Dietmar Hamann believes Harry Kane is aiming to surpass Robert Lewandowski’s Bundesliga scoring record after the England striker’s move to Bayern Munich.
Lewandowski set the current seasonal record during his penultimate campaign with Bayern, scoring 41 goals in the 2020-21 Bundesliga season. Former Bayern player Hamann believes Kane has now set his sights on reaching, and ultimately exceeding, that remarkable total.
Kane moved to Munich in 2023 and has so far scored no more than 36 goals in a single season. Hamann’s assessment suggests the striker’s ambitions extend beyond simply matching his best previous return, with Lewandowski’s benchmark now viewed as the target.
The record is not only a challenge involving Lewandowski. The Poland international finished just one goal ahead of Bayern and Germany great Gerd Muller, who scored exactly 40 goals in a Bundesliga season at the beginning of the 1970s.
That means Kane would need to surpass both historic marks if he is to claim the outright record. Reaching 41 goals would take him beyond Muller’s total, while going past Lewandowski’s mark would establish a new Bundesliga seasonal scoring record.
Kane’s best return before moving to Germany was 36 goals in a season, according to the source article. The gap between that total and Lewandowski’s record is therefore five goals, while Muller’s 40-goal campaign stands four goals above Kane’s previous best.
Hamann’s view places the focus on whether Kane can turn his prolific record across a full season into a challenge for the Bundesliga’s highest individual scoring landmark. The former Bayern player believes the England forward is capable of setting his ambitions at that level.
Lewandowski’s 2020-21 campaign remains the reference point. His 41 goals narrowly edged Muller’s total, ensuring that any player attempting to take the record must first overcome one of the Bundesliga’s most celebrated achievements.
For Kane, the potential target would represent another step in his Munich career. He arrived at Bayern in 2023 having previously recorded a highest seasonal total of 36 goals, and Hamann now believes he is looking beyond that figure towards the record held by Lewandowski.
The challenge is particularly demanding because the record is separated from Muller’s mark by only one goal. Kane would therefore be chasing two milestones at once: Muller’s 40 and Lewandowski’s 41.
Hamann’s comments do not suggest that Kane has already broken either record. Instead, they indicate that the former Bayern player believes the striker is hungry to reach the level required to challenge the Bundesliga’s best-ever season tally.