{"id":49664,"date":"2026-04-21T15:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=49664"},"modified":"2026-04-21T15:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:47:35","slug":"can-kylian-mbappe-win-back-to-back-pichichi-titles-latest-la-liga-2025-26-top-scorers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/la-liga\/can-kylian-mbappe-win-back-to-back-pichichi-titles-latest-la-liga-2025-26-top-scorers\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 win back-to-back pichichi titles? Latest La Liga 2025\/26 top scorers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we hit the home stretch of the <b>2025\/26 La Liga season<\/b>, the race for the prestigious <b>Pichichi Trophy <\/b>is heating up. As of <b>April 21, 2026, <\/b>Real Madrid\u2019s talisman <b>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9<\/b>\u00a0leads the pack, but the competition is closer than many expected.<\/p>\n<p>The Leaderboard: Stats as of April 21<br \/>\nThe current standings show a fascinating mix of established superstars and clinical underdogs:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 \u00a0(Real Madrid)-23<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Vedat Muriqi (Mallorca) -21<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ante Budimir (Osasuna)- 16<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Lamine Yamal (Barcelona) -15<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ferran Torres (Barcelona)- 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udcca \ud835\udde8\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddd7\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udde7\ud835\uddd8\ud835\uddd7: Most goals in La Liga. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/c6otJedZ2N\">pic.twitter.com\/c6otJedZ2N<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Touchline | \ud835\udc13 (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2046514286927950136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>Can Mbapp\u00e9 Secure the Double?<\/h3>\n<p>Having claimed the Pichichi in his debut 2024\/25 season with 31 goals, Mbapp\u00e9 is currently the favorite to retain his crown. With <b>23 goals<\/b> \u00a0in 26 appearances, his efficiency remains world-class. However, Mallorca\u2019s<b> Vedat Muriqi<\/b> is breathing down his neck. The \u201cPirate\u201d has been in sensational form, netting a brace as recently as April 13 to bring his tally to 21.<\/p>\n<h3>The Young Contenders<\/h3>\n<p>Barcelona\u2019s teenage sensation <b>Lamine Yamal<\/b> continues to defy logic. With <b>15 goals<\/b> and a league-leading <b>11 assists<\/b>, he is proving to be a dual threat. While a 8-goal gap to Mbapp\u00e9 might be too large to bridge this late in April, Yamal\u2019s influence on the Golden Boot race remains significant.<\/p>\n<h3>What\u2019s Next?<\/h3>\n<p>With roughly seven matchdays remaining, the title is far from decided. Mbapp\u00e9 remains the man to beat, but with Muriqi finding the net consistently and Real Madrid balancing deep Champions League runs, the door is slightly ajar for a late-season twist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we hit the home stretch of the 2025\/26 La Liga season, the race for the prestigious Pichichi Trophy is\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":502,"featured_media":49670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4651],"tags":[449,5265],"class_list":["post-49664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-la-liga","tag-kylian-mbappe","tag-pichichi-trophy"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/502"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49664"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49671,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49664\/revisions\/49671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}