Hernán Crespo tallied the most goals in Europe's top five leagues in 2000-01, with 26 goals in Serie A.

most goals by a player in 2001 calendar year

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Hernán Crespo H. Crespo	26	2000-01	Lazio	32	2,626	32	0.81			2
2	Andriy Shevchenko A. Shevchenko	24	2000-01	Milan	34	2,967	33	0.71			6
3	Raúl	24	2000-01	Real Madrid	36	3,111	34	0.67			0
4	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink J. Floyd Hasselbaink	23	2000-01	Chelsea	35	2,918	35	0.66	9	32	4
5	Rivaldo	23	2000-01	Barcelona	35	2,993	34	0.66			5
6	Javi Moreno J. Moreno	22	2000-01	Alavés	34	2,696	32	0.65			7
7	Anderson da Silva A. da Silva	22	2000-01	Lyon	29	2,449	29	0.76			4
8	Sergej Barbarez S. Barbarez	22	2000-01	Hamburg	31	2,669	31	0.71			0
9	Ebbe Sand E. Sand	22	2000-01	Schalke	33	2,843	33	0.67			0
10	Enrico Chiesa E. Chiesa	22	2000-01	Fiorentina	30	2,281	24	0.73			3
11	Pauleta	20	2000-01	Bordeaux	28	2,348	28	0.71			2
12	Gabriel Batistuta G. Batistuta	20	2000-01	Roma	28	2,454	28	0.71			1
13	Claudio Pizarro C. Pizarro	19	2000-01	Werder	31	2,374	24	0.61			2
14	Diego Tristán D. Tristán	19	2000-01	Deportivo	29	1,839	22	0.66			2
15	Marcus Stewart M. Stewart	19	2000-01	Ipswich	34	2,711	33	0.56	4	23	2
16	Patrick Kluivert P. Kluivert	18	2000-01	Barcelona	31	2,574	30	0.58			0
17	Christian Vieri C. Vieri	18	2000-01	Inter	27	2,091	22	0.67			4
18	Mark Viduka M. Viduka	17	2000-01	Leeds	34	3,014	34	0.50	4	21	0
19	Thierry Henry T. Henry	17	2000-01	Arsenal	35	2,589	27	0.49	9	26	1
20	Julio César Dely J. César Dely	17	2000-01	Málaga	34	2,980	34	0.50			1
21	Dario Hübner D. Hübner	17	2000-01	Brescia	31	2,424	27	0.55			6
22	Michael Owen M. Owen	16	2000-01	Liverpool	28	1,787	20	0.57	3	19	0
23	Roy Makaay R. Makaay	16	2000-01	Deportivo	29	1,918	21	0.55			0
24	Henrique Guedes H. Guedes	16	2000-01	Celta Vigo	36	2,945	35	0.44			0
25	Michael Preetz M. Preetz	16	2000-01	Hertha	33	2,867	32	0.48			0