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Many prolific goalscorers have graced the game of football since the turn of the century, scoring goals and winning big titles galore. Some of them are still going strong, despite being on the wrong side of 30.
While not all of them have won league titles, they have been top scorers in Europe's top five leagues. Some of these players have done so in multiple leagues and multiple occasions.
Without further ado, here's a look at the ten players with the quickest quadruples in Europe's top five leagues since the turn of the century:
#10 Patrick Kluivert - 25 minutes (2001-02)
Patrick Kluivert was a top goalscorer during his playing days. The former Netherlands international started out at Ajax and also turned up for the likes of Barcelona and AC Milan, among others.
The Euro 2000 top scorer won four league titles for three different clubs in two different countries. Kluivert won the Champions League with Ajax in 1995. The then 18-year-old became the youngest player to score in the competition's title match.
Two seasons after he won the 1999-00 La Liga title with Barcelona, Kluivert struck an incredible 25-minute quadruple against Tenerife.
He scored 18 league goals and bagged as many assists that season. However, the Blaugrana finished a distant fourth, 11 points behind surprise winners Valencia.
Interestingly, the three-time Eredivise winner never scored a hat-trick in the Dutch top-flight, something his son Justin Kluivert accomplished four years ago.
#9 Cristiano Ronaldo - 24 minutes (2014-15)
Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed one of his career-best seasons in 2014-15. He netted a staggering 48 times in the league, scoring eight hat-tricks, including two quadruples.
One of those two four-goal efforts comprised a stunning five-goal salvo against Granada. In a game Real Madrid won 9-1, Ronaldo completed his hat-trick in eight minutes. Sixteen minutes later, he completed his quadruple as Madrid led 6-0 after 54 minutes.
Ronaldo was not done for the night, though, netting his fifth of the game in the 90th minute.
It was a shame Madrid (92 points) got pipped to the title by treble-winning Barcelona (94 points) in a La Liga title race for the ages.
#8 Alvaro Negredo - 21 minutes (2012-13)
Alvaro Negredo has played for eight different clubs in four different countries. The 36-year-old has had his most success in La Liga, where he has netted 121 times in over 300 games.
He enjoyed his most prolific campaign in the Spanish top flight in 2012-13, scoring 25 goals. Four of those goals came against Valencia on the last day of the season, helping Sevilla win 4-3 on the night.
Negredo moved to Manchester City that summer, where he won his first and only Premier League title.
Negredo, who is now with Cadiz, has scored only twice in 15 league games this season.
#7 Mauro Icardi - 21 minutes (2017-18)
Mauro Icardi enjoyed a prolific six-season stint at Inter Milan, scoring 121 goals in 220 games across competitions.
The two-time Capocannonieri winner netted over 100 league goals for the Nerazzurri. Icardi had a particularly prolific 2017-18 campaign, netting 29 times, including two hat-tricks.
One of those two hat-tricks was a quadruple at Sampdoria, with the Argentine scoring four times in just 21 minutes in Inter's 5-0 win.
Now at PSG, the 2019-20 Ligue 1 winner has scored 36 times across competitions.
#6 Sergio Aguero - 18 minutes (2015-16)
Sergio Aguero is a Manchester City and Premier League legend. The Argentine enjoyed a hugely successful decade-long stint with City in the English top flight.
The five-time Premier League winner has the most goals (184) for a single club in the competition. Aguero also holds the record for most Premier League hat-tricks (12). One of those hat-tricks was a stunning five-goal salvo against Newcastle United in the competition's 2015-16 edition.
Aguero completed his hat-trick in eight minutes and added two more in the next 12. That made him only the fifth player to score five goals in a Premier League game. His 20-minute quintuple is the fastest ever achieved in the sport.
The Copa America 2021 winner left Manchester City for Barcelona this summer.
#5 Jermain Defoe - 18 minutes (2009-10)
Jermain Defoe is one of the most prolific scorers in Premier League history. The 39-year-old Englishman has scored over 150 goals in the competition for five different clubs.
However, his most successful stint in the competition came with Tottenham Hotspur, for whom he netted 91 Premier League goals. Five of these strikes came in a single game against Wigan in 2009. That made Defoe only the third player to score five goals in a Premier League game.
The feat has been accomplished twice more since then. But Defoe is one of only two players to score five Premier League goals in one half.
Now at Rangers, the evergreen striker won the Scottish league last season.
#4 Martin Petrov - 16 minutes (2004-05)
Martin Petrov enjoyed a decent four-season stint in the Bundesliga with VfL Wolfsburg, scoring 28 goals and providing 38 assists.
He enjoyed his most prolific campaign in the competition in 2004-05, providing 25 goal contributions (12 goals and 13 assists). Four of these goals came in one game against Mainz, with the Bulgarian scoring all four in his team's 4-3 win.
After the visitors went two goals to the good, a quickfire Petrov double helped Wolfsburg restore parity on the cusp of half-time. The winger then scored two more after the break, bringing up a stunning 16-minute quadruple.
In the process, Petrov emulated Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp to score four goals in Wolfburg-Mainz games. Unlike Klopp, who took ten games to do so, Petrov needed only one to record the feat.
#3 Alberto Bueno - 15 minutes (2014-15)
Alberto Bueno has had a fairly forgettable stint in La Liga, scoring 36 goals in eight seasons for five different teams. However, he did enjoy two prolific campaigns in the competition while playing for Rayo Vallecano in 2013-14 and 2014-15, netting 28 times in total.
In 2014-15, the striker made history by becoming the first Vallecano player to score a La Liga quadruple. He achieved the feat in only 15 minutes, scoring all four goals in his team's 4-2 win against Levante. Bueno brought up his quadruple seven minutes before half-time after Levante had opened the scoring.
The 33-year-old would score only seven times in the competition after that historic night.
#2 Kylian Mbappe - 13 minutes (2018-19)
Kylian Mbappe is arguably one of the best young players in the game at the moment.
Still only 22, he has already won a FIFA World Cup and four Ligue 1 titles in his young career thus far. The Frenchman has been particularly prolific in the French top flight, scoring 114 goals in 166 games for two different clubs.
Mbappe, a three-time Ligue 1 Golden Boot winner, enjoyed his most prolific campaign in the competition in 2018-19, scoring 33 goals. Four of those goals came in only 13 minutes in PSG's 5-0 home win over Olympique Lyon.
The 2021 UEFA Nations League winner has bagged seven Ligue 1 goals and eight assists in 16 games this season.
#1 Robert Lewandowski - 6 minutes (2015-16)
Robert Lewandowski has been a prolific goalscorer for club and country. The 2021 Ballon d'Or runner-up has plundered goals for fun, especially in the Bundesliga.
The 33-year-old holds several records in the German top flight. With 293 goals, he is the competition's most prolific foreign goalscorer and second overall. The Bayern Munich marksman has won six Torjagerkanone (Bundesliga Golden Boot) awards, one short of the legendary Gerd Muller.
Last season, Lewandowski netted 41 times to break the late Muller's record of most goals (40) in a Bundesliga season. He has also scored a record 15 hat-tricks in the competition. One of them came as a substitute against Wolfsburg, with the Poland international netting a stunning five times in only nine minutes.
It remains the fastest hat-trick, quadruple and quintuple in Bundesliga history. Lewandowski is on course to go level with Muller's record of seven Torjegarkanone awards.
He has already netted 16 times in 14 league games this season, powering Bayern's bid for a tenth consecutive Bundesliga title.
