Actual Madrid’s begin to the 2025–26 season below Xabi Alonso has been flawless. They’ve gained all six of their La Liga matches and secured a victory of their UEFA Champions League opener, positioning themselves as severe contenders in each competitions. Kylian Mbappe has been a central determine in that success, placing up numbers that outpace even these of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Mbappe has scored 9 objectives in simply 7 matches to open the marketing campaign, making him not solely Actual Madrid’s main scorer but in addition the highest objective scorer throughout each home and continental competitions.
In La Liga, Kylian holds a strong lead over his rivals, with 6 objectives in comparison with the 4 scored by Barcelona’s Ferran Torres, Levante’s Etta Eyong, and Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi. And within the Champions League, he’s netted 2 objectives, tying him with different prime performers like Juventus’ Dusan Vlahovic, Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane, and Barcelona’s Marcus Rashford.
There’s additionally a outstanding stat to notice. Mbappe’s 9 objectives in 7 matches give him a mean of 1.28 objectives per sport—nicely above the perfect scoring tempo Cristiano Ronaldo ever achieved in his skilled profession.
Cristiano Ronaldo is Actual Madrid’s all-time main scorer.
Ronaldo’s best season additionally got here with Actual Madrid. Within the 2014–15 marketing campaign, below head coach Carlo Ancelotti, the Portuguese ahead delivered 61 objectives in 54 matches, averaging 1.12 objectives per sport. Nonetheless, these stellar numbers finally meant little, as Actual Madrid did not win any main titles that yr.
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What has been Mbappe’s greatest season to this point?
Seven matches are too small a pattern dimension to evaluate a striker’s goal-scoring effectivity throughout a full marketing campaign. Taking a look at full seasons, Mbappe has by no means reached or surpassed the 1.0 goals-per-game mark—one thing Ronaldo achieved 4 occasions throughout his profession.
Mbappe’s most prolific season got here in 2022–23, when he scored 41 objectives in 43 matches for Paris Saint-Germain, averaging 0.95 objectives per sport. He got here shut in 2023–24 (0.91) and 2018–19 (0.90).
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Mbappe’s numbers with Actual Madrid
Thus far, Kylian Mbappe’s performances are sufficient to edge previous even Cristiano Ronaldo’s historic stats—however whether or not he can preserve this degree throughout the complete season stays to be seen. The marketing campaign continues to be younger, and the hardest challenges lie forward.
Nonetheless, there’s each motive to imagine the French celebrity is on monitor to prime his output from final yr, which was already distinctive. At this level in 2024, in his first seven matches with Actual Madrid, Mbappe had scored 5 objectives. Whereas that’s a powerful determine, it’s simply over half of the 9 he has now.
Kylian bounced again from that slower begin and completed the season because the crew’s greatest participant, with 44 objectives in 59 matches—a mean of 0.74 per sport. The shortfall, nevertheless, was collective: Actual Madrid got here up empty in La Liga, Copa del Rey, and the Champions League. Now, with a full yr of expertise in Spain, Mbappe seems to be able to take issues even additional.
