The race for the Champions League’s top scorer for the 2025-26 season is intensifying.
Kylian Mbappe leads the pack with 13 goals in just eight matches for Real Madrid. This season, he scores approximately every 55 minutes and is close to breaking Cristiano Ronaldo’s record of 17 goals in a single season from 2013-14. However, he will not play tonight against Benfica due to a knee injury.
The nearest challengers to Mbappe are Anthony Gordon and Harry Kane. Gordon, playing for Newcastle, has scored 10 goals in the Champions League this season. Notably, he netted four goals in one half against Qarabag during the play-off round.
4 – Anthony Gordon is only the second player in UEFA Champions League history to score four goals in the first half of a game, after Luiz Adriano for Shakhtar Donetsk against BATE Borisov in October 2014. Another. pic.twitter.com/wPmYvPSCDb
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) February 18, 2026
Gordon has now become Newcastle’s all-time leading scorer in the Champions League, surpassing Alan Shearer’s record of 7 goals. Interestingly, he has only managed three goals in the Premier League this season.
Champions League top scorers 2025-26
- Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid (13)
- Anthony Gordon – Newcastle United (10)
- Harry Kane – Bayern Munich (8)
- Erling Haaland – Manchester City (7)
- Jens Petter Hauge – Bodo/Glimt (6)
- Victor Osimhen – Galatasaray (6)
- Gabriel Martinelli – Arsenal (6)
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