Stats: Europe's top 10 goal scorers in all leagues

Top goalscorer in Europe

Lionel Messi tops the charts for highest goals scored in the league, ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo, amongst the top-6 leagues in Europe. The Argentinian scored an incredible 46 goals in La Liga at a rate of 1.44 goals/match. He became the first footballer in history to score in consecutive matches against every team in the league when he scored against Celta Vigo on 30th March.

There are a couple of surprise names in the top-1o. Wilfried Bony (Vitesse) and G. Pellè (Feyenoord) have had fantastic seasons in the Eredivisie, scoring 31 and 27 goals respectively. Bony has scored his goals at a rate of 1 goal/match, bettered only by Messi.

Here is  the full list of top-10 league goalscorers:

(This list is based on players playing in the English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, French Ligue 1 and Dutch Eredivisie.)

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*Stats are updated up to 2nd June, 2013