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] 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 Spain Paco Bienzobas Real Sociedad 17 18 0.94
1929–30 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Athletic Bilbao 20 18 1.11
1930–31 Spain Bata Athletic Bilbao 27 17 1.59
1931–32 Second Spanish Republic Bata (2) Athletic Bilbao 13[5] 18 0.72
1932–33 Second Spanish Republic Manuel Olivares Real Madrid 16 14 1.14
1933–34 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara Oviedo 26 18 1.44
1934–35 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara (2) Oviedo 27 22 1.23
1935–36 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara (3) Oviedo 28 21 1.33
1939–40 Francoist Spain Víctor Unamuno Athletic Bilbao 20 22 0.91
1940–41 Francoist Spain Pruden Atlético Madrid 33 22 1.5
1941–42 Francoist Spain Mundo Valencia 27 25 1.08
1942–43 Francoist Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 30 23 1.3
1943–44 Francoist Spain Mundo (2) Valencia 28 26 1.08
1944–45 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 20 26 0.77
1945–46 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (2) Athletic Bilbao 24 18 1.33
1946–47 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (3) Athletic Bilbao 33 24 1.38
1947–48 Francoist Spain Pahiño Celta Vigo 20 22 0.91
1948–49 Francoist Spain César Barcelona 27 24 1.13
1949–50 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (4) Athletic Bilbao 24 26 0.92
1950–51 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (5) Athletic Bilbao 38 30 1.27
1951–52 Francoist Spain Pahiño (2) Real Madrid 28 27 1.04
1952–53 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (6) Athletic Bilbao 24 29 0.83
1953–54 Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 27 28 0.96
1954–55 Francoist Spain Juan Arza Sevilla 28 29 0.97
1955–56 Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano (2) Real Madrid 24 30 0.8
1956–57 Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano (3) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03
1957–58 Francoist Spain Manuel Badenes Valladolid 19 29 0.66
Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano (4) Real Madrid 19 30 0.63
Francoist Spain Ricardo Alós Valencia 19 29 0.66
1958–59 Argentina Alfredo di Stéfano (5) Real Madrid 23 28 0.82
1959–60 Hungary Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 25 24 1.04
1960–61 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (2) Real Madrid 28 28 1
1961–62 Peru Juan Seminario Zaragoza 25 30 0.83
1962–63 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (3) Real Madrid 26 30 0.87
1963–64 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (4) Real Madrid 21 25 0.84
1964–65 Paraguay Cayetano Ré Barcelona 26 30 0.87
1965–66 Francoist Spain Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid 18[6] 28 0.64
1966–67 Brazil Waldo Valencia 24 30 0.8
1967–68 Francoist Spain Fidel Uriarte Athletic Bilbao 22 24 0.92
1968–69 Francoist Spain Amancio Real Madrid 14 29 0.48
Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate Atlético Madrid 14 30 0.47
1969–70 Francoist Spain Amancio (2) Real Madrid 16 29 0.55
Francoist Spain Luis Aragonés (2) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53
Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate (2) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53
1970–71 Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate (3) Atlético Madrid 17 28 0.61
Francoist Spain Carles Rexach Barcelona 17 28 0.61
1971–72 Francoist Spain Enrique Porta Granada 20 31 0.65
1972–73 Francoist Spain Marianín Oviedo 19 32 0.59
1973–74 Francoist Spain Quini Sporting Gijón 20 34 0.59
1974–75 Francoist Spain Carlos Athletic Bilbao 19 32 0.59
1975–76 Francoist Spain Quini (2) Sporting Gijón 21 34 0.62
1976–77 Argentina Mario Kempes Valencia 24 34 0.71
1977–78 Argentina Mario Kempes (2) Valencia 28 34 0.82
1978–79 Austria Hans Krankl Barcelona 29 30 0.97
1979–80 Spain Quini (3) Sporting Gijón 24 34 0.71
1980–81 Spain Quini (4) Barcelona 20 30 0.67
1981–82 Spain Quini (5) Barcelona 27 32 0.84
1982–83 Spain Poli Rincón Real Betis 20 30 0.67
1983–84 Uruguay Jorge da Silva Valladolid 17 30 0.57
Spain Juanito Real Madrid 17 31 0.55
1984–85 Mexico Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid 19 33 0.58
1985–86 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (2) Real Madrid 22 33 0.67
1986–87 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (3) Real Madrid 34 41 0.83
1987–88 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (4) Real Madrid 29 36 0.81
1988–89 Brazil Baltazar Atlético Madrid 35 36 0.97
1989–90 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (5) Real Madrid 38 35 1.09
1990–91 Spain Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid 19 35 0.54
1991–92 Spain Manolo Atlético Madrid 27 36 0.75
1992–93 Brazil Bebeto Deportivo La Coruña 29 37 0.78
1993–94 Brazil Romário Barcelona 30 33 0.91
1994–95 Chile Iván Zamorano Real Madrid 28 38 0.74
1995–96 Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi Tenerife 31 41 0.76
1996–97 Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona 34 37 0.92
1997–98 Italy Christian Vieri Atlético Madrid 24 24 1
1998–99 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 25 37 0.68
1999–2000 Spain Salva Ballesta Racing Santander 27 36 0.75
2000–01 Spain Raúl (2) Real Madrid 24 36 0.67
2001–02 Spain Diego Tristán Deportivo La Coruña 20 35 0.57
2002–03 Netherlands Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña 29 38 0.76
2003–04 Brazil Ronaldo (2) Real Madrid 24 32 0.75
2004–05 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 25 38 0.66
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 25[7] 37 0.68
2005–06 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (2) Barcelona 26 34 0.76
2006–07 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25 37 0.68
2007–08 Spain Daniel Güiza Mallorca 27 37 0.73
2008–09 Uruguay Diego Forlán (2) Atlético Madrid 32 33 0.97
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 34 35 0.97
2010–11 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 40 34 1.18
2011–12 Argentina Lionel Messi (2) Barcelona 50 37 1.35
2012–13 Argentina Lionel Messi (3) Barcelona 46 32 1.44
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (2) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03
2014–15 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (3) Real Madrid 48 35 1.37
2015–16 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 40 35 1.11
2016–17 Argentina Lionel Messi (4) Barcelona 37 34 1.09
2017–18 Argentina Lionel Messi (5) Barcelona 34 36 0.94
2018–19 Argentina Lionel Messi (6) Barcelona 36 34 1.06
2019–20 Argentina Lionel Messi (7) Barcelona 25 33 0.76
2020–21 Argentina Lionel Messi (8) Barcelona 30 35 0.86
2021–22 France 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 Nat. Player Years active Goals Apps Ratio
1 Argentina Lionel Messi 2004–2021 474 520 0.91
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 2009–2018 311 292 1.07
3 Spain Telmo Zarra 1940–1955 251 278 0.9
4 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 1981–1994 234 347 0.67
5 Spain Raúl 1994–2010 228 550 0.41
6 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano 1953–1966 227 329 0.69
7 Spain César Rodríguez 1939–1955 223 353 0.63
8 Spain Quini 1970–1987 219 448 0.49
9 France Karim Benzema 2009– 214 408 0.52
10 Spain Pahiño 1943–1956 210 278 0.76
11 Spain Edmundo Suárez 1939–1950 195 231 0.84
12 Spain Santillana 1970–1988 186 461 0.4
13 Spain David Villa 2003–2014 185 352 0.53
14 Spain Juan Arza 1943–1959 182 349 0.52
15 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza 1929–1945 178 256 0.7
16 Uruguay Luis Suárez 2014– 177 247 0.74
17 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 1998–2009 162 280 0.58
18 Spain Luis Aragonés 1960–1974 160 360 0.44
19 France Antoine Griezmann 2010– 159 407 0.39
20 Spain Aritz Aduriz 2002–2020 158 443 0.36
21 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 1958–1966 156 180 0.87
22 Spain Julio Salinas 1982–2000 152 417 0.36
23 Spain Adrián Escudero 1945–1958 150 287 0.52
24 Spain Daniel Ruiz 1974–1986 147 303 0.49
25 Spain Raúl Tamudo 1997–2013 146 407 0.36
26 Spain Silvestre Igoa 1941–1956 141 284 0.5
27 Spain Manuel Badenes 1946–1959 139 201 0.69
Spain Juan Araújo 1945–1956 139 207 0.67
Spain José Mari Bakero 1980–1997 139 483 0.29
30 Hungary 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 France Karim Benzema 212 407 0.52 Real Madrid (212) Real Madrid
2 Uruguay Luis Suárez 177 247 0.72 Barcelona (147)
Atlético Madrid (30)
Atlético Madrid
3 France Antoine Griezmann 159 407 0.39 Atlético Madrid (97)
Real Sociedad (40)
Barcelona (22)
Atlético Madrid
4 Spain Roberto Soldado 126 315 0.4 Valencia (59)
Getafe (29)
Granada (16)
Osasuna (11)
Villarreal (9)
Real Madrid (2)
Levante
5 Spain Álvaro Negredo 122 312 0.39 Sevilla (70)
Almería (32)
Valencia (10)
Cádiz (10)
Cádiz
6 Spain Iago Aspas 124 264 0.47 Celta Vigo (121)
Sevilla (2)
Celta Vigo
7 Spain Raúl García 106 533 0.2 Athletic Bilbao (59)
Atlético Madrid (27)
Osasuna (20)
Athletic Bilbao
8 Spain Gerard Moreno 93 242 0.38 Villarreal (57)
Espanyol (36)
Villarreal
9 Wales Gareth Bale 81 174 0.47 Real Madrid (81) Real Madrid
10 Spain Joaquín 76 587 0.13 Real Betis (52)
Valencia (18)
Málaga (6)
Real Betis

See also[]

References[]

Notes
  1. ^ "Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol | La Liga match report". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ michaeljblack. "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.
  5. ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.
  6. ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals.
  7. ^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
  8. ^ "Ranking Goals First Division". neogol. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Primera División – All-time Topscorers". World Football. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  10. ^ "Ranking Goals First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
Citations
  • Liga de Fútbol Profesional historical archive
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