This is a list of chancellors of Germany by time in office from 1867 to 2021, including the Federal Republic of Germany and its predecessors. This is based on the difference between dates; if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater. Bismarck's successive tenure as Chancellor of the North German Confederation (1867–1871) and of the German Empire (1871–1890) is counted as one continuous term.
| Chancellor | Time in office | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otto von Bismarck | ||||
| Helmut Kohl | ||||
| Angela Merkel | ||||
| Konrad Adenauer | ||||
| Adolf Hitler | ||||
| Bernhard von Bülow | ||||
| Helmut Schmidt | ||||
| Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg | ||||
| Gerhard Schröder | ||||
| Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst | ||||
| Leo von Caprivi | ||||
| Willy Brandt | ||||
| Ludwig Erhard | ||||
| Kurt Georg Kiesinger | ||||
| Olaf Scholz | ||||
| Heinrich Brüning | ||||
| Wilhelm Marx (second non-consecutive term) | ||||
| Hermann Müller (second non-consecutive term) | ||||
| Joseph Wirth | ||||
| Hans Luther | ||||
| Wilhelm Marx (first non-consecutive term) | ||||
| Georg von Hertling | ||||
| Constantin Fehrenbach | ||||
| Gustav Bauer | ||||
| Wilhelm Cuno | ||||
| Franz von Papen | ||||
| Philipp Scheidemann | ||||
| Georg Michaelis | ||||
| Gustav Stresemann | ||||
| Friedrich Ebert | ||||
| Hermann Müller (first non-consecutive term) | ||||
| Kurt von Schleicher | ||||
| Max von Baden | ||||
| Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk | ||||
| Walter Scheel (acting) | ||||
| Joseph Goebbels |