Harry Kane or Robert Lewandowski: Who will be the more prolific striker this season?

What the stats say so far

Robert Lewandowski

Robert Lewandowski has put up 14 goals in 13 matches so far in La Liga, also notching two assists. In the Champions League, he has scored another five goals in the four first games of the season, bringing his tally up to an impressive 19 goals in just 17 games to kick off this campaign. That would mean, as a mode of reference, he has 21 goal contributions, putting him at an average of 1.24 goal contributions per game so far. For a 36-year-old they say is "past his prime," that's beyond impressive.

Harry Kane

Harry Kane has notched 11 goals in the first ten matches of the Bundesliga this season, and has also added seven assists alongside them. In the Champions League, he has scored five goals just like Lewandowski, and has also grabbed an assist there. After you add these numbers up, it puts his running total at sixteen goals and eight assists, a stunning number any way you look at it. Since the DFB-Pokal has also started, we have to add an additional goal and assist to his total, which puts him at 17 goals and nine assists in 16 matches. He has 26 goal contributions in 16 matches, putting him at an average of 1.63 goal contributions per game so far. He seems to have picked up just where he left off last season.