This Monday is already the thirteenth assessment of the season in the ranking of European top scorers. We thus find the scorers who shook the nets in Germany, England, Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Spain, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland and Turkey. For this first assessment of 2026, we logically find Harry Kane in the lead. The English striker remains on winter break with his club and will return to the competition next week. Remaining on one goal against Heidenheim (4-0), he has 19 goals in 15 matches.
It’s a little better than Erling Haaland. Mute against Chelsea (1-1), the Norwegian striker from Manchester City remains in three matches without scoring but has an excellent record of 19 goals in 20 matches. This is better than Japanese striker Ayase Ueda who follows just behind. The latter, who scored 18 goals in 17 matches, completes the podium. The Feyenoord striker has not yet returned to competition in 2026 but remains in ambush.
The Portuguese championship in the spotlight
It’s better than Kylian Mbappé who follows in fourth place. The French striker from Real Madrid was absent yesterday against Real Betis Balompié (5-1). He scored before the winter break against Sevilla FC (2-0) and has 18 goals in 18 matches. Fifth, Vangelis Pavlidis follows with 17 goals in 17 matches. The Greek striker from Benfica also scored a resounding hat-trick this weekend against Estoril (3-1). Still in the Portuguese championship, Luis Suarez comes sixth. The Colombian striker from Sporting CP has 15 goals in 17 matches with a new pawn registered on Friday against Gil Vicente (1-1).
Seventh, Igor Thiago now has 14 goals in 20 matches. The Brazilian striker remains on a hat-trick this Sunday against Everton (4-2). He does better than Ayoub El Kaabi who is eighth. Currently at the African Cup of Nations with Morocco, the Olympiakos scorer remains stuck at 12 goals in 14 matches. This is a little better than Samu Aghehowa who comes ninth with 12 goals in 16 matches. The Spanish scorer remaining on one goal this Sunday against Santa Clara (1-0). Finally, Uzbek Eldor Shomurodov comes tenth with 12 goals in 17 matches. Istanbul striker Basaksehir remains on a pawn at the end of 2025 against Gaziantep (5-1).
Mason Greenwood (Olympique de Marseille), Paul Onuachu (Trabzonspor), Ferran Torres (FC Barcelona), Aleksey Batrakov (Lokomotiv Moscow), Guus Til (PSV Eindhoven), Chris Bédia (Young Boys Berne), Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys de Berne) fail to reach the top 10 with 11 goals. Elias Havel (Hartberg), Clayton (Rio Ave), Joaquín Panichelli (Strasbourg), Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca), Pablo (Gil Vicente), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Lawrence Shankland (Hearts), Jizz Hornkamp (Heracles) and Brayan Gil (Baltika Kaliningrad) follow with 10 goals.
The ranking of the top European scorers
- Harry Kane (32 years old/Bayern Munich/England) – 19 goals in 15 matches (1177 minutes played)
- Erling Haaland (25 years old/Manchester City/Norway) – 19 goals in 20 matches (1737 minutes played)
- Ayase Ueda (27 years old/Feyenoord/Japan) – 18 goals in 17 matches (1405 minutes played)
- Kylian Mbappé (27 years old/Real Madrid/France) – 18 goals in 18 matches (1578 minutes played)
- Vangelis Pavlidis (27 years old/Benfica/Greece) – 17 goals in 17 matches (1422 minutes played)
- Luis Suárez (28 years old/Sporting CP/Colombia) – 15 goals in 17 matches (1426 minutes played)
- Igor Thiago (24 years old/Brentford/Brazil) – 14 goals in 20 matches (1675 minutes played)
- Ayoub El Kaabi (32 years old/Olympiakos/Morocco) – 12 goals in 14 matches (1148 minutes played)
- Samu Aghehowa (21 years old/FC Porto/Spain) – 12 goals in 16 matches (1129 minutes played)
- Eldor Shomurodov (30 years old/Istanbul Basaksehir/Uzbekistan) – 12 goals in 17 matches (1497 minutes played)
