most non-penalty goals by a midfielder in a season

Giovanni Busoni has scored the most non-penalty goals by a midfielder in Europe's top five leagues in a season, with 24 non-penalty goals in Serie A in 1933-34.

	NAME	NPG	G	SEASON	CLUB	M	MIN	START	G/M	A	G+A	PK	FK	SH	SOT	WOOD	TCH	TCH-BOX	OFF
1	Giovanni Busoni G. Busoni	24	24	1933-34	Livorno	33	2,970	33	0.73			0
2	Son Heung-min S. Heung-min	23	23	2021-22	Tottenham	35	3,021	35	0.66	7	30	0	1	86	49	2	1,672	158	16
3	Michel François Platini M. François Platini	22	22	1981-82	Saint Étienne	36	3,131	36	0.61			0
4	Gareth Bale G. Bale	21	21	2012-13	Tottenham	33	2,925	33	0.64	4	25	0
5	Marek Mintál M. Mintál	21	24	2004-05	Nürnberg	34	2,994	34	0.71			3
6	Karl Allgöwer K. Allgöwer	21	21	1985-86	Stuttgart	33	2,970	33	0.64			0
7	Adriano Bassetto A. Bassetto	21	21	1947-48	Sampdoria	39	3,510	39	0.54			0
8	Karl Allgöwer K. Allgöwer	20	21	1982-83	Stuttgart	33	2,937	33	0.64			1
9	Atli Eðvaldsson A. Eðvaldsson	20	21	1982-83	Düsseldorf	34	3,060	34	0.62			1
10	Michel François Platini M. François Platini	20	20	1980-81	Saint Étienne	35	3,137	35	0.57			0
11	Adriano Bassetto A. Bassetto	20	20	1949-50	Sampdoria	32	2,880	32	0.63			0
12	Phil Foden P. Foden	19	19	2023-24	Man City	35	2,870	33	0.54	8	27	0	2	105	48	1	2,297	204	5
13	Christopher Nkunku C. Nkunku	19	20	2021-22	Leipzig	34	2,735	31	0.59	13	33	1	2	82	40	4	1,574	216	13
14	Gareth Bale G. Bale	19	19	2015-16	Real Madrid	23	1,738	21	0.83	10	29	0	0	81	36	3	1,128	5	17
15	Mario Basler M. Basler	19	20	1994-95	Werder	33	2,825	32	0.61			1
16	Matt Le Tissier M. Le Tissier	19	25	1993-94	Southampton	38	3,392	38	0.66	9	34	6
17	Karl Allgöwer K. Allgöwer	19	19	1984-85	Stuttgart	32	2,873	32	0.59			0
18	Luis Aragonés L. Aragonés	19	19	1964-65	Atlético Madrid	30	2,700	30	0.63			0
19	Gian Carlo Vitali G. Carlo Vitali	19	19	1949-50	Padova	38	3,420	38	0.50			0
20	Antonio Vojak A. Vojak	19	21	1930-31	Napoli	33	2,970	33	0.64			2
21	Antonio Vojak A. Vojak	19	20	1929-30	Napoli	31	2,790	31	0.65			1
22	Jude Bellingham J. Bellingham	18	19	2023-24	Real Madrid	28	2,323	27	0.68	6	25	1	0	63	35	1	2,056	150	4
23	Michu	18	18	2012-13	Swansea	35	3,013	35	0.51	2	20	0
24	Luis Enrique L. Enrique	18	18	1997-98	Barcelona	34	2,954	34	0.53			0
25	Bernard Genghini B. Genghini	18	18	1983-84	Mónaco	38	3,376	38	0.47			0