Champions League top scorers: Mbappe leads, Gordon ahead of Kane

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·25. Februar 2026

Champions League top scorers: Mbappe leads, Gordon ahead of Kane

The battle to be the Champions League’s leading scorer in 2025-26 is beginning to heat up.

Kylian Mbappe’s prolific campaign in the league phase has the French forward in the lead, having netted 13 goals in just eight games for Real Madrid.

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Mbappe has averaged a Champions League goal every 55 minutes this season and is chasing down Cristiano Ronaldo’s record for goals scored in a single season (17), set in 2013-14. However, Mbappe will miss the chance to add to his total tonight when Real Madrid face Benfica, due to a knee injury.

The closest contenders to the Real Madrid superstar are both Englishmen. Harry Kane has hit eight goals for Bayern Munich in Europe this season, though the England captain trails Three Lions’ teammate Anthony Gordon.

The Newcastle winger has scored 10 goals in the Champions League this season, including four in one half against Qarabag during the play-off round.

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He’s already Newcastle’s highest-ever Champions League goalscorer, surpassing Alan Shearer (7). Remarkably, despite his European exploits, Gordon has scored only three goals in the Premier League all season.