The top 10 goalscorers in Europe’s major leagues in 2025-26: Kane finishes on 36…
The last three winners of the European Golden Shoe – superstar names from Manchester City, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid – are unsurprisingly ahead of everyone else. But who else is up there for goals scored this season?
We’re now into an era in which Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo dominating the European goalscoring charts is becoming a distant memory, but some pretty special players have emerged to fill their boots.
Without further ado, here’s the top 10 goalscorers across Europe’s five major leagues (Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1) this season so far. Keep checking back as we’ll be keeping this one updated throughout the campaign.
Note: if two players are tied on goals, we’ve ordered them by their goals-per-minute ratio.
10. Donyell Malen – 17 goals
Scored four goals for Aston Villa before moving to Roma in a January loan move that will be made permanent this summer for a relative pittance.
He has scored 13 goals in just 17 Serie A games this season as the Romans have made a bid to return to Champions League football. What a signing.
9. Serhou Guirassy – 17 goals
Another stellar season for Borussia Dortmund’s late bloomer, notching 17 goals to help the club nestle in second place behind Bayern Munich.
The 30-year-old will not be going to the World Cup this summer as Guinea failed to qualify. Shame.
8. Lautaro Martinez – 17 goals
In his first 10 games this season, the Argentine had just three Serie A goals, but in the next seven he found the net seven times to climb to the top of the Italian top-flight’s scoring list in 2025-26.
Inter’s Scudetto charge hit a bit of a wobble after their main goalscoring threat suffered an injury against Bodo/Glimt, but he provided an assist in the 2-0 win over Parma that clinched Inter’s 21st Scudetto.
7. Deniz Undav – 19 goals
Stepping in to replace Nick Woltemade, Stuttgart have found joy with striker Undav.
The former Brighton forward has scored 19 goals in 29 games this season, becoming a hero in the German city famous for its car-making and unique accents.
6. Esteban Lepaul – 21 goals
A relatively lesser-known name, Rennes winger Lepaul is quietly having a barnstorming season in Ligue 1.
He’s notched 21 goals and a further five assists in the French top flight and has been particularly impressive of late, spearheading Rennes’ unlikely push for Champions League qualification.
With 12 goals in his last 14 Ligue 1 appearances, Didier Deschamps could do worse than give him a call-up as a back-up centre-forward. He’s approaching the summer in red-hot form.
5. Vedat Muriqi – 22 goals
Mallorca find themselves embroiled in a La Liga relegation battle, having managed just nine wins all season. And even possessing a reliable goalscorer might not save them.
Kosovo international Muriqi is relatively proven in Spain, but he’s taken his game to new levels this season.
You could make a solid argument that no player in La Liga is as important to their club as Muriqi is to Mallorca. Even at 32, there’ll be a queue of Spanish clubs for his signature.
4. Igor Thiago – 22 goals
It’s none of the usual suspects chasing down Haaland at the top of the Premier League goalscoring charts.
There are numerous star Premier League strikers whose statistics pale in comparison to Thiago’s this season.
The breakout star of 2025-26 is pushing for a place in Carlo Ancelotti’s World Cup squad and has already had the best-ever Premier League goalscoring campaign by a Brazilian.
3. Kylian Mbappe – 24 goals
Mbappe looks hell-bent on sealing his status as the best player in world football in the post-Messi and Ronaldo era.
The World Cup winner’s first season at Madrid was disappointingly lacking in silverware, but he did claim his first-ever European Golden Shoe. It looks likely that trophies will also be lacking in year two.
This season, he has scored 24 goals in 30 La Liga outings. Another Pichichi award, if not the Europe-wide prize, appears in his grasp despite a drought that lasted over two months.
2. Erling Haaland – 26 goals
A third Premier League Golden Boot in four years appeared all but a formality for the Norwegian goalscoring machine at Christmas.
He reached his century of Premier League goals in record time and looked utterly unstoppable in the first half of the season.
Haaland will be looking over his shoulder at Thiago, though, after mustering just seven goals in 16 Premier League appearances in 2026. He could soon find himself out of the top five in Europe.
Vital, match-winning goals in Man City’s victories over Arsenal and Burnley keep him ticking along nicely, though.
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1. Harry Kane – 36 goals
The England captain looked locked into a three-way battle for the ages in the first half of the season, but he’s taken advantage of Mbappe and Haaland’s injury woes and dry spells to streak into a sizeable lead.
It’s an especially impressive achievement for Kane to have the European Golden Shoe almost wrapped up when the Bundesliga has fewer games. But he’s been a machine of late, averaging a truly elite rate of a goal every 66.1 minutes in the German top flight this season, and finished the season with a hat-trick.
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