Robert Lewandowski once again set a record with his goal against SC Freiburg on Sunday. It was the 21st goal of the season for the world footballer in the service of FC Bayern, as many a professional had never scored in the first half of the season. The Pole can further expand his brand on Wednesday at FC Augsburg. He would already be ready for the title of top scorer in a few seasons.
After the Bundesliga was founded, it took until 1988 before a player with fewer than 22 goals received the coveted honor. Jürgen Klinsmann ushered in a kind of trend in VfB Stuttgart dress. Until 2004, when the Brazilian Ailton scored 28 times for double winner Werder Bremen, today’s Lewandowski value was only exceeded by three players: Fritz Walter for VfB (1992, 20 teams in the Bundesliga), Ulf Kirsten (1997 and ’98) and Michael Preetz (1999).
On the way to the sixth title
Overall, Lewandowski would be top scorer with his goals after only 16 match days in 14 seasons of the Bundesliga history, like the TV broadcaster Sky notes. He would share the title with Roland Wohlfarth from FC Bayern in 1991 and with Giovane Elber and Thomas Christiansen from VfL Bochum in 2003. Once he would even beat himself, in 2014 Lewandowski won the trophy with 20 goals for Borussia Dortmund. The world footballer is heading for his sixth honor as the best goalscorer in the Bundesliga. Gerd Müller, who has even received seven awards, has this record ahead of him. No other player has managed this feat more than three times.
Lewandowski would be the top scorer in those years
(Information via Sky)
1987/88 Jürgen Klinsmann, VfB Stuttgart, 19 goals
1988/89 Thomas Allofs, 1st FC Cologne and Roland Wohlfarth, 17 goals each
1989/90 Jörn Andersen, Eintracht Frankfurt, 18 goals
1990/91 Roland Wohlfarth, 21 goals
1992/93 Ulf Kirsten, Bayer Leverkusen and Anthony Yeboah, Eintracht Frankfurt, 20 goals each
1993/94 Stefan Kuntz, 1st FC Kaiserslautern and Anthony Yeboah, Eintracht Frankfurt, 18 goals each
1994/95 Mario Basler, Werder Bremen and Heiko Herrlich, Borussia Mönchengladbach, each with 20 goals
1995/96 Fredi Bobic, VfB Stuttgart, 17 goals
1999/2000 Martin Max, 1860 Munich, 19 goals
2001/02 Marcio Amoroso, Borussia Dortmund and Martin Max, 1860 Munich, 18 goals each
2002/03 Giovane Elber, FC Bayern and Thomas Christiansen, VfL Bochum, 21 goals each
2006/07 Theofanis Gekas, VfL Bochum, 20 goals
2013/14 Robert Lewandowski, Borussia Dortmund, 20 goals
2014/15 Alexander Meier, Eintracht Frankfurt, 19 goals
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