Slump, shortage, first hat-trick with Real Madrid: a look back in figures at Mbappé’s funny season

Flat feet placed to the millimeter, sharp calls and a big smile on the pitch. This Saturday evening in Valladolid, after his first hat-trick with Real Madrid (0-3), Kylian Mbappé found himself. He who, too often this season, looked grim, as if the shadow of the player he had been at PSG was crushing him.

After a nightmarish autumn, the Frenchman is doing much better. His statistics are increasingly consistent and, in recent weeks, worthy of his most prolific seasons. A look back in figures at Kylian Mbappé’s first months with Real Madrid.

4 games without scoring, an autumn without sunshine

After a promising start with the Spanish club, and notably a goal in his first appearance in the European Super Cup against Atalanta (2-0), the Frenchman broke down. The month of November was particularly difficult for the top scorer in PSG history (256), with a series of four matches without scoring a single goal.

8 goals in 5 matches, a great start to 2025

Since then, the Madrid striker has been much better and has reminded us how lethal he can be in the area. The end of the year had already been pleasing with a victory in the Intercontinental Cup, in which Kylian Mbappé scored.

22 goals in 32 games including 15 in La Liga, only Lewandowski does better

But since the start of 2025, the Frenchman has posted impressive statistics. With 8 goals in his last 5 matches, he is approaching the crazy pace he followed when he played at Paris Saint-Germain. Over the entire season, he has already scored 22 goals in 32 games, including 15 in La Liga. Only Robert Lewandowski does better in Spain (16 goals).

19 matches and first hat-trick, stronger than Cristiano Ronaldo

Kylian Mbappé will therefore have waited for his 19th La Liga match to score his first hat-trick in the Spanish championship. In the 21st century, few players have done better in the colors of Real Madrid. Ruud van Nistelrooy is almost unbeatable with a hat-trick in his second appearance. Gareth Bale needed 9 days and Emmanuel Adebayor 14.

On the other hand, Kylian Mbappé does as well as the Brazilian legend Ronaldo and even better than the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. The latter needed 27 La Liga matches. Which did not prevent him from becoming the top scorer in Madrid’s history with 450 goals, a gargantuan record. Mbappé is still a long way away, but the Frenchman has never stopped himself from dreaming. And in the meantime, Kylian Mbappé becomes the first player to score 15 goals in his first 19 La Liga matches with Real Madrid since… Cristiano Ronaldo in 2010 (17).