Most loyal professional in the House of Lords
Borussia Mönchengladbach’s sporting director Roland Virkus describes him as “a corset of our team”, “foal” coach Daniel Farke raves about central defender Tony Jantschke as an “extraordinary character” who has “internalized the diamond”: The 32-year-old is in common with Bayern Munich’s Thomas Müller is the most loyal player in the Bundesliga (at a glance) and has been with the Lower Rhine team for 13 years and almost four months. He didn’t always help his team on the pitch, Jantschke has been the field player with the most Bundesliga games on the bench since last weekend.
Outfield player with the most Bundesliga games on the bench
Marvin Plattenhardt – 256 Bundesliga games + 79 times on the bench
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(1.FC Nuremberg, Hertha BSC)
Thomas Kleine – 63 Bundesliga games + 79 times on the bench
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(Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hannover 96, Borussia Mönchengladbach, SpVgg Greuther Furth)
Ivica Banovic – 148 Bundesliga games + 79 times on the bench
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(SV Werder Bremen, 1.FC Nuremberg, SC Freiburg)
Andreas Neuendorf – 198 Bundesliga games + 81 times on the bench
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(Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Hertha BSC)
Sebastian Boenisch – 124 Bundesliga games + 82 times on the bench
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(FC Schalke 04, SV Werder Bremen, Bayer 04 Leverkusen)
Thorben Marx – 255 Bundesliga games + 83 times on the bench
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(Hertha BSC, Arminia Bielefeld, Borussia Monchengladbach)
Uwe Hünemeier – 53 Bundesliga games + 86 times on the bench
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(BVB, SC Paderborn)
Markus Feulner – 204 Bundesliga games + 86 times on the bench
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(FC Bayern Munich, 1.FC Cologne, 1.FSV Mainz 05, Borussia Dortmund, 1.FC Nuremberg, FC Augsburg)
Pál Dárdai – 286 Bundesliga games + 86 on the bench
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(Hertha BSC)
Robert Tesche – 136 Bundesliga games + 88 times on the bench
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(Arminia Bielefeld, Hamburger SV, Fortuna Düsseldorf, VfL Bochum)
Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker – 169 Bundesliga games + 88 times on the bench
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(Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Borussia Mönchengladbach, FC Augsburg)
Thomas Riedl – 189 Bundesliga games + 88 times on the bench
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(TSV 1860 Munich, 1.FC Kaiserslautern)
Jurica Vranjes – 176 Bundesliga games + 90 times on the bench
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(Bayer 04 Leverkusen, VfB Stuttgart, SV Werder Bremen)
Andreas Ottl – 148 Bundesliga games + 91 times on the bench
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(FC Bayern Munich, 1.FC Nuremberg, Hertha BSC, FC Augsburg)
Peter Pekarik – 239 Bundesliga games + 93 times on the bench
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(VfL Wolfsburg, Hertha BSC)
Andree Wiedener – 182 Bundesliga games + 95 times on the bench
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(SV Werder Bremen, Eintracht Frankfurt)
Christoph Janker – 93 Bundesliga games + 121 times on the bench
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(TSV 1860 Munich, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, Hertha BSC, FC Augsburg)
Tony Jantschke – 237 Bundesliga games + 122 times on the bench
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(Borussia Monchengladbach)
There, the native of Saxony took a seat for the 122nd time in the game against Eintracht Frankfurt without subsequently being used. A record value that the defender recorded in addition to his 237 games in which he played on the pitch for Borussia in the upper house. In this statistic, Jantschke “ousted” Christoph Janker from the top, who had been on the bench for the full distance in a total of 121 Bundesliga games between 2007 and 2018 in the employ of TSG Hoffenheim and TSV 1860 Munich.
With Peter Pekarik and Marvin Plattenhardt, Jantschke and two other current professionals from the Oberhaus (both Hertha BSC) are in the top 15 in this ranking (see gallery above). The statistics do not include the goalkeepers, nine of whom have cracked the 200 mark in “bench appearances” in Bundesliga history to date: Christofer Heimeroth (297), Mathias Schober (271), André Lenz (270) , Alexander Bade (262), Marc Ziegler (260), Tobias Sippel (259), Christian Fiedler (218), Tom Starke (204) and Roman Weidenfeller (201).
The most loyal players in the Bundesliga
10 Jonas Hector | 1. FC Cologne | 10 years, 3 months
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As of October 24, 2022
10 Christian Günter | SC Freiburg | 10 years, 3 months
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10 Marco Reus | BVB | 10 years, 3 months
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9 Maximilian Arnold | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 years, 9 months
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6 Karim Bellarabi | Bayer Leverkusen | 11 years, 3 months
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6 Timo Horn | 1. FC Cologne | 11 years, 3 months
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6 Manuel Neuer | Bayern Munich | 11 years, 3 months
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4 Nicolas Hoefler | SC Freiburg | 12 years, 3 months
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4 Stephen Bell | Mainz 05 | 12 years, 3 months
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3 Patrick Herrmann | Bor. M’gladbach | 12 years, 9 months
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1 Thomas Mueller | Bayern Munich | 13 years, 3 months
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1 Tony Jantschke | Bor. M’gladbach | 13 years, 3 months
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