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PSG have dominated the French football landscape in the last decade, especially since their takeover by Qatar Sports Investments (QSI) in 2011.
The ambitious Parisian club have won seven of the last nine Ligue 1 titles on offer, and also reached their maiden Champions League final last year. This summer, PSG had one of the best-ever transfer windows by any club in the game's history.
They made a plethora of big-name signings, most of them on free transfers, as they seek to compete on multiple fronts. Needless to say, PSG have had some of the best attackers in the game in the last few years, something that holds true even now.
On that note, here are the five best PSG attackers since the turn of the century. Without further ado, let's get started:
Note: All stats have been taken from transfermarkt unless specified otherwise.
#5 Angel Di Maria
Angel Di Maria is one of the most underrated players in the game. But the Copa America 2021 winner has been a consistent performer for PSG since his arrival at the club six years ago.
The 33-year-old winger has made an impressive 200 goal contributions (89 goals, 112 assists) in 270 games across competitions for the club. Di Maria has been a key player in PSG's four Ligue 1 and numerous other domestic triumphs over the years.
The former Real Madrid and Manchester United player enjoyed his most prolific campaign for PSG in 2015-16. He bagged 15 goals and 23 assists across competitions.
#4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the most prolific attackers in world football since the turn of the century.
The much-travelled Swede enjoyed a prolific four-season stint at PSG in early 2010s, scoring 156 goals and bagging 61 assists across competitions. Ibrahimovic left PSG in the summer of 2016 as their all-time top scorer. He was later overtaken by Edinson Cavani.
Saving his best for last, the 40-year-old plundered 50 goals across competitions in what turned out to be his final season with PSG in 2015-16.
His tally included 38 Ligue 1 strikes, marking the second time Ibrahimovic scored at least 30 times in a French top-flight campaign.
#3 Neymar
Neymar is one of the most skilful attackers to have played for PSG since the turn of the century.
Since his arrival on a big-money move from Barcelona in the summer of 2017, the Brazilian has had a fairly successful stint at PSG. He hasn't quite managed to replicate his Barcelona exploits at the club. But Neymar has registered 142 goal contributions (88 goals, 54 assists) across competitions for PSG.
In 2019-20, Neymar scored his 20th Champions League goal for PSG. That made him the first player in competition history to score 20 goals for two different clubs.
The Copa America 2021 finalist has endured a rather quiet start to his 2021-22 campaign, though, netting just once in seven games across competitions.
#2 Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe is widely regarded as one of the best young players in the game at the moment. He arrived at PSG at the same time as Neymar. But the young Frenchman has managed to outshine the Champions League winner during this period.
Mbappe has already registered over 200 goal contributions (137 goals, 67 assists) for PSG across competitions. He is coming off a career-best season in 2020-21, plundering 42 goals across competitions. Despite his exploits, PSG failed to defend their Ligue 1 title to Lille and fell in the Champions League semis to Manchester City.
The 22-year-old attacker has registered five goals and six assists this season despite almost landing at Real Madrid during the summer.
#1 Edinson Cavani
Edinson Cavani is arguably the best striker to have turned out for PSG. The Uruguayan striker is one of only two players to score over 150 goals across competitions for the club.
In fact, Cavani's 200th goal for PSG in 2019-20 turned out to be his last for the Ligue 1 giants. Except for an injury-plagued last season, the 34-year-old scored at least 16 league goals in each of his seven other seasons at the club.
The six-time Ligue 1 winner had his most prolific campaign with PSG in 2016-17, when he scored 49 times across competitions.
