List of UEFA Cup and Europa League top scorers
The UEFA Europa League is the second most important club competition in Europe organised by UEFA. Originally a knock-out competition, it later evolved and included group stages and a series of qualifying rounds. It was known as the UEFA Cup from its beginning, in 1971, until 2009. This article includes both season top scorers and overall top scorers.
All-time top scorers (group stage to final)
Rank | Nation | Player | Goals | Games | Goal Ratio | Years | Club |
1 | Henrik Larsson | 31 | 45 | 0.688 | Feyenoord, Celtic, Helsingborg | ||
2 | Radamel Falcao | 30 | 31 | 0.967 | 2010– | Porto, Atlético Madrid | |
2 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 30 | 50 | 0.600 | 2004– | Heerenveen, Ajax, Schalke 04 | |
4 | Dieter Müller | 29 | 36 | 0.805 | 1973–1984 | 1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, 1. FC Saarbrücken | |
5 | Aritz Aduriz | 26 | 39 | 0.666 | 2012–2018 | Valencia, Athletic Bilbao | |
6 | Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 58 | 0.431 | 1977–1989 | Inter Milan, Juventus | |
7 | Shota Arveladze | 24 | 41 | 0.585 | 1994–2007 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ | |
7 | Kevin Gameiro | 24 | 54 | 0.444 | 2005– | Strasbourg, Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valencia | |
9 | Jupp Heynckes | 23 | 21 | 1.095 | 1971–1975 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
9 | Vágner Love | 23 | 36 | 0.639 | 2004– | CSKA Moscow, Beşiktaş | |
9 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 23 | 67 | 0.343 | 1999–2015 | PAOK, Panathinaikos | |
12 | Martin Chivers | 22 | 34 | 0.647 | 1971–1978 | Tottenham Hotspur | |
12 | Jürgen Klinsmann | 22 | 36 | 0.611 | 1988–1998 | VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Bayern Munich | |
12 | Dennis Bergkamp | 22 | 42 | 0.523 | 1988–2000 | Ajax, Inter Milan, Arsenal | |
12 | Karl-Heinz Rummenigge | 22 | 49 | 0.449 | 1977–1989 | Bayern Munich, Inter Milan |
Bold = Still active
All-time top scorers (including qualifying rounds)
Rank | Nation | Player | Goals | Games | Goal Ratio | Debut in Europe | Club |
1 | Henrik Larsson | 40 | 56 | 0.714 | 1994 | Feyenoord, Celtic, Helsingborg | |
2 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 34 | 54 | 0.630 | 2004 | Heerenveen, Ajax, Schalke 04 | |
3 | Radamel Falcao | 31 | 33 | 0.939 | 2009 | Porto, Atlético Madrid | |
3 | Aritz Aduriz | 31 | 47 | 0.660 | 2011 | Valencia, Athletic Bilbao | |
5 | Dieter Müller | 29 | 36 | 0.805 | 1973 | 1. FC Köln, VfB Stuttgart, Bordeaux | |
6 | Shota Arveladze | 27 | 45 | 0.600 | 1993 | Dinamo Tbilisi, Trabzonspor, Ajax, Rangers, AZ | |
7 | Alessandro Altobelli | 25 | 58 | 0.431 | 1977 | Inter Milan, Juventus | |
7 | Mladen Petrić | 25 | 72 | 0.347 | 2004 | Grasshopper, Basel, Hamburger SV, Panathinaikos | |
9 | Claudio Pizarro | 24 | 33 | 0.727 | 1999 | Bayern Munich, Werder Bremen | |
9 | Jermain Defoe | 24 | 39 | 0.615 | 2006 | Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, Rangers | |
9 | Vágner Love | 24 | 40 | 0.600 | 2004 | CSKA Moscow, Beşiktaş | |
9 | Kevin Gameiro | 24 | 54 | 0.444 | 2005 | Strasbourg, Paris Saint-Germain, Sevilla, Atlético Madrid, Valencia | |
13 | Jupp Heynckes | 23 | 21 | 1.095 | 1967 | Hannover 96, Borussia Mönchengladbach | |
13 | Óscar Cardozo | 23 | 60 | 0.383 | 2007 | Benfica, Trabzonspor, Olympiacos | |
13 | Ivan Trichkovski | 23 | 61 | 0.378 | 2005 | Vardar, Rabotnički, Red Star Belgrade, APOEL, Club Brugge, Legia Warsaw, AEK Larnaca | |
13 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 23 | 76 | 0.303 | 1999 | PAOK, Panathinaikos |
Bold = Still active
Winners by seasons
The top scorer award is for the player who amassed the most goals in the tournament.Season | Player | Country | Club | Goals |
1971–72 | Ludwig Bründl | West Germany | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 |
1972–73 | Jupp Heynckes | West Germany | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 12 |
1972–73 | Jan Jeuring | Netherlands | Twente | 12 |
1973–74 | Lex Schoenmaker | Netherlands | Feyenoord | 11 |
1974–75 | Jupp Heynckes | West Germany | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 |
1975–76 | Ruud Geels | Netherlands | Ajax | 14 |
1976–77 | Stan Bowles | England | Queens Park Rangers | 11 |
1977–78 | Gerrie Deijkers | Netherlands | PSV Eindhoven | 8 |
1977–78 | Raimondo Ponte | Switzerland | Grasshopper | 8 |
1978–79 | Allan Simonsen | Denmark | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 |
1979–80 | Dieter Hoeneß | West Germany | Bayern Munich | 7 |
1979–80 | Harald Nickel | West Germany | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 7 |
1980–81 | John Wark | Scotland | Ipswich Town | 14 |
1981–82 | Torbjörn Nilsson | Sweden | Göteborg | 9 |
1982–83 | Zoran Filipovic | Yugoslavia | Benfica | 8 |
1983–84 | Tibor Nyilasi | Hungary | Austria Wien | 9 |
1984–85 | Edin Bahtić | Yugoslavia | Željezničar Sarajevo | 7 |
1984–85 | Gary Bannister | England | Queens Park Rangers | 7 |
1985–86 | Klaus Allofs | West Germany | 1. FC Köln | 9 |
1986–87 | Paulinho Cascavel | Brazil | Vitória de Guimarães | 5 |
1986–87 | Peter Houtman | Netherlands | Groningen | 5 |
1986–87 | Wim Kieft | Netherlands | Torino | 5 |
1986–87 | Jari Rantanen | Finland | Göteborg | 5 |
1987–88 | Kenneth Brylle Larsen | Denmark | Club Brugge | 6 |
1987–88 | Dimitris Saravakos | Greece | Panathinaikos | 6 |
1988–89 | Torsten Gütschow | East Germany | Dynamo Dresden | 7 |
1989–90 | Falko Götz | East Germany | 1. FC Köln | 6 |
1989–90 | Karl-Heinz Riedle | West Germany | Werder Bremen | 6 |
1990–91 | Rudi Völler | Germany | Roma | 10 |
1991–92 | Dean Saunders | Wales | Liverpool | 9 |
1992–93 | Gérald Baticle | France | Auxerre | 8 |
1993–94 | Dennis Bergkamp | Netherlands | Internazionale | 8 |
1993–94 | Edgar Schmitt | Germany | Karlsruher SC | 8 |
1994–95 | Ulf Kirsten | Germany | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 |
1995–96 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | Bayern Munich | 15 |
1996–97 | Maurizio Ganz | Italy | Internazionale | 8 |
1997–98 | Stéphane Guivarc'h | France | Auxerre | 7 |
1998–99 | Enrico Chiesa | Italy | Parma | 8 |
1998–99 | Tomasz Kulawik | Poland | Wisła Kraków | 8 |
1998–99 | Darko Kovačević | Yugoslavia | Real Sociedad | 8 |
1999–2000 | Darko Kovačević | Yugoslavia | Juventus | 10 |
2000–01 | Dimitar Berbatov | Bulgaria | CSKA Sofia | 7 |
2000–01 | Bolo | Spain | Rayo Vallecano | 7 |
2001–02 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | Netherlands | Feyenoord | 8 |
2002–03 | Derlei | Brazil | Porto | 12 |
2003–04 | Sonny Anderson | Brazil | Villarreal | 6 |
2004–05 | Alan Shearer | England | Newcastle United | 11 |
2005–06 | Matías Emilio Delgado | Argentina | Basel | 9 |
2006–07 | Walter Pandiani | Uruguay | Espanyol | 11 |
2007–08 | Pavel Pogrebnyak | Russia | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 10 |
2007–08 | Luca Toni | Italy | Bayern Munich | 10 |
2008–09 | Vágner Love | Brazil | CSKA Moscow | 11 |
2009–10 | Óscar Cardozo | Paraguay | Benfica | 9 |
2009–10 | Claudio Pizarro | Peru | Werder Bremen | 9 |
2010–11 | Radamel Falcao | Colombia | Porto | 17 |
2011–12 | Radamel Falcao | Colombia | Atlético Madrid | 12 |
2012–13 | Libor Kozák | Lazio | 8 | |
2013–14 | Jonathan Soriano | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | |
2014–15 | Alan | Red Bull Salzburg | 8 | |
2014–15 | Romelu Lukaku | Everton | 8 | |
2015–16 | Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 10 | |
2016–17 | Edin Džeko | Roma | 8 | |
2016–17 | Giuliano | Zenit Saint Petersburg | 8 | |
2017–18 | Aritz Aduriz | Athletic Bilbao | 8 | |
2017–18 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 8 | |
2018–19 | Olivier Giroud | Chelsea | 11 |
By team
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.
By country
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.
By player
- * Two or more players were equal top scorers.
- List is ordered by date of accomplishment.