Spanish Football League Top Scorers
The list of top scorers in the Spanish La Liga is almost a who's who of the world's greatest strikers and forwards.
With Alfredo di Stéfano and Ferenc Puskas in the 1950s and 1960s, Mario Kempes and Hugo Sanchez in the 1970's and 1980's, Emilio Butragueño and Romario in the 1990s, the great Ronaldo and Samuel Eto'o in the 2000's and more recently Lionel Messi and the other Ronaldo, it's fair to say that there's hardly a duff name on the list.
The Goalhanger could quite reasonably argue that Spain's 'golden boot' list is almost unmatched by any other league's. We say almost, as Serie A's list of top scorers isn't too shabby either.
Strangely, the Spanish league's governing body doesn't actually have an official award for the top goal scorer. However, since the 1952-53 season the Spanish newspaper Marca has awarded the Trofeo Pichichi to the top goalscorer from each La Liga season.
Spanish Top Scorers
A list of all the top goal scorers in the Spanish football league since 1928-29...
Season | Top Scorer | Club | Nationality | Goals |
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2016-17 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 37 |
2015-16 | Luis Suárez | Barcelona | Uruguay | 40 |
2014-15 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal | 48 |
2013-14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal | 31 |
2012-13 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 46 |
2011-12 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 50 |
2010-11 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Portugal | 40 |
2009-10 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | Argentina | 34 |
2008-09 | Diego Forlán | Atlético Madrid | Uruguay | 32 |
2007-08 | Daniel Güiza | Mallorca | Spain | 27 |
2006-07 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Real Madrid | Netherlands | 25 |
2005-06 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Cameroon | 26 |
2004-05 | Diego Forlán | Villarreal | Uruguay | 25 |
2004-05 | Samuel Eto'o | Barcelona | Cameroon | 25 |
2003-04 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | Brazil | 24 |
2002-03 | Roy Makaay | Deportivo | Netherlands | 29 |
2001-02 | Diego Tristán | Deportivo | Spain | 20 |
2000-01 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 24 |
1999-00 | Salva Ballesta | Racing Santander | Spain | 27 |
1998-99 | Raúl | Real Madrid | Spain | 25 |
1997-98 | Christian Vieri | Atlético Madrid | Italy | 24 |
1996-97 | Ronaldo | Barcelona | Brazil | 34 |
1995-96 | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Tenerife | Argentina | 31 |
1994-95 | Iván Zamorano | Real Madrid | Chile | 28 |
1993-94 | Romário | Barcelona | Brazil | 30 |
1992-93 | Bebeto | Deportivo | Brazil | 29 |
1991-92 | Manolo | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 27 |
1990-91 | Emilio Butragueño | Real Madrid | Spain | 19 |
1989-90 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | Mexico | 38 |
1988-89 | Baltazar | Atlético Madrid | Brazil | 35 |
1987-88 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | Mexico | 29 |
1986-87 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | Mexico | 34 |
1985-86 | Hugo Sánchez | Real Madrid | Mexico | 22 |
1984-85 | Hugo Sánchez | Atlético Madrid | Mexico | 19 |
1983-84 | Jorge da Silva | Real Valladolid | Uruguay | 17 |
1983-84 | Juanito | Real Madrid | Spain | 17 |
1982-83 | Poli Rincón | Real Betis | Spain | 20 |
1981-82 | Quini | Barcelona | Spain | 27 |
1980-81 | Quini | Barcelona | Spain | 20 |
1979-80 | Quini | Sporting de Gijón | Spain | 24 |
1978-79 | Hans Krankl | Barcelona | Austria | 29 |
1977-78 | Mario Kempes | Valencia | Argentina | 28 |
1976-77 | Mario Kempes | Valencia | Argentina | 24 |
1975-76 | Quini | Sporting de Gijón | Spain | 21 |
1974-75 | Carlos | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 19 |
1973-74 | Quini | Sporting de Gijón | Spain | 20 |
1972-73 | Marianín | Real Oviedo | Spain | 19 |
1971-72 | Enrique Porta | Granada | Spain | 20 |
1970-71 | José Eulogio Gárate | Atlético Madrid | Argentina | 17 |
1970-71 | Carles Rexach | Barcelona | Spain | 17 |
1969-70 | Amancio | Real Madrid | Spain | 16 |
1969-70 | Luis Aragonés | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 16 |
1969-70 | José Eulogio Gárate | Atlético Madrid | Argentina | 16 |
1968-69 | Amancio | Real Madrid | Spain | 14 |
1968-69 | José Eulogio Gárate | Atlético Madrid | Argentina | 14 |
1967-68 | Fidel Uriarte | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 22 |
1966-67 | Waldo | Valencia | Brazil | 24 |
1965-66 | Luis Aragonés | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 18 |
1964-65 | Cayetano Ré | Barcelona | Paraguay | 26 |
1963-64 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | Hungary | 21 |
1962-63 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | Hungary | 26 |
1961-62 | Juan Seminario | Real Zaragoza | Peru | 25 |
1960-61 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | Hungary | 28 |
1959-60 | Ferenc Puskás | Real Madrid | Hungary | 25 |
1958-59 | Alfredo di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Argentina | 23 |
1957-58 | Manuel Badenes | Real Valladolid | Spain | 19 |
1957-58 | Alfredo di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Argentina | 19 |
1957-58 | Ricardo Alós | Valencia | Spain | 19 |
1956-57 | Alfredo di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Argentina | 31 |
1955-56 | Alfredo di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Argentina | 24 |
1954-55 | Juan Arza | Sevilla | Spain | 28 |
1953-54 | Alfredo di Stéfano | Real Madrid | Argentina | 27 |
1952-53 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 24 |
1951-52 | Pahiño | Real Madrid | Spain | 28 |
1950-51 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 38 |
1949-50 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 24 |
1948-49 | César | Barcelona | Spain | 27 |
1947-48 | Pahiño | Celta de Vigo | Spain | 20 |
1946-47 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 33 |
1945-46 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 24 |
1944-45 | Telmo Zarra | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 20 |
1943-44 | Mundo | Valencia | Spain | 28 |
1942-43 | Mariano Martín | Barcelona | Spain | 30 |
1941-42 | Mundo | Valencia | Spain | 27 |
1940-41 | Pruden | Atlético Madrid | Spain | 33 |
1939-40 | Víctor Unamuno | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 20 |
1935-36 | Isidro Lángara | Real Oviedo | Spain | 28 |
1934-35 | Isidro Lángara | Real Oviedo | Spain | 27 |
1933-34 | Isidro Lángara | Real Oviedo | Spain | 26 |
1932-33 | Manuel Olivares | Real Madrid | Spain | 16 |
1931-32 | Bata | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 13 |
1930-31 | Bata | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 27 |
1929-30 | Guillermo Gorostiza | Athletic Bilbao | Spain | 20 |
1928-29 | Paco Bienzobas | Real Sociedad | Spain | 17 |