which soccer player had the most goals in a season at age 23

Lionel Messi has tallied the most goals by a 23-year-old player in the Champions League in a season, with 12 goals in 2010-11.

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	CLUB	Rating	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Lionel Messi L. Messi	12	23	2010-11	Barcelona		13	1,047	11	0.92			1
2	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	10	23	2012-13	Dortmund		13	1,090	12	0.77			1
3	Marco van Basten M. van Basten	10	23	1988-89	Milan		9	810	9	1.11			1
4	Simone Inzaghi S. Inzaghi	9	23	1999-00	Lazio		11	701	8	0.82			0
5	David Trezeguet D. Trezeguet	8	23	2001-02	Juventus		10	841	9	0.80			0
6	Alan John Gilzean A. John Gilzean	8	23	1962-63	Dundee		8	715	8	1.00			0
7	Heinz Strehl H. Strehl	8	23	1961-62	Nürnberg		6	540	6	1.33			0
8	Edvaldo Izidio E. Izidio	8	23	1958-59	Atlético Madrid		10	900	10	0.80			1
9	Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé	7	23	2022-23	PSG	7.51	8	652	7	0.88	3	10	1	0	26	15	0	398	71	9
10	Christopher Nkunku C. Nkunku	7	23	2021-22	Leipzig		6	531	6	1.17	1	8	0	0	17	11	0	309	41	2
11	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	7	23	2011-12	Real Madrid		11	744	10	0.64			0
12	Thierry Henry T. Henry	7	23	2001-02	Arsenal		11	982	11	0.64			2
13	Raúl	7	23	2000-01	Real Madrid		12	995	11	0.58			0
14	Patrick Kluivert P. Kluivert	7	23	1999-00	Barcelona		14	1,176	14	0.50			0
15	Borislav Cvetković B. Cvetković	7	23	1986-87	Crvena Zvedza		6	540	6	1.17			0
16	Eusébio	7	23	1965-66	Benfica		5	450	5	1.40			0
17	Flórián Albert F. Albert	7	23	1965-66	Ferencváros		6	540	6	1.17			0
18	Vladimir Kovačević V. Kovačević	7	23	1963-64	Partizan		6	540	6	1.17			1
19	José Augusto Pinto J. Augusto Pinto	7	23	1960-61	Benfica		9	810	9	0.78			1
20	Santiago Giménez S. Giménez	6	23	2024-25	Total	8.03	7	446	6	0.86	1	7	1	0	11	8	0	134	27	4
21	Erling Haaland E. Haaland	6	23	2023-24	Man City	7.06	9	780	9	0.67	1	7	2	0	43	22	3	183	64	1
22	Vinícius Júnior V. Júnior	6	23	2023-24	Real Madrid	7.35	10	902	10	0.60	4	10	1	0	30	13	2	508	91	7
23	Youssef En-Nesyri Y. En-Nesyri	6	23	2020-21	Sevilla		8	386	4	0.75	0	6	1	0	16	10	0	116	21	2
24	Fernando Torres F. Torres	6	23	2007-08	Liverpool		10	865	10	0.60			0
25	Michalis Konstantinou M. Konstantinou	6	23	2001-02	Panathinaikos		14	962	12	0.43			0