La Liga Golden Boot Winners (1928 – 2022)

Spain’s top soccer league is revered by many because of the high level of talent that has graced the competition in years gone by.

Players within this division have gained a reputation for being hard tacklers, and teams are known for adopting a physically intense style of play that is not so pleasing on the eye.

This sort of tells you that the conditions for scoring a healthy amount of goals within this league are not so optimal.

But the aforementioned “obstacles” haven’t stood in the way of a number of different players throughout the last few decades.

And that’s because La Liga has been a league where certain individuals have racked up goal tallies that some of the all-time soccer greats would be jealous of!

Today’s article will look at the La Liga’s very own Golden Boot winners all the way from the 1928 campaign up to 2021.

So, get to see which players hit the back of the net the most times over the course of a season during this period:

Who has the most Golden Boot (Pichichi) awards in La Liga?

You’ll notice right away that there’s an unfamiliar word called “Pichichi” noted between a pair of parentheses in the question above.

That’s because the word has been taken to represent the best performing goal scorer within La Liga ever since the 1952-1953 season.

Rodrigo “Pichichi” Moreno played for Athletic Bilbao and his nickname was adopted by the Spanish newspaper – Marca – to stand for the competition’s top net buster.

Anywho…

The player with the most Golden Boot awards in La Liga is none other than Lionel Messi, as the Argentinian maestro has notched up a total of eight in his career.

You’ve probably heard of Messi even if you don’t follow the sport religiously.

His talent is beyond words and you’ll hear his name regularly come up in debates concerning the greatest soccer players of all time.

Following behind the Argentinian legend is a now retired player called Telmo Zarra.

He spent the vast majority of his career at Athletic Bilbao and managed six top goalscorer awards during his playing days in La Liga.

The table below rounds up the rest of the winners:

How many Golden Boots did Ronaldo win in La Liga?

Cristiano Ronaldo is a generational talent without a shadow of a doubt.

The Portuguese star has broken one record after another within soccer.

And perhaps one of his most impressive goal scoring feats is the fact that he’s become the highest professional goal scorer in FIFA history.

He surpassed the Austrian-Czech legend Josef Bican’s tally of 805 goals by netting his 807th one in a dramatic 3-2 victory over Tottenham Hotspur at Old Trafford.

But that’s not the information you’re here for!

Ronaldo has been eclipsed by the goal scoring exploits of his professional rival Lionel Messi throughout his time in La Liga.

So, even though he scored so many goals in the competition, he only managed to be the top Golden Boot winner in three league campaigns.

Who won the 2021 La Liga Golden Boot?

The season is yet to complete so this question can’t be answered definitively.

Update: The season is now complete so this question can definitely be answered! Karim Benzema was the highest scorer with a tally of 27 goals for the 2021/2022 league campaign.

Ultimately, his competitors languished quite a way behind because Celta Vigo’s Iago Aspas – Benzema’s nearest opponent – only ended up with 18 goals to his name.

Final thoughts

Hopefully this short article has been an eye-opener for you.

It has comprehensively covered La Liga’s Golden Boot winners all the way back from 1928, and it’ll be regularly updated as the soccer seasons continue to roll along.

You can also have a look at the English league’s highest goal scorers list if you’ve enjoyed this piece.

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