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Mbappe hits 30 goals in a season – how do other stars compare to PSG's unstoppable 20-year-old?

By scoring a hat-trick in PSG's win over Monaco on Sunday, Kylian Mbappe broke the 30 goal barrier in Ligue 1 for the season.

At 20 years and four months of age, he is the youngest person ever to achieve 30 goals in a year in the French top-flight.

Mbappe could surpass Phiippe Gondet's record for Ligue 1 goals in a season with six more in PSG's three remaining games. Bondet notched 36 for Nantes in the 1965-66 campaign.

Current European Golden Shoe leader Lionel Messi has 33 goals this season and if Mbappe were to equal or surpass Bondet's mark, he would surely challenge for that crown too.

Mbappe's achievement looks even better when bearing in mind many of the great forwards of eras gone by, including Pippo Inzaghi, Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Owen, Didier Drogba, Gabriel Batistuta, David Trezeguet, Radamel Falcao and Sergio Aguero, have never passed that mark .

Goalhas looked back at the ages at which other goalscorers passed the 30-goal barrier in Europe's Top-5 leagues for the first time.

We restricted the list to the last 30 seasons, but as the first of those started a decade before Mbappe was born, that shouldn't make his feat less impressive.

  • Zlatan Ibrahimovic PSG Bordeaux Ligue 1 31012014Getty Images

    17Zlatan Ibrahimovic (31 years and 7 months)

    Season: 2012/2013
    Club: PSG
    Goals scored: 30

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    16Edinson Cavani (30 years and 3 months)

    Season: 2016/17
    Club: PSG
    Goals Scored: 35
  • Diego Forlan Atletico MadridGetty Images

    15Diego Forlan (30 years)

    Season: 2008/09
    Club: Atletico Madrid
    Goals Scored: 32
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    14Gonzalo Higuain (28 years and 6 months)

    Season: 2015/16
    Club: Napoli
    Goals Scored: 36
  • Samuel Eto'o BarcelonaGetty Images

    13Samuel Eto'o (28 years and 2 months)

    Season: 2008/09
    Club: Barcelona
    Goals scored: 30
  • ROBERT LEWANDOWSKI BAYERN MUNCHEN UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE 06122016Getty Images

    12Robert Lewandowski (27 years and 9 months)

    Season: 2015/16
    Club: Bayern Munich
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Luca Toni PalermoGetty

    11Luca Toni (27 years)

    Season: 2003/04
    Club: Palermo
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Thierry Henry ArsenalGetty

    10Thierry Henry (26 years and 9 months)

    Season: 2003/04
    Club: Arsenal
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Mohamed Salah Liverpool 2017-11-25(C)Getty Images

    9Mohamed Salah (25 years and 11 months)

    Season: 2017/18
    Club: Liverpool
    Goals Scored: 32
  • Harry Kane Tottenham 2017Getty Images

    8Harry Kane (24 years and 10 months)

    Season: 2017/18
    Club: Tottenham
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Alan Shearer - Blackburn Rovers, 1995Getty

    7Alan Shearer (23 years and 9 months)

    Season: 1993/94
    Club: Blackburn
    Goals Scored: 31
  • Luis Suarez Ajax Auxerre 10192010Getty Images

    6Luis Suarez (23 years and 4 months)

    Season: 2009/10
    Club: Ajax
    Goals scored: 35
  • Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester UnitedGetty Images

    5Cristiano Ronaldo (23 years and 3 months)

    Season: 2007/08
    Club: Manchester United
    Goals Scored: 31
  • Lionel Messi La Liga Real Zaragoza Barcelona 2010Getty

    4Lionel Messi (22 years and 11 months)

    Season: 2009/10
    Club: Barcelona
    Goals Scored: 34
  • Ruud van Nistelrooy PSVGetty

    3Ruud van Nistelrooy (22 years and 10 months)

    Season: 1998/99
    Club: PSV
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Kylian Mbappe PSG Ligue 1Getty Images

    2Kylian Mbappe (20 years and 4 months)

    Season: 2018/19
    Club: PSG
    Goals Scored: 30
  • Ronaldo PSVGetty Images

    1Ronaldo (18 years and 8 months)

    Season: 1994/95
    Club: PSV
    Goals Scored: 30