It has been a staggering Bundesliga season in so many ways, with champions Bayer Leverkusen, runners-up VfB Stuttgart and Bayern Munich s Harry Kane among the standout performers.
If Makoto Hasebe makes his 380th Bundesliga appearance when Eintracht Frankfurt go to Darmstadt on Matchday 18, the 40-year-old will be among the five oldest players ever to feature in the German top flight.