Benzema, Mbappe, Nkunku: The 3 most prolific players from FIFA's top 10 nations

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll know that Karim Benzema, Kylian Mbappe and Christopher Nkunku have been tearing up European football in 2021/22.

With Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain and RB Leipzig, the French trio have scored and assisted goals at a ridiculous rate.

Their outrageous numbers have been praised to the rafters on social media in recent weeks and the sight of them gave us an idea.

We’ve decided to use Transfermarkt to look at who’re currently the three most prolific players from each of the current top 10 nations in the FIFA World Rankings.

And it turns out Benzema, Mbappe and Nkunku’s stats are even scarier than we first thought…

(Only players operating in one of Europe’s top 15 leagues were considered for selection, with goal contributions across all club competitions taken into account.)

Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina) – 29 goals & 9 assists

Vinicius Junior (Real Madrid) – 17 goals & 17 assists

Evanilson (FC Porto) – 18 goals & 5 assists

Total: 64 goals & 31 assists

Charles De Ketelaere (Club Brugge) – 18 goals & 9 assists

Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge) – 13 goals & 12 assists

Dante Vanzeir (Union SG) – 14 goals & 10 assists

Total: 45 goals & 31 assists

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) – 31 goals & 22 assists

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) – 38 goals & 13 assists

Christopher Nkunku (RB Leipzig) – 30 goals & 18 assists

Total: 99 goals & 53 assists

Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) – 8 goals & 13 assists

Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan) – 17 goals & 3 assists

Giovanni Simeone (Cagliari) – 16 goals & 4 assists

Total: 37 goals & 20 assists

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur) – 22 goals & 9 assists

Tammy Abraham (AS Roma) – 24 goals & 4 assists

Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United) – 15 goals & 11 assists

Total: 61