Harry Kane breaks Lionel Messi’s record and Eclipses Cristiano Ronaldo .
Harry Kane is enjoying a phenomenal start to the season for Bayern Munich as the records continue to tumble for the England international. The 32-year-old is arguably in the best form of his career and he’s thriving as the fulcrum of a Bayern side that are currently unstoppable.
Vincent Kompany’s men have won all nine games this season and it seems inevitable that they will be crowned Bundesliga champions, once again.
Last week, Kane completed an incredible achievement to become the quickest player to reach 100 club goals in history in the top five leagues, since 2000 – eclipsing Cristiano Ronaldo and Erling Haaland.
The former Tottenham striker needed just 105 games to reach that milestone and another landmark arrived in Bayern’s 5-1 win over Pafos on Tuesday night. Kane’s brace brought up his 20th goal contribution of the season and it was still September. But where does his prolific start to the season rank amongst in history? Using Transfermarkt’s unrivalled database, we’ve compiled a list of the players to reach 20 goal contributions in the fewest minutes at the start of a season.
The fastest players to reach 20 goal contributions
From top five league players, Kane has become the player to reach 20 goal contributions in the fewest minutes after his incredible start to the 2025/26 season. The Bayern talisman required just 742 minutes to reach the milestone with 17 goals and three assists.
Kane narrowly eclipsed Lionel Messi’s previous record by just seven minutes! The legendary Argentinian took 749 minutes to register 20 goal contributions at the start of the 2011/12 season for Barcelona – Messi won the Ballon d’Or in 2011 and 2012.
As the graphic above illustrates, Messi and Kane occupy every spot in the top five with the Englishman featuring three times. Claudio Pizarro was the fastest player to reach the landmark outside the duo with the Peruvian striker taking 910 minutes to register 20 goal contributions in 2012. Several iconic players make the top ten list, Kylian Mbappé and Ronaldo for seasons with Real Madrid and Haaland and Manchester City.