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    Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia

    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 25 [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
    2023–24 Kévin Denkey Togo Cercle Brugge 27

    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.
    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Pro_League_top_scorers

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