List of La Liga top scorers
La Liga's all-time top goalscorer is Barcelona's Lionel Messi, who also holds the record for most goals scored in a season with 91 goals in the 2011–12 season.[1][2] Messi is also the only player ever to win the top scorer's award in seven seasons.[3] Athletic Bilbao's Telmo Zarra, who was the competition's all-time top scorer until 2014, won the top scorer's award in six seasons.[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 seasons.

Lionel Messi, still active, is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 455 goals.
Top scorers by season
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season | |
All-time top scorers
Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in italics are still active outside La Liga.
Rank | Player | Years | Goals | Apps | Ratio |
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1 | ![]() |
2004– | 455 | 502 | 0.91 |
2 | ![]() |
2009–2018 | 311 | 292 | 1.07 |
3 | ![]() |
1940–1955 | 251 | 278 | 0.9 |
4 | ![]() |
1981–1994 | 234 | 347 | 0.67 |
5 | ![]() |
1994–2010 | 228 | 550 | 0.41 |
6 | ![]() |
1953–1966 | 227 | 329 | 0.69 |
7 | ![]() |
1939–1955 | 223 | 353 | 0.63 |
8 | ![]() |
1970–1987 | 219 | 448 | 0.49 |
9 | ![]() |
1943–1956 | 210 | 278 | 0.76 |
10 | ![]() |
1939–1950 | 195 | 231 | 0.84 |
11 | ![]() |
1970–1988 | 186 | 461 | 0.4 |
12 | ![]() |
2003–2014 | 185 | 352 | 0.53 |
13 | ![]() |
1943–1959 | 182 | 349 | 0.52 |
14 | ![]() |
1929–1945 | 178 | 256 | 0.7 |
15 | ![]() |
2009– | 179 | 367 | 0.49 |
16 | ![]() |
1998–2009 | 162 | 280 | 0.58 |
17 | ![]() |
1960–1974 | 160 | 360 | 0.44 |
18 | ![]() |
2014– | 161 | 207 | 0.78 |
19 | ![]() |
2002–2020 | 158 | 443 | 0.36 |
20 | ![]() |
1958–1966 | 156 | 180 | 0.87 |
21 | ![]() |
1982–2000 | 152 | 417 | 0.36 |
22 | ![]() |
1945–1958 | 150 | 287 | 0.52 |
23 | ![]() |
2010– | 148 | 374 | 0.4 |
24 | ![]() |
1974–1986 | 147 | 303 | 0.49 |
25 | ![]() |
1997–2013 | 146 | 407 | 0.36 |
26 | ![]() |
1941–1956 | 141 | 284 | 0.5 |
27 | ![]() |
1946–1959 | 139 | 201 | 0.69 |
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1945–1956 | 139 | 207 | 0.67 | |
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1980–1997 | 139 | 483 | 0.29 | |
30 | ![]() |
1951–1965 | 138 | 215 | 0.64 |
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1939–1955 | 138 | 325 | 0.42 |
Top active scorers
- As of matches played on 9 January 2021[10]
Includes players who are playing in a La Liga team in the 2020–21 season.
Rank | Player | Goals | Apps | Ratio | Team(s) (goals) | Current club |
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1 | ![]() |
455 | 502 | 0.91 | Barcelona (455) | Barcelona |
2 | ![]() |
177 | 364 | 0.49 | Real Madrid (177) | Real Madrid |
3 | ![]() |
156 | 203 | 0.77 | Barcelona (147) Atlético Madrid (9) | Atlético Madrid |
4 | ![]() |
148 | 373 | 0.4 | Atlético Madrid (94) Real Sociedad (40) Barcelona (14) |
Barcelona |
5 | ![]() |
120 | 292 | 0.41 | Valencia (59) Getafe (29) Osasuna (11) Granada (10) Villarreal (9) Real Madrid (2) | Granada |
6 | ![]() |
115 | 278 | 0.41 | Sevilla (70) Almería (32) Valencia (10) Cádiz (3) | Cádiz |
7 | ![]() |
112 | 232 | 0.48 | Celta Vigo (110) Sevilla (2) | Celta Vigo |
8 | ![]() |
99 | 502 | 0.2 | Athletic Bilbao (52) Atlético Madrid (27) Osasuna (20) | Athletic Bilbao |
9 | ![]() |
75 | 565 | 0.13 | Real Betis (51) Valencia (18) Málaga (6) | Real Betis |
10 | ![]() |
74 | 506 | 0.15 | Real Madrid (72) Sevilla (2) | Real Madrid |
See also
References
- Notes
- "Barcelona 4-0 Espanyol | La Liga match report". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 May 2012. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- michaeljblack. "La Liga Top Scorers of All-Time – La Liga News". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- "Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award". beIN SPORTS. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- Nemer, Roy (20 July 2020). "Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record | Mundo Albiceleste". Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- 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.
- "Ranking Goals First Division". neogol. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- "Primera División - All-time Topscorers". World Football. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Ranking Goals First Division". BDFutbol. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- 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
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