Per Mertesacker

#	Player	Years	Together	Both started
1	Lukas Podolski	2004–2014	83	62
2	Bastian Schweinsteiger	2004–2014	76	61
3	Philipp Lahm	2004–2014	74	71
4	Miroslav Klose	2004–2014	70	60
5	Mesut Özil	2009–2014	44	39
6	Michael Ballack	2004–2010	43	42
7	Arne Friedrich	2004–2010	43	39
8	Jens Lehmann	2004–2008	38	36
9	Thomas Müller	2010–2014	38	34
10	Mario Gómez	2007–2013	38	19
11	Torsten Frings	2004–2009	37	33
12	Thomas Hitzlsperger	2004–2009	37	26
13	Sami Khedira	2010–2014	36	33
14	Manuel Neuer	2009–2014	36	33
15	Marcell Jansen	2005–2014	36	21
16	Bernd Schneider	2004–2008	33	29
17	Jérôme Boateng	2009–2014	31	27
18	Toni Kroos	2010–2014	31	19
19	Kevin Kurányi	2004–2008	30	19
20	Christoph Metzelder	2005–2008	29	27

Counted from the line-ups and substitutions of his 104 FIFA matches. Players with an unknown position in the line-up count as starters.

#	Opponent	Years	Matches	W	D	L	Goals
1	Argentina	2005–2014	6	3	2	1	0
2	England	2007–2013	4	3	0	1	1
3	Kazakhstan	2010–2013	4	4	0	0	0
4	Turkey	2005–2011	4	3	0	1	0
5	Wales	2007–2009	4	3	1	0	0
6	USA	2006–2014	3	2	0	1	0
7	Austria	2008–2013	3	3	0	0	0
8	Ireland	2007–2013	3	2	1	0	0
9	Netherlands	2005–2012	3	1	2	0	0
10	Switzerland	2007–2012	3	2	0	1	0
11	Italy	2006–2011	3	0	1	2	0
12	Poland	2006–2011	3	2	1	0	0
13	Azerbaijan	2009–2010	3	3	0	0	0
14	Russia	2005–2009	3	2	1	0	0
15	Faroe Islands	2012–2013	2	2	0	0	1

FIFA matches against the team. Won / drawn / lost only where the result is known; a penalty shoot-out decides.