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Bayern Munich's wingers, Luis Díaz and Michael Olise, are having a record-breaking season in the Bundesliga, each surpassing 13 goals and assists. Their performance has significantly contributed to Bayern's explosive goal output this year.
Before this season, no Bayern player has managed 13+ goals and 13+ assists in a single Bundesliga season since detailed data collection in 2004/05 This season, Olise and Díaz have blown that mark out of the water. Olise has 14 goals (after that last-minute leveler was reclassified from an own goal) and 19 assists while Díaz has 15 and 13, respectively, with two matches to go. It is true that 13 is a somewhat arbitrary number, but Bayern’s starting wingers have not been in the same galaxy. In his ten seasons at the club, hit double digits in either category just once: 10 assists in 2020/21, a season in which he had five league goals. His leading goals tally (8) came in 2022/23, and he had five assists that season. had a handful of seasons where he approached ten in both categories, and his final two seasons were his best: 8/11 and 11/5, respectively. has had a number of productive goal-scoring campaigns but only once prior to this year did he surpass five assists in the same season — the 2019/20 treble campaign where he had 12 goals to 10 assists. Of course, Bayern’s goal-scoring has exploded as a team this season, so there are just a lot of statistics to go around. But having dual-threat scorers and providers on both wings — as well as through the middle — probably has a lot to do with that. For years since the departure of the last truly great wing duo at Bayern, their replacements — no slouches themselves — have nevertheless prompted wistful comparisons to the days of and . Now, finally, the Bavarians are witnessing a new set of standard-bearers. *If you are looking for more Bayern Munich and German national team coverage, check out the latest episodes of Bavarian Podcast Works, which you can get on , , , or any leading podcast distributor…*
Luis Díaz and Michael Olise have both surpassed 13 goals and 13 assists in a single Bundesliga season, a feat not achieved by any Bayern player since 2004/05.
Michael Olise has recorded 14 goals and 19 assists in the current Bundesliga season.
Díaz and Olise's dual-threat capabilities on the wings have significantly boosted Bayern Munich's overall goal-scoring output this season.
The current duo of Díaz and Olise is being compared favorably to the legendary wing partnership of Franck Ribéry and Arjen Robben, as they are setting new standards for performance.
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