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

Interpreted as:

most goals by a player in calendar year

	NAME	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Lionel Messi L. Messi	50	2011-12	Barcelona	37	3,269	36	1.35			10
2	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	48	2014-15	Real Madrid	35	3,098	35	1.37	15	63	10	2	225	99	8	1,887	0	39
3	Lionel Messi L. Messi	46	2012-13	Barcelona	32	2,646	28	1.44			4
4	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	46	2011-12	Real Madrid	38	3,351	37	1.21			12
5	Lionel Messi L. Messi	43	2014-15	Barcelona	38	3,375	37	1.13	18	61	5	2	187	94	12	3,294	0	24
6	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	41	2020-21	Bayern	29	2,463	28	1.41	7	48	8	0	137	67	8	1,092	219	21
7	Luis Suárez L. Suárez	40	2015-16	Barcelona	35	3,150	35	1.14	17	57	3	0	137	70	7	1,529	23	59
8	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	40	2010-11	Real Madrid	34	2,913	32	1.18			8
9	Gerd Müller G. Müller	40	1971-72	Bayern	34	3,060	34	1.18			0
10	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	38	2015-16	PSG	31	2,554	29	1.23	12	50	5	1	155	81	1	1,856	0	51
11	Hugo Sánchez H. Sánchez	38	1989-90	Real Madrid	35	3,098	35	1.09			4
12	Gerd Müller G. Müller	38	1969-70	Bayern	33	2,970	33	1.15			4
13	Telmo Zarra T. Zarra	38	1950-51	Atlético de Bilbao	30	2,700	30	1.27			8
14	Lionel Messi L. Messi	37	2016-17	Barcelona	34	2,832	32	1.09	9	46	6	2	179	77	6	2,407	238	3
15	Harry Kane H. Kane	36	2023-24	Bayern	32	2,844	32	1.13	8	44	5	1	146	67	4	1,095	198	13
16	Erling Haaland E. Haaland	36	2022-23	Man City	35	2,777	33	1.03	8	44	7	0	123	60	5	827	225	8
17	Ciro Immobile C. Immobile	36	2019-20	Lazio	37	3,176	36	0.97	9	45	14	0	142	71	7	1,376	245	21
18	Lionel Messi L. Messi	36	2018-19	Barcelona	34	2,710	29	1.06	13	49	4	6	170	87	10	2,623	187	17
19	Gonzalo Higuaín G. Higuaín	36	2015-16	Napoli	35	2,976	35	1.03	2	38	3	0	182	83	5	1,464	0	31
20	Gerd Müller G. Müller	36	1972-73	Bayern	33	2,880	33	1.09			6
21	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	35	2021-22	Bayern	34	2,952	34	1.03	3	38	5	0	161	81	9	1,290	269	20
22	Edinson Cavani E. Cavani	35	2016-17	PSG	36	2,975	35	0.97	4	39	7	1	144	66	5	853	221	63
23	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	35	2015-16	Real Madrid	36	3,184	36	0.97	9	44	6	1	227	98	8	1,685	13	50
24	Baltazar	35	1988-89	Atlético Madrid	36	3,110	36	0.97			6
25	Nils Gunnar Nordahl N. Gunnar Nordahl	35	1949-50	Milan	37	3,330	37	0.95			1