Harry Kane is going through a purple patch season with Bayern Munich, playing a crucial role as the club has won every match of the 2025-26 season so far. The English player has now cruised past legends like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo with an amazing goalscoring record.
Bayern hosted Club Brugge for matchday 3 of the Champions League, looking to reach the top of the group table. The German club dominated the match, winning 4-0, with Kane easily converting a precise cross from Konrad Laimer into a goal in the 14th minute, reaching a unique feat.
With the goal against Club Brugge, Kane has reached 20 goal mark in just 12 games for Bayern Munich across all competition in the 2025-26 season, surpassing the speed of records previously set by Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Kane has scored 12 goals in Bundesliga, 5 in the UCL, 2 in the DFB-Pokal, and one in the DFL-Supercup.
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Lionel Messi’s best start of a season occurred three times, with his fastest run to 20 goals for Barcelona taking 17 games. Cristiano Ronaldo’s best start occurred in the 2014-15 season with Real Madrid, scoring 20 goals in 13 matches.
Kane tops the goalscoring charts in Bundesliga and Champions League, cementing himself as Europe’s most dependable striker. With an average of almost 1.7 goals per match. It will be interesting to see if Kane can maintain his form and break more records in the 2025-26 season.
Kane continues to improve his record in the Champions League, first representing Tottenham Hotspur and now Bayern Munich. The English forward has surpassed Antoine Griezmann and Didier Drogba, moving into 18th place on the all-time list with 45 matches.
He brought up a century of goals for Bayern last month – reaching triple digits quicker than any player has done for a club in a ‘Big Five’ league.
He also recently notched in his 400th career club goal in last weekend’s 2-1 win over rivals Borussia Dortmund.
And if he continues scoring at his current rate, he will break into Bayern’s top ten all-time goalscorers list in just his third campaign at the Allianz Arena.
Having found the back of the net on 12 occasions already after seven league matches, Kane is also on course to break the Bundesliga record for most goals in single season.
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