Harry Kane Named Gold Soccer Awards Best Striker of 2025/26

Harry Kane has been crowned Gold Soccer Awards Best Striker of 2025/26, following one of the most extraordinary goalscoring seasons in modern football.

The Bayern Munich superstar scored 61 goals in 51 club appearances: 36 in the Bundesliga, 14 in the Champions League, 10 in the German Cup and one in the German Supercup.

Only Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have matched or surpassed that remarkable club tally across Europe's top five leagues this century.

Kane also scored six goals at the 2026 World Cup, helping England finish third.

But Kane's brilliance extends beyond goals. His exceptional ability to drop deep, relieve pressure, create opportunities and dictate attacking play makes him arguably football's most complete centre-forward.

Our other finalists were outstanding. Kylian Mbappé scored 42 club goals and made history by becoming the World Cup's all-time leading goalscorer with 22 goals, including 10 at the 2026 tournament. Erling Haaland scored 38 goals in 52 appearances across all competitions for Manchester City, adding seven goals for Norway at the World Cup.

Three world-class strikers. One exceptional winner.

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Gold Soccer Awards recognises footballing excellence independently, without influence from publicity, popularity or hype.