Benzema’s 21/22 CL KO run of solo’ing PSG, City, Chelsea, and Pool with 10 goals in 7 games > Kane’s entire big game resume.
We’re talking about football impact. Of course, Kane is a much better person than Benzema. But that’s not the discussion.
On the other hand, Kane never had entire seasons off.
Kane consistently got amazing numbers with an average team.
Benzema finished a league campaign with 5 league goals as Real Madrid's main striker which is absolutely embarrassing.
Real Madrid fans who watched him week in week out, wanted Benzema out for years. If you go back to his contract renewal posts back in 2018, you'll find Madrid fans absolutely furious in the comments.
Those 2 years 2021 and 2022 completely changed his reputation and history was rewritten. He was a poor, patchy finisher for half of his career. He always had very good technical ability since Lyon but his finishing has never been reliable.
When Benzema didn't turn up in big games, Madrid still won because of Ronaldo, Bale, Ramos, Modric, Kroos, etc so nobody noticed anything. Look at his CL knockout numbers. He has played a HUGE amount of games and his goal ratio is rather average. He has actually been invisible in countless big games.