List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers

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The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organized by UEFA. Originally a knockout competition, it later evolved to include group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from its inception in 1971 until a re-branding in 2009. This article lists both the competition's seasonal top scorers and overall top scorers, including a list of goals scored in the competition proper and a list of goals scored including qualifying rounds.

All-time top scorers (group stage to final)[edit]

As of 14 December 2023[1]
Players taking part in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League are highlighted in bold.
Players still active but not in this year's Europa League are highlighted in italics.
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s) (Goals)
1 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 33 57 0.54 2009– Lille (0/7), Borussia Dortmund (8/10), Arsenal (14/26), Barcelona (2/6), Marseille (9/8)
2 Sweden Henrik Larsson 31 45 0.69 1994–2008 Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (24/31), Helsingborg (6/8)
3 Colombia Radamel Falcao 30 31 0.97 2010– Porto (17/14), Atlético Madrid (13/17)
4 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 30 50 0.6 2004–2020 Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/15), Schalke 04 (14/22)
5 Germany Dieter Müller 29 36 0.81 1973–1984 1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3)
6 Spain Aritz Aduriz 26 39 0.67 2012–2018 Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (26/33)
7 Belgium Romelu Lukaku 25 39 0.64 2009– Anderlecht (5/18), Everton (8/9), Inter Milan (7/6), AS Roma (5/6)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko 25 48 0.52 2003– Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26)
Italy Alessandro Altobelli 25 58 0.43 1977–1989 Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8)
10 Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 24 41 0.59 1994–2007 Dinamo Tbilisi (1/2), Trabzonspor (2/2), Ajax (10/13), Rangers (2/7), AZ (9/17)
Israel Mu'nas Dabbur 24 49 0.49 2011– Maccabi Tel Aviv (1/8), Red Bull Salzburg (14/28), Sevilla (3/6), 1899 Hoffenheim (6/7)
France Kevin Gameiro 24 54 0.44 2005– Strasbourg (2/3), Paris Saint-Germain (0/5), Sevilla (17/33), Atlético Madrid (2/5), Valencia (3/8)
13 Germany Jupp Heynckes 23 21 1.1 1971–1975 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Brazil Vágner Love 23 36 0.64 2004–2018 CSKA Moscow (20/31), Beşiktaş (3/5)
Greece Dimitris Salpingidis 23 67 0.34 1999–2015 PAOK (13/43), Panathinaikos (10/24)
16 England Martin Chivers 22 34 0.65 1971–1978 Tottenham Hotspur
Germany Jürgen Klinsmann 22 36 0.61 1988–1998 VfB Stuttgart (4/8), Inter Milan (3/13), Bayern Munich (15/14), Sampdoria (0/1)
Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp 22 42 0.52 1988–2000 Ajax (9/21), Inter Milan (9/13), Arsenal (4/8)
France Alexandre Lacazette 22 48 0.46 2012– Lyon (9/21), Arsenal (13/27)
Germany Karl-Heinz Rummenigge 22 49 0.45 1977–1989 Bayern Munich (13/22), Inter Milan (9/23), Servette (0/4)

All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)[edit]

As of 14 December 2023[2][3]
Players taking part in the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League (including qualifying rounds) are highlighted in bold.
Players still active but not in this year's Europa League are highlighted in italics.
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio Years Club(s) (Goals)
1 Sweden Henrik Larsson 40 56 0.71 1994–2009 Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (27/35), Helsingborg (12/15)
2 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 36 60 0.53 2009– Lille (0/9), Borussia Dortmund (11/14), Arsenal (14/26), Barcelona (2/6), Marseille (9/8)
3 Netherlands Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 34 54 0.63 2004–2020 Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/17), Schalke 04 (18/24)
4 Colombia Alfredo Morelos 32 62 0.52 2016– HJK (4/6), Rangers (28/56)
5 Colombia Radamel Falcao 31 35 0.89 2009– Porto (18/16), Atlético Madrid (13/17), Galatasaray (0/2)
Spain Aritz Aduriz 31 47 0.66 2011–2018 Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (31/41)
7 Germany Dieter Müller 29 36 0.81 1973–1984 1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3)
8 Brazil Vágner Love 27 44 0.61 2004–2022 CSKA Moscow (20/32), Beşiktaş (4/8), Kairat (3/4)
Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze 27 45 0.6 1993–2007 Dinamo Tbilisi (2/4), Trabzonspor (4/4), Ajax (10/13), Rangers (2/7), AZ (9/17)
10 Israel Mu'nas Dabbur 26 57 0.46 2011– Maccabi Tel Aviv (1/12), Red Bull Salzburg (16/30), Grasshopper (0/2), Sevilla (3/6), 1899 Hoffenheim (6/7)
France Kevin Gameiro 26 57 0.46 2005–2019 Strasbourg (2/3), Paris Saint-Germain (1/7), Sevilla (18/34), Atlético Madrid (2/5), Valencia (3/8)
12 Belgium Romelu Lukaku 25 39 0.64 2009– Anderlecht (5/18), Everton (8/9), Inter Milan (7/6), AS Roma (5/6)
England Jermain Defoe 25 40 0.63 2006–2021 Tottenham Hotspur (20/28), Portsmouth (2/4), Rangers (3/8)
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko 25 49 0.51 2003– Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26)
Italy Alessandro Altobelli 25 55 0.45 1977–1989 Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8)
Croatia Mladen Petrić 25 72 0.35 2004–2016 Grasshopper (1/11), Basel (8/26), Hamburger SV (15/27), Panathinaikos (1/8)
17 Russia Aleksandr Kerzhakov 24 44 0.55 2002–2017 Zenit Saint Petersburg (21/34), Sevilla (2/8), Dynamo Moscow (1/2)
Colombia Carlos Bacca 24 60 0.4 2012– Club Brugge (3/7), Sevilla (14/31), Villarreal (7/22)
North Macedonia Ivan Trichkovski 24 67 0.36 2005– Vardar (1/6), Rabotnički (0/6), Red Star Belgrade (0/2), APOEL (1/5), Club Brugge (1/3), Legia Warsaw (0/6), AEK Larnaca (21/39)
20 Germany Jupp Heynckes 23 21 1.1 1972–1975 Borussia Mönchengladbach
Peru Claudio Pizarro 23 33 0.7 1999–2010 Werder Bremen
Netherlands Ricky van Wolfswinkel 23 47 0.49 2010– FC Utrecht (9/12), Sporting CP (9/20), Saint-Étienne (1/6), Basel (4/9)
France Alexandre Lacazette 23 52 0.44 2012– Lyon (10/25), Arsenal (13/27)
Paraguay Óscar Cardozo 23 59 0.39 2007–2017 Benfica (22/43), Trabzonspor (1/11), Olympiacos (0/5)
Greece Dimitris Salpingidis 23 76 0.3 1999–2015 PAOK (13/52), Panathinaikos (10/24)

Top scorers by season[edit]

The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament (tournament phase differs from qualification phase).[4]

Season Player(s) Club(s) Goals[5]
1971–72 West Germany Ludwig Bründl West Germany Eintracht Braunschweig 10
1972–73 West Germany Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 12
Netherlands Jan Jeuring Netherlands Twente
1973–74 Netherlands Lex Schoenmaker Netherlands Feyenoord 11
1974–75 West Germany Jupp Heynckes West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 10
1975–76 Netherlands Ruud Geels Netherlands Ajax 14
1976–77 England Stan Bowles England Queens Park Rangers 11
1977–78 Netherlands Gerrie Deijkers Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 8
Switzerland Raimondo Ponte Switzerland Grasshopper
1978–79 Denmark Allan Simonsen West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 9
1979–80 West Germany Dieter Hoeneß West Germany Bayern Munich 7
West Germany Harald Nickel West Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach
1980–81 Scotland John Wark England Ipswich Town 14
1981–82 Sweden Torbjörn Nilsson Sweden IFK Göteborg 9
1982–83 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Zoran Filipović Portugal Benfica 8
1983–84 Hungary Tibor Nyilasi Austria Austria Wien 9
1984–85 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Edin Bahtić Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 7
England Gary Bannister England Queens Park Rangers
1985–86 West Germany Klaus Allofs West Germany 1. FC Köln 9
1986–87 Brazil Paulinho Cascavel Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 5
Netherlands Peter Houtman Netherlands Groningen
Netherlands Wim Kieft Italy Torino
Finland Jari Rantanen Sweden IFK Göteborg
1987–88 Denmark Kenneth Brylle Larsen Belgium Club Brugge 6
Greece Dimitris Saravakos Greece Panathinaikos
1988–89 East Germany Torsten Gütschow East Germany Dynamo Dresden 7
1989–90 East Germany Falko Götz West Germany 1. FC Köln 6
West Germany Karl-Heinz Riedle West Germany Werder Bremen
1990–91 Germany Rudi Völler Italy Roma 10
1991–92 Wales Dean Saunders England Liverpool 9
1992–93 France Gérald Baticle France Auxerre 8
1993–94 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Italy Inter Milan 8
Germany Edgar Schmitt Germany Karlsruher SC
1994–95 Germany Ulf Kirsten Germany Bayer Leverkusen 10
1995–96 Germany Jürgen Klinsmann Germany Bayern Munich 15
1996–97 Italy Maurizio Ganz Italy Inter Milan 8
1997–98 France Stéphane Guivarc'h France Auxerre 7
1998–99 Italy Enrico Chiesa Italy Parma 8
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević Spain Real Sociedad
Poland Tomasz Kulawik Poland Wisła Kraków
1999–2000 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević Italy Juventus 10
2000–01 Bulgaria Dimitar Berbatov Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 7
Spain Bolo Spain Rayo Vallecano
2001–02 Netherlands Pierre van Hooijdonk Netherlands Feyenoord 8
2002–03 Brazil Derlei Portugal Porto 12
2003–04 Brazil Sonny Anderson Spain Villarreal 6
2004–05 England Alan Shearer England Newcastle United 11
2005–06 Argentina Matías Delgado Switzerland Basel 7
2006–07 Uruguay Walter Pandiani Spain Espanyol 11
2007–08 Russia Pavel Pogrebnyak Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 10
Italy Luca Toni Germany Bayern Munich
2008–09 Brazil Vágner Love Russia CSKA Moscow 11
2009–10 Paraguay Óscar Cardozo Portugal Benfica 9
Peru Claudio Pizarro Germany Werder Bremen
2010–11 Colombia Radamel Falcao Portugal Porto 17
2011–12 Colombia Radamel Falcao Spain Atlético Madrid 12
2012–13 Czech Republic Libor Kozák Italy Lazio 8
2013–14 Spain Jonathan Soriano Austria Red Bull Salzburg 8
2014–15 Brazil Alan Austria Red Bull Salzburg 8
Belgium Romelu Lukaku England Everton
2015–16 Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao 10
2016–17 Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Italy Roma 8
Brazil Giuliano Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
2017–18 Spain Aritz Aduriz Spain Athletic Bilbao 8
Italy Ciro Immobile Italy Lazio
2018–19 France Olivier Giroud England Chelsea 11
2019–20 Portugal Bruno Fernandes[nb 1] Portugal Sporting CP
England Manchester United 		8
2020–21 Spain Borja Mayoral Italy Roma 7
Spain Gerard Moreno Spain Villarreal
Portugal Pizzi Portugal Benfica
Turkey Yusuf Yazıcı France Lille
2021–22 England James Tavernier Scotland Rangers 7
2022–23 Nigeria Victor Boniface Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 6
England Marcus Rashford England Manchester United

By club[edit]

Rank Club Titles Goals Season(s)
1 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 4 38 1972–73*, 1974–75, 1978–79, 1979–80*
2 Germany Bayern Munich 3 32 1979–80*, 1995–96, 2007–08*
Portugal Benfica 24 1982–83, 2009–10*, 2020–21*
Italy Roma 25 1990–91, 2016–17*, 2020–21*
5 Netherlands Feyenoord 2 19 1973–74, 2001–02
England Queens Park Rangers 18 1976–77, 1984–85*
Sweden IFK Göteborg 14 1981–82, 1986–87*
Germany 1. FC Köln 15 1985–86, 1989–90*
Germany Werder Bremen 15 1989–90*, 2009–10*
France Auxerre 15 1992–93, 1997–98
Italy Inter Milan 16 1993–94*, 1996–97
Portugal Porto 29 2002–03, 2010–11
Spain Villareal 13 2003–04, 2020–21*
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg 18 2007–08*, 2016–17*
Italy Lazio 16 2012–13, 2017–18*
Austria Red Bull Salzburg 16 2013–14, 2014–15*
Spain Athletic Bilbao 18 2015–16, 2017–18*
England Manchester United 14 2019–20**, 2022–23*
19 Netherlands Twente 1 12 1972–73*
Netherlands Ajax 14 1975–76
Switzerland Grasshopper 8 1977–78*
Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 8 1977–78*
England Ipswich Town 14 1980–81
Austria Austria Wien 9 1983–84
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Željezničar 7 1984–85*
Netherlands Groningen 5 1986–87*
Italy Torino 5 1986–87*
Portugal Vitória de Guimarães 5 1986–87*
Belgium Club Brugge 6 1987–88*
Greece Panathinaikos 6 1987–88*
East Germany Dynamo Dresden 7 1988–89
England Liverpool 9 1991–92
Germany Karlsruher SC 9 1993–94*
Germany Bayer Leverkusen 10 1994–95
Italy Parma 8 1998–99*
Spain Real Sociedad 8 1998–99*
Poland Wisła Kraków 8 1998–99*
Italy Juventus 10 1999–2000
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 7 2000–01*
Spain Rayo Vallecano 7 2000–01*
England Newcastle United 11 2004–05
Switzerland Basel 9 2005–06
Spain Espanyol 11 2006–07
Russia CSKA Moscow 11 2008–09
Spain Atlético Madrid 12 2011–12
England Everton 8 2014–15*
England Chelsea 11 2018–19
Portugal Sporting CP 8 2019–20**
France Lille 7 2020–21*
Scotland Rangers 7 2021–22
Belgium Union Saint-Gilloise 6 2022–23*
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • ** A top scorer played for two different clubs during given season.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By country[edit]

Rank Country Titles Goals Seasons
1 Germany Germany[nb 2][nb 3] 11 104 1971–72, 1972–73*, 1968–69, 1974–75, 1979–80*, 1979–80*, 1985–86, 1989–90*, 1990–91, 1993–94*, 1994–95, 1995–96
2 Netherlands Netherlands[nb 4] 8 71 1972–73*, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1977–78*, 1986–87*, 1986–87*, 1993–94*, 2001–02
3 Brazil Brazil 6 50 1986–87*, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2008–09, 2014–15*, 2016–17*
Spain Spain[nb 5] 47 2000–01*, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2017–18*, 2020–21*, 2020–21*
5 England England 5 48 1976–77, 1984–85*, 2004–05, 2021–22, 2022–23*
6 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia[nb 6] 4 33 1982–83, 1984–85*, 1998–99*, 1999–2000
Italy Italy 34 1996–97, 1998–99, 2007–08*, 2017–18*
8 France France 3 26 1992–93, 1997–98, 2018–19
9 Denmark Denmark 2 15 1978–79, 1987–88*
Sweden Sweden 20 1981–82, 1985–86*
East Germany East Germany 13 1988–89, 1989–90*
Colombia Colombia 29 2010–11, 2011–12
Portugal Portugal 15 2019–20, 2020–21*
14 Scotland Scotland 1 14 1980–81
Hungary Hungary 9 1983–84
Finland Finland 5 1986–87*
Greece Greece 6 1987–88*
Wales Wales 9 1991–92
Poland Poland 8 1998–99*
Bulgaria Bulgaria 7 2000–01*
Argentina Argentina 9 2005–06
Uruguay Uruguay 11 2006–07
Russia Russia 10 2007–08*
Paraguay Paraguay 9 2009–10*
Peru Peru 9 2009–10*
Czech Republic Czech Republic 8 2012–13
Belgium Belgium 8 2014–15*
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 2016–17*
Turkey Turkey 7 2020–21*
Nigeria Nigeria 6 2022–23*
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By player[edit]

Rank Player Titles Goals Seasons
1 Germany Jupp Heynckes 2 23 1972–73*, 1974–75
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Darko Kovačević 18 1998–99*, 1999–2000
Colombia Radamel Falcao 30 2010–11, 2011–12
Spain Aritz Aduriz 26 2015–16, 2017–18*
  • * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
  • List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Player featured in two clubs during the same season after the squad changes were introduced from the 2018–19 season onwards.
  2. ^ Includes West Germany but not East Germany.
  3. ^ In the 1979–80 season two German players were joint top scorers.
  4. ^ In the 1986–87 season two Dutch players were joint top scorers.
  5. ^ In the 2020–21 season two Spanish players were joint top scorers.
  6. ^ Includes SFR Yugoslavia.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Europa League - All-time Topscorers". WorldFootball.net. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Europa League All-time Topscorers". WorldFootball.net.
  3. ^ "Europa League Qual All-time Topscorers". WorldFootball.net.
  4. ^ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF.
  5. ^ Excluding the qualifying rounds since the 2004–05 season.
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