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RB Leipzig top scorers of all time

A close look at RB Leipzig top scorers of all time which include the stats of stars like Timo Werner and Youssuf Poulsen.

For many reasons

Leipzig

has been the most spectacular football side in the last decade. It was founded by energy drink famous company, Red Bull in 2009 and in less than ten years after the start of their journey, they have managed to reach the highest level of club football.

It took the new German football club just 6 years to rise through the divisions and reach

Bundesliga

. They broke many records in their first season in Bundesliga and ended their miraculous campaign by reaching the top four and qualify for the Uefa Champions League. An achievement they topped last season (2019-2020) with reaching the semi-final of the Champions League in only their third presence in the competition. Although they could not finish off the fairy tale and were eliminated after a 3-0 loss to eventual runners-up, Paris Saint Germaine. 

Considering the short history of Leipzig football club, it is understandable that highest goal scorers in RB Leipzig of all time would all be footballers of current generation. Players like Timo Werner, Poulsen, Sabitzer and Forsberg are yet to reach thirty, but they all are present in the list of RB Leipzig top scorers of all time.

All you need to know about RB Leipzig top scorers of all time

 In the following article we will have a close look at the list of

RB Leipzig top scorers of all time

. Dominik Kaiser, Emil Forsberg, Marcel Sabitzer, Yussuf Poulsen, Daniel Frahn and Timo Werner are

RB Leipzig top goal scorers ever

. Let's have a look at their stats and history at the club.

Dominik Kaiser – 34 goals

Born in 1988, Dominik Kaiser is one of the two player in the list if RB Leipzig top scorers of all time who is above 30. The central midfielder joined Leipzig from

Hoffenheim

in 2012 and stayed there for three seasons.

Kaiser made his Leipzig debut in the opening game of the 2012-2013 season, starting the whole game, in a 1–1 draw against Union Berlin. He scored his first goal for his new club on September 2012, in a 3–0 win over Germania Halberstadt.

Kaiser was one of Leipzig key players on their way from lower divisions to Bundesliga. Kaiser played his first Bundesliga match since 2012 against one of his his former clubs, Hoffenheim and scored in a 2–2 draw in the opening game of the season. With the goal He became the first RB Leipzig to score in the Bundesliga.

He left the team one year after they sealed qualification in 2015-2016 season. In total he scored 34 goals in 167 games for Leipzig with a goal ratio of 0.20 in every game.

Kaiser was one of the few Leipzig stars who stayed with the team until they reached success in Bundesliga. Kaiser signed for

Brondby

IF in Norway at 2018 on a free transfer. He wrote his name in the history of the club and was the

All-time top goal scorers in RB Leipzig history

until Werner broke his record in 2020.

Emil Forsberg – 38 goals

The fifth RB Leipzig top scorers of all time is Emil Forsberg. The energetic Swedish left-winger has been one of Leipzig's best stars in recent seasons. He joined Leipzig from

Malmo

on a three and a half year deal in 2015 and is under contract till 2022. Despite being only 28 years old, Forsberg has played over 50 matches for Sweden national team, scoring 8 goals along the way.

Forsberg's main position on the field is on both wings, but he has also played occasionally as an attacking midfielder and even as a forward. During his five seasons with the club, Forsberg has scored 38 goals in 173 matches. His goals ratio per match is 0.22 which is impressive for a winger.

In addition to his impressive goal scoring stats, Forsberg finished off the 2016–17 season as the highest assister in the Bundesliga and top 5 leagues in Europe with 22 assists, and made the Bundesliga team of the season. Forsberg also scored RB Leipzig's first ever Uefa Champions League goal in their first match ever in the competition against AS Monaco.

His best season has been the 2019-2020 season in which he helped Leipzig to UCL semi-final, where they were beaten by eventual runners-up, Paris Saint Germaine 3-0.

Forsberg

presence in the list of highest goal scorers in RB Leipzig of all time will probably would not last long, but his influence has been immense for Leipzig and the future looks bright for both of them in the coming season.

Marcel Sabitzer – 43 goals

Marcel Sabitzer

is the fourth RB Leipzig top scorers of all time. He joined Leipzig from Rapid Vienna in 2014 and is under contract till 2022. Sabitzer has been truly amazing on the right wing. He has also played as central and attacking midfielder on various occasions.

 Sabitzer has scored 43 goals in 188 games with a goal ratio of 0.23 in every match. His presence has given Leipzig depth on both sides of the pitch. He has played 42 games for Welsh national team and has scored 7 goals. According to transfer market, his current market value is 35 million Euros. Sabatier's presence in the list of Top scorers in RB Leipzig of all time is very impressive as he has been away from the opposition goal on many games.

Sabitzer had his best season at the club in 2019-2020 when Leipzig reached UCL Semifinal for the first time in their history. His influence on this achievement was great since he scored twice in a 3–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur in the

Champions League

last 16, to help earn Leipzig a 4–0 aggregate victory and a place in the quarter finals of the competition.

With sabitzer on the squad and new youngsters joining the team, Leipzig will be looking to go even further down the line of success in the 2020-2021 season.

Yussuf Poulsen – 63 goals

Yussuf Poulsen

is the third record holder in RB Leipzig top scorers of all time. The giant Danish center forward has been Werner's partner in crime in recent seasons and the two formed an indomitable partnership in Leipzig, terrorizing the opposition's defense and scoring goals at will.

 Now with Werner off to London to play for Chelsea, the responsibility of scoring goals will be on Poulson's shoulders, but history he should not have any problem with it, since he has been amazing his team whenever they needed him.

Poulsen joined Leipzig from Lyngby BK in 2013, when the team was still in lower divisions. Leipzig's rise to the top level of football has given Poulsen much more value as his market value has improved from 400 thousand to 35 million Euros in just a few years. The 26 years old has played the most games among RB Leipzig top scorers of all time. He has scored 63 goals in 252 games, with a goal ratio of 0.25.

According to Bundesliga Website, On March 2019 Poulsen became the first-ever Leipzig player to score a hat-trick in the Bundesliga and in the process helped the club record its 50th ever win in the competition. His treble also took him to 15 league goals for the campaign which meant he became only the third Danish player, after Ebbe Sand and Allan Simonsen to score more than 14 Bundesliga goals in a single season.

Having signed a new contract which will keep him at Red Bull Arena till 2022, Poulsen could well be on his way to become RB

Leipzig

highest goal scorers of all time

.

Daniel Frahn – 88 goals

Born in 1988, Frahn began his career with Energie Cottbus, before moving to Babelsberg in the lower divisions of German football. His third season with Babelsberg was hugely successful as he finished as the league's top scorer with 29 goals, and the club was promoted to the 3. Liga as the champions.

Despite his team's promotion, Frahn decided to stay in the fourth tier and signed for RB Leipzig along with strike partner

Stefan Kutschke

. He was the captain of Leipzig and one of his most memorable games was against Wolfsburg when he scored a hat-trick to eliminate Wolfsburg in the first round of the 2011–12 DFB-Pokal.

 Daniel Frahn is one of the two player in the list if RB Leipzig top scorers of all time who is above 30. He joined Leipzig from

Hoffenheim

in 2012 and stayed there for six seasons. Frahn was one of Leipzig key players on their way from lower divisions to Bundesliga. In total he scored 88 goals in 154 games for Leipzig with a goal ratio of 0.57 in every game.

Timo Werner – 95 goals

The only superstar of Leipzig in recent historic seasons, Timo Werner has been a goal machine for his team. He has scored and assisted many of his team goals in 2019-2020, his final season with Leipzig.

Werner

is RB Leipzig highest goal scorer of all time. He joined the club from VfB Stuttgart in 2016 and in just three seasons managed to score almost a hundred goal.

Werner started his career in Stuttgart and after making over a hundred appearances, joined Leipzig for a club record fee of €10 million. Across his spell with Leipzig and

Stuttgart

, Werner broke many of  the domestic records including the youngest player to reach 50, 100, 150 and 200 appearances in the Bundesliga, although his last two records were later broken by his now Chelsea teammate, Kai Havertz.

 In addition, Werner is the youngest player to have scored two goals in a single top-flight match in Germany.

RB Leipzig top scorers of all time with 95 goals in 159 games, Werner has played mainly as Center Forward, but there were occasions when the 24 years old has played at either wings. Over the last three seasons, Werner has played with so much quality and consistency that all the giant clubs of the world were in line to secure his signature. Finally it was

Frank Lampard

who convinced Werner into joining Chelsea's new project.

Werner was at his best in 2019-2020 season and helped his team to reach the top 8 ranks of the

Uefa Champions League

. When Bundesliga's season ended and Leipzig were on his way to Lisbon to play for the final rounds of UCL, Werner decided to join Chelsea's pre-season camp. Leipzig still managed to reach the semi-final without their talisman but who knows where they could end up if Werner would stay with the team.

Werner had a goal ratio of 0.60 in Leipzig, meaning he scored almost every 130 minutes. Definitely an amazing stats from a one of the most promising stars of today's football. His form has seen him earn a recognition from

Germany

's national team coach, Joachim Lou who first invited Werner for 2018 world cup. In total Werner has played 30 games for Germany, scoring 12 goals in those matches.

Werner will be hoping to replicate his sensational form in his new team and for sure he will remain as one of Leipzig's most popular stars ever. He is after all

Top scorers in RB Leipzig of all time

.

So what do you think about our list of RB Leipzig top scorers of all time? Did Timo Werner do the right thing by leaving Leipzig before reaching 100 goals for the club? Will any player breaks Werner's record any time soon?


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