2024/25 Nations League Alipay+ Top Scorer: Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Gyökeres, Marin and Šeško lead way
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
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Türkiye's Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Sweden striker Viktor Gyökeres, Romania midfielder Răzvan Marin and Slovenia forward Benjamin Šeško lead the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland and Harry Kane.
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Kerem Aktürkoğlu, Viktor Gyökeres, Răzvan Marin and Benjamin Šeško are in a four-way tie on four goals in the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League top scorer rankings.
Slovenia forward Šeško scored the first hat-trick of this edition in a 3-0 win at home to Kazakhstan on 9 September, adding to a penalty against Austria three days earlier.
Türkiye's Kerem Aktürkoğlu quickly registered the second hat-trick of this edition, in a 3-1 home success against Iceland, and was on target again in the reverse fixture, sealing a 4-2 win in Reykjavik on 14 October.
Sweden striker Gyökeres took his tally to four on the same night, along with a tournament-leading four assists, in a 3-0 win in Estonia.
Marin, meanwhile, has scored a penalty in each of Romania's four fixtures to date.
Ten players lie just one behind on three goals, including Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo, Erling Haaland of Norway and France forward Randal Kolo Muani.
2024/25 Nations League top scorers (group stage to final)
4 Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Türkiye)
4 Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
4 Răzvan Marin (Romania)
4 Benjamin Šeško (Slovenia)
3 Davide Frattesi (Italy)
3 Erling Haaland (Norway)
3 Fotis Ioannidis (Greece)
3 Alexander Isak (Sweden)
3 Randal Kolo Muani (France)
3 Isaac Price (Northern Ireland)
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
3 David Strelec (Slovakia)
3 Deniz Undav (Germany)
3 Harry Wilson (Wales)
There are some stellar names among the chasing pack too, including Declan Rice, Fabián Ruiz, Kevin De Bruyne and Edin Džeko, as well as Harry Kane.
Which players have scored Nations League hat-tricks in 2024/25?
Benjamin Šeško (Slovenia 3-0 Kazakhstan, 09/09/2024)
Kerem Aktürkoğlu (Türkiye 3-1 Iceland, 09/09/2024)
Isaac Price (Northern Ireland 5-0 Bulgaria, 15/10/2024)
Most assists in the 2024/25 Nations League
4 Viktor Gyökeres (Sweden)
3 Tasos Bakasetas (Greece)
3 Nuno Mendes (Portugal)
3 Jamal Musiala (Germany)
3 Florian Wirtz (Germany)
Nations League finals top scorers by season (final tournament only)
2022/23: Steven Bergwijn (Netherlands), Federico Chiesa (Italy), Federico Dimarco (Italy), Davide Frattesi (Italy), Ciro Immobile (Italy), Joselu (Spain), Andrej Kramarić (Croatia), Noa Lang (Netherlands), Donyell Malen (Netherlands), Luka Modrić (Croatia), Mario Pašalić (Croatia), Bruno Petković (Croatia), Yeremy Pino (Spain), Georginio Wijnaldum (Netherlands) 1
2020/21: Kylian Mbappé (France), Ferran Torres (Spain), Karim Benzema (France) 2
2018/19: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) 3
Nations League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
2022/23: Erling Haaland (Norway), Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia) 6
2020/21: Erling Haaland (Norway), Romelu Lukaku (Belgium), Ferran Torres (Spain) 6
2018/19: Aleksandar Mitrović (Serbia) 6
