Europe's 2019/20 top scorer: Lewandowski the top man
Wednesday, September 2, 2020
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Robert Lewandowski ended the campaign with 15 for European champions Bayern.
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Robert Lewandowski did not finish as the top marksman in Europe's big five domestic leagues this season, but was top scorer in UEFA's club competitions with 15 goals, as well as a treble winner.
The Polish striker did not score in Bayern's 1-0 UEFA Champions League final win against Paris, but still finished top of the European rankings, becoming the first player to deny Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi top spot since 2006/07 (the only slight exception being 2014/15, when they shared the podium with Neymar after all three finished with ten goals).
This season, Ronaldo scored four before his Juventus side were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League round of 16, while Messi hit three prior to Barcelona's quarter-final loss against Lewandowski's Bayern.
Lazio's Ciro Immobile was top scorer in Europe's most competitive domestic leagues with 36 in Serie A.
Top scorers in 2019/20 UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League (group stage to final)
15 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, UEFA Champions League)
10 Erling Braut Haaland (Salzburg/Borussia Dortmund, UEFA Champions League)
9 Serge Gnabry (Bayern München, UEFA Champions League)
9 Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League)
8 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP/Manchester United, UEFA Europa League)
7 Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League)
6 Memphis Depay (Lyon, UEFA Champions League)
6 Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City, UEFA Champions League)
6 Diogo Jota (Wolves, UEFA Europa League)
6 Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt, UEFA Europa League)
6 Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur, UEFA Champions League)
6 Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk, UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League)
6 Dries Mertens (Napoli, UEFA Champions League)
6 Alfredo Morelos (Rangers, UEFA Europa League)
6 Andraž Šporar (Slovan Bratislava/Sporting CP, UEFA Europa League)
6 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, UEFA Champions League)
6 Edin Višća (İstanbul Başakşehir, UEFA Europa League)
2018/19: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, UEFA Champions League) – 12
2017/18: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League) – 15
2016/17: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League) – 12
2015/16: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League) – 16
2014/15: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, UEFA Champions League), Neymar (Barcelona, UEFA Champions League), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, UEFA Champions League) – 10
Top scorers in Europe's 2019/20 top five domestic leagues
36 Ciro Immobile (Lazio, ITA)
34 Robert Lewandowski (Bayern München, GER)
31 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, ITA)
28 Timo Werner (Leipzig, GER)
25 Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP)
23 Jamie Vardy (Leicester City, ENG)
23 Romelu Lukaku (Inter, ITA)
22 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal, ENG)
22 Danny Ings (Southampton, ENG)
21 Karim Benzema (Real Madrid, ESP)
21 Francesco Caputo (Sassuolo, ITA)
20 Raheem Sterling (Manchester City, ENG)
19 Mohamed Salah (Liverpool, ENG)
18 Wissam Ben Yedder (Monaco, FRA)
18 Harry Kane (Tottenham, ENG)
18 Sadio Mané (Liverpool, ENG)
18 Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain, FRA)
18 Gerard Moreno (Villarreal, ESP)
18 Luis Muriel (Atalanta, ITA)
18 João Pedro (Cagliari, ITA)
18 Duván Zapata (Atalanta, ITA)
17 Raúl Jiménez (Wolves, ENG)
17 Anthony Martial (Manchester United, ENG)
17 Marcus Rashford (Manchester United, ENG)
17 Jadon Sancho (Borussia Dortmund, GER)
2018/19: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 36
2017/18: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 34
2016/17: Lionel Messi (Barcelona, ESP) – 37
2015/16: Luis Suárez (Barcelona, ESP) – 40
2014/15: Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, ESP) – 48