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Most goals off the bench in the Bundesliga: 10 super-subs

Maximilian Beier came off the bench to score an 80th-minute winner after Dortmund’s two straight draws, lifting them to the top of the table.

  • No. 1: Serge Gnabry
  • 10 places

01Final list

The leading AIs each built their own list of ten independently. Here is one result that is easy to check: every place has a reason, a source, and the list of AIs that included it.

Order: from most to least AI agreement.

A bright badge means this AI put the entry on its list. A dim badge means it did not.

  1. 1

    Serge Gnabry

    Five substitute goals led the league in 2024/25; five of his seven goals came from the bench.

    Included it: Meta, Grok. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 1 · Grok: 3

    What each AI noted 2
    • Metaplace 1

      5 of his 7 goals in 2024/25 came off the bench – the league's top joker with 71% share

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    • Grokplace 3

      5 of his 7 league goals that season came as a substitute (most in the league)

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    2 AIs put it here
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  2. 2

    Mathys Tel

    The official match record confirms a substitute goal against Mainz; the supplied five-goal, 140-minute claim mixes Bundesliga and Champions League, so it is excluded.

    Included it: Meta, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 3 · Gemini: 1

    What each AI noted 2
    • Metaplace 3

      5 goals in 140 minutes as sub to start 2023/24, a goal every 106 minutes in Bundesliga

    • Geminiplace 1

      Averaged a Bundesliga goal every 72 minutes off the bench in his peak super-sub stretch, striking 10 bench goals before turning 19.

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    2 AIs put it here
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  3. 3

    Maximilian Beier

    His 80th-minute substitute winner made Dortmund 1-0 winners after two draws; that match impact is verified, but no five-season goal total is supplied.

    Included it: Grok, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Grok: 6 · Gemini: 5

    What each AI noted 2
    • Grokplace 6

      Scored the 80th-minute winner today that put Dortmund top of the table

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    • Geminiplace 5

      Proved his clutch pedigree across Hoffenheim and Dortmund, highlighted by an 80th-minute bench winner to send BVB top of the Bundesliga table.

    2 AIs put it here
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  4. 4

    Jamie Gittens

    A cited 2024 report gives two goals and two assists in four substitute appearances; the AI answers do not establish his five-season goal total.

    Included it: Meta, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 8 · Gemini: 6

    What each AI noted 2
    • Metaplace 8

      2 goals + 2 assists in 4 sub appearances early 2024/25 – best scorer off bench

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    • Geminiplace 6

      Borussia Dortmund's explosive direct runner transformed multi-goal deficits into victories single-handedly in under 30 minutes of pitch time.

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    2 AIs put it here
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  5. 5

    Gio Reyna

    Five substitute goals tied for the 2022/23 season lead; the supplied 1.01 goals-per-90 figure is not a bench-only rate.

    Included it: Meta. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 2

    What each AI noted 1
    • Metaplace 2

      1.01 goals per 90 in 2022/23 – top 1% and co-leader with 5 joker goals for Dortmund

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    1 AIs put it here
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  6. 6

    Youssoufa Moukoko

    One AI claims nine substitute goals across the period, but the cited player record does not expose a verifiable five-season split; treat the total as unconfirmed.

    Included it: Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Gemini: 3

    What each AI noted 1
    • Geminiplace 3

      Dortmund's ultimate teenage relief weapon, generating 9 league goals off the bench with over 75% changing game states into wins or draws.

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    1 AIs put it here
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  7. 7

    Lars Stindl

    Also scored five as a substitute in 2022/23, matching Reyna’s season total; the supplied source does not compare their minutes.

    Included it: Meta. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 4

    What each AI noted 1
    • Metaplace 4

      Veteran co-leader with 5 joker goals in record 151-goal sub season 2022/23

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    1 AIs put it here
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  8. 8

    Nick Woltemade

    Transfermarkt’s cited 2024 report says three goals in 129 substitute minutes, including a goal in Stuttgart’s comeback from 0-2 to win 3-2.

    Included it: Meta. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Meta: 5

    What each AI noted 1
    • Metaplace 5

      3 joker goals in just 129 minutes – led the 2024 efficiency ranking

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    1 AIs put it here
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  9. 9

    Luca Waldschmidt

    The cited current Transfermarkt table shows four substitute goals, but that live season tally cannot confirm his five-season record.

    Included it: Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Gemini: 9

    What each AI noted 1
    • Geminiplace 9

      Specialized in high-leverage late equalizers across spells at Wolfsburg and Köln, converting limited bench cameos into precious relegation points.

    1 AIs put it here
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  10. 10

    Ermedin Demirović

    The supplied season figures report four substitute goals in both 2024/25 and 2025/26, but the cited query is not a primary record.

    Included it: Grok. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

    In their lists: Grok: 7

    What each AI noted 1
    • Grokplace 7

      4 sub goals in 2024/25 and another strong contribution the following year

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    1 AIs put it here
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More about the top three ↓

02More about the top three

The ranking is above. Here is more about the three places at the top: what they are, why they are here, and what is worth knowing.

The places are based on different evidence: a season goal count, an excluded mixed-competition claim, and one match-winning goal.

1Serge Gnabry

No. 1 — Serge Gnabry. On the lists of 2 of 9 AIs; median place there: 2. Five substitute goals led the league, and five of Gnabry’s seven goals that season came from the bench.

2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2075 LR10 by Stepro
Steffen Prößdorf · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
2022-07-30 Fußball, Männer, DFL-Supercup, RB Leipzig - FC Bayern München 1DX 3417 by Stepro (Serge Gnabry) (cropped)
Derivative work: MajorPrince · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

  • At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Gnabry won silver with Germany and finished as the tournament’s top scorer. — (voice only)

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What it is
A Bundesliga forward whose 2024/25 goals included five as a substitute.
Its edge
His five substitute goals led the league among these three.
Who should know
Useful to readers comparing recent Bundesliga substitute scorers.
  • Substitute goalsFive substitute goals

Wikipedia · Wikidata

Why it is here

  • In 2024/25, Gnabry scored 5 goals as a substitute, the most in the Bundesliga. Those 5 made up 5 of his 7 goals that season.

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  • He scored 5 of the league’s 145 goals by players who started on the bench, making his share of that total the largest for any player.

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History

  • In 2015, a loan spell at West Brom brought Serge Gnabry almost no first-team chances. He returned to Germany the next year and broke through at Werder Bremen, beginning the run that led to Bayern Munich. [Source](https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/serge-gnabry-werder-bremen-breakout-bayern-munich-star-arsenal-34150)

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Keep in mind

  • Gnabry has spoken about a long-term injury earlier in his career. A single season’s substitute-goal count does not show how injuries affected his availability over time.

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What people say

  • “I don’t think you can be a player without getting injured at least once in your career.” — Serge Gnabry

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Where to go further

  • Watch Gnabry’s Bundesliga highlights from 2024/25. Start by looking at the goals he scored after coming on as a substitute. — (voice only)

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Compare the top three ↓

2Mathys Tel

No. 2 — Mathys Tel. On the lists of 2 of 9 AIs; median place there: 2. The five-goal claim mixes competitions, so the record supports his substitute winner at Gladbach instead.

Mathys Tel en 2026
Zack Nani · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

  • Tel scored on his first start for Bayern, in a 5-0 German Cup win over Viktoria Cologne. He was 17 years and 126 days old.

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What it is
A Bayern forward with a verified substitute winner at Gladbach.
Its edge
His late goal secured all three points in a comeback win.
Who should know
Useful to readers looking for a verified example of a substitute changing a match.
  • Substitute goalsNo season total supplied

Wikipedia · Wikidata

Why it is here

  • In 2024/25, Tel played 254 minutes in 8 Bundesliga appearances, 6 as a substitute. That limited time helps explain his place among the impact players.

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  • As a substitute, Tel scored an 88th-minute winner in Bayern’s 2-1 comeback at Gladbach, turning a defeat into a win and securing all 3 points.

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History

  • In 2021, Mathys Tel made his Rennes debut at 16 years and 110 days, becoming the club’s youngest player in a competitive match. That early breakthrough helped put him on Bayern’s radar. [Source](https://www.premierleague.com/en/news/4242418)

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Keep in mind

  • Tel said his playing time at Bayern was not enough, and he went on loan to Tottenham. That change of club is useful context for his career, but does not add Bundesliga goals to the season claim.

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What people say
Where to go further

  • Open the official Bayern–Mainz match page and find Tel’s substitution. Check the match events to see when he came on and how the game finished. — (voice only)

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Gemini put it first. What they saw in it

  • Gemini: Averaged a Bundesliga goal every 72 minutes off the bench in his peak super-sub stretch, striking 10 bench goals before turning 19.

Video: How GOOD is Mathys Tel ACTUALLY? · Pythagoras in Boots

Compare the top three ↓

3Maximilian Beier

No. 3 — Maximilian Beier. On the lists of 2 of 9 AIs; median place there: 5.5. His 80th-minute substitute winner ended Dortmund’s run of two draws, though no five-season goal total is supplied.

Maximilian Beier Ecuador v Germany 25 June 2026-152
Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Did you know

  • At 12, Beier moved to Cottbus for football training, living there during the week and going home to his family on weekends.

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What it is
A Dortmund forward who scored a substitute winner after two league draws.
Its edge
His winner decided the match and put Dortmund top of the table.
Who should know
Useful to readers following the latest Bundesliga match impact from the bench.
  • Substitute goalsNo five-season total supplied

Wikipedia · Wikidata

Why it is here

  • Beier came on as a substitute and scored in the 80th minute to give Dortmund a 1-0 win after back-to-back league draws.

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  • Dortmund had 4 goals from substitutes, a league total surpassed only by Leipzig; Beier’s late winner added to that bench impact.

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Keep in mind

  • Beier says he prefers his natural attacking position, though he is willing to play elsewhere. His role can vary, so the substitute winner alone does not describe his wider contribution.

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What people say

  • “He also knows that I prefer to play in my natural position.” — Maximilian Beier

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Where to go further

  • Read Dortmund’s match report and look first at the 80th-minute goal: it explains how substitute Beier finished the move for a 1-0 win after two draws. — (voice only)

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Compare the top three ↓

The top three side by side

Serge GnabryMathys TelMaximilian Beier
In the AIs' lists2 / 92 / 92 / 9
Substitute goalsFive substitute goalsNo season total suppliedNo five-season total supplied
Put first byMetaGemini—

Places with the same number of AIs are ordered by their average place in the AIs' own lists.

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03Worth knowing

What the AIs noticed while building the list.

The league’s all-time substitute-goal record is 34, held by Nils Petersen; that career total is outside this ranking’s five-season scope.

Noticed by:
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
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The league recorded 151 substitute goals in 2022/23, a record at the time; it recorded 145 in 2024/25.

Noticed by:
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
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The provided answers do not establish a consistent five-season player leaderboard or verified substitute-only goals-per-90 rates; some supplied rate figures use all minutes or mix competitions.

Noticed by:
Included it: Meta, Grok, Gemini. Did not include: Claude, ChatGPT, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.
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04How we counted

In plain words, no formulas.

1The question

Top 10 Bundesliga super-subs: goals off the bench against minutes played

2Why this topic

It weighs scoring rate and the share of goals from the bench against match impact and points gained.

3Where it applies

Germany’s Bundesliga, last five seasons

4What we looked at

  • Compare total goals scored as a substitute with goals per 90 minutes played.
  • Consider what share of each player’s goals came from the bench and how many points those goals helped secure.
  • Bundesliga.com — Official season summaries and match reports confirm substitute goals and their impact on results.
  • Transfermarkt — Goals by substitutes and substitute minutes; the live table is current season data and cannot establish five-season totals.
  • FBref — Goals and expected goals per 90; the supplied answers do not provide verified substitute-only rates for this period.

5Who ranked

The leading AIs, each building its own list of ten independently and naming a source for every place: Claude, ChatGPT, Meta, Grok, Gemini, Kimi, DeepSeek, Wenxin, Qwen.

6How the places were set

The same entry written differently by different AIs was counted as one. The more AIs put an entry on their list, and the higher they put it, the higher its place. "AI agreement" shows how many of the AIs had it on their own list. Sources are only those the AIs found themselves; nothing was added by hand.

05Each AI's own list

🇺🇸 Meta10 places · 4 notes

The same question, answered by Meta alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Serge Gnabry

    5 of his 7 goals in 2024/25 came off the bench – the league's top joker with 71% share

    Source ↗
  2. 2
    Gio Reyna

    1.01 goals per 90 in 2022/23 – top 1% and co-leader with 5 joker goals for Dortmund

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  3. 3
    Mathys Tel

    5 goals in 140 minutes as sub to start 2023/24, a goal every 106 minutes in Bundesliga

  4. 4
    Lars Stindl

    Veteran co-leader with 5 joker goals in record 151-goal sub season 2022/23

    Source ↗
  5. 5
    Nick Woltemade

    3 joker goals in just 129 minutes – led the 2024 efficiency ranking

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  6. 6
    Rômulo

    3 goals in 91 minutes in 2026/27 – 30 minutes per joker goal, most clinical rate now

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  7. 7
    Harry Kane

    Hat-trick off the bench vs Stuttgart in May 2026 – 3 joker goals in 30 minutes

  8. 8
    Jamie Gittens

    2 goals + 2 assists in 4 sub appearances early 2024/25 – best scorer off bench

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  9. 9
    Maximilian Beier

    80th-minute winner vs Frankfurt on Oct 24 2026 – puts Dortmund top, second 1-0 winner in four games

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  10. 10
    Jonas Wind

    2 goals after being subbed on to lead Wolfsburg to win – part of 9-goal joker weekend

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What Meta noticed

151 substitute goals in 2022/23 is the Bundesliga record – more than ever before, boosted by five subs allowed

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All-time joker king is Nils Petersen with 34 goals off the bench, far ahead of any active player in last five seasons

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Efficiency outliers: Rômulo 3 goals in 91 minutes (30 min per goal) and Woltemade 3 in 129 minutes (43 min per goal) beat starter rates

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Beier's winner on Oct 24 2026 was his second 1-0 deciding goal in four league games – 6 points directly from bench

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🇺🇸 Grok10 places · 4 notes

The same question, answered by Grok alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Harry Kane (Bayern Munich, 2025/26)

    5 sub goals in 228 minutes (~1.97 per 90) and a recent hat-trick off the bench

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  2. 2
    Jonathan Burkardt (Eintracht Frankfurt, 2025/26)

    5 goals in just 143 minutes as a substitute (~3.15 per 90)

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  3. 3
    Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich, 2024/25)

    5 of his 7 league goals that season came as a substitute (most in the league)

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  4. 4
    Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg, career)

    All-time Bundesliga record of 34 goals as a substitute

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  5. 5
    Stefan Schimmer (1. FC Heidenheim, 2025/26)

    5 goals off the bench, tied for the seasonal lead but over more minutes

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  6. 6
    Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund)

    Scored the 80th-minute winner today that put Dortmund top of the table

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  7. 7
    Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart, 2024/25–2025/26)

    4 sub goals in 2024/25 and another strong contribution the following year

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  8. 8
    Maurice Krattenmacher (SV Elversberg, 2026/27)

    Leading the current season with 3 goals off the bench in only 175 minutes

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  9. 9
    Paco Alcácer (Borussia Dortmund, 2018/19)

    Single-season record of 12 goals as a substitute (still the benchmark)

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  10. 10
    Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig, career)

    15 career goals as a substitute, among the modern-era leaders

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What Grok noticed

The single-season record remains Paco Alcácer’s 12 substitute goals for Dortmund in 2018/19, a mark no one has approached in the last five seasons.

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Nils Petersen holds the all-time mark with 34 goals as a substitute; sources differ slightly on the exact total (some earlier Opta counts listed 33).

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Short-minute efficiency is extreme: Burkardt’s 5 goals in 143 minutes and Kane’s hat-trick off the bench show that impact can be compressed into very limited time.

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Maximilian Beier’s 80th-minute strike today moved Dortmund to the top of the table, illustrating how one well-timed substitute goal can decide both a match and the standings.

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🇺🇸 Gemini10 places · 2 notes

The same question, answered by Gemini alone. The final list above combines all the AIs.

  1. 1
    Mathys Tel

    Averaged a Bundesliga goal every 72 minutes off the bench in his peak super-sub stretch, striking 10 bench goals before turning 19.

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  2. 2
    Nils Petersen

    Retired as the Bundesliga's indisputable substitute king with 34 career bench goals, continuing to rescue points well into the five-substitution era.

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  3. 3
    Youssoufa Moukoko

    Dortmund's ultimate teenage relief weapon, generating 9 league goals off the bench with over 75% changing game states into wins or draws.

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  4. 4
    Patrik Schick

    Leverkusen's stoppage-time miracle worker whose late cameos repeatedly preserved Leverkusen's invincibility across their historic title surge.

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  5. 5
    Maximilian Beier

    Proved his clutch pedigree across Hoffenheim and Dortmund, highlighted by an 80th-minute bench winner to send BVB top of the Bundesliga table.

  6. 6
    Jamie Gittens

    Borussia Dortmund's explosive direct runner transformed multi-goal deficits into victories single-handedly in under 30 minutes of pitch time.

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  7. 7
    Benjamin Šeško

    Bludgeoned defenses late with pure physical dominance, scoring 5 goals in his first 12 Bundesliga substitute outings for RB Leipzig.

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  8. 8
    Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting

    The veteran stabilizer who delivered a goal every 108 substitute minutes at Bayern Munich, consistently turning tense draws into routine wins.

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  9. 9
    Luca Waldschmidt

    Specialized in high-leverage late equalizers across spells at Wolfsburg and Köln, converting limited bench cameos into precious relegation points.

  10. 10
    Donyell Malen

    Anchored Dortmund's league-leading substitute production across two consecutive campaigns, repeatedly breaking deadlocks in the final 20 minutes.

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What Gemini noticed

Paco Alcácer's 2018/19 benchmark of 12 goals as a substitute in one season remains the single-season summit, scoring every 50 minutes off the bench for Borussia Dortmund.

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Over 55% of all substitute goals scored by top-tier German clubs across the last five seasons occurred after the 75th minute, disproportionately swinging results in the final quarter of matches.

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