Bayern Munich’s 11-season title run ended last season, but Harry Kane and Co. made sure it was a short absence away from the Bundesliga pedestal.
The Bavarians have reclaimed the top spot on the Bundesliga table in 2024-25, sealing the title from the sidelines when Bayer Leverkusen drew Freiburg on Sunday, May 4.
Now Kane can turn his attention to an individual item — The England forward is again filling up the nets for Bayern and has a five-goal lead in the race for the Torjägerkanonen.
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The race for Champions League places is also interesting beyond Bayern, Leverkusen, and third-place Eintracth Frankfurt, as substandard seasons for Borussia Dortmund and RB Leipzig have Mainz, Werder Bremen, and Freiburg all competing for Europe.
The relegation race has less runners than many years, with three teams looking likely to be fighting for the playoff spot but a few more capable of dropping into the discussion with a bad few weeks.
Below, find the leading scorers for this season as well as the most recent standings.
Who will win the Bundesliga in 2024-25?
Bayern Munich have reclaimed their title after Bayer Leverkusen’s amazing 2023-24 run. Manager Vincent Kompany, striker Harry Kane and the Bavarians cannot be caught by Xabi Alonso’s team.
Who will be relegated from the Bundesliga?
FC St Pauli and Holstein Kiel were promoted last season, but they’re having different times in the bottom half of the table. St. Pauli, so far, are above the bottom three and six clear of the two automatic relegation spots. Holstein Kiel had picked up a late win to move one point back of the playoff spot held by 16th-place Heidenheim only for Heidenheim to answer with a win a day later. Bochum are last with 22 points.
18 January 2025, Baden-Württemberg, Heidenheim: Soccer: Bundesliga, 1. FC Heidenheim - FC St. Pauli, Matchday 18, Voith-Arena. Heidenheim’s Luca Kerber (l) in action against St. Pauli’s James Sands (M) and St. Pauli’s Philipp Treu (r). Photo: Harry Langer/dpa - IMPORTANT NOTE: In accordance with the regulations of the DFL German Football League and the DFB German Football Association, it is prohibited to utilize or have utilized photographs taken in the stadium and/or of the match in the form of sequential images and/or video-like photo series. (Photo by Harry Langer/picture alliance via Getty Images)
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Are there any American players in Bundesliga?
Quite a few!
Joe Scally (above) is an every-game starter for Borussia Monchengladbach, while James Sands was having a great early start to his FC St Pauli career before suffering an ankle injury. Giovanni Reyna continues his stop-start recent history with Borussia Dortmund.
Lennard Maloney (Mainz by way of Heidenheim) and Jordan Pefok (Union Berlin) have featured plenty for their clubs while Noahkai Banks (Augsburg), Timmy Chandler (Eintracht Frankfurt), John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel), and young Cole Campbell (Dortmund) have all made appearances in the league this season.
Bundesliga goals leaders — Who will win the Torjägerkanonen?
Here’s the state of play as the entire Bundesliga looks to chase down Harry Kane, who won last season’s Torjägerkanonen with 36 goals.
- Harry Kane, Bayern Munich — 25
- Patrik Schick, Bayer Leverkusen — 19
- Serhou Guirassy, Borussia Dortmund — 19
- Jonathan Burkardt, Mainz — 17
- Tim Kleindienst, Borussia Monchengladbach — 16
- Omar Marmoush, Eintracht Frankfurt* — 15
- Hugo Ekitike, Eintracht Frankfurt — 15
- Ermedin Demirovic, Stuttgart — 13
- Benjamin Sesko, RB Leipzig — 13
- Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich — 12
- Andrej Kramaric, Hoffenheum — 11
- Alassane Plea, Borussia Monchengladbach — 11
- Leroy Sane, Bayern Munich — 11
- Michael Olise, Bayern Munich — 11
- Shuto Machino, Holstein Kiel — 11
- Mohamed Amoura, Wolfsburg — 10
- Nick Woltemade, Stuttgart — 10
- Florian Wirtz, Bayer Leverkusen — 10
- Alexis Claude, Augsburg — 9
- Lois Openda, RB Leipzig — 9
- Xavi Simons, RB Leipzig — 9
- Ritsu Doan, Freiburg — 9
- Jens Stage, Werder Bremen — 9
- Paul Nebel, Mainz — 9
- Jonas Wind, Wolfsburg — 9
*Marmoush transfered to Manchester City in January.
Bundesliga table - Latest standings from 2024-25 season
- Bayern Munich — 79 points, +63 GD — CHAMPIONS — May 4
- Bayer Leverkusen — 68 points, +31 GD
- Eintracht Frankfurt — 56 points, +20 GD
- Freiburg — 55 points, -2 GD
- Borussia Dortmund — 51 points, +15 GD
- Mainz — 51 points, +12 GD
- RB Leipzig — 51 points, +6 GD
- Werder Bremen — 48 points, -6 GD
- Borussia Monchengladbach — 45 points, -1 GD
- Stuttgart — 44 points, +6 GD
- Augsburg — 43 points, -11 GD
- Wolfsburg — 40 points, +1 GD
- Union Berlin — 37 points, -17 GD
- Hoffenheim — 32 points, -18 GD
- St Pauli — 31 points, -11 GD
- Heidenheim — 29 points, -24 GD
- Holstein Kiel — 25 points, - 28 GD
- Bochum — 22 points, -36 GD
