Lois Openda Above Everyone and Xavi Springs a Surprise

The Red Bulls by the Numbers!

The 2023/24 season is in the books. Time to look at the numbers from the past season together.

Did you know that none of the Bundesliga goalkeepers had a better save count than Peter Gulacsi? Or that Lois Openda conjured up a unique RBL season?

Here are the top stats from the 2023/24 season!

*All RBL games in the Bundesliga, DFB Cup and Champions League were taken into account.

Most Appearances

Lois Openda(45 appearances)
Xavi (43)
Benjamin Sesko, Benjamin Henrichs and Mohamed Simakan (all 42)

Most Minutes Played

David Raum(3,555 Minutes)
Xavi (3,468)
Lois Openda (3,449)
Xaver Schlager (3,299)
Benjamin Henrichs (3,289)

Top Points Scorers

Lois Openda (35 Points, 28 Goals / 7 Assists)
Xavi (25, 10 / 15)
Benjamin Sesko (20, 18 / 2)
David Raum (16, 3 / 13)
Dani Olmo (13, 8 / 5)

Best Goal Scorers

Lois Openda(28 Goals)
Benjamin Sesko (18)
Xavi (10)
Dani Olmo (8)
Christoph Baumgartner und Yussuf Poulsen (all 5)

Nobody better than Peter Gulacsi

Peter Gulacsi kept a clean sheet 5 x in 13 Bundesliga matches
RBL were unbeaten in these 13 Bundesliga games (9 wins, 4 draws)
Save rate of 78.6 percent – top of the league!
Pete played 213 long balls (15 meters or more) forward, and all of them were successful. No other keeper in the league managed the same.
With 216 Bundesliga games for RB Leipzig, our Hungarian keeper is our record appearance maker in the top division

Top Odds

Lois Openda delivered an outstanding debut season and is the best RBL rookie ever with 28 goals this season (24x Bundesliga, 4x Champions League).
The Top Three RBL Debut Seasons
- Lois Openda (28 goals, 2023/24 season)
- Timo Werner (21 goals, 2016/17 season)
- Benjamin Sesko (18 goals, 2023/24 season)

Top Speed

Lois Openda is also one of the fastest sprinters in the league. With 36.09 km/h, he is ranked 7th in the Bundesliga. (Top of the league: Alphonso Davies and Eren Dinkci each 36.41 km/h)
The top three RBL sprinters of the season
- Lois Openda (36.09 km/h)
- Benjamin Sesko (35.47 km/h)
- David Raum (34.95 km/h)

He came, he saw, he delivered

With his fine footwork, impressive goals and great assists, Xavi quickly attracted attention. His performances were recognised with two awards, including being named Bundesliga Rookie of the Month.
15 assists made the 21-year-old one of the best providers in Europe. In Germany, only Alejandro Grimaldo (19x) provided more times for his teammates.
Top Three RBL Assisters of the Season
- Xavi (15 assists)
- David Raum (13)
- Benjamin Henrichs (8)

Did you know?

Xavi is also among the top players in the league’s ranking of the best tacklers. He won 364 direct duels. This puts him in a strong 6th place among all Bundesliga players. Among offensive players, only Tim Kleindienst (384) has won more tackles. Florian Wirtz (327) follows Xavi by some distance among the offensive players. Defensive specialists such as Nico Schlotterbeck (329) and Jeff Chabot (327) also come up short compared to Xavi.
The Top Three RBL Tacklers of the Season
- Xavi (364 duels won)
- Benjamin Henrichs (289)
- Xaver Schlager (282)

Effectiveness

Benjamin Sesko needed just 46 shots on goal to score his 14 Bundesliga goals. The Slovenian striker fired three shots (3.29) before celebrating a goal. Only Serhou Guirassy has a comparable figure (3.18) among Bundesliga strikers who have scored 10 or more goals this season. While Guirassy’s statistics include four penalty goals, Sesko scored all of his goals from open play.
In Comparison:
- Lois Openda: 24 goals from 118 shots (4.92 shots per goal)
- Harry Kane: 36 goals from 145 shots (4.03)
- Victor Boniface: 14 goals from 83 shots (5.39)
- Serhou Guirassy: 28 goals from 89 shots (3.18)
In addition, Benjamin Sesko has been involved in at least one goal in each of his last ten Bundesliga starts (eight goals, two assists). No Red Bull player had managed that before him.

The Resolute

David Raum delivered a strong season – 13 assists and 3 goals for the left-footer.
No player has put in more crosses this season (141 crosses) and only a few players have covered more kilometres than our number 22.
343.55 km in 31 games puts David in 11th place in the league, although the players in the top 10 have in almost all cases played one or two games more.

Marco Rose in the History Books

Our head coach Marco Rose celebrated his 38th victory in his 60th Bundesliga game as RBL coach, moving ahead of Julian Nagelsmann (37 wins in 68 games).
Overall, Marco’s RBL record reads as follows: 86 competitive games / 53 wins / 14 draws / 19 defeats / 2.01 points per game