List of La Liga top scorers - wikipedia List of La Liga top scorers Messi is La Liga 's all - time top scorer. Since the 1929 formation of La Liga, Spain 's top division of association football, a total of 56 players have finished as the competition 's top goalscorer. As no official recognition exists in Spain for the league top scorer, the following data is based on official match reports provided by the Liga de Fútbol Profesional and may differ from independent research and the unofficial Pichichi Trophy awarded by the newspaper Marca. 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 50 goals in. Athletic Bilbao 's Telmo Zarra, who was the competition 's all - time top scorer until 2014, was top scorer in six seasons between 1945 and 1953. Three other players -- Real Madrid 's Alfredo Di Stéfano, Quini of Sporting de Gijón and Barcelona, and Hugo Sánchez of Atlético Madrid and Real Madrid -- each finished as top scorer in five seasons. Contents 1 Top scorers by season 2 All - time top scorers 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Top scorers by season Key Player won the European Golden Shoe Season Player Club Goals Games Ratio 1929 Bienzobas, Paco Paco Bienzobas Real Sociedad 17 18 0.94 1929 -- 30 Gorostiza, Guillermo Guillermo Gorostiza Athletic Bilbao 20 18 1.11 1930 -- 31 Bata Athletic Bilbao 27 17 1.59 1931 -- 32 Bata ( 2 ) Athletic Bilbao 13 18 0.72 1932 -- 33 Olivares, Manuel Manuel Olivares Real Madrid 16 14 1.14 1933 -- 34 Lángara, Isidro Isidro Lángara Real Oviedo 26 18 1.44 1934 -- 35 Lángara, Isidro Isidro Lángara ( 2 ) Real Oviedo 27 22 1.23 1935 -- 36 Lángara, Isidro Isidro Lángara ( 3 ) Real Oviedo 28 21 1.33 1939 -- 40 Unamuno, Víctor Víctor Unamuno Athletic Bilbao 20 22 0.91 1940 -- 41 Pruden, Pruden Atlético Madrid 33 22 1.5 1941 -- 42 Mundo Valencia 27 25 1.08 1942 -- 43 Martín, Mariano Mariano Martín Barcelona 30 23 1.3 1943 -- 44 Mundo ( 2 ) Valencia 28 26 1.08 1944 -- 45 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra Athletic Bilbao 20 26 0.77 1945 -- 46 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra ( 2 ) Athletic Bilbao 24 18 1.33 1946 -- 47 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra ( 3 ) Athletic Bilbao 33 24 1.38 1947 -- 48 Pahiño, Pahiño Celta de Vigo 20 22 0.91 1948 -- 49 César Barcelona 27 24 1.13 1949 -- 50 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra ( 4 ) Athletic Bilbao 24 26 0.92 1950 -- 51 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra ( 5 ) Athletic Bilbao 38 30 1.27 1951 -- 52 Pahiño, Pahiño ( 2 ) Real Madrid 28 27 1.04 1952 -- 53 Zarra, Telmo Telmo Zarra ( 6 ) Athletic Bilbao 24 29 0.83 1953 -- 54 di Stéfano, Alfredo Alfredo di Stéfano Real Madrid 27 28 0.96 1954 -- 55 Arza, Juan Juan Arza Sevilla 28 29 0.97 1955 -- 56 di Stéfano, Alfredo Alfredo di Stéfano ( 2 ) Real Madrid 24 30 0.8 1956 -- 57 di Stéfano, Alfredo Alfredo di Stéfano ( 3 ) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03 1957 -- 58 Badenes, Manuel Manuel Badenes Real Valladolid 19 29 0.66 di Stéfano, Alfredo Alfredo di Stéfano ( 4 ) Real Madrid 19 30 0.63 Alós, Ricardo Ricardo Alós Valencia 19 29 0.66 1958 -- 59 di Stéfano, Alfredo Alfredo di Stéfano ( 5 ) Real Madrid 23 28 0.82 1959 -- 60 Puskás, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás Real Madrid 25 24 1.04 1960 -- 61 Puskás, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás ( 2 ) Real Madrid 28 28 1961 -- 62 Seminario, Juan Juan Seminario Real Zaragoza 25 30 0.83 1962 -- 63 Puskás, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás ( 3 ) Real Madrid 26 30 0.87 1963 -- 64 Puskás, Ferenc Ferenc Puskás ( 4 ) Real Madrid 21 25 0.84 1964 -- 65 Ré, Cayetano Cayetano Ré Barcelona 26 30 0.87 1965 -- 66 Luis Aragonés Atlético Madrid 18 28 0.64 1966 -- 67 Waldo Valencia 24 30 0.8 1967 -- 68 Uriarte, Fidel Fidel Uriarte Athletic Bilbao 22 24 0.92 1968 -- 69 Amancio Real Madrid 14 29 0.48 José Eulogio Gárate Atlético Madrid 14 30 0.47 1969 -- 70 Amancio ( 2 ) Real Madrid 16 29 0.55 Aragonés, Luis Luis Aragonés ( 2 ) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53 Gárate, José Eulogio José Eulogio Gárate ( 2 ) Atlético Madrid 16 30 0.53 1970 -- 71 Gárate, José Eulogio José Eulogio Gárate ( 3 ) Atlético Madrid 17 28 0.61 Rexach, Carles Carles Rexach Barcelona 17 28 0.61 1971 -- 72 Porta, Enrique Enrique Porta Granada 20 31 0.65 1972 -- 73 Marianín Real Oviedo 19 32 0.59 1973 -- 74 Quini Sporting de Gijón 20 34 0.59 1974 -- 75 Carlos Athletic Bilbao 19 32 0.59 1975 -- 76 Quini ( 2 ) Sporting de Gijón 21 34 0.62 1976 -- 77 Kempes, Mario Mario Kempes Valencia 24 34 0.71 1977 -- 78 Kempes, Mario Mario Kempes ( 2 ) Valencia 28 34 0.82 1978 -- 79 Krankl, Hans Hans Krankl Barcelona 29 30 0.97 1979 -- 80 Quini ( 3 ) Sporting de Gijón 24 34 0.71 1980 -- 81 Quini ( 4 ) Barcelona 20 30 0.67 1981 -- 82 Quini ( 5 ) Barcelona 27 32 0.84 1982 -- 83 Rincón, Poli Poli Rincón Real Betis 20 30 0.67 1983 -- 84 Jorge da Silva Real Valladolid 17 30 0.57 Juanito Real Madrid 17 31 0.55 1984 -- 85 Sánchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez Atlético Madrid 19 33 0.58 1985 -- 86 Sánchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez ( 2 ) Real Madrid 22 33 0.67 1986 -- 87 Sánchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez ( 3 ) Real Madrid 34 41 0.83 1987 -- 88 Sánchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez ( 4 ) Real Madrid 29 36 0.81 1988 -- 89 Baltazar Atlético Madrid 35 36 0.97 1989 -- 90 Sánchez, Hugo Hugo Sánchez ( 5 ) Real Madrid 38 35 1.09 1990 -- 91 Butragueño, Emilio Emilio Butragueño Real Madrid 19 35 0.54 1991 -- 92 Manolo Atlético Madrid 27 36 0.75 1992 -- 93 Bebeto Deportivo 29 37 0.78 1993 -- 94 Romário Barcelona 30 33 0.91 1994 -- 95 Zamorano, Iván Iván Zamorano Real Madrid 28 38 0.74 1995 -- 96 Pizzi, Juan Antonio Juan Antonio Pizzi Tenerife 31 41 0.76 1996 -- 97 Ronaldo Barcelona 34 37 0.92 1997 -- 98 Vieri, Christian Christian Vieri Atlético Madrid 24 24 1998 -- 99 Raúl Real Madrid 25 37 0.68 1999 -- 2000 Ballesta, Salva Salva Ballesta Racing Santander 27 36 0.75 2000 -- 01 Raúl ( 2 ) Real Madrid 24 36 0.67 2001 -- 02 Tristán, Diego Diego Tristán Deportivo 20 35 0.57 2002 -- 03 Makaay, Roy Roy Makaay Deportivo 29 38 0.76 2003 -- 04 Ronaldo ( 2 ) Real Madrid 24 32 0.75 2004 -- 05 Forlán, Diego Diego Forlán Villarreal 25 38 0.66 Eto'o, Samuel Samuel Eto'o Barcelona 25 37 0.68 2005 -- 06 Eto'o, Samuel Samuel Eto'o ( 2 ) Barcelona 26 34 0.76 2006 -- 07 van Nistelrooy, Ruud Ruud van Nistelrooy Real Madrid 25 37 0.68 2007 -- 08 Güiza, Daniel Daniel Güiza Mallorca 27 37 0.73 2008 -- 09 Forlán, Diego Diego Forlán ( 2 ) Atlético Madrid 32 33 0.97 2009 -- 10 Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi Barcelona 34 35 0.97 2010 -- 11 Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid 40 34 1.18 2011 -- 12 Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi ( 2 ) Barcelona 50 37 1.35 2012 -- 13 Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi ( 3 ) Barcelona 46 32 1.44 2013 -- 14 Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo ( 2 ) Real Madrid 31 30 1.03 2014 -- 15 Ronaldo, Cristiano Cristiano Ronaldo ( 3 ) Real Madrid 48 35 1.37 2015 -- 16 Suárez, Luis Luis Suárez Barcelona 40 35 1.11 2016 -- 17 Messi, Lionel Lionel Messi ( 4 ) Barcelona 37 34 1.09 All - time top scorers As of 24 December 2017 Rank Nat. Name Years Goals Apps Ratio Lionel Messi 2004 -- 365 400 0.91 Cristiano Ronaldo 2009 -- 289 277 1.06 Telmo Zarra 1940 -- 1955 251 278 0.9 Hugo Sánchez 1981 -- 1994 234 347 0.67 5 Raúl 1994 -- 2010 228 550 0.41 6 Alfredo Di Stéfano 1953 -- 1966 227 329 0.69 7 César Rodríguez 1939 -- 1955 223 353 0.63 8 Quini 1970 -- 1987 219 448 0.49 9 Pahiño 1943 -- 1956 210 278 0.76 10 Edmundo Suárez 1939 -- 1950 195 231 0.84 11 Carlos Santillana 1970 -- 1988 186 461 0.4 12 David Villa 2003 -- 2014 185 352 0.53 13 Juan Arza 1943 -- 1959 182 349 0.52 14 Guillermo Gorostiza 1929 -- 1945 178 256 0.7 15 Samuel Eto'o 1998 -- 2009 172 280 0.61 16 Luis Aragonés 1960 -- 1974 160 360 0.44 17 Ferenc Puskás 1958 -- 1966 156 180 0.87 18 Julio Salinas 1982 -- 2000 152 417 0.36 19 Adrián Escudero 1945 -- 1958 150 287 0.52 Aritz Aduriz 2002 -- 386 0.39 Bold show players still playing in the La Liga ^ Does not include one goal scored on 18 September 2010 against Real Sociedad. Marca, which awards the Pichichi Trophy, attribute it to Ronaldo, while La Liga and UEFA attribute it to Pepe. ( 538 ) See also Pichichi Trophy References Notes Jump up ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Guillermo Gorostiza, whom they credited with 12 goals. Jump up ^ Marca awarded the Pichichi to Vavá, whom they credited with 19 goals. Jump up ^ Marca did not award the Pichichi to Eto'o, whom they credited with 24 goals. Jump up ^ `` Spain '' Primera División '' All - time Topscorers '' rank 1 - 50 ``. worldfootball.net. Retrieved 23 October 2017. 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 External links LFP - Historical squads for every season of the league including official goal scoring stats Top 10 La Liga Golden Boot Winners La Liga top scorers 1929 : Bienzobas 1930 : Gorostiza 1931 : Bata 1932 : Bata 1933 : Olivares 1934 : Lángara 1935 : Lángara 1936 : Lángara 1940 : Unamuno 1941 : Pruden 1942 : E. Suárez 1943 : Martín 1944 : E. Suárez 1945 : Zarra 1946 : Zarra 1947 : Zarra 1948 : Pahiño 1949 : César 1950 : Zarra 1951 : Zarra 1952 : Pahiño 1953 : Zarra 1954 : Di Stéfano 1955 : Arza 1956 : Di Stéfano 1957 : Di Stéfano 1958 : Badenes, Di Stéfano & Ricardo 1959 : Di Stéfano 1960 : Puskás 1961 : Puskás 1962 : Seminario 1963 : Puskás 1964 : Puskás 1965 : Ré 1966 : Aragonés 1967 : Waldo 1968 : Uriarte 1969 : Amancio & Gárate 1970 : Amancio, Aragonés & Gárate 1971 : Gárate & Rexach 1972 : Porta 1973 : Marianín 1974 : Quini 1975 : Carlos 1976 : Quini 1977 : Kempes 1978 : Kempes 1979 : Krankl 1980 : Quini 1981 : Quini 1982 : Quini 1983 : Rincón 1984 : Da Silva & Juanito 1985 : Sánchez 1986 : Sánchez 1987 : Sánchez 1988 : Sánchez 1989 : Baltazar 1990 : Sánchez 1991 : Butragueño 1992 : Manolo 1993 : Bebeto 1994 : Romário 1995 : Zamorano 1996 : Pizzi 1997 : Ronaldo 1998 : Vieri 1999 : Raúl 2000 : Salva 2001 : Raúl 2002 : Tristán 2003 : Makaay 2004 : Ronaldo 2005 : Forlán & Eto'o 2006 : Eto'o 2007 : Van Nistelrooy 2008 : Güiza 2009 : Forlán 2010 : Messi 2011 : C. Ronaldo 2012 : Messi 2013 : Messi 2014 : C. Ronaldo 2015 : C. Ronaldo 2016 : L. 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Question: who is the top scorer in spanish league this season
Answer: Lionel Messi