Pichichi Trophy

In Spanish football, the Trofeo Pichichi 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.[2] 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 Liga Iberdrola is also awarded the Pichichi Trophy.[3]

Pichichi Trophy
Lionel Messi has won the award a record eight times, the most of any La Liga player in history[1]
Awarded forLeading Goalscorer from every Spanish La Liga season
Presented byMarca (1952–present)
First awarded1929 (All top scorers from Spanish La Liga who preceded the award's creation were retroactively named Pichichi winners by Marca)
Currently held byPoland Robert Lewandowski (1st award)
Most awardsArgentina Lionel Messi (8)
Websitewww.marca.com/en

The Pichichi is not officially recognised by the league's governing body, the Liga Nacional de Fútbol Profesional. As the award is based on Marca's subjective criteria, its data may differ from the official match delegate reports. For the top scorers in the Spanish football league according to LaLiga data, see List of La Liga top scorers. The player with the record number of wins is Lionel Messi with eight, all with Barcelona.[4]

Winners

Telmo Zarra won the inaugural Pichichi Trophy in 1953 and amassed a total of six. He remains the Spanish player who has won the award the most times.
Quini won Pichichi Trophies with two different clubs.
Barcelona's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski is the current winner, having secured his first Pichichi Trophy in the 2022–23 campaign.
Key
  Player also won the European Golden Shoe (first awarded in 1968)
SeasonPlayer(s)Club(s)GoalsGamesRatio
1929 Paco BienzobasReal Sociedad14[a]180.778
1929–30 Guillermo GorostizaAthletic Bilbao19[b]181.056
1930–31 BataAthletic Bilbao27171.588
1931–32 Guillermo Gorostiza (2)Athletic Bilbao12[c]150.8
1932–33 Manuel OlivaresReal Madrid16141.143
1933–34 Isidro LángaraOviedo27[d]181.5
1934–35 Isidro Lángara (2)Oviedo26[e]221.182
1935–36 Isidro Lángara (3)Oviedo28[f]211.333
1939–40 Víctor UnamunoAthletic Bilbao20220.909
1940–41 PrudenAtlético Madrid30[g]221.364
1941–42 MundoValencia27251.08
1942–43 Mariano MartínBarcelona32[h]231.391
1943–44 Mundo (2)Valencia27[i]261.038
1944–45 Telmo ZarraAthletic Bilbao19[j]260.731
1945–46 Telmo Zarra (2)Athletic Bilbao24181.333
1946–47 Telmo Zarra (3)Athletic Bilbao34[k]241.417
1947–48 PahiñoCelta Vigo23[l]221.045
1948–49 CésarBarcelona28[m]241.167
1949–50 Telmo Zarra (4)Athletic Bilbao25[n]260.962
1950–51 Telmo Zarra (5)Athletic Bilbao38301.267
1951–52 Pahiño (2)Real Madrid28271.037
1952–53 Telmo Zarra (6)Athletic Bilbao24290.828
1953–54 Alfredo Di StéfanoReal Madrid27280.964
1954–55 Juan ArzaSevilla28290.966
1955–56 Alfredo Di Stéfano (2)Real Madrid24300.8
1956–57 Alfredo Di Stéfano (3)Real Madrid31301.033
1957–58 Manuel BadenesValladolid19290.655
Ricardo AlósValencia19290.655
Alfredo Di Stéfano (4)Real Madrid19300.633
1958–59 Alfredo Di Stéfano (5)Real Madrid23280.821
1959–60 Ferenc PuskásReal Madrid26[o]241.083
1960–61 Ferenc Puskás (2)Real Madrid27[p]280.964
1961–62 Juan SeminarioZaragoza25300.833
1962–63 Ferenc Puskás (3)Real Madrid26300.867
1963–64 Ferenc Puskás (4)Real Madrid20[q]250.8
1964–65 Cayetano RéBarcelona25[r]300.833
1965–66 Vavá IIElche19[s]300.633
1966–67 WaldoValencia24300.8
1967–68 Fidel UriarteAthletic Bilbao22240.917
1968–69 AmancioReal Madrid14290.483
José Eulogio GárateAtlético Madrid14300.467
1969–70 Amancio (2)Real Madrid16290.552
Luis AragonésAtlético Madrid16300.533
José Eulogio Gárate (2)Atlético Madrid16300.533
1970–71 José Eulogio Gárate (3)Atlético Madrid17280.607
Carles RexachBarcelona17280.607
1971–72 Enrique PortaGranada20310.645
1972–73 MarianínOviedo19320.594
1973–74 QuiniSporting Gijón20340.588
1974–75 CarlosAthletic Bilbao19320.594
1975–76 Quini (2)Sporting Gijón18[t]340.529
1976–77 Mario KempesValencia24340.706
1977–78 Mario Kempes (2)Valencia28340.824
1978–79 Hans KranklBarcelona29300.967
1979–80 Quini (3)Sporting Gijón24340.706
1980–81 Quini (4)Barcelona20300.667
1981–82 Quini (5)Barcelona26[u]320.813
1982–83 Poli RincónReal Betis20300.667
1983–84 Jorge da SilvaValladolid17300.567
JuanitoReal Madrid17310.548
1984–85 Hugo SánchezAtlético Madrid19330.576
1985–86 Hugo Sánchez (2)Real Madrid22330.667
1986–87 Hugo Sánchez (3)Real Madrid34410.829
1987–88 Hugo Sánchez (4)Real Madrid29360.806
1988–89 BaltazarAtlético Madrid35360.972
1989–90 Hugo Sánchez (5)Real Madrid38351.086
1990–91 Emilio ButragueñoReal Madrid19350.543
1991–92 ManoloAtlético Madrid27360.75
1992–93 BebetoDeportivo La Coruña29370.784
1993–94 RomárioBarcelona30330.909
1994–95 Iván ZamoranoReal Madrid28380.737
1995–96 Juan Antonio PizziTenerife31410.756
1996–97 RonaldoBarcelona34370.919
1997–98 Christian VieriAtlético Madrid24241
1998–99 RaúlReal Madrid25370.676
1999–2000 SalvaRacing Santander27360.75
2000–01 Raúl (2)Real Madrid24360.667
2001–02 Diego TristánDeportivo La Coruña21[v]350.6
2002–03 Roy MakaayDeportivo La Coruña29380.763
2003–04 Ronaldo (2)Real Madrid25320.781
2004–05 Diego ForlánVillarreal25[w]380.658
2005–06 Samuel Eto'oBarcelona26340.765
2006–07 Ruud van NistelrooyReal Madrid25370.676
2007–08 Dani GüizaMallorca27370.73
2008–09 Diego Forlán (2)Atlético Madrid32330.97
2009–10 Lionel MessiBarcelona34350.971
2010–11 Cristiano RonaldoReal Madrid40[5][x]341.206
2011–12 Lionel Messi (2)Barcelona50371.351
2012–13 Lionel Messi (3)Barcelona46321.438
2013–14 Cristiano Ronaldo (2)Real Madrid31301.033
2014–15 Cristiano Ronaldo (3)Real Madrid48351.371
2015–16 Luis SuárezBarcelona40351.143
2016–17 Lionel Messi (4)Barcelona37341.088
2017–18 Lionel Messi (5)Barcelona34360.944
2018–19 Lionel Messi (6)Barcelona36341.059
2019–20 Lionel Messi (7)Barcelona25330.758
2020–21 Lionel Messi (8)Barcelona30350.857
2021–22 Karim BenzemaReal Madrid27320.844
2022–23 Robert LewandowskiBarcelona23340.676

Statistics

Athletic Bilbao striker Rafael "Pichichi" Moreno is the trophy's namesake.

Wins by player (multiple)

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

Consecutive wins

Alfredo Di Stéfano and Hugo Sánchez both won four successive Pichichis. Di Stéfano represented Real Madrid, while Sánchez played his first season for Atlético Madrid and the next three for Real Madrid.
PlayerWinsSeasons
Lionel Messi52016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
Alfredo Di Stéfano41955–56, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1958–59
Hugo Sánchez1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
Isidro Lángara31933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36
Telmo Zarra1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47
José Eulogio Gárate1968–69, 1969–70, 1970–71
Quini1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82
Lionel Messi is the only player in history to win five consecutive Pichichi top scorer awards, all with Barcelona (from 2016–17 to 2020–21).

Wins by club

ClubPlayersTotal
Real Madrid1428
Barcelona1220
Athletic Bilbao612
Atlético Madrid810
Valencia46
Oviedo24
Sporting Gijón13
Deportivo La Coruña33
Valladolid22
Real Sociedad11
Celta Vigo11
Sevilla11
Zaragoza11
Elche11
Granada11
Real Betis11
Tenerife11
Racing Santander11
Villarreal11
Mallorca11

Wins by country

CountryPlayersTotal
 Spain3351
 Argentina315
 Brazil56
 Mexico15
 Hungary14
 Uruguay34
 Portugal13
 Netherlands22
 Austria11
 Cameroon11
 Chile11
 Italy11
 France11
 Paraguay11
 Peru11
 Poland11

See also

Notes

References

Other sources

External links

  • Pichichi, a history of the award and up to date Pichichi standings