Mali international forward Lassine Sinayoko leads the Ligue 1 scoring charts with nine goals in ten appearances in a Paris FC shirt, according to ESPN. The Paris club sit third.
Lassine Sinayoko, 26, has moved to the top of the Ligue 1 scoring charts with nine goals in ten appearances, ESPN reports in a round-up dated 10 November. The Mali international forward, signed by Paris FC this summer for around €8 million, already has five assists, more than in the whole of the 2025-26 campaign.
His latest goal, scored at Auxerre, his former club, in Paris FC’s 1-0 win, was not celebrated. He had started out with the Auxerre reserves in 2017-18 before making his first-team debut in April 2021, and he scored 12 goals in 32 games last season in an Auxerre shirt.
A hat-trick at the Vélodrome and a scoring streak
Sinayoko’s output exploded from September onwards. He scored a hat-trick at the Vélodrome in the 3-2 win over Marseille, then followed it with two goals and two assists against Rennes (4-3) in October. In early November he added two goals and an assist against Monaco, taking his goal involvement to nine in his last four Ligue 1 matches.
Paris FC are third in Ligue 1, three points behind PSG, and have the sixth-best attack in the league. According to ESPN, Sinayoko is the first African to score eight goals in the first nine matchdays of a Ligue 1 season since George Weah in 1991.
The counterpoint: Zabiri in La Liga
Another African forward is shining elsewhere in Europe: Yassir Zabiri, 21, has nine goals in 12 La Liga matchdays with Racing Santander, behind only Raphinha, Kylian Mbappé and Lamine Yamal, according to ESPN. The Morocco international, on loan from Rennes without an option to buy, scored the winner in the 2-1 victory at Malaga and has been involved in more than half of the 17 La Liga goals scored by a promoted club that has the worst defence in the league with 30 conceded.
His path contrasts with Sinayoko’s: Zabiri arrived at Rennes in January but played only 42 minutes there before being loaned to Santander in July. He scored a hat-trick against Elche in August, a brace against Alavés, and found the net against Barcelona, Valencia and Espanyol. He was also a 2025 U20 world champion with Morocco, scoring both goals in the 2-0 final win over Argentina, and finished the tournament with the Silver Ball.
Paris FC and Rennes: what comes next
Ligue 1 and La Liga resume after the November international break. For Sinayoko, the challenge will be to keep up a pace that already puts him three goals away from his total last season (12 goals in 32 games with Auxerre). Head coach Liam Rosenior can rely on a forward who has been involved in nine goals in his last four league matches.
For Zabiri, the question of a return to Rennes remains open: according to ESPN, his loan at Santander does not include an option to buy, and he could go back to the Breton club. Rennes’ decision on his future is due at the end of the season.