Kylian Mbappe has won the 2024/25 European Golden Boot thanks to his 31-goal haul in La Liga, leading the way with 62 points.
The 26-year-old netted a double in Real Madrid’s final game of the season on Saturday against Real Sociedad to take the lead in the race.
He would have been looking anxiously over his shoulders earlier today with Mohamed Salah in action against Crystal Palace.
Salah needed three goals to share the award with Mbappe and four to win it outright, but could only score once in Liverpool’s 1-1 draw.
A whopping six goals behind at kick-off, Robert Lewandowski was the last of Mbappe’s competitors to play on Sunday and scored twice inside the opening 17 minutes to give himself a glimmer of hope.
However, the Poland international missed several opportunities to add to his tally and was substituted by the time Barcelona got a late penalty, which Dani Olmo converted.
Lewandowski ended the season on 27 league goals, four behind Mbappe, confirming the Frenchman’s status as winner of the European Golden Boot award.
Mbappe is the first player in football history to win the Champions League, World Cup and European Golden Boot awards, further cementing his status as one of the world’s best players.
While the season ended relatively well for Mbappe on a personal level, he would have liked more collective glory to go along with it.
Madrid could only win the European Super Cup and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup.
Under the tutelage of newly appointed manager Xabi Alonso, Los Blancos will be looking to go all the way in the Club World Cup tournament this summer.
