Eredivisie Top Scorer Every Season (1956-57 to 2025-26)

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Since the Dutch top flight turned fully professional in 1956, the Eredivisie has produced a golden boot winner every single season. The very first belonged to PSV's Coen Dillen, whose 43 goals in 1956-57 remain the highest single-season total the league has ever seen, a record that has stood untouched for seven decades.

The roll call reads like a history of Dutch football greatness. Johan Cruyff, Marco van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Luis Suarez all topped the charts before moving on to conquer Europe, while imports like Romario, Ronaldo and Wilfried Bony announced themselves in the Netherlands. Ajax, PSV and Feyenoord players dominate the list, though provincial clubs such as Heerenveen, AZ and Vitesse have regularly gatecrashed the party. Since 2020-21 the award has carried the name of the Willy van der Kuijlen Trophy, honouring the Eredivisie's all-time leading scorer.

The table below lists the leading scorer for every season from 1956-57 through 2025-26. Where two players finished level on goals the season is shared, as happened most recently in 2023-24 when Luuk de Jong and Vangelis Pavlidis both reached 29.

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1956-57	Coen Dillen	PSV	43
1957-58	Leen Canjels	NAC	32
1958-59	Leen Canjels	NAC	34
1959-60	Henk Groot	Ajax	38
1960-61	Henk Groot	Ajax	41
1961-62	Dick Tol	Volendam	27
1962-63	Pierre Kerkhoffs	PSV	22
1963-64	Frans Geurtsen	DWS	28
1964-65	Frans Geurtsen	DWS	23
1965-66	Willy van der Kuijlen / Piet Kruiver	PSV / Feyenoord	23
1966-67	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	33
1967-68	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	28
1968-69	Dick van Dijk / Ove Kindvall	FC Twente / Feyenoord	30
1969-70	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV	26
1970-71	Ove Kindvall	Feyenoord	24
1971-72	Johan Cruyff	Ajax	25
1972-73	Willy Janssens / Willy Brokamp	NEC / MVV	18
1973-74	Willy van der Kuijlen	PSV	27
1974-75	Ruud Geels	Ajax	30
1975-76	Ruud Geels	Ajax	29

1976-77	Ruud Geels	Ajax	34
1977-78	Ruud Geels	Ajax	30
1978-79	Kees Kist	AZ'67	34
1979-80	Kees Kist	AZ'67	27
1980-81	Ruud Geels	Sparta Rotterdam	22
1981-82	Wim Kieft	Ajax	32
1982-83	Peter Houtman	Feyenoord	30
1983-84	Marco van Basten	Ajax	28
1984-85	Marco van Basten	Ajax	22
1985-86	Marco van Basten	Ajax	37
1986-87	Marco van Basten	Ajax	31
1987-88	Wim Kieft	PSV	29
1988-89	Romario	PSV	19
1989-90	Romario	PSV	23
1990-91	Romario / Dennis Bergkamp	PSV / Ajax	25
1991-92	Dennis Bergkamp	Ajax	24
1992-93	Dennis Bergkamp	Ajax	26
1993-94	Jari Litmanen	Ajax	26
1994-95	Ronaldo	PSV	30
1995-96	Luc Nilis	PSV	21

1996-97	Luc Nilis	PSV	21
1997-98	Nikos Machlas	Vitesse	34
1998-99	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV	31
1999-00	Ruud van Nistelrooy	PSV	29
2000-01	Mateja Kezman	PSV	24
2001-02	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Feyenoord	24
2002-03	Mateja Kezman	PSV	35
2003-04	Mateja Kezman	PSV	31
2004-05	Dirk Kuyt	Feyenoord	29
2005-06	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Heerenveen / Ajax	33
2006-07	Afonso Alves	Heerenveen	34
2007-08	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax	33
2008-09	Mounir El Hamdaoui	AZ	23
2009-10	Luis Suarez	Ajax	35
2010-11	Bjorn Vleminckx	NEC	23
2011-12	Bas Dost	Heerenveen	32
2012-13	Wilfried Bony	Vitesse	31
2013-14	Alfred Finnbogason	Heerenveen	29
2014-15	Memphis Depay	PSV	22
2015-16	Vincent Janssen	AZ	27

2016-17	Nicolai Jorgensen	Feyenoord	21
2017-18	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	AZ	21
2018-19	Luuk de Jong / Dusan Tadic	PSV / Ajax	28
2019-20	Steven Berghuis / Cyriel Dessers	Feyenoord / Heracles Almelo	15
2020-21	Georgios Giakoumakis	VVV-Venlo	26
2021-22	Sebastien Haller	Ajax	21
2022-23	Anastasios Douvikas / Xavi Simons	FC Utrecht / PSV	19
2023-24	Luuk de Jong / Vangelis Pavlidis	PSV / AZ	29
2024-25	Sem Steijn	Twente	24
2025-26	Ayase Ueda	Feyenoord	25

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Eredivisie Top Scorer Every Season (1956-57 to 2025-26) — FAQ

Who has the most goals in a single Eredivisie season?

Coen Dillen holds the record with 43 goals for PSV in the inaugural 1956-57 season. No player has come close since, and the mark has stood for nearly 70 years.

Who was the 2025-26 Eredivisie top scorer?

Ayase Ueda of Feyenoord finished as the 2025-26 Eredivisie top scorer with 25 goals, winning the Willy van der Kuijlen Trophy by a clear margin under manager Robin van Persie.

What is the Willy van der Kuijlen Trophy?

It is the award given to the Eredivisie's leading scorer each season, introduced under that name in 2020-21. It honours Willy van der Kuijlen, the competition's all-time top scorer with 311 goals for PSV.

Which players have won the Eredivisie top scorer award most often?

Ruud Geels topped the charts five times (four with Ajax, once with Sparta). Marco van Basten won four straight with Ajax, and Willy van der Kuijlen and Johan Cruyff also feature multiple times.