World-class strikers from the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and Serie A dominated the top scoring chart in the season just gone. The run continues to rise to the top in Europe’s leading divisions, with the usual suspects once again filling their boots in front of goal to underline their value to their respective clubs and enhance their reputations as some of the finest players on the planet. Here comes the Top scorers in all competitions in 2016-17:
Lionel Messi [Barcelona] - 54 Goals
The prolific Argentine enjoyed another prolific campaign at Barcelona,
moving past the 500-goal goal mark for the club with the target found 507 times in 583 appearances.He has now delivered eight successive seasons of 40+ goals, with his efforts in 2016-17 earning him the fourth Golden Shoe of a quite remarkable career.
Edinson Cavani [PSG] - 49 Goals
Cavani stepped out of the shadow of Zlatan Ibrahimovic at Paris Saint-Germain
to prove his worth as a central striker, helping PSG to Coupe de France and Coupe de la Ligue glory to compensate for surrendering their Ligue 1 title. Fell just one effort short of matching Ibrahimovic’s club-record haul of 50 in the French capital.
Robert Lewandowski [Bayern] - 43 Goals
Lewandowski has missed out on the Bundesliga top scorer award by one goal,
but remains the most prolific marksman in Germany across all competitions, with the Pole a threat on the floor and in the air. His 43-goal haul in 2016-17 which included four hat-tricks represents a personal best, while he has now plundered 30 in each of his last two German top-flight campaigns.
Cristiano Ronaldo [Real Madrid] - 42 Goals
Ronaldo is only the second man, after eternal rival Messi, to have scored 25+ goals in eight successive La Liga seasons, having hit that mark on the final day to help wrap up a title triumph.
The 2016-17 campaign also saw the prolific Portuguese forward become the first man to reach 100 goals in Champions League competition - with a brace in the final helping Madrid to make history with back-to-back triumphs.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang [Dortmund] - 40 Goals
Aubameyang have beaten Lewandowski to the Bundesliga top scorer award goes to show how prolific the Gabon international was over the course of the 2016-17 campaign.
He has come to epitomise the ‘fox in the box’ moniker, with all 72 of his Bundesliga efforts over the course of the last three seasons having come from inside the penalty area.
Edin Dzeko [Roma] - 39 Goals
Dzeko having enjoyed a memorable return to prolific form to set a new personal best
both in league outings and across all competitions, completes the set across Europe’s top five leagues of the top goalscorer having missed out on title glory – alongside Messi, Aubameyang, Cavani and Kane.
Alexandre Lacazette [Lyon] - 37 Goals
Lacazette has scored 20+ league goals in three successive seasons at Lyon, while passing the 100-goal mark for the club while setting a new personal best in 2016-17.
Having been a talismanic presence for his Ligue 1 employers, the France international is now destined to take his predatory instincts elsewhere with Manchester United and Liverpool among those reported to be keen.
Luis Suarez [Barcelona] - 37 Goals
Only Messi and Ronaldo have managed more goals in La Liga since the Uruguayan moved to Camp Nou in 2014, with 85 managed in just 97 appearances.
He is one of only eight players in Europe to have registered double figures in terms of assists and goals in the 2016-17 campaign.
Harry Kane [Tottenham] - 35 Goals
The Tottenham talisman is only the fifth player to score 25+ goals in two successive Premier League seasons,
following in the footsteps of Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Robin van Persie and Robbie Fowler. His 29-goal haul in 2016-17 saw him make it back-to-back Golden Boot successes in the English top-flight.
Dries Mertens [Napoli] - 34 Goals
Mertens has recorded 30+ goals for the first time in his career,
and 20+ in a league campaign for the first time since his spell at PSV in 2011-12. Saw off competition from Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Roma’s Radja Nainggolan to be named Belgian Footballer of the Year for 2016.
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