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The battle to be the Champions League’s main scorer in 2025-26 is starting to warmth up.
Kylian Mbappe’s prolific marketing campaign within the league part has the French ahead within the lead, having netted 13 targets in simply eight video games for Actual Madrid.
Mbappe has averaged a Champions League objective each 55 minutes this season and is chasing down Cristiano Ronaldo’s report for targets scored in a single season (17), set in 2013-14. Nonetheless, Mbappe will miss the prospect so as to add to his complete tonight when Actual Madrid face Benfica, resulting from a knee damage.
The closest contenders to the Actual Madrid celebrity are each Englishmen. Harry Kane has hit eight targets for Bayern Munich in Europe this season, although the England captain trails Three Lions’ teammate Anthony Gordon.
The Newcastle winger has scored 10 targets within the Champions League this season, together with 4 in a single half in opposition to Qarabag through the play-off spherical.
4 – Anthony Gordon is simply the second participant in UEFA Champions League historical past to attain 4 targets within the first half of a recreation, after Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar Donetsk in opposition to BATE Borisov in October 2014. One other. pic.twitter.com/wPmYvPSCDb
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 18, 2026
He’s already Newcastle’s highest-ever Champions League goalscorer, surpassing Alan Shearer (7). Remarkably, regardless of his European exploits, Gordon has scored solely three targets within the Premier League all season.
Champions League high scorers 2025-26
Kylian Mbappe – Actual Madrid (13) Anthony Gordon – Newcastle United (10) Harry Kane – Bayern Munich (8) Erling Haaland – Manchester Metropolis (7) Jens Petter Hauge – Bodo/Glimt (6) Victor Osimhen – Galatasaray (6) Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal (6)
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