Pichichi Trophy

In Spanish football, the Pichichi Trophy (Spanish: Trofeo Pichichi) is awarded by the sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the 1952–53 season.^[2] All top scorers who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by Marca. Since the 2014–15 season, the top scorer of the women's Liga F is also awarded the Pichichi Trophy.^[3]

Pichichi Trophy
Lionel Messi has won the award a record eight times, the most of any La Liga player in history[1]
Awarded for	Leading Goalscorer from every Spanish La Liga season
Presented by	Marca (1952–present)
First award	1929 (All top scorers from Spanish La Liga who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by Marca)
Currently held by	Kylian Mbappe (1st award)
Most wins	Lionel Messi (8)
Website	www.marca.com/en

The Pichichi is not officially recognised by the league's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. As the award is based on Marca's subjective criteria, its data may differ from the official match delegate reports. For the top scorers in the Spanish football league according to La Liga data, see List of La Liga top scorers. The player with the record number of wins is Lionel Messi with eight, all with Barcelona.^[4]

Winners

Telmo Zarra won the inaugural Pichichi Trophy in 1953 and amassed a total of six. He remains the Spanish player who has won the award the most times.

Quini won Pichichi Trophies with two different clubs.

Real Madrid striker Kylian Mbappé is the current winner, having secured his first Pichichi Trophy in the 2024–25 campaign. He also won the European Golden Shoe at the end of the season.

Key

  Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968)

Season	Player(s)	Club(s)	Apps	Goals	Ratio
1929	Paco Bienzobas	Real Sociedad	18	14[a]	0.778
1929–30	Guillermo Gorostiza	Athletic Bilbao	18	19[b]	1.056
1930–31	Bata	Athletic Bilbao	17	27	1.588
1931–32	Guillermo Gorostiza (2)	Athletic Bilbao	15	12[c]	0.8
1932–33	Manuel Olivares	Real Madrid	14	16	1.143
1933–34	Isidro Lángara	Oviedo	18	27[d]	1.5
1934–35	Isidro Lángara (2)	Oviedo	22	26[e]	1.182
1935–36	Isidro Lángara (3)	Oviedo	21	28[f]	1.333
1939–40	Victorio Unamuno	Athletic Bilbao	22	20	0.909
1940–41	Pruden	Atlético Madrid	22	30[g]	1.364
1941–42	Mundo	Valencia	25	27	1.08
1942–43	Mariano Martín	Barcelona	23	32[h]	1.391
1943–44	Mundo (2)	Valencia	26	27[i]	1.038
1944–45	Telmo Zarra	Athletic Bilbao	26	19[j]	0.731
1945–46	Telmo Zarra (2)	Athletic Bilbao	18	24	1.333
1946–47	Telmo Zarra (3)	Athletic Bilbao	24	34[k]	1.417
1947–48	Pahiño	Celta Vigo	22	23[l]	1.045
1948–49	César	Barcelona	24	28[m]	1.167
1949–50	Telmo Zarra (4)	Athletic Bilbao	26	25[n]	0.962
1950–51	Telmo Zarra (5)	Athletic Bilbao	30	38	1.267
1951–52	Pahiño (2)	Real Madrid	27	28	1.037
1952–53	Telmo Zarra (6)	Athletic Bilbao	29	24	0.828
1953–54	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Real Madrid	28	27	0.964
1954–55	Juan Arza	Sevilla	29	28	0.966
1955–56	Alfredo Di Stéfano (2)	Real Madrid	30	24	0.8
1956–57	Alfredo Di Stéfano (3)	Real Madrid	30	31	1.033
1957–58	Ricardo Alós	Valencia	29	19	0.655
	Manuel Badenes	Valladolid	29	19	0.655
	Alfredo Di Stéfano (4)	Real Madrid	30	19	0.633
1958–59	Alfredo Di Stéfano (5)	Real Madrid	28	23	0.821
1959–60	Ferenc Puskás	Real Madrid	24	26[o]	1.083
1960–61	Ferenc Puskás (2)	Real Madrid	28	27[p]	0.964
1961–62	Juan Seminario	Zaragoza	30	25	0.833
1962–63	Ferenc Puskás (3)	Real Madrid	30	26	0.867
1963–64	Ferenc Puskás (4)	Real Madrid	25	20[q]	0.8
1964–65	Cayetano Ré	Barcelona	30	25[r]	0.833
1965–66	Vavá II	Elche	30	19[s]	0.633
1966–67	Waldo	Valencia	30	24	0.8
1967–68	Fidel Uriarte	Athletic Bilbao	24	22	0.917
1968–69	Amancio	Real Madrid	29	14	0.483
	José Eulogio Gárate	Atlético Madrid	30	14	0.467
1969–70	Amancio (2)	Real Madrid	29	16	0.552
	Luis Aragonés	Atlético Madrid	30	16	0.533
	José Eulogio Gárate (2)	Atlético Madrid	30	16	0.533
1970–71	José Eulogio Gárate (3)	Atlético Madrid	28	17	0.607
	Carles Rexach	Barcelona	28	17	0.607
1971–72	Enrique Porta	Granada	31	20	0.645
1972–73	Marianín	Oviedo	32	19	0.594
1973–74	Quini	Sporting Gijón	34	20	0.588
1974–75	Carlos	Athletic Bilbao	32	19	0.594
1975–76	Quini (2)	Sporting Gijón	34	18[t]	0.529
1976–77	Mario Kempes	Valencia	34	24	0.706
1977–78	Mario Kempes (2)	Valencia	34	28	0.824
1978–79	Hans Krankl	Barcelona	30	29	0.967
1979–80	Quini (3)	Sporting Gijón	34	24	0.706
1980–81	Quini (4)	Barcelona	30	20	0.667
1981–82	Quini (5)	Barcelona	32	26[u]	0.813
1982–83	Poli Rincón	Real Betis	30	20	0.667
1983–84	Jorge da Silva	Valladolid	30	17	0.567
	Juanito	Real Madrid	31	17	0.548
1984–85	Hugo Sánchez	Atlético Madrid	33	19	0.576
1985–86	Hugo Sánchez (2)	Real Madrid	33	22	0.667
1986–87	Hugo Sánchez (3)	Real Madrid	41	34	0.829
1987–88	Hugo Sánchez (4)	Real Madrid	36	29	0.806
1988–89	Baltazar	Atlético Madrid	36	35	0.972
1989–90	Hugo Sánchez (5)	Real Madrid	35	38	1.086
1990–91	Emilio Butragueño	Real Madrid	35	19	0.543
1991–92	Manolo	Atlético Madrid	36	27	0.75
1992–93	Bebeto	Deportivo La Coruña	37	29	0.784
1993–94	Romário	Barcelona	33	30	0.909
1994–95	Iván Zamorano	Real Madrid	38	28	0.737
1995–96	Juan Antonio Pizzi	Tenerife	41	31	0.756
1996–97	Ronaldo	Barcelona	37	34	0.919
1997–98	Christian Vieri	Atlético Madrid	24	24	1
1998–99	Raúl	Real Madrid	37	25	0.676
1999–2000	Salva	Racing Santander	36	27	0.75
2000–01	Raúl (2)	Real Madrid	36	24	0.667
2001–02	Diego Tristán	Deportivo La Coruña	35	21[v]	0.6
2002–03	Roy Makaay	Deportivo La Coruña	38	29	0.763
2003–04	Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	32	25	0.781
2004–05	Diego Forlán	Villarreal	38	25[w]	0.658
2005–06	Samuel Eto'o	Barcelona	34	26	0.765
2006–07	Ruud van Nistelrooy	Real Madrid	37	25	0.676
2007–08	Dani Güiza	Mallorca	37	27	0.73
2008–09	Diego Forlán (2)	Atlético Madrid	33	32	0.97
2009–10	Lionel Messi	Barcelona	35	34	0.971
2010–11	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	34	40[5][x]	1.206
2011–12	Lionel Messi (2)	Barcelona	37	50	1.351
2012–13	Lionel Messi (3)	Barcelona	32	46	1.438
2013–14	Cristiano Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	30	31	1.033
2014–15	Cristiano Ronaldo (3)	Real Madrid	35	48	1.371
2015–16	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	35	40	1.143
2016–17	Lionel Messi (4)	Barcelona	34	37	1.088
2017–18	Lionel Messi (5)	Barcelona	36	34	0.944
2018–19	Lionel Messi (6)	Barcelona	34	36	1.059
2019–20	Lionel Messi (7)	Barcelona	33	25	0.758
2020–21	Lionel Messi (8)	Barcelona	35	30	0.857
2021–22	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	32	27	0.844
2022–23	Robert Lewandowski	Barcelona	34	23	0.676
2023–24	Artem Dovbyk	Girona	36	24	0.667
2024–25	Kylian Mbappé	Real Madrid	34	31	0.912

Statistics

Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno is the trophy's namesake.

Wins by player (multiple)

Player	Wins	Seasons
Lionel Messi	8	2009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Telmo Zarra	6	1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53
Alfredo Di Stéfano	5	1953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
Quini		1973–74, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82
Hugo Sánchez		1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90
Ferenc Puskás	4	1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
Isidro Lángara	3	1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
José Eulogio Gárate		1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Cristiano Ronaldo		2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
Guillermo Gorostiza	2	1929–30, 1931–32
Mundo		1941–42, 1943–44
Pahiño		1947–48, 1951–52
Amancio		1968–69, 1969–70
Mario Kempes		1976–77, 1977–78
Raúl		1998–99, 2000–01
Ronaldo		1996–97, 2003–04
Diego Forlán		2004–05, 2008–09

Consecutive wins

Alfredo Di Stéfano and Hugo Sánchez both won four successive Pichichis. Di Stéfano represented Real Madrid, while Sánchez played his first season for Atlético Madrid and the next three for Real Madrid.

Player	Wins	Seasons
Lionel Messi	5	2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Alfredo Di Stéfano	4	1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
Hugo Sánchez		1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
Isidro Lángara	3	1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Telmo Zarra		1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47
José Eulogio Gárate		1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Quini		1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82

Lionel Messi is the only player in history to win five consecutive Pichichi top scorer awards, all with Barcelona (from 2016–17 to 2020–21).

Wins by club

Club	Players	Total
Real Madrid	15	29
Barcelona	12	20
Athletic Bilbao	6	12
Atlético Madrid	8	10
Valencia	4	6
Oviedo	2	4
Sporting Gijón	1	3
Deportivo La Coruña	3	3
Valladolid	2	2
Real Sociedad	1	1
Celta Vigo	1	1
Sevilla	1	1
Zaragoza	1	1
Elche	1	1
Granada	1	1
Real Betis	1	1
Tenerife	1	1
Racing Santander	1	1
Villarreal	1	1
Mallorca	1	1
Girona	1	1

Wins by country

Country	Players	Total
Spain	33	51
Argentina	3	15
Brazil	5	6
Mexico	1	5
Hungary	1	4
Uruguay	3	4
Portugal	1	3
France	2	2
Netherlands	2	2
Austria	1	1
Cameroon	1	1
Chile	1	1
Italy	1	1
Paraguay	1	1
Peru	1	1
Poland	1	1
Ukraine	1	1

See also

• Spanish football top scorers, based on official La Liga match delegate reports
• Zarra Trophy, awarded by Marca to the Spanish top goalscorer in La Liga
• Ricardo Zamora Trophy, awarded by Marca to the top goalkeeper in La Liga
• Premier League Golden Boot
• Capocannoniere
• List of Bundesliga top scorers
• List of Ligue 1 top scorers
• List of Süper Lig top scorers
• List of Eredivisie top scorers
• List of Ukrainian Premier League top scorers
• List of Portugal Premier League top scorers
• List of Russian Premier League top scorers
• List of top international association football goal scorers by country

Notes

1. According to Liga de Fútbol Profesional (LFP) match delegate reports, Bienzobas scored 17 goals.
2. According to LFP match delegate reports, Gorostiza scored 20 goals.
3. According to LFP match delegate reports, Bata was top scorer with 13 goals.
4. According to LFP match delegate reports, Lángara scored 26 goals.
5. According to LFP match delegate reports, Lángara scored 27 goals.
6. According to LFP match delegate reports, Lángara scored 28 goals.
7. According to LFP match delegate reports, Pruden scored 33 goals.
8. According to LFP match delegate reports, Martín scored 30 goals.
9. According to LFP match delegate reports, Mundo scored 28 goals.
10. According to LFP match delegate reports, Zarra scored 20 goals.
11. According to LFP match delegate reports, Zarra scored 33 goals.
12. According to LFP match delegate reports, Pahiño scored 20 goals.
13. According to LFP match delegate reports, César scored 27 goals.
14. According to LFP match delegate reports, Zarra scored 24 goals.
15. According to LFP match delegate reports, Puskás scored 25 goals.
16. According to LFP match delegate reports, Puskás scored 28 goals.
17. According to LFP match delegate reports, Puskás scored 21 goals.
18. According to LFP match delegate reports, Ré scored 26 goals.
19. According to LFP match delegate reports, Vavá scored 15 goals; Luis Aragonés was top scorer with 18 goals.
20. According to LFP match delegate reports, Quini scored 21 goals.
21. According to LFP match delegate reports, Quini scored 27 goals.
22. According to LFP match delegate reports, Tristán scored 20 goals.
23. According to LFP match delegate reports, Samuel Eto'o was joint top scorer with 25 goals; Marca credits Eto'o with 24 goals.
24. According to LFP match delegate reports, Ronaldo scored 40 goals.