Season trivia for Bundesliga 2021/2022

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 2021/2022 Bundesliga season in Germany.

Best scoring couple

The top goal-scoring pair, in other words two players where one scored the goal and the other player assisted to it, were Thomas Müller and Robert Lewandowski. Together they were behind 8 goals for Bayern München in the 2021/2022 season.

Fastest goalscorer

These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2021/2022 season:

Fastest hat-trick

Max Kruse, playing for Wolfsburg, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 23 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Wolfsburg-Mainz.

Top goalscorer by calendar month

In December 2021, Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen) scored 8 goals, which was the most goals in a calendar month of the 2021/2022 season.

Most braces by player

Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München scored (at least) two goals in a match 9 times and was thus the player who scored the most braces in matches during the 2021/2022 season.

Most first goals in a match

The first goal of a match means a lot, and these players each scored it in a total of 8 matches during the season:
Taiwo Awoniyi (Union Berlin)
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München)

Most last goals in a match

The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München during the 2021/2022 season, in total he did this 9 times.

Most penalty goals by player

The best penalty taker in the league during the 2021/2022 season was Erling Haaland, in total he scored 6 penalties for his Borussia Dortmund.

Most penalty goals by team

Borussia Dortmund was the most effective team of all when it came to penalty goals during the 2021/2022 season, in total they scored 11 of their goals from penalties.

Most stoppage time goals by player

In total, 3 players scored 2 goals in added time, and the players who did so were:
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern München)
Tim Lemperle (Köln)
Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund)

Most stoppage time goals by team

The highest number of goals in added time by a team was 4 goals, which 4 teams managed to do, and these were Köln, Hoffenheim, Bayer Leverkusen and Bochum.

Most own goals by player

3 players share the less-than-honourable title of “most own goals” during the 2021/2022 season in Bundesliga. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were:
Sebastian Griesbeck (Greuther Fürth)
Timo Baumgartl (Union Berlin)

Most own goals by team

Greuther Fürth scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the “best” at it in the entire league during the 2021/2022 season.

Players with goals in most consecutive matches

Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München scored in 5 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, which was the best in the league.

Players with assists in most consecutive matches

It was Thomas Müller in Bayern München who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 7 consecutive matches.

Players with most goals in the first half

It was Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München who scored the most goals in the first half, with a total of 19 goals in the first half of the match.

Players with most goals in the second half

Robert Lewandowski in Bayern München scored a total of 16 goals in the second half, including stoppage time, which was the best in Bundesliga during the 2021/2022 season.

Most consecutive wins

Bayern München was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2021/2022 season, with a total of 5 wins in a row.

Most matches in a row without losing

Freiburg were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2021/2022 season, playing 10 straight matches without losing.

Most consecutive losses

Greuther Fürth had a streak of 12 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Bundesliga during the 2021/2022 season.

Most matches in a row without a win

Greuther Fürth managed the feat of not winning a single match in 14 consecutive matches during the 2021/2022 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.

Most comebacks from behind to win

The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Hoffenheim were best at during the 2021/2022 season, they came back to win 6 matches in total.

Most blown leads resulting in losses

Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Greuther Fürth have managed this in 7 matches during the 2021/2022 season, more than any other team in Bundesliga.
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