The world's top goalscorers in 2020-21: Lewandowski, Salah and Haaland fighting for top spot

There's an almighty scramble between some of the best strikers in football

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  Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich has scored 47 goals this season for his club and for Poland. Getty

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  Borussia Dortmund's Erling Braut Haaland has 39 goals for his club and Norway. EPA

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  Cristiano Ronaldo has netted 33 times for Juventus and Portugal. AFP

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  Inter Milan striker Romelu Lukaku has 32 goals for his club and Belgium. AFP

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  Paris St Germain's Kylian Mbappe has scored 31 times for club and France. Reuters

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  Tottenham's Harry Kane has scored 29 times for his club and England. PA

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  Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Salah has 27 goals for Liverpool. AFP

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  Barcelona's Lionel Messi has 24 goals for club and Argentina. Reuters

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  Sevilla forward Youssef En-Nesyri has 24 goals for his club and Morocco. AFP

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  Andre Silva has 23 goals playing for Eintracht Frankfurt and Portugal. Getty

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  Atletico Madrid's Luis Suarez has scored 23 times for his club and Uruguay. EPA

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  Manchester United's Bruno Fernandes has scored 23 times for his club and Portugal. PA

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  Real Madrid's French forward Karim Benzema has 23 goals. AFP

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  Luis Muriel of Atalanta has 22 goals for club and Colombia. Getty

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  Wolfsburg's Dutch forward Wout Weghorst has 22 goals to his name. AFP

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  Villarreal's Spanish forward Gerard Moreno has scored 22 times playing for club and country. AP

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  Everton's England striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin has scored 21 goals. EPA

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  Lazio's Italian forward Ciro Immobile has scored 21 goals. Getty

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  Andrej Kramaric of Hoffenheim and Croatia has scored 20 goals. Getty

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  Manchester City's German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has 19 goals playing for club and country. Reuters

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  Tottenham Hotspur's South Korean striker Son Heung-Min has scored 18 times. AFP

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  AC Milan's Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic has 17 goals - and is now playing for Sweden again. AFP

Club football returns after the international break, and there's no let-up for the world's best strikers.

Playing for team or country, these hotshots love nothing more than finding the back of the net.

It's a badge of honour to be the world's leading striker from the top leagues, and the competition in 2020-21 is as fierce as ever.

Robert Lewandowski, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Mohamed Salah, Erling Braut Haaland and Harry Kane are all among the star names pursuing top spot.

The leading strikers of the 2020-21 season from Europe's top leagues are in the gallery above, their totals a combination of domestic, European competition and internationals. To move on to the next photo, click on the arrows or if using a mobile device, simply swipe.