Kylian Mbappé was crowned top scorer in Ligue 1 for the fifth season in a row, a performance only achieved before by Jean-Pierre Papin, on Saturday at the end of the last day. With 29 goals, the last scored on Saturday against Clermont (2-3), the French striker from Paris SG is ahead of Lyonnais Alexandre Lacazette (27 goals) after 38 days. Papin had achieved the feat of being crowned five times in a row between 1988 and 1992 with Olympique de Marseille. He had scored 28 goals in 2021-22, 27 in 2020-21, 18 in the 2019-20 season. truncated by the Covid-19 and 33 in 2018-19, his most prolific season in L1. “It’s for history”, slipped the striker on Canal + after the meeting on Saturday. Under contract next season, the PSG N.7 could become the only player to have won this distinction six times in a row.
