| 1. Max began his professional football career in 1992 with TSV Reinbek. |
| 2. He represented Germany U-19 at the UEFA U-19 Championship in 2007. |
| 3. Max enjoys smoking hookah. |
| 4. During the 2011-12 season, he scored 13 goals and had six assists for FC St. Pauli. |
| 5. He scored his first international goal for Germany against the United States on 2 June 2013. |
| 6. Max ranked third at the World Series of Poker in June 2014. |
| 7. He is known for his party lifestyle. |
| 8. In 2015, he signed a contract with VfL Wolfsburg that made him debut against Bayern Munich. |
| 9. He had dietary recommendations from his club to avoid Nutella. |
| 10. Due to disciplinary issues, he was dropped from the national team for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. |
| 11. Max scored four goals in a match against FC Ingolstadt 04 on 22 April 2017. |
| 12. He once had a car accident due to icy road conditions in Hamburg but no one was injured. |
| 13. Passionate about motorsports, he started his own racing team, Max Kruse Racing, in January 2018. |
| 14. Max received an offer from Liverpool FC’s coach but the deal never went through. |
| 15. He proposed to his wife Dilara during the Tokyo 2021 Olympics on live television. |
| 16. Max's contract with VfL Wolfsburg was mutually terminated in November 2022 as he moved to SC Paderborn. |
| 17. He accused the Berlin police authority of racism in 2024 after a police check. |
| 18. Max appeared in the 12th season of 'Promi Big Brother' in October 2024. |
