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Will anyone outscore Kane?

Harry Kane has outscored everyone over his first two Bundesliga seasons. Could the likes of Nick Woltemade, Patrik Schick, Serhou Guirassy, Tim Kleindienst or Jonathan Burkardt now push him?
Harry Kane has outscored everyone over his first two Bundesliga seasons. Could the likes of Nick Woltemade, Patrik Schick, Serhou Guirassy, Tim Kleindienst or Jonathan Burkardt now push him?

Bayern Munich's Harry Kane has topped the Bundesliga scoring charts for two seasons running, but he'll have stiff competition from the likes of Serhou Guirassy and Patrik Schick in 2025/26. Get the lowdown on the candidates below...

Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)

Death, taxes and Kane goals. Bayern's razor-sharp No.9 struck 26 times for the record champions last season, adding to his debut campaign haul of 36. It's now 62 goals in 63 Bundesliga games and counting for the 2024/25 Player of the Season - or one every 84.41 minutes!

Ex-Bayern and Borussia Dortmund forward Robert Lewandowski holds the Bundesliga's single-season goals record (41, 2020/21) and to date is the only player to claim three or more successive Torjägerkanonen outright - but for how long?

Watch: Every Kane goal in 2024/25

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Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund)

Guirassy's been Kane's closest pursuer, with 28 goals for VfB Stuttgart in 2023/24 followed by 21 across his debut season with Dortmund, including six in five games to end the campaign. 

The Guinean missed a handful of fixtures through injury, but did outdo his Bayern counterpart in the 2024/25 UEFA Champions League, his 13 goals during BVB's run to the last eight only matched by Barcelona's Raphinha.

Guinea also failed to qualify for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, so Guirassy won't miss any Dortmund games over the new year for that. 

Watch: Guirassy hitting new heights

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Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen)

Schick tied Guirassy on 21 Bundesliga goals last term, the Leverkusen front man producing his best numbers since scoring 24 back in 2021/22.

The Czechia forward was on target nine times in six games between Matchdays 15-20 alone, famously rattling off the second four-goal salvo of his Bundesliga career along the way, showing just lethal he can be when fully fit.

Watch: The Schick Show

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Jonathan Burkardt (Mainz)

The fitness Gods were also smiling on Burkardt, who put numerous past injury setbacks behind him to finish 2024/25 as the top-scoring German in the league, with 18 goals from 29 appearances.

The Mainz talisman earned his first senior Germany call-ups for his efforts, whilst going into the history books as the 05ers' all-time record Bundesliga scorer (currently 41 goals). The best bit? He'll still only be 25 when the new campaign kicks off on 22 August...

Watch: All of Burkardt's 2024/25 Bundesliga goals

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Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Burkardt wasn't the only German national to catch the eye of Julian Nagelsmann last season. Kleindienst quickly became his country's first-choice striker after debuting in October 2024, before injury ruled him out of the UEFA Nations League Final Four tournament in June.

It's easy to see why. The Gladbach frontman helped himself to 16 goals in only his second year of Bundesliga football, after scoring 12 times for top-flight newcomers Heidenheim the previous campaign. And you know what they all say about the third season of TV shows...

Watch: Kleindienst - 'Small Service' by name, big returns by nature

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Nick Woltemade (VfB Stuttgart)

Woltemade's another example of a goalscorer who's not gone unnoticed by Nagelsmann. The 22-year-old played twice in Kleindienst's stead in the Nations League, debuting for the senior national team within a fortnight of firing Stuttgart to the 2024/25 DFB Cup at that.

The rangy forward opened the scoring in the final to take his cup tally to a competition-best five, adding to the 12 Bundesliga goals he totalled across his first season with VfB. He's since hit a tournament-leading four goals during Germany's run to the last four of the UEFA U21 Euros.

Watch: All Woltemade's Bundesliga goals in 2024/25 

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