Players who played for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund

16 players have played for both Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Dortmund, according to Wikidata. The best known include André Schürrle, Emre Can and Julian Brandt. 8 of them moved straight from one club to the other, including Julian Brandt. The earliest arrival at one of the two clubs was in 1989 (Heiko Herrlich), the most recent in 2014 (Julian Brandt).

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The full list (16 players)

PlayerPositionNationalityBayer LeverkusenBorussia Dortmund
André SchürrleForwardGermany2011–20132016–2020
Emre CanMidfielderGermany2013–20142020
Julian BrandtMidfielderGermany2014–20192019–2026
Sven BenderMidfielderGermany2017–20212009–2017
Robert KovačDefenderCroatia1996–20012007–2008
Gonzalo CastroMidfielderGermany2005–20152015–2018
Jonas HofmannMidfielderGermanysince 20232012–2016
Udo LattekForwardGermany––
Ömer ToprakDefenderTurkey2011–20172017–2019
Kevin KamplMidfielderGermany2009–20112015
Sergej BarbarezMidfielderBosnia and Herzegovina2006–20081998–2000
Manuel FriedrichDefenderGermany2007–20132013–2014
Christian WörnsDefenderGermany1991–19981999–2008
Heiko HerrlichForwardGermany1989–19931995–2004
Ahmed MadouniDefenderFrance2005–20072001–2005
Martin KreeDefenderGermany1989–19941994–1998

Players ranked from best known to least known (number of language editions of their Wikipedia page). Data from Wikidata: spotted a mistake? Let us know.

Other club pairs

With Bayer Leverkusen

Bayern Munich22Hertha BSC18Hamburg17Fortuna Düsseldorf16Mainz15Nuremberg15Eintracht Frankfurt15Borussia Mönchengladbach14

With Borussia Dortmund

VfB Stuttgart22Bayern Munich20Eintracht Frankfurt18Werder Bremen18Köln18Mainz14Borussia Mönchengladbach13Schalke 0413