The ranking of most appearances lists the 1,000 players with the most matches in the 1st Handball Bundesliga since its foundation in 1966. This ranking is led by Carsten Lichtlein, who played for TV Großwallstadt (2000–2005), TBV Lemgo (2005–2013), VfL Gummersbach (2013–2019), HC Erlangen (2019–2020) and GWD Minden (2020–2022).
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Only appearances from the regular season are counted. Promotion and relegation rounds as well as other playoff games are not counted. The list is updated daily at 02:45, 08:45, 14:45 & 20:45 CET. Handball-Bundesliga GmbH maintains the historical statistics available here on an ongoing basis and to the best of its ability – additions and corrections, particularly to historical data, may therefore be part of this process. We kindly ask for your understanding.













