Top scorers in 2023: Haaland's lead is suddenly reduced as in-form Rashford drops to third

Erling Haaland had a commanding five-goal lead at one point, but Karim Benzema keeps scoring hat-tricks in April and Marcus Rashford shoots.

Kylian Mbappe led the list of top scorers of 2022 with six goals from the old man at Barcelona. But he couldn't win the France World Cup, stupid fraud.

Criteria: All club goals in all competitions for clubs in Europe's top five leagues.

10) Wissam Ben Yedder – Monaco (12 goals) Twelve goals in 16 games for Ben Yedder, who needs just three more for a third straight season of 20 top-flight goals.

9) Jonathan David - Lille (14 goals) Mbappe almost stepping into League One's top scorer list is the Canadian striker whose price is now north of £50m as Milan and Arsenal are showing interest.

8) Alexandre Lacazette – Lyon (14 goals) There was a hat-trick against Chambéry in the cup to boost the numbers but it's still a 20-goal season in Ligue 1 for the 31-year-old.< /p >

7) Kylian Mbappe - PSG (14 goals) No goals in defeats to Bayern Munich, Rennes, Lyon or Nice kept him off pace in 2023, although Lens and Angers got him back on track .

6) Youssef En-Nesyri - Sevilla (15 goals) David de Gea and Harry Maguire will be relieved not to see the 25-year-old again this season. En-Nesyri is having a great year thanks to goals against Canada and Portugal en route to a World Cup semi-final.

5) Thijs Dallinga – Toulouse (15 goals) Neither do we. He's Dutch, he's cost them around £2million this summer and has scored nine Ligue One goals in 2023. A stat padding against lower league French sides in the cup has been vindicated with two goals in the final. a dismantling of Nantes in the final. /p>

4) Victor Osimhen - Napoli (16 goals) Two more goals against Torino took the Nigerian striker to 15 goals in 15 games in 2023. It's no wonder he's so hotly sought after by all big clubs in Europe. Nor that Napoli lost twice to Milan in his absence through injury. He came back with a Champions League goal but Napoli were ousted.

3) Marcus Rashford - Man Utd (18 goals) The Conservatives' least favorite football personality, not named Gary Lineker, is on the rise. The youngest England or Man Utd player to score 25 goals in European competition isn't so bad.

2) Karim Benzema – Real Madrid (20 goals) A hat-trick of hat-tricks in April against Real Valladolid, Barcelona and Almeria for a player who is only improving at 35. Benzema also faces another English opponent in the Champions League so it shouldn't be long before he catches up...

1) Erling Haaland – Manchester City (22 goals) A late strike in the 4-1 win over Arsenal took him to 49 in his debut campaign for Man City. It's a ridiculous Haaland season.