Lionel Messi did not score in Barcelona’s 4-1 weekend win at Las Palmas, but Edinson Cavani struck twice in Paris’s 5-0 success at St-Étienne to rejoin the Argentinian at the top of the strikers’ table for Europe’s most competitive leagues.
Goals-per-game average keeps Messi above Cavani (Messi’s 35 have come in just 33 games, while the Uruguayan is scoring at a rate of exactly a goal per Ligue 1 game in France). Sporting CP’s Dutch forward Bas Dost is the only other player who has been scoring at a higher rate – 31 goals in 30 games is 1.03 per match.
Stats accurate as of the end of the late games on 14 May
How the eight leagues were chosen
Listed below are the top goalscorers of the top eight leagues in Europe according to UEFA’s association club coefficients.
Overall top scorers in Europe’s top eight leagues
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
35
33
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
35
35
Edinson Cavani
Paris
31
30
Bas Dost
Sporting CP
30
32
Robert Lewandowski
Bayern
29
31
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Dortmund
28
34
Luis Suárez
Barcelona
27
35
Edin Džeko
Roma
26
29
Alexandre Lacazette
Lyon
25
33
Andrea Belotti
Torino
25
33
Dries Mertens
Napoli
25
33
Anthony Modeste
Köln
1. Spain
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
35
33
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
28
34
Luis Suárez
Barcelona
22
27
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
18
30
Iago Aspas
Celta
16
31
Aritz Aduriz
Athletic
16
35
Antoine Griezmann
Atlético
15
25
Álvaro Morata
Real Madrid
14
29
Sandro Ramírez
Málaga
13
29
Neymar
Barcelona
13
36
Gerard Moreno
Espanyol
2. Germany
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
30
32
Robert Lewandowski
Bayern
29
31
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Dortmund
25
33
Anthony Modeste
Köln
21
33
Timo Werner
Leipzig
16
32
Mario Gomez
Wolfsburg
15
33
Andrej Kramarić
Hoffenheim
14
22
Max Kruse
Bremen
12
25
Arjen Robben
Bayern
12
31
Vedad Ibišević
Hertha
3. England
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
24
36
Romelu Lukaku
Everton
22
28
Harry Kane
Tottenham
21
36
Alexis Sánchez
Arsenal
20
34
Diego Costa
Chelsea
18
29
Sergio Agüero
Man. City
17
28
Zlatan Ibrahimović
Man. United
17
35
Dele Alli
Tottenham
16
36
Joshua King
Bournemouth
15
34
Eden Hazard
Chelsea
15
35
Christian Benteke
Crystal Palace
15
36
Jermain Defoe
Sunderland
4. Italy
GoalsMatches
Players
Club
27
35
Edin Džeko
Roma
25
33
Dries Mertens
Napoli
25
33
Andrea Belotti
Torino
24
34
Mauro Icardi
Internazionale
24
36
Gonzalo Higuaín
Juventus
22
34
Ciro Immobile
Lazio
16
34
Marco Borriello
Cagliari
16
35
Lorenzo Insigne
Napoli
15
30
Keita
Lazio
15
31
Nikola Kalinić
Fiorentina
5. France
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
35
35
Edinson Cavani
Paris
26
29
Alexandre Lacazette
Lyon
21
28
Radamel Falcao
Monaco
19
30
Bafétimbi Gomis
Marseille
15
23
Mario Balotelli
Nice
15
34
Ivan Santini
Caen
15
37
Florian Thauvin
Marseille
14
27
Kylian Mbappé
Monaco
14
34
Steve Mounie
Montpellier
13
25
Benjamin Moukandjo
Lorient
6. Russia
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
15
20
Fedor Smolov
Krasnodar
12
24
Artem Dzyuba
Zenit
11
24
Quincy Promes
Spartak Moskva
10
19
Ari
Krasnodar
8
24
Jonathas
Rubin
8
25
Bekim Balaj
Terek
8
26
Giuliano
Zenit
7
23
Aleksandr Samedov
Spartak Moskva
7
24
Sergei Kornilenko
Krylya Sovetov
7. Portugal
GoalsMatches
Players
Club
31
30
Bas Dost
Sporting CP
19
30
Francisco Soares
Porto
16
31
André Silva
Porto
15
27
Kostas Mitroglou
Benfica
13
19
Jonas
Benfica
13
25
Moussa Marega
Guimarães
11
25
Rui Fonte
Braga
11
28
Welthon Fiel Sampaio
Paços Ferreira
10
33
Pizzi
Benfica
8. Ukraine
GoalsMatches
Player
Club
13
19
Facundo Ferreyra
Shakhtar Donetsk
12
25
Andriy Yarmolenko
Dynamo Kyiv
11
26
Gustavo Blanco
Shakhtar Donetsk
10
16
Júnior Moraes
Dynamo Kyiv
10
20
Artem Besedin
Dynamo Kyiv
8
24
Denys Garmash
Dynamo Kyiv
8
26
Dmytro Khlyobas
Vorskla
7
20
Anton Postupalenko
Olimpik Donetsk
7
23
Kwame Karikari
Stal
7
25
Viktor Kovalenko
Shakhtar Donetsk
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