Best attacking midfielders in the Bundesliga of the 2025/26 season so far

Kicker has ranked the Bundesliga’s best attacking midfielders so far in the 2025/26 season.

Every six months, Kicker publishes a ranking of the best players in the Bundesliga, as well as the best German players abroad, divided into a number of categories.

The German football magazine has now released its winter rankings, reflecting performances from the first half of the 2025/26 season.

Below, you can see the rankings for attacking midfielders.

World Class

None.

International class

1. Alejandro Grimaldo, Bayer Leverkusen 

2. Serge Gnabry, FC Bayern

3. Lennart Karl, FC Bayern

4. Christoph Baumgartner, RB Leipzig

5. Assan Ouedraogo, RB Leipzig

National class

6. Bilal El Khannouss, Stuttgart

7. Andrej Kramaric, Hoffenheim

8. Can Uzun, Eintracht Frankfurt

9. Karim Adeyemi, Borussia Dortmund

10. Julian Brandt, Borussia Dortmund

11. Raphael Guerreiro, FC Bayern