The Football world is moaning after the passing of German legendary centre forward, Gerd Müller. Muller died at 75 and was regarded one of football's greatest ever players due to his records and achievements. Nicknamed 'Der Bomber', Müller made history with both club and country. For Bayern, he scored a remarkable 566 goals in 607 competitive games, winning the European Champion Clubs' Cup in three consecutive years between 1974 and 1976, while his total of 68 strikes in 62 appearances for West Germany included a double in the final of the 1972 UEFA European Championship and the winner in the 1974 FIFA World Cup decider.
He is a more detailed look at the legend's achievements and records :
The Bundesliga’s all-time top scorer with 365 goals in 427 games. Müller scored on average every 105 minutes in the Bundesliga, which is a record for players with at least 20 goals.
Der Bomber held the record for most goals scored in a single Bundesliga season (40 in 1971/72) until Robert Lewandowski got 41 in 2020/21. Müller scored in a record 16 consecutive Bundesliga games in 1969/70.
Müller scored a brace or more in 87 Bundesliga games, a league record by some distance. That included 32 hat-tricks or more. He scored five goals in four matches and exactly four goals 10 times.
He is also the all-time top scorer in the DFB Cup, having more goals (78) than games (62). He finished as top scorer in 18 different competitions.
He has a record seven Bundesliga Torjägerkanone. With 13 goals at two World Cups, Der Bomber was the all-time top scorer until 2006 when Brazil’s Ronaldo overtook him with 14 from three tournaments. Müller also scored 142 goals to put his team in the lead, with 77 of them being the winner.