2022 is the year that finally saw Lionel Messi complete football by winning the World Cup and Cristiano Ronaldo *checks notes* head off to Saudi Arabia for a bumper payday after barely playing at the World Cup.
Now that we've rattled a number of you and got your attention, shall we move onto the business of top goal getters in what has been another mental year of football?
In particular, we're breaking down the sharpest shooters in Europe's top five leagues - widely regarded as the place to be if you want to be regarded as playing against the elite. There's some familiar names in the top ten but also a fair few that you might not expect to be there - testament to just how good, and how under the radar, they've been in 2022.
So without further ado, here are the players who knew how to find the back of the net time and time again, the number of goals they scored and how many minutes on average it took them to find the goal once more.
Top 5 leagues top scorers in 2022
Source : 90min