Editing Gerd Müller (section)

====Club goal records====
At his peak, Müller held the single-season Bundesliga record with 40 goals in [[1971–72 Bundesliga|season 1971–72]], a record that would be held until Lewandowski scored 41 goals during the [[2020–21 Bundesliga|2020–21 season]], also for Bayern Munich.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/lewandowski-makes-bundesliga-history-with-goal-41-in-bayern/gw7c0ikywvel1arinwhcup05s | title = Lewandowski makes Bundesliga history with goal 41 in Bayern Munich's title-winning campaign | website = goal.com | date = 22 May 2021 | access-date = 22 May 2021 | archive-date = 30 May 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210530222256/https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/lewandowski-makes-bundesliga-history-with-goal-41-in-bayern/gw7c0ikywvel1arinwhcup05s | url-status = live }}</ref> Then, Müller also held the record for most club goals scored in all European club competitions in one season for 40 years, [[Scoring in association football|scoring]] 67 goals during the [[1972–73 FC Bayern Munich season]], and 85 (72 for Munich, 13 West Germany) goals in total during 1972. However, that record was surpassed by [[Lionel Messi]] of [[FC Barcelona]] in Spain who scored 73 in the [[2011–12 FC Barcelona season|2011/12]] season, and 91 goals in the calendar year of 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1228330/hesse:-looking-for-gerd-muller-goals?cc=5901 | title = Looking for Goals | author = [[Ulrich Hesse-Lichtenberger|Uli Hesse]] | date = 17 November 2012 | publisher = [[ESPN]] | access-date = 28 November 2012 | archive-date = 21 November 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121121013455/http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story/_/id/1228330/hesse:-looking-for-gerd-muller-goals?cc=5901 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20661031 | title = Lionel Messi of Barcelona sets new goal-scoring record | publisher = BBC Sport | date = 10 December 2012 | access-date = 10 December 2012 | archive-date = 10 December 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121210062927/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20661031 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2012 |title=Lionel Messi Breaks Gerd Muller's 39-Year-Old Record with 68th Goal This Season |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1169837-lionel-messi-breaks-gerd-mullers-39-year-old-record-with-68th-goal-this-season#:~:text=With%20his%2068th%20goal%20in%20all%20competitions%20this,set%20in%20the%201972-73%20campaign%20with%20Bayern%20Munich |access-date=27 September 2024 |website= bleacherreport.com|language=en-US}}</ref>