List of football top scorers (Turkey)
The list of football top scorers (Turkey) includes all the top scorers in the Süper Lig since it was founded in the 1959 season . Furthermore, the most successful players and most successful clubs in the history of the league are named. The top scorer is the player who scores the most goals in the course of a season. In 62 seasons, 43 different players have been the top scorer of the Süper Lig.
The most successful player was Metin Oktay with six titles, followed by Tanju Çolak who was five times top scorer. Oktay as the top scorer also has a negative record, he scored the fewest goals as the top scorer in the 1959 season with 11 goals. Çolak from Galatasaray Istanbul set a record that is still valid today with his 39 goals in the 1987/88 season.
Most of the top scorers come from Galatasaray Istanbul.
List of top scorers
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- Season : indicates the season in which the player or players became the top scorer
- Player : gives the player name of the top scorer; Player names in bold denote players who are still active in the Süper Lig
- Nation : states the nationality of the top scorer
- Club : states the club the player played for during the season; Clubs marked in green were also able to win the Turkish championship in the respective season
- Goals : states the number of goals the player has scored during the season; Numbers marked in red mark winning the Golden Shoe as Europe's best scorer; the number in bold denotes the highest number of goals ever scored in Turkey within a Süper Lig season
- Age : states the age of the top scorer at the end of the season (cut-off date is June 30th)
- Note : In 1959 there were only 16 season games, including the two final games for the title. Metin Oktay played in 13 regular season games, in which he scored 10 goals, and in the two finals (1 goal).
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Record holder
player
- Place : states the position of the player within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Number : The number of titles won by the top scorer.
- Years : states the seasons in which the player was the top scorer.
societies
- Place : states the position of the club within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Club : gives the name of the club.
- Number : states the number of titles won.
- Years : states the season (s) in which the club's players were top scorer.
| space | society | number | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Galatasaray Istanbul | 17th | 1959, 1960, 1963, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019 |
| 2. | Fenerbahçe Istanbul | 15th | 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2011 |
| 3. | Trabzonspor | 5 | 1977, 1996, 2005, 2012, 2020 |
| 4th | Bursaspor | 4th | 1980, 2001, 2003, 2015 |
| Beşiktaş Istanbul | 4th | 1964, 1990, 2002, 2016 | |
| 6th | Eskişehirspor | 3 | 1970, 1972, 1975 |
| MKE Ankaragücü | 3 | 1966, 1967, 1976 | |
| Samsunspor | 3 | 1986, 1987, 2000 | |
| 9. | Adanaspor | 2 | 1979, 1981 |
| Kayserispor | 2 | 2006, 2010 | |
| 11. | Alanyaspor | 1 | 2017 |
| Altay Izmir | 1 | 1980 | |
| Ankara Demirspor | 1 | 1962 | |
| Goztepe Izmir | 1 | 1968 | |
| Konyaspor | 1 | 2004 | |
| Sakaryaspor | 1 | 1985 | |
| Sivasspor | 1 | 2014 |
nationality
- Place : states the position of the country within this ranking list. This is determined by the number of titles. If the number of titles is the same, they are sorted alphabetically.
- Country : Name the country.
- Number : states the number of titles won.
| space | country | number |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
 Turkey
|
49 |
| 2. |
 Brazil
|
4th |
| 3. |
 Germany
|
1 |
 France
|
1 | |
 Georgia
|
1 | |
 Norway
|
1 | |
 Portugal
|
1 | |
 Senegal
|
1 | |
 Czech Republic
|
1 | |
.svg){kind=small} Yugoslavia
|
1 |
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Turkish Football Federation: Süper Lig Gol Krallıkları (Turkish) (accessed on March 27, 2014)
- ↑ tff.org: Turkish master of men
- ↑ rsssf.com: Golden Boot ("Soulier d'Or") Awards