Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe is closest to the Englishman's tally with 59 goals followed by Man City's Erling Haaland 51 goals. Liverpool stalwart Mohamed Salah is fifth with 48 goals in this period. Interestingly, this was a perfect hattrick in German football as Kane scored all three goals one after another and in a single half.

Harry Kane has scored a hat trick as Bayern Munich started its Bundesliga title defense with a 6-0 demolition of Leipzig.

The 32-year-old England captain now has eight Bundesliga hat-tricks since joining Bayern from Spurs in the summer of 2023. Kane was subbed off to rapturous applause with four minutes remaining as the defending German champions, winners of 12 of the past 13 Bundesliga titles, sounded a warning on the opening day of the competition.