Ball IQSüper 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.
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.
| Season | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 11 |
| 1959-60 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 33 |
| 1960-61 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 36 |
| 1961-62 | Fikri Elma | Ankara Demirspor | 21 |
| 1962-63 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 38 |
| 1963-64 | Güven Önüt | Beşiktaş | 19 |
| 1964-65 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 17 |
| 1965-66 | Ertan Adatepe | Ankaragücü | 20 |
| 1966-67 | Ertan Adatepe | Ankaragücü | 18 |
| 1967-68 | Fevzi Zemzem | Göztepe | 19 |
| 1968-69 | Metin Oktay | Galatasaray | 17 |
| 1969-70 | Fethi Heper | Eskişehirspor | 13 |
| 1970-71 | Ogün Altıparmak | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 1971-72 | Fethi Heper | Eskişehirspor | 20 |
| 1972-73 | Osman Arpacıoğlu | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 1973-74 | Cemil Turan | Fenerbahçe | 14 |
| 1974-75 | Ömer Kaner | Eskişehirspor | 14 |
| 1975-76 | Cemil Turan / Ali Osman Renklibay | Fenerbahçe / Ankaragücü | 17 |
| 1976-77 | Necmi Perekli | Trabzonspor | 18 |
| 1977-78 | Cemil Turan | Fenerbahçe | 17 |
| 1978-79 | Özer Umdu | Adanaspor | 15 |
| 1979-80 | Mustafa Denizli / Bahtiyar Yorulmaz | Altay / Bursaspor | 12 |
| 1980-81 | Bora Öztürk | Adanaspor | 15 |
| 1981-82 | Selçuk Yula | Fenerbahçe | 16 |
| 1982-83 | Selçuk Yula | Fenerbahçe | 19 |
| 1983-84 | Tarik Hodžić | Galatasaray | 16 |
| 1984-85 | Aykut Yiğit | Sakaryaspor | 20 |
| 1985-86 | Tanju Çolak | Samsunspor | 33 |
| 1986-87 | Tanju Çolak | Samsunspor | 25 |
| 1987-88 | Tanju Çolak | Galatasaray | 39 |
| 1988-89 | Aykut Kocaman | Fenerbahçe | 29 |
| 1989-90 | Feyyaz Uçar | Beşiktaş | 28 |
| 1990-91 | Tanju Çolak | Galatasaray | 31 |
| 1991-92 | Aykut Kocaman | Fenerbahçe | 25 |
| 1992-93 | Tanju Çolak | Fenerbahçe | 27 |
| 1993-94 | Bülent Uygun | Fenerbahçe | 22 |
| 1994-95 | Aykut Kocaman | Fenerbahçe | 27 |
| 1995-96 | Shota Arveladze | Trabzonspor | 25 |
| 1996-97 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 38 |
| 1997-98 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 33 |
| 1998-99 | Hakan Şükür | Galatasaray | 19 |
| 1999-2000 | Serkan Aykut | Samsunspor | 30 |
| 2000-01 | Okan Yılmaz | Bursaspor | 23 |
| 2001-02 | Arif Erdem / İlhan Mansız | Galatasaray / Beşiktaş | 21 |
| 2002-03 | Okan Yılmaz | Bursaspor | 24 |
| 2003-04 | Zafer Biryol | Konyaspor | 25 |
| 2004-05 | Fatih Tekke | Trabzonspor | 31 |
| 2005-06 | Gökhan Ünal | Kayserispor | 25 |
| 2006-07 | Alex | Fenerbahçe | 19 |
| 2007-08 | Semih Şentürk | Fenerbahçe | 17 |
| 2008-09 | Milan Baroš | Galatasaray | 20 |
| 2009-10 | Ariza Makukula | Kayserispor | 21 |
| 2010-11 | Alex | Fenerbahçe | 28 |
| 2011-12 | Burak Yılmaz | Trabzonspor | 33 |
| 2012-13 | Burak Yılmaz | Galatasaray | 24 |
| 2013-14 | Aatif Chahechouhe | Sivasspor | 17 |
| 2014-15 | Fernandão | Bursaspor | 22 |
| 2015-16 | Mario Gómez | Beşiktaş | 26 |
| 2016-17 | Vágner Love | Alanyaspor | 23 |
| 2017-18 | Bafétimbi Gomis | Galatasaray | 29 |
| 2018-19 | Mbaye Diagne | Kasımpaşa | 30 |
| 2019-20 | Alexander Sørloth | Trabzonspor | 24 |
| 2020-21 | Aaron Boupendza | Hatayspor | 22 |
| 2021-22 | Umut Bozok | Kasımpaşa | 20 |
| 2022-23 | Enner Valencia | Fenerbahçe | 29 |
| 2023-24 | Mauro Icardi | Galatasaray | 25 |
| 2024-25 | Victor Osimhen | Galatasaray | 26 |
| 2025-26 | Paul Onuachu / Eldor Shomurodov | Trabzonspor / İstanbul Başakşehir | 22 |
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