List of Süper Lig top scorers

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Hakan Şükür has scored the most goals in Süper Lig history.

The Süper Lig top scorers are called Gol Kralı (literally meaning "Goal King" in Turkish) in Turkey. It is the title earned by the top goalscorer in Turkish football league divisions. The title is currently held by Enner Valencia, who scored 29 goals for Fenerbahçe in the 2022–23 season.

The highest number of goals scored in a season was 39, by

Alex de Souza is the only foreign player to become top scorer twice. He became top scorer with Fenerbahçe in the 2006–07 and 2010–11 seasons, also winning the Turkish championship
title with his club on both occasions. Fenerbahçe are the only club in Süper Lig history to have brought forth the top scorer in four consecutive seasons, from 1991–92 to the 1994–95 season.

Çolak won the European Golden Shoe for his 39 for Galatasaray in 1987–88 and came second with 31 goals in 1990–91.[1] In the 1962–63 season Oktay scored 38 for Galatasaray and became Europe's top scorer.[2] Şükür came third in 1996–97, despite scoring the most goals in Europe.[1]

All-time top scorers

Key

  • Bold shows players still playing in Süper Lig.
  • Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
As of 15 May 2021[3]
Rank Player Goals Apps Ratio First Last Club(s) (goals/apps) Notes
1 Turkey Hakan Şükür 249 489 0.51 1987 2008 Sakaryaspor (10/42), Bursaspor (11/54), Galatasaray (228/393)
2 Turkey Tanju Çolak 240 282 0.85 1982 1993 Samsunspor (74/103), Galatasaray (116/125), Fenerbahçe (50/54)
3 Turkey Hami Mandıralı 219 476 0.46 1984 2003 Trabzonspor (218/468), Ankaragücü (1/8)
4 Turkey Metin Oktay 217 258 0.84 1959 1969 Galatasaray
5 Turkey Aykut Kocaman 200 360 0.56 1984 2000 Sakaryaspor (23/68), Fenerbahçe (140/210), İstanbulspor (37/82)
6 Turkey Feyyaz Uçar 191 376 0.51 1982 1996 Beşiktaş (170/321), Fenerbahçe (13/32), Antalyaspor (8/23)
7 Turkey Serkan Aykut 188 336 0.56 1993 2006 Samsunspor (165/289), Galatasaray (23/47)
8 Turkey Burak Yılmaz 187 323 0.58 2006 2020 Beşiktaş (30/79), Manisaspor (9/16), Fenerbahçe (0/6), Trabzonspor (82/103), Eskişehirspor (1/14), Galatasaray (65/105)
9 Turkey Umut Bulut 163 515 0.32 2001 2021 Ankaragücü (36/90), Trabzonspor (67/161), Galatasaray (32/114), Kayserispor (23/102), Yeni Malatyaspor (5/48)
10 Turkey Necati Ateş 138 363 0.38 1997 2015 Altay (2/21), Adanaspor (23/49), Galatasaray (54/109), İstanbul Başakşehir (8/12), Ankaraspor (3/14), Antalyaspor (30/76), Eskişehirspor (16/60), Kayseri Erciyesspor (2/22)
11 Turkey Cenk İşler 137 350 0.39 1995 2011 Samsunspor (33/103), Adanaspor (34/62), İstanbulspor (17/42), Konyaspor (12/30), Ankaragücü (8/15), Kayseri Erciyesspor (27/63), Kasımpaşa (6/26), Bucaspor (0/9)
12
Alex de Souza
136 241 0.56 2004 2013 Fenerbahçe
Turkey Ümit Karan 136 359 0.38 1996 2011 Gençlerbirliği (49/137), Galatasaray (71/170), Ankaraspor (5/11), Eskişehirspor (11/41)
14 Turkey Fevzi Zemzem 135 288 0.47 1963 1973 Göztepe
15 Turkey Saffet Sancaklı 130 266 0.49 1987 1998 Beşiktaş (4/25), Eskişehirspor (11/30), Konyaspor (10/24), Sarıyer (0/10), Kocaelispor (53/76), Galatasaray (31/43), Fenerbahçe (21/58)
Turkey Fatih Tekke 130 303 0.43 1994 2012 Trabzonspor (88/196), Altay (8/24), Gaziantepspor (28/57), Ankaragücü (3/9), Beşiktaş (0/2), Orduspor (3/15)
Turkey Mehmet Özdilek 130 386 0.34 1988 2001 Beşiktaş
18
Elvir Bolic
128 281 0.46 1992 2005 Galatasaray (2/8), Gaziantepspor (43/72), Fenerbahçe (69/146), İstanbulspor (11/28), Yeni Malatyaspor (1/11), Gençlerbirliği (2/16)
19 Turkey Ertuğrul Sağlam 126 328 0.38 1989 2003 Samsunspor (44/161), Beşiktaş (82/167)
20 Turkey Mustafa Denizli 124 401 0.31 1967 1984 Altay (121/386), Galatasaray (3/15)
21 Turkey Oktay Derelioğlu 122 249 0.49 1992 2006 Trabzonspor (15/15), Beşiktaş (73/154), Gaziantepspor (16/20), Fenerbahçe (5/21), Samsunspor (4/17), Akçaabat Sebatspor (9/21), Diyarbakırspor (0/1)
Turkey Fikri Elma 122 283 0.43 1959 1969 Ankara Demirspor
23 Turkey Ertan Adatepe 118 264 0.45 1959 1971 Galatasaray (1/7), Ankaragücü (69/137), PTT (48/120)
24 Turkey Cemil Turan 117 309 0.38 1968 1980 İstanbulspor (32/117), Fenerbahçe (85/192)
25
Halil Ibrahim Eren
113 345 0.33 1976 1989 Boluspor (37/107), Ankaragücü (53/123), Gençlerbirliği (16/83), Samsunspor (3/11), Sakaryaspor (4/21)
26
Osman Arpacioglu
112 247 0.45 1965 1977 Hacettepe (0/1), Mersin Talim Yurdu (52/110), Fenerbahçe (60/136)
27
Mert Nobre
109 291 0.37 2004 2014 Fenerbahçe (46/80), Beşiktaş (35/127), Mersin Talim Yurdu (23/56), Kayserispor (5/28)
Zafer Tuzun
109 295 0.37 1980 1996 Eskişehirspor (18/76), Fenerbahçe (14/50), Adana Demirspor (11/30), Sakaryaspor (10/26), Bakırköyspor (43/76), Kayseri Erciyesspor (11/27), Denizlispor (2/10)
29
Sergen Yalcin
105 346 0.3 1991 2006 Beşiktaş (71/229), İstanbulspor (14/36), Fenerbahçe (8/24), Galatasaray (11/36), Trabzonspor (1/21)
Turkey Arif Erdem 105 347 0.3 1991 2005 Galatasaray
31
Gokmen Ozdenak
104 313 0.33 1965 1980 İstanbulspor (5/16), Galatasaray (99/297)
32
Ogun Altiparmak
102 302 0.34 1959 1971 Karşıyaka (35/129), Fenerbahçe (67/173)
33
Gokhan Unal
100 261 0.38 1999 2015 Gençlerbirliği (3/15), Kayserispor (67/135), Trabzonspor (17/45), Fenerbahçe (2/13), İstanbul Başakşehir (2/11), Karabükspor (4/19), Balıkesirspor (5/23)

Top scorers by season

The top scorers of the former Turkish Football Championship and National Division are not included in the following list:[4][5]

Metin Oktay has won the award a record six times
Alex de Souza
, two time top scorer and most successful foreign player in the history of the league.
Burak Yılmaz, two time Gol Kralı (2011–12, 2012–13)
Season Club(s) Top scorer Age Goals Games Rate
1959 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (1) 23 11 15 0.73
1959–60 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (2) 24 33 33 1
1960–61 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (3) 25 36 30 1.2
1961–62 Ankara Demirspor Turkey Fikri Elma (1) 28 21 34 0.62
1962–63 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (4) 27 38 26 1.46
1963–64 Beşiktaş Turkey Güven Önüt (1) 24 19 30 0.63
1964–65 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (5) 29 17 22 0.77
1965–66 Ankaragücü Turkey Ertan Adatepe (1) 28 20 26 0.77
1966–67 Ankaragücü Turkey Ertan Adatepe (2) 29 18 28 0.64
1967–68 Göztepe Turkey Fevzi Zemzem (1) 26 19 30 0.63
1968–69 Galatasaray Turkey Metin Oktay (6) 33 17 26 0.65
1969–70 Eskişehirspor Turkey Fethi Heper (1) 26 13 26 0.5
1970–71 Fenerbahçe Turkey Ogün Altıparmak (1) 33 16 26 0.62
1971–72 Eskişehirspor Turkey Fethi Heper (2) 28 20 30 0.67
1972–73 Fenerbahçe Turkey Osman Arpacıoğlu (1) 26 16 19 0.84
1973–74 Fenerbahçe Turkey Cemil Turan (1) 27 14 30 0.47
1974–75 Eskişehirspor Turkey Ömer Kaner (1) 24 14 26 0.54
1975–76 Fenerbahçe Turkey Cemil Turan (2) 29 17 30 0.57
Ankaragücü Turkey Ali Osman Renklibay (1) 27 17 30 0.57
1976–77 Trabzonspor Turkey Necmi Perekli (1) 29 18 22 0.82
1977–78 Fenerbahçe Turkey Cemil Turan (3) 31 17 30 0.57
1978–79 Adanaspor Turkey Özer Umdu (1) 27 15 26 0.58
1979–80 Altay Turkey Mustafa Denizli (1) 30 12 30 0.4
Bursaspor Turkey Bahtiyar Yorulmaz (1) 24 12 30 0.4
1980–81 Adanaspor Turkey Bora Öztürk (1) 26 15 26 0.58
1981–82 Fenerbahçe Turkey Selçuk Yula (1) 23 16 28 0.57
1982–83 Fenerbahçe Turkey Selçuk Yula (2) 24 19 30 0.63
1983–84 Galatasaray Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Tarik Hodžić (1) 31 16 30 0.53
1984–85 Sakaryaspor Turkey Aykut Yiğit (1) 25 20 34 0.59
1985–86 Samsunspor Turkey Tanju Çolak (1) 22 33 34 0.97
1986–87 Samsunspor Turkey Tanju Çolak (2) 23 25 34 0.74
1987–88 Galatasaray Turkey Tanju Çolak (3) 24 39 37 1.05
1988–89 Fenerbahçe Turkey Aykut Kocaman (1) 24 29 34 0.85
1989–90 Beşiktaş Turkey Feyyaz Uçar (1) 26 28 33 0.85
1990–91 Galatasaray Turkey Tanju Çolak (4) 27 31 29 1.07
1991–92 Fenerbahçe Turkey Aykut Kocaman (2) 27 25 25 1
1992–93 Fenerbahçe Turkey Tanju Çolak (5) 29 27 23 1.17
1993–94 Fenerbahçe Turkey Bülent Uygun (1) 22 22 27 0.81
1994–95 Fenerbahçe Turkey Aykut Kocaman (3) 30 27 25 1.08
1995–96 Trabzonspor Georgia (country) Shota Arveladze (1) 23 25 30 0.83
1996–97 Galatasaray Turkey Hakan Şükür (1) 26 38 33 1.15
1997–98 Galatasaray Turkey Hakan Şükür (2) 27 33 32 1.03
1998–99 Galatasaray Turkey Hakan Şükür (3) 28 19 33 0.58
1999–2000 Samsunspor Turkey Serkan Aykut (1) 25 30 33 0.91
2000–01 Bursaspor Turkey Okan Yılmaz (1) 23 23 31 0.74
2001–02 Galatasaray Turkey Arif Erdem (1) 30 21 32 0.66
Beşiktaş Turkey İlhan Mansız (1) 26 21 30 0.7
2002–03 Bursaspor Turkey Okan Yılmaz (2) 25 24 34 0.71
2003–04 Konyaspor Turkey Zafer Biryol (1) 27 25 33 0.76
2004–05 Trabzonspor Turkey Fatih Tekke (1) 27 31 34 0.91
2005–06 Kayserispor Turkey Gökhan Ünal (1) 23 25 32 0.78
2006–07 Fenerbahçe
Alex
(1)
29 19 32 0.59
2007–08 Fenerbahçe Turkey Semih Şentürk (1) 25 17 27 0.63
2008–09 Galatasaray Czech Republic Milan Baroš (1) 27 20 31 0.65
2009–10 Kayserispor Portugal Ariza Makukula (1) 29 21 29 0.72
2010–11 Fenerbahçe
Alex
(2)
33 28 33 0.85
2011–12 Trabzonspor Turkey Burak Yılmaz (1) 26 33 34 0.97
2012–13 Galatasaray Turkey Burak Yılmaz (2) 27 24 30 0.8
2013–14 Sivasspor Morocco Aatif Chahechouhe (1) 27 17 34 0.5
2014–15 Bursaspor
Fernandão
(1)
28 22 30 0.73
2015–16 Beşiktaş Germany Mario Gómez (1) 30 26 33 0.79
2016–17 Alanyaspor Brazil Vágner Love (1) 32 23 28 0.82
2017–18 Galatasaray France Bafétimbi Gomis (1) 32 29 33 0.88
2018–19 Kasımpaşa Senegal Mbaye Diagne (1) 27 30 29 1.03
Galatasaray
2019–20 Trabzonspor Norway Alexander Sørloth (1) 24 24 34 0.71
2020–21 Hatayspor Gabon Aaron Boupendza (1) 24 22 36 0.61
2021–22
Kasımpaşa
Turkey Umut Bozok (1) 25 20 38 0.53
2022–23 Fenerbahçe Ecuador Enner Valencia (1) 33 29 31 0.94
  • Teams in bold were the champions of the mentioned season.

Statistics

By player

Rank Player Country Titles Seasons
1 Metin Oktay  Turkey 6 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969
2 Tanju Çolak  Turkey 5 1986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993
3 Cemil Turan  Turkey 3 1974, 1976, 1978
Aykut Kocaman  Turkey 3 1989, 1992, 1995
Hakan Şükür  Turkey 3 1997, 1998, 1999
6 Ertan Adatepe  Turkey 2 1966, 1967
Fethi Heper  Turkey 2 1970, 1972
Selçuk Yula  Turkey 2 1982, 1983
Okan Yılmaz  Turkey 2 2001, 2003
Alex
 Brazil 2 2007, 2011
Burak Yılmaz  Turkey 2 2012, 2013
12 Fikri Elma  Turkey 1 1962
Güven Önüt  Turkey 1 1964
Fevzi Zemzem  Turkey 1 1968
Ogün Altıparmak  Turkey 1 1971
Osman Arpacıoğlu  Turkey 1 1973
Ömer Kaner  Turkey 1 1975
Ali Osman Renklibay  Turkey 1 1976
Necmi Perekli  Turkey 1 1977
Özer Umdu  Turkey 1 1979
Mustafa Denizli  Turkey 1 1980
Bahtiyar Yorulmaz  Turkey 1 1980
Bora Öztürk  Turkey 1 1981
Tarik Hodžić  Yugoslavia 1 1984
Aykut Yiğit  Turkey 1 1985
Feyyaz Uçar  Turkey 1 1990
Bülent Uygun  Turkey 1 1994
Shota Arveladze  Georgia 1 1996
Serkan Aykut  Turkey 1 2000
Arif Erdem  Turkey 1 2002
İlhan Mansız  Turkey 1 2002
Zafer Biryol  Turkey 1 2004
Fatih Tekke  Turkey 1 2005
Gökhan Ünal  Turkey 1 2006
Semih Şentürk  Turkey 1 2008
Milan Baroš  Czech Republic 1 2009
Ariza Makukula  Portugal 1 2010
Aatif Chahechouhe  Morocco 1 2014
Fernandão
 Brazil 1 2015
Mario Gómez  Germany 1 2016
Vágner Love  Brazil 1 2017
Bafétimbi Gomis  France 1 2018
Mbaye Diagne  Senegal 1 2019
Alexander Sørloth  Norway 1 2020
Aaron Boupendza  Gabon 1 2021
Umut Bozok  Turkey 1 2022
Enner Valencia  Ecuador 1 2023

By club

Rank Club Titles Seasons
1 Galatasaray 17 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019
2 Fenerbahçe 16 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2023
3 Trabzonspor 5 1977, 1996, 2005, 2012, 2020
4 Bursaspor 4 1980, 2001, 2003, 2015
Beşiktaş 4 1964, 1990, 2002, 2016
6 Eskişehirspor 3 1970, 1972, 1975
MKE Ankaragücü 3 1966, 1967, 1976
Samsunspor 3 1986, 1987, 2000
10 Adanaspor 2 1979, 1981
Kayserispor 2 2006, 2010
Kasımpaşa
2 2019, 2022
11 Ankara Demirspor 1 1962
Göztepe 1 1968
Altay 1 1980
Sakaryaspor 1 1985
Konyaspor 1 2004
Sivasspor 1 2014
Alanyaspor 1 2017
Hatayspor 1 2021

By country

Country Titles
 Turkey 53
 Brazil 4
 Czech Republic 1
 Georgia 1
 Morocco 1
 Portugal 1
 Yugoslavia 1
 Germany 1
 France 1
 Senegal 1
 Norway 1
 Gabon 1
 Ecuador 1

Records

  • Youngest topscorers:
    • Tanju Çolak (1985–86, 22 years 203 days)
    • Selçuk Yula (1981–82, 22 years 216 days)
    • Okan Yılmaz (2000–01, 23 years 4 days)
    • Metin Oktay (1959, 23 years 124 days)
  • Oldest topscorers:
    • Alex de Souza (2010–11, 33 years 250 days)
    • Enner Valencia (2022–23, 33 years 215 days)
    • Metin Oktay (1968–69, 33 years 112 days)
    • Vágner Love (2016–17, 32 years 352 days)
    • Bafétimbi Gomis (2017–18, 32 years 286 days)
    • Ogün Altıparmak (1970–71, 32 years 208 days)
    • Tarık Hodzic (1983–84, 32 years 177 days)

See also

References

  1. ^
    RSSSF
    . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  2. RSSSF
    . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Türkiye Süper Lig - History - Players". Mackolik.
  4. RSSSF
    . Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Ligin Gol Kralları". tff.org (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 23 February 2019.

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