The striker with the most goals and assists in Europe: surprise with a completely unfamiliar name

Not Harry Kane, Erling Haaland or Mbappe, little-known striker Viktor Gyokeres of Sporting Lisbon Club is the player directly involved in the most goals in the top 7 European leagues in the 2023/24 season.

Harry Kane was injured after setting a Bundesliga record

Tough race between Harry Kane and Kylian Mbappe

According to statistics, Viktor Gyokeres has directly contributed (scoring and assisting) in 50 goals in all competitions so far in the 2023/24 season. Specifically, Sporting Lisbon's Swedish striker scored 36 goals and had 14 assists after 39 matches.

Thus, Gyokeres is at the top of the top scorers and assists on all fronts in the top 7 European national leagues (England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France, Netherlands and Portugal).

Viktor Gyokeres is the player who contributes directly to the most goals in Europe currently

Because he became famous in his first season with Sporting Lisbon, Gyokeres was put on the radar of many big European teams. According to Mirror, Arsenal is one of the teams considering buying the former Coventry City striker in this summer's transfer window. Of course, the price to buy this 1m87 tall striker is not cheap when Lisbon costs him no less than 60 million euros.

Behind the 25-year-old striker in the list of players with the most goals and assists in the top 7 European leagues is Harry Kane. According to Squawka, Kane has directly contributed to 47 goals for Bayern Munich after 35 matches (37 goals and 12 assists).

The remaining star in the top 3 is Mbappe. The French international has been directly involved in 46 PSG goals in Ligue 1, Champions League, national cup and French Super Cup since the beginning of the 2023/24 season (with 38 goals and 8 assists). If only considered in the top 5 European national leagues, Mbappe is inferior only to Kane (24 goals compared to 31).

As for Erling Haaland, the star who made waves in the previous campaign only scored 29 goals. In total, Man City's goal-scoring machine was directly involved in 35 goals this season (scored 29 goals and had 6 assists).