List of La Liga top scorers explained

thumb|upright=0.68|Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goalsLa 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 for sixty years 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.

Alfredo Di Stéfano was the first non-European player to score a hundred La Liga goals, though he was a naturalised Spanish citizen by the time he reached the milestone in 1957. Hugo Sánchez became the first North American in 1986 and Samuel Eto'o was the first African to score 100 La Liga goals in 2006.

The most recent player to score 100 goals in the league is Cristhian Stuani, who scored his centennial goal on 24 May 2024. Of active players, Willian José is closest to making this list, having scored 81 La Liga 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.

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Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lionel Messi	474	520		2004	2021	Barcelona
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	311	292		2009	2018	Real Madrid
3	Telmo Zarra	251	277		1940	1955	Athletic Bilbao
4	Karim Benzema	238	439		2009	2023	Real Madrid
5	Hugo Sánchez	234	347		1981	1994	,,
6	Raúl	228	550		1994	2010	Real Madrid
7	Alfredo Di Stéfano	227	329		1953	1966	,
8	César Rodríguez	221	353		1940	1960	,,,
9	Quini	219	448		1968	1987	,
10	Pahiño	212	278		1943	1956	,,
11	Edmundo Suárez	195	231		1939	1951	,
12	Antoine Griezmann	190	493		2010	2024	,,
13	David Villa	186	352		2003	2014	,,,
	Santillana	186	461		1971	1988	Real Madrid
15	Guillermo Gorostiza	183	255		1929	1946	,
16	Juan Arza	182	349		1943	1959	Sevilla
17	Luis Suárez	179	258		2014	2022	,
18	Samuel Eto'o	162	280		1998	2009	,,
19	Luis Aragonés	160	360		1960	1975	,,
20	Aritz Aduriz	158	443		2002	2020	,,
21	Iago Aspas	157	358		2006	2024	,
22	Ferenc Puskás	156	180		1958	1966	Real Madrid
23	Julio Salinas	152	417		1982	2000	,,,,,
24	Adrián Escudero	150	287		1945	1958	Atlético Madrid
25	Daniel Ruiz	147	303		1974	1986	Athletic Bilbao
26	Raúl Tamudo	146	407		1996	2013	,,
27	Silvestre Igoa	140	283		1941	1956	,
28	Manuel Badenes	139	199		1946	1959	,,,,
	Juan Araújo	139	207		1945	1956	Sevilla
	José Mari Bakero	139	484		1980	1997	,
31	László Kubala	138	215		1950	1964	,
32	José Luis Panizo	136	326		1939	1955	Athletic Bilbao
33	Jesús María Satrústegui	133	297		1973	1986	Real Sociedad
	Ismael Urzaiz	133	438		1990	2007	,,,,
35	Joaquín Murillo	131	226		1954	1964	,
36	Fernando Ansola	130	323		1959	1975	,,,
37	Luboslav Penev	129	305		1989	1999	,,,
	Roberto Soldado	129	323		2005	2022	,,,,,,
	Paco Gento	129	437		1952	1971	,
40	Diego Forlán	128	240		2004	2012	,
	Eneko Arieta	128	244		1951	1966	Athletic Bilbao
	Álvaro Negredo	128	361		2007	2024	,,,
43	Paco Campos	127	204		1939	1952	,
44	Mario Kempes	126	222		1976	1986	,
45	Epi Fernández	125	334		1940	1955	,
46	Fernando Morientes	124	337		1993	2009	,,,
47	Emilio Butragueño	123	341		1983	1995	Real Madrid
	Pirri	123	417		1964	1980	Real Madrid
49	Herrerita	119	229		1933	1950	,
	Gerard Moreno	119	305		2014	2024	,
	Amancio Amaro	119	344		1962	1976	Real Madrid
52	Ronaldo	117	164		1996	2007	,
	Agustín Gainza	117	380		1940	1959	Athletic Bilbao
54	Waldo Machado	115	216		1961	1970	Valencia
	Rafael Marañón	115	308		1970	1983	,
55	José Juncosa	114	232		1942	1955	,
	Davor Šuker	114	239		1991	1999	,
58	Roberto López Ufarte	112	418		1975	1989	,,
	Raúl García	112	609		2004	2024	,,
60	Carlos Muñoz	111	314		1984	1996	,,,,
	Pedro Uralde	111	338		1978	1992	,,,
	José Ángel Ziganda	111	381		1987	2001	,
63	Jose Eulogio Garate	109	241		1966	1977	Atletico Madrid
64	Bata	108	118		1929	1936	Athletic Bilbao
	Fernando Gómez	108	420		1983	1998	Valencia
66	Mariano Martín	107	130		1939	1949	,
	Gonzalo Higuaín	107	190		2006	2013	Real Madrid
	Rivaldo	107	198		1996	2002	,
	Pichi Alonso	107	261		1978	1989	,,
	José Luis Artetxe	107	276		1950	1965	Athletic Bilbao
71	Isidro Lángara	105	90		1933	1948	Real Oviedo
	Meho Kodro	105	263		1991	2000	,,,
	Fernando Hierro	105	497		1987	2003	,
74	Hermidita	104	160		1945	1956	Celta de Vigo
75	Cayetano Ré	103	265		1959	1971	,,
	Luis Enrique	103	400		1989	2004	,,
77	Guillermo Campanal	102	157		1934	1946	Sevilla
	Fernando Torres	102	281		2002	2018	Atlético Madrid
	Manuel Sarabia	102	363		1976	1991	,
80	Victorio Unamuno	101	141		1928	1942	,
	Julen Guerrero	101	372		1992	2006	Athletic Bilbao
82	Roy Makaay	100	205		1997	2003	,
	Cristhian Stuani	100	294		2010	2024	,,,

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

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Apps	Ratio
align=center scope="row"	1929		Real Sociedad	17	18	0.94
align=center scope="row"	1929–30		Athletic Bilbao	20	18	1.11
align=center scope="row"	1930–31	Bata	Athletic Bilbao	27	17
align=center scope="row"	1931–32	Bata (2)	Athletic Bilbao	13^[6]	18
align=center scope="row"	1932–33		Real Madrid	16	14
align=center scope="row"	1933–34		Oviedo	26	18
align=center scope="row"	1934–35	(2)	Oviedo	27	22
align=center scope="row"	1935–36	(3)	Oviedo	28	21
align=center scope="row"	1939–40		Athletic Bilbao	20	22
align=center scope="row"	1940–41		Atlético Madrid	33	22
align=center scope="row"	1941–42	Mundo	Valencia	27	25
align=center scope="row"	1942–43		Barcelona	30	23
align=center scope="row"	1943–44	Mundo (2)	Valencia	28	26
align=center scope="row"	1944–45		Athletic Bilbao	20	26
align=center scope="row"	1945–46	(2)	Athletic Bilbao	24	18
align=center scope="row"	1946–47	(3)	Athletic Bilbao	33	24
align=center scope="row"	1947–48		Celta Vigo	20	22
align=center scope="row"	1948–49	César	Barcelona	27	24
align=center scope="row"	1949–50	(4)	Athletic Bilbao	24	26
align=center scope="row"	1950–51	(5)	Athletic Bilbao	38	30
align=center scope="row"	1951–52	(2)	Real Madrid	28	27
align=center scope="row"	1952–53	(6)	Athletic Bilbao	24	29
align=center scope="row"	1953–54		Real Madrid	27	28
align=center scope="row"	1954–55		Sevilla	28	29
align=center scope="row"	1955–56	(2)	Real Madrid	24	30
align=center scope="row"	1956–57	(3)	Real Madrid	31	30
align=center scope="row" rowspan=3 valign="middle"	1957–58		Valladolid	19	29
(4)	Real Madrid	19	30
Ricardo Alós	Valencia	19	29
align=center scope="row"	1958–59	(5)	Real Madrid	23	28
align=center scope="row"	1959–60		Real Madrid	25	24
align=center scope="row"	1960–61	(2)	Real Madrid	28	28
align=center scope="row"	1961–62		Real Zaragoza	25	30
align=center scope="row"	1962–63	(3)	Real Madrid	26	30
align=center scope="row"	1963–64	(4)	Real Madrid	21	25
align=center scope="row"	1964–65		Barcelona	26	30
align=center scope="row"	1965–66	Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	18^[7]	28
align=center scope="row"	1966–67	Waldo	Valencia	24	30
align=center scope="row"	1967–68		Athletic Bilbao	22	24
align=center rowspan=2 valign="middle"	1968–69	Amancio	Real Madrid	14	29
José Eulogio Gárate	Atlético Madrid	14	30
align=center rowspan=3 valign="middle"	1969–70	Amancio (2)	Real Madrid	16	29
(2)	Atlético Madrid	16	30
(2)	Atlético Madrid	16	30
align=center rowspan=2 valign="middle"		(3)	Atlético Madrid	17	28
	Barcelona	17	28
align=center scope="row"	1971–72		Granada	20	31
align=center scope="row"	1972–73	Marianín	Oviedo	19	32
align=center scope="row"	1973–74	Quini	Sporting Gijón	20	34
align=center scope="row"	1974–75	Carlos	Athletic Bilbao	19	32
align=center scope="row"	1975–76	Quini (2)	Sporting Gijón	21	34
align=center scope="row"	1976–77		Valencia	24	34
align=center scope="row"	1977–78	(2)	Valencia	28	34
align=center scope="row"	1978–79		Barcelona	29	30
align=center scope="row"	1979–80	Quini (3)	Sporting Gijón	24	34
align=center scope="row"	1980–81	Quini (4)	Barcelona	20	30
align=center scope="row"	1981–82	Quini (5)	Barcelona	27	32
align=center scope="row"	1982–83		Real Betis	20	30
align=center rowspan=2 valign="middle"	1983–84	Jorge da Silva	Valladolid	17	30
Juanito	Real Madrid	17	31
align=center scope="row"	1984–85		Atlético Madrid	19	33
align=center scope="row"	1985–86	(2)	Real Madrid	22	33
align=center scope="row"	1986–87	(3)	Real Madrid	34	41
align=center scope="row"	1987–88	(4)	Real Madrid	29	36
align=center scope="row"	1988–89	Baltazar	Atlético Madrid	35	36
align=center scope="row"	1989–90	(5)	Real Madrid	38	35
align=center scope="row"	1990–91		Real Madrid	19	35
align=center scope="row"	1991–92	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	27	36
align=center scope="row"	1992–93	Bebeto	Deportivo La Coruña	29	37
align=center scope="row"	1993–94	Romário	Barcelona	30	33
align=center scope="row"	1994–95		Real Madrid	28	38
align=center scope="row"	1995–96		Tenerife	31	41
align=center scope="row"	1996–97	Ronaldo	Barcelona	34	37
align=center scope="row"	1997–98		Atlético Madrid	24	24
align=center scope="row"	1998–99	Raúl	Real Madrid	25	37
align=center scope="row"	1999–2000		Racing Santander	27	36
align=center scope="row"	2000–01	Raúl (2)	Real Madrid	24	36
align=center scope="row"	2001–02		Deportivo La Coruña	20	35
align=center scope="row"	2002–03		Deportivo La Coruña	29	38
align=center scope="row"	2003–04	Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	24	32
align=center rowspan=2 valign="middle"	2004–05		Villarreal	25	38
	Barcelona	25^[8]	37
align=center scope="row"	2005–06	(2)	Barcelona	26	34
align=center scope="row"	2006–07		Real Madrid	25	37
align=center scope="row"	2007–08		Mallorca	27	37
align=center scope="row"	2008–09	(2)	Atlético Madrid	32	33
align=center scope="row"	2009–10		Barcelona	34	35
align=center scope="row"	2010–11		Real Madrid	40	34
align=center scope="row"	2011–12	(2)	Barcelona	bgcolor=mistyrose	50	37
align=center scope="row"	2012–13	(3)	Barcelona	46	32
align=center scope="row"	2013–14	(2)	Real Madrid	31	30
align=center scope="row"	2014–15	(3)	Real Madrid	48	35
align=center scope="row"	2015–16		Barcelona	40	35
align=center scope="row"	2016–17	(4)	Barcelona	37	34
align=center scope="row"	2017–18	(5)	Barcelona	34	36
align=center scope="row"	2018–19	(6)	Barcelona	36	34
align=center scope="row"	2019–20	(7)	Barcelona	25	33
align=center scope="row"	2020–21	(8)	Barcelona	30	35
align=center scope="row"	2021–22		Real Madrid	27	32
align=center scope="row"	2022–23		Barcelona	23	34
align=center scope="row"	2023–24		Girona	24	32

See also

• Pichichi Trophy
• European Golden Shoe
• Premier League Golden Boot
• List of Bundesliga top scorers by season
• List of Ligue 1 top scorers
• Capocannoniere

References

Notes

Citations

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional historical archive
• Web site: Luis Javier . Bravo . Bernhard . Sillipp . Raúl . Torre . Roberto . Di Maggio . List of all Pichichi winners . . 25 June 2015 . 10 March 2016 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084634/http://www.rsssf.com/tabless/spantops.html . 4 March 2016 .
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fúbol español. De la Olimpiada de Amberes a la Guerra Civil (1920–1939).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. De la Guerra Civil al Mundial de Brasil (1939–1950).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del gol de Zarra al gol de Marcelino (1950–1964).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Campeonato de Europa al Mundial de España (1964–1982).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Mundial 82 a la final española de París (1982–2001)

External links

• LFP - Historical squads for every season of the league including official goal scoring stats
• Top 10 La Liga Golden Boot winners
• Top 10 Highest Goalscorers in La Liga History

Notes and References

1. News: Associated Press. 5 May 2012. Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol La Liga match report. The Guardian. 22 July 2020. 0261-3077. 23 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230823083649/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2012/may/05/lionel-messi-four-goals-guardiola. live.
2. Web site: michaeljblack. La Liga Top Scorers of All-Time – La Liga News. 22 July 2020. 22 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200722133116/https://laligaonline.com/la-liga-top-scorers/. dead.
3. Web site: Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award. 22 July 2020. beIN Sports. 20 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200920040634/https://www.beinsports.com/en/laliga/news/messi-holds-off-benzema-to-land-record-seve-1/1507287. live.
4. Web site: Nemer. Roy. Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record Mundo Albiceleste. 20 July 2020. 22 July 2020. 29 August 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230829181834/https://mundoalbiceleste.com/2020/07/20/lionel-messi-wins-pichichi-award-with-barcelona-beats-previous-record/. live.
5. Web site: Ranking Goals First Division . BD Futbol . 19 August 2022 . 21 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190921162918/https://www.bdfutbol.com/en/c/rankingG1.html . live .
6. Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.
7. Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals.
8. Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.