10 Longest Goal-Scoring Streaks in Football History (Ranked)

The toughest job in soccer is placing the ball at the back of the web, and it is no shock that forwards who can do this frequently typically receives a commission the massive bucks. Whether or not it is scoring a screamer from 30 yards or bundling dwelling from a goalmouth scramble, the best possible within the enterprise do not simply ship in a one-off recreation, however might be relied upon week-in and week-out.

Erling Haaland is presently on a mission for each Manchester Metropolis and Norway in current weeks, with the striker underlining his credentials as being among the best gamers on this planet and an early contender for the 2026 Ballon d’Or. After netting in opposition to Villareal within the Champions League, the previous Borussia Dortmund star has now made it 12 video games in a row for each membership and nation that he has scored in.

However Haaland’s unbelievable streak of scoring objectives is not precisely the longest in soccer historical past. Utilizing information out there from European soccer’s high 5 main leagues from the 12 months 2000, discover out under the ten longest goal-scoring runs for each membership and nation the sport has ever seen, together with some acquainted faces like Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.

10

Lionel Messi

Aim-scoring streak: 10 video games (2012/2013 and 2020)

Beginning off this listing, unsurprisingly, is Lionel Messi. The previous Barcelona star truly had two separate streaks of ten video games of objectives, first within the 2012/2013 marketing campaign when he did so for the Catalan giants in addition to Argentina, earlier than repeating the unbelievable feat with simply the Camp Nou facet alone in 2020.

The 2012/2013 season was notably particular as Messi claimed a record-breaking feat of scoring in 21 La Liga matches in a row, however sadly for him, his failure to web whereas with Argentina throughout that run meant his membership and nation file of scoring in consecutive video games stayed at ‘simply’ ten.

9

Duvan Zapata

Aim-scoring streak: 10 video games (2018/2019)

A person who has spent his whole profession in Serie A after leaving South America, Duvan Zapata loved his greatest spell in soccer whereas with Atalanta, along with his performances through the 2018/2019 marketing campaign particularly noteworthy.

His streak of 10 consecutive video games of scoring a aim included a very dominant efficiency in opposition to Frosinone in January 2019, when he scored 4 occasions, turning into the primary Atalanta participant to take action within the league since Hasse Jepson in 1952. Zapata’s objectives would fireplace the membership to an outstanding third-placed end in Serie A and the Coppa Italia closing, bagging 23 occasions within the league alone.

8

Robert Lewandowski

Aim-scoring streak: 10 video games (2020)

The primary of two entries for Robert Lewandowski on this listing, the Poland worldwide can rightly be thought to be one of many biggest quantity nines of all-time. The actual fact he’s nonetheless going sturdy at Barcelona proper now’s solely testomony to his capabilities, however he was arguably at his absolute peak in a Bayern Munich shirt through the early 2020s.

Certainly, within the 2019/2020 marketing campaign, Lewandowski scored in ten consecutive video games for each membership and nation, and had it not been for not discovering the again of the web whereas on worldwide obligation for Poland, his streak would have gone on for longer. He failed to attain in his nation’s European Championship qualifiers conflict in opposition to Macedonia, which introduced his unbelievable run to an abrupt finish.

7

Neymar

Aim-scoring streak: 10 video games (2022)

Amid all of the current accidents and heartbreak, it is simple to neglect that Neymar was among the best gamers on this planet throughout his time at Barcelona. The Brazilian would then, in fact, make the big-money transfer to PSG to develop into a part of their very own model of the Galacticos. And whereas it did not consequence within the Champions League title the Parisien membership so desperately needed, Neymar did produce some moments of magic that left the Parc des Princes in awe.

Within the 2022/2023 marketing campaign, Neymar began the season on fireplace, scoring in his first 5 video games within the league, together with back-to-back braces in opposition to Montpellier and Lille respectively. That adopted on from an outstanding particular person efficiency on the 2022 World Cup, which noticed him additionally rating within the final 16 and quarter-finals stage.

6

Radamel Falcao

Aim-scoring streak: 11 video games (2012)

As soon as upon a time Radamel Falcao was thought of one of many biggest strikers on this planet, having fun with massively prolific spells on the likes of Porto, Atletico Madrid and AS Monaco. An ACL damage suffered whereas enjoying for the Ligue 1 facet would then show to be the beginning of an unlucky decline that even counted spells within the Premier League at each Manchester United and Chelsea on mortgage.

Nevertheless, it was his time in Atletico that actually noticed his title be mentioned among the many greats, together with a 11-game scoring streak in 2012. Good within the air and a deceptively fast participant who may end off each toes, Falcao even completed fifth within the 2012 Ballon d’Or race, coming solely behind Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta and Xavi.

5

Cristiano Ronaldo

Aim-scoring streak: 11 video games (2014)

One file Cristiano Ronaldo has over Lionel Messi, is the longest goal-scoring streak for each membership and nation. Whereas Messi’s greatest effort was 10, CR7 managed to go one higher and notched in 11 video games straight, doing so in 2014 whereas he was with Actual Madrid and arguably on the peak of his athletic powers.

What maybe made Ronaldo’s achievements all that larger, was the groups he scored in opposition to. In addition to bagging three objectives in two separate video games in opposition to Los Blancos’ arch-rivals Atletico Madrid, Ronaldo would additionally web within the Champions League in opposition to Borussia Dortmund and the El Clasico in opposition to Barcelona.

4

Kylian Mbappe

Aim-scoring streak: 11 video games (2025)

Amid all of the discuss of Erling Haaland’s unbelievable goal-scoring run to begin off the 2025/2026 marketing campaign, it is simple to neglect Kylian Mbappe loved a equally prolific run in entrance of aim too. The France worldwide netted in 11 consecutive video games for membership and nation, scoring 15 complete objectives within the course of.

The Actual Madrid famous person bagged in opposition to Actual Sociedad, Espanyol, Atletico Madrid, Villareal, Getafe, Levante, Marseille and Kairat Almaty at membership stage, earlier than additionally scoring at worldwide stage with Les Bleus in opposition to the likes of Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan. His nice run nevertheless got here to an finish when he didn’t web within the Champions League conflict in opposition to Juventus, when Jude Bellingham netted the one aim in a slender 1-0 win.

3

Ruud van Nistelrooy

Aim-scoring streak: 12 video games (2003)

For fairly some time, former Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistelrooy held the file of probably the most objectives scored in consecutive video games in simply the Premier League alone. The Dutchman bagged in ten top-flight video games straight from twenty second March 2003 to twenty third August 2003, which truly broke his personal file of eight matches that he achieved simply 19 months earlier.

Van Nistelrooy would rating 15 objectives over his ten-game run at membership stage, together with a hat-trick in opposition to Fulham and a brace in opposition to arch-rivals Liverpool. The poacher would add an additional couple of video games to his streak along with his exploits at worldwide stage with the Netherlands too.

2

Erling Haaland

Aim-scoring streak: 12 video games (2025)

Erling Haaland’s begin to the 2025/2026 marketing campaign has been nothing in need of extraordinary, firing Manchester Metropolis again into the dialog of being Premier League and Champions League contenders once more. The striker’s feat started when he scored within the Premier League in opposition to Brighton, and has since netted in each top-flight recreation since, together with putting twice in a victory over Manchester United within the derby and netting within the 1-1 draw in opposition to Arsenal on the Emirates.

Haaland has additionally bagged in all three of Metropolis’s Champions League video games to this point, scoring in opposition to Napoli, AS Monaco and Villareal respectively. The previous Borussia Dortmund star’s streak additionally included a aim whereas on worldwide obligation with Norway, when he netted the winner in opposition to Finland in a pleasant.

1

Robert Lewandowski

Aim-scoring streak: 14 video games (2021)

The person who presently holds the file for probably the most variety of consecutive video games of scoring, is none apart from Robert Lewandowski. The striker was on the peak of his powers throughout his time at Bayern Munich, and having already netted in 10 video games straight in 2020, he went even higher only a 12 months later. A streak of 14 video games of scoring got here for each Bayern and Poland, and it served to remind the world simply why he was thought of the last word quantity 9 on the time.

Information sourced from Transfermarkt (Stats appropriate as of 23/10/2025)