Recently, Sportskeeda newspaper attracted attention when revealing the list of 7 best strikers in 2023. To come up with the above list, Sportskeeda evaluated based on the number of goals and assists obtained, stability. determination as well as contribute to the entire team.

Messi, Ronaldo, Mbappe and Haaland are all mentioned by name.

7. Antoine Griezmann

Griezmann seemed to have faded away after a period of poor performance for Barca. However, since the 2022-2023 season, the French player has revived in terms of performance. The 32-year-old striker shined at the 2022 World Cup, reaching the final with his home team.

Returning to Atletico, Griezmann also continuously shined. Last season, this player scored 16 goals and 19 assists after 48 appearances in all competitions. Griezmann’s high form continues to be maintained.

Since the beginning of the 2023-2024 season, Griezmann has scored 16 goals, pocketed 2 assists in 23 appearances. Once Griezmann regains his best form, all defenders will have to be cautious.

6. Lionel Messi

The year 2023 witnessed an important turning point in Messi’s career when the Argentine superstar left PSG to move to play for Inter Miami. In the 2022-2023 season, Messi promptly pocketed 21 goals and 20 assists in all competitions for France.

Coming to Inter Miami, Messi immediately made his mark with 11 goals and 5 assists after 14 appearances. Messi’s impressive performance helped the team co-chaired by David Beckham win the historic Federation Cup championship.

5. Cristiano Ronaldo

Few people would have expected Ronaldo to shine so bright at the age of 38. In 2023, the Portuguese superstar has scored 50 goals so far. In the Saudi Arabia National Championship this season, Ronaldo leads the top scorer list with 16 goals.

Ronaldo’s high form helped Al Nassr win the Arab Club Championship Cup and compete in a series of other titles this season. The fact that Ronaldo is only ranked 5th on the list is partly because the quality at the tournament in Saudi Arabia is not comparable to that in Europe.

4. Mohamed Salah

When his good partners Sadio Mane and Roberto Firmino left, Salah remained at Liverpool and continued to shine brightly. In the 2022-2023 season, the Egyptian striker is a rare bright spot in the context of his teammates’ poor performance with 30 goals and 16 assists.

This season, with adjustments in the squad, Liverpool returned strongly. As for Salah, the 32-year-old player has had 14 goals and 8 assists in all competitions since the beginning of the season.

3. Harry Kane

Kane alone with 30 goals in the Premier League cannot help the home team win tickets to attend the C1 Cup this season. Therefore, last summer, Kane decided to move to Bayern. At the German champions, Kane shined with 24 goals and 8 assists in just 21 appearances.

At this time, Kane has 52 goals, the male player with the most goals in 2023 so far.

2. Erling Haaland

Haaland had a great season for Man City last season, contributing 52 goals and helping his team win the treble. This season, the Norwegian player has 19 goals and 5 assists after 22 appearances.

According to Sportskeeda, the reason Haaland is not at the top of this list is because he has not been able to shine in big matches.

1. Kylian Mbappe

Mbappe is one of the most comprehensive strikers in the world at the moment. Not only scoring goals, the French player also knows how to torment the opponent’s defense with his dribbling ability.

Last season, Mbappe and PSG won Ligue 1, winning the tournament’s top scorer with 29 goals. This season, the 25-year-old striker has scored 19 goals and 2 assists in 21 appearances.