📊 Mbappé just short of Ronaldo Madrid record

Kylian Mbappé scored his 50th LaLiga goal on Saturday, becoming the second fastest player this century to reach the milestone.

The only player ahead of Mbappé in terms of speed? Former Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

Mbappé, who joined Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain in 2024, needed only 53 games to get to his half-century, which he reached with a penalty in the 2-0 win over Levante at the Bernabeu.

Ronaldo, however, got to 50 in just 51 games after his move from Manchester United in 2009.

He went on to score a mammoth 311 LaLiga goals for Real Madrid in 292 games.

Mbappé could only dream of such a record.

"I'm grateful for his effort," new Real Madrid boss Alvaro Arbeloa said after the Levante game, which Mbappé was passed fit for.

"He is our leader. He made a great effort [to play], with the pain in his knee, but he still wanted to show up and help the team. He's an incredible boy, and a natural-born leader."

Information from ESPN Global Research was used in this report.