4. Leon Draisaitl

The son of former German National Team Player Peter, Draisaitl, Leon made history as the highest-drafted player who was born and trained in Germany when the Oilers took him 3^rd overall in 2014.  He didn't do much in his rookie year, scoring only 9 Points in 37 Games, but he would accrue 51 in 2015-16 and followed that with a pair of 70 Point campaigns.  In 2018-19, Draisaitl exploded with 50 Goals, 55 Assists, and 105 Points, which were numbers that placed him 2^nd, 9^th, and 4^th respectively in those metrics.  He would also attend his first All-Star Game and lead the NHL in Shooting Percentage.  Draisaitl's game elevated to an elite level in 2019-20, when he scored 110 Points, winning the Hart Trophy and Art Ross Trophy in the process. He became the first German to win these awards.  He would also win the Pearson Award.   After another solid year in 2020-21 (31-53-84), Draisaitl matched his Hart Trophy season in Points (110) and set a personal best in Goals with 55, though that was only good enough for ninth in Hart voting that year.  In 2023-24, Draisaitl had 106 Points, his fourth 100-plus season and third in a row.  His production was vital in Edmonton's first trip to the Stanley Cup in nearly 20 years.  How did he follow that?  By doing almost the same thing with 106 Points, a second-place finish for the Hart, and his first Rocket Richard Trophy as the game's top Goal scorer.  He also brought Edmonton back to the Stanley Cup Finals, but they again went down to the Florida Panthers

If the Oilers continue to make some strong, deep playoff runs and Draisaitl continues his ascension in hockey, he will undoubtedly rise on this list and the growing ladder of great German hockey players. In fact, he has the potential to become one of the top 100 players of all time, a prospect that is both exciting and intriguing for German hockey in the years to come.