List of La Liga top scorers

Lionel Messi is the all-time top scorer in La Liga history with 474 goals

La Liga's 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.

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.
As of 22 December 2024[6]
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio First Last Club(s) (goals/apps)
1 Argentina Lionel Messi 474 520 0.91 2004 2021 Barcelona
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo 311 292 1.07 2009 2018 Real Madrid
3 Spain Telmo Zarra 251 277 0.91 1940 1955 Athletic Bilbao
4 France Karim Benzema 238 439 0.54 2009 2023 Real Madrid
5 Mexico Hugo Sánchez 234 347 0.67 1981 1994 Atlético Madrid (54/111), Real Madrid (164/207), Rayo Vallecano (16/29)
6 Spain Raúl 228 550 0.41 1994 2010 Real Madrid
7 Argentina Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano 227 329 0.69 1953 1966 Real Madrid (216/282), Espanyol (11/47)
8 Spain César 221 353 0.63 1940 1960 Granada (23/24), Barcelona (190/287), Cultural Leonesa (3/15), Elche (5/27)
9 Spain Quini 219 448 0.49 1968 1987 Sporting Gijón (165/348), Barcelona (54/100)
10 Spain Pahiño 212 278 0.76 1943 1956 Celta Vigo (57/82), Real Madrid (111/124), Deportivo La Coruña (46/72)
11 France Antoine Griezmann 197 510 0.39 2010 2024 Real Sociedad (40/141), Atlético Madrid (135/295), Barcelona (22/74)
12 Spain Mundo 195 231 0.84 1939 1951 Valencia (186/208), Alcoyano (9/21)
13 Spain David Villa 186 352 0.53 2003 2014 Zaragoza (32/73), Valencia (108/166), Barcelona (33/77), Atlético Madrid (13/36)
Spain Santillana 186 461 0.4 1971 1988 Real Madrid
15 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza 183 255 0.72 1929 1946 Athletic Bilbao (111/140), Valencia (72/115)
16 Spain Juan Arza 182 349 0.52 1943 1959 Sevilla
17 Uruguay Luis Suárez 179 258 0.69 2014 2022 Barcelona (147/191), Atlético Madrid (32/67)
18 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 162 280 0.58 1998 2009 Real Madrid (0/3), Mallorca (54/133), Barcelona (108/144)
19 Spain Iago Aspas 161 373 0.43 2012 2024 Celta Vigo (159/357), Sevilla (2/16)
20 Spain Luis Aragonés 160 360 0.44 1960 1975 Oviedo (4/13), Real Betis (33/82), Atlético Madrid (123/253)
21 Spain Aritz Aduriz 158 443 0.36 2002 2020 Athletic Bilbao (118/316), Mallorca (23/69), Valencia (17/58)
22 Hungary Ferenc Puskás 156 180 0.87 1958 1966 Real Madrid
23 Spain Julio Salinas 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 Spain Adrián Escudero 150 287 0.52 1945 1958 Atlético Madrid
25 Spain Dani 147 303 0.49 1974 1986 Athletic Bilbao
26 Spain Raúl Tamudo 146 407 0.36 1996 2013 Espanyol (129/340), Real Sociedad (7/31), Rayo Vallecano (10/36)
27 Spain Silvestre Igoa 140 283 0.49 1941 1956 Valencia (82/167), Real Sociedad (58/116)
28 Spain Manuel Badenes 139 199 0.7 1946 1959 Castellón (4/11), Barcelona (6/13), Valencia (90/96), Valladolid (35/59), Sporting Gijón (4/20)
Spain Juan Araujo 139 207 0.67 1945 1956 Sevilla
Spain José Mari Bakero 139 484 0.29 1980 1997 Real Sociedad (67/224), Barcelona (72/260)
31 Hungary László Kubala 138 215 0.64 1950 1964 Barcelona (131/186), Espanyol (7/29)
32 Spain José Luis Panizo 136 326 0.42 1939 1955 Athletic Bilbao
33 Spain Jesús María Satrústegui 133 297 0.45 1973 1986 Real Sociedad
Spain Ismael Urzaiz 133 438 0.3 1990 2007 Albacete (1/8), Celta Vigo (1/4), Rayo Vallecano (1/20), Espanyol (14/40), Athletic Bilbao (116/366)
35 Spain Joaquín Murillo 131 226 0.58 1954 1964 Valladolid (43/78), Zaragoza (88/148)
36 Spain Fernando Ansola 130 323 0.4 1959 1975 Oviedo (8/16), Real Betis (54/114), Valencia (34/106), Real Sociedad (34/87)
37 Bulgaria Lyuboslav Penev 129 305 0.42 1989 1999 Valencia (67/167), Atlético Madrid (16/37), Compostela (32/69), Celta Vigo (14/32)
Spain Roberto Soldado 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)
Spain Paco Gento 129 437 0.3 1952 1971 Racing Santander (2/10), Real Madrid (127/427)
40 Uruguay Diego Forlán 128 240 0.53 2004 2012 Villarreal (54/106), Atlético Madrid (74/134)
Spain Eneko Arieta 128 244 0.52 1951 1966 Athletic Bilbao
Spain Álvaro Negredo 128 361 0.35 2007 2024 Almería (32/70), Sevilla (70/139), Valencia (10/55), Cádiz (16/97)
43 Spain Paco Campos 127 204 0.62 1939 1952 Atlético Madrid (120/193), Sporting Gijón (7/11)
44 Argentina Mario Kempes 126 222 0.57 1976 1986 Valencia (116/184), Hércules (10/38)
45 Spain Epi Fernández 125 334 0.37 1940 1955 Valencia (79/199), Real Sociedad (46/135)
46 Spain Fernando Morientes 124 337 0.37 1993 2009 Albacete (5/22), Zaragoza (28/66), Real Madrid (72/183), Valencia (19/66)
47 Spain Emilio Butragueño 123 341 0.36 1983 1995 Real Madrid
Spain Pirri 123 417 0.29 1964 1980 Real Madrid
49 Spain Gerard Moreno 120 312 0.38 2014 2024 Villarreal (84/205), Espanyol (36/107)
50 Spain Herrerita 119 229 0.52 1933 1950 Oviedo (110/212), Barcelona (9/17)
Spain Amancio 119 344 0.35 1962 1976 Real Madrid
52 Brazil Ronaldo 117 164 0.71 1996 2007 Barcelona (34/37), Real Madrid (83/127)
Spain Agustín Gaínza 117 380 0.31 1940 1959 Athletic Bilbao
54 Brazil Waldo 115 216 0.53 1961 1970 Valencia
Spain Marañón 115 308 0.37 1970 1983 Real Madrid (5/47), Espanyol (110/261)
55 Spain José Juncosa 114 232 0.49 1942 1955 Espanyol (34/44), Atlético Madrid (80/188)
Croatia Davor Šuker 114 239 0.48 1991 1999 Sevilla (76/153), Real Madrid (38/86)
58 Spain Roberto López Ufarte 112 418 0.27 1975 1989 Real Sociedad (101/363), Atlético Madrid (8/27), Real Betis (3/28)
Spain Raúl García 112 609 0.18 2004 2024 Osasuna (20/101), Atlético Madrid (27/216), Athletic Bilbao (65/292)
60 Spain Carlos Muñoz 111 314 0.35 1984 1996 Elche (5/12), Hércules (5/20), Murcia (4/21), Atlético Madrid (4/21), Oviedo (93/240)
Spain Pedro Uralde 111 338 0.33 1978 1992 Real Sociedad (61/181), Atlético Madrid (8/36), Athletic Bilbao (34/96), Deportivo La Coruña (8/25)
Spain José Ángel Ziganda 111 381 0.29 1987 2001 Osasuna (35/126), Athletic Bilbao (77/255)
63 Spain José Eulogio Gárate 109 241 0.45 1966 1977 Atletico Madrid
64 Spain Bata 108 118 0.92 1929 1936 Athletic Bilbao
Spain Fernando Gómez 108 420 0.26 1983 1998 Valencia
66 Spain Mariano Martín 107 130 0.82 1939 1949 Barcelona (99/112), Gimnàstic (8/18)
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín 107 190 0.56 2006 2013 Real Madrid
Brazil Rivaldo 107 198 0.54 1996 2002 Deportivo La Coruña (21/41), Barcelona (86/157)
Spain Pichi Alonso 107 261 0.41 1978 1989 Zaragoza (70/131), Barcelona (12/51), Espanyol (25/79)
Spain José Luis Artetxe 107 276 0.39 1950 1965 Athletic Bilbao
71 Spain Isidro Lángara 105 90 1.17 1933 1948 Oviedo
Bosnia and Herzegovina Meho Kodro 105 263 0.4 1991 2000 Real Sociedad (73/129), Barcelona (9/32), Tenerife (18/72), Alavés (5/30)
Spain Fernando Hierro 105 497 0.21 1987 2003 Valladolid (3/58), Real Madrid (102/439)
74 Spain Hermidita 104 160 0.65 1945 1956 Celta Vigo
Uruguay Cristhian Stuani 104 306 0.34 2010 2024 Levante (8/30), Racing Santander (9/32), Espanyol (25/103), Girona (62/141)
76 Paraguay Cayetano Ré 103 265 0.39 1959 1971 Elche (25/79), Barcelona (55/84), Espanyol (23/102)
Spain Luis Enrique 103 400 0.26 1989 2004 Sporting Gijón (15/36), Real Madrid (15/157), Barcelona (73/207)
78 Spain Guillermo Campanal 102 157 0.65 1934 1946 Sevilla
Spain Fernando Torres 102 281 0.36 2002 2018 Atlético Madrid
Spain Manuel Sarabia 102 363 0.28 1976 1991 Athletic Bilbao (84/284), CD Logroñés (18/79)
81 Spain Victorio Unamuno 101 141 0.72 1928 1942 Athletic Bilbao (72/86), Real Betis (29/55)
Spain Julen Guerrero 101 372 0.27 1992 2006 Athletic Bilbao
83 Netherlands Roy Makaay 100 205 0.49 1997 2003 Tenerife (21/72), Deportivo La Coruña (79/133)

Top scorers by season

See also: Pichichi Trophy
Table key
Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
Indicates the record number of goals scored in a La Liga season
Season Player Club Goals Apps Ratio
1929 Spain Paco Bienzobas Real Sociedad 17 18 0.94
1929–30 Spain Guillermo Gorostiza Athletic Bilbao 20 18 1.11
1930–31 Spain Bata Athletic Bilbao 27 17 1.59
1931–32 Second Spanish Republic Bata (2) Athletic Bilbao 13[7] 18 0.72
1932–33 Second Spanish Republic Manuel Olivares Real Madrid 16 14 1.14
1933–34 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara Oviedo 26 18 1.44
1934–35 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara (2) Oviedo 27 22 1.23
1935–36 Second Spanish Republic Isidro Lángara (3) Oviedo 28 21 1.33
1939–40 Francoist Spain Víctor Unamuno Athletic Bilbao 20 22 0.91
1940–41 Francoist Spain Pruden Atlético Madrid 33 22 1.5
1941–42 Francoist Spain Mundo Valencia 27 25 1.08
1942–43 Francoist Spain Mariano Martín Barcelona 30 23 1.3
1943–44 Francoist Spain Mundo (2) Valencia 28 26 1.08
1944–45 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 20 26 0.77
1945–46 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (2) Athletic Bilbao 24 18 1.33
1946–47 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (3) Athletic Bilbao 33 24 1.38
1947–48 Francoist Spain Pahiño Celta Vigo 20 22 0.91
1948–49 Francoist Spain César Barcelona 27 24 1.13
1949–50 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (4) Athletic Bilbao 24 26 0.92
1950–51 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (5) Athletic Bilbao 38 30 1.27
1951–52 Francoist Spain Pahiño (2) Real Madrid 28 27 1.04
1952–53 Francoist Spain Telmo Zarra (6) Athletic Bilbao 24 29 0.83
1953–54 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano Real Madrid 27 28 0.96
1954–55 Francoist Spain Juan Arza Sevilla 28 29 0.97
1955–56 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano (2) Real Madrid 24 30 0.8
1956–57 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano (3) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03
1957–58 Francoist Spain Ricardo Alós Valencia 19 29 0.66
Francoist Spain Manuel Badenes Valladolid 19 29 0.66
Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano (4) Real Madrid 19 30 0.63
1958–59 Argentina Alfredo Di Stéfano (5) Real Madrid 23 28 0.82
1959–60 Hungary Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 25 24 1.04
1960–61 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (2) Real Madrid 28 28 1
1961–62 Peru Juan Seminario Zaragoza 25 30 0.83
1962–63 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (3) Real Madrid 26 30 0.87
1963–64 Hungary Ferenc Puskás (4) Real Madrid 21 25 0.84
1964–65 Paraguay Cayetano Ré Barcelona 26 30 0.87
1965–66 Francoist Spain Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid 18[8] 28 0.64
1966–67 Brazil Waldo Valencia 24 30 0.8
1967–68 Francoist Spain Fidel Uriarte Athletic Bilbao 22 24 0.92
1968–69 Francoist Spain Amancio Real Madrid 14 29 0.48
Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate Atlético Madrid 14 30 0.47
1969–70 Francoist Spain Amancio (2) Real Madrid 16 29 0.55
Francoist Spain Luis Aragonés (2) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53
Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate (2) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53
1970–71 Francoist Spain José Eulogio Gárate (3) Atlético Madrid 17 28 0.61
Francoist Spain Carles Rexach Barcelona 17 28 0.61
1971–72 Francoist Spain Enrique Porta Granada 20 31 0.65
1972–73 Francoist Spain Marianín Oviedo 19 32 0.59
1973–74 Francoist Spain Quini Sporting Gijón 20 34 0.59
1974–75 Francoist Spain Carlos Athletic Bilbao 19 32 0.59
1975–76 Francoist Spain Quini (2) Sporting Gijón 21 34 0.62
1976–77 Argentina Mario Kempes Valencia 24 34 0.71
1977–78 Argentina Mario Kempes (2) Valencia 28 34 0.82
1978–79 Austria Hans Krankl Barcelona 29 30 0.97
1979–80 Spain Quini (3) Sporting Gijón 24 34 0.71
1980–81 Spain Quini (4) Barcelona 20 30 0.67
1981–82 Spain Quini (5) Barcelona 27 32 0.84
1982–83 Spain Poli Rincón Real Betis 20 30 0.67
1983–84 Uruguay Jorge da Silva Valladolid 17 30 0.57
Spain Juanito Real Madrid 17 31 0.55
1984–85 Mexico Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid 19 33 0.58
1985–86 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (2) Real Madrid 22 33 0.67
1986–87 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (3) Real Madrid 34 41 0.83
1987–88 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (4) Real Madrid 29 36 0.81
1988–89 Brazil Baltazar Atlético Madrid 35 36 0.97
1989–90 Mexico Hugo Sánchez (5) Real Madrid 38 35 1.09
1990–91 Spain Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid 19 35 0.54
1991–92 Spain Manolo Atlético Madrid 27 36 0.75
1992–93 Brazil Bebeto Deportivo La Coruña 29 37 0.78
1993–94 Brazil Romário Barcelona 30 33 0.91
1994–95 Chile Iván Zamorano Real Madrid 28 38 0.74
1995–96 Spain Juan Antonio Pizzi Tenerife 31 41 0.76
1996–97 Brazil Ronaldo Barcelona 34 37 0.92
1997–98 Italy Christian Vieri Atlético Madrid 24 24 1
1998–99 Spain Raúl Real Madrid 25 37 0.68
1999–2000 Spain Salva Ballesta Racing Santander 27 36 0.75
2000–01 Spain Raúl (2) Real Madrid 24 36 0.67
2001–02 Spain Diego Tristán Deportivo La Coruña 20 35 0.57
2002–03 Netherlands Roy Makaay Deportivo La Coruña 29 38 0.76
2003–04 Brazil Ronaldo (2) Real Madrid 24 32 0.75
2004–05 Uruguay Diego Forlán Villarreal 25 38 0.66
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 25[9] 37 0.68
2005–06 Cameroon Samuel Eto'o (2) Barcelona 26 34 0.76
2006–07 Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25 37 0.68
2007–08 Spain Dani Güiza Mallorca 27 37 0.73
2008–09 Uruguay Diego Forlán (2) Atlético Madrid 32 33 0.97
2009–10 Argentina Lionel Messi Barcelona 34 35 0.97
2010–11 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 40 34 1.18
2011–12 Argentina Lionel Messi (2) Barcelona 50 37 1.35
2012–13 Argentina Lionel Messi (3) Barcelona 46 32 1.44
2013–14 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (2) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03
2014–15 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (3) Real Madrid 48 35 1.37
2015–16 Uruguay Luis Suárez Barcelona 40 35 1.11
2016–17 Argentina Lionel Messi (4) Barcelona 37 34 1.09
2017–18 Argentina Lionel Messi (5) Barcelona 34 36 0.94
2018–19 Argentina Lionel Messi (6) Barcelona 36 34 1.06
2019–20 Argentina Lionel Messi (7) Barcelona 25 33 0.76
2020–21 Argentina Lionel Messi (8) Barcelona 30 35 0.86
2021–22 France Karim Benzema Real Madrid 27 32 0.84
2022–23 Poland Robert Lewandowski Barcelona 23 34 0.68
2023–24 Ukraine Artem Dovbyk Girona 24 36 0.67

See also

References

Notes
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  3. ^ "Messi holds off Benzema to land record seventh Pichichi award". beIN Sports. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  4. ^ Nemer, Roy (20 July 2020). "Lionel Messi wins Pichichi award with Barcelona, beats previous record | Mundo Albiceleste". Archived from the original on 29 August 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  5. ^ List of La Liga top scorers at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Ranking Goals First Division". BD Futbol. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals.
  8. ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá II, whom they credited with 19 goals.
  9. ^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals.
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