Harry Kane Surpasses Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo With Latest Staggering Feat

Harry Kane toppled yet different grounds successful what is quickly becoming a career-best run pinch Bayern Munich.

Kane’s onslaught against Club Brugge connected Wednesday evening was Bayern’s 2nd successful a 3–0 triumph and his 20th of nan season. As a reminder, England’s skipper has made conscionable 12 appearances for his nine side.

Throughout their legendary careers, neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo ever managed to amass 20 nine goals successful conscionable a twelve outings. Ronaldo came adjacent successful 2014–15, hitting that landmark fig successful 13 Real Madrid games, while Messi ne'er deed 20 goals successful less than 17 appearances for immoderate of Barcelona, Paris Saint-Germain aliases Inter Miami.

Messi and Ronaldo Can’t Keep Up With Kane

Harry Kane is presently thriving pinch Bayern Munich. / Marcel Engelbrecht-firo sportphoto/Getty Images

Kane needed conscionable 742 minutes to amass 20 mixed goals and assists, toppling nan precocious watermark Messi group during his rampant 2011–12 campaign, yet moreover that Ballon d’Or-winning loop of nan Argentine couldn’t lucifer nan English forward’s commencement to 2025–26.

This blistering commencement has prompted galore to rank Kane arsenic 1 of nan leading contenders for nan 2026 Ballon d’Or. The erstwhile Tottenham Hotspur guardant vanished 13th successful voting for nan individual grant successful 2025, down some of Paris Saint-Germain’s fullbacks, and has ne'er troubled nan precocious echelons of nan ballot during his remarkably spartan hunt for a trophy.

Now a Bundesliga champion pinch Bayern, a heavy tally successful nan Champions League could belatedly quash nan talk of Kane’s perennially underrated reputation. Triumph pinch England astatine nan 2026 World Cup wouldn’t wounded his chances either.

There is nary concealed to Kane’s success. He puts it down to a activity ethic fewer successful nan athletics tin lucifer which is fuelled by a desire “to beryllium group wrong” and warrant to himself that he is “good enough.”

“I deliberation that until I extremity playing I will person that attitude,” Kane reflected to The Guardian past season. “Deep down that motivates maine to beryllium amended erstwhile I’m training, erstwhile I’m doing nan finishing sessions connected my own, worldly I astir apt mightiness not person to do still but want to do. Because I want to beryllium there’s room for improvement.”

Harry Kane’s Insatiable Start to nan Season

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