All is quiet at Cottaweg, with the players still enjoying their well-deserved summer holidays after a long season in which the team played 49 games across all competitions. On top of that, some players were also away at times with their national sides, including at the FIFA World Cup in Qatar late last year.
The past nine months have seen the team compete in the German Supercup, Bundesliga, DFB-Pokal and Champions League, leaving us with plenty of statistics to highlight. Willi Orbán and Christopher Nkunku are top of several of these rankings — no surprise, given their strong performances this past season.
The entire team contributed to what was our best end to a season in club history. Read on for all our top statistics from the 2022/23 season.
PLAYER STATS
Tireless
Our number four was a tireless machine this past season. Willi had an injury-free campaign and featured in 48 of 49 possible matches, for a total of 4,256 minutes — by far the most of any of his teammates!
Most minutes played:
- Willi Orban: 4,256 of 4,410
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 3,708 of 4,410
- Janis Blaswich: 3,317 of 4,410
Top goalscorers:
Despite missing 13 competitive games due to injury, Christo finished as our top goalscorer once again. He netted 23 goals in 36 matches across all competitions and finished joint top of the Bundesliga’s goalscoring charts with 16 goals.
Most goals:
- Christopher Nkunku: 23
- Timo Werner: 16
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 10
Top providers
Dominik Szoboszlai provided the assists for several of Christo’s goals this past season, contributing a club-high 13 assists. auf.
Most assists*:
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 13
- Dani Olmo: 9
- Christopher Nkunku und André Silva: both 7
* The number of assists may vary depending on the source. We have included only assists in which the final touch led to a goal being scored from open play.
Most goal involvements
23 goals and 7 assists: Christo ended his final season at RBL by having a hand in the most goals of any of his teammates.
Most goal involvements:
- Christopher Nkunku: 30 (23 goals + 7 assists)
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 23 (10 goals + 13 assists)
- Timo Werner: 21 (16 goals + 5 assists)
Most challenges won
Willi won a solid 61.9% of his challenges, the best rate of any RBL player.
Best challenge success rates*:
- Willi Orbán: 61.9%
- Joško Gvardiol: 55.62%
- Benjamin Henrichs: 55.60%
* Not including the DFB-Pokal.
Most passes completed
Joško completed nearly nine of every 10 passes this season. His pass success rate was a team-high 89.45%.
Best pass success rate*:
- Joško Gvardiol: 89.45%
- Willi Orbán: 89.41%
- Kevin Kampl: 89.32%
* Not including the DFB-Pokal.
Most ground covered
Our interim captain, Willi Orbán, also tops this ranking. The centre-back covered 416.98 kilometres in 48 competitive games this term, at an average of 8.7km per game.
Most ground covered*:
- Willi Orbán: 416.98 km
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 374.91 km
- Joško Gvardiol: 323.65 km
* Not including the DFB-Pokal.
Top speed
Our fastest player this season was Szobo, who was clocked at a top speed of 35.9 km/h in the Champions League.
The fastest players*:
- Dominik Szoboszlai: 35.9 km/h
- David Raum: 35.57 km/h
- Timo Werner: 35.47 km/h
* Not including DFB-Pokal.
Appearances from off the bench
Yussuf Poulsen is our recordgoalscorer from off the bench, with eight goals. The Dane made 24 appearances as a substitute last season.
Most appearances from off the bench:
- Yussuf Poulsen: 24
- Amadou Haidara: 21
- Emil Forsberg, Kevin Kampl: both 19
Most cautions
Benni Henrichs was shown a team-high 11 yellow cards last season.
Most yellow cards:
- Benjamin Henrichs: 11
- Konrad Laimer: 10
- Kevin Kampl: 9
Guaranteed success
Whenever Abdou Diallo was on the pitch, it would almost always guarantee a win for RBL. We averaged 2.47 points per game with the Senagal international.
Most points per game on average (min. 10 games):
- Abdou Diallo: 2.47
- Xaver Schlager: 2.24
- Janis Blaswich: 2.16
TEAM STATS
Bundesliga
- RBL scored the third-most goals this season (64), behind Bayern München (92) and Borussia Dortmund (83).
- We had the third-most shots on goal of any team in the division (509).
- RBL averaged 56% possession last term, the second-most in the Bundesliga.
- We completed 85.5% of our passes, the third-best rate.
- RBL hit the woodwork 16 times, more than any other side!
- We had the second-best record at home last season (41 points, W13, D2), behind Borussia Dortmund (44 points).
- RBL went unbeaten in 12 games from 1st October 2022 to 11th February 2023.
- Our biggest win was a 6-1 victory at FC Schalke 04.
DFB-Pokal
- RB Leipzig won the DFB-Pokal for the second season in a row, something only seven other clubs have also managed.
- We reached the final for the third straight season.
- RBL are currently on a 12-game winning run in the cup!
- We scored 24 goals and conceded just two in the DFB-Pokal this season.
Best ever end to a season!
- RBL won nine of their last 10 competitive games this season.
- We are currently on a seven-game winning run.
- RBL enjoyed their best ever end to a season in club history, since our promotion to the Bundesliga in 2016.
- We have only previously won nine of our last 10 games of the season back in 2009/10, when we were playing in the Oberliga.