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Bayern Munich are on course for a famous season with Vincent Kompany’s men looking unstoppable across all competitions. The Bavarian giants have enjoyed a near monopoly in the Bundesliga in recent history, winning 12 of the last 13 German top-flight titles – Bayer Leverkusen’s title win in 2024 was a complete anomaly. Realistically, Bayern should win the Bundesliga every season given the financial disparity between them and every other club in Germany. Bayern are also expected to clinch a domestic treble as they are in the semi-finals of the DFB-Pokal Cup and they’ve already lifted the Super Cup.

Kompany’s side also progressed into the semi-finals of the Champions League by dispatching Real Madrid and they will face reigning champions PSG in the last four. Winning the Champions League would be a true representation of how brilliant this current Bayern side are. While many don’t view Bayern winning the Bundesliga as a truly impressive achievement, the manner in which they’ve dominated domestically and style of football has been outstanding. And they could feasibly break an incredible long-standing goalscoring record this season.

Most goals in a top five league season

Remarkably, Bayern have scored 105 goals across 29 games in the Bundesliga this season. To contextualise it, they’ve scored 45 goals more than second-ranked Borussia Dortmund and Stuttgart. With five league games remaining, Bayern could feasibly break the all-time record for most goals in a top five league season across history. As the graphic below illustrates, Torino hold the record from the 1947/48 campaign when they netted 123 goals in 40 games when they won Serie A.

Every other club in the top twenty list played 38 games in their prolific seasons and the impressive element of Bayern’s potential achievement is that they will only play 34 games. If it was based on goals per game in a top five league campaign then Bayern will unquestionably smash that record. Bayern have scored 3.6 goals per Bundesliga this campaign, so they are on track to match Torino’s record but they will realistically rest players after wrapping up the title when the Champions League will be the priority. Real Madrid almost broke the record in 2011/12, while Barcelona feature more than any other club in the top 20,