German Bundesliga · 2017/18 · 5º place · 55 pts
Bayer Leverkusen played the German Bundesliga 2017/18 season, finishing 5th with 55 points from 34 matches (15W–10D–9L). They scored 58 goals and conceded 44, for a goal difference of +14. Across the campaign their cumulative goal difference ranged from -4 to +18, ending at +14. Their leading scorer was K. Volland with 14 goals.
| Player | Pos | Apps | Min | G | A | 🟨 | 🟥 | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Volland | Att | 31 | 2599 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 6.98 |
| L. Bailey | Att | 30 | 2221 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 7.31 |
| L. Alario | Att | 23 | 1545 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7.09 |
| J. Brandt | Mid | 34 | 2335 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7.03 |
| K. Havertz | Att | 30 | 2139 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 7.00 |
| L. Bender | Def | 21 | 1603 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 7.22 |
| Wendell | Def | 26 | 2121 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6.95 |
| S. Bender | Def | 29 | 2350 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.11 |
| C. Aránguiz | Mid | 27 | 2307 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 6.99 |
| P. Retsos | Def | 24 | 1713 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6.89 |
| K. Bellarabi | Att | 24 | 1143 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6.90 |
| D. Kohr | Mid | 28 | 1664 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 6.84 |
| J. Baumgartlinger | Mid | 22 | 1397 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7.01 |
| J. Pohjanpalo | For | 7 | 110 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| J. Tah | Def | 28 | 2426 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7.01 |
| B. Henrichs | Def | 23 | 1258 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6.64 |
| B. Leno | Goa | 33 | 2970 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.65 |
| T. Jedvaj | Def | 10 | 598 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.57 |
| R. Özcan | Goa | 1 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.50 |
| S. Kießling | Att | 8 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.45 |
| A. Dragović | Def | 1 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| André Ramalho | Def | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.53 |
| S. Schreck | Mid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| V. Yurchenko | Mid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| N. Lomb | Goa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| J. Abu Hanna | Def | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| A. Akkaynak | Mid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| M. Frey | Mid | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |