Harry Kane

Kane's move to Bayern Munich in 2023 ended his long wait for a major trophy — he won the Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and DFL-Supercup in 2025/26, finally silencing the 'trophyless' narrative that followed him from Tottenham.

His 2025/26 season is statistically one of the best goalscoring campaigns by anyone since 2000: 61 goals and 7 assists in 51 games across all competitions, including 36 league goals in 31 Bundesliga appearances, a haul second only to Messi's 2011/12 season for Barcelona.

At the 2026 World Cup Kane led England as captain for a third straight tournament, and became England's all-time World Cup record goalscorer, equalling Bayern legend Gerd Muller's tournament scoring mark along the way.

Kane remains the complete penalty-box striker — a natural finisher with both feet and his head — but his game has widened at Bayern to include dropping deep to link play, a trait Thomas Tuchel leans on for England to draw defenders out of position.

His movement off the shoulder of the last defender and his set-piece delivery (he takes corners and free kicks for both club and country) make him as much a creator as a scorer.

England reached the 2026 World Cup semifinals before losing to Argentina, then beat France 6-4 in an eight-goal thriller for third place — Kane was an unused substitute in that match after playing every minute of the knockout run before it.

He heads into the 2026/27 season at Bayern as reigning European Golden Shoe winner, with reports linking a possible return to the Premier League after the World Cup, though Bayern have publicly stated they expect him to stay.