This season, the top five leagues in Europe have placed Victor Osimhen as their fourth-most productive striker.
The Nigerian striker has scored seven goals in eight league games so far in this season with roughly one goal every 93 minutes in Serie A despite missing five weeks of action with a hamstring injury.
The 23-year-old is behind Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland, and Robert Lewandowski.
The most productive striker in Europe this season, according to Corriere dello Sport, is the Norwegian forward Haaland, who cost £51.5 million to sign with Premier League champions Manchester City.
In his first 11 EPL appearances, Haaland has scored 17 goals, with a goal scored every 55 minutes on average. With 13 goals in 12 games, Lewandowski of Barcelona, who leads Spain in scoring, is considered to be the second-most prolific player in Europe.
In the LaLiga, the Pole scored a goal every 73 minutes.
Osimhen’s countryman Terem Moffi, who has eight goals in 12 Ligue 1 appearances, is in fifth place.
With 27 points from 13 games, the Nigerian international leads Lorient, who are now fourth in the French premier division, with a goal every 108 minutes.
With nine goals in 12 Bundesliga games—averaging one goal every 113 minutes—highly regarded French attacker Christopher Nkunku is sixth on the list.
The seventh player on the log is Aleksandar Mitrovic of Fulham.
The Serbian striker, who will represent his country at the World Cup, has scored one goal every 114 EPL minutes so far this season. In 12 league appearances for the Premier League, he has nine goals.
Harry Kane of Tottenham is placed ninth after scoring 10 goals in 13 games, averaging one every 116 minutes.
Manu Garba, a former U-17 and U-20 coach, thinks the Napoli striker has the ability to surpass all other Nigerian strikers if he keeps playing like he is right now.
Nigeria’s greatest striker in history is without a doubt the late Rashidi Yekini, who scored the nation’s first goal at the FIFA senior World Cup and leads the nation in goals scored with 37.
According to Garba, “Presently, they are incomparable and each of them is in a class of his own.”
“Osimhen was the U-17 World Cup top scorer and has age on his side and if he remains disciplined, resilient, focused and injury-free he will be one of the great strikers.
“What I can see is Osimhen is the best in the present generation of strikers and have the potential to break Yekini’s record but they are incomparable for now.”
