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. Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim): 4 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Florian Wirtz (Bayer Leverkusen): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Tim Kleindienst (Borussia Mönchengladbach): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Jamie Gittens Borussia Dortmund): 2 goals (2 appearances, 1 start)
=2. Loïs Openda (RB Leipzig): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Lukas Kübler (Freiburg): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Nadiem Amiri (Mainz): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
=2. Paul Wanner (Heidenheim): 2 goals (2 appearances, 2 starts)
10. 35 players have 1 goal
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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.
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 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 potential 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 will have to wait to start the campaign though due to a knee injury.
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 is ready to burst past defences all over Germany once more as a 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, there are clear hopes he will carry an even greater share of the scoring burden with Guirassy having departed. All the indications are that Undav can thrive under those expectations with his battle-hardy style. His second-half goal during a great Stuttgart showing in the Supercup suggests he and his team mean business again in 2024/25.
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 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 their host of superb wingers will be ready to continually hit balls into the box for Beier to pounce on.
Watch: The best of Maximilian Beier in 2023/24
Ermedin Demirović
Club: VfB Stuttgart
2023/24 goals: 15
The Bosnia-Herzegovina international is another strike talent poised to benefit from a change of club. Demirović netted a club-record 15 goals for mid-table Augsburg last time around, so a move to a Stuttgart side that scored 28 more goals overall last season should give him a chance to post even better figures in 2024/25.
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 bodes well for Boniface in the new campaign.
Watch: Boniface wins 2023/24 Rookie of the Season award
The best of the rest
Leverkusen's Patrik Schick has shown he can deliver serious numbers when steering clear of injury for a whole season, netting 24 goals back in 2021/22. After scoring 11 goals in the second half of the season - a figure only Kane and Openda could better - Leipzig's Šeško will also have his sights on a stellar goal crop. Tim Kleindienst could well 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 also appears ready to shine for Eintracht Frankfurt with four goals in their final five fixtures last season and a brilliant brace in their DFB Cup tie at Eintracht Braunschweig. 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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