MY ACCOUNT
Speculation over Kylian Mbappe’s future is finally over as he will be staying at Paris Saint-Germain.
The 23-year-old had widely been expected to join Real Madrid as a free agent, but it was confirmed on Saturday that the France forward has signed a new three-year contract with PSG.
Mbappe joined the Ligue 1 champions from Monaco, initially on loan, in 2017 and has become the capital club’s leading light, despite playing alongside Neymar and, as of the 2021-22 season, Lionel Messi.
PSG were desperate to keep hold of the World Cup winner and have now got their wish.
Here, we break down the key numbers and records behind Mbappe’s PSG career to date.
The headline numbers
217 – As he featured in PSG’s starting XI against Metz, he has now made 217 appearances so far, more than any other player in the period since he joined the club. Of those appearances, 190 have been starts.
168 – Before the Metz game, the forward had scored an incredible 168 goals for PSG, 72 more than Neymar, who was second on the list since Mbappe made his PSG bow.
77 – Prior to the Metz game, he was also the leading assister since he joined PSG, creating 77 goals.
775 – As expected, he also topped the PSG squad for shots, having had 775, with 398 of those hitting the target. Magnifique.
42 – No player had contributed to more goals across Europe’s top five leagues this season heading into Saturday’s match than Mbappe, who has been involved in 42.
The records
15 – This season, Mbappe became the first player to score at least 15 goals and provide at least 15 assists in a single Ligue 1 campaign since Eden Hazard did so for Lille in the 2011-12 campaign.
100 – When he scored against Lyon in March 2021, Mbappe became the youngest player to rack up 100 goals in Ligue 1, at the age of 22 years and 91 days. He is also the youngest player to net a century of goals in the top five European Leagues in the 21st century.
2 – Mbappe is already the second-highest Ligue 1 scorer since the turn of the century, having scored 132 times in the competition before Saturday’s game. Only PSG great Edinson Cavani, with 138, has netted more.
1 – He is hoping to become the first player to finish as the highest goalscorer and the leading assist provider in the same Ligue 1 season since Opta began collecting such data in 2008.
8 – Ever consistent, Mbappe had scored at least one goal and delivered at least one assist in eight different Ligue 1 games this season, the highest tally of his career in the same top-flight campaign, prior to the final match of the 2021-22 campaign.
3 – Mbappe is aiming to be the third player to finish as the highest goalscorer in four consecutive Ligue 1 seasons, after Carlos Bianchi (four in a row with Reims and PSG) and Jean-Pierre Papin (five in a row with Marseille).
50 – It is not just domestically that Mbappe has thrived. Since Opta collected such data, starting in the 2003-04 season, he is the fastest and youngest player to have reached 50 goal involvements in the Champions League, doing so in 51 matches, by the age of 22 years and 352 days.
32 – As of kick-off against Metz, Mbappe was 32 goals shy of matching Cavani’s club record of 200 for PSG.
