With just a few days to go until 2022 ends, it’s a good time to tally up the top scorers of the calendar year (taking into account the main championships in Europe).
Kylian Mbappe, who comes from breaking it all in the World Cup in Qatar, is the annual leading scorer. Then Erling Haaland, Robert Lewandowski and Christopher Nkunku appear.
The Argentinian Lionel Messidespite the fact that lately he has assumed a role more playmaker than scorer, he managed to get into the TOP 5.
And Cristiano Ronaldo? This time he might not enter the classification. 2022 will be remembered as the most difficult period in CR7’s career. And it is that, in addition to losing ownership in the club and his selection, he might only convert 16 annotations, something that had not happened since 2005, when he was still a youth.
THE TOP SCORERS – TOP LEAGUE – IN THE YEAR 2022
- Kylian Mbappé (PSG and France): 55 goals in 55 games.
- Erling Haaland (BVB, City and Norway): 43 goals in 41 games.
- Robert Lewandowski (Bayern, FC Barcelona and Polonia): 42 goals in 51 games.
- Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig and France): 37 goals in 58 games.
- Lionel Messi (PSG y Argentina): 35 goals in 51 games.
- Harry Kane (Tottenham and England): 34 goals in 61 games.
- Neymar (PSG y Brazil): 32 goals in 42 games.
- Sadio Mané (Liverpool, Bayern and Senegal): 32 goals in 61 games.
- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid and France): 31 goals in 38 games.
They don’t play in the TOP 5 Leagues in Europe, but it’s worth noting Germán Cano, who scored 44 goals in 70 games with Fluminense, and Taremi, who scored 36 goals in 54 games with Porto and the Iran National Team.
Undefeated Data. Lionel Messi holds the all-time record for most goals in the same calendar year. In 2012, he scored 91 goals in 69 games played. unrepeatable.
Did you know…? Kylian Mbappé won the Golden Boot at the 2022 Qatar World Cup. He scored 8 goals in 7 games played. He scored a hat-trick in the final.
