| REUS | German footballer and Bundesliga captain Marco |
| OZIL | Arsenal and German footballer (4) |
| FRANZBECKENBAUER | German footballer who won the World Cup as player and manager |
| BASTIAN | ___ Schweinsteiger German footballer who played for Chicago Fire in MLS and was one of the highest paid MLS players in 2019 |
| EMRECAN | German footballer, once of Liverpool, now captain of Borussia Dortmund (4,3) |
| BECKENBAUER | Franz _; German footballer (11) |
| MULLER | Thomas _; renowned German footballer (6) |
| TAH | Jonathan ___ (German footballer) |
| JAMAL | German footballer Musiala |
| CAN | Emre ___, German footballer (3) |
| LEROY | ___ Sane, German footballer (5) |
| SANE | Leroy ___, German footballer (4) |
| BASTIANSCHWEINSTEIGER | German footballer who joined Chicago Fire from Manchester United in 2017 |
| BERT | German footballer who played in goal for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964 (4,9) |
| TRAUTMANN | German footballer who played in goal for Manchester City from 1949 to 1964 (4,9) |
| MIROSLAVKLOSE | German footballer who won the Golden Boot at the 2006 World Cup (8,5) |
| IVANOVIC | Ana ___, Serbian tennis player who married German footballer Bastian Schweinsteiger in Venice in 2016 |
| GUNDOGAN | German footballer who is a midfielder for Manchester City, Ilkay _ (8) |
| DERKAISER | The legendary late German footballer Franz Beckenbauer was also known as ___ (3, 5) |
| TUCHEL | German footballer set to become head coach of the England men's team (6,6) |
