Known affectionately as “The Turtle” in footballing circles — a nod to his calm, calculated approach combined with explosive bursts — Mbappe has started this season with a scoring rhythm few have seen. After netting against Villarreal, his tally now stands at 14 goals in 10 matches, scoring in nine of them and maintaining a remarkable streak of seven consecutive matches across league and European competitions.
This marks the best scoring start of his career, surpassing his previous records with PSG, where he scored 12 goals in his first ten matches in 2018/19 and 11 in 2022/23. Even during his debut season at Real Madrid, he netted seven goals in his first ten matches and finished the season with both the Golden Boot and the Pichichi Trophy.
By the end of that first season, Mbappe had set the club record for most goals by a player in their debut season at Real Madrid with 44 goals, surpassing Ivan Zamorano’s 37 goals in 1992-93, as confirmed by the club’s official website.