On Dec. 20, 2024, Kylian Mbappe turns 26, drawing comparisons to Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at the same stage of life. Given their figures in goals, assists and trophies this sheds some light on where Kylian Mbappe stands among greats.
Club and International Appearances
By the age of 26, Kylian Mbappe has 370 club appearances, with 285 goals and 124 assists. He has made 82 international appearances for France, scoring 48 goals.
Messi, by contrast, at the same age had played 379 times for Barcelona, and scored 313 goals. At 25 and a half, Ronaldo had 426 club games and 178 goals.
Goal Contributions & Efficiency
Kylian Mbappe goal-scoring rate is a little bit around a goal every 98.6 minutes (every 68.7 minutes if you include assists) at the club level.
Messi, with 25 goals, averaged a goal every approximately 125.4 minutes, while Ronaldo was one every 177.5.
Champions League record
In the UEFA Champions League, Kylian Mbappe has at age 26 scored 48 goals in 73 appearances.
Messi had 37 Champions League goals by his 24th birthday, while Ronaldo had 11 by that age.
Trophies & INDIVIDUAL HONOURS
Kylian Mbappe trophy collection includes multiple Ligue 1 titles, Coupe de France trophies and a FIFA World Cup winner’s medal from 2018. Apart, he have won several Ligue 1 Player of the Year awards, and was the Ligue 1 top scorer for a few seasons.
At 26, Messi had already won numerous La Liga titles, Champions League trophies and multiple personal honors that even included a few Ballon d’Or awards. By this age Ronaldo had also won Premier League titles, a Champions League and his first Ballon d’Or.
International Achievements
Kylian Mbappe, who won the World Cup in 2018 and the UEFA Nations League, is widely regarded as one of the best players in world football’s current generation. He has 48 goals for France now at 26 years old, an impressive return.
Messi had 26 international goals at 25, Ronaldo 22, and neither had won a major international trophy at that age.
