[1] His personal best score is 8670 points, winning him the silver medal at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow.

He moved up to the senior ranks in 2007, recorded a best of 7947 points and placed sixth at the 2007 European Athletics U23 Championships.

Schrader edged over the 8000-point barrier in 2008 with a total of 8248 points in Ratingen and managed tenth place at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

[2] Schrader looked to be a strong home candidate for the decathlon at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin after beating Trey Hardee at the Hypo-Meeting with a much improved best of 8522 points,[3] but a stress fracture injury ruled him out.

[4] He won the German decathlon title in August 2010, scoring 8003 points to take a win over André Niklaus.