Article by Adrian Duţă – Published Tuesday, January 20, 2026 22:43 / Updated Tuesday, January 20, 2026 23:09
Regardless of the coach, Carlo Ancelotti, Xabi Alonso or Alvaro Arbeloa, la real madrid there is one constant: Kylian Mbappe (27) scores. He also did it twice with Monacoin the first half, in the stage #7 of the single group of the Champions League, and reached 18 successes in the UCL in the “blanco” shirt.
In just a year and a half, Kylian Mbappe has overtaken Gareth Bale and Luis Figo in the number of Champions League goals for Real Madrid. The two club legends scored 16 times each, with the Frenchman netting 18 times, according to Squawka.
Kylian Mbappe has overtaken Bale and Figo in UCL goals for Real Madrid
Before the match against Monaco, the team he made his UCL debut for, Mbappe was tied with Figo and Bale for Real Madrid's league goals. With the goal in the 5th minute of the game with Monaco, Kylian surpassed the two.
Then he distanced himself, because in the 26th minute he ticked off the “double” with AS Monaco. It was the 18th goal in Real's shirt in the League, the 11th in the current edition. Last season, his first at the Bernabeu, Mbappe scored 7 times in the Champions League.
Mbappe, alongside Ronaldo, Benzema and Raul
Kylian Mbappe ticked off another important milestone and became the fourth Real Madrid player to score at least 10 goals in a UCL editionsince the competition switched from the Champions Cup format to the Champions League format.
Before Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo (in 7 seasons), Karim Benzema and Raul had managed to score more than 10 goals in a season in the Champions League.
With the 11 goals scored, Mbappe is by far the top scorer in the current edition of the Champions League. Erling Haaland, second in the ranking, has 6 goals.
66 goalshas Kylian Mbappe in the Champions League throughout his career, a competition in which he has played for Monaco, PSG and Real Madrid
