2024/25 Europa League top scorer: Barnabás Varga

Barnabás Varga is the five-goal leading scorer in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League.

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.

Four players are just behind on four goals. Galatasaray's Yunus Akgün, Ayoub El Kaabi (top scorer in last season's UEFA Europa Conference League with winners Olympiacos), Porto striker Samu and Iñaki Williams, who doubled his tally on Wednesday with two goals for Athletic Club at Fenerbahçe.

There are 15 players who have scored three goals since the start of the league phase, including Manchester United's Rasmus Højlund and Rangers' Hamza Igamane as well as seasoned European campaigners Youssef En-Nesyri and Victor Osimhen.

Varga is not the only player to have had a hand in five goals this season. Galatasaray's Dries Mertens (the top assist provider) has laid on four and scored one, while Rangers' Vaclav Černý, Lazio's Pedro Rodríguez and Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt) also have five goals and assists combined.

Most assists in the 2024/25 Europa League

4 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)

3 Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
3 Kady (Ferencváros)
3 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)

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

5 Vaclav Černý (Rangers)
5 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)
5 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
5 Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt)
5 Barnabás Varga (Ferencváros)

4 Prince Kwabena Adu (Viktoria Plzeň)
4 Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
4 Bruma (Braga)
4 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
4 Malick Fofana (Lyon)
4 Mika Godts (Ajax)
4 Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United)
4 Hamza Igamane (Rangers)
4 Brennan Johnson (Tottenham)
4 Kady (Ferencváros)
4 Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray)
4 Samu (Porto)
4 Kenneth Taylor (Ajax)
4 Iñaki Williams (Athletic Club)
4 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
4 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