Kylian Mbappé set for himself a specific goal for his first season at Real Madrid. A symbolic figure, a CAP reserved for the greatest scorers in the history of football. While he goes on high-flying performance in the Madrid jersey, the question arises: how many goals can really register by the end of the season? And above all, can it compete with the stratospheric records of Cristiano Ronaldo?
A halftone departure before an explosion
After a mixed start to the season, Mbappé found its cruising pace. Before a decisive match against Athletic Bilbao at the start of the season, the French striker displayed statistics below his standards: only 10 goals in 20 games. But since this turning point, he has become a scoring machine, chaining 18 goals in 18 games. Today, there are 28 achievements, with an impressive average of 0.74 purposes per game.
At this rate, if Real Madrid goes to the end of all competitions (Champions League, Club World Cup), Mbappé could reach 51 goals. A figure that would definitively install it among the club legends in its first season.
Mbappé aims for an impressive total: will it explode all records?
Cristiano Ronaldo in sight
The shadow of Cristiano Ronaldo necessarily hovers on Mbappé's ambitions. The Portuguese striker, an absolute reference of Real Madrid in terms of statistics, exceeded the 50 goals' mark six times during his nine seasons in Madrid. During his best campaigns (2012-13 and 2014-15), he had 37 goals at this stage of the year and had finished 55 and 61 achievements respectively.
Mbappé is at 28 goals, and could climb up to 58 if it maintains its current ratio. A total that even Cristiano Ronaldo has only reached twice in his Madrid career. But the asset of French is that he will have an additional competition to play: the Club World Cup, an opportunity in addition to panicing the counters.
Towards a first record at Real Madrid?
If Mbappé reaches 50 or more goals, he would largely surpass the first season of Cristiano Ronaldo in Madrid, who had stopped at 33 goals in 35 games in 2009-10 (despite two months of absence on injury). With still 31 possible games this season, the Frenchman is only five units of this total.
As a reminder, his personal club record is 44 goals, reached with PSG in the 2023-24 season. A performance that he already seems ready to exceed. But will it go even further? Reaching the legendary bar of the 50 goals would score a turning point in his career and prove that he is indeed cut to enter the history of Real Madrid.
Mbappé, future top striker in Real Madrid?
The story is underway. Kylian Mbappé has a dream: to mark the history of Real Madrid with his imprint. His start to the season proves that he is on the right track. It remains to be seen whether, by the end of the exercise, he will succeed in reaching this total of goals which already seems to reach out to him.
So how far will he go? 50? 55? Even more? One thing is certain: Mbappé does not set any limits.
