Belgian Pro League top scorers

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The following is the list of Belgian Pro League top scorers by season, since the inception of the Belgian First Division A in 1895 until the present day.

Arthur Ceuleers and Jules Van Craen hold the record for most goals in a single season at 41. Erwin Vandenbergh holds the record for most awards won, with six wins. The most recent top scorer of the Belgian First Division A is Hamdi Harbaoui.

Criteria

In recent years, the criteria to determine the top scorer in the Belgian First Division A have been extended, making it nearly impossible to have two or more shared winners in a season The criteria are currently as follows, in order:

Number of goals scored
Number of away goals scored
Number of minutes played
Number of assists
Number of goals scored, not taking into account penalty kicks

The ranking is computed after each matchday. Until matchday three, the player who scored the most goals during the previous season will play with the image of a "golden bull" on his back. Thereafter, each matchday the leader in the standings will get the image on his shirt. The final standings are computed upon conclusion of the championship playoffs and the Europa League playoffs. The test matches to determine the final team going to the Europa League are not taken into account.

List of top scorers

Key
Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
†	Indicates multiple award winners in the same season
‡	Indicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season
§	Denotes the club were Belgian Pro League champions in the same season

Belgian Pro League top scorers
Season	Player	Nationality	Club	Goals
1895–96	Samuel Hickson	England	FC Liégeois	?
1896–97	Samuel Hickson (2)	England	FC Liégeois	?
1897–98	Frank König	Switzerland	Racing Club de Bruxelles	?
1898–99	Frank König (2)	Switzerland	Racing Club de Bruxelles	?
1899–1900	Charles Atkinson	England	Racing Club de Bruxelles	?
1900–01	Herbert Potts	England	Beerschot AC	26
1901–02	Herbert Potts (2)	England	Beerschot AC	16
1902–03	Gustave Vanderstappen	Belgium	Union SG	?
1903–04	Gustave Vanderstappen (2)	Belgium	Union SG	30
1904–05	Robert De Veen	Belgium	FC Brugeois	?
1905–06	Robert De Veen (2)	Belgium	FC Brugeois	26
1906–07	Maurice Vertongen	Belgium	Racing Club de Bruxelles	29
1907–08	Maurice Vertongen (2)	Belgium	Racing Club de Bruxelles	23
1908–09	Vahram Kevorkian	Russian Empire	Racing Club de Bruxelles	30
1909–10	Maurice Vertongen (3)	Belgium	Union SG	36
1910–11	Alphonse Six	Belgium	CS Brugeois	40
1911–12	Maurice Bunyan	England	Racing Club de Bruxelles	35
1912–13	Sylva Brébart	Belgium	Daring Club de Bruxelles	31
1913–14	Maurice Bunyan (2)	England	Racing Club de Bruxelles	28
No official championship played from 1914 to 1919 due to World War I
1919–20	Honoré Vlamynck	Belgium	Daring Club de Bruxelles	26
1920–21	Ivan Thys	Belgium	Beerschot AC	23
1921–22	Ivan Thys (2)	Belgium	Beerschot AC	21
1922–23	Achille Meyskens	Belgium	Union SG	24
1923–24	Charles Jooris	Belgium	Racing Club de Bruxelles	18
1924–25	Joseph Taeymans	Belgium	Berchem Sport	20
1925–26	Laurent Grimmonprez	Belgium	RC Gent	28
1926–27	Lucien Fabry	Belgium	Standard CL	28
1927–28	Raymond Braine	Belgium	Beerschot AC	35
1928–29	Raymond Braine (2)	Belgium	Beerschot AC	30
1929–30	Pierre De Vidts	Belgium	Daring Club de Bruxelles	26
1930–31	Jacques Secretin	Belgium	RCFC Montegnée	21
1930–31	Joseph Van Beeck	Belgium	Antwerp FC	21
1931–32	Bernard Delmez	Belgium	Liersche SK	26
1932–33	Willy Ulens	Belgium	Antwerp FC	26
1933–34	Vital Van Landeghem	Belgium	Union SG	29
1934–35	Marius Mondelé	Belgium	Daring Club de Bruxelles	28
1935–36	Flor Lambrechts	Belgium	Antwerp FC	37
1936–37	Jean Collet	Belgium	White Star WAC	22
1937–38	Marius Mondelé (2)	Belgium	Daring Club de Bruxelles	32
1938–39	Jozef Wagner	Belgium	Antwerp FC	31
Championship stopped in 1939-40 due to World War II, while in 1940-41 only an unofficial competition was played
1941–42	Bert De Cleyn	Belgium	Antwerp FC	34
1942–43	Arthur Ceuleers	Belgium	Beerschot AC	41
1942–43	Jules Van Craen	Belgium	Liersche SK	41
1943–44	Jan Goossens	Belgium	OC Charleroi	34
1944-45 championship not played due to World War II, while the 1945-46 season was stopped for the same reason
1946–47	Jef Mermans	Belgium	Anderlecht	39
1947–48	Jef Mermans (2)	Belgium	Anderlecht	23
1948–49	René Thirifays	Belgium	Charleroi	26
1949–50	Jef Mermans (3)	Belgium	Anderlecht	37
1950–51	Albert Dehert	Belgium	Berchem Sport	27
1951–52	Jozef Mannaerts	Belgium	KRC Mechelen	25
1952–53	Rik Coppens	Belgium	Beerschot AC	35
1953–54	Hippolyte Van Den Bosch	Belgium	Anderlecht	29
1954–55	Rik Coppens (2)	Belgium	Beerschot	35
1955–56	Jean Mathonet	Belgium	Standard	26
1956–57	Maurice Willems	Belgium	Gent	35
1957–58	Jef Vliers	Belgium	Beerschot	25
1958–59	Victor Wegria	Belgium	RFC Liégeois	26
1959–60	Victor Wegria (2)	Belgium	Liégeois	21
1960–61	Victor Wegria (3)	Belgium	Liégeois	23
1961–62	Jacky Stockman	Belgium	Anderlecht	29
1962–63	Victor Wegria (4)	Belgium	Liégeois	29
1963–64	Paul Van Himst	Belgium	Anderlecht	26
1964–65	Jean-Paul Colonval	Belgium	Tilleur	25
1965–66	Paul Van Himst (2)	Belgium	Anderlecht	25
1966–67	Jan Mulder	Netherlands	Anderlecht	20
1967–68	Roger Claessen	Belgium	Standard Liège	20
1967–68	Paul Van Himst (3)	Belgium	Anderlecht	20
1968–69	Antal Nagy	Hungary	Standard Liège	20
1969–70	Lothar Emmerich	Germany	Beerschot	29
1970–71	Erwin Kostedde	Germany	Standard Liège	26
1971–72	Raoul Lambert	Belgium	Club Brugge	17
1972–73	Robbie Rensenbrink	Netherlands	Anderlecht	16
1972–73	Alfred Riedl	Austria	Sint-Truiden	16
1973–74	Attila Ladynski	Hungary	Anderlecht	22
1974–75	Alfred Riedl (2)	Austria	Antwerp	28
1975–76	Hans Posthumus	Netherlands	Lierse	26
1976–77	François Van Der Elst	Belgium	Anderlecht	21
1977–78	Harald Nickel	Germany	Standard Liège	22
1978–79	Erwin Albert	Germany	Beveren	28
1979–80	Erwin Vandenbergh	Belgium	Lierse	39
1980–81	Erwin Vandenbergh (2)	Belgium	Lierse	24
1981–82	Erwin Vandenbergh (3)	Belgium	Lierse	25
1982–83	Erwin Vandenbergh (4)	Belgium	Anderlecht	20
1983–84	Nico Claesen	Belgium	Seraing	27
1984–85	Ronny Martens	Belgium	Gent	23
1985–86	Erwin Vandenbergh (5)	Belgium	Anderlecht	27
1986–87	Arnór Guðjohnsen	Iceland	Anderlecht	19
1987–88	Francis Severeyns	Belgium	Antwerp	24
1988–89	Eddie Krncevic	Australia	Anderlecht	23
1989–90	Frank Farina	Australia	Club Brugge	24
1990–91	Erwin Vandenbergh (6)	Belgium	Gent	23
1991–92	Josip Weber	Croatia	Cercle Brugge	26
1992–93	Josip Weber (2)	Croatia	Cercle Brugge	31
1993–94	Josip Weber (3)	Belgium	Cercle Brugge	31
1994–95	Aurelio Vidmar	Australia	Standard Liège	22
1995–96	Mario Stanić	Croatia	Club Brugge	20
1996–97	Robert Špehar	Croatia	Club Brugge	26
1997–98	Branko Strupar	Croatia	Genk	22
1998–99	Jan Koller	Czech Republic	Lokeren	24
1999–2000	Ole Martin Årst	Norway	Gent	30
1999–2000	Toni Brogno	Belgium	Westerlo	30
2000–01	Tomasz Radzinski	Canada	Anderlecht	23
2001–02	Wesley Sonck	Belgium	Genk	30
2002–03	Cédric Roussel	Belgium	Mons	22
2002–03	Wesley Sonck (2)	Belgium	Genk	22
2003–04	Luigi Pieroni	Belgium	Mouscron	28
2004–05	Nenad Jestrović	Serbia and Montenegro	Anderlecht	18
2005–06	Tosin Dosunmu	Nigeria	Germinal Beerschot	18
2006–07	François Sterchele	Belgium	Germinal Beerschot	21
2007–08	Joseph Akpala	Nigeria	Charleroi	18
2008–09	Jaime Alfonso Ruiz	Colombia	Westerlo	18
2009–10	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	Anderlecht	15
2010–11	Ivan Perišić	Croatia	Club Brugge	22
2011–12	Jérémy Perbet	France	Mons	25
2012–13	Carlos Bacca	Colombia	Club Brugge	25
2013–14	Hamdi Harbaoui	Tunisia	Lokeren	22
2014–15	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	Anderlecht	20
2015–16	Jérémy Perbet (2)	France	Charleroi	22
2016–17	Łukasz Teodorczyk	Poland	Anderlecht	22
2017–18	Hamdi Harbaoui (2)	Tunisia	Anderlecht & Zulte Waregem	22
2018–19	Hamdi Harbaoui (3)	Tunisia	Zulte Waregem	25
2019–20	Dieumerci Mbokani	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Antwerp	18
2020–21	Paul Onuachu	Nigeria	Genk	33
2021–22	Deniz Undav	Germany	Union SG	26
2022–23	Hugo Cuypers	Belgium	Gent	24
2023–24	Kévin Denkey	Togo	Cercle Brugge	27

Notes

1 Originally, Rik Coppens was credited with the title of top scorer for the 1951–52 season with 22 goals, until in 2011 a fan noticed that Jozef Mannaerts had actually scored 23 goals that season and the title changed hands.
2 Josip Weber changed nationality during the 1993–94 season.
3 Starting with the 2009–10 season, only 30 games were played in the regular competition to decide upon the title of topscorer. In the first season, the title of top scorer was decided immediately after these 30 games. However, from the season 2010–11 on, the goals scored during the playoffs will count. If this rule had been in place during the 2009–10 season, Dorge Kouemaha would have been top scorer instead of Lukaku.
4 Nigerian striker Henry Onyekuru also scored 22 goals for Eupen, but the top scorer award was given to Teodorczyk as he scored more away goals than Onyekuru.
5 Harbaoui transferred from Anderlecht to Zulte Waregem during the winter transfer window. He scored 3 and 19 goals for respectively Anderlecht and Zulte Waregem over the course of the whole season.
6 The 2019–20 Belgian First Division A was stopped after 29 of 40 matches played due to the COVID-19 pandemic. At that point, both Mbokani and Canadian striker Jonathan David had scored 18 goals but Mbokani won the top scorer award as he scored more away goals than David.

References

"RC Mechelen-forward is the top scorer of the 1951-52 season" (in Dutch). sporza.be. 2011-12-06.
"Top scorer known only after play-offs" (in Dutch). nieuwsblad.be. 2011-03-18. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14.

Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine - List of top scorers

v t e Belgian Pro League top scorers
1895–96: Hickson 1896–97: Hickson 1897–98: König 1898–99: König 1899–1900: Atkinson-Grimshaw 1900–01: Potts 1901–02: Potts 1902–03: Vanderstappen 1903–04: Vanderstappen 1904–05: De Veen 1905–06: De Veen 1906–07: Vertongen 1907–08: Vertongen 1908–09: Kevorkian 1909–10: Vertongen 1910–11: Six 1911–12: Bunyan 1912–13: Brébart 1913–14: Bunyan 1919–20: Vlamynck 1920–21: Thys 1921–22: Thys 1922–23: Meyskens 1923–24: Jooris 1924–25: Taeymans 1925–26: Grimmonprez 1926–27: Fabry 1927–28: Braine 1928–29: Braine 1929–30: De Vidts 1930–31: Secrétin 1931–32: Delmez 1932–33: Ulens 1933–34: Van Landeghem 1934–35: Mondelé 1935–36: Lambrechts 1936–37: Collet 1937–38: Mondelé 1938–39: Wagner 1939–40: Voorhoof (unofficial) 1941–42: De Cleyn 1942–43: Van Craen & Ceuleers 1943–44: Goossens 1945–46: De Cleyn 1946–47: Mermans 1947–48: Mermans 1948–49: Thirifays 1949–50: Mermans 1950–51: Dehert 1951–52: Mannaerts 1952–53: Coppens 1953–54: Van den Bosch 1954–55: Coppens 1955–56: Mathonet 1956–57: Willems 1957–58: Van Gool & Vliers 1958–59: Wégria 1959–60: Wégria 1960–61: Wégria 1961–62: Stockman 1962–63: Wégria 1963–64: Van Himst 1964–65: Colonval 1965–66: Van Himst 1966–67: Mulder 1967–68: Van Himst & Claessen 1968–69: Nagy 1969–70: Emmerich 1970–71: Kostedde 1971–72: Lambert 1972–73: Rensenbrink & Riedl 1973–74: Ladinszky 1974–75: Riedl 1975–76: Posthumus 1976–77: Van Der Elst 1977–78: Nickel 1978–79: Albert 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Vandenbergh 1981–82: Vandenbergh 1982–83: Vandenbergh 1983–84: Claesen 1984–85: Martens 1985–86: Vandenbergh 1986–87: Gudjohnsen 1987–88: Severeyns 1988–89: Krncevic 1989–90: Farina 1990–91: Vandenbergh 1991–92: Weber 1992–93: Weber 1993–94: Weber 1994–95: Vidmar 1995–96: Stanić 1996–97: Špehar 1997–98: Strupar 1998–99: Koller 1999–2000: Årst & Brogno 2000–01: Radzinski 2001–02: Sonck 2002–03: Sonck & Roussel 2003–04: Pieroni 2004–05: Jestrović 2005–06: Dosunmu 2006–07: Sterchele 2007–08: Akpala 2008–09: Ruiz 2009–10: Lukaku 2010–11: Perišić 2011–12: Perbet 2012–13: Bacca 2013–14: Harbaoui 2014–15: Mitrović 2015–16: Perbet 2016–17: Teodorczyk 2017–18: Harbaoui 2018–19: Harbaoui 2019–20: Mbokani 2020–21: Onuachu 2021–22: Undav 2022–23: Cuypers 2023–24: Denkey

Belgian Pro League top scorers

1895–96: Hickson
1896–97: Hickson
1897–98: König
1898–99: König
1899–1900: Atkinson-Grimshaw
1900–01: Potts
1901–02: Potts
1902–03: Vanderstappen
1903–04: Vanderstappen
1904–05: De Veen
1905–06: De Veen
1906–07: Vertongen
1907–08: Vertongen
1908–09: Kevorkian
1909–10: Vertongen
1910–11: Six
1911–12: Bunyan
1912–13: Brébart
1913–14: Bunyan
1919–20: Vlamynck
1920–21: Thys
1921–22: Thys
1922–23: Meyskens
1923–24: Jooris
1924–25: Taeymans
1925–26: Grimmonprez
1926–27: Fabry
1927–28: Braine
1928–29: Braine
1929–30: De Vidts
1930–31: Secrétin
1931–32: Delmez
1932–33: Ulens
1933–34: Van Landeghem
1934–35: Mondelé
1935–36: Lambrechts
1936–37: Collet
1937–38: Mondelé
1938–39: Wagner
1939–40: Voorhoof (unofficial)
1941–42: De Cleyn
1942–43: Van Craen & Ceuleers
1943–44: Goossens
1945–46: De Cleyn
1946–47: Mermans
1947–48: Mermans
1948–49: Thirifays
1949–50: Mermans
1950–51: Dehert
1951–52: Mannaerts
1952–53: Coppens
1953–54: Van den Bosch
1954–55: Coppens
1955–56: Mathonet
1956–57: Willems
1957–58: Van Gool & Vliers
1958–59: Wégria
1959–60: Wégria
1960–61: Wégria
1961–62: Stockman
1962–63: Wégria
1963–64: Van Himst
1964–65: Colonval
1965–66: Van Himst
1966–67: Mulder
1967–68: Van Himst & Claessen
1968–69: Nagy
1969–70: Emmerich
1970–71: Kostedde
1971–72: Lambert
1972–73: Rensenbrink & Riedl
1973–74: Ladinszky
1974–75: Riedl
1975–76: Posthumus
1976–77: Van Der Elst
1977–78: Nickel
1978–79: Albert
1979–80: Vandenbergh
1980–81: Vandenbergh
1981–82: Vandenbergh
1982–83: Vandenbergh
1983–84: Claesen
1984–85: Martens
1985–86: Vandenbergh
1986–87: Gudjohnsen
1987–88: Severeyns
1988–89: Krncevic
1989–90: Farina
1990–91: Vandenbergh
1991–92: Weber
1992–93: Weber
1993–94: Weber
1994–95: Vidmar
1995–96: Stanić
1996–97: Špehar
1997–98: Strupar
1998–99: Koller
1999–2000: Årst & Brogno
2000–01: Radzinski
2001–02: Sonck
2002–03: Sonck & Roussel
2003–04: Pieroni
2004–05: Jestrović
2005–06: Dosunmu
2006–07: Sterchele
2007–08: Akpala
2008–09: Ruiz
2009–10: Lukaku
2010–11: Perišić
2011–12: Perbet
2012–13: Bacca
2013–14: Harbaoui
2014–15: Mitrović
2015–16: Perbet
2016–17: Teodorczyk
2017–18: Harbaoui
2018–19: Harbaoui
2019–20: Mbokani
2020–21: Onuachu
2021–22: Undav
2022–23: Cuypers
2023–24: Denkey

Belgian Pro League

Seasons

1895–96
1896–97
1897–98
1898–99
1899–1900
1900–01
1901–02
1902–03
1903–04
1904–05
1905–06
1906–07
1907–08
1908–09
1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16
2016–17
2017–18
2018–19
2019–20
2020–21
2021–22
2022–23
2023–24
2024–25

Clubs

2024–25 clubs

Former clubs

Active

Defunct

Statistics and awards

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