Bundesliga Top Scorers by Season (1963-64 to 2024-25)

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Since the Bundesliga kicked off in 1963-64, the league's leading marksman has been crowned Torschützenkönig — and from 1966 onward handed the Kicker Torjägerkanone, the miniature cannon trophy that remains German football's most coveted individual prize for a striker. This table tracks every winner across more than six decades, from Uwe Seeler's opening-season 30 goals to Harry Kane's back-to-back cannons in Bavaria.

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1. Who did RB Leipzig beat to win their first ever DFB-Pokal (German Cup) in 2022?

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   Reduced to ten men in Berlin, Leipzig came from behind to draw 1-1 through Christopher Nkunku, then won the shoot-out 4-2 to claim the club's first major trophy.

2. Bayer Leverkusen went unbeaten in all 34 Bundesliga games in 2023-24 — what was their points total?

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   Xabi Alonso's side won 28 and drew six of their 34 league games; their only defeat in any competition all 2023-24 came in the Europa League final against Atalanta, as they added the DFB-Pokal to a first Bundesliga crown.

3. Borussia Mönchengladbach were one of Germany's great 1970s sides — how many Bundesliga titles did they win that decade?

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   Gladbach won in 1970 and 1971 — the first club to retain the Bundesliga title — then added a hat-trick of championships from 1975 to 1977 amid their great rivalry with Bayern.

4. Which Brazilian midfielder left Leverkusen for Bayern Munich in 2002, in the same summer as Michael Ballack?

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   Zé Roberto joined Leverkusen in 1998 and moved on to Bayern Munich in 2002 after the Champions League final defeat.

5. Erling Haaland scored how many Bundesliga goals in 15 appearances during his half-season debut at Borussia Dortmund (Jan-June 2020)?

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   He scored 13 goals in 15 Bundesliga appearances at 81.7 minutes/goal. Started with a 23-minute hat-trick off the bench vs Augsburg on debut (18 Jan 2020).

Two names tower over the rest. Gerd Müller bagged the award seven times for Bayern Munich, including a staggering 40-goal haul in 1971-72 that stood as the single-season record for nearly half a century. Robert Lewandowski matched Müller's seven titles and finally broke that record with 41 goals in 2020-21, capping a run of five straight cannons that no one had managed before.

Ties are part of the story too: several seasons ended with two players sharing top billing, from Lothar Emmerich and a young Gerd Müller in 1966-67 to Niclas Füllkrug and Christopher Nkunku splitting the honour in a low-scoring 2022-23. Every shared crown is listed below exactly as the record stands.

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