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Who are the Bundesliga top scorers?

Bundesliga is known as the biggest German football league. Therefore, the star footballers who net the most goals and bring audiences plenty of eye-catching goal celebrations in a season are what people really care about. In this article, let’s figure out who are holding the all-time Bundesliga top scorers titles and other related information about this league that you will find very helpful.
Frank Merino
By: Frank Merino

Bundesliga's simplification

So there are a few things about the Bundesliga you should catch on before calling out the name of top scorers in the history and in this season of this highest tier in Germany.  

What is the Bundesliga?

Bundesliga is the name of the highest professional football league in Germany. It is similar to other top divisions in other European countries, such as the Premier League in England, La Liga in Spain, Ligue 1 in France, and Serie A in Italy. These aforementioned competitions made up the “Big Five” in the European football system. 

The Bundesliga was first introduced 57 years ago, in the 1963-1964 season. Since its inception, the competition has served any football fan all over the world from every August to May. It is now run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL), although this football contest was founded by another association, Deutscher Fußball-Bund. 

Bundesliga logo

How does the Bundesliga work?

  • Team participating

There are 18 professional German football clubs in the competition. This is considered a humble number of participants compared to other leagues, such as LaLiga and Premier League with 20 teams. However, it would be a good opportunity for our footballers to play better and stronger due to the fewer matches they have to join. 

  • Competing format

Like other leagues in the continent, the Bundesliga is also operated under the round-robin format. That means with 18 teams taking part in, each will have to appear in 34 matches in total with the other 17 teams. Half of them are played at their home ground, and the other counterparts are at the opponent’s venues.  

  • The scoring system

Initially, a team will receive two points for winning a single watch, but since the 1995-96 season, it was changed to three points. Both teams always obtain one point if the match ends up level, and a defeated team gains nothing. Ultimately, the team that finished with the highest point will be crowned with the Bundesliga’s champion. 

In case there are several teams are tied in points, the following tiebreaker criteria will be applied:

  1. Goal difference for the entire season

  2. Total goals scored for the entire season

  3. Head-to-head results (total points)

  4. Head-to-head goals scored

  5. Head-to-head away goals scored

  6. Total away goals scored for the entire season

Who are the all-time top scorers in Bundesliga history?

Below is the table of the top 10 best goalscorers in the Bundesliga from its founding to the present. Accordingly, Gerd Muller is the all-time top scorer in Bundesliga history, with 365 goals in 427 appearances in the Bundesliga’s matches from 1965 to 1979. He is also referred to as one of the greatest goalscorers in the history of football.

Standing right behind Muller is Robert Lewandowski, with 271 goals in his current career in Bundesliga. 

All-time top scorers in Bundesliga history

#

Player

Seasons

Appearances

Goals

1

Gerd Müller

Centre-Forward

14

427

365

2

Robert Lewandowski

Centre-Forward

11

346

271

3

Klaus Fischer

Centre-Forward

19

535

268

4

Jupp Heynckes

Centre-Forward

13

369

220

5

Manfred Burgsmüller

Centre-Forward

17

447

213

6

Claudio Pizarro

Centre-Forward

20

490

197

7

Ulf Kirsten

Centre-Forward

13

350

182

8

Stefan Kuntz

Centre-Forward

15

449

179

9

Klaus Allofs

Centre-Forward

15

424

177

10

Dieter Müller

Centre-Forward

11

303

177

Who are the top scorers in the 2020-2021 Bundesliga?

Robert Lewandowski, who is the second-highest all-time scorer in Bundesliga history, is currently the top goalscorer in the 2020-2021 season with 35 goals up to the present. This Polish footballer is playing for Bayern Munich, and also is a captain of the Poland national football team. 

2020-2021 Bundesliga top scorers

#

Player

Club

Appearances

Goals

1

Robert Lewandowski

Centre-Forward

Bayern Munich

25

35

2

André Silva

Centre-Forward

Eintracht Frankfurt

24

21

3

Erling Haaland

Centre-Forward

Borussia Dortmund

21

21

4

Wout Weghorst

Centre-Forward

VfL Wolfsburg

26

17

5

Andrej Kramaric

Centre-Forward

TSG 1899 Hoffenheim

21

14

6

Sasa Kalajdzic

Centre-Forward

VfB Stuttgart

25

13

7

Lars Stindl

Second Striker

Borussia Mönchengladbach

25

11

8

Silas Wamangituka

Right Midfield

VfB Stuttgart 

25

11

9

Thomas Müller

Second Striker

Bayern Munich 

24

10

10

Max Kruse

Second Striker

1. FC Union Berlin

14

10

Robert Lewandowski- the 2021 top scorer bundesliga

Bundesliga prediction

According to the current situation, we can see that Bayern Munich is still the most potential club to win this season of Bundesliga. Hans-Dieter Flick’s students are currently leading the competition with 61 aggregate points. Moreover, Robert Lewandowski, a star of Bayern Munich is also the top scorer this season, so it will be not surprising that they will lift the Bundesliga shield nine times consecutively. 

On the other hand, it seems that Borussia Dortmund is also a favorite team for the champion this 2020-2021 season. Although this club doesn’t possess such a huge achievement board in the Bundesliga like Bayern Munich, they already won the Bundesliga title five times, and seven times being a runner-up. Borussia Dortmund contains Erling Haaland, who is ranking in the third place in the top goal scorers this season with 21 goals up to date.

References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga

 



 

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Frank Merino
Written by: Frank Merino
Frank Merino is a writer for Betimate.com, providing non-stop analysis and opinions on all things football. Since 2018, I have started writing football analysis articles on the internet and predicting and recommending prestigious football bets for users around the world.

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