List of La Liga top scorers

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] Four 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.

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

Top scorers by season[]

Table key
	Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season

Season	Player	Club	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1929	Paco Bienzobas	Real Sociedad	17	18	0.94
1929–30	Guillermo Gorostiza	Athletic Bilbao	20	18	1.11
1930–31	Bata	Athletic Bilbao	27	17	1.59
1931–32	Bata (2)	Athletic Bilbao	13^[5]	18	0.72
1932–33	Manuel Olivares	Real Madrid	16	14	1.14
1933–34	Isidro Lángara	Oviedo	26	18	1.44
1934–35	Isidro Lángara (2)	Oviedo	27	22	1.23
1935–36	Isidro Lángara (3)	Oviedo	28	21	1.33
1939–40	Víctor Unamuno	Athletic Bilbao	20	22	0.91
1940–41	Pruden	Atlético Madrid	33	22	1.5
1941–42	Mundo	Valencia	27	25	1.08
1942–43	Mariano Martín	Barcelona	30	23	1.3
1943–44	Mundo (2)	Valencia	28	26	1.08
1944–45	Telmo Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	20	26	0.77
1945–46	Telmo Zarra (2)	Athletic Bilbao	24	18	1.33
1946–47	Telmo Zarra (3)	Athletic Bilbao	33	24	1.38
1947–48	Pahiño	Celta Vigo	20	22	0.91
1948–49	César	Barcelona	27	24	1.13
1949–50	Telmo Zarra (4)	Athletic Bilbao	24	26	0.92
1950–51	Telmo Zarra (5)	Athletic Bilbao	38	30	1.27
1951–52	Pahiño (2)	Real Madrid	28	27	1.04
1952–53	Telmo Zarra (6)	Athletic Bilbao	24	29	0.83
1953–54	Alfredo di Stéfano	Real Madrid	27	28	0.96
1954–55	Juan Arza	Sevilla	28	29	0.97
1955–56	Alfredo di Stéfano (2)	Real Madrid	24	30	0.8
1956–57	Alfredo di Stéfano (3)	Real Madrid	31	30	1.03
1957–58	Manuel Badenes	Valladolid	19	29	0.66
	Alfredo di Stéfano (4)	Real Madrid	19	30	0.63
	Ricardo Alós	Valencia	19	29	0.66
1958–59	Alfredo di Stéfano (5)	Real Madrid	23	28	0.82
1959–60	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	25	24	1.04
1960–61	Ferenc Puskás (2)	Real Madrid	28	28	1
1961–62	Juan Seminario	Zaragoza	25	30	0.83
1962–63	Ferenc Puskás (3)	Real Madrid	26	30	0.87
1963–64	Ferenc Puskás (4)	Real Madrid	21	25	0.84
1964–65	Cayetano Ré	Barcelona	26	30	0.87
1965–66	Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	18^[6]	28	0.64
1966–67	Waldo	Valencia	24	30	0.8
1967–68	Fidel Uriarte	Athletic Bilbao	22	24	0.92
1968–69	Amancio	Real Madrid	14	29	0.48
1968–69	José Eulogio Gárate	Atlético Madrid	14	30	0.47
1969–70	Amancio (2)	Real Madrid	16	29	0.55
	Luis Aragonés (2)	Atlético Madrid	16	30	0.53
	José Eulogio Gárate (2)	Atlético Madrid	16	30	0.53
1970–71	José Eulogio Gárate (3)	Atlético Madrid	17	28	0.61
1970–71	Carles Rexach	Barcelona	17	28	0.61
1971–72	Enrique Porta	Granada	20	31	0.65
1972–73	Marianín	Oviedo	19	32	0.59
1973–74	Quini	Sporting Gijón	20	34	0.59
1974–75	Carlos	Athletic Bilbao	19	32	0.59
1975–76	Quini (2)	Sporting Gijón	21	34	0.62
1976–77	Mario Kempes	Valencia	24	34	0.71
1977–78	Mario Kempes (2)	Valencia	28	34	0.82
1978–79	Hans Krankl	Barcelona	29	30	0.97
1979–80	Quini (3)	Sporting Gijón	24	34	0.71
1980–81	Quini (4)	Barcelona	20	30	0.67
1981–82	Quini (5)	Barcelona	27	32	0.84
1982–83	Poli Rincón	Real Betis	20	30	0.67
1983–84	Jorge da Silva	Valladolid	17	30	0.57
1983–84	Juanito	Real Madrid	17	31	0.55
1984–85	Hugo Sánchez	Atlético Madrid	19	33	0.58
1985–86	Hugo Sánchez (2)	Real Madrid	22	33	0.67
1986–87	Hugo Sánchez (3)	Real Madrid	34	41	0.83
1987–88	Hugo Sánchez (4)	Real Madrid	29	36	0.81
1988–89	Baltazar	Atlético Madrid	35	36	0.97
1989–90	Hugo Sánchez (5)	Real Madrid	38	35	1.09
1990–91	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	19	35	0.54
1991–92	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	27	36	0.75
1992–93	Bebeto	Deportivo La Coruña	29	37	0.78
1993–94	Romário	Barcelona	30	33	0.91
1994–95	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid	28	38	0.74
1995–96	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Tenerife	31	41	0.76
1996–97	Ronaldo	Barcelona	34	37	0.92
1997–98	Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	24	24	1
1998–99	Raúl	Real Madrid	25	37	0.68
1999–2000	Salva Ballesta	Racing Santander	27	36	0.75
2000–01	Raúl (2)	Real Madrid	24	36	0.67
2001–02	Diego Tristán	Deportivo La Coruña	20	35	0.57
2002–03	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	29	38	0.76
2003–04	Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	24	32	0.75
2004–05	Diego Forlán	Villarreal	25	38	0.66
2004–05	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	25^[7]	37	0.68
2005–06	Samuel Eto'o (2)	Barcelona	26	34	0.76
2006–07	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	25	37	0.68
2007–08	Daniel Güiza	Mallorca	27	37	0.73
2008–09	Diego Forlán (2)	Atlético Madrid	32	33	0.97
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	34	35	0.97
2010–11	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	40	34	1.18
2011–12	Lionel Messi (2)	Barcelona	50	37	1.35
2012–13	Lionel Messi (3)	Barcelona	46	32	1.44
2013–14	Cristiano Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	31	30	1.03
2014–15	Cristiano Ronaldo (3)	Real Madrid	48	35	1.37
2015–16	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	40	35	1.11
2016–17	Lionel Messi (4)	Barcelona	37	34	1.09
2017–18	Lionel Messi (5)	Barcelona	34	36	0.94
2018–19	Lionel Messi (6)	Barcelona	36	34	1.06
2019–20	Lionel Messi (7)	Barcelona	25	33	0.76
2020–21	Lionel Messi (8)	Barcelona	30	35	0.86
2021–22	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	22	25	0.88

All-time top scorers[]

As of matches played 7 December 2021^[8]^[9]

Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in italics are still active outside La Liga.

Rank	Player	Years active	Goals	Apps	Ratio
1	Lionel Messi	2004–2021	474	520	0.91
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	2009–2018	311	292	1.07
3	Telmo Zarra	1940–1955	251	278	0.9
4	Hugo Sánchez	1981–1994	234	347	0.67
5	Raúl	1994–2010	228	550	0.41
6	Alfredo Di Stéfano	1953–1966	227	329	0.69
7	César Rodríguez	1939–1955	223	353	0.63
8	Quini	1970–1987	219	448	0.49
9	Karim Benzema	2009–	214	408	0.52
10	Pahiño	1943–1956	210	278	0.76
11	Edmundo Suárez	1939–1950	195	231	0.84
12	Santillana	1970–1988	186	461	0.4
13	David Villa	2003–2014	185	352	0.53
14	Juan Arza	1943–1959	182	349	0.52
15	Guillermo Gorostiza	1929–1945	178	256	0.7
16	Luis Suárez	2014–	177	247	0.74
17	Samuel Eto'o	1998–2009	162	280	0.58
18	Luis Aragonés	1960–1974	160	360	0.44
19	Antoine Griezmann	2010–	159	407	0.39
20	Aritz Aduriz	2002–2020	158	443	0.36
21	Ferenc Puskás	1958–1966	156	180	0.87
22	Julio Salinas	1982–2000	152	417	0.36
23	Adrián Escudero	1945–1958	150	287	0.52
24	Daniel Ruiz	1974–1986	147	303	0.49
25	Raúl Tamudo	1997–2013	146	407	0.36
26	Silvestre Igoa	1941–1956	141	284	0.5
27	Manuel Badenes	1946–1959	139	201	0.69
	Juan Araújo	1945–1956	139	207	0.67
	José Mari Bakero	1980–1997	139	483	0.29
30	László Kubala	1951–1965	138	215	0.64

Top active scorers[]

As of matches played 7 December 2021^[10]

Includes top ten players who are active in La Liga as of the 2021–22 season.

Rank	Player	Goals	Apps	Ratio	Team(s) (goals)	Current club
1	Karim Benzema	212	407	0.52	Real Madrid (212)	Real Madrid
2	Luis Suárez	177	247	0.72	Barcelona (147) Atlético Madrid (30)	Atlético Madrid
3	Antoine Griezmann	159	407	0.39	Atlético Madrid (97) Real Sociedad (40) Barcelona (22)	Atlético Madrid
4	Roberto Soldado	126	315	0.4	Valencia (59) Getafe (29) Granada (16) Osasuna (11) Villarreal (9) Real Madrid (2)	Levante
5	Álvaro Negredo	122	312	0.39	Sevilla (70) Almería (32) Valencia (10) Cádiz (10)	Cádiz
6	Iago Aspas	124	264	0.47	Celta Vigo (121) Sevilla (2)	Celta Vigo
7	Raúl García	106	533	0.2	Athletic Bilbao (59) Atlético Madrid (27) Osasuna (20)	Athletic Bilbao
8	Gerard Moreno	93	242	0.38	Villarreal (57) Espanyol (36)	Villarreal
9	Gareth Bale	81	174	0.47	Real Madrid (81)	Real Madrid
10	Joaquín	76	587	0.13	Real Betis (52) Valencia (18) Málaga (6)	Real Betis

References[]

Notes

^ "Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol | La Liga match report". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ michaeljblack. "La Liga Top Scorers of All-Time – La Liga News". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ "Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award". beIN Sports. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Nemer, Roy (20 July 2020). "Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record | Mundo Albiceleste". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.
^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals.
^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
^ "Ranking Goals First Division". neogol. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
^ "Primera División – All-time Topscorers". World Football. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
^ "Ranking Goals First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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

External links[]

Top 10 Highest Goalscorers in La Liga History

[1] "Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol | La Liga match report". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[2] . "La Liga Top Scorers of All-Time – La Liga News". Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[3] "Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award". beIN Sports. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[4] Nemer, Roy (20 July 2020). "Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record | Mundo Albiceleste". Retrieved 22 July 2020.

[note1-5] Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.

[note2-6] Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals.

[note3-7] Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.

[neogol-8] "Ranking Goals First Division". neogol. Retrieved 16 September 2019.

[9] "Primera División – All-time Topscorers". World Football. Retrieved 16 June 2020.

[bdfutbol.com-10] "Ranking Goals First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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