Top 20 highest scoring nations in Europe’s big five leagues

Ian Watson

These are the 20 nationalities that scored the most goals across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1 last season, with the three highest goalscorers per nation. We always knew Iago Aspas would rise to the top…

 

20. Cameroon – 42 goals
Karl Toko Ekambi (Angers) – 17
Clinton N’Jie (Marseille) – 7
Stephane Bahoken (Strasbourg) – 7

19. Denmark – 50 goals
Christian Eriksen (Tottenham) – 10
Martin Braithwaite (Bordeaux) – 4
Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo) – 4

18. Poland – 58 goals
Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) – 29
Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) – 5
Dawid Kownacki (Sampdoria) – 5

17. Austria – 60 goals
Michael Gregoritsch (Augsburg) – 13
Guido Burgstaller (Schalke) – 11
Marko Arnautovic (West Ham) – 11

16= Serbia – 62 goals
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio) – 12
Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) – 10
Luka Jovic (Eintracht Frankfurt) – 8

16= Netherlands – 62 goals
Memphis Depay (Lyon) – 19
Stefan de Vrij (Lazio) – 6
Patrick van Aanholt (Crystal Palace) & Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) – 5

14. Colombia – 71 goals
Falcao (Monaco) – 18
Carlos Bacca (Villarreal) – 15
Duvan Zapata (Sampdoria) – 11

13. Portugal – 78 goals
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) – 26
Rony Lopes (Monaco) – 13
Bernardo Silva (Man City) – 6

12. Croatia – 81 goals
Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim) – 13

Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan) – 11
Ivan Santini (Caen) – 11

11. Ivory Coast – 85 goals
Nicolas Pepe (Lille) – 13
Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin) – 12
Giovanni Sio (Montpellier) – 10

10. Senegal – 107 goals
Moussa Konate (Amiens) – 13
Sadio Mane (Liverpool) – 10
Keita Balde (Monaco) & Oumar Niasse (Everton) – 8

9. Belgium – 123 goals
Dries Mertens (Napoli) – 18
Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) – 16
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) -12

8. Uruguay – 125 goals
Edinson Cavani (PSG) – 28
Luis Suarez (Barcelona) – 25
Cristhian Stuani (Girona) – 21

7. Brazil – 264 goals
Neymar (PSG) – 19
Roberto Firmino (Liverpool) – 15
Gabriel Jesus (Man City) – 13

6. Argentina – 286 goals
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) – 34
Mauro Icardi (Inter Milan) – 29
Paulo Dybala (Juventus) – 22

5. England – 291 goals
Harry Kane (Tottenham) – 30
Jamie Vardy (Leicester) – 20
Raheem Sterling (Manchester City) – 18

4. Germany – 387 goals
Nils Petersen (Freiburg) – 15
Kevin Volland (Bayer Leverkusen) – 14
Mark Uth (Hoffenheim) – 14

3. Italy – 445 goals
Ciro Immobile (Lazio) – 29
Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) – 19
Mario Balotelli (Nice) – 18

2. France – 560 goals
Florian Thauvin (Marseille) – 22
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) – 19
Nabil Fekir (Lyon) – 18

1. Spain – 605 goals
Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo) – 22
Rodrigo (Valencia) – 16
Gerard Moreno (Espanyol) – 16