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BATTLE TO BE HOTTEST HOTSHOT IN EUROPE
The Straits Times
|October 21, 2025
Haaland, Kane and Mbappe top the charts in 2026 Ballon d’Or race, ahead of the World Cup
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- Erling Haaland, Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe are all scoring at better than a goal-a-game rates in a blistering start to the season from Europe’s top three marksmen.
Ahead of their return to Champions League action this week, the trio are already battling at the top of the charts to be the competition’s top scorer and making the early running in a World Cup campaign for the 2026 Ballon d’Or.
Here is a look at the astonishing stats all three strikers are producing for both club and country.
ERLING HAALAND (MAN CITY AND NORWAY)
Haaland leads the way with 23 goals in 13 games to haul City back into contention for the Premier League and Norway to the brink of their first World Cup since 1998.
Only once has he failed to find the net and he has struck in all of his last 11 matches.
The 25-year-old scored twice against Everton on Oct 18 to take his Premier League tally for the campaign to 11. City next travel to Villarreal on Oct 21 in the Champions League.
Haaland now boasts the three quickest occasions any Premier League player has reached 10 goals in a season after doing so in six matches in 2022 and five games last season.
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