Bundesliga Who's That?: a guide to the player pool
How to play, in short
- Name the footballer in the blurred photo in 6 guesses; the search box only lists players from this league.
- The League clue starts open. Each wrong guess sharpens the photo and unlocks the next clue: Nation → Position → Age → Team.
- A new player arrives every midnight; everyone playing this league that day gets the same player.
- players in the pool
- 217
- nationalities
- 50
- home-grown
- 33%
- clubs
- 18
Of the 483 players in the Bundesliga with a photo, the 217 best known make up this page's pool. Fame is measured by how often a player's Wikipedia page is read across seven languages. One player from the pool comes up each day; the pool runs out every 217 days and a player can come back after 108 days at the earliest.
How much each clue narrows it down
There are 217 candidates in the pool. Once the nationality opens, 26.9 candidates remain on average; once the position opens, 54.7; with both open, 7.9. The number left after the nationality clue is the second-highest of the six leagues: the more home-grown players, the less the nationality clue tells you.
Nationalities in the Bundesliga pool
33% of the pool is home-grown; the share of foreign players is the fifth-highest of the six leagues. The pool covers 50 nationalities in all. The countries with the most players:
- Germany71
- France14
- Japan10
- Austria9
- England7
Positions
- Midfielder69
- Defender64
- Forward49
- Goalkeeper18
- Winger17
Clubs in the pool (18)
Borussia Dortmund (25) · Bayern Munich (24) · Bayer Leverkusen (23) · RB Leipzig (21) · Eintracht Frankfurt (17) · VfB Stuttgart (16) · Schalke 04 (14) · SC Freiburg (12) · Borussia Mönchengladbach (11) · TSG Hoffenheim (11) · Hamburger SV (8) · Werder Bremen (8) · 1. FC Köln (7) · FC Augsburg (6) · Mainz 05 (5) · SV Elversberg (4) · Union Berlin (3) · SC Paderborn (2)
Bundesliga Who's That? questions
Which players appear in Bundesliga Who's That?
Only players currently registered in the Bundesliga: the 217 best known of the league's 483 players with a photo. When squads are updated, players who leave the league drop out of the pool.
Why is the League clue open from the start?
On this page the player always plays in the Bundesliga, so a locked "League" clue would tell you nothing new. Wrong guesses unlock the next clues: nation, position, age, team. The search box also lists only this league's players.
How often does a player come back?
The pool runs out every 217 days. Nobody appears twice before everyone in the pool has appeared once; a player can return after 108 days at the earliest.
Can I play all six leagues together?
Yes. Pick All in the strip at the top and the player comes from the 400 best-known players across the six leagues; there the League clue starts locked too. Each league and All have their own daily player.
Photos from TheSportsDB; nationality, position, age and club from Wikipedia squad data, updated regularly.