Ronaldo tallied the most goals in Europe's top five leagues in 1996-97, with 34 goals in LaLiga.

most goals by a player in 1997

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Ronaldo	34	1996-97	Barcelona	37	3,196	37	0.92			4
2	Alan Shearer A. Shearer	25	1996-97	Newcastle	31	2,782	31	0.81	7	32	3
3	Alfonso Pérez A. Pérez	25	1996-97	Real Betis	41	3,482	40	0.61			2
4	Davor Šuker D. Šuker	24	1996-97	Real Madrid	38	2,979	38	0.63			6
5	Filippo Inzaghi F. Inzaghi	24	1996-97	Atalanta	33	2,863	32	0.73			6
6	Ian Wright I. Wright	23	1996-97	Arsenal	35	2,699	30	0.66	4	27	4
7	Stephane Guivarc'h S. Guivarc'h	22	1996-97	Rennes	36	3,227	36	0.61			6
8	Vincenzo Montella V. Montella	22	1996-97	Sampdoria	28	2,216	26	0.79			4
9	Ulf Kirsten U. Kirsten	22	1996-97	Leverkusen	29	2,320	27	0.76			2
10	Anton Polster A. Polster	21	1996-97	Köln	32	2,536	28	0.66			6
11	Raúl	21	1996-97	Real Madrid	42	3,622	41	0.50			0
12	Rivaldo	21	1996-97	Deportivo	41	3,524	41	0.51			3
13	Oliverio Jesús Álvarez O. Jesús Álvarez	20	1996-97	Oviedo	41	3,615	41	0.49			2
14	Japhet N'Doram J. N'Doram	20	1996-97	Nantes	35	2,914	34	0.57			2
15	Fredi Bobic F. Bobic	19	1996-97	Stuttgart	33	2,869	33	0.58			0
16	Anderson da Silva A. da Silva	19	1996-97	Monaco	34	2,934	33	0.56			2
17	David Zitelli D. Zitelli	19	1996-97	Strasbourg	35	3,003	34	0.54			2
18	Alain Caveglia A. Caveglia	19	1996-97	Lyon	32	2,658	32	0.59			2
19	Ole Gunnar Solskjær O. Gunnar Solskjær	18	1996-97	Man United	33	2,230	25	0.55	4	22	0
20	Robbie Fowler R. Fowler	18	1996-97	Liverpool	32	2,813	32	0.56	4	22	0
21	Anto Drobnjak A. Drobnjak	18	1996-97	Bastia	33	2,834	32	0.55			1
22	Dwight Yorke D. Yorke	17	1996-97	Aston Villa	37	3,231	37	0.46	6	23	1
23	Sean Dundee S. Dundee	17	1996-97	Karlsruher	29	2,577	29	0.59			2
24	Cuco Ziganda C. Ziganda	17	1996-97	Athletic Club	42	2,984	31	0.40			0
25	Luis Enrique L. Enrique	17	1996-97	Barcelona	35	3,099	35	0.49			0