His progress is in the early stages, so he may not be able to make it to the list of best players from here. I think If the Spanish Lamin Yamal was at the top of La Liga's top goal collection right now, then this would definitely be a good indicator of progress for him.
I agree with you , that would be one of the best measures that can be given to a player , just the fact of his young Age And knowing how he is playing Means that things are going in the right direction , however now we have to consider being a scorer, it is a thousand times better to do it by that metric, some will say no , but there is no point in making the best plays if you do not shine with goals , I think that now the players See it differently, they prefer to shine more in fame, or doing other types of things off the court.