Gerd Müller
Gerhard Müller
German footballer (1945–2021) (Wikidata description)
- Nationality
- Germany
- Born
- 3 November 1945
- Died
- 15 August 2021
- Position
- Forward
- Preferred foot
- Not verified
- Senior career
- 1963–1981
Clubs TSV 1861 Nördlingen · FC Bayern Munich · Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Career statistics
Club figures here are senior domestic-league matches unless marked otherwise; international figures are full senior caps. Youth, reserve, Olympic, friendly and unofficial matches are excluded from totals. Totals are summed from the individual sourced records below. Where a record is missing, the figure is shown as unavailable — never as zero.
Club league apps
555
Club league goals
487
International caps
62
International goals
68
League goals / match
0.88
International goals / cap
1.10
All official apps
Unavailable
All-competition totals not yet sourced
Goals per 90
Unavailable
Requires minutes for every match
Assists: Unavailable — assists were not recorded consistently before the modern data era.
Club-by-club and international breakdown
| Team | Years | Counts | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSV 1861 NördlingenClub | 1963–1964 | League | 31 | 51 |
| FC Bayern MunichClub | 1964–1979 | League | 453 | 398 |
| Germany men's national association football teamNational team | 1966–1974 | Full caps | 62 | 68 |
| Fort Lauderdale StrikersClub | 1979–1981 | League | 71 | 38 |
Season by season
Season-level records are unavailable for this player in the current sources. They will appear here when a licensed season-by-season source is imported.
Team accolades
- ×4
Bundesliga
Domestic
- 1968–69 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1971–72 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1972–73 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1973–74 · FC Bayern Munich
- ×3
European Cup / UEFA Champions League
Continental club
- 1973–74 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1974–75 · FC Bayern Munich
- 1975–76 · FC Bayern Munich
- ×1
FIFA World Cup
International
- 1974 · Germany men's national association football team
- ×1
Intercontinental Cup
Continental club
- 1976 · FC Bayern Munich
- ×1
UEFA European Championship
International
- 1972 · Germany men's national association football team
Sourced stated or derived from referenced statementsProvisional inferred from club stint dates — squad membership not individually verifiedVerified checked by an editor
Individual accolades
- ×1
Ballon d'Or
Individual award · France Football
- 1970
Career timeline
1963
- Joins TSV 1861 Nördlingen — Until 1964
1964
- Joins FC Bayern Munich — Until 1979
1966
- Senior international debut: Germany men's national association football team — Until 1974
1969
- Bundesliga winner — 1968–69 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1970
- Ballon d'Or — 1970
1972
- UEFA European Championship winner — 1972 · Germany men's national association football team
- Bundesliga winner — 1971–72 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1973
- Bundesliga winner — 1972–73 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1974
- FIFA World Cup winner — 1974 · Germany men's national association football team
- Bundesliga winner — 1973–74 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1973–74 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1975
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1974–75 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1976
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League winner — 1975–76 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
- Intercontinental Cup winner — 1976 · FC Bayern Munich(provisional)
1979
- Joins Fort Lauderdale Strikers — Until 1981
Statistical score explained
Snapshot v2, methodology v1.0.0, published 27 October 2026. Each category is scored 0–100, multiplied by its weight, and summed. Full methodology →
Overall score
69.2
Rank #13
Partially verified5/5 categories with full evidence · 23% of inputs directly sourced
Coverage describes how complete the evidence is. It is not a probability and is separate from the score.
Peak performanceFull evidence66.2+19.87 points
- Best window
- 1970–1974
- Individual award points in window
- 12
- Award availability in window
- 0.508
- Team honor points in window
- 36
- Peak index
- 41.63
v1 measures peak through documented recognition (awards and titles) in the best rolling window, because season-level performance data is not available consistently across eras.
Career performanceFull evidence92.5+23.13 points
- League goals per match
- 0.877 → 95.65
- International goals per cap
- 1.097 → 100
- International caps per year
- 6.89 → 83.52
Individual accoladesFull evidence38.7+7.74 points
- Contemporary award points
- 12
- Award availability coverage
- 0.507
- Era-adjusted contemporary points
- 23.69
- Retrospective all-time honors
- 0
- Ballon d'Or (1970)
- 12
Team accomplishmentsFull evidence75.9+11.39 points
- Team honor points
- 57.5
- Club-league catalog coverage
- 0.895
- Intercontinental Cup (1976)
- 2.5
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1973–74)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1974–75)
- 8
- European Cup / UEFA Champions League (1975–76)
- 8
- FIFA World Cup (1974)
- 12
- Bundesliga (1968–69)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1971–72)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1972–73)
- 3
- Bundesliga (1973–74)
- 3
- UEFA European Championship (1972)
- 7
Some club titles are inferred from stint dates overlapping a title-winning season (squad membership not individually verified).
LongevityFull evidence70.3+7.03 points
- Senior career length (years)
- 19 → 92.5
- Documented elite seasons
- 7 → 59
- International career length (years)
- 9 → 57
Appearance totals are deliberately not used, so accumulating matches alone does not raise this score.
Editorial biography
No editorial biography has been written yet. Biographies are written by hand with sources; none are generated automatically.
Sources
- Wikidata: Ballon d'Or winners listCC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikidata: Gerd Müller (Q43744)CC0 1.0 · retrieved 27 October 2026
- Wikimedia Commons: Gerd Müller c1973 (cropped).jpgPublic domain · retrieved 27 October 2026