Some players have definitely used the mid-season World Cup to their advantage to either play themselves into form or rest up for the second half of the season.
There are plenty of forwards who have been in fine form since the World Cup and will now be batting it out for the Golden Boot in their respective leagues. We’ve gathered the data and found the top 10 goalscorers in Europe’s top five leagues since the World Cup.
Note: goals from all competitions have been included and when players are level on goals we have ranked them by minutes per goal ratio. Lautaro Martinez and Jonathan David each just miss out on the list due to this, despite having scored seven goals.
10. Folarin Balogun – 7
Balogun is leading the way as the top scorer in Ligue 1 right now with 15 goals to his name. The Arsenal loanee is looking sharper than ever and Mikel Arteta will surely have one eye on his progress.
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9. Ademola Lookman – 7
Lookman has come a long way since that infamous Panenka blunder for Fulham. Now playing for Atalanta, he has been in fine form this season.
The 25-year-old has scored seven goals since the resumption in play with this superb solo strike against Sampdoria being the pick of the bunch.
Ademola fa quello che vuole 🤯
WHAT. A. SOLO from @Alookman_ 🥵#Lookman #GoAtalantaGo ⚫️🔵 pic.twitter.com/OdoQOFQr4y
— Atalanta B.C. (@Atalanta_BC) January 29, 2023
8. Thijs Dallinga – 7
If Dallinga continues to progress at his current rate, he will be making his Netherlands debut in no time. The 22-year-old has scored seven goals since the World Cup for Toulouse.
7. Youssef En-Nesyri – 7
The Sevilla forward played his role in Morocco’s historic World Cup run and it has been back to business at club level since his return. Sevilla endured a disastrous start to the 2022-23 campaign, but have slowly started to turn things around.
Largely thanks to En-Nesyri and the seven goals he has scored since the winter break, Sevilla have climbed to 12th in La Liga and will now turn their attention to the Europa League in midweek.
6. Karim Benzema – 8
Due to an injury and squabble in the French camp, Benzema missed the 2022 World Cup entirely and he has looked back to his usual self for Real Madrid.
The current Ballon d’Or holder had a series of injuries in the first half of the season which hampered his consistency, but those seem to be behind him now. With…
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