KYLIAN MBAPPE, NEW LEADER OF THE THIRD DECADE GOAL SCORERS

• Mar 31, 2023
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Mbappé: the new Decade goal-scorers’ leader

On 24 March, Kylian Mbappé scored a brace in the Euro qualifier vs Netherlands (4-0), moving ahead of Robert Lewandowski in the IFFHS ranking for the goal-scorers of 3rd Decade of XXI Century (2021-2030).
Mbappé is the new leader with 120 goals. Lewandowski, who was the permanent leader during more than 2 years (since 6 March 2021), is now the second with 118 and under pressure from Erling Haaland (110).
However, Lewandowski is still the best on national leagues’ goals (74).
Here in the table we list all players amassing 60+ top level goals in the 3rd Decade, with a breakdown of their tallies by tournaments and by years.
All goals at top senior level are counted: top national leagues (NL), including Paulista and Carioca, national cups (NC), official international club competitions (ICC), official games between national teams (NT).
Period: from 1 January 2021 to 30 March 2023.
Tie-breaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL).

	BEST GOAL-SCORERS	IN 3rd DECADE
	OF XXI CENTURY	(2021-2030)
	Player	Country	Goals				Total1	2021	2022	2023
			NL	NC	ICC	NT
1	Kylian Mbappé	France	62	17	19	22	120	51	56	13
2	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	74	6	23	15	118	69	42	7
3	Erling Haaland	Norway	67	11	17	15	110	49	46	15
4	Karim Benzema	France	53	6	22	10	91	47	33	11
5	Harry Kane	England	52	6	9	23	90	44	35	11
6	Lionel Messi	Argentina	42	4	11	31	88	43	35	10
7	Gabriel Barbosa	Brazil	53	6	17	7	83	44	29	10
8	Michael Olunga	Kenya	43	18	15	4	80	36	32	12
9	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	45	3	8	20	76	47	16	13
10	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	43	6	19	8	76	39	29	8
11	Mehdi Taremi	Iran	45	11	9	10	75	31	39	5
12	Peter Shalulile	Namibia	45	13	8	7	73	37	21	15
13	Mohamed Abdel Rahman	Sudan	50	1	7	14	72	42	29	1
14	Tiago Azulão	Brazil	55	5	12		72	27	39	6
15	Wissam Ben Yedder	France	55	8	7	1	71	29	30	12
16	Bérgson	Brazil	53	11	6		70	23	46	1
17	Dušan Vlahović	Serbia	49	4	4	12	69	41	21	7
18	Germán Cano	Argentina	57	6	6		69	11	44	14
19	Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba	Togo	56	6		5	67	24	33	10
20	Fernando Zampedri	Argentina	50	9	7		66	31	27	8
21	Eran Zahavi	Israel	37	5	14	9	65	31	23	11
22	Julián Álvarez	Argentina	36	12	10	7	65	28	32	5
23	Ali Mabkhout	UAE	46	2	1	15	64	36	23	5
24	Jonathan David	Canada	45	3	7	9	64	34	16	14
25	Lautaro Martínez	Argentina	46	6	2	10	64	29	26	9
26	Kyogo Furuhashi	Japan	47	9	5	3	64	35	18	11
27	Jamie Maclaren	Australia	59		2	3	64	28	28	8
28	Pedro	Brazil	37	7	18	1	63	20	30	13
29	Ricardo Gomes	Cape Verde	45	2	16		63	24	35	4
30	Ayoub El Kaabi	Morocco	43	6	4	9	62	41	16	5
31	Paul Onuachu	Nigeria	55	3	2	2	62	36	23	3
32	Marko Livaja	Croatia	52	5		4	61	27	28	6
33	Boris Kopitović	Montenegro	55	5	1		61	16	41	4
34	Nemanja Bilbija	Bosnia and Herzegovina	55	3	2		60	25	28	7