The best players in the world are waiting to discover who will be awarded the Ballon d'Or at tonight's ceremony, celebrating one star's standout achievements from the 2022/23 season at club or international level.
Of the 30 nominees, 14 are playing in the Premier League this campaign or starred in the competition in 2022/23 - and of those 14, Erling Haaland arguably has the best chance of winning the prestigious award.
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Here, we look at the incredible numbers from the Norwegian's debut Premier League season that have put him in the frame for the Ballon d'Or, as Haaland broke the competition's all-time goalscoring record at the first attempt and helped Manchester City win their historic Treble.
Haaland's amazing 2022/23 stats
- With a 36-goal haul in a scintillating debut campaign, Haaland set a record for the most goals scored in a single Premier League season, even beating totals that were achieved in a 42-match campaign.
- Adding eight assists to his 36 strikes, Haaland's total of 44 goal involvements was a joint-record for a 38-match season, along with Thierry Henry, who produced 24 goals and 20 assists in 2002/03.
- Haaland became the first player in the Premier League to score hat-tricks in three successive home matches, and the first Man City player to score a Manchester derby hat-trick since 1970.
- The Norwegian scored four hat-tricks at the Etihad Stadium, the joint-most at home by a player in a single season along with Alan Shearer in 1995/96.
- Haaland scored against 16 of the 19 opponents he faced in the Premier League last season, only failing against Liverpool, Brentford and Chelsea.
- He was the joint-fastest player to reach 10 Premier League goals (six matches), and then the fastest to reach 15 goals (nine matches), 20 goals (14 matches), 25 goals (19 matches) and 30 goals (27 matches).
- Haaland hit six hat-tricks in all competitions last season, the most by a Premier League player in a single campaign.
- The City striker's goal at Wolverhampton Wanderers in September made him the first player to score in each of his first four away Premier League appearances.
- Haaland scored 52 goals in all competitions, a record for a Premier League player in a single campaign. His 12 goals in the UEFA Champions League made him the top scorer in the competition.
- He netted five goals in one match against RB Leipzig, reaching 30 career Champions League goals in fewer matches (25) and at a younger age (22 years, 236 days) than any other player in the competition's history.
- Haaland was the fastest player to score 25 goals under Pep Guardiola, doing so in 20 matches to beat Lionel Messi (28), Samuel Eto’o (30), Sergio Aguero (35) and Henry (41).
- With his hat-trick in the FA Cup against Burnley in March, he became the first Premier League player to score a treble in three different competitions in a single season.
