Lamine Yamal has overtaken Kylian Mbappe to become the teenager with the most goal involvements in Champions League history after producing a goal and two assists against Feyenoord.
Lamine Yamal makes Champions League history before turning 20
Lamine Yamal has overtaken Kylian Mbappe for the most Champions League goal involvements by a teenager.
The Barcelona star achieved the milestone during his team’s 5-1 victory over Feyenoord in their opening Champions League match of the 2026/27 season.
Yamal assisted Raphinha for Barcelona’s opening goal, taking his career total beyond Mbappe’s previous benchmark.
Yamal breaks Mbappe’s record with Raphinha assist
Barcelona needed less than three minutes to open the scoring. Yamal found Raphinha, who drove into the penalty area and finished the move.
It was Yamal’s 21st Champions League goal involvement as a teenager.
Mbappe had previously held the record with 20.
Yamal finished with 23 goal involvements
The 19-year-old then extended the record during the same match.
He scored directly from a free-kick in the second half before providing another assist for Gabriel Jesus’ goal.
By full-time, Yamal had reached 23 teenage Champions League goal involvements.
12 goals.
11 assists.
23 goal involvements.
Mbappe’s record stood at 20
Mbappe’s previous total consisted of 13 goals and seven assists during his teenage Champions League career.
He first made his mark with Monaco before continuing his rise at Paris Saint-Germain, setting a benchmark that stood for years.
Now Yamal has moved beyond it.
Yamal 23, Mbappe 20
The teenage Champions League leaderboard now places Yamal clear at the top.
Lamine Yamal: 23 goal involvements.
Kylian Mbappe: 20.
Yamal is setting a new standard for teenage production in Europe’s elite competition.
Mbappe still scored more teenage goals
There is one important distinction.
Yamal has broken the record for total goal involvements, not goals scored.
Mbappe scored 13 Champions League goals as a teenager, while Yamal currently has 12.
However, Yamal’s superior creative numbers have allowed him to move ahead overall.
Another Mbappe record is within reach
Yamal needs one more Champions League goal before turning 20 to equal Mbappe’s teenage scoring record of 13.
A second would move him ahead outright, with an entire campaign still available before his birthday.
A goal and two assists against Feyenoord
The record formed part of an outstanding individual performance.
Yamal’s first assist helped Raphinha open the scoring, his free-kick made it 4-1, and his second assist created Barcelona’s fifth goal for Gabriel Jesus.
He influenced almost every major attacking moment in the 5-1 victory.
The Ballon d’Or subplot adds extra attention
Yamal and Mbappe are also major figures in the current Ballon d’Or conversation.
Both have expressed confidence in their own chances, adding another layer to their growing statistical rivalry.
Yamal can extend the record further
Yamal is still 19, meaning every Champions League goal or assist before his birthday will raise the benchmark.
Mbappe finished his teenage years on 20 goal involvements. Yamal is already on 23.
Barcelona’s European campaign has only just begun.
Another historic night for Barcelona’s No.10
Barcelona beat Feyenoord 5-1, with Raphinha scoring twice and Yamal contributing one goal and two assists.
Yamal also became Barcelona’s youngest-ever captain and moved beyond Mbappe in the Champions League record books.
At 19, Lamine Yamal is no longer simply chasing the records of football’s greatest young stars.
He is beginning to create records of his own.
