balakov | Bulgaria | MF | 1995–2003 | 298 | 73 |
| Timo Baumgartl | Germany | DF | 2014–2019 | 121 | 2 |
| Thomas Berthold | Germany | DF | 1993–2000 | 227 | 5 |
| Fredi Bobic | Germany | FW | 1994–1999 | 182 | 86 |
| Arthur Boka | Ivory Coast | DF | 2006–2014 | 207 | 7 |
| Marcelo Bordon | Brazil | DF | 1999–2004 | 171 | 14 |
| Dieter Brenninger | Germany | DF | 1972–1976 | 114 | 24 |
| Guido Buchwald | Germany | DF | 1983–1994 | 387 | 45 |
| Andreas Buck | Germany | DF | 1990–1997 | 185 | 12 |
| Cacau | Germany | FW | 2003–2014 | 346 | 109 |
| Bradley Carnell | South Africa | DF | 1998–2003 | 107 | 3 |
| Matthieu Delpierre | France | DF | 2004–2012 | 215 | 5 |
| Slobodan Dubajić | Yugoslavia | DF | 1991–1996 | 134 | 8 |
| Sean Dundee | Germany | DF | 1999–2003 | 105 | 33 |
| Hans Eisele | Germany | DF | 1958–1971 | 274 | 7 |
| Markus Elmer | Germany | DF | 1973–1980 | 188 | 15 |
| Rudi Entenmann | Germany | MF | 1961–1969 | 125 | 9 |
| Willi Entenmann | Germany | DF | 1963–1976 | 277 | 33 |
| Buffy Ettmayer | Germany | MF | 1971–1975 | 114 | 39 |
| Fernando Meira | Portugal | DF | 2002–2008 | 230 | 13 |
| Bernd Förster | Germany | DF | 1978–1986 | 270 | 22 |
| Karlheinz Förster | Germany | DF | 1977–1986 | 365 | 28 |
| Michael Frontzeck | Germany | DF | 1989–1994 | 191 | 17 |
| Ionel Ganea | Romania | FW | 1999–2003 | 138 | 47 |
| Maurizio Gaudino | Germany | MF | 1987–1993 | 209 | 38 |
| Rolf Geiger | Germany | FW | 1957–1962 1963–1967 | 122 | 45 |
| Christian Gentner | Germany | MF | 2004–2007 2010–2019 | 373 | 50 |
| Heiko Gerber | Germany | DF | 1999–2007 | 177 | 8 |
| Mario Gómez | Germany | FW | 2003–2009 2018– | 228 | 109 |
| Gilbert Gress | France | MF | 1966–1970 | 164 | 25 |
| Erwin Hadewicz | Germany | MF | 1975–1983 | 271 | 20 |
| Karl-Heinz Handschuh | Germany | MF | 1966–1974 | 209 | 72 |
| Martin Harnik | Austria | FW | 2010–2016 | 214 | 68 |
| Jürgen Hartmann | Germany | MF | 1985–1991 | 215 | 12 |
| Roland Hattenberger | Austria | MF | 1977–1981 | 125 | 10 |
| Horst Haug | Germany | MF | 1967–1973 | 149 | 34 |
| Gerhard Heinze | Germany | GK | 1967–1975 | 219 | 0 |
| Roberto Hilbert | Germany | DF | 2006–2010 | 153 | 22 |
| Timo Hildebrand | Germany | GK | 1999–2007 | 296 | 0 |
| Andreas Hinkel | Germany | DF | 2000–2006 | 206 | 3 |
| Thomas Hitzlsperger | Germany | MF | 2005–2010 | 172 | 30 |
| Alexander Hleb | Belarus | MF | 2000–2005 2009–2010 | 221 | 21 |
| Dieter Hoeneß | Germany | FW | 1975–1979 | 117 | 57 |
| Dragan Holcer | Yugoslavia | DF | 1975–1981 | 214 | 5 |
| Dieter Höller | Germany | MF | 1960–1966 | 131 | 52 |
| Vedad Ibišević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | FW | 2012–2016 | 111 | 47 |
| Eike Immel | Germany | GK | 1986–1995 | 340 | 0 |
| Emiliano Insúa | Argentina | DF | 2015–2020 | 135 | 3 |
| Walter Kelsch | Germany | FW | 1977–1984 | 251 | 65 |
| Sami Khedira | Germany | MF | 2006–2010 | 132 | 16 |
| Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | FW | 1984–1989 | 186 | 94 |
| Ludwig Kögl | Germany | MF | 1990–1996 | 152 | 16 |
| Horst Köppel | Germany | FW | 1966–1968 1971–1973 | 139 | 49 |
| Kevin Kurányi | Germany | FW | 2001–2005 | 132 | 57 |
| Zdravko Kuzmanović | Switzerland | MF | 2009–2013 | 127 | 22 |
| Krisztián Lisztes | Hungary | DF | 1996–2001 | 146 | 15 |
| Ludovic Magnin | Switzerland | DF | 2005–2009 | 134 | 2 |
| Ciprian Marica | Romania | FW | 2007–2011 | 133 | 30 |
| Bernd Martin | Germany | DF | 1973–1982 | 268 | 31 |
| Alexandru Maxim | Romania | MF | 2013–2017 | 131 | 17 |
| Silvio Meißner | Germany | MF | 2000–2008 | 232 | 30 |
| Gerd Menne | Germany | DF | 1963–1969 | 132 | 8 |
| Cristian Molinaro | Italy | DF | 2010–2014 | 124 | 0 |
| Andreas Müller | Germany | MF | 1983–1987 | 129 | 14 |
| Hansi Müller | Germany | MF | 1975–1982 | 224 | 81 |
| Georg Niedermeier | Germany | DF | 2009–2016 | 182 | 14 |
| Hermann Ohlicher | Germany | MF | 1973–1985 | 460 | 157 |
| Ricardo Osorio | Mexico | DF | 2006–2010 | 101 | 1 |
| Eberhard Pfisterer | Germany | FW | 1960–1967 | 106 | 9 |
| Gerhard Poschner | Romania | MF | 1987–1990 1994–1998 | 221 | 12 |
| Peter Reichert | Germany | FW | 1981–1986 | 160 | 50 |
| Manfred Reiner | Germany | FW | 1960–1967 | 118 | 37 |
| Helmut Roleder | Germany | GK | 1972–1986 | 411 | 0 |
| Gōtoku Sakai | Japan | DF | 2011–2015 | 106 | 2 |
| Günter Sawitzki | Germany | GK | 1957–1971 | 234 | 0 |
| Arno Schäfer | Germany | DF | 1973–1979 | 100 | 0 |
| Günther Schäfer | Germany | DF | 1980–1996 | 399 | 0 |
| Bernd Schmider | Germany | MF | 1975–1978 1979–1980 | 134 | 11 |
| Thomas Schneider | Germany | DF | 1991–2003 | 182 | 12 |
| Daniel Schwaab | Germany | DF | 2013–2016 | 102 | 1 |
| Günter Seibold | Germany | DF | 1958–1968 | 213 | 3 |
| Jochen Seitz | Germany | MF | 2000–2003 | 108 | 10 |
| Klaus-Dieter Sieloff | Germany | DF | 1960–1969 | 195 | 22 |
| Ásgeir Sigurvinsson | Iceland | MF | 1982–1990 | 241 | 42 |
| Zvonimir Soldo | Croatia | DF | 1996–2006 | 399 | 19 |
| Alexander Strehmel | Germany | DF | 1986–1994 | 184 | 6 |
| Eyjólfur Sverrisson | Iceland | DF | 1989–1994 | 120 | 23 |
| Serdar Tasci | Germany | DF | 2006–2013 | 243 | 13 |
| Pablo Thiam | Guinea | MF | 1998–2001 | 118 | 11 |
| Pablo Tiffert | Germany | MF | 2000–2006 | 188 | 15 |
| Christian Träsch | Germany | DF | 2008–2011 | 108 | 6 |
| Sven Ulreich | Germany | GK | 2008–2015 | 220 | 0 |
| Frank Verlaat | Netherlands | DF | 1995–1999 | 138 | 8 |
| Fritz Walter | Germany | FW | 1987–1994 | 258 | 123 |
| Manfred Weidmann | Germany | DF | 1967–1976 | 302 | 37 |
| Hartmut Weiß | Germany | FW | 1964–1968 1970–1971 | 118 | 44 |
| Timo Werner | Germany | FW | 2013–2016 | 103 | 14 |
| Franz Wohlfahrt | Austria | GK | 1996–2000 | 146 | 0 |
| Reinhold Zech | Germany | DF | 1968–1975 | 224 | 5 |
| Rainer Zietsch | Germany | DF | 1983–1989 | 160 | 7 |
