Player With Most Goals Before the Age of 23

1. Kylian Mbappe

Kylian Mbappe was born on 20 December 1998 and is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for PSG and French National team. Mbappe made his professional debut in 2015, aged 16 with Ligue 1 club,Monaco. He has won a Ligue 1 title with Monaco, Ligue 1 Young Player of the Year and Golden Boy Award. While playing for Monaco, he made 60 appearances and scored 27 goals.

He signed for PSG on loan in 2017 before the deal was made permanent in 2018 in a transfer fee worth 180 million euros making him the most expensive teenager.

Mbappe has won, with PSG, 3 Ligue 1 titles, 2 Coupe de France titles, was named Ligue 1 Player of the Year, has finished as Ligue 1 topscorer twice and he is the third highest goalscorer in the club history. After 153 appearances at PSG, he has scored 111 goals.

Mbappe made his senior debut for French National team, aged 18, in 2017. He became the youngest French player to score at the 2018 FIFA World Cup and the second teenager, after Pele, to score in a World Cup Final.

He was the second highest goalscorer as France won the tournament and he received the Best Young Player and French Player of the Year awards. He has scored 16 goals in 39 appearances for France.

He has now scored a total tally of 154 goals.

2. Lionel Messi

Lionel Messi was born on 24 June 1987, he is an Argentina professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains both Barcelona and Argentina national team. Messi is a 6 time Ballon d'Or winner and has 6 European Golden Shoes both of which are a record. He has won 34 trophies with Barcelona, which is a club record; these includes 10 LaLiga titles, 4 UEFA Champions League titles and 6 Copas del Rey. He holds the record for most goals in LaLiga(459), a LaLiga and European League season (50), most hat-tricks in LaLiga(36) and UEFA Champions League (8) and most assists in LaLiga(186), a LaLiga and European League season (21) and the Copa America(12). He has scored over 750 senior career goals for club and country. Messi only managed to score 140 goals before the age of 23.

3. Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo was born on 5 February 1985, he is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Juventus and captains Portugal national team. He is a five time Ballon d'Or winner and has won four European Golden Shoes. He has won 31 major trophies in his career, these includes; 7 league titles, 5 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA European Championship and 1 UEFA Nations league titles. Ronaldo holds the record for most goals(134) and assists(41) in the UEFA Champions League. He has scored over 780 senior career goals for both club and country. Ronaldo managed to score 102 goals before the age of 23.