All-time best penalty takers
| # | Name | Matches | 11m | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Frank Terletzki | 489 | 33 |
| 2 |  | Artur Ullrich | 232 | 20 |
| 3 |  | Rainer Ernst | 291 | 12 |
 | Norbert Johannsen | 161 | 12 | |
| 5 |  | Manfred Becker | 133 | 11 |
| 6 |  | Rufat Dadashov | 121 | 9 |
 | Günter Schröter | 227 | 9 | |
| 8 |  | Frank Pastor | 156 | 8 |
| 9 |  | Christian Beck | 71 | 5 |
 | Ronny Garbuschewski | 37 | 5 | |
 | Werner Heine | 230 | 5 | |
| 12 |  | Dennis Srbeny | 55 | 4 |
 | Rainer Troppa | 232 | 4 | |
| 14 |  | Heiko Brestrich | 197 | 3 |
 | Thomas Doll | 128 | 3 | |
 | Hans-Jürgen Riediger | 243 | 3 | |
| 17 |  | Andreas Fricke | 12 | 2 |
 | Dennis Kutrieb | 39 | 2 | |
 | Reinhard Lauck | 185 | 2 | |
 | Mario Maek | 183 | 2 | |
 | Roman Müller | 46 | 2 | |
 | Joshua Putze | 61 | 2 | |
 | Ralf Quest | 71 | 2 | |
 | Matthias Steinborn | 69 | 2 | |
 | Thiago Rockenbach | 59 | 2 | |
| 26 |  | Niklas Brandt | 81 | 1 |
 | Björn Brunnemann | 37 | 1 | |
 | Pavel Chaloupka | 13 | 1 | |
 | Bilal Çubukçu | 41 | 1 | |
 | Vasileios Dedidis | 35 | 1 | |
 | Ayhan Gezen | 81 | 1 | |
 | Alexander Jakowitz | 36 | 1 | |
 | Roland Jüngling | 155 | 1 | |
 | Erhard Kochale | 44 | 1 | |
 | Denis Koslov | 20 | 1 | |
 | Dietmar Labes | 139 | 1 | |
 | Leo Marić | 31 | 1 | |
 | Manfred Michael | 66 | 1 | |
 | Waldemar Mühlbächer | 244 | 1 | |
 | Djibril N'Diaye | 32 | 1 | |
 | Mikhail Pronichev | 70 | 1 | |
 | Leandro Putaro | 28 | 1 | |
 | Ralf Rambow | 5 | 1 | |
 | Willi Reincke | 38 | 1 | |
 | Dieter Schmidt | 43 | 1 | |
 | Detlef Schneider | 26 | 1 | |
 | Gerald Schwierske | 28 | 1 | |
 | Amar Suljić | 64 | 1 | |
 | Uwe Szangolies | 24 | 1 | |
 | Gerd Unglaube | 100 | 1 | |
 | Günter Wolff | 98 | 1 | |
 | Orhan Yildirim | 23 | 1 |