Season trivia for 2. Bundesliga 2025/2026
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2025/2026 2. Bundesliga season in Germany.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and therefor the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The top goal-scoring pair, that is, the two players where one scored the goal and the other assisted, are Mateusz Zukowski and Baris Atik who have together scored 6 goals for FC Magdeburg during the current season.
Fastest hat-trick
The fastest hat-trick this season was scored by Mateusz Zukowski of FC Magdeburg, scoring three goals within 18 minutes in the match between Greuther Fürth-FC Magdeburg.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the current season is 5 goals, scored by these players and month:
Ivan Prtajin (Kaiserslautern) - September 2025
Mateusz Zukowski (FC Magdeburg) - February 2026
Filip Bilbija (SC Paderborn) - April 2026
Most braces by player
The player who has scored the most braces, meaning at least two goals in a match this season, is Mateusz Zukowski in FC Magdeburg, in total he has scored at least two goals in a match five times.
Most first goals in a match
So far this season, there are two players who have scored the first goal in a match the most times, each of them has done it in eight different matches and these players are:
Cédric Itten (Fortuna Düsseldorf)
Kenan Karaman (Schalke 04)
Most last goals in a match
Right now, there are three players who have scored the last goal of the match five times, and the players who have done so are these:
Most penalty goals by player
The most penalty goals scored so far this season is five goals from the penalty spot, and all these players have managed this achievement are Joel Grodowski (Arminia Bielefeld) and Kenan Karaman (Schalke 04).
Most penalty goals by team
The team that has scored the most penalty goals in the matches played so far this season is Arminia Bielefeld, who have scored nine goals from the penalty spot.
Most own goals by player
The player who has managed to put the ball into his own net the most times is Florian Le Joncour in SV Elversberg, in total he has scored three own goals so far this season.
Most own goals by team
The team that has scored the most own goals so far in the current season is SV Elversberg, having done so five times.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
Currently, it is Filip Bilbija in SC Paderborn who has the most consecutive matches with a goal, which is 6 matches in a row.
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
Alexander Bernhardsson in Holstein Kiel is the player who has so far provided assists in the most consecutive matches this season, 4 matches in a row.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
The longest streak of matches where a player contributed to at least one goal, either by scoring or assisting, belongs to Baris Atik in FC Magdeburg, who did it in 8 consecutive matches.
Players with most goals in the first half
three players have scored 9 goals in the first half, which is the most this season, and these players are:
Players with most goals in the second half
Marvin Wanitzek in Karlsruher SC has scored the most goals in the second half of the match, having scored 12 goals in the second half so far.
Most consecutive wins
The team with the most consecutive wins so far this season is SC Paderborn, and their streak is 8 straight wins.
Most matches in a row without losing
Darmstadt have 13 consecutive matches without losing, which is the best in 2. Bundesliga this season.
Most consecutive losses
The teams FC Magdeburg and Bochum have all lost 6 matches in a row and lead the league in that regard.
Most matches in a row without a win
SC Preußen Münster and Dynamo Dresden currently have the most matches in a row without a victory this season, with a total of 9 consecutive matches without a win.
Most comebacks from behind to win
Schalke 04 and SC Paderborn have managed to come back from behind to win in four matches in total, which is the best in 2. Bundesliga so far this season.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
The teams worst at defending their leads this season are Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden, each with four matches where they lost or drew after having led.