List of Iraq Stars League top scorers

The following is the list of Iraq Stars League top scorers by season from 1974–75.^[1][2] The latest top scorer is Mohannad Abdul-Raheem of Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, who scored 18 goals in 2022–23.^[3]

Iraq Stars League Top Scorer
Awarded for	The leading goalscorer in a given Iraq Stars League season.
Country	Iraq
Presented by	IFA
First awarded	1974–75
Last awarded	2022–23
Currently held by	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (IRQ)
Most awards	Karim Saddam (IRQ) (4)

Younis Abed Ali holds the record for most goals in a single season at 36, while Zahrawi Jaber scored the fewest goals in a season for a league top scorer at six.^[4] Twelve players were top scorers in more than one season: Thamer Yousif, Ali Hussein Mahmoud, Hussein Saeed, Ahmed Radhi, Rahim Hameed, Karim Saddam, Hashim Ridha, Ahmed Salah, Amjad Radhi, Hammadi Ahmed, Alaa Abdul-Zahra and Mohannad Abdul-Raheem. Rahim Hameed became the first player to become the league's top scorer three times in a row, in 1985–86, 1986–87 and 1987–88.^[5] Karim Saddam is the most successful player by winning the top scorer award four times, in 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1992–93.^[6] Syrian player Mahmoud Al-Mawas became the first non-Iraqi player to win the top scorer award in 2021–22.

Amjad Radhi is the all-time top scorer of the Iraq Stars League with a total of 180 goals.^[7]

Winners

 

Younis Abed Ali holds the record for most goals scored in a single season (36 goals, in 1993–94).

Key

Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point (if more than one)
§	Denotes the club were Stars League champions in the same season

Year	Player	Goals	Club	Nationality	Ref.
1974–75	Thamer Yousif	12	Al-Naqil	Iraq	^[8]
1975–76	Thamer Yousif (2)	13	Al-Zawraa^§	Iraq	^[8]
1976–77	Zahrawi Jaber	6	Al-Shorta	Iraq	^[9]
1977–78	Jalil Hanoon	11	Al-Minaa^§	Iraq	^[10]
1978–79	Falah Hassan	7	Al-Zawraa^§	Iraq	^[11]
1979–80	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	18	Al-Shorta^§	Iraq	^[12]
1980–81	Hussein Saeed	11	Al-Talaba^§	Iraq	^[13]
1981–82	Thamer Yousif (3)	14	Al-Zawraa	Iraq	^[8]
1982–83	Hussein Saeed (2)	17	Al-Talaba	Iraq	^[13]
1983–84	Ali Hussein Mahmoud (2)	13	Al-Jaish^§	Iraq	^[12]
1984–85	Cancelled due to FIFA World Cup qualification
1985–86	Ahmed Radhi	9	Al-Rasheed	Iraq	^[5]
	Hussein Saeed (3)		Al-Talaba^§	Iraq
	Rahim Hameed		Al-Jaish	Iraq
1986–87	Rahim Hameed (2)	14	Al-Jaish	Iraq	^[5]
1987–88	Rahim Hameed (3)	15	Al-Jaish	Iraq	^[5]
1988–89	Karim Saddam	22	Al-Zawraa	Iraq	^[14]
1989–90	Majeed Abdul-Ridha	13	Al-Shabab	Iraq	^[15]
	Karim Saddam (2)		Al-Zawraa	Iraq
1990–91	Karim Saddam (3)	20	Al-Zawraa^§	Iraq	^[14]
1991–92	Ahmed Radhi (2)	34	Al-Zawraa	Iraq	^[16]
1992–93	Karim Saddam (4)	33	Al-Zawraa	Iraq	^[14]
1993–94	Younis Abed Ali	36	Al-Shorta	Iraq	^[17]
1994–95	Muayad Judi	30	Al-Karkh	Iraq	^[18]
1995–96	Hussam Fawzi	11	Al-Zawraa^§	Iraq	^[19]
	Ali Hassan		Al-Karkh	Iraq
1996–97	Ali Hashim	19	Al-Najaf	Iraq	^[20]
1997–98	Mahmoud Majeed	22	Al-Shorta^§	Iraq	^[21]
1998–99	Ahmed Khudhair	19	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Iraq	^[22]
	Hashim Ridha		Al-Shorta	Iraq
1999–2000	Haidar Ayed	28	Al-Nasiriya	Iraq	^[23]
2000–01	Hussein Abdullah	21	Duhok	Iraq	^[24]
2001–02	Hashim Ridha (2)	32	Al-Shorta	Iraq	^[25]
2002–03	Cancelled due to the Iraq War
2003–04	Cancelled due to scheduling and security issues
2004–05	Mustafa Karim	16	Al-Kahrabaa	Iraq	^[26]
2005–06	Sahib Abbas	17	Karbala	Iraq	^[27]
2006–07	Ahmed Salah	11	Erbil^§	Iraq	^[28]
2007–08	Asaad Abdul-Nabi	14	Al-Kahrabaa	Iraq	^[29]
2008–09	Ahmed Salah (2)	15	Erbil^§	Iraq	^[30]
2009–10	Amjad Radhi	31	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Iraq	^[31]
2010–11	Luay Salah	17	Erbil	Iraq	^[32]
2011–12	Hammadi Ahmed	27	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Iraq	^[33]
2012–13	Amjad Radhi (2)	25	Erbil	Iraq	^[34]
2013–14	Ali Salah	14	Al-Talaba	Iraq	^[35]
2014–15	Marwan Hussein	15	Al-Shorta	Iraq	^[36]
2015–16	Hammadi Ahmed (2)	12	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Iraq	^[37]
	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem		Al-Zawraa^§	Iraq
2016–17	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	23	Al-Zawraa	Iraq	^[38]
2017–18	Wissam Saadoun	24	Naft Maysan	Iraq	^[39]
2018–19	Alaa Abdul-Zahra (2)	28	Al-Shorta^§	Iraq	^[40]
2019–20	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Aymen Hussein	22	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya^§	Iraq	^[41]
2021–22	Mahmoud Al-Mawas	22	Al-Shorta^§	Syria	^[42]
2022–23	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem (2)	18	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	Iraq	^[3]

Awards won by player

Awards	Player	Seasons
4	Karim Saddam	1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93
3	Thamer Yousif	1974–75, 1975–76, 1981–82
	Hussein Saeed	1980–81, 1982–83, 1985–86
	Rahim Hameed	1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88
2	Ali Hussein Mahmoud	1979–80, 1983–84
	Ahmed Radhi	1985–86, 1991–92
	Hashim Ridha	1998–99, 2001–02
	Ahmed Salah	2006–07, 2008–09
	Amjad Radhi	2009–10, 2012–13
	Hammadi Ahmed	2011–12, 2015–16
	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	2016–17, 2018–19
	Mohannad Abdul-Raheem	2015–16, 2022–23

Awards won by nationality

Country	Players	Total
Iraq	34	51
Syria	1	1

Awards won by club

Club	Total	Players
Al-Zawraa	11	7
Al-Shorta	9	8
Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya	6	5
Al-Jaish	4	2
Al-Talaba	4	2
Erbil	4	3
Al-Kahrabaa	2	2
Al-Karkh	2	2
Al-Minaa	1	1
Al-Najaf	1	1
Al-Naqil	1	1
Al-Nasiriya	1	1
Al-Rasheed	1	1
Al-Shabab	1	1
Duhok	1	1
Karbala	1	1
Naft Maysan	1	1

All-time scorers

As of 1 April 2024.^[43]

Rank	Player	Goals	First app	Last app	Club(s) (goals)
1	Amjad Radhi	180	2007	present	Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (98), Erbil (74), Al-Najaf (8)
2	Sahib Abbas	177	1988	2012	Salahaddin (42), Al-Zawraa (62), Al-Talaba (18), Karbala (50), Al-Sinaa (5)
3	Karim Saddam	171	1979	1996	Al-Sinaa (23), Al-Jaish (11), Al-Rasheed (4), Al-Zawraa (127), Al-Shorta (6)
4	Ali Hashim	170	1987	2004	Al-Najaf (149), Al-Karkh (21)
5	Hussein Abdullah	167	1991	2010	Al-Sinaa (32), Al-Naft (16), Diyala (40), Duhok (58), Erbil (14), Kirkuk (2), Peris (5)
6	Hammadi Ahmed	163	2005	2023	Samarra (19), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (144)
7	Younis Abid Ali	157	1983	2000	Al-Shorta (135), Al-Rasheed (15), Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya (3), Al-Difaa Al-Jawi (4)
8	Alaa Abdul-Zahra	156	2004	present	Al-Zawraa (54), Duhok (26), Al-Shorta (76)
9	Ahmed Radhi	146	1981	1999	Al-Zawraa (103), Al-Rasheed (43)
10	Alaa Kadhim	145	1988	2007	Al-Sinaa (8), Al-Talaba (137)

Bold denotes players still playing in the Iraq Stars League.

See also

• Soccer Iraq Goal of the Season

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