How Bayern smashed the all-time Bundesliga goals record

How Bayern smashed the all-time Bundesliga goals record

It fell to Leon Goretzka to finally break the magic barrier. The midfielder scored in the x. minute to make it 2-0 at FC St. Pauli and enter himself into the annuls of German football. It was the Reds’ 102nd league goal of the season, breaking a Bundesliga record that’s stood for 54 years. In the 1971/72 campaign, the great Bayern team of Gerd Müller, Franz Beckenbauer, Uli Hoeneß and Co hit 101 goals. That long-held record tumbled on 11 April 2026 – and still with five matchdays left. Read here how it happened:

Such an extraordinary achievement is of course a team effort. No fewer than xx different players from the current squad have got on the scoresheet for Bayern this season – more than any other team. On top of that, three players have unwittingly contributed to the record with own goals: Leverkusen’s Loïc Badé (in the 3-0 home win in November) and Wolfsburg duo Moritz Jenz and Kilian Fischer (both in the 8-1 win in January). However, the lion’s share has come from the magical attacking trio of Harry Kane (31 goals), Luis Díaz (15) and Michael Olise (11), who between them account for 56 percent.

It’s not always been as easy in front of goal as it was for Lennart Karl in the 1-0 win against Mainz in mid-December. After a fine assist from Serge Gnabry, all he had to do was tap the ball over the line from about four meters out. According to data from the statistics experts at Opta, no other FCB goal had such a high xG value (0.94) – the kind of goal where you’d say: “Even my grandma could have scored that!” By that measure, however, Harry Kane’s 5-0 goal in the season opener against Leipzig, with an xG of 0.02, should almost not have been allowed to happen. According to the statistics, only two out of 100 shots on goal would have found their way past the visitors’ otherwise well-positioned defence, as Kane’s did.

It wasn’t the only time the Englishman practically forced a goal with sheer skill. In the 5-0 win at Stuttgart on Matchday 13, Kane blasted the ball into the corner from 25 meters at 128 km/h – no other shot has hit the net at such a high speed so far season. Díaz showed similar determination in scoring the equaliser to make it 1-1 against Union Berlin, curling the ball into the corner from an almost impossible angle by the goal line. “When I see the goal, I can’t quite believe that I scored it,” the Colombian said of his spectacular strike, which was later named 2025’s Goal of the Year in Germany.

Luis Díaz wins 2025 Goal of the Year

Going back to xG: when it comes to penalties, it stands at 0.77 – and this is another sign of the level that Vincent Kompany’s team are playing at this season. Thanks to Kane (10 penalty goals) and Jamal Musiala (one), FCB have converted 100 percent of their spot-kicks. Only Bayern themselves were previously more prolific from the spot in the 1980/81 campaign (13 penalties). Overall, the Munich men are the kings of the dead ball with 28 set-piece goals – in addition to those 11 penalties, they’ve scored 13 goals from corners and four from free kicks.

Attack a class apart

Even without the set-piece goals, Bayern would comfortably lead the goals tally in the Bundesliga this season – as well as other categories, of course. The German record champions have found the net the most times in the first half (43), in the second half (59) and on the counter (12). And, what’s more, they’ve scored in every single Bundesliga match. This incredible consistency has led Kompany’s men to numerous other records already this term. In the 5-1 win against RB Leipzig in January, the Munich men scored two or more goals for the 26th home game in a row, a new record in the competition. The eight consecutive away outings in which FCB netted at least three goals from April to October 2025 was also a first.

“It’s those moments where we’re 5-1, 6-1 or 7-1 up but keep going, keep pressing and trying to score more goals. I really like that,” praised Kompany after the 8-1 win over Wolfsburg in January, in which his side celebrated their biggest victory of the season. It’s this desire as well as a mix of ability, consistency and ruthlessness that have enabled Bayern to surpass the 101 goals record from the 1970s. And with plenty of time left in the season, we’re excited to see what bar the record champions will set for future generations.