Top U Boat Aces of WWII Tonnage Sunk Wartime Scores (Post-war readjustment of scores are in parenthesis) (Tonnage scores

es include warships sunk, except where otherwise noted) (R-Ritterkreuz, E-Eichenlaub, S-Schwertern, and B-Brillianten)

Otto Kretschmer (S) 314,000 tons, 52 ships sunk + 3 Destroyers and 3 Aux. Warships (274,418 tons, 43 ships sunk + 3 Aux. Warships and 1 Destroyer) Wolfgang Luth (B) 253,000 tons, 44 ships sunk + 1 Submarine (225,756 tons, 46 ships sunk + 1 Submarine) Erich Topp (S) 243,000 tons, 39 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer (198,650 tons, 35 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer) Gunther Prien (E) - ~240,000+ tons, ~36 ships sunk + 1 Battleship (191,919 tons, 30 ships sunk + 1 Battleship) Joachim Schepke (E) 237,000 tons, 42 ships sunk (155,882 tons, 37 ships sunk) Victor Schutze (E) 209,000 tons (+warship tonnage), 37 ships sunk + 2 Destroyers (180,073 tons, 35 ships sunk) Engelbert Endrass (E) 206,000 tons, 31 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships (118,528 tons, 20 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships) Herbert Schultze (E) 205,000 tons, 29 ships sunk (169,709 tons, 26 ships sunk) Georg Lassen (E) 205,000 tons, 29 ships sunk (156,082 tons, 26 ships sunk) Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock (E) 205,000 tons, 28 ships sunk (179,125 tons, 25 ships sunk)

Heinrich Bleichrodt (E) 203,000 tons, 30 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer (152,320 tons, 24 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer) Heinrich Liebe (E) 200,000+ tons, 33 ships sunk (187,267 tons, 34 ships sunk) Reinhard Hardegan (E) 193,000 tons, 28 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (115,656 tons, 21 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship) Carl Emmermann (E) 191,000 tons, 31 ships sunk (152,080 tons, 26 ships sunk) Karl-Friedrich Merten (E) 190,000 tons, 28 ships sunk + 1 Corvette (170,151 tons, 27 ships sunk) Adalbert Schnee (E) 190,000 tons, 24 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship, 1 Destroyer, and 1 AntiSubmarine Warship (95,889 tons, 21 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships) Johann Mohr (E) 189,000 tons, 32 ships sunk + 1 Cruiser and 1 Destroyer (135,751 tons, 27 ships sunk + 1 Cruiser and 1 Corvette) Rolf Mutzelburg (E) 180,000 tons, 26 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer and 1 Frigate (81,961 tons, 19 ships sunk) Klaus Scholtz (E) 168,000 tons, 28 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (128,190 tons, 24 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship) Werner Henke (E) 165,000 tons, 25 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer and 1 Aux. Warship (157,064 tons, 22 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships and 1 Sloop) Ernst Kals (R) 154,000 tons, ~18 ships sunk + 3 Aux. Warships (145,656 tons, 17 ships sunk + 3 Aux. Warships) Robert Gysae (E) 153,000 tons, 22 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (146,815 tons, 24 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship)

Werner Hartmann (E) 152,000 tons, 27 ships sunk (115,337 tons, 26 ships sunk) Ernst Bauer (R) - ~150,000 tons, ~30 ships sunk + ~1 Warship (119,010 tons, 25 ships sunk + 1 Landing Craft) Adolf Piening (R) - ~150,000 tons, ~26 ships sunk + 1 Escort Carrier (140,449 tons, 25 ships sunk + 1 Escort Carrier) Reinhard Suhren (S) 148,000 tons, 25 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer (96,444 tons, 18 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer) Gunter Hessler (R) 138,000 tons, ~19 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships (118,882 tons, 19 ships sunk + 2 Aux. Warships) Wilhelm Rollmann (R) - ~122,000 tons, ~22 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer, 1 Submarine, and 1 Minelayer (103,884 tons, 22 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer, 1 Submarine, and 1 Minelayer) Jurgen Oesten (R) - ~120,000 tons, ~20 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (101,744 tons, 18 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship) Helmut Witte (R) - ~120,000 tons, ~23 ships sunk (119,554 tons, 23 ships sunk) Albrecht Brandi (B) 115,000 tons (+warship tonnage), 20 ships sunk + 3 Cruisers, and 12 Destroyers (31,689 tons, 8 ships sunk + 1 Cruiser, 2 Destroyers, and 1 Aux. Warship) Werner Hartenstein (R) - ~115,000 tons, ~24 ships sunk (97,504 tons, 20 ships sunk) Gunther Krech (R) - ~115,000 tons, ~20 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (100,771 tons, 18 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship)

Richard Zapp (R) - ~115,000 tons, ~16 ships sunk (106,200 tons, 16 ships sunk) Hans Jenisch (R) - ~111,000+ tons, ~17 ships sunk + 1 Destroyer (110,139 tons, 17 ships sunk) Harald Gelhaus (R) - ~110,000 tons, ~20 ships sunk (100,373 tons, 19 ships sunk) Victor Oehrn (R) - ~110,000 tons, ~24+ ships sunk (104,846 tons, 24 ships sunk) Erwin Rostin (R) - ~110,000 tons, ~17 ships sunk (101,321 tons, 17 ships sunk) Fritz-Julius Lemp (R) - ~100,000+, ~20+ ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship (96,639 tons, 19 ships sunk + 1 Aux. Warship) Albrecht Achilles (R) - ~100,000 tons, ~ 20 ships sunk + ~ 1 Warship (64,542 tons, 13 ships sunk + 1 U.S. Coast Guard ship) Siegfried Freiherr von Forstner (R) - ~100,000 tons, ~18 ships sunk + 1 Warship (71,036 tons, 14 ships sunk + 1 Patrol Ship) Karl-Heinz Moehle (R) - ~100,000 tons, ~21 ships sunk (93,197 tons, 21 ships sunk) Gunther Muller-Stockheim (R) - ~100,000 tons, ~13+ ships sunk (72,138 tons, 13 ships sunk) Hans Witt (R) - ~100,000+ tons, ~19 ships sunk (100,773 tons, 19 ships sunk) Erich Wurdemann (R) - ~100,000 tons, ~15+ ships sunk (76,714 tons, 15 ships sunk)

Top U Boat Aces of WWII Ships Sunk Wartime Scores

Otto Kretschmer 58 Wolfgang Luth 45 Joachim Schepke 42 Erich Topp 40 Viktor Schutze 39 Gunther Prien - ~37 Johann Mohr 34 Engelbert Endrass 33 Heinrich Liebe 33 Ernst Bauer 31 Heinrich Bleichrodt 31 Carl Emmermann 31

Top U Boat Aces of WWII Warships Sunk Wartime Scores

Albrecht Brandi - 15 Otto Kretschmer 6 Gerd Kelbling 4 Adalbert Schnee 3 Ernst Kals 3 Waldemar Mehl 3 Wilhelm Rollmann 3