Kylian Mbappe plays in his own dimension
Mbappe scored two goals against Athletic Club and is getting closer to Cristiano Ronaldo, the top scorer in a calendar year for Real Madrid.
Kylian Mbappe is running with broken brakes in 2025 and chasing Cristiano Ronaldo's haunting scoring record that has remained intact since 2013!. Mbappe from... another dimension. 2024 may have been a bit of a blur for the French star after his transfer to Real Madrid, but 2025 is still going strong!.
The 26-year-old star was once again the protagonist in the Merengues' 3-0 victory over Athletic Bilbao that put them back on track in
La Liga. With him
scoring two of his team's three goals.
In this way, he reached 62 goals with the Real Madrid and France jersey in the calendar year 2025, and still has four matches to equal or surpass Cristiano Ronaldo's haunting performance since 2013!
Specifically, the Portuguese had then stopped at 69 goals with Real Madrid and the Portuguese national team, a performance that has never been achieved by a Merengues star.
However, Mbappe hopes that he will be able to follow in the path set by his idol! Having surpassed Ronaldo's tally back in 2012 (61 goals), the Frenchman needs seven goals against Celta, Manchester City, Alaves and Sevilla by the end of the year to reach 69 goals and equal the Real Madrid legend's top performance in a calendar year.
Kylian Mbappe
In doing so, he will record the second best performance in football history, but the first will probably remain unsurpassed for many years to come. In 2012, after all, Lionel Messi was... merciless and set an unimaginable record with 91 goals, with Ronaldo and Lewandowski coming closest with 69 goals each in 2013 and 2021 respectively.
He beats Cristiano Ronaldo's 2012 record
Most goals in a calendar year this century:
⚽ 91 goals — Lionel Messi (2012) 🇦🇷
⚽ 69 goals — Cristiano Ronaldo (2013) 🇵🇹
⚽ 69 goals — Robert Lewandowski (2021) 🇵🇱
⚽ 63 goals — Cristiano Ronaldo (2014) 🇵🇹
⚽ 62 goals — Kylian Mbappé (2025) 🇫🇷 🆕
⚽ 61 goals — Cristiano Ronaldo (2012) 🇵🇹
Manos Staramopoulos
Journalist and Analyst of International Football and Affairs
Chief Editor English Zone of Discoveryfootball.com
Athens (Greece)
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