The best of 2025: Kane, Salah and Mbappe shine in Europe´s top five leagues

The curtain is coming down on one other yr, which has seen some sensible footballing moments.

Arne Slot, Vincent Kompany, Hansi Flick and Antonio Conte all led their respective groups to league titles of their first campaigns on the helm in 2024-25, whereas Luis Enrique oversaw the second treble of his profession at Paris Saint-Germain.

And the second half of the yr has not upset both, with all of the leagues shaping up properly heading into 2026.

However which groups, and gamers, have stood out throughout the final 12 months? Right here we use Opta knowledge to showcase a number of the finest that Europe’s high 5 leagues needed to supply in 2025.

Salah and Haaland steal Premier League highlight

Whereas sure Premier League groups have stood out at totally different factors of the yr for various causes, two gamers particularly stole the highlight.

Mohamed Salah completed 2024-25 with 47 aim involvements general (29 targets, 18 assists), equalling the Premier League file held by each Andrew Cole (1993-94) and Alan Shearer (1994-95), respectively.

And just some weeks in the past, he broke the file for essentially the most aim involvements with a single Premier League membership by reaching 277 for Liverpool (188 targets, 89 assists), overhauling Wayne Rooney’s complete at Manchester United.

Erling Haaland additionally lit up the Premier League, writing his title into the file books as soon as once more.

The Norwegian reached 100 Premier League targets, attaining that determine in simply 111 appearances, quicker than another participant within the competitors’s historical past.

Haaland additionally introduced up his two hundredth aim involvement in Europe’s high 5 leagues (165 video games), reaching the milestone quicker than Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

Kane leads Bayern’s cost

Bayern Munich gave no different group a glance in throughout 2025, as they turned the primary aspect in Bundesliga historical past to sit down high of the desk on the finish of each matchday throughout a complete calendar yr (34/34).

They scored 107 league targets, the perfect file in Europe’s top-five leagues, so it’s no shock that Harry Kane loved one other record-breaking yr.

He scored 51 targets in all competitions – amongst Bundesliga gamers, solely Robert Lewandowski (58) has scored extra in a calendar yr (2021).

Kane additionally reached 100 aim involvements in his 78th league match, turning into the quickest participant to hit that mark since knowledge assortment started in 2004-05.

PSG make historical past

This yr has been one which PSG won’t overlook in a rush after their historic treble-winning marketing campaign in 2024-25.

They set a brand new factors file in an 18-team Ligue 1 season (84), and had the perfect common factors per sport (2.5) in Europe’s high 5 leagues in 2024-25.

And PSG turned simply the second European first-division group to win six titles in a single calendar yr (Champions League, Ligue 1, Coupe de France, Tremendous Cup, Trophee des Champions and Intercontinental Cup), after Barcelona (2009).

They completed 2025 with 50 victories throughout all competitions, the very best complete for a Ligue 1 group in a single calendar yr.

Mbappe outshines Flick’s Barcelona

Barcelona confirmed their goalscoring prowess, netting 169 targets in 60 matches throughout all competitions, their most in a single calendar yr with out Messi.

Lamine Yamal has impressed and is considered one of solely two gamers within the high 5 leagues to attain 20+ targets (21) and supply 20+ assists (21) throughout all competitions, alongside Michael Olise.

However the standout LaLiga participant was Mbappe. He took Actual Madrid by storm, scoring 59 targets in all competitions, equalling Ronaldo’s file from 2013.

He additionally turned the highest-scoring Madrid participant of their debut season, netting 43 instances in 2024-25 in all competitions.

Conte lifts Napoli

Napoli lifted the trophy on the ultimate day of 2024-25 after accumulating simply 82 factors; within the three-points-per-win period, it’s the joint-lowest tally by Italian champions in a 20-team marketing campaign.

They turned the primary group within the historical past of the 20-team Serie A to win the Scudetto after ending tenth the earlier season, bettering the file set by Conte’s Juventus in 2011-12 (seventh).

Scott McTominay was considered one of their keys to success, registering 16 aim involvements (12 targets, 4 assists), matching the perfect file for a debut Serie A season.

Inter have been within the combine on the high all through 2025, with captain Lautaro Martinez spurring them onwards; he scored 15 league targets, a joint-high within the competitors (with Riccardo Orsolini).