Benzema doesn't stop playing Real Madrid Has featured in 59 of last 61 league games

Karim Benzema is living a second youth at Real Madrid.

Not only has he found his best level and most impressive scoring records, but he's doing it when a lot of people had already written him off.

Benzema has been carrying Real Madrid on his back for a while now that his fitness is respecting him, as he's been able to play 59 of the last 61 league games, meaning he's played in 97 percent of Los Blancos' LaLiga Santander games since the end of January 2018.

This recent run has seen him put a series of consecutive physical problems behind him, moving on from those to play in 54 straight league matches - a record which was briefly ended by a muscular injury at the end of last season.

For the rest, though, he's been indestructible in the last couple of years, accumulating 100 games in his last two seasons.

Not even a fractured finger at the beginning of the year slowed him down.

Six days after that injury he was back playing and this is one of the reasons he's still playing with a bandage on his hand nine months later.

The No.9 didn't even contemplate surgery and was only focused on helping the team during a tough time.

Ending the 2018/19 season, Benzema had 30 goals, doing his part in replacing Cristiano Ronaldo's contribution.

The Frenchman will turn 32 in December, but he's still as important as ever for Zinedine Zidane.

Luka Jovic's arrival is yet to threaten him, as he's played three LaLiga Santander games, scoring twice.