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Yan Diomande of Rasenballsport Leipzig is doing exceptionally well in his Bundesliga debut season. The young attacking player has already collected 17 goal contributions, and at 19 years old, Diomande is still a teenager. By the end of the season, he is likely to be near the top of the list of the best under-20 goal contributors in the Bundesliga. But this list is dominated by former BVB players.

kicker always keeps a close eye on all those statistics that are less familiar to the average fan. Now it is drawing attention to the ever-rising output of Yan Diomande, who still has a few matchdays left to move even higher up the rankings. Higher up in that list containing the historically best teenagers in terms of goal contributions in the Bundesliga.

However, it is still likely too long a road for Diomande to reach the all-time leader. Jadon Sancho sits right at the top — and in fact twice. This was possible because Sancho arrived at Borussia Dortmund at such a young age and was immediately used regularly in the Bundesliga.

In the 2019/20 season, the Englishman recorded a total of 30 goal contributions for BVB, scoring 14 goals and providing the decisive pass for 16 more. He achieved all of this before even turning 20.

A season earlier, Jadon Sancho had already burst onto the scene and reached the exact same number of goal contributions. In 2018/19, these consisted of 12 goals and 18 assists, making it the rare case of one player occupying both first and second place in such a ranking.

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BVB young stars: Götze behind Sancho in 3rd place

Behind these two top marks by Jadon Sancho, the list continues with more former BVB players. In 3rd place comes Mario Götze, who in 2010/11 also contributed 21 goal contributions to Dortmund’s success while still a teenager. However, Mario Götze has to share that third place with Kai Havertz, who reached the same figure in 2018/19.

This duo is followed by another Dortmund player. Ousmane Dembélé managed 18 goal contributions in 2016/17 in a BVB shirt. Dembélé also has to share his spot, in fact with two other players. Florian Wirtz recently also reached 18 goal contributions, and the same goes for Jamal Musiala.

Currently behind them is Yan Diomande, who with his current 17 has one more goal contribution than Erling Haaland managed in his first season at BVB — although the Norwegian only played half of that campaign, having moved to the Ruhr region in winter.

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