The year 2021 can be said to be a year in which goals were flying everywhere. Amid that, there were some sets of players that were consistently involved in scoring the goals. Hence, Futballnews has taken it upon itself to compile the players with the most goals in 2021 across the top five leagues.
All the 10 players that are featured in the list are from the Premier League, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, German Bundesliga, and French Ligue 1. While compiling this list, all the goals the players scored in all the club competitions they were involved in last year were put into consideration.
Below are the players with the most goals in 2021
- Robert Lewandowski
Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski scored the most goals in 2021. The 33-year-old Polish striker featured in 59 games in all competitions for the German Bundesliga side in which he scored 69 goals.
- Kylian Mbappe
Paris Saint Germain striker, Kylian Mbappe is second to Lewandowski on the list of players that scored the most goals in 2021. The 22-year-old French striker featured in 67 games in all competitions for PSG in which he scored 51 goals.
- Erling Haaland
Borussia Dortmund striker, Erling Haaland, is the third player on the list of players with the most goals last year. The 21-year-old Norwegian striker scored 49 goals in 51 games in all competitions for Dortmund in 2021.
- Kareem Benzema
Real Madrid striker Kareem Benzema is the 4th player on the list of players with the highest number of goals last year. The 32-year-old French striker scored 47 goals in 63 games in all competitions for Real Madrid last year.
- Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo is the 5th player on the list of players with the most goals last year. The 36-year-old Portuguese football icon who left Juventus for Manchester United in August 2021, scored 47 goals in 65 games in all competitions for both Juventus and Manchester United.
- Harry Kane
Tottenham Hotspur forward, Harry Kane, is the 6th player on the list of players with the highest number of goals last year. The 28-year-old English striker scored 44 goals in 66 games in all competitions for Tottenham last year.
- Lionel Messi
Former FC Barcelona forward, Lionel Messi who left Barca for PSG in August 2021, is the 7th player on the list of players with the most goals in 2021. The 34-year-old Argentine striker scored 43 goals in 61 games in all competitions for both Barca and PSG in 2021.
- Dušan Vlahović
Fiorentina and the Serbia national team striker, Dušan Vlahović is 8th on the list of strikers with the highest number of goals in 2021. The 21-year-old striker scored 41 goals in 56 games in all competitions for Fiorentina.
- Mohamed Salah
Liverpool and Egypt striker, Mohamed Salah is the 9th player on the list of players with the highest number of goals in 2021. The Egyptian talisman played 60 games in all competitions for Liverpool in which he scored 39 goals in 2021.
- Memphis Depay
Memphis Depay who left Lyon for FC Barcelona last summer is the 10th player on the list of players with the highest number of goals last year. The 27-year-old Dutch striker scored 39 goals in 60 appearances in all competitions for Lyon and FC Barcelona last year.
