Kylian Mbappé don finish as top scorer for Champions League 2025/26 season with 15 goals. Even though Real Madrid don comot from the competition, the French striker still dey lead the race. He score 13 goals for league phase alone, wey be new record for that stage. He get doubles against Marseille, Monaco and Benfica, hat-trick for Kairat Almaty, and all four goals for 4-3 win against Olympiacos. The first three for Greece come within seven minutes, wey be second-fastest hat-trick for Champions League history.
Mbappé miss two knockout games because of knee injury but still add two goals for quarter-finals against Bayern München, one for each leg. Only Cristiano Ronaldo don score more for single Champions League season, with 17 for 2013/14 and 16 for 2015/16.
Harry Kane dey second with 14 goals. The Bayern striker score for seventh consecutive Champions League game, wey make am first Englishman to reach 50 goals for the competition. He get chance to surpass Mbappé for semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Julián Alvarez and Anthony Gordon all get 10 goals. Kvaratskhelia dey active for PSG, Alvarez dey play for Atletico Madrid, and Gordon don finish with Newcastle. Gabriel Martinelli be Arsenal top scorer with six goals.
For assists, Michael Olise lead with eight, followed by Vinícius Júnior with six. Achraf Hakimi and Kvaratskhelia get six and five assists respectively. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Antoine Griezmann and Leandro Trossard all get five assists.
There don be eight hat-tricks for the season, including two for Mbappé. Others wey score hat-trick include Fermín López, Victor Osimhen, Vitinha, Anthony Gordon, Alexander Sørloth and Federico Valverde.
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