Harry Kane’s first season at Bayern Munich was one of the most prolific individual campaigns in modern European football. The England captain scored 44 goals in 45 appearances across all competitions during the 2023-24 season, despite Bayern ending the campaign without a major trophy.

Kane scored 36 Bundesliga goals in 32 appearances, setting the record for the most goals by a player in his debut Bundesliga season. His total surpassed the previous mark of 30 goals, set by Uwe Seeler in 1963-64.

The Bayern forward also finished as the Bundesliga’s top scorer, winning the European Golden Shoe for the first time in his career. His league total placed him ahead of Stuttgart’s Serhou Guirassy and VfB Stuttgart’s other leading attackers as Bayer Leverkusen won the Bundesliga title unbeaten.

Kane’s campaign included four Bundesliga hat-tricks and a series of decisive performances in domestic and European competition. He scored eight Champions League goals as Bayern reached the semi-finals, where they were eliminated by Real Madrid.

However, several claims linking Kane’s 2023-24 season to a 61-goal total, 15 penalty goals, a DFB-Pokal final hat-trick against Stuttgart, or a Champions League final against Arsenal are inaccurate. Bayern did not reach the DFB-Pokal final, while the 2023-24 Champions League final was contested by Borussia Dortmund and Real Madrid at Wembley.

Kane’s 44 goals nevertheless represented an outstanding debut season in Germany. While Bayern fell short in their pursuit of silverware, his individual output confirmed his place among Europe’s most reliable goalscorers.