List of La Liga top scorers
La Liga's all-time top goalscorer is Lionel Messi, who also holds the record for most goals scored in a season with 50 goals in 2011-12. Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra, who was the competition's all-time top scorer until 2014, was top scorer in six seasons between 1945 and 1953. Four other players—Lionel Messi, Real Madrid's Alfredo Di Stéfano, Quini of Sporting de Gijón and Barcelona, and Hugo Sánchez of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid—each finished as top scorer in five seasons.
Top scorers by season
All-time top scorers
- As of matches played on 27th September 2018[4]
Players in bold are still active in La Liga.
Rank | Nat | Name | Years | Goals | Apps | Ratio |
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1 | Lionel Messi | 2004– | 389 | 426 | 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 | Pahiño | 1943–1956 | 210 | 278 | 0.76 | |
10 | Edmundo Suárez | 1939–1950 | 195 | 231 | 0.84 | |
11 | Santillana | 1970–1988 | 186 | 461 | 0.4 | |
12 | David Villa | 2003–2014 | 185 | 352 | 0.53 | |
13 | Juan Arza | 1943–1959 | 182 | 349 | 0.52 | |
14 | Guillermo Gorostiza | 1929–1945 | 178 | 256 | 0.7 | |
15 | Samuel Eto'o | 1998–2009 | 162 | 280 | 0.58 | |
16 | Luis Aragonés | 1960–1974 | 160 | 360 | 0.44 | |
17 | Ferenc Puskás | 1958–1966 | 156 | 180 | 0.87 | |
18 | Aritz Aduriz | 2002– | 154 | 399 | 0.39 | |
19 | Julio Salinas | 1982–2000 | 152 | 417 | 0.36 | |
20 | Adrián Escudero | 1945–1958 | 150 | 287 | 0.52 | |
21 | Daniel Ruiz | 1974–1986 | 147 | 303 | 0.49 | |
22 | Raúl Tamudo | 1997–2013 | 146 | 407 | 0.36 | |
23 | Silvestre Igoa | 1941–1956 | 141 | 284 | 0.5 | |
24 | Manuel Badenes | 1946–1959 | 139 | 201 | 0.69 | |
Juan Araújo | 1945–1956 | 207 | 0.67 | |||
José Mari Bakero | 1980–1997 | 483 | 0.29 | |||
27 | László Kubala | 1951–1965 | 138 | 215 | 0.64 | |
28 | José Luis Panizo | 1939–1955 | 136 | 325 | 0.42 | |
29 | Jesús María Satrústegui | 1973–1986 | 133 | 297 | 0.45 | |
30 | Joaquín Murillo | 1952–1964 | 132 | 227 | 0.58 |
Top active scorers
- As of matches played 20 May 2018[4]
Rank | Nat | Name | Years | Current club | Goals | Apps | Ratio |
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1 | Lionel Messi | 2004– | Barcelona | 389 | 425 | 0.92 | |
2 | Aritz Aduriz | 2002– | Athletic Bilbao | 154 | 399 | 0.38 | |
3 | Karim Benzema | 2009– | Real Madrid | 126 | 264 | 0.48 | |
4 | Antoine Griezmann | 2010– | Atlético Madrid | 115 | 275 | 0.42 | |
5 | Luis Suárez | 2014– | Barcelona | 110 | 130 | 0.85 |
Players with most hat-tricks
Three or more goals in a single match. For the complete list of hat-tricks see List of La Liga hat-tricks.
Players in bold are still active in La Liga.
Players with at least 10 hat-tricks are shown in this table.
Rank | Player | Hat-tricks | Last hat-trick |
---|---|---|---|
1 | 34 | 18 March 2018 | |
2 | 30 | 29 April 2018 | |
3 | 23 | 15 March 1953 | |
4 | 22 | 15 March 1964 | |
5 | 19 | 4 March 1951 | |
6 | 15 | 19 October 1952 | |
7 | 13 | 15 December 1946 | |
8 | 12 | 15 December 1963 | |
9 | 11 | 19 March 1961 | |
11 | 11 September 1955 | ||
11 | 29 March 1958 | ||
12 | 10 | 7 October 1981 | |
Source: BDFútbol
- Notes
See also
References
- Notes
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 "Ranking Goals First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ "Ranking Hat Tricks First Division". Bdfutbol.com. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- ↑ "Hat-tricks in La Liga history". sportsgoogly.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
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- Liga de Fútbol Profesional historical archive
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