This is the list of 2. Bundesliga top scorers season by season.2. Bundesliga » Torschützenkönige weltfussball.de, Top scorers, accessed: 17 March 2014
The 2. Bundesliga was established in 1974 in two regional divisions and began play in August 1974 with a game between 1. FC Saarbrücken and Darmstadt 98, with Nikolaus Semlitsch of Saarbrücken scoring the first goal of the new league.2. Bundesliga: Geschichte, Regeln, Rekorde www.spox.com, accessed: 15 February 2014Die Spielstatistik 1. FC Saarbrücken - SV Darmstadt 98 www.fussballdaten.de, Game report 1. FC Saarbrücken vs SV Darmstadt 98 (2 August 1974), accessed: 15 February 2014 Bernd Hoffmann of Karlsruher SC and Volker Graul of Arminia Bielefeld became the first top scorers of the southern and northern divisions. From 1981, with the exception of the 1991–92 season, the league operated as a single division.
Horst Hrubesch holds the record for the highest number of goals in a season, with 41 for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 1977–78 season of the northern division. The record holder for the single-division era is Rudi Völler of 1860 Munich in 1981–82, with 37 goals. The only player to finish top scorer four times was Simon Terodde, doing so with VfL Bochum, VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Köln and Schalke 04. Emanuel Günther was top scorer three times, all with Karlsruher SC (including one shared scoring title). Siegfried Reich, Angelo Vier and Artur Wichniarek (the last shared once) won two titles, with Reich's achievements particularly notable as they occurred seven years apart. Arminia Bielefeld holds the record for top scorers for clubs, having provided the league's top scorer on six occasions. The most career goals in the league were scored by Terodde, with 172.2. Bundesliga » Rekordtorjäger weltfussball.de, 2. Bundesliga: All-time goal scorers list, accessed: 15 February 2014
Top scorers The league's top scorers:(West) Germany - Second Level Top Scorers rsssf.org, accessed: 28 March 2014 Top scorers Season Top scorer(s) Club Goals 1974–75 Bernd Hoffmann (South) Volker Graul (North) Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld 25 30 1975–76 Karl-Heinz Granitza (South) Norbert Stolzenburg (North) Röchling Völklingen Tennis Borussia Berlin 29 27 1976–77 Lothar Emmerich (South) Franz Gerber (North) Würzburger FV FC St. Pauli 24 27 1977–78 Emanuel Günther (South) Horst Hrubesch (North) Karlsruher SC Rot-Weiss Essen 27 41 1978–79 Eduard Kirschner (South) Karl-Heinz Mödrath (North) SpVgg Fürth Fortuna Köln 28 28 1979–80 Emanuel Günther (South) Christian Sackewitz (North) Karlsruher SC Arminia Bielefeld 28 35 1980–81 Horst Neumann (South) Frank Mill (North) SV Darmstadt 98 Rot-Weiss Essen 27 40 1981–82 Rudi Völler 1860 Munich 37 1982–83 Dieter Schatzschneider Fortuna Köln 31 1983–84 Roland Wohlfarth Emanuel Günther MSV Duisburg Karlsruher SC 30 1984–85 Manfred Burgsmüller Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 29 1985–86 Leo Bunk Blau-Weiß 90 Berlin 26 1986–87 Siegfried Reich Hannover 96 26 1987–88 Souleyman Sané SC Freiburg 21 1988–89 Sven Demandt Fortuna Düsseldorf 35 1989–90 Maurice Banach Wattenscheid 09 22 1990–91 Michael Tönnies MSV Duisburg 29 1991–92 Michael Preetz (South) Radek Drulák (North) 1. FC Saarbrücken VfB Oldenburg 17 21 1992–93 Siegfried Reich VfL Wolfsburg 27 1993–94 Uwe Wegmann VfL Bochum 22 1994–95 Jürgen Rische VfB Leipzig 17 1995–96 Fritz Walter Arminia Bielefeld 21 1996–97 Angelo Vier Rot-Weiss Essen 18 1997–98 Angelo Vier FC Gütersloh 18 1998–99 Bruno Labbadia Arminia Bielefeld 28 1999–2000 Tomislav Marić Stuttgarter Kickers 21 2000–01 Artur Wichniarek Olivier Djappa Arminia Bielefeld SSV Reutlingen 18 2001–02 Artur Wichniarek Arminia Bielefeld 20 2002–03 Andriy Voronin 1. FSV Mainz 05 20 2003–04 Marek Mintál Francisco Copado 1. FC Nürnberg SpVgg Unterhaching 18 2004–05 Lukas Podolski 1. FC Köln 24 2005–06 Christian Eigler SpVgg Greuther Fürth 18 2006–07 Giovanni Federico Karlsruher SC 19 2007–08 Milivoje Novaković 1. FC Köln 20 2008–09 Marek Mintál Cédric Makiadi Benjamin Auer 1. FC Nürnberg MSV Duisburg Alemannia Aachen 16 2009–10 Michael Thurk FC Augsburg 23 2010–11 Nils Petersen Energie Cottbus 25 2011–12 Olivier Occéan Nick Proschwitz Alexander Meier SpVgg Greuther Fürth SC Paderborn Eintracht Frankfurt 17 2012–13 Domi Kumbela Eintracht Braunschweig 19 2013–14 Mahir Sağlık Jakub Sylvestr SC Paderborn Erzgebirge Aue 15 2014–15 Rouwen Hennings Karlsruher SC 17 2015–16 Simon Terodde VfL Bochum 25 2016–17 Simon Terodde VfB Stuttgart 25 2017–18 Marvin Ducksch Holstein Kiel 18 2018–19 Simon Terodde 1. FC Köln 29 2019–20 Fabian Klos Arminia Bielefeld 21 2020–21 Serdar Dursun Darmstadt 98 27 2021–22 Simon Terodde Schalke 04 30 2022–23 Tim Kleindienst 1. FC Heidenheim 25 2023–24 Robert Glatzel Haris Tabaković Christos Tzolis Hamburger SV Hertha BSC Fortuna Düsseldorf 22 2024–25 Davie Selke Hamburger SV 22 2025–26 Noel Futkeu Greuther Fürth 19
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