Vinicius, Ronaldo, Messi: Which players reached 20 goals & 20 assists in a season?

Vinicius Junior was at his magnificent best during Real Madrid‘s 6-0 victory over Levante in La Liga.

The fleet-footed Brazilian scored a brilliant hat-trick and also contributed the assist for Karim Benzema‘s goal.

Vinicius was simply unstoppable at the Santiago Bernabeu and his numbers for the season now make for great reading if you’re a Real Madrid fan.

The former Flamengo forward has 21 goals and 20 assists to his name across all competitions in 2021/22, a return that’s right up there with the very best in the business.

Reaching the 20 mark in both departments in a single season is a seriously impressive feat and it’s certainly not one that’s achieved by a player regularly.

In fact, it’s only happened on 30 occasions in Europe’s top five leagues during the 21st century thus far, according to the figures on Transfermarkt.

Vinicius has joined a very exclusive club…

Thierry Henry (Arsenal, 2002/03) – 32 goals, 28 assists

Ronaldinho (Barcelona, 2005/06) – 26 goals, 24 assists

Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd, 2006/07) – 23 goals, 22 assists

Frank Lampard (Chelsea, 2006/07) – 21 goals, 21 assists

Frank Lampard (Chelsea, 2008/09) – 20 goals, 21 assists

Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 2010/11) – 53 goals, 27 assists

Nene (Paris Saint-Germain, 2010/11) – 20 goals, 23 assists

Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 2011/12) – 72 goals, 31 assists

Eden Hazard (Lille, 2011/12) – 22 goals, 22 assists

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, 2012/13) – 20 goals, 21 assists

Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund, 2013/14) – 23 goals, 22 assists

Lionel Messi (Barcelona, 2014/15) – 58 goals, 30 assists

Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 2014/15) – 59 goals, 23 assists

Luis Suarez (Barcelona, 2014/15) – 24 goals, 23 assists

Luis Suarez (Barcelona, 2015/16) – 58 goals, 23 assists

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