Barcelona’s Robert Lewandowski (15 goals) has built up a healthy lead at the top of the La Liga scoring charts as he leads the chase by three goals over Enes Unal and Joselu, both of whom scored in their most recent outings.
But Lewandowski, who is looking to cap a successful first season in Spain with the Pichichi award, has not scored a goal in La Liga since Feb. 19.
The winner of the 2021/22 Golden Boot, Karim Benzema, is only four goals behind (11 goals) and still within reach. He did not appear in Real Madrid’s latest win over Espanyol, as his club continues to manage his minutes.
The other players on double-digit goals are Real Betis centre-forward Borja Iglesias in action at Villarreal, and Mallorca’s Vedat Muriqi who plays at home against Real Sociedad.
Below is the updated top scorers table in La Liga, as the stars vie for the prestigious Pichichi trophy at the end of the season. Assists and minutes played are the tiebreakers as is the case for major international tournaments.
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La Liga Top Scorers Table (2022-2023)
The table below is updated after each matchday of the 2022/23 season with the ranking of La Liga’s top goal scorers. The campaign wraps up on June 4, 2023.
Updated as of Saturday, March 11 (prior to Celta Vigo vs. Rayo Vallecano).
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (pens) |
Assists | Matches | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Robert Lewandowski | Barcelona | 15 (0) | 5 | 20 | 1592 |
| 2. | Enes Unal | Getafe | 12 (4) | 3 | 25 | 2190 |
| Joselu | Espanyol | 12 (3) | 2 | 22 | 1909 | |
| 4. | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 11 (5) | 3 | 15 | 1306 |
| 5. | Borja Iglesias | Real Betis | 10 (5) | 3 | 22 | 1607 |
| Vedat Muriqi | Mallorca | 10 (2) | 2 | 22 | 1924 | |
| 7. | Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | 9 (1) | 4 | 24 | 2020 |
| Alvaro Morata | Atletico Madrid | 9 (0) | 1 | 24 | 1299 | |
| Alexander Sorloth | Real Sociedad | 9 (0) | 1 | 20 | 1572 | |
| 10. | Antoine Griezmann | Atletico Madrid | 8 (0) | 8 | 24 | 1599 |
| Vinicius Jr | Real Madrid | 8 (0) | 4 | 24 | 2122 | |
| Gabri Veiga | Celta Vigo | 8 (0) | 3 | 23 | 1370 | |
| Martin Braithwaite | Espanyol | 8 (0) | 1 | 20 | 1645 | |
| Oihan Sancet | Athletic Club | 8 (1) | 0 | 24 | 1682 |
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La Liga odds to win Golden Boot
Who do the sportsbooks think is the frontrunner for the top scorer title in Spain? It’s understandable that Lewandowski is way ahead of the pack, but he has company at the top the list.
Most sportsbooks have Benzema in second place behind Lewandowski with the Polish hitman scoring at least 30 league goals in five of the last seven Bundesliga seasons at Bayern Munich.
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Odds as of March 3, 2023
| Player (Club) | SkyBet | Bet MGM |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Lewandowski (Barcelona) | 1/9 | -769 |
| Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) | 2/1 | +500 |
| Borja Iglesias (Real Betis) | 40/1 | +8000 |
| Joselu (Espanyol) | 50/1 | N/A |
| Alvaro Morata (Atletico Madrid) | 66/1 | +6600 |
All-time La Liga Golden Boot (Pichichi)
Below are the top scorers in each season of La Liga since 1995, when the league adopted the modern calculation of three points for a victory.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 27 |
| 2020-21 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 30 |
| 2019-20 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 25 |
| 2018-19 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 36 |
| 2017-18 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 34 |
| 2016-17 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 37 |
| 2015-16 | Luis Suarez | Barcelona | 40 |
| 2014-15 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 48 |
| 2013-14 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 31 |
| 2012-13 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 46 |
| 2011-12 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 50 |
| 2010-11 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 40 |
| 2009-10 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona | 34 |
| 2008-09 | Diego Forlan | Atletico Madrid | 32 |
| 2007-08 | Daniel Guiza | Mallorca | 27 |
| 2006-07 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Real Madrid | 25 |
| 2005-06 | Samuel Eto’o | Barcelona | 26 |
| 2004-05 | Samuel Eto’o | Barcelona | 25 |
| Diego Forlan | Villarreal | 25 | |
| 2003-04 | Ronaldo | Real Madrid | 24 |
| 2002-03 | Roy Makaay | Deportivo La Coruna | 29 |
| 2001-02 | Diego Tristan | Deportivo La Coruna | 20 |
| 2000-01 | Raul | Real Madrid | 24 |
| 1999-00 | Salva Ballesta | Racing Santander | 27 |
| 1998-99 | Raul | Real Madrid | 24 |
| 1997-98 | Christian Vieri | Atletico Madrid | 24 |
| 1996-97 | Ronaldo | Barcelona | 34 |
| 1995-96 | Juan Antonio Pizzi | Tenerife | 31 |
La Liga Pichichi Trophy 2021/22
While Karim Benzema may have competition for the top of the table this coming season, nobody can take away his incredible 2021/22 campaign.
The season to remember likely pushed the Frenchman towards his first-ever Ballon d’Or, finishing with nine more goals than anyone else and also collecting one fewer assist than the league leader. Ironically, the season’s assist leader Vinicius Jr. led the way largely thanks to Benzema, who was on the receiving end of eight of Vinicius’s 13 assists.
La Liga top scorer 2021/22 table
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (PKs) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid | 27 (7) | 12 | 32 | 2,603 |
| 2. | Iago Aspas | Celta Vigo | 18 (3) | 6 | 37 | 3,095 |
| 3. | Vinicius Jr. | Real Madrid | 17 (0) | 13 | 35 | 2,699 |
| Raul de Tomas | Espanyol | 17 (5) | 3 | 34 | 2,927 | |
| 5. | Juanmi | Real Betis | 16 (0) | 5 | 33 | 2,146 |
| Enes Unal | Getafe | 16 (2) | 1 | 37 | 2,813 | |
| 7. | Joselu | Alaves | 14 (6) | 5 | 37 | 3,125 |
| 8. | Jose Luis Morales | Levante | 13 (3) | 7 | 35 | 2,726 |
| 9. | Angel Correa | Atletico Madrid | 12 (0) | 5 | 36 | 1,855 |
| Memphis Depay | Barcelona | 12 (2) | 2 | 27 | 1,829 |
Note: There were also 23 own goals among the total of 951 goals scored in the 2021-22 La Liga season.