Three consecutive European Cup victories in the 1970s lifted honorary Bayern Munich president Beckenbauer and his team-mates straight into the football history books.
Add to that a European Championship and World Cup victory with West Germany and their record looks even more impressive.
Bayern's 2001 Champions League win, two years after their last-gasp defeat in the final to Manchester United, prompted the club's fans to bestow Kahn with the nickname "Titan".
"Every major era has its titles," Lahm told reporters this week. "If it does not work with the titles in the years I have left playing, then no-one will be talking about a big era or a golden generation. That is how I measure myself."
Along with Bastian Schweinsteiger, another product of the club's famed youth academy whi is also 27, Lahm is considered one of the best players in Europe. However, so far European and international titles have eluded him.
"We are all at a very good football age, but we cannot assume that we will be playing a Champions League final every two years," Lahm said.
"Basti and myself, we are running out of time."
Lahm and company could not have hoped for a better set of circumstances in which to lift the coveted trophy, with the final being held at Bayern's Allianz Arena this year.
"I am convinced that we can do it," said Schweinsteiger. "If not in our own stadium then where? This is probably a unique opportunity."
