Kylian Mbappe vs Erling Haaland: Who is the future GOAT? Head-to-head stats of PSG and Man City superstars | Goal.com Nigeria (2024)

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Who is better, Erling Haaland or Kylian Mbappé? ›

Mbappé also has the edge in the Champions League this season, reaching a top speed of 36.1km/h compared to Haaland's 34.6km/h.

Amongst them, the two most high-profile ones are arguably France's Kylian Mbappe and Norway's Erling Haaland and it is safe to say that Mbappe and Haaland are currently competing to establish themselves as the future superstar of world football.

Mbappe, one of the world's fastest footballers, recently clocked an estimated speed of 10.9 seconds over 100m, over a second slower than Bolt's world-record time of 9.58 seconds.

Ronaldo has an edge over Messi in the Champions League, his love affair with the competition earning him the moniker 'Mr Champions League'. The Al-Nassr star has also enjoyed notable success on the international stage with Portugal, winning the European Championship and the UEFA Nations League.

He's played against his idol for club and country, and Ronaldo's children are now wearing Mbappé's jersey.

Ballon d'Or 2024 Power Rankings: Kylian Mbappe and Harry Kane climb as Man City's Champions League exit hits Erling Haaland's hopes hard. The race for the Golden Ball hotting up - so which of the game's biggest stars are true contenders, and who are merely pretenders?

Some of the biggest names in the sport have declared Lionel Messi as the GOAT – above Diego Maradona, Pele, and his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo.

For Ronaldo, his huge social media following, Nike CR7 brand and sponsorships deals with likes of Tag Heuer, EA Sports and Sacoor Brothers have helped him amass an estimated fortune of $450 million. Messi, on the other hand, is worth just less than his old foe - an estimated $400m.

Mbappe, one of the world's fastest footballers, recently clocked an estimated speed of 10.9 seconds over 100m, over a second slower than Bolt's world-record time of 9.58 seconds. The Frenchman's reported time, albeit impressive, would still leave him outside the top 60 on the women's 100m all-time list.

When did Mbappe scored his first hat-trick? ›

Mbappé scored the first hat-trick of his first-team career on 14 December 2016, in a 7–0 home win over Rennes in the Coupe de la Ligue round of 16 – the first hat-trick scored by any Monaco player in the competition since Sonny Anderson in 1997.

Kylian Mbappé is one of the world's fastest football players. In a Champions League match between his team, Paris Saint Germain, and Real Sociedad, the French forward managed to run 100m in 10.9 seconds.

Rodriguez went first and clocked a time of 3.31 seconds. Ronaldo followed up with a time of 3.61 seconds. Rodriguez said: "I took three-tenths from him [Ronaldo], which is quite a lot.

"He's the best striker in the world," added Guardiola of the 23-year-old Norwegian. "He helped us win last season and the reason why we didn't create many answers from Erling is we need more presence in the final third with more people.

Erling Haaland was named the Best Men's Player at the 2023 Globe Soccer Awards ceremony in Dubai on Friday. Haaland scored 52 goals in 53 games for Manchester City last season, helping fire the club to glory in the Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League.

During his second and final season at PSG, Messi notched 21 goals and 20 assists (a combined 41 contributions in 40 appearances); not a bad record at all, but paling in comparison to Haaland's whopping 52 goals and 9 assists (61 contributions in 53 games).

Haaland came second behind Messi in the 2023 Ballon d'Or vote in October. Messi has now won the award eight times. Messi then also beat Haaland to win The Best FIFA Men's Player award in January.