Harry Kane is in arguably the form of his life for Bayern Munich after scoring twice against Pafos in the Champions League, bringing his season tally up to 20 goal contributions (17 goals, three assists).
In doing so, the England international became the fastest player to record 20 goal contributions to start a season—notably surpassing the high watermark set by Lionel Messi when he won the Ballon d’Or in 2012. Kane started in a slightly less advanced role on Tuesday as loan signing Nicolas Jackson got the nod up top in Vincent Kompany’s 4-2-3-1 system, yet still nabbed a brace.
It’s not the first time Kane has reached that tally in a similar timeframe, having done so previously for Tottenham Hotspur and Bayern in 2020–21 (871 minutes) and 2024–25 (891 minutes) respectively. Although, he passed his past feats by a significant margin.
Only Messi was able to achieve 20 goal contributions in under 800 minutes (13.3 hours) of action previously. Kane had previously beaten names like Erling Haaland, Kylian Mbappé and Cristiano Ronaldo to the mark.
Player
Season (Club)
Minutes Needed to Reach 20 G+A
Harry Kane
2025–26 (Bayern Munich)
742
Lionel Messi
2011–12 (Barcelona)
749
Lionel Messi
2016–17 (Barcelona)
844
Harry Kane
2020–21 (Tottenham)
871
Harry Kane
2024–25 (Bayern Munich)
891
Claudio Pizarro
2012–13 (Bayern Munich)
910
Erling Haaland
2022–23 (Man City)
915
Serhou Guirassy
2023–24 (Stuttgart)
953
Kylian Mbappé
2018–19 (PSG)
959
Cristiano Ronaldo
2014–15 (Real Madrid)
990
