2024/25 Europa League top scorers: Rasmus Højlund, Samu, Barnabás Varga, Yunus Akgün

Rasmus Højlund, Samu and Yunus Akgün scored on Matchday 6 to join Barnabás Varga at the top of the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League goalscorer rankings.

Top scorers in the 2024/25 Europa League

Hungarian international Varga moved top of the table after striking twice in a 4-1 win against Swedish side Malmö on Matchday 5, but could not add to his tally on Matchday 6.

Manchester United's Rasmus Højlund scored twice in a 2-1 win at Plzeň to surge up the table, while Porto's Samu and Galatasaray's Yunus Akgün also added to their tallies in their final continental games of 2024.

Seven players are just behind the leading pack on four goals. Ayoub El Kaabi (top scorer in last season's UEFA Europa Conference League with winners Olympiacos) did not score on Matchday 6 but Iñaki Williams doubled his tally in Athletic Club's 2-0 win at Fenerbahçe, and there were also goals for Malmö's Erik Botheim, Lyon's Malick Fofana, Rangers' Hamza Igamane, Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush and Lazio's Pedro Rodríguez.

With four goals and three assists, 37-year-old Pedro has had a hand in seven goals, more than any other player this season. Four more players have had six goal involvements: Galatasaray's Dries Mertens (one goal, five assists), Lyon's Rayan Cherki (two goals, four assists), Marmoush (four goals, two assists) and Højlund (five goals, one assist).

Most assists in the 2024/25 Europa League

5 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)

4 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)

3 Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
3 Kiril Despodov (PAOK)
3 Kady (Ferencváros)
3 Weslley Patati (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
3 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
3 Lukáš Provod (Slavia Praha)
3 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)

Most goals and assists combined in the 2024/25 Europa League

7 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)

6 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
6 Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United)
6 Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt)
6 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)

5 Vaclav Černý (Rangers)
5 Kiril Despodov (PAOK)
5 Malick Fofana (Lyon)
5 Hamza Igamane (Rangers)
5 Samu (Porto)
5 Kenneth Taylor (Ajax)
5 Barnabás Varga (Ferencváros)
5 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:

• UEFA Europa League all-time top scorers
• Europa League group stage/league phase records
• Europa League knockout records