Top scorers in football by championship

Do you know who the top scorers in the world's top leagues are?

In this article I bring you some statistics about who scored the most goals in the Brasileirão, Premier League, La Liga, Libertadores and UEFA Champions League.

Let's see who the greatest scorers in history were.

1st: Roberto Dinamite - 190 Goals

The player had a long career of 21 years, which he played for Vasco and Portuguesa. He is Vasco's biggest idol and reached the incredible mark of 708 goals for the club. He also served as the club's president from 2008 until 2014.

2nd: Fred - 158 Goals

3rd: Romário - 154 Goals

4th: Edmundo - 153 Goals

5th: Zico - 135 Goals

The KingPelé is in sixteenth place, with 101 goals.

Per season, the player to score the most goals was Washington Stecanela “Coração Valente”, by Athletico Paranaense in 2004, with 37 Goals.

1st Alan Shearer - 260 Goals

The British player was one of the greatest footballers of the 90s, he played for New Castle, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton. He was Premier League champion in the 94-95 season playing for Blackburn, and in 1996, he was elected the 3rd best player in the world by FIFA, behind Ronaldo Fenômeno and George Weah.

2nd Harry Kane - 213 Goals

3rd Wayne Rooney - 208 Goals

4 Andy Cole - 187 Goals

5th Sergio Agüero - 184 Goals

Per season, the player to score the most goals was Earling Haaland with 36 Goals, in his debut season in the Premier League, in 2022/23. Until then, the championship's top scorer was Alan Shearer with 34 goals, in the 94/95 season.

1st Lionel Messi - 474 Goals

Messi needs no introduction. The player collected records in the 2010s, and has continued since 2008, until the present day, being considered one of the best players in the world. In 2022 he consecrated his career by winning the World Cup, definitively marking his name as one of the best of all time.

2nd Cristiano Ronaldo - 311 Goals

3rd Telmo Zarra - 251 Goals

4th Karim Benzema - 238 Goals

5th Hugo Sanchez - 234 Goals

The highest scorer per season was Lionel Messi with 50 goals in the 2011/12 season. Cristiano Ronaldo follows in second place with 48 goals in the 2014/15 season.

1st Alberto Spencer - 54 Goals

Peñarol's idol player is also the greatest Ecuadorian player of all time. He was considered the 20th best South American football player of the 20th century in an IFFHS poll in 2004. The player was very influential in the 60s, helping to make Peñarol's name in world football.

2nd Fernando Morena - 37 Goals

3rd Pedro Rocha - 36 Goals

4th Daniel Onega & Gabriel Barbosa (Gabi or Gabi goal - 31 Goals)

5th Julio Morales & Lucas Pratto & Miguel Borja - 30 Goals

Per season, the player who scored the most goals was Daniel Onega with 17 goals in 1966, for River Plate.

1st Cristiano Ronaldo - 141 Goals

The manager champions is the player with the most nominations for the Ballon d'Or. He is also the greatest scorer in the history of football in official games, with 900 goals scored, and also the greatest scorer at national team level, with 130 goals scored for Portugal, and at club level with 451 goals scored for Real Madrid.

2nd Lionel Messi - 129 Goals

3rd Lewandowski - 94 Goals

4th Karim Benzema - 90 Goals

5th Raúl - 71 Goals

By season, Cristiano Ronaldo leads the top 3 Champions League scorers, with 17 goals in the 2013/14 season, 16 goals in the 2015/16 season and 15 goals in the 2017/18 season.

In all, Ronaldo has been top scorer in the Champions League 7 times (2007/08, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15, 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18).

Lionel Messi was the competition's top scorer 6 times in total (2008/09, 2009/10, 2010/11, 2011/12, 2014/15, 2018/19).

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