{
  "id": 9537098,
  "title": "FULL LIST: Top 10 goalscorers in Europe’s top five leagues since 2020",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/full-list-top-10-goalscorers-in-europes-top-five-leagues-since-2020",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T10:44:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/full-list-top-10-goalscorers-in-europes-top-five-leagues-since-2020/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The decade of the 2020s has seen a new generation of prolific goal scorers emerge in Europe's top five leagues, with Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, and Harry Kane leading the race. This list of the top 10 goalscorers since 2020 reveals that neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo, the dominant figures of the previous decade, feature among the leading scorers. Mbappé tops the chart with 181 goals, narrowly ahead of Haaland's 179 and Kane's 178. Robert Lewandowski rounds out the top four with 174 goals, while Mohamed Salah completes the top five with 128 goals, all of which came in the Premier League.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "FULL LIST: Top 10 goalscorers in Europe’s top five leagues since 2020",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/full-list-top-10-goalscorers-in-europes-top-five-leagues-since-2020-9538919",
        "published": "2026-09-24T10:54:41.000Z"
      }
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}