EPL, La Liga, Bundesliga and more: All top scorers and assist-providers from across Europe's top leagues
Football season is back and while we enjoy every aspect of the beautiful game, there's but one kind of event that gets us on our feet; where adrenaline trumps over your physical condition and you leave everything around you to soak in the feeling of victory. Goals have single-handedly brought communities together and brushed aside any fragments of borders.
We look at the top scorers in each of Europe's top five leagues in the 2016/2017 season. Whichever popular league you follow, this is your one-stop destination to know everything about the top scorer, the 'Mesut Ozil' of the league and a lot more.
Before we get into the most popular league – the Premier League – here's the chance for you to navigate easily to the ones you want to know more about.
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Premier League
As is the case in most seasons, the English Premier League attracts some of the world's best talents – including prolific goalscorers. Sergio Aguero, Harry Kane, Jamie Vardy and Romelu Lukaku were amongst the ones at the top last season but with the influx of a few more stars, this season's goalscoring charts could look a whole lot different.
Here are the top scorers from the Premier League so far:
| Name | Club | Goals Scored |
|---|---|---|
| Sergio Aguero | Manchester City | 10 |
| Diego Costa | Chelsea | 10 |
| Alexis Sanchez | Arsenal | 8 |
| Jermain Defoe | Sunderland AFC | 7 |
| Eden Hazard | Chelsea | 7 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimovic | Manchester United | 7 |
| Romelu Lukaku | Everton | 7 |
| Michail Antonio | West Ham United | 6 |
| Charlie Austin | Southampton FC | 6 |
| Leroy Fer | Swansea City | 6 |
Here are the top assist providers in the Premier League so far:
| Name | Club | Assists |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin De Bruyne | Manchester City | 7 |
| Nemanja Matic | Chelsea | 6 |
| Coutinho | Liverpool | 5 |
| Adam Lallana | Liverpool | 5 |
| Dimitri Payet | West Ham United | 5 |
| Pedro | Chelsea | 5 |
| Wilfried Zaha | Crystal Palace | 5 |
| Yannick Bolasie | Everton | 4 |
| Diego Costa | Chelsea | 4 |
| Matt Phillips | West Bromwich Albion | 4 |