Erling Haaland is one goal away from joining the Premier League 100 Club in record time, but could he become the first player to score 100 goals in a single season?
That may sound like an outrageous question considering that even the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi have never recorded a seasonal century.
However, the figures suggest it is entirely plausible that Haaland could reach 100 goals in 2025/26 if he remains injury-free and continues to score at his current pace.
Erling Haaland’s stunning start to 2025/26
Erling Haaland has scored 32 goals in his first 20 games for Manchester City and Norway this season.
In 18 of those 20 games he found the net at least once, while scoring two or more in 50% of his appearances.
| Haaland Min | Haaland Goals | |
|---|---|---|
| Wolves 0-4 MAN CITY | 73 | 2 |
| MAN CITY 0-2 Spurs | 90 | 0 |
| Brighton 2-1 MAN’S CITY | 90 | 1 |
| NORWAY 1-0 Finland | 45 | 1 |
| NORWAY 11-1 Moldova | 89 | 5 |
| MAN CITY 3-0 Man Utd | 87 | 2 |
| MAN CITY 2-0 Napoli | 80 | 1 |
| Arsenal 1-1 MAN CITY | 76 | 1 |
| MANSTAD 5-1 Burnley | 90 | 2 |
| Monaco 2-2 MANSTAD | 90 | 2 |
| Brentford 0-1 MAN CITY | 90 | 1 |
| NORWAY 5-0 Israel | 90 | 3 |
| MAN CITY 2-0 Everton | 90 | 2 |
| Villarreal 0-2 MAN CITY | 86 | 1 |
| Aston Villa 1-0 MAN CITY | 90 | 0 |
| MAN CITY 3-1 Bournemouth | 82 | 2 |
| MAN CITY 4-1 Dortmund | 86 | 1 |
| MAN CITY 3-0 Liverpool | 90 | 1 |
| NORWAY 4-1 Estonia | 90 | 2 |
| Italy 1-4 NORWAY | 89 | 2 |
Erling Haaland is averaging 1.6 goals per game
After scoring 32 times in his first 20 appearances for Man City and Norway this season, Erling Haaland is currently averaging 1.6 goals per game.
If he continued to score at that rate all season, it would take him another 43 games to reach 100 goals.
City still have 27 Premier League matches to play this season. Depending on their progress in the Champions League, Carabao Cup and FA Cup, their total number of matches remaining could range from 33 to 50.
At international level, Haaland is likely to play two friendlies in March, plus two warm-up matches in June ahead of the 2026 World Cup. Norway, who dominated World Cup qualifying with a 100% record, will then play between three and eight at the tournament itself.
Therefore, if he is not rested between now and the end of the 2025/2026 season, Haaland could potentially feature in another 62 games.
In the highly unlikely scenario that Haaland were to make another 62 appearances this season and maintain his current pace of 1.6 goals per game, he would reach an unprecedented total of 131 goals.
A graph charting how many games Erling Haaland may need to reach the 100 goal mark this season (based on him maintaining his current scoring rate)
2025/26 will almost certainly be Erling Haaland’s most productive season
The dream of scoring 100 goals in one season – while that is certainly possible – is still a long way off for Erling Haaland.
While his final numbers may be difficult to predict precisely, unless it is cruelly cut short by injury, it is almost certain that the 2025-26 season will be Haaland’s most productive season yet.
Currently, 2022/23 is Haaland’s best season in terms of goals scored. That was his first season as a Manchester City player and he scored 52 goals in 53 games for Pep Guardiola’s side, plus a further nine in eight for Norway.
Erling Haaland’s most productive seasons in terms of goals
- 2022/23: 61 goals in 61 games
- 2020/21: 48 goals in 51 games
- 2023/24: 45 goals in 53 games
- 2024/25: 45 goals in 58 games
How close have Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo come to 100 goals in one season?
Neither Lionel Messi nor Cristiano Ronaldo have ever scored as many as 100 goals in a single season.
Messi’s most productive season to date was 2011/12, when he scored 73 goals in 60 games for Barcelona, ​​plus a further two in four for Argentina.
Three years later, in 2014/15, Ronaldo had the best season of his life when he scored 66 goals in 58 games: 61 in 54 for Real Madrid and five in four for Portugal.
A bar chart comparing the most prolific scoring seasons of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Harry Kane, Robert Lewandowski and Erling Haaland
Has anyone ever scored 100 goals in one season?
German striker Ernst Wilimowski scored 107 goals in 45 games during the 1940/41 season, according to the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
Wilimowski achieved this while playing for Chemnitzer PSV in the regional Gauliga Sachsen division.
No player has yet been recorded to score 100 goals in a single season while playing for a club competing in a top national competition.
But Erling Haaland has already broken countless records during what is turning into a generational career. If anyone has the means and ability to break the 100 barrier, it’s him.
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