NB: below, for each country the player(s) who scored most goals
within a single league season are listed; nationality is
indicated if different from country in which the goals were
scored.
Country Goals Player (Nationality) Season
Albania 59 Refik Resmja 1951
Algeria 36 Nasser Bouiche 1985/86
Andorra 36 Rafael Sanchez Pedrosa 1997/98
Angola 29 Carlos Alves 1980
Argentina 60 Héctor Horace Scotta 1975
Armenia 45 Aram Hakobyan 2003
Austria 41 "Hans" Krankl 1977/78
Azerbaijan 39 Nazim Aliev 1992
Belarus 34 Andrei Khlebosolov 1996
Belgium 41 Jules Van Craen 1942/43
41 Arthur Ceuleers 1942/43
Bolivia 49 Joaquín Botero 2002
Bosnia-Herzeg. 31 Dzelaludin Muharemovic 2000/01
Brazil 58 "Pelé" 1958
Bulgaria 38 Hristo Stoichkov 1989/90
Chile 37 Luis Hernán Alvarez 1963
China 26 Li Jinyu 2006
Colombia 42 Pedro Cabillón (ARG) 1949
Costa Rica 41 Errol Daniels 1967
Croatia 34 Eduardo Alves Da Silva 2006/07
Cuba 32 Lester Moré 2003
Cyprus 44 Sotiris Kaiafas 1976/77
Czechoslovakia 43 Josef Bican 1946/47
Czech Republic 25 David Lafata 2011/12
Denmark 28 Hans Aabech 1973
28 Allan Hansen 1981
28 Ebbe Sand 1997/98
Ecuador 43 Jaime Iván Kaviedes 1998
Egypt 34 Hassan El-Shazly 1974/75
England 60 William Ralph Dean 1927/28
Estonia 46 Aleksandrs Cekulajevs (LAT) 2011
Faroe Islands 24 Suni Fridi Johannesen 1995
24 Uni Arge 1997
Finland 30 Matti Sundelin 1960
France 44 Josip Skoblar (YUG) 1970/71
Georgia 41 Merab Megreladze 1992/93
Germany (East) 38 Johannes Schöne 1950/51
Germany (West) 40 "Gerd" Müller 1971/72
Greece 39 Antonis Antoniadis 1971/72
Guatemala 41 Oscar Sánchez 1977
Honduras 34 Wilmer Velasquez 1997/98
Hungary 66 Ferenc Déak 1945/46
Iceland 19 Petur Petursson 1978
19 Gudmundur Torfason 1986
19 Thordur Gudjonsson 1993
19 Tryggvi Gudmundsson 1997
19 Andri Runar Bjarnason 2017
Iraq 36 Younis Abid-Ali 1993/94
Ireland 37 Jimmy Turnbull 1935/36
Israel 38 Mordehay Spiegler 1967/68
Italy 36 Gonzalo Higuain (ARG) 2015/16
Japan 36 Masashi Nakayama 1998
Kazakhstan 30 Arsen Tlekhugov 2001
Kyrgyzstan 39 Roman Kornilov 2003
Latvia 36 Viktors Dobrecovs 2003
Lebanon 32 Fadi Alloush 1990/91
Lithuania 27 Mantas Savenas 2004/05
27 Nerijus Valskis 2013
Macedonia 36 Sasa Ciric 1992/93
Malta 34 Obinna Obiefule (NGA) 2011/12
Mexico 58 José Saturnino Cardozo (PAR) 2002/03
Moldova 35 Serghei Rogaciov 1996/97
Montenegro 28 Ivan Boskovic 2009/10
Morocco 25 Mohamed Boussati 1981/82
Netherlands 43 "Coen" Dillen 1956/57
North. Ireland 55 Frederick Roberts 1930/31
Norway 30 Odd Iversen 1968
Paraguay 34 Flaminio Silva 1936
Peru 37 Eduardo Esidio (BRA) 2000
Poland 37 Henryk Reyman 1927
Portugal 46 Héctor Casimiro Yazalde (ARG) 1973/74
Qatar 27 Klemerson De Araugo (BRA) 2007/08
Romania 49 Ladislau Bonyhádi 1947/48
Russia 28 Seydou Doumbia (CIV) 2011/12
San Marino 23 Teodoro Bernardini 1987/88
23 Fabrizio Albani 1996/97
Saudi Arabia 32 Hamza Idriss 1999/00
Scotland 52 William MacFadyen 1931/32
Serbia 30 Savo Milosevic 1994/95
Singapore 43 Aleksandar Duric 2007
Slovakia 31 Jan Drojbk 1942/43
Slovenia 29 Zoran Ubavic 1991/92
South Korea 28 Kim Do-Hun 2003
Soviet Union 35 Oleg Protasov 1985
Spain 50 Lionel Messi (ARG) 2011/12
Sweden 39 John Valter Johansson 1924/25
Switzerland 40 Leopold Kielholz 1933/34
Tajikistan 42 Zokir Berdikulov 1995
Tunisia 32 Abdelmajid Tlemçani 1958/59
Turkey 39 Tanju Colak 1987/88
Turkmenistan 41 Sergei Kazankow 1992
41 Rejepmeyrat Agabayew 1995
Ukraine 25 Henrikh Mkhitaryan (ARM) 2012/13
Uruguay 34 Fernando Morena 1975
USA 67 Archibald McPherson Stark 1924/25
Uzbekistan 45 Jaafar Irismitov 2000
Venezuela 34 Juan García 2001/02
Wales 47 Marc Lloyd-Williams 2001/02
Yugoslavia 34 Darko Pancev 1990/91
NB: below all players to have scored 28 or more goals within a
single league season at the top level in France are listed;
seasons are indicated by the year in which they finished;
if not French, nationality is indicated.
Season Player (Nationality) Club Goals
1971 SKOBLAR Josip (YUG) Marseille 44
1971 KEITA Salif (MLI) Saint-Etienne 42
2016 IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan (SWE)Paris St.-Germain 38
1978 BIANCHI Carlos (ARG) Paris St.-Germain 37
1966 GONDET Philippe Nantes 36
1952 ANDERSSON Gunnar (SWE) Marseille 35
1963 MASNAGHETTI Serge Valenciennes 35
2017 CAVANI Edinson (URU) Paris St.-Germain 35
1936 COURTOIS Roger Sochaux 34
1958 FONTAINE Just Reims 34
1976 BIANCHI Carlos (ARG) Reims 34
1947 SINIBALDI Pierre Reims 33
1957 CISOWSKI "Thadée" Racing Paris 33
1948 BARATTE Jean Lille 31
1952 ANDERSSON Gunnar (SWE) Marseille 31
1956 CISOWSKI "Thadée" Racing Paris 31
1967 REVELLI Hervé Saint-Etienne 31
1935 ABBEGLEN André (SUI) Sochaux 30
1937 ROHR Oskar (GER) Strasbourg 30
1947 KEMP Gustave Metz 30
1955 BLIARD René Reims 30
1957 FONTAINE Just Reims 30
1959 CISOWSKI "Thadée" Racing Paris 30
1964 OUDJANI Ahmed (ALG) Lens 30
1972 SKOBLAR Josip (YUG) Marseille 30
1974 BIANCHI Carlos (ARG) Reims 30
1975 ONNIS Delio (ARG) Monaco 30
1990 PAPIN Jean-Pierre Marseille 30
2013 IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan (SWE)Paris St.-Germain 30
1935 COURTOIS Roger Sochaux 29
1957 NJO LEA Eugene (CMR) Saint-Etienne 29
1957 JONSSON Egon (SWE) Lens 29
1972 KEITA Salif (MLI) Saint-Etienne 29
1974 BERDOLL Marc Angers 29
1976 ONNIS Delio (ARG) Monaco 29
1978 ONNIS Delio (ARG) Monaco 29
1978 BJEKOVIC Nenad (YUG) Nice 29
1982 ONNIS Delio (ARG) Tours 29
1934 LUKACS István (HUN) Sète 28
1936 ROHR Oskar (GER) Strasbourg 28
1937 ZATELLI Mario Marseille 28
1946 BIHEL René Lille 28
1947 BARATTE Jean Lille 28
1951 PIANTONI Roger Nancy 28
1960 FONTAINE Just Reims 28
1961 PIANTONI Roger Reims 28
1963 COSSOU Lucien Monaco 28
1964 GUY André Saint-Etienne 28
1970 REVELLI Hervé Saint-Etienne 28
1974 BRAUN Nicolas Metz 28
1977 BIANCHI Carlos (ARG) Reims 28
1985 HALILHODZIC Vahid (YUG) Nantes 28
NB: below all players to have scored 28 or more goals within a
single league season at the top level in Italy are listed;
seasons are indicated by the year in which they finished;
if not Italian, nationality is indicated.
Season Player (Nationality) Club Goals
2016 HIGUAIN Gonzalo (ARG) Napoli 36
1950 NORDAHL Gunnar (SWE) Milan 35
1951 NORDAHL Gunnar (SWE) Milan 34
1959 ANGELILLO Antonio Val. Internazionale 33
1934 BOREL Felice Placido Juventus 32
1930 MEAZZA Giuseppe Ambrosiana 31
1951 NYERS Istvan (HUN) Internazionale 31
2006 TONI Luca Fiorentina 31
1950 NYERS Istvan (HUN) Internazionale 30
1952 HANSEN John (DEN) Juventus 30
1931 VOLK Rodolfo Roma 29
1933 BOREL Felice Placido Juventus 29
1947 MAZZOLA Valentino Torino 29
1956 PIVATELLI Gino Bologna 29
2010 DI NATALE Antonio Udinese 29
2013 CAVANI Edinson (URU) Napoli 29
2017 DZEKO Edin (BiH) Roma 29
1933 SCHIAVIO Angelo Bologna 28
1935 GUAITA Enrico Roma 28
1950 HANSEN John (DEN) Juventus 28
1958 CHARLES John (WAL) Juventus 28
1959 ALTAFINI José (BRA) Milan 28
2011 DI NATALE Antonio Udinese 28
2012 IBRAHIMOVIC Zlatan (SWE)Milan 28
NB: below all players to have scored 15 or more goals within a
single league season at the top level in Tunisia are listed;
seasons are indicated by the year in which they finished;
if not Tunisian, nationality is indicated.
Season Player (Nationality) Club Goals
1959 Abdelmajid Tlemçani ES Tunis 32
1958 Boubaker Haddad CA Bizertin 28
1958 Habib Mougou ES Sahel 28
1956 Habib Mougou ES Sahel 25
1975 Zoubaier Boughenia ES Tunis 24
1973 Ezzeddine Chakroun Sfax RS 23
1958 Saad Karmous CS Hammam-Lif 22
1960 Abdelmajid Tlemçani ES Tunis 22
1957 Miled Ben Messaoud "Farzit" JS Methouienne 20
1959 Krimou US Tunisienne 20
1959 Arbi Touati Club Africain 20
1976 Raouf Ben Aziza ES Sahel 20
1978 Raouf Ben Aziza ES Sahel 20
1957 Noureddine Ben Yahmed "Diwa" Stade Tunisien 19
1957 Saad Karmous CS Hammam-Lif 19
1960 Hedi Braiek Stade Tunisien 19
1976 Moncef Oueda JS Kairouannaise 19
2000 Ali Zitouni ES Tunis 19
1959 Miled Ben Messaoud "Farzit" JS Methouienne 18
1961 Ammar Merrichko AS Marsa 18
1966 Mongi Delhoum CS Sfaxien 18
1977 Moncef Oueda JS Kairouannaise 18
1990 Faouzi Rouissi Club Africain 18
1993 Abdelkader Ben Hassan CA Bizertin 18
1993 Kenneth Malitoli (ZAM) ES Tunis 18
1995 Belhassan Aloui CS Hammam-Lif 18
2009 Michael Eneramo (NGA) ES Tunis 18
1957 Habib Mougou ES Sahel 17
1965 Mohamed Salah Jedidi Club Africain 17
1966 Salem Kaddadi ES Sahel 17
1969 Mohamed Salah Jedidi Club Africain 17
1971 Abdessalam Adhouma ES Sahel 17
1975 Nejib Limam Stade Tunisien 17
1983 Hedi Bayari Club Africain 17
1996 Sami Touati Club Africain 17
2000 Francileudo dos Santos (BRA) ES Sahel 17
1959 Habib Mougou ES Sahel 16
1960 Noureddine Ben Yahmed "Diwa" Stade Tunisien 16
1962 Chedly Aouini ES Tunis 16
1963 Mokhtar Chelbi AS Marsa 16
1966 Habib Akid ES Sahel 16
1974 Abdessalam Adhouma ES Sahel 16
1981 Habib Gasmi Club Africain 16
2006 Amine Ltaief ES Tunis 16
1958 Naceur Ben Zekri JS Methouienne 15
1964 Mongi Delhoum CS Sfaxien 15
1970 Othmane Jenayah ES Sahel 15
1977 Ezzeddine Chakroun Sfax RS 15
1977 Othmane Mellouli CA Bizertin 15
1978 Ezzeddine Chakroun Sfax RS 15
1983 Tarek Dhiab ES Tunis 15
1989 Abdelhamid Hergal Stade Tunisien 15
1991 Fethi Chehaibi "Bargou" JS Kairouannaise 15
1996 Samir Raouene ES Sahel 15
1998 Abdelkader Ben Hassan CA Bizertin 15
1998 Zied Tlemçani [*] ES Tunis 15
[*] son of Abdelmajid Tlemçani
Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio for update
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