At the same time, as far as the 2022 calendar year is concerned, Benzema is the top scorer in all competitions in Europe's Top-5 leagues so far.

The 34-year-old has scored in all four competitions he played in 2022 (La Liga, Champions League, Super Cup and Supercopa), while with the goal against Eintracht he reached 25 goals, having one more than his compatriot Paris Saint-Germain striker, Kylian Mbappe.

Since January, Karim has scored 12 times in the Spanish league, also winning his first Pichichi trophy.

However, the first place is held by the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, who has scored a total of 450 goals.



Favorite for the Golden Ball

Now Karim Benzema is emerging as the undisputed favorite to win this year's Ballon d'Or, the world's noblest and highest individual award. The selection of the candidates will take place in August, while the announcement of the great triumphant will be made before the start of the final phase of the World Cup (Qatar November 20), as the management of France Football, the great and leading magazine, does not want to the award is delayed. So for this year, the World Cup will not be "involved" in the award, nor will of course any football player who will take part.

So Benzema, as Carlo Ancelotti recently stated, "is there anyone who doubts whether he should win the Ballon d'Or?" So that says it all, as much as some may argue, Belgian goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois has also contributed to Real's successes, but let's leave that for now.