which soccer player had the most goals in a season at age 26

Mario Gómez and Ruud van Nistelrooy are tied for tallying the most goals by a 26-year-old player in the Champions League in a season, with 12 goals.

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	CLUB	Rating	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Mario Gómez M. Gómez	12	26	2011-12	Bayern		12	941	11	1.00			0
2	Ruud van Nistelrooy R. van Nistelrooy	12	26	2002-03	Man United		9	684	8	1.33			0
3	Gerd Müller G. Müller	11	26	1972-73	Bayern		6	540	6	1.83			0
4	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	10	26	2011-12	Real Madrid		10	900	10	1.00			2
5	Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé	9	26	2025-26	Real Madrid	7.92	5	440	5	1.80	0	9	3	0	32	18	1	240	54	4
6	Lautaro Martínez L. Martínez	9	26	2024-25	Inter	7.54	14	853	10	0.64	0	9	1	0	23	18	0	359	44	5
7	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	9	26	2015-16	Bayern		12	942	11	0.75	0	9	0		48	26		432		10
8	Wissam Ben Yedder W. Ben Yedder	8	26	2017-18	Sevilla		9	651	8	0.89	0	8	2	0	23	16	0	279	52	9
9	Lionel Messi L. Messi	8	26	2013-14	Barcelona		7	630	7	1.14			2
10	Tore André Flo T. André Flo	8	26	1999-00	Chelsea		14	1,131	13	0.57			0
11	Dwight Yorke D. Yorke	8	26	1998-99	Man United		11	927	11	0.73			0
12	Raymond Crawford R. Crawford	8	26	1962-63	Ipswich		4	360	4	2.00			0
13	Luc Nilis L. Nilis	7	26	1993-94	Anderlecht		9	742	8	0.78			0
14	Romário	7	26	1992-93	PSV		9	791	8	0.78			0
15	Roger Hunt R. Hunt	7	26	1964-65	Liverpool		9	810	9	0.78			0
16	Victor Osimhen V. Osimhen	6	26	2025-26	Galatasaray	7.70	4	313	4	1.50	0	6	3	0	23	15	0	90	35	6
17	Viktor Gyökeres V. Gyökeres	6	26	2024-25	Sporting CP	7.43	8	608	6	0.75	1	7	2	0	24	11	1	264	44	4
18	Harry Kane H. Kane	6	26	2019-20	Tottenham		5	450	5	1.20	0	6	2	0	23	10	1	175	38	3
19	Sergio Agüero S. Agüero	6	26	2014-15	Man City		7	550	6	0.86	1	7	2
20	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	6	26	2014-15	Real Madrid		9	664	8	0.67	1	7	0
21	Mário Jardel M. Jardel	6	26	2000-01	Galatasaray		14	1,243	14	0.43			0
22	Franck Gaston Sauzée F. Gaston Sauzée	6	26	1992-93	Marseille		10	831	9	0.60			2
23	Jean Roger Papin J. Roger Papin	6	26	1990-91	Marseille		9	810	9	0.67			1
24	Bengt Ove Kindvall B. Ove Kindvall	6	26	1969-70	Feyenoord		9	810	9	0.67			0
25	Franz Brungs F. Brungs	6	26	1963-64	Dortmund		6	540	6	1.00			0