Joshua Kimmich
#6 · Defender · age 31 · (VC)
Operates as inverted right-back in Nagelsmann's build-up
95
WC26 rating
- Recent form
- 66
- Career peak
- 100
- League level
- 89
- Competition pedigree
- 98
- International pedigree
- 100
- Longevity
- 75
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Career by season
Source: transfermarkt · fetched 2026-05-29
Nagelsmann’s Germany lives or dies on whether Kimmich can simultaneously be a right-back, a deep-lying playmaker, and a midfield press-leader inside a single game. He has done it for Bayern for two seasons and the national team’s structure — Stiller or Pavlović sitting beside him, Wirtz and Musiala roaming ahead — is purpose-built for him. He is also the dressing-room engine: the player who will tell Lennart Karl to keep running and remind Rüdiger to keep his hands down.
Strengths
- progressive passing
- set-piece delivery
- positional intelligence in build-up
- competitive edge bordering on confrontational
Recent form
Anchored Bayern's spine in 2025-26 as a hybrid right-back/No. 6 under Vincent Kompany; goal contributions remain high.
Started his Bundesliga career on loan at RB Leipzig in the 2. Bundesliga before Bayern triggered his buy-back — meaning he and Naby Keïta were briefly teammates in Germany's second tier.