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Pichichi Trophy


FieldValue
namePichichi Trophy
imageLeo Messi (cropped).jpg
captionLionel Messi has won the award a record eight times, the most of any La Liga player in history
awarded_forLeading Goalscorer from every Spanish La Liga season
presenterMarca (1952–present)
year1929 (All top scorers from Spanish La Liga who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by Marca)
holderFRA Kylian Mbappé (1st award)
most_winsARG Lionel Messi (8)
website

In Spanish football, the Pichichi Trophy () is awarded by the sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer of each La Liga season. Named after the Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno, the trophy has been awarded annually since the 1952–53 season. All top scorers who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by Marca. Since the 2014–15 season, the top scorer of the women's Liga F is also awarded the Pichichi Trophy.

The Pichichi is not officially recognised by the league's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. As the award is based on Marcas subjective criteria, its data may differ from the official match delegate reports. For the top scorers in the Spanish football league according to La Liga data, see List of La Liga top scorers. The player with the record number of wins is Lionel Messi with eight, all with Barcelona.

Winners

;Key

SeasonPlayer(s)Club(s)AppsGoalsRatio19291929–301930–311931–321932–331933–341934–351935–361939–401940–411941–421942–431943–441944–451945–461946–471947–481948–491949–501950–511951–521952–531953–541954–551955–561956–571957–581958–591959–601960–611961–621962–631963–641964–651965–661966–671967–681968–691969–701970–711971–721972–731973–741974–751975–761976–771977–781978–791979–801980–811981–821982–831983–841984–851985–861986–871987–881988–891989–901990–911991–921992–931993–941994–951995–961996–971997–981998–991999–20002000–012001–022002–032003–042004–052005–062006–072007–082008–092009–102010–112011–122012–132013–142014–152015–162016–172017–182018–192019–202020–212021–222022–232023–242024–25
SpainReal Sociedad1814
SpainAthletic Bilbao1819
Spain {{sortnameBataBata (footballer)}}Athletic Bilbao1727
Spanish Republic (2)Athletic Bilbao1512
Spanish RepublicReal Madrid1416
Spanish RepublicOviedo1827
Spanish Republic (2)Oviedo2226
Spanish Republic (3)Oviedo2128
Spanish StateAthletic Bilbao2220
Spanish State {{sortnamePruden}}Atlético Madrid2230
Spanish State {{sortnameMundoEdmundo Suárez}}Valencia2527
Spanish StateBarcelona2332
Spanish State {{sortnameMundoEdmundo Suárez}} (2)Valencia2627
Spanish StateAthletic Bilbao2619
Spanish State (2)Athletic Bilbao1824
Spanish State (3)Athletic Bilbao2434
Spanish State {{sortnamePahiño}}Celta Vigo2223
Spanish State {{sortnameCésarCésar Rodríguez (footballer, born 1920)}}Barcelona2428
Spanish State (4)Athletic Bilbao2625
Spanish State (5)Athletic Bilbao3038
Spanish State {{sortnamePahiño}} (2)Real Madrid2728
Spanish State (6)Athletic Bilbao2924
ArgentinaReal Madrid2827
Spanish StateSevilla2928
Argentina (2)Real Madrid3024
Spanish State (3)Real Madrid3031
Spanish StateValencia2919
Spanish StateValladolid2919
Spanish State (4)Real Madrid3019
Spanish State (5)Real Madrid2823
HungaryReal Madrid2426
Hungary (2)Real Madrid2827
PeruZaragoza3025
Hungary (3)Real Madrid3026
Hungary (4)Real Madrid2520
ParaguayBarcelona3025
Spanish StateElche3019
Brazil {{sortnameWaldoWaldo (footballer)}}Valencia3024
Spanish StateAthletic Bilbao2422
Spanish State {{sortnameAmancioAmancio (footballer)}}Real Madrid2914
Spanish StateAtlético Madrid3014
Spanish State {{sortnameAmancioAmancio (footballer)}} (2)Real Madrid2916
Spanish StateAtlético Madrid3016
Spanish State (2)Atlético Madrid3016
Spanish State (3)Atlético Madrid2817
Spanish StateBarcelona2817
Spanish StateGranada3120
Spanish State {{sortnameMarianín}}Oviedo3219
Spanish State {{sortnameQuini}}Sporting Gijón3420
Spanish State {{sortnameCarlosCarlos (footballer, born 1948)}}Athletic Bilbao3219
Spanish State {{sortnameQuini}} (2)Sporting Gijón3418
ArgentinaValencia3424
Argentina (2)Valencia3428
AustriaBarcelona3029
Spain {{sortnameQuini}} (3)Sporting Gijón3424
Spain {{sortnameQuini}} (4)Barcelona3020
Spain {{sortnameQuini}} (5)Barcelona3226
SpainReal Betis3020
UruguayValladolid3017
Spain {{sortnameJuanitoJuanito (footballer, born 1954)}}Real Madrid3117
MexicoAtlético Madrid3319
Mexico (2)Real Madrid3322
Mexico (3)Real Madrid4134
Mexico (4)Real Madrid3629
Brazil {{sortnameBaltazarBaltazar (footballer, born 1959)}}Atlético Madrid3635
Mexico (5)Real Madrid3538
SpainReal Madrid3519
Spain {{sortnameManoloManolo (footballer, born 1965)}}Atlético Madrid3627
Brazil {{sortnameBebeto}}Deportivo La Coruña3729
Brazil {{sortnameRomário}}Barcelona3330
ChileReal Madrid3828
SpainTenerife4131
Brazil {{sortnameRonaldoRonaldo (Brazilian footballer)}}Barcelona3734
ItalyAtlético Madrid2424
Spain {{sortnameRaúlRaúl (footballer)}}Real Madrid3725
Spain {{sortnameSalvaSalva Ballesta}}Racing Santander3627
Spain {{sortnameRaúlRaúl (footballer)}} (2)Real Madrid3624
SpainDeportivo La Coruña3521
NetherlandsDeportivo La Coruña3829
Brazil {{sortnameRonaldoRonaldo (Brazilian footballer)}} (2)Real Madrid3225
UruguayVillarreal3825
CameroonBarcelona3426
NetherlandsReal Madrid3725
SpainMallorca3727
Uruguay (2)Atlético Madrid3332
ArgentinaBarcelona3534
PortugalReal Madrid3440
Argentina (2)Barcelona3750
Argentina (3)Barcelona3246
Portugal (2)Real Madrid3031
Portugal (3)Real Madrid3548
UruguayBarcelona3540
Argentina (4)Barcelona3437
Argentina (5)Barcelona3634
Argentina (6)Barcelona3436
Argentina (7)Barcelona3325
Argentina (8)Barcelona3530
FranceReal Madrid3227
PolandBarcelona3423
UkraineGirona3624
FranceReal Madrid3431

Statistics

Wins by player (multiple)

PlayerWinsSeasons
Argentina Lionel Messi82009–10, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Spain Telmo Zarra61944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1952–53
Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano51953–54, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
Spain Quini1973–74, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82
Mexico Hugo Sánchez1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90
Hungary Ferenc Puskás41959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
Spain Isidro Lángara31933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Spain José Eulogio Gárate1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15
Spain Guillermo Gorostiza21929–30, 1931–32
Spain Mundo1941–42, 1943–44
Spain Pahiño1947–48, 1951–52
Spain Amancio1968–69, 1969–70
Argentina Mario Kempes1976–77, 1977–78
Spain Raúl1998–99, 2000–01
Brazil Ronaldo1996–97, 2003–04
Uruguay Diego Forlán2004–05, 2008–09

Consecutive wins

PlayerWinsSeasons
Argentina Lionel Messi52016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Spain Alfredo Di Stéfano41955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
Mexico Hugo Sánchez1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
Spain Isidro Lángara31933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Spain Telmo Zarra1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47
Spain José Eulogio Gárate1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Spain Quini1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82

Wins by club

ClubPlayersTotal
Community of Madrid Real Madrid1529
Catalonia Barcelona1220
Basque Country Athletic Bilbao612
Community of Madrid Atlético Madrid810
Valencian Community Valencia46
Asturias Oviedo24
Asturias Sporting Gijón13
Galicia Deportivo La Coruña33
Castile and Leon Valladolid22
Basque Country Real Sociedad11
Galicia Celta Vigo11
Andalucia Sevilla11
Aragon Zaragoza11
Valencian Community Elche11
Andalusia Granada11
Andalusia Real Betis11
Canary Islands Tenerife11
Cantabria Racing Santander11
Valencian Community Villarreal11
Balearic Islands Mallorca11
Catalonia Girona11

Wins by country

CountryPlayersTotal
3351
315
56
15
14
34
13
22
22
11
11
11
11
11
11
11
11

Notes

References

;Other sources

  • Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional historical archive

References

  1. "Leo Messi wins his seventh Pichichi, a LaLiga record".
  2. (9 October 2015). "Los discípulos de Pichichi". El Correo.
  3. [http://www.marca.com/futbol/futbol-femenino/2016/02/08/56b8b66322601dd3518b462c.html Sonia Bermúdez and Adriana Martín shared the women's Pichichi Trophy] {{Webarchive. link. (13 August 2018 . [[Marca (newspaper)). Marca]] (in Spanish), 8 February 2016.
  4. (19 July 2020). "Messi wins seventh Pichichi of his career".
  5. (24 May 2011). "Cristiano Ronaldo: un Pichichi de récord". Marca.
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