Bundesliga clubs in danger of relegation talk about the 40-Punkte-Marke, the 40-point mark. The league’s own website calls it magic. The record shows how much room it leaves. Since the three-point rule began in 1995–96, the team with the most points ever to be relegated was Karlsruher SC in 1997–98. It went down in 16th place with 38 points. So, as the league wrote in March 2022, 39 points had always been enough to stay up. Since 2008–09, an average of 32 points was enough for the relegation playoff place. Hamburger SV once stayed up with only 27 points, through the playoff.