List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers

The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organised by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from its beginning, in 1971, until 2009. This article includes both season top scorers and overall top scorers.

All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)

Bold indicates players still active in the game.

Rank	Nat.	Player	Goals	Games	Goal Ratio	Debut in Europe	Club(s)
1		Henrik Larsson	40	56	0.714	1994	Feyenoord Celtic Helsingborg
2		Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	34	42	0.825	2004	Heerenveen Ajax Schalke 04
3		Radamel Falcao	31	33	0.939	2009	Porto Atlético Madrid
4		Dieter Müller	29	36	0.805	1973	1. FC Köln VfB Stuttgart Bordeaux
5		Aritz Aduriz	28	43	0.651	2011	Valencia Athletic Bilbao
6		Shota Arveladze	27	44	0.613	1993	Dinamo Tbilisi Trabzonspor Ajax Rangers AZ
7		Alessandro Altobelli	25	58	0.431	1977	Internazionale Juventus
8		Mladen Petrić	25	63	0.380	2004	Basel Hamburger SV
9		Claudio Pizarro	24	33	0.727	1999	Werder Bremen
10		Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.095	1967	Hannover 96 Borussia Mönchengladbach
11		Martin Chivers	22	34	0.647	1971	Tottenham Hotspur Servette
		Dennis Bergkamp	22	41	0.536	1986	Ajax Internazionale Arsenal

Bold = Still active

Winners by seasons

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament. (Tournament phase differs from qualification phase)

Season	Player(s)	Country	Club(s)	Goals[1]
1971–72	Ludwig Bründl	West Germany	Eintracht Braunschweig	10
1972–73	Jupp Heynckes	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	12
	Jan Jeuring	Netherlands	Twente
1973–74	Lex Schoenmaker	Netherlands	Feyenoord	11
1974–75	Jupp Heynckes	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach	10
1975–76	Ruud Geels	Netherlands	Ajax	14
1976–77	Stan Bowles	England	Queens Park Rangers	11
1977–78	Gerrie Deijkers	Netherlands	PSV Eindhoven	8
	Raimondo Ponte	Switzerland	Grasshopper
1978–79	Allan Simonsen	Denmark	Borussia Mönchengladbach	9
1979–80	Dieter Hoeneß	West Germany	Bayern Munich	7
	Harald Nickel	West Germany	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1980–81	John Wark	Scotland	Ipswich Town	14
1981–82	Torbjörn Nilsson	Sweden	Göteborg	9
1982–83	Zoran Filipovic	Yugoslavia	Benfica	8
1983–84	Tibor Nyilasi	Hungary	Austria Wien	9
1984–85	Edin Bahtić	Yugoslavia	Željezničar Sarajevo	7
	Gary Bannister	England	Queens Park Rangers
1985–86	Klaus Allofs	West Germany	1. FC Köln	9
1986–87	Paulinho Cascavel	Brazil	Vitória de Guimarães	5
	Peter Houtman	Netherlands	Groningen
	Wim Kieft	Netherlands	Torino
	Jari Rantanen	Finland	Göteborg
1987–88	Kenneth Brylle Larsen	Denmark	Club Brugge	6
	Dimitris Saravakos	Greece	Panathinaikos
1988–89	Torsten Gütschow	East Germany	Dynamo Dresden	7
1989–90	Falko Götz	East Germany	1. FC Köln	6
	Karl-Heinz Riedle	West Germany	Werder Bremen
1990–91	Rudi Völler	Germany	Roma	10
1991–92	Dean Saunders	Wales	Liverpool	9
1992–93	Gérald Baticle	France	Auxerre	8
1993–94	Dennis Bergkamp	Netherlands	Internazionale	8
	Edgar Schmitt	Germany	Karlsruher SC
1994–95	Ulf Kirsten	Germany	Bayer Leverkusen	10
1995–96	Jürgen Klinsmann	Germany	Bayern Munich	15
1996–97	Maurizio Ganz	Italy	Internazionale	8
1997–98	Stéphane Guivarc'h	France	Auxerre	7
1998–99	Enrico Chiesa	Italy	Parma	8
	Tomasz Kulawik	Poland	Wisła Kraków
	Darko Kovačević	Yugoslavia	Real Sociedad
1999–00	Darko Kovačević	Yugoslavia	Juventus	10
2000–01	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	CSKA Sofia	7
	Bolo	Spain	Rayo Vallecano
2001–02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Netherlands	Feyenoord	8
2002–03	Derlei	Brazil	Porto	12
2003–04	Sonny Anderson	Brazil	Villarreal	7
2004–05	Alan Shearer	England	Newcastle United	11
2005–06	Matías Emilio Delgado	Argentina	Basel	9
2006–07	Walter Pandiani	Uruguay	Espanyol	11
2007–08	Pavel Pogrebnyak	Russia	Zenit Saint Petersburg	10
	Luca Toni	Italy	Bayern Munich
2008–09	Vágner Love	Brazil	CSKA Moscow	11
2009–10	Óscar Cardozo	Paraguay	Benfica	9
	Claudio Pizarro	Peru	Werder Bremen
2010–11	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	Porto	17
2011–12	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	Atlético Madrid	12
2012–13	Libor Kozák	Czech Republic	Lazio	8
2013–14	Jonathan Soriano	Spain	Red Bull Salzburg	8
2014–15	Alan	Brazil	Red Bull Salzburg	8
	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	Everton
2015–16	Aritz Aduriz	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	10
2016–17	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Roma	8
	Giuliano	Brazil	Zenit Saint Petersburg
2017–18	Aritz Aduriz	Spain	Athletic Bilbao	8
	Ciro Immobile	Italy	Lazio

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By team

	Team	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Borussia Mönchengladbach	4	38	1972–73*, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80*
2	Bayern Munich	3	32	1979–80*, 1995–96, 2007–08*
3	Queens Park Rangers	2	18	1976–77, 1984–85*
	Göteborg	2	14	1981–82, 1986–87*
	1. FC Köln	2	15	1985–86, 1989–90*
	Internazionale	2	16	1993–94*, 1996–97
	Auxerre	2	15	1992–93, 1997–98
	Feyenoord	2	19	1973–74, 2001–02
	Benfica	2	17	1982–83, 2009–10*
	Werder Bremen	2	15	1989–90*, 2009–10*
	Porto	2	29	2002–03, 2010–11
	Red Bull Salzburg	2	16	2013–14, 2014–15*
	Roma	2	18	1990–91, 2016–17*
	Zenit Saint Petersburg	2	18	2007–08*, 2016–17*
	Lazio	2	16	2012–13, 2017–18*
	Athletic Bilbao	2	18	2015–16, 2017–18*

• ^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
• List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By country

	Country	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Germany[nb 1][nb 2]	11	121	1971–72, 1972–73*, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1979–80*, 1979–80*, 1985–86, 1989–90*, 1990–91, 1993–94*, 1994–95, 1995–96
2	Netherlands[nb 3]	8	71	1972–73*, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78*, 1986–87*, 1986–87*, 1993–94*, 2001–02
4	Italy	4	26	1996–97, 1998–99, 2007–08*, 2017–18*
	Spain	4	25	2000–01*, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18*
6	France	3	22	1982–83*, 1992–93, 1997–98
	England	3	35	1976–77, 1984–85*, 2004–05
8	Denmark	2	15	1978–79, 1987–88*
	East Germany	2	13	1988–89, 1989–90*
	Sweden	2	20	1981–82, 2002–03*
	Yugoslavia	2	13	1982–83, 1984–85*
	Colombia	2	29	2010–11, 2011–12

• ^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
• List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By player

	Country	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Jupp Heynckes	2	22	1972–73*, 1974–75
	Darko Kovačević	2	18	1998–99*, 1999–00
	Radamel Falcao	2	29	2010–11, 2011–12
	Aritz Aduriz	2	18	2015–16, 2017–18*

• ^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
• List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

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