Lionel Messi has the most non-penalty goals in Europe's top five leagues in a season, with 42 non-penalty goals in LaLiga in 2012-13.

Interpreted as:

most non-penalty goals by a player by season

	NAME	NPG	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	42	46	2012-13	Barcelona	32	2,646	28	1.44			4
2	Lionel Messi L. Messi	40	50	2011-12	Barcelona	37	3,269	36	1.35			10
3	Gerd Müller G. Müller	40	40	1971-72	Bayern	34	3,060	34	1.18			0
4	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	38	48	2014-15	Real Madrid	35	3,098	35	1.37	15	63	10	2	225	99	8	1,887	0	39
5	Lionel Messi L. Messi	38	43	2014-15	Barcelona	38	3,375	37	1.13	18	61	5	2	187	94	12	3,294	0	24
6	Luis Suárez L. Suárez	37	40	2015-16	Barcelona	35	3,150	35	1.14	17	57	3	0	137	70	7	1,529	23	59
7	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	34	46	2011-12	Real Madrid	38	3,351	37	1.21			12
8	Andy Cole A. Cole	34	34	1993-94	Newcastle	40	3,597	40	0.85	13	47	0
9	Hugo Sánchez H. Sánchez	34	38	1989-90	Real Madrid	35	3,098	35	1.09			4
10	Dieter Müller D. Müller	34	34	1976-77	Köln	34	3,048	34	1.00			0
11	Gerd Müller G. Müller	34	38	1969-70	Bayern	33	2,970	33	1.15			4
12	Nils Gunnar Nordahl N. Gunnar Nordahl	34	34	1950-51	Milan	37	3,330	37	0.92			0
13	Nils Gunnar Nordahl N. Gunnar Nordahl	34	35	1949-50	Milan	37	3,330	37	0.95			1
14	Telmo Zarra T. Zarra	34	34	1946-47	Atlético de Bilbao	24	2,160	24	1.42			0
15	Robert Lewandowski R. Lewandowski	33	41	2020-21	Bayern	29	2,463	28	1.41	7	48	8	0	137	67	8	1,092	219	21
16	Gonzalo Higuaín G. Higuaín	33	36	2015-16	Napoli	35	2,976	35	1.03	2	38	3	0	182	83	5	1,464	0	31
17	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	33	38	2015-16	PSG	31	2,554	29	1.23	12	50	5	1	155	81	1	1,856	0	51
18	Lionel Messi L. Messi	33	34	2009-10	Barcelona	35	2,840	30	0.97			1
19	Prudencio Sánchez P. Sánchez	33	33	1940-41	Atlético Aviación	22	1,980	22	1.50			0
20	Lionel Messi L. Messi	32	36	2018-19	Barcelona	34	2,710	29	1.06	13	49	4	6	170	87	10	2,623	187	17
21	Kylian Mbappé K. Mbappé	32	33	2018-19	PSG	29	2,342	24	1.14	7	40	1	0	125	71	4	1,275	239	30
22	Lionel Messi L. Messi	32	34	2017-18	Barcelona	36	2,996	32	0.94	12	46	2	6	197	96	14	2,768	299	13
23	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	32	40	2010-11	Real Madrid	34	2,913	32	1.18			8
24	Felice Placido Borel F. Placido Borel	32	32	1933-34	Juventus	34	3,060	34	0.94			0
25	Harry Kane H. Kane	31	36	2023-24	Bayern	32	2,844	32	1.13	8	44	5	1	146	67	4	1,095	198	13