List Of Uefa Cup And Europa League Top Scorers

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)

As of 14 December 2023

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	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	Henrik Larsson	31	45	0.69	1994–2008	Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (24/31), Helsingborg (6/8)
3	Radamel Falcao	30	31	0.97	2010–	Porto (17/14), Atlético Madrid (13/17)
4	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	30	50	0.6	2004–2020	Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/15), Schalke 04 (14/22)
5	Dieter Müller	29	36	0.81	1973–1984	1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3)
6	Aritz Aduriz	26	39	0.67	2012–2018	Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (26/33)
7	Romelu Lukaku	25	39	0.64	2009–	Anderlecht (5/18), Everton (8/9), Inter Milan (7/6), AS Roma (5/6)
	Edin Džeko	25	48	0.52	2003–	Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26)
	Alessandro Altobelli	25	58	0.43	1977–1989	Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8)
10	Shota Arveladze	24	41	0.59	1994–2007	Dinamo Tbilisi (1/2), Trabzonspor (2/2), Ajax (10/13), Rangers (2/7), AZ (9/17)
	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)
	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	Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.1	1971–1975	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Vágner Love	23	36	0.64	2004–2018	CSKA Moscow (20/31), Beşiktaş (3/5)
	Dimitris Salpingidis	23	67	0.34	1999–2015	PAOK (13/43), Panathinaikos (10/24)
16	Martin Chivers	22	34	0.65	1971–1978	Tottenham Hotspur
	Jürgen Klinsmann	22	36	0.61	1988–1998	VfB Stuttgart (4/8), Inter Milan (3/13), Bayern Munich (15/14), Sampdoria (0/1)
	Dennis Bergkamp	22	42	0.52	1988–2000	Ajax (9/21), Inter Milan (9/13), Arsenal (4/8)
	Alexandre Lacazette	22	48	0.46	2012–	Lyon (9/21), Arsenal (13/27)
	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)

As of 14 December 2023

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	Henrik Larsson	40	56	0.71	1994–2009	Feyenoord (1/6), Celtic (27/35), Helsingborg (12/15)
2	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	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	34	54	0.63	2004–2020	Heerenveen (5/13), Ajax (11/17), Schalke 04 (18/24)
4	Alfredo Morelos	32	62	0.52	2016–	HJK (4/6), Rangers (28/56)
5	Radamel Falcao	31	35	0.89	2009–	Porto (18/16), Atlético Madrid (13/17), Galatasaray (0/2)
5	Aritz Aduriz	31	47	0.66	2011–2018	Valencia (0/6), Athletic Bilbao (31/41)
7	Dieter Müller	29	36	0.81	1973–1984	1. FC Köln (25/31), VfB Stuttgart (1/2), Bordeaux (3/3)
8	Vágner Love	27	44	0.61	2004–2022	CSKA Moscow (20/32), Beşiktaş (4/8), Kairat (3/4)
8	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	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)
10	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	Romelu Lukaku	25	39	0.64	2009–	Anderlecht (5/18), Everton (8/9), Inter Milan (7/6), AS Roma (5/6)
	Jermain Defoe	25	40	0.63	2006–2021	Tottenham Hotspur (20/28), Portsmouth (2/4), Rangers (3/8)
	Edin Džeko	25	49	0.51	2003–	Željezničar (0/1), VfL Wolfsburg (5/14), Manchester City (3/7), Roma (17/26)
	Alessandro Altobelli	25	55	0.45	1977–1989	Inter Milan (21/50), Juventus (4/8)
	Mladen Petrić	25	72	0.35	2004–2016	Grasshopper (1/11), Basel (8/26), Hamburger SV (15/27), Panathinaikos (1/8)
17	Aleksandr Kerzhakov	24	44	0.55	2002–2017	Zenit Saint Petersburg (21/34), Sevilla (2/8), Dynamo Moscow (1/2)
	Carlos Bacca	24	60	0.4	2012–	Club Brugge (3/7), Sevilla (14/31), Villarreal (7/22)
	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	Jupp Heynckes	23	21	1.1	1972–1975	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	Claudio Pizarro	23	33	0.7	1999–2010	Werder Bremen
	Ricky van Wolfswinkel	23	47	0.49	2010–	FC Utrecht (9/12), Sporting CP (9/20), Saint-Étienne (1/6), Basel (4/9)
	Alexandre Lacazette	23	52	0.44	2012–	Lyon (10/25), Arsenal (13/27)
	Óscar Cardozo	23	59	0.39	2007–2017	Benfica (22/43), Trabzonspor (1/11), Olympiacos (0/5)
	Dimitris Salpingidis	23	76	0.3	1999–2015	PAOK (13/52), Panathinaikos (10/24)

Top scorers by season

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

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

By club

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

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

^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

By player

Rank	Player	Titles	Goals	Seasons
1	Jupp Heynckes	2	23	1972–73*, 1974–75
	Darko Kovačević		18	1998–99*, 1999–2000
	Radamel Falcao		30	2010–11, 2011–12
	Aritz Aduriz		26	2015–16, 2017–18*

^* Two or more players were equal top scorers.
List is ordered by date of accomplishment.

Notes

References

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