GiveMeSport
·25 May 2022
GiveMeSport
·25 May 2022
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.
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.
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Benzema (27 goals, 12 assists) | Vinicius (17 goals, 13 assists)
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.
1 of 20
Bayern Munich Real Madrid Manchester United Barcelona