Mbappe adds a little lustre to Real season with Pichichi award

Mbappe scored twice in Real Madrid's final league game on Saturday to overtake Viktor Gyokeres, whose league season at Sporting Lisbon ended the previous week, at the top of the weighted table, which counts only league goals.

Mbappe ended with 31 league goals as he became the third Real Madrid player to win the award, after Mexican Hugo Sanchez (1989-1990) and Cristiano Ronaldo (2010-2011, 2013-2014, 2014-2015).

Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski, already certain to finish ahead of Real Madrid in the race for the Spanish league title, scored twice at Bilbao. He totalled 27 goals, for fourth place in Europe and second in the Pichichi, the award for the top scorer in La Liga.

The Pole won the Golden Shoe twice with Bayern and claimed the Pichichi in 2023. Mbappe, the top scorer in the 2022 World Cup, hit 43 in all competitions for Real this season.

The French star could have been caught on Sunday, while he was in Monaco watching the Formula One Grand Prix.