2024/25 Europa League top scorers: Ayoub El Kaabi out in front
Thursday, February 13, 2025
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Ayoub El Kaabi remains in front in the race for top scorer with seven goals in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League.
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Top scorer in the UEFA Conference League last season, Olympiacos forward Ayoub El Kaabi is leading the way in the 2024/25 UEFA Europa League goalscorer rankings with seven goals.
Ferencváros' Barnabás Varga has six strikes, while Youssef En-Nesyri scored in the knockout phase play-off opener for Fenerbahçe to join Rasmus Højlund, Samu, Yunus Akgün and Victor Osimhen on five goals.
Top scorers in the 2024/25 Europa League
After drawing level with the leading pack on Matchday 7, El Kaabi moved ahead in the race for top scorer with a second half double against Qarabağ on Matchday 8, which took his tally to seven.
Hungarian international Varga struck five goals in as many games to open the campaign, and ended the league phase with six, but was unable to add to his tally in Ferencváros' play-off first leg.
Youssef En-Nesyri was the only mover at the top end of the leaderboard in the play-off openers, his goal in Fenerbahçe's 3-0 win against Anderlecht moving him into joint-third in the rankings with five goals.
2024/25 Europa League top scorers
7 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
6 Barnabás Varga (Ferencváros)
5 Youssef En-Nesyri (Fenerbahçe) 5 Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United)
5 Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray)
5 Samu (Porto)
5 Yunus Akgün (Galatasaray)
Most assists in the 2024/25 Europa League
6 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)
4 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
3 Patrick Berg (Bodø/Glimt)
3 Brian Brobbey (Ajax)
3 Kiril Despodov (PAOK)
3 Cyriel Dessers (Rangers)
3 Kady (Ferencváros)
3 Brais Méndez (Real Sociedad)
3 Weslley Patati (Maccabi Tel-Aviv)
3 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
3 Ernest Poku (AZ Alkmaar)
3 Lukáš Provod (Slavia Praha)
3 Rafa Silva (Beşiktaş)
3 Aral Simsir (Midtjylland)
3 Sebastian Szymański (Fenerbahçe)
3 Florian Tănase (FCSB)
3 James Tavernier (Rangers)
3 Nico Williams (Athletic Club)
Most goals and assists combined in the 2024/25 Europa League
7 Ayoub El Kaabi (Olympiacos)
7 Dries Mertens (Galatasaray)
7 Pedro Rodríguez (Lazio)
7 Barnabás Varga (Ferencváros)
6 Václav Černý (Rangers)
6 Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
6 Rasmus Højlund (Manchester United)
6 Omar Marmoush (Frankfurt)
6 Sven Mijnans (AZ Alkmaar)
6 Victor Osimhen (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: