More prolific than Messi and Ronaldo - Kane's electric start to season

There is an aerial of inevitability astir Harry Kane this season, arsenic he breaks records and sees nets bulge for Bayern Munich.

The 32-year-old has scored a singular 17 goals successful 9 games for nan German champions this term.

And he became nan fastest subordinate this period to scope 100 goals for a nine playing successful 1 of Europe's apical 5 leagues successful conscionable 104 games, beating nan grounds held by Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland (105).

BBC Sport looks astatine Kane's statistic from nan 2025-26 run truthful acold and really they comparison to immoderate of nan astir prolific strikers nan crippled has seen.

Kane outshines superstars Lionel Messi, Ronaldo and erstwhile Bayern guardant Robert Lewandowski erstwhile it comes to goals scored astatine nan commencement of a season.

In fact, only Erling Haaland successful his RB Salzburg days has equalled nan England captain's 17.

Serial goalscorer Ronaldo managed to find nan nett 13 times pinch Real Madrid successful nan first 9 games of 2014-15.

Eight-time Ballon d'Or victor Messi's champion tally aft 9 games of a caller play is 12 successful 2011-12 and 2017-18 pinch Barcelona.

The prolific Lewandowski notched 13 goals aft 9 games successful 2021-22 for Bayern.

Haaland scored 17 successful 9 successful 2019-20 pinch RB Salzburg, though they do not play successful a apical 5 European league.

Across a full season, yes, but Kane's existent tally has only been bettered doubly earlier by Messi and Ronaldo.

Five-time Ballon d'Or victor Ronaldo's champion tally crossed 9 games came successful April 2018 erstwhile he recovered nan nett 18 times for Real Madrid.

Argentina fable Messi besides netted 18 times crossed a span of 9 matches backmost successful March 2012 while successful nan colours of Barcelona.

Haaland has equalled Kane's 17 connected 2 occasions - first successful September 2019 for RB Salzburg earlier managing nan feat again for Manchester City successful October 2022.

Lewandowski struck 16 times successful 9 games betwixt February and August 2021 while playing for Bayern.

Kane, who scored doubly successful Tuesday's Champions League thumping triumph complete Pafos, came truthful adjacent to European immortality successful 2019 erstwhile he started for Tottenham's last conclusion by Liverpool.

But really does his grounds successful Europe's elite title compare?

Only 7 players, who person scored a minimum 10 goals, person a amended goals-per-game ratio successful nan Champions League than Kane.

In 59 games, Kane has netted 44 times - meaning he scored 0.75 times per game.

All-time starring Champions League scorer Ronaldo has a ratio of 0.77 pinch an unthinkable 140 goals successful 183 games, while Messi struck 129 times successful 163 games - taking his ratio to 0.79.

Haaland stands unsocial astatine nan apical pinch 1.02 goals successful each Champions League aft netting 50 times successful 49 games.

Kane's early profession took a slower trajectory than nan likes of Messi, Ronaldo and Haaland aft learning nan ropes while connected indebtedness astatine Norwich, Leicester, Leyton Orient and Millwall earlier being thrust into nan spotlight astatine Tottenham.

The England skipper appeared 435 times for nan northbound London nine and recovered nan nett connected 280 occasions. He was besides good connected his measurement to topping Alan Shearer and becoming nan all-time starring Premier League scorer earlier relocating overseas.

But, astatine Bayern, Kane is simply a different beast. He reached 70 Bundesliga goals successful conscionable his 67th crippled successful nan competition, faster than anyone other successful nan league's history.

England's all-time starring scorer has recovered nan nett each 79 minutes successful nan Bundesliga.