Troy Parrott, Kane, Mbappe… where Dubliner features among top scorers in 2025
The Ireland international has made a breathtaking start to the 2025/26 campaign, scoring nine goals in his first six games - six in four European ties and three in two Eredivisie games.
Parrott now has 18 goals for the calendar year - and that has earned him a place among the 10 most prolific goalscorers of 2025 so far.
Football365 has compiled a list of the most dangerous goalscorers of the year so far, including players that feature in Europe's 10 highest ranked leagues.
Goals scored in all club competitions are tallied - and Parrott's 18 have him just one behind Bayern Munich's Harry Kane and Barcelona star Robert Lewandowski.
Also featured on the list are Borussia Dortmund's Serhou Guirassy and Victor Osimhen of Galatasaray, while Real Madrid and France striker Kylian Mbappe leads the way on 29.
You can view the full list here.
Parrott's exploits so far this term have raised questions about his future - questions that AZ manager Maarten Martens is clearly eager to shut down.
He was speaking after last weekend's 2-2 draw with FC Volendam when he was asked whether Parrott and fellow striker Mexx Meerdink would still be at the club after the window shuts at the end of the month.
He issued a short and snappy response, indicating that he has no plans to off-load either of his forwards.
'We want to keep them both, and that's going to happen,' he said.
Meanwhile, here's the list of Parrott's 18 goals so far in 2025, a tally he hopes to add to on Thursday when AZ Alkmaar travel to Levski Sofia for their Europa Conference League play-off first leg.
(score after Parrott's goal in brackets)
Jan 23: AZ Alkmaar 1-0 Roma (1-0)
Jan 30: Ferencvaros 4-3 AZ Alkmaar (4-2)
Feb 2: Willem II 0-2 AZ Alkmaar (0-1)
Feb 6: AZ Alkmaar 3-1 Quick Boys (2-1)
Feb 9: AZ Alkmaar 2-0 PEC Zwolle (2-0)
Feb 13: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Galatasaray (2-1)
Mar 29: NEC Nijmegen 3-3 AZ Alkmaar (1-3)
Apr 1: AZ Alkmaar 2-2 Waalwijk (1-0)
Apr 21: AZ Alkmaar 1-2 Go Ahead Eagles (1-0)
July 24: Ilves 4-3 AZ Alkmaar (1-1)
July 31: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Ilves (1-0)
July 31: AZ Alkmaar 5-0 Ilves (2-0)
Aug 7: AZ Alkmaar 3-0 Vaduz (1-0)
Aug 7: AZ Alkmaar 3-0 Vaduz (2-0)
Aug 10: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Groningen (2-0)
Aug 10: AZ Alkmaar 4-1 Groningen (4-1)
Aug 14: Vaduz 0-1 AZ Alkmaar (0-1)
Aug 17: FC Volendam 2-2 AZ Alkmaar (1-2)
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