It’s clear the best strikers of the last 15 years to now are Lewandowski, Suarez, Benzema, Kane, Haaland. Here’s my ranking of them based on big game performances.
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Benzema. Even before his Bdor season, he regularly showed up in big CL games with goals, assists and key passes even if he might play like a donkey in the league. It helped that he was with Real and had qualities all around.
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Suarez. Often went missing in CL, but regularly cooked Real in El Classico and showed up big for his national team.
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Lewandowski. Hit and miss during big games. Was more of a big game player for Dortmund than Bayern & Barca. Had some memorable performances like vs Real in CL, Bayern in cup, vs Chelsea in CL.
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Kane. Statistically the best finisher and based on eye test the best striker of the ball. Has been relatively quiet in big games. Did show up vs big teams in PL.
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Haaland. Literally a stat merchant at this point but still has a lot of time to improve.
Before Ronaldo left real Madrid, no one considered benzema to be even the top 5 stickers of the last decade. Now that can be attributed to his supporting role to Ronaldo, and he took on the main role after Ronaldo left, but still before 2018, aguero, cavani, higuain and rooney were all considered better than benzema. He did have consistent world class seasons after 2019 and was deserving of the ballon d’or, but he’s definitely not better than Suarez and Lewandowski, maybe even zlatan.