Nkunku pushes his goals contributions record even further
After his assist against Leverkusen, Christopher Nkunku now has 49 direct goal contributions in all competitions (30 goals, 19 assists) | Our Number 18 replaces Timo Werner as club's record holder | Only three players in Europe’s top leagues have been directly involved in more goals
Nkunku is quite simply on fire. His incredible performances this season are producing some outrageous statistics: 30 goals and 19 assists in all competitions.
His incredible form continued last time out against Leverkusen, with his assist helping us gain all three points.
New club record
Our number 18 has been directly involved in 49 goals so far this season, breaking Timo Werner's previous club best of 47 goals in the 2019/20 season.
This also puts Nkunku in the top four of all players in Europe’s top five leagues.
Christo's goal involvements in 2021/22:
BUNDESLIGA:
- 30 games
- 17 goals
- 15 assists
- 32 goal involvements
DFB-POKAL:
- 4 games
- 3 goals
- 2 assists
- 5 goal involvements
UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE:
- 6 games
- 7 goals
- 2 assists
- 9 goal involvements
UEFA EUROPA LEAGUE:
- 4 games
- 3 goals
- 3 goal involvements
"You sing, Christo can dance and I'll do the music!"
Most goal contributions in Europe*
- Kylian Mbappé (FC Paris Saint-Germain) | Ligue 1, France
54 goal contributions (32 goals, 22 assists)
- Robert Lewandowski (FC Bayern München) | Bundesliga
53 goal contributions (47 goals, 6 assists)
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) | LaLiga Spain
52 goal contributions (39 goals, 13 assists)
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) | Bundesliga
49 goal contributions (30 goals, 19 assists)
- Sébastien Haller (Ajax) | Eredivisie, Netherlands
42 goal contributions (33 goals, 9 assists)
- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) | Premier League, England
39 goal contributions (28 goals, 11 assists)
- Mehdi Taremi (FC Porto) | Primeria Liga, Portugal
39 goal contributions (22 goals, 17 assists)
- Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina) | Serie A, Italy
38 goal contributions (29 goals, 9 assists)
- Darwin Núñez (Benfica) | Primeira Liga, Portugal
37 goal contributions (33 goals, 4 assists)
- Deniz Undav (Royale Union Saint Gilloise) | Juplier Pro League, Belgium
36 goal contributions (26 goals, 10 assists)
- Jakob Jantscher (Sturm Graz) | Bundesliga, Austria
36 goal contributions (17 goals, 19 assists)
*In the league + domestic and European cup competitions
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Averaging more than one goal contribution per game
Despite having a very successful first half of the campaign, Nkunku has gotten even stronger in the second half of the season. Up until the winter break, Christo was directly involved in 25 goals in 25 games, but has already been involved in 24 goals in 19 games since then.
This means that Nkunku is averaging 1.3 goal contributions per game so far this season.
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Forsberg holds the assists record, Werner and Frahn top contributors three times each
Last season, Nkunku was second on RB Leipzig’s list of most goal contributions with 18 (7 goals, 11 assists).
In his first season at the Red Bulls he also had an impressive 20 goal contributions (5 goals, 15 assists).
Overall, Nkunku has been directly involved in 85 goals for RB Leipzig (40 goals, 45 assists) and is sixth on the club’s all-time list behind Poulsen (141), Timo Werner (135), Daniel Frahn (127), Emil Forsberg (116) and Marcel Sabitzer (94).
Werner and Frahn have been RB Leipzig’s top goal contributor across a season three times, both achieving the feat three seasons in a row (Werner 2017/18-2019/20, Frahn 2010/11-2012/13). Emil Forsberg and Dominik Kaiser have achieved this twice and Angeliño, Dani Olmo, Yussuf Poulsen and Jochen Höfler once.
Emil Forsberg holds the record for the most assists in a season with 22 and Timo Werner holds the record for the most goals across a single campaign with 34.
Top 5 goal contributions:
49 goal contributions
Christopher Nkunku
2021/22 season
47 goal contributions
Timo Werner
2019/20 season
39 goal contributions
Daniel Frahn
2011/12 season
31 goal contributions
Timo Werner
2017/18 season
30 goal contributions
Emil Forsberg
2016/17 season
30 goal contributions
Daniel Frahn
2012/13 season
Most goal contributions since 2009
- 2009/10:
Jochen Höfler: 19 goal contributions
16 goals, 3 assists
- 2010/11:
Daniel Frahn: 27 goal contributions
19 goals, 8 assists
- 2011/12:
Daniel Frahn: 39 goal contributions
30 goals, 9 assists
- 2012/13:
Daniel Frahn: 30 goal contributions
20 goals, 10 assists
- 2013/14:
Dominik Kaiser: 29 goal contributions
14 goals, 15 assists
- 2014/15:
Yussuf Poulsen: 16 goal contributions
12 goals, 4 assists
Dominik Kaiser: 16 goal contributions
9 goals, 7 assists
- 2015/16:
Emil Forsberg: 15 goal contributions
8 goals, 7 assists
- 2016/17:
Emil Forsberg: 30 goal contributions
8 goals, 22 assists
- 2017/18:
Timo Werner: 31 goal contributions
21 goals, 10 assists
- 2018/19:
Timo Werner: 29 goal contributions
19 goals, 10 assists
- 2019/20:
Timo Werner: 47 goal contributions
34 goals, 13 assists
- 2020/21:
Angeliño: 19 goal contributions
8 goals, 11 assists
Dani Olmo: 19 goal contributions
7 goals, 12 assists
- 2021/22:
Christopher Nkunku: 49 goal contributions
30 goals, 18 assists