Christopher Nkunku Shares Bundesliga Golden Boot Award With Niclas Fullkrug After RB Leipzig Striker Finishes Season With Dominant Display Against Schalke

Christopher Nkunku shared the Bundesliga Golden Boot award with Niclas Fullkrug after both players ended the 2022/23 season with 16 league goals in Germany.

Christopher Nkunku finished his league career with RB Leipzig on a high by scoring two goals and assisting another in a 4-2 win over Schalke on Saturday.

That result relegated Schalke from the Bundesliga, while Leipzig ended the season in third place.

Meanwhile, Nkunku's brace on Sunday took his tally of league goals for the season to 16.

That saw the 25-year-old, who is expected to leave Leipzig to join Chelsea this summer, share the Golden Boot with Werder Bremen's Niclas Fullkrug.

Christopher Nkunku pictured holding his trophy after ending the 2022/23 Bundesliga season as the joint top scorer :: IMAGO/Christian Schroedter

Nkunku's 16 goals came in 25 games, while Fullkrug scored 16 times in 28 appearances.

The Bundesliga's Golden Boot award had not been shared since the 2002/03 season when Thomas Christiansen and Giovane Elber each scored 21 goals.

Before this year, no player had ever won the award by scoring fewer than 17 goals.

Player	Team	Goals	Assists	Games
=1. Niclas Fullkrug	Werder Bremen	16	5	28
=1. Christopher Nkunku	RB Leipzig	16	4	25
=3. Randal Kolo Muani	Eintracht Frankfurt	15	11	32
=3. Vincenzo Grifo	Freiburg	15	5	33
5. Serge Gnabry	Bayern Munich	14	5	34