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List of La Liga top scorers

List of La Liga top scorers

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La Liga all-time top scorer is Lionel Messi with 474 goals, all for Barcelona. He also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season with 50 in the 2011–12 campaign,[1][2] and is the only player ever to win the league's top scorer award in eight different seasons.[3] Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra, who was the competition's all-time top scorer until 2014, won the top scorer award six times.[4] Three other players — Real Madrid's Alfredo Di Stéfano, Quini of Sporting Gijón and Barcelona, and Hugo Sánchez of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid — each finished as top scorer in five individual seasons. The most recent player to score 100 goals in the league is Gerard Moreno, who scored his centennial goal in January 2022.

Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goals

La Liga players with 100 or more goals

Key

  • Bold shows players still playing in La Liga.
  • Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
As of 21 April 2024[5]
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Most La Liga goals by clubs

Current La Liga clubs and players are shown in bold.

As of matches played on 4 February 2024.
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Top scorers by season

Table key
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
Indicates the record number of goals scored in a La Liga season
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See also

References

Notes
  1. [1]
    "Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol | La Liga match report". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 23 August 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. [2]
    michaeljblack. "La Liga Top Scorers of All-Time – La Liga News". Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award". beIN Sports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. [4]
    Nemer, Roy (20 July 2020). "Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record | Mundo Albiceleste". Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. [5]
    "Ranking Goals First Division". BD Futbol. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. [6]
    Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.
  7. [7]
    Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals.
  8. [8]
    Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
Citations
  • Liga de Fútbol Profesional historical archive
  • Bravo, Luis Javier; Sillipp, Bernhard; Torre, Raúl; Di Maggio, Roberto (25 June 2015). "List of all Pichichi winners". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  • Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fúbol español. De la Olimpiada de Amberes a la Guerra Civil (1920–1939). ISBN 84-607-5767-6
  • Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. De la Guerra Civil al Mundial de Brasil (1939–1950). ISBN 978-84-607-8817-1
  • Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del gol de Zarra al gol de Marcelino (1950–1964). ISBN 978-84-609-2967-3
  • Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Campeonato de Europa al Mundial de España (1964–1982). ISBN 978-84-611-0295-2
  • Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Mundial 82 a la final española de París (1982–2001) ISBN 978-84-612-2007-6
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