KIlian Mbappé is keen to follow in Cristiano Ronaldo’s footsteps. His determination is to follow his own path, but his scoring streak forces comparisons, as he averages more than one goal per game, just like the Portuguese in white. His latest exhibition, this time with two goals against San Mamés, proved that he is currently the most in-form player in the world.
This season, he scored 30 goals and 7 assists in 24 matches between Real Madrid (25 goals and 4 assists) and the French national team (5 goals and 3 assists).
Kylian Mbapp scores an incredible goal during Real Madrid’s training session
The former PSG player is already off to the best start to his long career. Combined with the fact that he exploded alongside Ancelotti from January onwards last season, Kylian threatens one of Madrid’s best CR7 records. In 2025, the Frenchman could overtake the Portuguese to become the club’s all-time top scorer. The ceiling was the 59 goals Cristiano scored in 2013.
It won’t be easy, but considering his average values, it’s entirely possible to think that the Frenchman could become the whites’ most prolific goalscorer in the club’s history in the calendar year ending at the end of the year.After his two goals for San Mamés, Mbappe has now scored 55 goals in 55 games since the start of 2025, but he still has five games left to equal or surpass him with five more goals. Celta at the Bernabéu, City again at home, Alaves away and finally Sevilla at the Bernabéu, with Madrid already involved in a week’s time in the fifth Copa del Rey match, which will take place in the draw on 9 December.
What stands out most about Mbappé in 2025 is not just his goals, but the fact that he has scored one goal per game in 55 games, including the game at San Mamés. Cristiano holds almost all of Madrid’s annual goalscoring records. Mbappe has already surpassed CR7 with 46 goals in 2010, 42 in 2016, 41 in 2017 and 44 in 2018. He equaled the Portuguese’s 2011 record of 54 goals in 2015, 56 goals in 2014 and 58 goals in 2012.
Already his highest scoring calendar year.
Overall, Pichichi, the last Golden Boot winner (and currently top of the standings, ahead of Haaland), is coming off his most prolific year since making his debut in Monaco 10 years ago. He’s getting close to scoring a goal per game, maybe even more. Adding in the seven goals he scored for his national team, he now has 62 goals in 62 games, or one goal per game. His second best record of the year was in 2022, with 56 goals in 56 games (44 with PSG and 12 with France), also in terms of goals per game.
