Haaland vs Mbappe: The race to break Cristiano Ronaldo’s historic Champions League goals record
Erling Haaland’s two goals against Porto on the opening matchday of the 2026/27 Champions League maintained the Manchester City striker’s incredible scoring rate in the competition. Haaland has scored 59 goals from 59 games at the elite level of European club football, giving him the best goals-per-game ratio of any notable player in its history. In fact, he is the only player to have scored a…
The race to break Cristiano Ronaldo's historic Champions League goals record has taken on a new level of intensity with the scoring partnership of Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe. Haaland, the Manchester City striker, has scored 59 goals in 59 games at the elite level, giving him the highest goals-per-game ratio of any notable player in European club football history. Meanwhile, Mbappe, the Paris Saint-Germain forward, has 71 goals in 99 games, making him the joint-fifth all-time leading scorer.
To surpass Ronaldo's 140-goal mark, Haaland would need to continue scoring at his current rate until the 2035/36 season, while Mbappe would require 10 more goals, averaging 11 per campaign, to reach the target by the 2032/33 season. Both players face a demanding task requiring consistency and fitness for many years to come. However, their impressive goal-scoring records and the increased number of games in the new Champions League format give them a reasonable chance to achieve the monumental feat.
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