List of Süper Lig top scorers

The Süper Lig top scorers are called Gol Kralı (literally meaning "Goal King" in Turkish) in Turkey. It is the title earned by the top goalscorer in Turkish football league divisions.

The title is currently held by Aaron Boupendza, who scored 22 goals for Hatayspor in the 2020–21 season. The highest number of goals scored is 39, by Tanju Çolak for Galatasaray in 1987–88. Metin Oktay (1962–63) and Hakan Şükür (1996–97) narrowly missed the record; they each scored 38 goals for Galatasaray. Oktay has won the award the most times with six wins in 1959, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65 and 1968–69, which was also his last season. Bosnian Tarik Hodžić was the first non-Turkish winner, when he scored 16 goals for Galatasaray in the 1983–84 season. Oktay (1959, 1960, 1961), Çolak (1986, 1987, 1988) and Şükür (1997, 1998, 1999) are the only players to win the award in three consecutive seasons. Brazilian Alex de Souza is the only foreign player to become top scorer twice. He became top scorer with Fenerbahçe in the 2006–07 and 2010–11 seasons, also winning the Turkish championship title with his club on both occasions. Fenerbahçe are the only club in Süper Lig history to have brought forth the top scorer in four consecutive seasons, from 1991–92 to the 1994–95 season.

Çolak won the European Golden Shoe for his 39 for Galatasaray in 1987–88 and came second with 31 goals in 1990–91.^[1] In the 1962–63 season Oktay scored 38 for Galatasaray and became Europe's top scorer.^[2] Şükür came third in 1996–97, despite scoring the most goals in Europe.^[1]

Top scorers by season[]

The top scorers of the former Turkish Football Championship and National Division are not included in the following list:^[3][4]

Metin Oktay has won the award a record six times

Three time winner and all-time top scorer Hakan Şükür

Alex de Souza, two time top scorer and most successful foreign player in the history of the league.

Burak Yılmaz, two time Gol Kralı (2011–12, 2012–13)

Season	Club(s)	Top scorer	Age	Goals	Games	Rate
1959	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (1)	23	11	15	0.73
1959–60	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (2)	24	33	33	1
1960–61	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (3)	25	36	30	1.2
1961–62	Ankara Demirspor	Fikri Elma (1)	28	21	34	0.62
1962–63	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (4)	27	38	26	1.46
1963–64	Beşiktaş	Güven Önüt (1)	24	19	30	0.63
1964–65	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (5)	29	17	22	0.77
1965–66	Ankaragücü	Ertan Adatepe (1)	28	20	26	0.77
1966–67	Ankaragücü	Ertan Adatepe (2)	29	18	28	0.64
1967–68	Göztepe	Fevzi Zemzem (1)	26	19	30	0.63
1968–69	Galatasaray	Metin Oktay (6)	33	17	26	0.65
1969–70	Eskişehirspor	Fethi Heper (1)	26	13	26	0.5
1970–71	Fenerbahçe	Ogün Altıparmak (1)	33	16	26	0.62
1971–72	Eskişehirspor	Fethi Heper (2)	28	20	30	0.67
1972–73	Fenerbahçe	Osman Arpacıoğlu (1)	26	16	19	0.84
1973–74	Fenerbahçe	Cemil Turan (1)	27	14	30	0.47
1974–75	Eskişehirspor	Ömer Kaner (1)	24	14	26	0.54
1975–76	Fenerbahçe	Cemil Turan (2)	29	17	30	0.57
	Ankaragücü	Ali Osman Renklibay (1)	27	17	30	0.57
1976–77	Trabzonspor	Necmi Perekli (1)	29	18	22	0.82
1977–78	Fenerbahçe	Cemil Turan (3)	31	17	30	0.57
1978–79	Adanaspor	Özer Umdu (1)	27	15	26	0.58
1979–80	Altay	Mustafa Denizli (1)	30	12	30	0.4
	Bursaspor	Bahtiyar Yorulmaz (1)	24	12	30	0.4
1980–81	Adanaspor	Bora Öztürk (1)	26	15	26	0.58
1981–82	Fenerbahçe	Selçuk Yula (1)	23	16	28	0.57
1982–83	Fenerbahçe	Selçuk Yula (2)	24	19	30	0.63
1983–84	Galatasaray	Tarik Hodžić (1)	31	16	30	0.53
1984–85	Sakaryaspor	Aykut Yiğit (1)	25	20	34	0.59
1985–86	Samsunspor	Tanju Çolak (1)	22	33	34	0.97
1986–87	Samsunspor	Tanju Çolak (2)	23	25	34	0.74
1987–88	Galatasaray	Tanju Çolak (3)	24	39	37	1.05
1988–89	Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman (1)	24	29	34	0.85
1989–90	Beşiktaş	Feyyaz Uçar (1)	26	28	33	0.85
1990–91	Galatasaray	Tanju Çolak (4)	27	31	29	1.07
1991–92	Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman (2)	27	25	25	1
1992–93	Fenerbahçe	Tanju Çolak (5)	29	27	23	1.17
1993–94	Fenerbahçe	Bülent Uygun (1)	22	22	27	0.81
1994–95	Fenerbahçe	Aykut Kocaman (3)	30	27	25	1.08
1995–96	Trabzonspor	Shota Arveladze (1)	23	25	30	0.83
1996–97	Galatasaray	Hakan Şükür (1)	26	38	33	1.15
1997–98	Galatasaray	Hakan Şükür (2)	27	33	32	1.03
1998–99	Galatasaray	Hakan Şükür (3)	28	19	33	0.58
1999–2000	Samsunspor	Serkan Aykut (1)	25	30	33	0.91
2000–01	Bursaspor	Okan Yılmaz (1)	23	23	31	0.74
2001–02	Galatasaray	Arif Erdem (1)	30	21	32	0.66
	Beşiktaş	İlhan Mansız (1)	26	21	30	0.7
2002–03	Bursaspor	Okan Yılmaz (2)	25	24	34	0.71
2003–04	Konyaspor	Zafer Biryol (1)	27	25	33	0.76
2004–05	Trabzonspor	Fatih Tekke (1)	27	31	34	0.91
2005–06	Kayserispor	Gökhan Ünal (1)	23	25	32	0.78
2006–07	Fenerbahçe	Alex (1)	29	19	32	0.59
2007–08	Fenerbahçe	Semih Şentürk (1)	25	17	27	0.63
2008–09	Galatasaray	Milan Baroš (1)	27	20	31	0.65
2009–10	Kayserispor	Ariza Makukula (1)	29	21	29	0.72
2010–11	Fenerbahçe	Alex (2)	33	28	33	0.85
2011–12	Trabzonspor	Burak Yılmaz (1)	26	33	34	0.97
2012–13	Galatasaray	Burak Yılmaz (2)	27	24	30	0.8
2013–14	Sivasspor	Aatif Chahechouhe (1)	27	17	34	0.5
2014–15	Bursaspor	Fernandão (1)	28	22	30	0.73
2015–16	Beşiktaş	Mario Gómez (1)	30	26	33	0.79
2016–17	Alanyaspor	Vágner Love (1)	32	23	28	0.82
2017–18	Galatasaray	Bafétimbi Gomis (1)	32	29	33	0.88
2018–19	Kasımpaşa	Mbaye Diagne (1)	27	30	29	1.03
	Galatasaray
2019–20	Trabzonspor	Alexander Sørloth (1)	24	24	34	0.71
2020–21	Hatayspor	Aaron Boupendza (1)	24	22	36	0.61

• Teams in bold are the champions of mentioned season.

Statistics[]

By player[]

Rank	Player	Country	Titles	Seasons
1	Metin Oktay	Turkey	6	1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969
2	Tanju Çolak	Turkey	5	1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
3	Cemil Turan	Turkey	3	1974, 1976, 1978
	Aykut Kocaman	Turkey	3	1989, 1992, 1995
	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	3	1997, 1998, 1999
6	Ertan Adatepe	Turkey	2	1966, 1967
	Fethi Heper	Turkey	2	1970, 1972
	Selçuk Yula	Turkey	2	1982, 1983
	Okan Yılmaz	Turkey	2	2001, 2003
	Alex	Brazil	2	2007, 2011
	Burak Yılmaz	Turkey	2	2012, 2013
12	Fikri Elma	Turkey	1	1962
	Güven Önüt	Turkey	1	1964
	Fevzi Zemzem	Turkey	1	1968
	Ogün Altıparmak	Turkey	1	1971
	Osman Arpacıoğlu	Turkey	1	1973
	Ömer Kaner	Turkey	1	1975
	Ali Osman Renklibay	Turkey	1	1976
	Necmi Perekli	Turkey	1	1977
	Özer Umdu	Turkey	1	1979
	Mustafa Denizli	Turkey	1	1980
	Bahtiyar Yorulmaz	Turkey	1	1980
	Bora Öztürk	Turkey	1	1981
	Tarik Hodžić	Yugoslavia	1	1984
	Aykut Yiğit	Turkey	1	1985
	Feyyaz Uçar	Turkey	1	1990
	Bülent Uygun	Turkey	1	1994
	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	1	1996
	Serkan Aykut	Turkey	1	2000
	Arif Erdem	Turkey	1	2002
	İlhan Mansız	Turkey	1	2002
	Zafer Biryol	Turkey	1	2004
	Fatih Tekke	Turkey	1	2005
	Gökhan Ünal	Turkey	1	2006
	Semih Şentürk	Turkey	1	2008
	Milan Baroš	Czech Republic	1	2009
	Ariza Makukula	Portugal	1	2010
	Aatif Chahechouhe	Morocco	1	2014
	Fernandão	Brazil	1	2015
	Mario Gómez	Germany	1	2016
	Vágner Love	Brazil	1	2017
	Bafétimbi Gomis	France	1	2018
	Mbaye Diagne	Senegal	1	2019
	Alexander Sørloth	Norway	1	2020
	Aaron Boupendza	Gabon	1	2021

By club[]

By country[]

Country	Titles
Turkey	52
Brazil	4
Czech Republic	1
Georgia	1
Morocco	1
Portugal	1
Yugoslavia	1
Germany	1
France	1
Senegal	1
Norway	1
Gabon	1

All-time top scorers[]

As of 15 May 2021

Records[]

• Most goals in a season: 39
  • Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray) 1987–88
• Highest scoring average: 1.461 Goals per match
  • Metin Oktay (Galatasaray) 1962–63 (38 goals in 26 matches)
• Most consecutive wins: 3
  • Metin Oktay (1959, 1960, 1961)
  • Tanju Çolak (1986, 1987, 1988)
  • Hakan Şükür (1997, 1998, 1999)
• Most consecutive club wins: 4
  • Fenerbahçe (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995)

• Youngest topscorers:
  • Tanju Çolak (1985–86, 22 years 203 days)
  • Selçuk Yula (1981–82, 22 years 216 days)
  • Okan Yılmaz (2000–01, 23 years 4 days)
  • Metin Oktay (1959, 23 years 124 days)
• Oldest topscorers:
  • Alex de Souza (2010–11, 33 years 250 days)
  • Metin Oktay (1968–69, 33 years 112 days)
  • Vágner Love (2016–17, 32 years 352 days)
  • Bafétimbi Gomis (2017–18, 32 years 286 days)
  • Ogün Altıparmak (1970–71, 32 years 208 days)
  • Tarık Hodzic (1983–84, 32 years 177 days)

See also[]

• Capocannoniere
• Premier League Golden Boot
• Pichichi Trophy
• List of Bundesliga top scorers
• Bola de Prata (Portugal)
• European Golden Shoe
• List of Turkish football champions
• Football records in Turkey

References[]

External links[]

• RSSSF Turkish top scorers
• Turkish Football Federation (in Turkish)