Comparing Haaland’s record to the game’s greats: Messi, Ronaldo, Lewa…

Erling Haaland needed just 10 minutes against Bayern Munich to underline his status as one of the best players in the world. But how does he compare to the other absolute superstars of the game?

Given how Haaland’s rivalry with the other immediate standout player of the next generation, Kylian Mbappe, is already being talked up, we had to include the PSG striker, as well as the three extraordinary figures from the old guard: Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.

We’ve gone back to that start of the 2019/20 season, when Haaland broke through as an elite player at Red Bull Salzburg, and compared his record to Ronaldo’s at Juventus, Messi’s at Barcelona, Lewandowski’s at Bayern Munich and Mbappe’s at PSG all over the same period of time.