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 for sixty years until 2014, won the top scorer award six times.[4] Three 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.
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Alfredo Di Stéfano was the first non-European player to score a hundred La Liga goals, though he was a naturalised Spanish citizen by the time he reached the milestone in 1957. Hugo Sánchez became the first North American in 1986 and Samuel Eto'o was the first African to score 100 La Liga goals in 2006.
The most recent player to score 100 goals in the league is Cristhian Stuani, who scored his centennial goal on 24 May 2024. Of active players, Willian José is closest to making this list, having scored 81 La Liga goals.[5]
La Liga players with 100 or more goals
Key
- Bold shows players still playing in La Liga.
- Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | First | Last | Club(s) (goals/apps) |
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1 | ![]() | 474 | 520 | 0.91 | 2004 | 2021 | Barcelona |
2 | ![]() | 311 | 292 | 1.07 | 2009 | 2018 | Real Madrid |
3 | ![]() | 251 | 277 | 0.91 | 1940 | 1955 | Athletic Bilbao |
4 | ![]() | 238 | 439 | 0.54 | 2009 | 2023 | Real Madrid |
5 | ![]() | 234 | 347 | 0.67 | 1981 | 1994 | Atlético Madrid (54/111), Real Madrid (164/207), Rayo Vallecano (16/29) |
6 | ![]() | 228 | 550 | 0.41 | 1994 | 2010 | Real Madrid |
7 | ![]() ![]() | 227 | 329 | 0.69 | 1953 | 1966 | Real Madrid (216/282), Espanyol (11/47) |
8 | ![]() | 221 | 353 | 0.63 | 1940 | 1960 | Granada (23/24), Barcelona (190/287), Cultural Leonesa (3/15), Elche (5/27) |
9 | ![]() | 219 | 448 | 0.49 | 1968 | 1987 | Sporting Gijón (165/348), Barcelona (54/100) |
10 | ![]() | 212 | 278 | 0.76 | 1943 | 1956 | Celta de Vigo (57/82), Real Madrid (111/124), Deportivo La Coruña (46/72) |
11 | ![]() | 195 | 231 | 0.84 | 1939 | 1951 | Valencia (186/208), Alcoyano (9/21) |
12 | ![]() | 190 | 492 | 0.39 | 2010 | 2024 | Real Sociedad (40/141), Atlético Madrid (128/277), Barcelona (22/74) |
13 | ![]() | 186 | 352 | 0.53 | 2003 | 2014 | Real Zaragoza (32/73), Valencia (108/166), Barcelona (33/77), Atlético Madrid (13/36) |
![]() | 186 | 461 | 0.4 | 1971 | 1988 | Real Madrid | |
15 | ![]() | 183 | 255 | 0.72 | 1929 | 1946 | Athletic Bilbao (111/140), Valencia (72/115) |
16 | ![]() | 182 | 349 | 0.52 | 1943 | 1959 | Sevilla |
17 | ![]() | 179 | 258 | 0.69 | 2014 | 2022 | Barcelona (144/191), Atlético Madrid (32/67) |
18 | ![]() | 162 | 280 | 0.58 | 1998 | 2009 | Real Madrid (0/3), Mallorca (54/133), Barcelona (108/144) |
19 | ![]() | 160 | 360 | 0.44 | 1960 | 1975 | Real Oviedo (4/13), Real Betis (33/82), Atlético Madrid (123/253) |
20 | ![]() | 158 | 443 | 0.36 | 2002 | 2020 | Athletic Bilbao (118/316), Mallorca (23/69), Valencia (17/58) |
21 | ![]() | 156 | 180 | 0.87 | 1958 | 1966 | Real Madrid |
![]() | 156 | 357 | 0.44 | 2006 | 2024 | Celta de Vigo (154/441), Sevilla (2/16) | |
23 | ![]() | 152 | 417 | 0.36 | 1982 | 2000 | Athletic Bilbao (13/68), Atlético Madrid (31/75), Barcelona (60/146), Deportivo La Coruña (12/24), Sporting Gijón (24/54), Alavés (12/50) |
24 | ![]() | 150 | 287 | 0.52 | 1945 | 1958 | Atlético Madrid |
25 | ![]() | 147 | 303 | 0.49 | 1974 | 1986 | Athletic Bilbao |
26 | ![]() | 146 | 407 | 0.36 | 1996 | 2013 | Espanyol (129/340), Real Sociedad (7/31), Rayo Vallecano (10/36) |
27 | ![]() | 140 | 283 | 0.49 | 1941 | 1956 | Valencia (82/167), Real Sociedad (58/116) |
28 | ![]() | 139 | 199 | 0.7 | 1946 | 1959 | Castellón (4/11), Barcelona (6/13), Valencia (90/96), Real Valladolid (35/59), Sporting Gijón (4/20) |
![]() | 139 | 207 | 0.67 | 1945 | 1956 | Sevilla | |
![]() | 139 | 484 | 0.29 | 1980 | 1997 | Real Sociedad (67/224), Barcelona (72/260) | |
31 | ![]() | 138 | 215 | 0.64 | 1950 | 1964 | Barcelona (131/186), Espanyol (7/29) |
32 | ![]() | 136 | 326 | 0.42 | 1939 | 1955 | Athletic Bilbao |
33 | ![]() | 133 | 297 | 0.45 | 1973 | 1986 | Real Sociedad |
![]() | 133 | 438 | 0.3 | 1990 | 2007 | Albacete Balompié (1/8), Celta de Vigo (1/4), Rayo Vallecano (1/20), Espanyol (14/40), Athletic Bilbao (116/366) | |
35 | ![]() | 131 | 226 | 0.58 | 1954 | 1964 | Real Valladolid (43/78), Real Zaragoza (88/148) |
36 | ![]() | 130 | 323 | 0.4 | 1959 | 1975 | Real Oviedo (8/16), Real Betis (54/114), Valencia (34/106), Real Sociedad (34/87) |
37 | ![]() | 129 | 305 | 0.42 | 1989 | 1999 | Valencia (67/167), Atlético Madrid (16/37), Compostela (32/69), Celta de Vigo (14/32) |
![]() | 129 | 323 | 0.4 | 2005 | 2022 | Real Madrid (2/16), Osasuna (11/30), Getafe (29/60), Valencia (59/101), Villarreal (9/38), Granada (16/60), Levante (3/18) | |
![]() | 129 | 437 | 0.3 | 1952 | 1971 | Racing (2/10), Real Madrid (127/427) | |
40 | ![]() | 128 | 240 | 0.53 | 2004 | 2012 | Villarreal (54/106), Atlético Madrid (74/134) |
![]() | 128 | 244 | 0.52 | 1951 | 1966 | Athletic Bilbao | |
![]() | 128 | 361 | 0.35 | 2007 | 2024 | Almería (32/70), Sevilla (70/139), Valencia (10/55), Cádiz (16/97) | |
43 | ![]() | 127 | 204 | 0.62 | 1939 | 1952 | Atlético Madrid (120/193), Sporting Gijón (7/11) |
44 | ![]() | 126 | 222 | 0.57 | 1976 | 1986 | Valencia (116/184), Hércules (10/38) |
45 | ![]() | 125 | 334 | 0.37 | 1940 | 1955 | Valencia (79/199), Real Sociedad (46/135) |
46 | ![]() | 124 | 337 | 0.37 | 1993 | 2009 | Albacete Balompié (5/22), Real Zaragoza (28/66), Real Madrid (72/183), Valencia (19/66) |
47 | ![]() | 123 | 341 | 0.36 | 1983 | 1995 | Real Madrid |
![]() | 123 | 417 | 0.29 | 1964 | 1980 | Real Madrid | |
49 | ![]() | 119 | 229 | 0.52 | 1933 | 1950 | Real Oviedo (110/212), Barcelona (9/17) |
![]() | 119 | 304 | 0.39 | 2014 | 2024 | Villarreal (83/197), Espanyol (36/107) | |
![]() | 119 | 344 | 0.35 | 1962 | 1976 | Real Madrid | |
52 | ![]() | 117 | 164 | 0.71 | 1996 | 2007 | Barcelona (34/37), Real Madrid (83/127) |
![]() | 117 | 380 | 0.31 | 1940 | 1959 | Athletic Bilbao | |
54 | ![]() | 115 | 216 | 0.53 | 1961 | 1970 | Valencia |
![]() | 115 | 308 | 0.37 | 1970 | 1983 | Real Madrid (5/47), Espanyol (110/261) | |
55 | ![]() | 114 | 232 | 0.49 | 1942 | 1955 | Espanyol (34/44), Atlético Madrid (80/188) |
![]() | 114 | 239 | 0.48 | 1991 | 1999 | Sevilla (76/153), Real Madrid (38/86) | |
58 | ![]() | 112 | 418 | 0.27 | 1975 | 1989 | Real Sociedad (101/363), Atlético Madrid (8/27), Real Betis (3/28) |
![]() | 112 | 609 | 0.18 | 2004 | 2024 | Osasuna (20/101), Atlético Madrid (27/216), Athletic Bilbao (65/292) | |
60 | ![]() | 111 | 314 | 0.35 | 1984 | 1996 | Elche (5/12), Hércules (5/20), Real Murcia (4/21), Atlético Madrid (4/21), Real Oviedo (93/240) |
![]() | 111 | 338 | 0.33 | 1978 | 1992 | Real Sociedad (61/181), Atlético Madrid (8/36), Athletic Bilbao (34/96), Deportivo La Coruña (8/25) | |
![]() | 111 | 381 | 0.29 | 1987 | 2001 | Osasuna (35/126), Athletic Bilbao (77/255) | |
63 | ![]() | 109 | 241 | 0.45 | 1966 | 1977 | Atletico Madrid |
64 | ![]() | 108 | 118 | 0.92 | 1929 | 1936 | Athletic Bilbao |
![]() | 108 | 420 | 0.26 | 1983 | 1998 | Valencia | |
66 | ![]() | 107 | 130 | 0.82 | 1939 | 1949 | Barcelona (99/112), Gimnàstic Tarragona (8/18) |
![]() | 107 | 190 | 0.56 | 2006 | 2013 | Real Madrid | |
![]() | 107 | 198 | 0.54 | 1996 | 2002 | Deportivo La Coruña (21/41), Barcelona (86/157) | |
![]() | 107 | 261 | 0.41 | 1978 | 1989 | Real Zaragoza (70/131), Barcelona (12/51), Espanyol (25/79) | |
![]() | 107 | 276 | 0.39 | 1950 | 1965 | Athletic Bilbao | |
71 | ![]() | 105 | 90 | 1.17 | 1933 | 1948 | Real Oviedo |
![]() | 105 | 263 | 0.4 | 1991 | 2000 | Real Sociedad (73/129), Barcelona (9/32), Tenerife (18/72), Alavés (5/30) | |
![]() | 105 | 497 | 0.21 | 1987 | 2003 | Real Valladolid (3/58), Real Madrid (102/439) | |
74 | ![]() | 104 | 160 | 0.65 | 1945 | 1956 | Celta de Vigo |
75 | ![]() | 103 | 265 | 0.39 | 1959 | 1971 | Elche (25/79), Barcelona (55/84), Espanyol (23/102) |
![]() | 103 | 400 | 0.26 | 1989 | 2004 | Sporting Gijón (15/36), Real Madrid (15/157), Barcelona (73/207) | |
77 | ![]() | 102 | 157 | 0.65 | 1934 | 1946 | Sevilla |
![]() | 102 | 281 | 0.36 | 2002 | 2018 | Atlético Madrid | |
![]() | 102 | 363 | 0.28 | 1976 | 1991 | Athletic Bilbao (84/284), Logroñés (18/79) | |
80 | ![]() | 101 | 141 | 0.72 | 1928 | 1942 | Athletic Bilbao (72/86), Real Betis (29/55) |
![]() | 101 | 372 | 0.27 | 1992 | 2006 | Athletic Bilbao | |
82 | ![]() | 100 | 205 | 0.49 | 1997 | 2003 | Tenerife (21/72), Deportivo La Coruña (79/133) |
![]() | 100 | 293 | 0.34 | 2010 | 2024 | Levante (8/30), Racing Santander (9/32), Espanyol (25/103), Girona (58/128) |
Top scorers by season
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season | |
Indicates the record number of goals scored in a La Liga season |
See also
References
- Notes
- 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