Belgian Pro League top scorers

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	23 ^[1]
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^[2]	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 ^[3]
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 ^[4]
2017–18	Hamdi Harbaoui (2)	Tunisia	Anderlecht & Zulte Waregem	22 ^[5]
2018–19	Hamdi Harbaoui (3)	Tunisia	Zulte Waregem	25
2019–20	Dieumerci Mbokani	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Antwerp	18 ^[6]
2020–21	Paul Onuachu	Nigeria	Genk	33
2021–22	Deniz Undav	Germany	Union SG	26
2022–23	Hugo Cuypers	Belgium	Gent	24

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.^[1]
• 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.^[2] 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

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

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