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8 - Gonzalo Higuain (Napoli)
Tipped as one of the best strikers of the world by Real Madrid’s current manager and Napoli’s ex-coach Rafa Benitez, Higuain has been consistently finding the net for Napoli both domestically and in Europe. After enduring a personal nightmare at the World Cup final last year, he has turned around his form at Napoli.
The Argentine makes up for his lack of pace with his intelligent movement and the instinct of a goal poacher. He has scored in all competitions this season, with his best performance coming against Dynamo Moscow where his hat-trick was epitomized by his ability to score with his head and either foot.
He has so far scored 47 goals in 18 months in a Napoli shirt, making him a popular figure in Naples.
| Competitions | Goals | Assists |
| Serie A | 18 | 7 |
| UEFA Europa League | 7 | 3 |
| Supercoppa Italiana | 2 | - |
| Total | 27 | 10 |
7 – Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon)
The toast of France is not the self-proclaimed God (read Zlatan Ibrahimovic) but the Frenchman Lacazette. The Lyon striker can boast of topping the scoring charts across the top five leagues with 27 in Ligue 1 if you remove Messi and Ronaldo from the list. Quite an achievement for the talented 23-year-old.
Lacazette has the best strike rate with a ratio of 0.87 goals per game. These stats are better than other top profile strikers like Man City star Aguero, who has 22 goals in 30 games (0.73), Frankfurt's Alexander Meier who has 19 in 26 (0.73) and Tevez, who has 20 in 31 (0.64) for Juventus.
He made history in the 4-2 away win at Reims when he became the first Lyon player to score more than 25 league goals in a single season. Karim Benzema, Lisandro Lopez and Sonny Anderson never managed to achieve that feat.
| Competitions | Goals | Assists |
| Ligue 1 | 27 | 6 |
| UEFA Europa League | 1 | - |
| Coupe de la Ligue | 1 | - |
| Coupe de France | 2 | - |
| Total | 31 | 6 |
