Lionel Messi had the most goals in Europe's top five leagues in 2011-12, with 50 goals in LaLiga.

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in 2012 in total

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK
1	Lionel Messi L. Messi	50	2011-12	Barcelona	37	3,269	36	1.35			10
2	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	46	2011-12	Real Madrid	38	3,351	37	1.21			12
3	Robin van Persie R. van Persie	30	2011-12	Arsenal	38	3,334	37	0.79	9	39	2
4	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar K. Huntelaar	29	2011-12	Schalke	32	2,804	32	0.91	8	37	6
5	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	28	2011-12	Milan	32	2,810	32	0.88	8	36	10
6	Wayne Rooney W. Rooney	27	2011-12	Man United	34	2,839	32	0.79	4	31	6
7	Mario Gómez M. Gómez	26	2011-12	Bayern	33	2,479	30	0.79	3	29	4
8	Radamel Falcao R. Falcao	24	2011-12	Atlético Madrid	34	2,938	33	0.71			5
9	Diego Milito D. Milito	24	2011-12	Inter	33	2,527	29	0.73	2	26	8
10	Edinson Cavani E. Cavani	23	2011-12	Napoli	35	2,914	32	0.66	4	27	3
11	Sergio Agüero S. Agüero	23	2011-12	Man City	34	2,601	31	0.68	8	31	3
12	Antonio Di Natale A. Di Natale	23	2011-12	Udinese	36	3,055	35	0.64	7	30	4
13	Gonzalo Higuaín G. Higuaín	22	2011-12	Real Madrid	35	1,709	18	0.63			0
14	Papiss Cissé P. Cissé	22	2011-12	Total	31	2,643	30	0.71	4	26	1
15	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	22	2011-12	Dortmund	34	2,880	34	0.65	9	31	0
16	Nenê	21	2011-12	PSG	35	3,035	35	0.60	11	32	9
17	Olivier Giroud O. Giroud	21	2011-12	Montpellier	36	3,203	36	0.58	9	30	2
18	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	21	2011-12	Real Madrid	34	2,251	26	0.62			0
19	Eden Hazard E. Hazard	20	2011-12	Lille	38	3,212	35	0.53	15	35	9
20	Rodrigo Palacio R. Palacio	19	2011-12	Genoa	32	2,760	32	0.59	5	24	3
21	Claudio Pizarro C. Pizarro	18	2011-12	Werder	29	2,523	28	0.62	9	27	2
22	Lukas Podolski L. Podolski	18	2011-12	Köln	29	2,528	28	0.62	7	25	3
23	Marco Reus M. Reus	18	2011-12	M'gladbach	32	2,781	32	0.56	9	27	0
24	Clint Dempsey C. Dempsey	17	2011-12	Fulham	37	3,325	37	0.46	6	23	0
25	Emmanuel Adebayor E. Adebayor	17	2011-12	Tottenham	33	2,841	32	0.52	11	28	3