Top 5 German DJs: Paul van Dyk Leads the CREDIT Ranking
August 3, 2026
Germany remains one of dance music's deepest talent pools, and this top five shows how wide its range runs. Trance, melodic house and techno, and deep house all place, with scores separated by just 38 CREDIT points from first to fifth. Our CREDIT ranking blends streaming numbers, social reach and live performances, then weighs them against fan votes — and here the vote counts don't always follow the scores.
🇩🇪 Germany · Melodic House & Techno
Keinemusik close the list on 875, yet their 11,220 votes trail only Brejcha's — a melodic house and techno following that clearly runs ahead of the score.
🇩🇪 Germany · Deep House
Robin Schulz holds fourth on 883. His 9,173 votes are the lowest count in this five, so the deep house name's placing rests on the ranking's other pillars rather than fan volume.
🇩🇪 Germany · Trance
Marlon Hoffstadt lands third on 899 with 10,950 votes behind him, making trance the only genre to place twice in the top three and keeping the podium tight.
🇩🇪 Germany · Melodic House & Techno
Boris Brejcha misses the top spot by four points on 909, but his 11,280 votes are the largest tally here — melodic house and techno's loudest constituency by some margin.
🇩🇪 Germany · Trance
Paul van Dyk takes the crown with a CREDIT score of 913, the highest on this list, backed by 11,040 votes. Proof that Germany's trance lineage still commands the biggest rooms.
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