Primeira Liga Top Scorers — Every Season (1934–35 to 2025–26)

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Portugal's top flight has crowned a leading marksman every season since 1934–35, an honour recognised today by the Bola de Prata ("Silver Ball"), awarded by the newspaper A Bola. This table gathers the whole run of winners in one place, from Sporting's Manuel Soeiro in the inaugural campaign to the present day.

The list is dominated by the "Big Three" — Benfica, Porto and Sporting CP — whose forwards have claimed the vast majority of titles. Legends leap off the page: Fernando Peyroteo's post-war avalanches for Sporting, Eusébio's seven awards for Benfica, Fernando Gomes' six for Porto, and Mário Jardel's five, including a staggering 42-goal haul in 2001–02.

The modern era has produced its own record-chasers. Viktor Gyökeres poured in 29 and then 39 league goals in back-to-back Sporting seasons before his move to the Premier League, the highest single-season tally since Jardel. Yet Héctor Yazalde's 46 goals for Sporting in 1973–74 remains the competition's all-time single-season benchmark.

Season	Player	Club	Goals
1934–35	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	14
1935–36	Pinga	Porto	21
1936–37	Manuel Soeiro	Sporting CP	24
1937–38	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	34
1938–39	Costuras	Porto	18
1939–40	Fernando Peyroteo / Slavko Kodrnja	Sporting CP / Porto	29
1940–41	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	29
1941–42	Correia Dias	Porto	36
1942–43	Julinho	Benfica	24
1943–44	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	28
1944–45	Francisco Rodrigues	Vitória de Setúbal	21
1945–46	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	39
1946–47	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	33
1947–48	António Araújo	Porto	36
1948–49	Fernando Peyroteo	Sporting CP	30
1949–50	Julinho	Benfica	28
1950–51	Manuel Vasques	Sporting CP	29
1951–52	José Águas	Benfica	28
1952–53	Matateu	Belenenses	29
1953–54	João Martins	Sporting CP	31

1954–55	Matateu	Belenenses	32
1955–56	José Águas	Benfica	28
1956–57	José Águas	Benfica	30
1957–58	Arsénio Duarte	CUF	23
1958–59	José Águas	Benfica	26
1959–60	Edmur Ribeiro	Vitória de Guimarães	25
1960–61	José Águas	Benfica	27
1961–62	Azumir Veríssimo	Porto	23
1962–63	José Augusto Torres	Benfica	26
1963–64	Eusébio	Benfica	28
1964–65	Eusébio	Benfica	28
1965–66	Eusébio / Ernesto Figueiredo	Benfica / Sporting CP	25
1966–67	Eusébio	Benfica	31
1967–68	Eusébio	Benfica	42
1968–69	Manuel António	Académica de Coimbra	19
1969–70	Eusébio	Benfica	20
1970–71	Artur Jorge	Benfica	23
1971–72	Artur Jorge	Benfica	27
1972–73	Eusébio	Benfica	40
1973–74	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	46

1974–75	Héctor Yazalde	Sporting CP	30
1975–76	Rui Jordão	Benfica	30
1976–77	Fernando Gomes	Porto	26
1977–78	Fernando Gomes	Porto	25
1978–79	Fernando Gomes	Porto	27
1979–80	Rui Jordão	Sporting CP	31
1980–81	Nené	Benfica	20
1981–82	Jacques Pereira	Porto	27
1982–83	Fernando Gomes	Porto	36
1983–84	Fernando Gomes / Nené	Porto / Benfica	21
1984–85	Fernando Gomes	Porto	39
1985–86	Manuel Fernandes	Sporting CP	30
1986–87	Paulinho Cascavel	Vitória de Guimarães	22
1987–88	Paulinho Cascavel	Sporting CP	23
1988–89	Vata	Benfica	16
1989–90	Mats Magnusson	Benfica	33
1990–91	Rui Águas	Benfica	25
1991–92	Ricky	Boavista	30
1992–93	Jorge Cadete	Sporting CP	18
1993–94	Rashidi Yekini	Vitória de Setúbal	21

1994–95	Hassan Nader	Farense	21
1995–96	Domingos	Porto	25
1996–97	Mário Jardel	Porto	30
1997–98	Mário Jardel	Porto	26
1998–99	Mário Jardel	Porto	36
1999–2000	Mário Jardel	Porto	37
2000–01	Pena	Porto	22
2001–02	Mário Jardel	Sporting CP	42
2002–03	Fary Faye / Simão Sabrosa	Beira-Mar / Benfica	18
2003–04	Benni McCarthy	Porto	20
2004–05	Liédson	Sporting CP	25
2005–06	Albert Meyong	Belenenses	17
2006–07	Liédson	Sporting CP	15
2007–08	Lisandro López	Porto	24
2008–09	Nenê	Nacional	20
2009–10	Óscar Cardozo	Benfica	26
2010–11	Hulk	Porto	23
2011–12	Óscar Cardozo / Lima	Benfica / Braga	20
2012–13	Jackson Martínez	Porto	26
2013–14	Jackson Martínez	Porto	20

2014–15	Jackson Martínez	Porto	21
2015–16	Jonas	Benfica	32
2016–17	Bas Dost	Sporting CP	34
2017–18	Jonas	Benfica	34
2018–19	Haris Seferović	Benfica	23
2019–20	Carlos Vinícius / Mehdi Taremi / Pizzi	Benfica / Rio Ave / Benfica	18
2020–21	Pedro Gonçalves	Sporting CP	23
2021–22	Darwin Núñez	Benfica	26
2022–23	Mehdi Taremi	Porto	22
2023–24	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting CP	29
2024–25	Viktor Gyökeres	Sporting CP	39
2025–26	Luis Suárez	Sporting CP	28

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Primeira Liga Top Scorers — Every Season (1934–35 to 2025–26) — FAQ

Who is the all-time top scorer in a single Primeira Liga season?

Héctor Yazalde holds the record with 46 goals for Sporting CP in 1973–74. It earned him the European Golden Boot and remains the highest single-season tally in Portuguese top-flight history, ahead of Eusébio's 42 (1967–68) and Mário Jardel's 42 (2001–02).

Who has won the Bola de Prata the most times?

Eusébio leads with seven Primeira Liga top-scorer awards for Benfica between 1964 and 1973. Fernando Peyroteo (Sporting) and Fernando Gomes (Porto) each won it six times, with Gomes also collecting two European Golden Boots.

Who was the Primeira Liga top scorer in 2025–26?

Luis Suárez of Sporting CP won the Bola de Prata for 2025–26 with 28 league goals, taking over as Sporting's leading marksman after Viktor Gyökeres departed for the Premier League.

How many goals did Viktor Gyökeres score in the Primeira Liga?

Gyökeres won back-to-back Bola de Prata awards for Sporting CP, scoring 29 league goals in 2023–24 and 39 in 2024–25. His 39-goal season was the most in the Portuguese top flight since Mário Jardel's 42 in 2001–02.