Bayern Munich: Top five players in Hinrunde 2021/22

Bayern Munich has concluded the Hinrunde with a commanding lead in the Bundesliga table as they look to claim another league title. The defending champions have seen plenty of fantastic performances from their talented roster throughout the opening months of the season. Here are the top five Bayern players from the first half of the 2021/22 Bundesliga campaign.

Thomas Muller

This is shaping up to be one of the best seasons Muller has ever had in the Bundesliga. The veteran registered an incredible 13 assists in the 17 matches of the Hinrunde. Additionally, he contributed five goals for a combined total of 18 goals and assists in the first half of the domestic campaign. In total, Muller has been directly involved in 31% of Bayern’s 56 goals scored.

Muller is on pace to set a career-high number of assists. His career-best is 21 assists in a single Bundesliga season which is also the league record for most assists recorded in a season. He is certainly going to be one of the top players of the entire season if he can continue to contribute a high number of assists in the second half of the campaign.

Robert Lewandowski

The goals keep coming from Lewandowski and he has shown no signs of slowing down in the 2021/22 season. With 19 goals registered thus far, Robert Lewandowski leads the league in goal scoring and currently tops the European Golden Boot standings as well. His consistency has been incredible as usual as he has scored 34% of Bayern’s goals in the German top-flight. The statistics speak for themselves when it comes to evaluating Lewandowski’s performance from the Hinrunde.

Alphonso Davies

The left-back has shown he’s very difficult to defend in many fixtures throughout the opening months of the campaign. He leads the league in a number of categories including the number of players dribbled past, progressive carrying distance, progressive carries, carries into the final third, and carries into the penalty area.

Davies’ ability to carry the ball into the penalty area has allowed him to generate shooting and scoring chances for Bayern. He ranks fifth on the team in average key passes per match and sixth on the team in total shot-creating actions. Additionally, he is tied for the fifth-most assists on the team in the Bundesliga. Defensively, Davies ranks third on the team in tackles and fourth in interceptions made. Needless to say, he’s been getting the job done everywhere on the pitch.

Leroy Sane

Sane has been having a terrific sophomore season for Bayern. He’s already surpassed his goal total from last season in all competitions and has scored multiple highlight-reel goals for Die Roten. In addition to his impressive goal-scoring numbers, Sane has contributed five assists in the league and four assists in the UEFA Champions League. His offensive impact has been certainly felt so far this season and he was one of Die Roten’s best players in the Hinrunde.

Lucas Hernandez

The center back has been helping to lead the way defensively for Bayern in the first months of the season. In six of his 14 Bundesliga appearances, Bayern has recorded a clean sheet. Hernandez ranks second on the team in interceptions and tackles. In blocked shots, he ranks first on the team and he also sits in first in drawing the most fouls. Despite not playing in three of the 17 fixtures in the first half of the season, Hernandez was still very impactful in helping Bayern tie for the best defensive record in the league with just 16 goals conceded.

(Stats courtesy: fbref and Whoscored)