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·25 May 2022

Benzema & Vinicius, Salah & Mane: Who were the best duos in 2021/22?

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You’ll be hard pushed to find a better attacking duo in world football right now than Karim Benzema and Vinicius Junior.

The pair have been lethal together at Real Madrid in 2021/22. They are a key part of the reason why the team finished 13 points clear at the top of the La Liga table and reached the Champions League final.


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It’s incredible to think that during a match against Borussia Monchengladbach in October of 2020, Benzema told Ferland Mendy not to pass the ball to Vinicius, as the Brazilian was too much of a liability and kept surrendering possession.

How things have changed and in the eyes of many football fans, Benzema and Vinicius are currently the best attacking duo in world football.

The stats certainly back up that opinion as well.

In the entirety of 2021/22, no other forward-thinking pair recorded more goals and assists in league action combined than Benzema and Vinicius.

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The 20 deadliest duos in Europe’s top five leagues during 2021/22

20. AS Roma, Tammy Abraham & Lorenzo Pellegrini – 35 goal contributions

Abraham (17 goals, 4 assists) | Pellegrini (9 goals, 5 assists)

19. OGC Nice, Andy Delort & Amine Gouiri – 37 goal contributions

Delort (16 goals, 2 assists) | Gouiri (10 goals, 9 assists)

18. Leicester City, Jamie Vardy & James Maddison – 37 goal contributions

Vardy (15 goals, 2 assists) | Maddison (12 goals, 8 assists)

17. Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo & Bruno Fernandes – 37 goal contributions

Ronaldo (18 goals, 3 assists) | Fernandes (10 goals, 6 assists)

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16. Manchester City, Kevin De Bruyne & Raheem Sterling – 42 goal contributions

De Bruyne (15 goals, 8 assists) | Sterling (13 goals, 6 assists)

15. Hellas Verona, Giovanni Simeone & Gianluca Caprari – 42 goal contributions

Simeone (17 goals, 6 assists) | Caprari (12 goals, 7 assists)

14. Lyon, Moussa Dembele & Karl Toko Ekambi – 42 goal contributions

Dembele (21 goals, 4 assists) | Toko Ekambi (12 goals, 5 assists)

13. Inter Milan, Lautaro Martinez & Edin Dzeko – 44 goal contributions

Martinez (21 goals, 3 assists) | Dzeko (13 goals, 7 assists)

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12. Rennes, Martin Terrier & Gaetan Laborde – 45 goal contributions

Terrier (21 goals, 4 assists) | Laborde (12 goals, 8 assists)

11. Sassuolo, Gianluca Scamacca & Domenico Berardi – 48 goal contributions

Scamacca (16 goals, 0 assists) | Berardi (15 goals, 17 assists)

10. RB Leipzig, Christopher Nkunku & Andre Silva – 49 goal contributions

Nkunku (19 goals, 15 assists) | Silva (10 goals, 5 assists)

9. AS Monaco, Wissam Ben Yedder & Kevin Volland – 50 goal contributions

Ben Yedder (25 goals, 5 assists) | Volland (9 goals, 11 assists)

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8. Lazio, Ciro Immobile & Sergej Milinkovic-Savic – 52 goal contributions

Immobile (27 goals, 3 assists) | Milinkovic-Savic (11 goals, 11 assists)

7. Bayer Leverkusen, Patrik Schick & Moussa Diaby – 54 goal contributions

Schick (24 goals, 5 assists) | Diaby (13 goals, 12 assists)

6. Borussia Dortmund, Erling Haaland & Marco Reus – 56 goal contributions

Haaland (22 goals, 8 assists) | Reus (9 goals, 17 assists)

5. Liverpool, Mohamed Salah & Sadio Mane – 57 goal contributions

Salah (23 goals, 14 assists) | Mane (16 goals, 4 assists)

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4. Tottenham Hotspur, Heung-min Son & Harry Kane – 58 goal contributions

Son (23 goals, 9 assists) | Kane (17 goals, 9 assists)

3. Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski & Serge Gnabry – 59 goal contributions

Lewandowski (35 goals, 4 assists) | Gnabry (14 goals, 6 assists)

2. Paris Saint-Germain, Kylian Mbappe & Neymar – 66 goal contributions

Mbappe (28 goals, 19 assists) | Neymar 13 goals, 6 assists)

  1. Real Madrid, Karim Benzema & Vinicius Junior – 69 goal contributions

Benzema (27 goals, 12 assists) | Vinicius (17 goals, 13 assists)

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Benzema and Vinicius finished just ahead of Mbappe and Neymar, while Lewandowski and Gnabry are a fair way behind in third place.

Imagine how lethal Real Madrid would have been in attack next season if they had managed to sign Mbappe on a free transfer from PSG…

Unsurprisingly, Son and Kane are the Premier League’s most prolific duo, with English teams taking up five of the 20 spaces on the list.

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