The ranking of European top scorers

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

This Monday is already the twenty-eighth report 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. And like every week, Harry Kane comes out on top. The English striker has 33 goals in 30 matches even if he did not score this Saturday against Wolfsburg (1-0).

His lead nevertheless remains significant with only two weeks of competition remaining. Second Luis Suarez is far behind with 26 goals in 30 matches. The Colombian striker nevertheless had a crazy season with Sporting CP. He also remains on a pawn last Monday against Vitoria GuimarĂŁes and will challenge Rio Ave this evening. The podium is completed by Erling Haaland. The Norwegian striker remains on goals against Everton (3-3) and Brentford (3-0) which allow him a nice rise to third position with 26 goals in 34 matches.

Vedat Muriqi in ambush

The main victim of Erling Haaland’s dynamic is Ayase Ueda. The Japanese striker from Feyenoord did not score yesterday against AZ Alkmaar (1-1) and has a good record of 25 goals in 31 matches. Fifth, Kylian MbappĂ© is still blocked. With 24 goals in 28 matches, he did not play yesterday against FC Barcelona during the 2-0 defeat. Sixth, Paul Onuachu follows. The Nigerian striker from Trabzonspor did not find the fault against Besiktas (2-1) this Saturday and has 22 goals in 29 matches.

Vedat Muriqi advances with 22 goals in 34 matches. The Kosovar scored yesterday with Mallorca against Villarreal (1-1). Eighth, Igor Thiago stagnates with 22 goals in 36 matches. The Brazilian was powerless with Brentford against Manchester City (3-0 defeat). Defying Braga this evening with Benfica, Vangelis Pavlidis is ninth with 21 goals in 31 matches. It’s a little better than Eldor Shomurodov. Tenth with 21 goals in 33 matches, the Uzbek scored on Saturday in Istanbul Basaksehir’s big victory against Samsunspor (3-0).

Yanis Begraoui (Estoril) and EstĂ©ban Lepaul (Stade Rennais) arrive at the gates of the top 10 with 20 goals. Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart) and Anderson Talisca (Fenerbahçe) follow with 19 goals. It’s a little better than Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiakos) who also fails with his 18 goals. Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Mika Godts (Ajax Amsterdam) and Tawanda Maswanhise (Motherwell) come further with 17 goals.

The ranking of the top European scorers

  1. Harry Kane (32 years old/Bayern Munich/England) – 33 goals in 30 matches (2292 minutes played)
  2. Luis Suárez (28 years old/Sporting CP/Colombia) – 26 goals in 30 matches (2519 minutes played)
  3. Erling Haaland (25 years old/Manchester City/Norway) – 26 goals in 34 matches (2869 minutes played)
  4. Ayase Ueda (27 years old/Feyenoord/Japan) – 25 goals in 31 matches (2534 minutes played)
  5. Kylian Mbappé (27 years old/Real Madrid/France) – 24 goals in 28 matches (2405 minutes played)
  6. Paul Onuachu (31 years old/Trabzonspor/Nigeria) – 22 goals in 29 matches (2435 minutes played)
  7. Vedat Muriqi (32 years old/Mallorca/Kosovo) – 22 goals in 34 matches (2867 minutes played)
  8. Igor Thiago (24 years old/Brentford/Brazil) – 22 goals in 36 matches (3107 minutes played)
  9. Vangelis Pavlidis (27 years old/Benfica/Greece) – 21 goals in 31 matches (2550 minutes played)
  10. Eldor Shomurodov (30 years old/Istanbul Basaksehir/Uzbekistan) – 21 goals in 33 matches (2838 minutes played)