The battle continues to rage on for those who want to be crowned the highest goal scorers of different leagues in the 2022/23 league campaign across the top five leagues in Europe.
In this article, Futballnews would be dishing out the highest goal scorers across the top 5 leagues in Europe specifically England, Spain, Italy, Germany and France.
English Premier League top goal scores
Starting from arguably the most entertaining league in Europe according to many football enthusiasts, the English Premier League is home to many fiery strikers ready to score with reckless abandon.
Here are the top 5 leading scorers in the English Premier League so far in the 2022/23 league season:
- Erling Haaland (28 goals)
Manchester City forward Erling Haaland has been magnificent in front of goal this campaign boasting of an impressive tally of 28 goals for Manchester City in the English top-flight.
- Harry Kane (21 goals)
The Englishman is the second leading scorer in the Premier League this campaign and has scored 21 goals for Tottenham Hotspur.
- Ivan Toney (16 goals)
Brentford would be really appreciative of his attacking prowess as it has powered them all through the season, he has scored 16 goals in the Premier League this term.
- Marcus Rashford (14 goals)
His best season in terms of output, Rashford has been superb all through the campaign and he took a notch higher after the completion of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, the Englishman has netted 14 goals.
- Gabriel Martinelli (13 goals)
Martinelli has shown giant strides for Arsenal this season as the Brazilian has complemented the efforts of Bukayo Saka for the Gunners.
Gabriel Martinelli has scored 13 goals this campaign for the North London club in the Premier League.
Spanish La Liga
Let’s dive right straight into Spain and we have got five names who are banging goals left, right and centre with aplomb.
- Robert Lewandowski (15 goals)
Robert Lewandowski has scored 15 goals assisting Barcelona to the summit of the Spanish La Liga table.
- Unal (13 goals)
The Polish forward is closely followed by Unal of Getafe who has netted 13 goals in the league this campaign.
- Borja Iglesias/ Iago Aspas/ Joselu (12 goals)
Borja Iglesias of Real Betis is third. Iago Aspas is fourth and Joselu is fifth, all at par on the same number of goals scored with 12 goals to their name.
The Italian League
Now to a land with a lot of historical presence, Italy!
The Italian Serie A has got excellent strikers who are churning out amazing numbers in the Italian first division.
- Victor Osimhen (21 goals)
Victor James Osimhen sit pretty at the top spot with 21 goals and he has guided Napoli to an impressive number one position in the Italian Serie A, 19 points ahead of second place Lazio.
- Lisandro Martinez is 2nd with 14 goals scored so far.
Victor Osimhen’s attacking partner, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has garnered 12 goals to his name this campaign with Nigerian International Ademola Lookman of Atalanta and Nzola of Spezia also on 12 goals.
French Ligue 1
- Kylian and Jonathan David (19 goals)
Kylian Mbappe and Jonathan David lead the way for goals in the French Ligue 1 with 19 goals scored by both players respectively.
- Ben Yedder/ Alexander Lacazette and Folarin Balogun (17 goals)
Ben Yedder of AS Monaco has scored 17 goals alongside former Arsenal forward Alexander Lacazette who currently plys his trade with Olympique Lyonnais and Folarin Balogun of Stade Reims who have also netted 17 goals.
The German Bundesliga top goal scorers
- Niclas Fullkrugg (15 goals)
Sprinting to the German Bundesliga and Futballnews can bring to you that Fullkrugg of Weder Bremen leads the scoring chart with 15 goals.
- Grifo/ Marcus Thuram/ Christopher Nkunku (12 goals)
Followed by Grifo of Freiburg with 12 goals to his name, Marcus Thuram of Borrusia Monchengladbach and Christopher Nkunku of RB Leipzig have also scored 12 goals.
- Kolo Muani and Jamal Musiala (11 goals)
Lastly, Kolo Muani of Eintracht Frankfurt and Jamal Musiala of Bayern Munich have netted an impressive 11 goals in the German top flight league.
