Erling Haaland continued his record-breaking form for Manchester City with a hat-trick in their 6-3 derby win over Manchester United.
Haaland seemingly breaks records every time he steps on the pitch for City, with 17 goals in his first 11 games.
He has now scored a whopping 14 Premier League goals in 2022/23, which is only nine fewer than the Golden Boot-winning totals recorded by Heung-min Son and Mohamed Salah last season.
What records has he already broken this season?
Haaland has scored 14 goals in his first eight Premier League appearances, taking the old record of Micky Quinn (10) in 1992.
He has already smashed the record held jointly by Quinn, Papiss Cisse and Diego Costa of 11 goals in their first 10 Premier League games – with two games to spare.
His 11 goals in his first seven games were a record, as were his nine goals in his first five games. Those nine goals made him the top scorer in August of any Premier League season.
Haaland is the first player to score a hat-trick in three consecutive home games in the Premier League – against Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest and United.
He is the first player to score in his first four away games in the Premier League.
He also broke a few records on his Champions League debut at Sevilla, with a double in a 4-0 win, and more with the late winner against his old side Dortmund.
Haaland became the first player to score multiple times on his Champions League debut for three different clubs – after a hat-trick for Salzburg against Genk and two goals for Dortmund against Paris St-Germain.
That took him to 25 Champions League goals in just 20 games – smashing the old record of Ruud van Nistelrooy and Roberto Soldado, who scored 16 in their first 20 games.
He is the youngest player to score 25 goals in the competition, beating the record of Kylian Mbappe, who in turn took the landmark off Lionel Messi.
His goal against Dortmund took him to 26 goals in 21 games.
He has already equalled the record for most goals in his first 30 Champions League games – with nine games left to score once and break Van Nistelrooy’s record.
Haaland also has the record for fewest Champions League games needed to score 10, 15 and 20 goals. Nobody else has scored multiple goals in four successive appearances in the competition.
He is also the first City player to score on both his Premier League debut and Champions League debut for the club.
Which players have scored the most goals after 75 games in Europe’s top leagues?
One new achievement Haaland can now boast about is his historic goal return after 75 appearances in Europe’s top leagues.
In that timeframe, no player has scored more times and the Norwegian is also the only man to average more than a goal per game.
The stats boffins over at PopFoot have provided all the details, with both Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo absent from their 20-man list.
=18. Diego – 34 goals
=18. Alvaro Negredo – 34 goals
=18. Fernando Torres – 34 goals
17. Alexandre Pato – 36 goals
16. Luis Suarez – 37 goals
15. Djibril Cisse – 38 goals
=12. Didier Drogba – 39 goals
=12. Michael Owen – 39 goals
=12. Kylian Mbappe – 39 goals
=9. Julio Baptista – 40 goals
=9. Harry Kane – 40 goals
=9. David Trezeguet – 40 goals
8. Edin Dzeko – 41 goals
7. Neymar – 43 goals
6. Adriano – 46 goals
5. Andriy Shevchenko – 54 goals
4. Ruud van Nistelrooy – 56 goals
3. Radamel Falcao – 59 goals
2. Ronaldo Nazario – 63 goals
1. Erling Haaland – 76 goals
