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Bayern Munich remain undefeated in 17 Bundesliga matches.
Bayern Munich’s victory over Koln on Wednesday saw the club equal the record points total at the Bundesliga season’s halfway point. Furthermore, their goal-scoring prowess surpasses any prior German top-flight team after 17 matches.
BBC Sport examines the impressive statistics underpinning Bayern’s dominant start to the season.
Bayern Munich frequently lead the Bundesliga table at the season’s midpoint, but the 2025-26 campaign presents a particularly remarkable situation after 17 games.
The 3-1 victory against Koln at the RheineEnergieStadion extended their unbeaten league run to 15 wins and two draws in 17 matches. This performance matches the Bundesliga points record of 47 at this stage, previously set by Pep Guardiola during his inaugural season with Bayern in 2013-14.
However, Vincent Kompany’s squad has achieved this milestone with added flair, amassing a record 66 goals at the halfway mark – exceeding Guardiola’s team’s total from 12 years ago by 22.
In 2013-14, Guardiola’s Bayern ultimately secured the Bundesliga title with 90 points, a significant 19 points ahead of Borussia Dortmund in second place. The title was decided with seven matches to spare.
Kompany’s Bayern currently hold an 11-point lead over second-placed Dortmund this season and may aspire to break the Bundesliga record of 91 points.
This record was established by Bayern’s treble-winning side in 2012-13 – and Jupp Heynckes’ team had five points fewer than Kompany’s at this stage.
Vincent Kompany (holding trophy) captained Manchester City when they achieved the Premier League record for goals scored after 17 games en route to their first title in 2012.
The sheer volume of Bayern’s scoring has not been witnessed at this stage in any major European league since the 1930s.
Athletic Bilbao were the last club to have outscored Bayern’s 66 goals after 17 matches, recording 72 in 1930-31. This total proved critical as the Basque club won the La Liga title on goal difference after three teams tied in an 18-game season.
Bilbao’s goal difference was 28 better than Racing Santander in second.
However, a town in Lancashire, rather than northern Spain, holds the all-time goals record after 17 matches.
Blackburn Rovers scored 73 goals as they finished third in Division One in 1889-90 – a total unmatched in any major top flight.
More recently, Roberto Mancini’s Manchester City set the Premier League’s existing record after 17 games, scoring 53 goals in 2011-12 as they ended a 44-year wait for the title – a team captained by Kompany.
England and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane scored his third hat-trick of the season against Stuttgart in December.
The star of Bayern’s prolific attack has undoubtedly been striker Harry Kane, whose stellar form since moving from north London to Germany has reached new heights this season.
The England captain has already scored 31 goals in just 27 games, including 20 in 17 league appearances – failing to score in only eight.
In Kane’s first campaign with Bayern in 2023-24, he averaged a goal every 79 minutes. In his second it was every 92 minutes.
Before Wednesday’s match, the 32-year-old was scoring a goal every hour he is on the pitch.
Kane’s goals often come in bursts – his hat-trick in the 5-0 win at Stuttgart on 6 December marked his third of the season and a remarkable 11th overall since joining Bayern in 2023.
Overall, the former Tottenham striker has scored 82 goals in the Bundesliga for Bayern – the most of any player in the top five European leagues since his debut.
After Kane became the quickest player in Bundesliga history to reach 100 goal contributions against Heidenheim in December, Kompany said: “He’ll keep having a lot of individual records because he’s a special player.”
Bayern have had 14 different goalscorers in Bundesliga this season.
While Kane has been the main contributor, Bayern also possess an impressive supporting cast.
Seven different players scored in the 8-1 win against Wolfsburg last weekend, meaning Bayern have had 15 scorers this season – the most of any Bundesliga side.
It was also the 11th time they have scored four or more goals in a game this season.
Seven Bayern players have contributed at least three goals, which is second only to Arsenal across the major European leagues.
However, while the Gunners can sometimes rely on set-pieces to win matches, 50 of Bayern’s 66 league goals have been scored from open play, with only 10 coming via a corner or free-kick, plus six penalties.
This means the German champions can now aim to break another record – the most goals scored in an entire Bundesliga season, which stands at 101 by Bayern themselves in 1972.
Should their scoring rate continue, they may also target Torino’s Serie A total of 125 goals in 1948 – an all-time record for a major European league.
Bayern’s current scoring average of 3.8 goals per game projects a total of 132 by May.
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