Bundesliga Breaks the Big-Club Spell: After 10 Games, Germany Tops Europe’s Elite

Bundesliga Sets the Pace Across Europe

With a run of record numbers, historic milestones and stunning achievements, the German league is shaping as a standout in many statistical categories and sits among Europe’s elite leagues this season. The standout figure so far is the goals tally registered in the first ten matches of the 2025-26 campaign: 289 goals, translating to an average of 3.1 per game, a pace unmatched by any of the five major European leagues, according to the Bundesliga’s official numbers.

If this trend continues, the Bundesliga could end the season with around 983 goals, putting 1,000 on the board for the first time since 1985 within reach. Only once this century has the goal average after ten rounds exceeded this level, namely in 2023-24 when 3.22 goals per game were recorded.

For the eighth consecutive year, the league sits above three goals per game, and this season it remains the only major European league where more than three goals per match are common. The attacking mood is supported by a high volume of shots: an average of 26.4 attempts on target per game, the highest among Europe’s top leagues, with the Premier League trailing by several shots per game. Of the 90 Bundesliga games played so far, just four have finished goalless, a far lower count than in Serie A, for instance, where around 17 matches have ended without goals.

The day with the most goals came on Round 5, when Borussia Monchengladbach and Eintracht Frankfurt played out a remarkable 4-6 thriller. On the stands, attendances have been healthy: nearly 3.7 million spectators turned up in the first ten matchdays, and the average crowd of 41,815 is the second-highest among Europe’s top leagues, almost on par with the Premier League. By contrast, both La Liga and Serie A attracted roughly 10,000 fewer spectators per game.

The Bundesliga is also a stage for young talent. In the opening ten rounds, 12 different teenagers have already scored, more than ever at this stage of a season. RB Leipzig has used nine players under 21 this term, a figure only surpassed by Strasbourg in Ligue 1. Ozun of Eintracht Frankfurt scored in each of the first five games, becoming the first teenager to do so at the start of a Bundesliga campaign.

The pace-setting Bayern Munich lead the table by six points as the only team in the big five leagues to average more than three goals per game this season. Bayern’s 35 goals after ten games rank third in the competition’s all-time top scoring marks, and 11 different players have found the net for the Bavarians this term.

Harry Kane has carried his rich form into the 2025-26 Bundesliga, tallying 13 goals in ten appearances. Only Erling Haaland of Manchester City and Kylian Mbappe of Real Madrid have matched or exceeded that goal return per game this season. Kane’s latest strike, a 2-2 draw with Union Berlin, pushed him to 75 Bundesliga goals, needing just 73 matches to reach the milestone—the fewest ever by any player to reach that total.

Last season, Michael Olise finished as Kane’s closest assist partner, and the French winger topped the Bundesliga charts with 15 assists. This season he already has four goals and three assists, continuing to shine. Kane, Olise and Luis Diaz form a dangerous trio, contributing to at least 27 of Bayern’s 35 goals this season, demonstrating that this Bayern attack is a true global class.

Notable performers include Alejandro Grimaldo of Bayer Leverkusen, who has contributed seven goals worth of production and even scored twice from set pieces, winning 57 percent of his duels in the opening ten weeks. Joshua Kimmich remains one of the league’s top defensive midfielders, covering an average of 12.7 kilometers per match as Bayern continues to rely on his engine and range.

In short, the Bundesliga is delivering drama, numbers and youth in abundance, while the other European leagues look on in interest and perhaps a touch of envy.