Ranking of 2021/22 scorers in Europe: Robert Lewandowski ahead of Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappé and Christopher Nkunku

He has three Frenchmen on his heels. Robert Lewandowski is the top scorer in Europe, in all club competitions, among players playing in the five “major leagues” since the start of the season. With 47 goals (in 41 games), the Bayern Munich center-forward is firmly in his seat as leader, ahead of a blue-white-red trio.

If we broaden the spectrum, the omnipresence of the Habs is less striking, in terms of percentage, but perhaps even more significant. They are seven French people among the twenty-one most prolific scorers of the Old Continent, always according to the same criteria: Benzema, Mbappé and Nkunku, therefore, but also Wissam Ben Yedder (25 goals), Gaëtan Laborde (19 goals), Anthony Modeste (18 goals) and Martin Terrier (18 goals).

Seven French versus… duos

At the back of the pack of elite scorers, Modeste and Terrier rub shoulders with Cristiano Ronaldo, who also scored 18 goals, with Manchester United. “CR7” is one of two Portuguese in this group, with Diogo Jota (21 goals). There are also two English (Harry Kane and Tammy Abraham), two Poles (Lewandowski and Arkadiusz Milik) and… individuals.

Ciro Immobile (29 goals) wears the colors of Italy alone, Mohamed Salah (28 goals) those of Egypt etc. No nation other than France has more than two members in this caste. This makes the presence of seven representatives from France all the more remarkable in mid-April, when the various exercises are coming to an end.