Süper Lig Top Scorers (Gol Kralı) — Every Season, 1959 to 2025-26

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Turkey crowns a Gol Kralı — literally 'goal king' — at the end of every Süper Lig season, and the honour roll reads like a history of Turkish football itself. It opens with Metin Oktay, the Galatasaray idol who topped the charts six times and still holds a share of the early scoring records, and runs all the way to the imported goal machines of the modern era.

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1. Which former Fenerbahçe striker, who later also managed the club, scored 140 Süper Lig goals in a Fenerbahçe shirt?

   AAlex de SouzaBAykut KocamanCSemih ŞentürkDZeki Rıza Sporel

   Aykut Kocaman scored 140 Süper Lig goals for Fenerbahçe and later managed the club.

2. Which former Fenerbahçe striker managed the club to the 2010-11 Süper Lig title?

   AErsun YanalBZicoCChristoph DaumDAykut Kocaman

   Club legend Aykut Kocaman coached Fenerbahçe to the dramatic 2010-11 championship; Yanal won the 2013-14 title later.

3. Which Turkish striker won the 1987-88 European Golden Boot after scoring 39 league goals for Galatasaray?

   AFeyyaz UçarBAykut KocamanCHakan ŞükürDTanju Çolak

   Tanju Çolak's 39-goal season in 1987-88 made him the first Turkish winner of the European Golden Boot.

4. Which striker left Trabzonspor for Ajax in 1997 after four prolific seasons on the Black Sea coast?

   AShota ArveladzeBFatih TekkeCOrhan ÇıkırıkçıDHami Mandıralı

   Georgian forward Shota Arveladze starred for Trabzonspor from 1993 to 1997 before moving to Ajax.

5. Who came off the bench to score Fenerbahçe's late winner in the 3-2 home victory over Sevilla in the 2008 Champions League round-of-16 first leg?

   ASemih ŞentürkBDeividCAlex de SouzaDMateja Kežman

   Substitute Semih Şentürk struck an 87th-minute winner against Sevilla.

The list below covers every campaign from the league's 1959 debut through 2025-26. A handful of seasons ended in a tie, with two players sharing the crown on equal goals — those are shown together on a single row. Tanju Çolak's 39 goals in 1987-88 remains the single-season benchmark, a mark that even prolific recent kings like Mauro Icardi and Victor Osimhen have not threatened.

Lately the award has followed the money and firepower of Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe, but the 2025-26 season bucked the trend: Trabzonspor's Paul Onuachu and Başakşehir's Eldor Shomurodov tied on 22 goals apiece. Think you can name the Gol Kralı from your era? Test yourself with a Turkish football quiz on Ball IQ.

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