which soccer player had the most goals in a season at age 31

Lionel Messi has the most goals by a 31-year-old player in Europe's top five leagues in a season, with 36 goals in LaLiga in 2018-19.

	NAME	G	Age	SEASON	CLUB	Rating	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Lionel Messi L. Messi	36	31	2018-19	Barcelona		34	2,710	29	1.06	13	49	4	6	170	87	10	2,623	187	17
2	Didier Drogba D. Drogba	29	31	2009-10	Chelsea		32	2,775	31	0.91	10	39	1
3	Antonio Di Natale A. Di Natale	29	31	2009-10	Udinese		35	3,012	33	0.83			6
4	Juan Arza J. Arza	29	31	1954-55	Sevilla		29	2,610	29	1.00			1
5	Vahid Halilhodžić V. Halilhodžić	28	31	1984-85	Nantes		34	3,037	34	0.82			5
6	Alexandre Lacazette A. Lacazette	27	31	2022-23	Lyon	7.31	35	2,935	34	0.77	5	32	6	0	115	55	3	1,415	222	15
7	Ciro Immobile C. Immobile	27	31	2021-22	Lazio		31	2,716	31	0.87	2	29	7	0	118	59	4	1,305	203	13
8	Harry Kane H. Kane	26	31	2024-25	Bayern	7.42	31	2,381	28	0.84	9	35	9	0	114	54	3	980	171	16
9	Zlatan Ibrahimovic Z. Ibrahimovic	26	31	2013-14	PSG		33	2,770	32	0.79	11	37	7
10	Quini	26	31	1981-82	Barcelona		32	2,870	32	0.81			4
11	Cristiano Ronaldo C. Ronaldo	25	31	2016-17	Real Madrid		29	2,544	29	0.86	6	31	6	1	162	61	2	1,276	213	34
12	José Roberto Gama J. Roberto Gama	25	31	1995-96	Deportivo		34	2,891	34	0.74			2
13	Telmo Zarra T. Zarra	25	31	1952-53	Atlético de Bilbao		29	2,610	29	0.86			1
14	Andrzej Szarmach A. Szarmach	24	31	1982-83	Auxerre		34	3,041	34	0.71			8
15	Gerd Müller G. Müller	24	31	1977-78	Bayern		33	2,970	33	0.73			7
16	Waldo Machado W. Machado	24	31	1966-67	Valencia		30	2,700	30	0.80			1
17	Uwe Seeler U. Seeler	23	31	1968-69	Hamburg		33	2,956	33	0.70			1
18	Nils Gunnar Nordahl N. Gunnar Nordahl	23	31	1953-54	Milan		33	2,970	33	0.70			0
19	Guglielmo Gabetto G. Gabetto	23	31	1947-48	Torino		36	3,240	36	0.64			0
20	Frank Lampard F. Lampard	22	31	2009-10	Chelsea		36	3,220	36	0.61	14	36	10
21	Ulf Kirsten U. Kirsten	22	31	1997-98	Leverkusen		27	2,187	27	0.81			3
22	Manfred Burgsmüller M. Burgsmüller	22	31	1981-82	Dortmund		34	3,060	34	0.65			0
23	Karim Benzema K. Benzema	21	31	2019-20	Real Madrid		37	3,155	36	0.57	8	29	5	0	124	60	5	1,750	248	27
24	Luis Suárez L. Suárez	21	31	2018-19	Barcelona		33	2,829	31	0.64	6	27	4	0	112	58	4	1,515	263	27
25	Olaf Marschall O. Marschall	21	31	1997-98	Kaiserslautern		24	2,128	24	0.88			1