Harry Kane claims second European Golden Shoe as Bayern Munich announce Aug 19 ceremony

Kane tops Europe for a second time

Bayern Munich's Harry Kane is set to receive his second European Golden Shoe after finishing the 2025-26 season as Europe's most prolific league scorer with 36 Bundesliga goals. The award, presented by European Sports Media, will be handed over on Aug 19 at a ceremony jointly hosted by Bayern and the Bundesliga at the Bayern Museum in Munich. Kane previously won the award in 2023-24, also with 36 goals, joining Eusebio, Gerd Muller, Dudu Georgescu, Fernando Gomes, Mario Jardel, Thierry Henry, Diego Forlan, Luis Suarez and Robert Lewandowski as the only players to win it twice.

How the standings finished

Kane accumulated 72 points in the Golden Shoe rankings to finish ahead of Manchester City's Erling Haaland (27 goals, 54 points) and Real Madrid's Kylian Mbappe (25 goals, 50 points). His 36 league goals also gave him a third consecutive Bundesliga top-scorer title.

73-goal season and the treble

Across club and international duty Kane registered 73 goals in 65 competitive appearances, including 14 in the UEFA Champions League and six at the 2026 World Cup in the United States, Mexico and Canada, where he helped England to third place. Bayern noted that the tally is the second-highest single-season goal return in the 21st century, trailing only Lionel Messi's 82 goals in 69 appearances for Barcelona in 2011-12. Kane led Bayern to a German treble of the Bundesliga, Franz Beckenbauer Supercup and DFB Cup.

Reactions from Bayern and the Bundesliga

Bundesliga managing director Marc Lenz said on Aug 10 that Kane had "once again demonstrated his exceptional quality and goal-scoring instinct" and that "winning the Golden Shoe for a second time is an extraordinary achievement and underlines his consistency at world-class level." Bayern CEO Jan-Christian Dreesen added that Kane "puts his responsibility to the team above personal success" and is "the most complete striker of his generation." Chairman Herbert Hainer said Kane "has stood shoulder to shoulder with the club's legendary strikers."

Contract outlook and Ballon d'Or talk

Reports in Munich indicate the club plans to offer Kane a three-year contract extension, and his scoring pace has placed him among the leading candidates for this year's Ballon d'Or. The award ceremony on Aug 19 is the next confirmed milestone in the story.