Helmut Pfleger (born August 6, 1943) is a German chess grandmaster and author.

From 1977 until 2005, Pfleger hosted a series of chess programs on German public TV, including Chess of the Grandmasters, often together with grandmaster Vlastimil Hort.

In 1965 he tied for 1st with Wolfgang Unzicker in the West German Chess Championship in Bad Aibling, but lost an additional match to him there.

At the Tel Aviv Olympiad of 1964, he was awarded the gold medal for best performance on fourth board and a bronze medal for his contribution to the team's overall performance.

On the April 2009 FIDE list, he has an Elo rating of 2477, although he has been virtually inactive since 1990.