Favorite in the race for the Ballon d’Or, Karim Benzemathe French international striker of Real Madrid, is having a monstrous season. At 34, he’s knocked off all of his best stat lines since his debut. Back in figures on the incredible year of the Madrilenian.
27 goals in League
Karim Benzema has scored 27 league goals this season. What allowed him to be the top scorer in La Liga. Since he started in the professional world in 2004-2005, it is his best total. His precedent dated back to 2015-2016, when he peaked at 24 goals.
15 goals in C1
This is perhaps the most impressive figure of his season. Karim Benzema has scored 15 Champions League goals. He is obviously the top scorer of the European campaign. The single-season record belongs to Cristiano Ronaldo, with 17 goals. Along with Argentinian Lionel Messi, they are the only two players to have scored more than Karim Benzema in a Champions League campaign.
49 goals in all
In all competitions, Karim Benzema has scored 49 goals. This is obviously his best career total. Before, his record was 35 goals in 2011-2012. He is the second top scorer this season in Europe behind Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich).
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Since the return match against PSG where he scored a hat-trick, Karim Benzema has been irresistible in the Champions League. © Photo: Reuters/Susana Vera
2 matches without scoring in C1
There are only two matches in which Karim Benzema has not scored in the Champions League: against Inter Milan (0-1), on the first day of the group stage (September 15, 2021), and against PSG (0-1), in the round of 16 first leg (February 15, 2022). A statistic that does not take into account the return against Inter Milan (2-0), in which he did not participate due to injury.
Decisive every 59 minutes in C1
With 15 goals and 2 assists, Karim Benzema is decisive with Real Madrid every 59 minutes in C1! By way of comparison, Sébastien Haller is decisive every 51 minutes, Robert Lewandowski every 55 minutes, Kylian Mbappé every 55 minutes, Mohamed Salah every 91 minutes, Sadio Mané every 120 minutes.
Decisive every 50 minutes in total
All competitions combined, the figure is all the more impressive, since Karim Benzema is decisive every 50 minutes with Real Madrid.
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