Ultra-impressive during his four seasons at Paris Saint-Germain, giant Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic remains the best in many statistical categories - a testament to his prodigious goal-scoring and his impact on the French game.
Spearheading Paris Saint-Germain between 2012 and 2016, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has made such an impressive showing in Ligue 1 Conforama that he remains the benchmark in a number of attacking statistical categories since the 2010/2011 season. The Swedish giant's figures are better than those of his former team-mate Edinson Cavani and his successors Kylian Mbappe and Neymar in several areas. Zoom in.
A better ratio than Neymar and Mbappé
Among the players who have scored at least 20 goals since the 2010/2011 season, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the one with the best goals-to-minutes ratio. With one goal every 91 minutes in Ligue 1 Conforama, he is ahead of Neymar (one goal every 97 minutes), Kylian Mbappé (one goal every 98 minutes) and Edinson Cavani (one goal every 109 minutes) while the top 4 all clubs combined is 100% Parisian.
Goal/minutes ratio:
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) - 1 goal / 91 minutes
2. Neymar (PSG) - 1 goal / 97 minutes
3. Kylian Mbappé (PSG) - 1 goal / 98 minutes
4. Edinson Cavani (PSG) - 1 goal / 109 minutes
5. Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) - 1 goal / 125 minutes
Direct free kicks and scoring runs
While Daniel Wass, Clement Grenier and Wahbi Khazri have scored eight goals from direct free-kicks since 2010-11, one more than Zlatan Ibrahimovic (7), the Swede did better than any other player over the period when he plied his trade in France.
For this statistic and the following ones, it should be taken into account that Zlatan Ibrahimovic played four seasons in Ligue 1 Conforama while Neymar is currently playing his third season in the elite and Kylian Mbappé his fifth. For his part, the Uruguayan is playing his seventh season in France.
In terms of consecutive matches with at least one goal scored, Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the only player to have scored in six league games in a row - a feat he achieved three times in 2015-16 alone! Cavani, Mbappé and Neymar have all managed to runs of seven games with at least one goal but they have each only scored in 6 or more consecutive games one time so far in their Ligue 1 Conforama careers.
One goal can hide another
When Ibrahimovic scored a goal in Ligue 1 Conforama, there was often another behind. Indeed, in 122 league matches, he scored several times in the same match 33 times. He is the record holder for double goals, having scored 26 of them. The second in the standings, Edinson Cavani, has 24. Kylian Mbappé has put 12 between AS Monaco and PSG.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is still the reference for hat-tricks. He managed six, two more than Edinson Cavani and Alexandre Lacazette, the former Lyon man. Kylian Mbappé has 3. Since the summer of 2010, 5 Conforama Ligue 1 players have achieved a quadruple: the ex-Niçois Alassane Pléa, the trio currently at PSG comprising Neymar, Cavani and Mbappé as well as Ibra.
Doubles:
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) - 26
2. Edinson Cavani (PSG) - 24
3. Alexandre Lacazette (OL) - 17
4. Kylian Mbappé (AS Monaco and PSG) - 13
5. Radamel Falcao (AS Monaco) - 12
Hat-tricks:
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) - 6
2. Edinson Cavani (PSG) and Alexandre Lacazette (OL) - 4
4. Kylian Mbappé (PSG and AS Monaco), Wissam Ben Yedder (Toulouse FC), Moussa Sow (LOSC) and Florian Thauvin (OM) - 3
Quadruples:
1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG), Neymar (PSG), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Edinson Cavani (PSG) and Alassane Pléa (OGC Nice) - 1
(All statistics are for the period from the beginning of the 2010-11 season to today).