Harry Kane chases record for most goals in a Bundesliga first half of the season

Lewandowski’s milestone is wobbling

So far, only two goalscorers in the history of the Bundesliga have managed to score 20 goals in the first half of a season alone. Shortly before the deadline, the duo became a trio. Harry Kane joined the famous club as the third (Bayern) player and even went one better in the last game. Now Kane has two more games to even take the throne. Two goals are missing for a new record.

Kane beckons record: most goals in a Bundesliga first half of the season

10 Serhou Guirassy | VfB Stuttgart | 17 Tore

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2023/24 season (14 appearances in the first half of the season) – after matchday 16

10 Uwe Seeler | HSV | 17 goals

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1963/64 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

5 Franz Brungs | 1. FC Nuremberg | 18 goals

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1967/68 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

5 Dieter Müller | 1. FC Cologne | 18 goals

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1977/78 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

5 Vedad Ibisevic | Hoffenheim | 18 Tore

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2008/09 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

5 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | BVB | 18 Tore

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Season 2015/16 (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

5 Timo Werner | RB Leipzig | 18 Tore

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Season 2019/20 (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

4 Peter Meyer | Gladbach | 19 goals

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1967/68 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

3 Gerd Müller | FC Bayern | 20 goals

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1968/69 season (17 appearances in the first half of the season)

Also 19 goals (1976/77 season), 19 goals (1972/73), 18 goals (1969/70), 18 goals (1966/67)

2 Harry Kane | FC Bayern | 21 Tore

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2023/24 season (15 appearances in the first half of the season) – after the 16th matchday with one catch-up game outstanding

1 Robert Lewandowski | FC Bayern | 22 goals

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Season 2020/21 (16 appearances in the first half of the season)

Also 19 goals (2021/22 season), 19 goals (2019/20 season)

Against Stuttgart (3-0), Kane scored his 19th and 20th goals this season. In Wolfsburg, goal number 21 was added at the end of the year. Only Gerd Müller (1968/69) and Robert Lewandowski (2020/21) had previously reached the mark of 20 – Müller even after the 14th matchday. However, the “bomber of the nation” remained at 20 goals for the rest of the first half of the season, while Lewandowski was able to add two goals. 22 hits are still a record to this day. Müller has now left Kane behind him, and with two more he would also overtake record holder Lewandowski. A first half result of 23 goals after Bayern’s remaining two games against Hoffenheim (January 12th) and in the catch-up game against Union Berlin (January 24th) seems anything but unrealistic.

TM statistics: Top scorers by matchday in the Bundesliga

Gladbach’s Peter Meyer (1967/68) narrowly missed the 20-goal mark in Bundesliga history, although he already had 19 after 15 match days. While Müller and Lewandowski also scored 19 goals in the first half of the season in two other seasons, no other player achieved this figure. Several had 18 goals after the first 17 games: Timo Werner (RB Leipzig, 2019/20), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (BVB, 2015/16), Vedad Ibisevic (Hoffenheim, 2008/09), Dieter Müller ( 1. FC Köln, 1977/78), Franz Brungs (Nuremberg, 1967/68), Uwe Seeler (HSV, 1963/64) and Gerd Müller twice more at FC Bayern (1966/67 and 1969/70). For the complete statistics: Top scorers by match days.

Note: This article appeared in a first version on Transfermarkt on December 18, 2023 and has been updated.

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