Harry Kane's move to Bayern Munich has turned into one of the most productive spells of his career, and the Bundesliga is once again shaping up around whether anyone can stop him and the club he plays for. Kane scored 36 Bundesliga goals last season on his way to a second European Golden Boot and Germany's Footballer of the Year award, while Bayern retained the title with four games to spare and reached the Champions League semi-finals before falling to eventual champions PSG. Vincent Kompany's side opened this season with a 5-1 win over Stuttgart, and the chase for a 14th Bundesliga title in 15 years is already well under way.

Here's how Kane's record stacks up, how the new season has started, and where to watch every highlight.

How to watch Bundesliga highlights

Our Bundesliga highlights hub collects every uploaded clip as soon as it's live, with a multi-source player that automatically switches to a working upload if one is geo-blocked where you are. The Bundesliga's official channels also post free extended highlights shortly after full time for every match.

Harry Kane's record-breaking Bundesliga form

Kane's numbers since arriving in Germany have been extraordinary even by his own standards. Last season alone he scored 36 Bundesliga goals and 61 across all competitions, a return that earned him his second European Golden Boot and Germany's Footballer of the Year award, and he's made no secret of wanting to beat Robert Lewandowski's Bundesliga single-season goal record next, calling it "certainly not impossible." A hat-trick against Köln closed out last season in style, and he's continued that form into the new campaign, keeping Bayern's title challenge on track almost single-handedly whenever the rest of the team has needed him to.

Bayern's title defence and the chasing pack

Bayern opened the 2026/27 season with a dominant 5-1 win over Stuttgart at the Allianz Arena, with Dayot Upamecano heading in from a Joshua Kimmich corner among the goals, a result that set the tone for what Kompany's side hope will be another routine march to the title. Bayern have now won the Bundesliga in 13 of the last 15 seasons, and Borussia Dortmund head the list of 16 other clubs still trying to find a way to end that run. Three sides return to the top flight this season after promotion: Schalke 04, SV Elversberg and SC Paderborn, each with their own reasons to celebrate simply being back among Germany's elite.

A quick history of the Bundesliga

The Bundesliga was founded in 1963, later than most of Europe's other major leagues, after German football finally centralised its regional top divisions into a single national competition. Bayern Munich have dominated its history more thoroughly than almost any club dominates any major European league, with well over 30 titles to their name, though the competition has still produced genuine surprises along the way, most famously Borussia Dortmund's title under Jurgen Klopp and, further back, unfancied sides like 1. FC Kaiserslautern winning the league as newly promoted underdogs.

The Bundesliga is also known for two things that set it apart from England, Spain and Italy: the 50+1 ownership rule, which keeps most clubs majority-owned by their members rather than outside investors, and consistently the highest average stadium attendances of any football league in the world, driven partly by famously affordable ticket prices and standing terraces at grounds like Dortmund's Signal Iduna Park.

What to expect from a Bundesliga highlights reel

Extended highlights typically run 8 to 10 minutes per match. The Bundesliga's reputation for high-scoring, attacking football tends to translate directly into its highlights reels, which is part of why they're some of the most-watched club football clips on the internet regardless of whether a viewer follows German football closely.

The DFB-Pokal and Bayern's other trophies

Bayern's dominance domestically doesn't stop at the league table. Kane and his teammates also chased the DFB-Pokal, Germany's primary domestic cup competition, alongside their Bundesliga title defence last season, and a Supercup win over Borussia Dortmund gave Kane an early piece of silverware even before a ball was kicked in this year's league campaign. For a club with Bayern's resources and squad depth, a season is rarely judged on the league table alone.

The clubs chasing Bayern

Borussia Dortmund remain the club most associated with actually beating Bayern to a Bundesliga title in the modern era, having done it as recently as the Jurgen Klopp years, and every season starts with some version of the same question: can Dortmund, or anyone else, put together a title challenge that lasts the full campaign rather than fading in the spring. RB Leipzig's rise over the past decade has given Bayern a different kind of rival, backed by significant investment and a recruitment strategy built around developing players before they hit their prime years elsewhere. Bayer Leverkusen's brief spell as genuine Bayern rivals, including an unbeaten domestic season, showed just how quickly a challenger can emerge when a manager and a squad click at the same time, even if sustaining that level across multiple seasons has proven far harder.

Further down the table, the promoted clubs, Schalke 04 among them, carry outsized fan bases relative to their current standing in German football, and their return to the Bundesliga is being treated as a genuinely major story in its own right by supporters who remember the club's stronger years.

Der Klassiker and German football's other big rivalries

Bayern's matches against Borussia Dortmund, known as Der Klassiker, are the closest thing German football has to a single defining domestic rivalry, pitting the country's most successful club against the side that's most consistently challenged them over the past two decades. The Ruhr derby between Dortmund and Schalke 04, revived this season now that Schalke are back in the top flight, is a fixture built on genuine local rivalry rather than title implications, and it's often cited by German football fans as carrying an atmosphere unlike anything else in the league. Bayern's own history against 1860 Munich, Cologne's rivalry with Borussia Monchengladbach, and Hamburg's fallen-giant status all add further texture to a league that's about far more than just whoever finishes top of the table each May.

Bundesliga highlights FAQ

Where can I watch Bundesliga highlights for free?

The Bundesliga's official channels post free extended highlights for every match shortly after full time. Our Bundesliga highlights hub collects them together in one place.

Who won the Bundesliga in 2025/26?

Bayern Munich won the title with four games to spare under Vincent Kompany, beating Stuttgart in a six-goal thriller to seal it.

How many goals did Harry Kane score last Bundesliga season?

Kane scored 36 Bundesliga goals and 61 across all competitions last season, earning him his second European Golden Boot.

Which clubs were promoted to the Bundesliga for 2026/27?

Schalke 04, SV Elversberg and SC Paderborn were all promoted into the Bundesliga for the 2026/27 season.

Why can't I watch a Bundesliga highlight video in my country?

Some uploads are geo-restricted by the rights holder in certain regions. Our player automatically tries an alternate source when this happens.

How many Bundesliga titles have Bayern Munich won recently?

Bayern have won 13 of the last 15 Bundesliga titles and are chasing a 14th as the 2026/27 season gets under way.

What is the 50+1 rule in German football?

It's a Bundesliga ownership regulation requiring member clubs to hold a majority stake in their own football operations, which limits full outside takeovers and is a big part of why Germany's stadiums stay some of the most affordable to attend in Europe.

Is Harry Kane trying to break the Bundesliga scoring record?

Kane has said beating Robert Lewandowski's Bundesliga single-season goal record is a genuine goal of his, calling it "certainly not impossible" after a 36-goal season that already earned him a second European Golden Boot.

What is Der Klassiker?

Der Klassiker is the name given to matches between Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga's two most successful clubs of the modern era and its biggest domestic rivalry. See our full Der Klassiker head-to-head guide for the history between them.

How many teams are in the Bundesliga?

The Bundesliga has 18 clubs, with the bottom two relegated automatically and the third-from-bottom club facing a two-legged play-off against the second-tier's third-placed side for the final spot.

What competitions does Bayern Munich play in alongside the Bundesliga?

Bayern compete domestically in the DFB-Pokal cup and the DFL-Supercup, and in Europe in the Champions League, meaning a title-winning season for the club is judged across as many as three or four competitions rather than the league table alone.

Does the Bundesliga have a winter break?

Yes, the Bundesliga takes a winter break around the turn of the year, one of several German football traditions, alongside its affordable ticket prices, that fans often point to when comparing it favourably with other major leagues.

More Bundesliga reading

For the competition's individual scoring history, see our Bundesliga all-time top scorers list. For the full story behind Germany's biggest rivalry, read our Der Klassiker head-to-head guide, and for every goal as the season goes on, bookmark our Bundesliga highlights hub.