Robert Lewandowski is the best striker on the planet right now.

In the eyes of many, the Bayern Munich man is also the finest player among all those operating in the sport at this current time and deserving of the 2021 Ballon d'Or.

When you look at the stats, it's hard to disagree with that opinion.

So far in 2021, no footballer in Europe has scored more goals than Lewandowski, the Polish icon netting an astonishing 48 across all club competitions this year.

That total really is mind-boggling and what makes it even better is the rate at which the enormous tally of goals has been scored at.

Lewandowski possesses comfortably the best minutes-per-goal ratio among players in Europe's top 10 leagues in 2021.

And if you want to see just how far ahead he is of the rest, check out the top 30 on Transfermarkt in full below.

Remember, goals from league, domestic cup and continental cup action have all been taken into account here.

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The 30 players with the best mins-per-goal records in 2021

30. Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco) - 126 mins-per-goal

Games: 44

Goals: 23

29. Andre Silva (RB Leipzig) - 125 mins-per-goal

Games: 37

Goals: 22

28. Haris Seferovic (Benfica) - 124 mins-per-goal

Games: 32

Goals: 18

27. Carlos Vinicius (PSV Eindhoven) - 123 mins-per-goal

Games: 28

Goals: 9

26. Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester) - 122 mins-per-goal

Games: 39

Goals: 19

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25. Artem Dzyuba (Zenit) - 121 mins-per-goal

Games: 29

Goals: 16

24. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) - 120 mins-per-goal

Games: 42

Goals: 29

23. Sebastien Haller (Ajax) - 120 mins-per-goal

Games: 40

Goals: 27

22. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool) - 119 mins-per-goal

Games: 42

Goals: 30

21. Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina) - 119 mins-per-goal

Games: 37

Goals: 27

Vlahovic with Fiorentina

20. Gerard Moreno (Villarreal) - 119 mins-per-goal

Games: 36

Goals: 24

19. Kemar Roofe (Rangers) - 117 mins-per-goal

Games: 28

Goals: 11

18. Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) - 115 mins-per-goal

Games: 37

Goals: 17

17. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) - 112 mins-per-goal

Games: 41

Goals: 31

16. Sinan Bakis (Heracles) - 110 mins-per-goal

Games: 24

Goals: 11

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15. Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain) - 110 mins-per-goal

Games: 44

Goals: 34

14. Karim Adeyemi (Red Bull Salzburg) - 108 mins-per-goal

Games: 46

Goals: 21

13. Kyogo Furuhashi (Celtic) - 108 mins-per-goal

Games: 17

Goals: 11

12. Toni Martinez (FC Porto) - 106 mins-per-goal

Games: 32

Goals: 11

11. Lionel Messi (Paris Saint-Germain) - 104 mins-per-goal

Games: 37

Goals: 31

Messi with PSG

10. Georgios Giakoumakis (Celtic) - 103 mins-per-goal

Games: 25

Goals: 18

9. Noah Okafor (Red Bull Salzburg) - 103 mins-per-goal

Games: 31

Goals: 11

8. Sardar Azmoun (Zenit) - 102 mins-per-goal

Games: 25

Goals: 17

7. Luis Muriel (Atalanta) - 102 mins-per-goal

Games: 41

Goals: 18

6. Patson Daka (Leicester) - 99 mins-per-goal

Games: 36

Goals: 24

Daka with Leicester

5. Gamid Agalarov (Ufa) - 93 mins-per-goal

Games: 15

Goals: 11

4. Erling Haaland (Borussia Dortmund) - 89 mins-per-goal

Games: 37

Goals: 37

3. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) - 89 mins-per-goal

Games: 26

Goals: 14

2. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Bayern Munich) - 79 mins-per-goal

Games: 31

Goals: 14

1. Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) - 63 mins-per-goal

Games: 36

Goals: 48

Lewandowski with Bayern

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Rather surprisingly, the Pole's Bayern colleague Choupo-Moting is currently second-best in terms of minutes-per-goal in 2021. Fair play, Eric.

Messi is well clear of eternal rival Ronaldo at the time of writing, while Bale features in the top five thanks to his rather underrated loan spell at Tottenham in the first half of the year.

As for Haaland, well, it's just become normal to see superhuman-like numbers next to the 21-year-old's name to be honest.

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