2024/25 Europa League top scorer: Samu leads the way
Thursday, October 24, 2024
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Porto forward Samu is top scorer in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League after taking his tally to four goals on Matchday 3.
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Porto striker Samu has moved clear at the top of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League goalscorers rankings, registering a fourth goal on Matchday 3.
Top scorers in the 2024/25 Europa League
Samu grabbed his first goal just eight minutes into Porto's opening game against Bodø/Glimt, a 3-2 defeat, and the 20-year-old was back on the scoresheet with a double in the 3-3 draw with Manchester United on Matchday 2. He made it to four with a finish in a 2-0 win against Hoffenheim.
Yunus Akgün has registered in all three of unbeaten Galatasaray's games, while Ayoub El Kaabi (top scorer in last season's UEFA Europa Conference League with winners Olympiacos) has also moved on to three.
Apart from Samu, only one player has had a hand in four goals in this season's league phase, Pedro Rodríguez delivering two goals and two assists for current league leaders Lazio.
2024/25 Europa League top scorers
4 Samu (Porto)
3 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
3 Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray)
There are 23 players who have scored two goals.
Most assists in the 2024/25 Europa League
2 Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzeň)
2 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
2 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio)
2 Cyriel Dessers (Rangers)
2 Simon Hedlund (Elfsborg)
2 Jānis Ikaunieks (RFS)
2 Gelson Martins (Olympiacos)
2 Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad)
2 Rodinei (Olympiacos)
2 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
2 Aral Simsir (Midtjylland)
2 Matías Vecino (Lazio)
2 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
Most goals and assists combined in the 2024/25 Europa League
4 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
4 Samu (Porto)
3 Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzeň)
3 Bruma (Braga)
3 Václav Černý (Rangers)
3 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
3 Fisayo Dele-Bashiru (Lazio)
3 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
3 Christian Eriksen (Man United)
3 Malick Fofana (Lyon)
3 Mika Godts (Ajax)
3 Jens Petter Hauge (Bodø/Glimt)
3 Simon Hedlund (Elfsborg)
3 Mauro Icardi (Galatasaray)
3 Jānis Ikaunieks (RFS)
3 Darius Olaru (FCSB)
3 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
3 Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray)
How many Europa League hat-tricks have there been in 2024/25?
None
Europa League top scorers by season (group stage to final)
Radamel Falcao holds the record for most goals in a Europa League campaign, netting a remarkable 17 across 14 appearances for Porto in 2010/11. The Colombian was the lead marksman again the following season, this time in Atlético de Madrid colours. Just one other player has twice finished top scorer: Aritz Aduriz of Athletic Club in 2015/16 and 2017/18.
2023/24 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Marseille) – 10
2022/23 Victor Boniface (Union SG), Marcus Rashford (Man United) – 6
2021/22 James Tavernier (Rangers) – 7
2020/21 Gerard Moreno (Villarreal), Pizzi (Benfica), Borja Mayoral (Roma), Yusuf Yazıcı (LOSC Lille) – 7
2019/20 Bruno Fernandes (Sporting CP/Man United) – 8
2018/19 Olivier Giroud (Chelsea) – 11
2017/18 Ciro Immobile (Lazio), Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) – 8
2016/17 Edin Džeko (Roma), Giuliano (Zenit) – 8
2015/16 Aritz Aduriz (Athletic Club) – 10
2014/15 Alan (Salzburg), Romelu Lukaku (Everton) – 8
2013/14 Jonathan Soriano (Salzburg) – 8
2012/13 Libor Kozák (Lazio) – 8
2011/12 Radamel Falcao (Atlético de Madrid) – 12
2010/11 Radamel Falcao (Porto) – 17
2009/10 Óscar Cardozo (Benfica), Claudio Pizarro (Werder Bremen) – 9
For more information on UEFA Europa League records, see our comprehensive guides: