| Name | Kills |
| Erich Hartmann | 352 |
| Gerhard Barkhorn | 301 |
| Günther Rall | 275 |
| Otto Kittel | 267 |
| Walter Nowotny | 258 |
| Wilhlem Batz | 237 |
| Erich Rudorffer | 224 |
| Heinz Bär | 221 |
| Hermann Graf | 212 |
| Heinrich Ehrler | 208 |
| Theodor Weissenberger | 208 |
| Hans Philipp | 206 |
| Walter Schuck | 206 |
| Anton Hafner | 204 |
| Helmut Lipfert | 203 |
| Walter Krupinski | 197 |
| Anton Hackl | 192 |
| Joachim Brendel | 189 |
| Max Stotz | 189 |
| Joachim Kirschner | 188 |
| Kurt Brändle | 180 |
| Günther Josten | 178 |
| Johannes Steinhoff | 178 |
| Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert | 174 |
| Günther Schack | 174 |
| Emil Lang | 173 |
| Heinz Schmidt | 173 |
| Horst Ademeit | 166 |
| Wolf-Dietrich Wilcke | 162 |
| Hans-Joachim Marseille | 158 |
| Heinrich Sturm | 158 |
| Gerhard Thyben | 157 |
| Hans Beisswenger | 152 |
| Peter Düttmann | 152 |
| Gordon Gollob | 150 |
| Fritz Tegtmeier | 146 |
| Albin Wolf | 144 |
| Kurt Tanzer | 143 |
| Friedrich-Karl Müller | 140 |
| Karl Gratz | 138 |
| Heinrich Setz | 138 |
| Rudolf Trenkel | 138 |
| Walter Wolfrum | 137 |
| Horst-Günther von Fassong | 136 |
| Otto Fönnekold | 136 |
| Karl-Heinz Weber | 136 |
| Joachim Muencheberg | 135 |
| Hans Waldmann | 134 |
| Alfred Grislawski | 133 |
| Franz Schall | 133 |
| Johannes Wiese | 133 |
| Adolf Borchers | 132 |
| Adolf Dickfeld | 132 |
| Erwin Clausen | 132 |
| Wilhelm Lemke | 131 |
| Gerhard Hoffmann | 130 |
| Franz Eisenach | 129 |
| Walther Dahl | 129 |
| Heinrich Sterr | 129 |
| Franz Dörr | 128 |
| Rudolf Rademacher | 126 |
| Josef Zwernemann | 126 |
| Dietrich Hrabak | 125 |
| Wolf Ettel | 124 |
| Herbert Ihlefeld | 123 |
| Wolfgang Tonne | 122 |
| Heinz Marquardt | 121 |
| Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer | 121 |
| Robert Weiss | 121 |
| Erich Leie | 121 |
| Friedrich Obleser | 120 |
| Franz-Josef Beerenbrock | 117 |
| Hans-Joachim Birkner | 117 |
| Jakob Norz | 117 |
| Walter Oesau | 117 |
| Heinz Wernicke | 117 |
| August Lambert | 116 |
| Wilhelm Crinius | 114 |
| Werner Schroer | 114 |
| Hans Dammers | 113 |
| Berthold Korts | 113 |
| Helmut Lent | 113 |
| Kurt Bühligen | 112 |
| Kurt Ubben | 110 |
| Franz Woidich | 110 |
| Reinhard Seiler | 109 |
| Emil Bitsch | 108 |
| Hans Hahn | 108 |
| Bernhard Vechtel | 108 |
| Viktor Bauer | 106 |
| Werner Lucas | 106 |
| Günther Lützow | 105 |
| Eberhard von Boremski | 104 |
| Heinz Sachsenberg | 104 |
| Adolf Galland | 103 |
| Hartmann Grasser | 103 |
| Siegfried Freytag | 102 |
| Friedrich Geisshardt | 102 |
| Egon Mayer | 102 |
| Max-Hellmuth Ostermann | 102 |
| Josef Wurmheller | 102 |
| Rudolf Miethig | 101 |
| Werner Mölders | 101 |
| Josef Priller | 101 |
| Ulrich Wernitz | 101 |
It doesn't take a German Rocket Scientist to suspect that these claimed number of kills, from a hundred Nazi pilots is equivalent to one aircraft's entire production, is a little exaggerated. The only explanation, that makes any sense of these claims, is that Hitler did not like to hear bad news.