Will Kane break Lewy's record?

When Gerd Müller scored 40 goals in the 1971/72 season, even the legendary Bayern forward probably did not expect to see his mark stand for 49 years. 

Lewandowski broke it with virtually the last kick of the 2020/21 season when he scored his 41st league goal in the final minute of the Matchday 34 win against Augsburg.

Watch: Robert Lewandowski's record-breaking 2020/21

With an astounding 36 goals in just 32 appearances in his maiden Bundesliga campaign, England's record marksman came agonisingly close to it.

The total even set a new record for a player in their first Bundesliga term, beating Uwe Seeler's 30 in the league's maiden campaign in 1963/64.

Kane tallied an impressive - but some way short - 26 league goals to help Bayern back to the title in 2024/25. But his lightning start to the 2025/26 season has again raised the question: can Kane do it?

After 10 matches of the campaign, Kane has 13 goals to his name - the latest a last-minute equaliser against Union Berlin. That is one more than Lewandowski had managed during the same point of his record term, although he had already missed one fixture due to injury.

Both Lewandowski and Kane have enjoyed significant gluts of goals: The Pole, who played just 29 matches in 20/21, hit 12 in 9 and an incredible 17 in his last 10; Kane, meanwhile, found the back of the net 12 times in the opening seven games of this season. Nevertheless, if the England captain wants to break new ground, he will need to reproduce such prolific runs again this campaign.

Watch: Kane - more than a goalscorer

There are positive signs he could make league history, though. He reached 72 goals in just 68 Bundesliga appearances – faster than anyone in the league’s history – at a rate of one every 79 minutes.

Erling Haaland at Borussia Dortmund (87 minutes), Lewandowski at Dortmund and Bayern (100 minutes) and even the Bundesliga’s all-time leading scorer, Bayern legend Müller (105 minutes) could not better that.

Kane also holds another league record: he is the only one of those great goalscorers who won the Torjägerkanone for the Bundesliga’s top goal-getter in each of their first two top-flight seasons in Germany.

Watch: A closer look at Harry Kane's 2025/26 season

"For a coach, it's incredible to have such an all-round professional who is obsessed with scoring and performing week in, week out, and who is never satisfied with anything less than goals," said a smiling Bayern coach Vincent Kompany, who faced Kane while playing for Manchester City in the English Premier League.

"It's the whole package that makes him so valuable."