Bundesliga top scorer's race: Who will challenge Harry Kane for 2024/25 honour?
Harry Kane set the bar high in the top scorer's race with 36 strikes in a sensational debut Bundesliga season. How might Kane and challengers such as Victor Boniface and Serhou Guirassy fare in 2024/25?
Current scoring chart
1. Harry Kane (Bayern): 14 goals (12 appearances, 12 starts)
2. Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt): 13 goals (13 appearances, 13 starts)
3. Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz): 10 goals (13 appearances, 13 starts)
=4. Tim Kleindienst (Gladbach): 8 goals (12 appearances, 12 starts)
=4. Jamal Musiala (Bayern): 8 goals (11 appearances, 10 starts)
=6. Hugo Ekitiké (Frankfurt): 7 goals (12 appearances, 11 starts)
=6. Ermedin Demirović (Stuttgart): 7 goals (13 appearances, 9 starts)
=8. Victor Boniface (Bayer Leverkusen): 6 goals (10 appearances, 8 starts)
=8. Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund): 6 goals (9 appearances, 9 starts)
=8. Jens Stage (Werder Bremen): 6 goals (9 appearances, 8 starts)
=11. Michael Olise (Bayern): 5 goals (13 appearances, 10 starts)
=11. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen): 5 goals (13 appearances, 11 starts)
=11. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig): 5 goals (13 appearances, 12 starts)
=11. Phillip Tietz (Augsburg): 5 goals (13 appearances, 11 starts)
=11. Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim): 5 goals (11 appearances, 11 starts)
=11. Ritsu Dōan (Freiburg): 5 goals (12 appearances, 12 starts)
=11. Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen): 5 goals (10 appearances, 4 starts)
=11. Deniz Undav (Stuttgart): 5 goals (9 appearances, 8 starts)
Four more players have four goals, including Jamie Gittens and Michael Olise
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Leading contenders for 2024/25 crown
Harry Kane
Club: Bayern Munich
2023/24 goals: 36
Kane's impact on the Bundesliga in his first season was nothing short of staggering, as he bulged opposing nets at a pace that put him close to breaking Robert Lewandowski's all-time record for goals in a Bundesliga season (41). After missing the last two matches of last season with injury, Kane might well fancy another pop at that magic figure this time around. Given how determined Bayern are to reclaim their Bundesliga crown under new boss Vincent Kompany, the England captain is sure to get constant service from his teammates once more - with 14 goals from his first 11 appearances this season a good platform for a potential second successive top scorer's crown. However, after picking up a hamstring injury in Der Klassiker, and with coach Kompany unsure that the striker will be back before Christmas, Kane's rapid goalscoring rate will be significantly halted going into the winter break.
Watch: Harry Kane's spectacular first season at Bayern
Serhou Guirassy
Club: Borussia Dortmund
2023/24 goals: 28
Guirassy had a glorious past season, becoming VfB Stuttgart's highest-ever goalscorer in a single Bundesliga campaign and averaging a goal per game, despite missing six matches due to injury. The Guinea international's explosive uptick in form earned him a high-profile move to Borussia Dortmund in the summer. As a figurehead in a new-look attack under new coach Nuri Şahin, he will hope to become the first Dortmund player to finish a season as top goalscorer since Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2016/17. He made his debut in the 4-2 win over Heidenheim on Matchday 3 and hit the ground running with six strikes in his first eight Bundesliga appearances.
Watch: Serhou Guirassy under the microscope
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Loïs Openda
Club: RB Leipzig
2023/24 goals: 24
Openda's excellent debut season for RB Leipzig may have gone slightly under the radar, but the stats paint an undoubtedly impressive picture. Some 24 Bundesliga goals put him third in last season's race - a number that would have seen him declared top scorer in 31 past Bundesliga seasons. With Leipzig securing the services of Xavi again and signing Antonio Nusa, the Belgian has continued to be the figurehead of a frightening Leipzig attack also featuring Benjamin Šeško.
Watch: All of Loïs Openda's 2023/24 Bundesliga goals
Deniz Undav
Club: VfB Stuttgart
2023/24 goals: 18
Eighteen strikes last season marked an extremely successful loan for Undav, and after signing on a permanent basis in the summer, he has so far successfully he carried a greater share of the scoring burden with Guirassy having departed. His second-half goal during a great Stuttgart performance in the Supercup showed he and his team mean business again in 2024/25 and, after a slow start, five goals in his past seven appearances have seen him move up the top scorer rankings. However, Undav picked up a hamstring injury at the start of November and will likely be out of action until 2025, which doesn't help his chances in the race to be the Bundesliga's top goalscorer.
Watch: The best of Deniz Undav in 2023/24
Maximilian Beier
Club: Borussia Dortmund
2023/24 goals: 16
Beier's 16 goals last season might have left him some distance behind top scorer Kane, but as a 21-year-old who has all the attributes of a complete centre-forward, there is every reason to beleive he can step up and take his goalscoring to the next level in the new campaign. He swapped Hoffenheim over the summer for Dortmund and, although he has so far struggled to pick up minutes, he has racked up two goals and an assist in his last three matches, all as a starter.
Watch: The best of Maximilian Beier in 2023/24
Ermedin Demirović
Club: VfB Stuttgart
2023/24 goals: 15
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international has already gone some way to filling the Guirassy void at Stuttgart. Demirović netted a club-record 15 goals for mid-table Augsburg last time around, and a move to a Stuttgart side that scored 28 more goals overall last season has clearly given him another boost - he hit five strikes in his first six appearances for his new side.
Watch: The best of Ermedin Demirović
Victor Boniface
Club: Bayer Leverkusen
2023/24 goals: 14
Bustling Boniface was the top scorer of runaway Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen in their historic unbeaten season. His 14-goal haul would surely have been considerably higher had injury not restricted him to 23 appearances. Scoring the opening goal as Leverkusen showed their winning edge once more in the Supercup boded well for Boniface, who bagged six goals in the first 10 matches of the new campaign. The Nigerian picked up a thigh injury during the November international break, and so is set to miss a couple of matches as he recovers from this latest setback.
Watch: Boniface wins 2023/24 Rookie of the Season award
The best of the rest
Leipzig's Šeško also has his sights on a stellar goal crop and has started the season well. Tim Kleindienst also looks well-placed to build on the 12 goals he posted last season after moving from Heidenheim to Borussia Mönchengladbach, while 12 goals in the past two campaigns could potentially give Marvin Ducksch the platform to emulate Niclas Füllkrug by finishing a season as top scorer in a Bremen shirt. Hugo Ekitiké has shone for Eintracht Frankfurt this term, although his attacking team-mate Omar Marmoush has so far stolen the headlines in the upper reaches of the goal charts. Hoffenheim's Andrej Kramarić has also shown he is an experienced marksman who can be depended upon for goals. The list of top-class attackers does not end there, and only time will tell which players can get themselves in the lead bunch of the Bundesliga goalscoring race as the 2024/25 season gathers pace.
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