Ukrainian Premier League As of the end of the 2020–21 season, unless stated otherwise.

Team records

Titles Most League titles: 16, Dynamo Kyiv Most consecutive League titles: 9, Dynamo Kyiv (1992–93 – 2000–01) Biggest title-winning margin: 23 points, 2019–20; Shakhtar Donetsk (82 points) over Dynamo Kyiv (59 points). Smallest title-winning margin: 0 points: 1992–93, Dynamo Kyiv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk both finished on 44 points, but Dynamo Kyiv won the title with a superior goal difference: (+45) over (+31); 2005–06, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv both finished on 75 points, but Shakhtar won the title by winning the golden match. Winning a title with most remaining games: 5 games, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20)Shakhtar equaled Real, Barcelona and PSG: the most dominating European clubs (Шахтар став в один ряд з Реалом, Барселоною і ПСЖ: найбільш домінуючі клуби Європи). Football 1. 20 June 2020

Wins Most wins in a season: 27, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000) 26 games: 23, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16) 28 games: 21, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14) 30 games: 27, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000) 32 games: 26, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20) 34 games: 25, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95) Fewest wins in a season: 0, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000) 26 games: 2, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01) 28 games: 2, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia and Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14) 30 games: 0, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000) 32 games: 2, Karpaty Lviv (2019–20) 34 games: 4, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96)

Losses Most losses in a season: 26, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96) 26 games: 21, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01) 28 games: 22, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14) 30 games: 22, SC Mykolaiv (1998–99) 32 games: 24, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17) 34 games: 26, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96) Fewest losses in a season: 0, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000, 2006–07, 2014–15), Shakhtar Donetsk (2001–02) 26 games: 0, Shakhtar Donetsk (2001–02), Dynamo Kyiv (2014–15) 28 games: 3, Metalist Kharkiv (2013–14) 30 games: 0, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000, 2006–07) 32 games: 2, Shakhtar Donetsk (2016–17, 2019–20) 34 games: 1, Dynamo Kyiv (1993–94, 1994–95)

Points Most points in a season: 84, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000) 26 games: 70, Dynamo Kyiv (2015–16) 28 games: 65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14) 30 games: 84, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000) 32 games: 82, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20) 34 games: 83, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95) Fewest points in a season: 9, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000), Nyva Ternopil (2000–01) 26 games: 9, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01) 28 games: 10, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14) 30 games: 9, Zirka Kirovohrad (1999–2000) 32 games: 10, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17) 34 games: 16, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96)

Goals scored Most goals scored in a season: 87, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95) 26 games: 76, Shakhtar Donetsk (2015–16) 28 games: 65, Shakhtar Donetsk (2013–14) 30 games: 85, Dynamo Kyiv (1999–2000) 32 games: 80, Shakhtar Donetsk (2019–20) 34 games: 87, Dynamo Kyiv (1994–95) Fewest goals scored in a season: 13, Hoverla Uzhhorod (2015–16) 26 games: 13, Hoverla Uzhhorod (2015–16) 28 games: 15, Tavriya Simferopol (2013–14) 30 games: 15, Borysfen Boryspil (2004–05) 32 games: 17, Volyn Lutsk (2016–17) 34 games: 16, Zorya Luhansk (1995–96)

Goals conceded Most goals conceded in a season: 80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96) 26 games: 65, Nyva Ternopil (2000–01) 28 games: 54, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (2013–14) 30 games: 69, Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (1997–98) 32 games: 59, Kolos Kovalivka (2019–20) 34 games: 80, Zorya-MALS Luhansk (1995–96) Fewest goals conceded in a season: 9, Dynamo Kyiv (2001–02) 26 games: 9, Dynamo Kyiv (2001–02) 28 games: 22, Chornomorets Odesa (2013–14) 30 games: 12, Dynamo Kyiv (2011–12) 32 games: 11, Shakhtar Donetsk (2018-19) 34 games: 17, Dynamo Kyiv (1995–96)

Appearances Most top flight appearances overall: 30 (all seasons since the formation of league in 1992), joint record: Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Fewest top flight appearances overall: 1, joint record: Odesa (1992) Mynai (2020–21)

Participation Most participants from one region: During the season 2014–15, Donetsk oblast had 4 participants: Shakhtar Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk, Metalurh Donetsk and Illichivets Mariupol

Scorelines Biggest home win: 9:0, Dynamo Kyiv v. Illichivets (31 October 2010) Biggest away win: 0:7, Nyva Ternopil v. Shakhtar Donetsk (15 June 2001), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih v. Dynamo Kyiv (22 September 2001), Obolon Kyiv v. Dynamo Kyiv (11 November 2004)

Individual Records Champion with clubs: Oleksandr Holovko (Tavriya Simferopol and Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Rybka (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk), Júnior Moraes (Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk) First Premier League goal: Anatoliy Mushchinka (for Karpaty Lviv–Chornomorets Odesa, 6 March 1992) First hat-trick: Ivan Hetsko (for Chornomorets Odesa–Nyva Vn., 4 April 1992) Most goals in a game: 4, joint record: Yuri Hudymenko for SC Tavriya Simferopol (Tavriya Simferopol–Temp Shepetivka (6–0), 9 June 1992) Serhii Rebrov for Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo Kyiv–Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (5–0), 13 October 1996) Oleh Matviiv for Shakhtar Donetsk (Shakhtar Donetsk–Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (9–1), 16 May 1997) Oleksandr Haidash for SC Tavriya Simferopol (SC Tavriya Simferopol–FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (5–0), 7 September 1997) Ivan Hetsko for Karpaty Lviv (Karpaty Lviv–Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (4–0), 29 August 1999) Ivan Hetsko for Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih–Nyva Ternopil (5–1), 14 May 2000) Georgi Demetradze for Dynamo Kyiv (Nyva Ternopil–Dynamo Kyiv (3–7), 27 August 2000) Brandão for Shakhtar Donetsk (FC Metalist Kharkiv–Shakhtar Donetsk (1–5), 20 August 2005) Artem Milevskyi for Dynamo Kyiv (Dynamo Kyiv–Illichivets Mariupol (9–0), 31 October 2010) Matheus for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk–FC Volyn Lutsk (5–1), 15 April 2014) Yevhen Seleznyov for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk–Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) (0–6), 17 October 2015) Stanislav Kulish for FC Oleksandriya (Oleksandriya-Volyn Lutsk) (6–0), 25 February 2017) Most expensive incoming transfer fee paid: €25,000,000, Bernard, in 2013, from Atlético Mineiro to Shakhtar Donetsk €20,000,000, Nery Castillo, in 2007, from Olympiacos to Shakhtar Donetsk €18,000,000, Pedrinho, in 2021, from Benfica to Shakhtar Donetsk €15,000,000, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, in 2010, from Barcelona to Shakhtar Donetsk €15,000,000, Fred, in 2013, from Internacional to Shakhtar Donetsk €15,000,000, Taison, in 2013, from Metalist Kharkiv to Shakhtar Donetsk €15,000,000, Tetê, in 2019, from Grêmio to Shakhtar Donetsk €14,000,000, Matuzalém, in 2004, from Brescia Calcio to Shakhtar Donetsk €14,000,000, Willian, in 2007, from Corinthians to Shakhtar Donetsk Most expensive outgoing transfer fee paid: €70,000,000, Mykhailo Mudryk, in 2023, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Chelsea F.C. €60,000,000, Fred, in 2018, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester United €50,000,000, Alex Teixeira, in 2016, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Jiangsu Suning €40,000,000, Fernandinho, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Manchester City €34,500,000, Willian, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Anzhi Makhachkala €30,000,000, Douglas Costa, in 2015, from Shakhtar Donetsk to FC Bayern Munich €27,900,000, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, in 2013, from Shakhtar Donetsk to Borussia Dortmund €25,000,000, Dmytro Chyhrynskyi, in 2009, from Shakhtar Donetsk to FC Barcelona €25,000,000, Andriy Yarmolenko, in 2017, from Dynamo Kyiv to Borussia Dortmund €24,000,000, Andriy Shevchenko, in 1999, from Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan

All-time Vyscha Liha scorers

RankPlayerGoalsGamesRatio1 Maksim Shatskikh1243412 Serhii Rebrov1232613 Yevhen Seleznyov1172564 Andriy Vorobey1053155 Júnior Moraes1031896 Andriy Yarmolenko992287 Oleksandr Gladkyy 98 338 8 Oleksandr Haydash952589 Marko Dević90219 Serhiy Mizin9034211 Tymerlan Huseynov8521512 Oleksandr Kosyrin8424013 Andriy Shevchenko8317214 Oleh Matveyev81210Players in bold are still playing in Premier LeagueData as of 14 December 2021

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign scorers

RankPlayerGoalsGamesRatio1 Maksim Shatskikh1243412 Júnior Moraes1031893 Marko Dević902194 Luiz Adriano771625 Marlos 68 232 6 Alex Teixeira671467 Brandão651408 Vasil Gigiadze612459 Avtandil Kapanadze5718910 Lucky Idahor54221 Roman Bondarenko5423112 Giorgi Demetradze5213013 Valyantsin Byalkevich5122414 Henrikh Mkhitaryan50109 Taison50239Players in bold are still playing in Premier LeagueData as of 20 August 2022

Active Vyscha Liha scorers

RankPlayerTeamGoalsGamesRatio1 Yevhen Seleznyov Mynai1172562 Oleksandr Gladkyy Chornomorets Odesa 98 338 3 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv 71 143 4 Artem Hromov SC Dnipro-1 48 244 5 Vladyslav Kulach Dynamo Kyiv 40 145 6 Vitaliy Buyalskyi Dynamo Kyiv 38 182 7 Denys Oliynyk Vorskla Poltava 37 138 8 Andriy Totovytskyi Shakhtar Donetsk 34 129 9 Denys Harmash Dynamo Kyiv 33 213 = Volodymyr Lysenko Kolos Kovalivka 33 213 11 Artem Besyedin Dynamo Kyiv 31 102 12 Oleksandr Karavayev Dynamo Kyiv 29 216 13 Artem Dovbyk SC Dnipro-1 25 63 = Serhiy Kravchenko Chornomorets Odesa 25 279 15 Yuriy Kolomoyets Mynai 24 101 16 Vyacheslav Churko Zorya Luhansk 23 155 = Dmytro Khomchenovskyi Kryvbas Kryvyi 23 194 Data as of 20 August 2022

All-time Vyscha Liha appearance leaders RankPlayer Games1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 4262 Oleh Shelayev4123 Vyacheslav Checher 409 4 Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi 400 5 Oleksandr Horyainov 391 6 Ruslan Rotan 375 7 Serhiy Nazarenko 373 8 Serhiy Shyshchenko 363 9 Ruslan Kostyshyn 359 10 Serhiy Zakarlyuka 356Data as of 20 August 2022.

All-time Vyscha Liha foreign appearance leaders RankPlayer Games1 Maksim Shatskikh3412 Darijo Srna 3393 Edmar 3164 Željko Ljubenović 3035 Papa Gueye 2986 Armend Dallku 2927 Mladen Bartulović 2528 Vasil Gigiadze2459 Taison 23910 Marlos 232Data as of 20 August 2022.

Active Vyscha Liha appearance

RankPlayerTeam Games1 Andriy Pyatov Shakhtar Donetsk 3422 Oleksandr Gladkyy Chornomorets Odesa 3373 Volodymyr Chesnakov Vorskla Poltava 3334 Taras Stepanenko Shakhtar Donetsk 3155 Serhiy Kravchenko Chornomorets Odesa 2796 Yevhen Seleznyov Mynai 2567 Valeriy Fedorchuk Rukh Lviv 2528 Vitaliy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2469 Artem Hromov SC Dnipro-1 24410 Serhiy Politylo Chornomorets Odesa 24111 Yuriy Pankiv Rukh Lviv 24012 Serhiy Yavorskyi Vorskla Poltava 22813 Mykola Morozyuk Chornomorets Odesa 22714 Andriy Bohdanov Kolos Kovalivka 22615 Serhiy Sydorchuk Dynamo Kyiv 22016 Ihor Perduta Vorskla Poltava 21717 Oleksandr Karavayev Dynamo Kyiv 21618 Denys Harmash Dynamo Kyiv 213= Volodymyr Lysenko Kolos Kovalivka 21320 Denys Miroshnichenko Oleksandriya 203Data as of 20 August 2022.

Goalscoring categories

Most prolific all-time Vyscha Liha scorers:

Rank Player Games Goals Goals/Game 1 Ivan Hetsko 113 67 2 Viktor Leonenko 118 67 3 Júnior Moraes 189 103 4 Viktor Tsyhankov 143 71 5 Andriy Shevchenko 172 83 6 Luiz Adriano 162 77 7 Serhii Rebrov 261 123 8 Brandão 139 65 9 Yevhen Seleznyov 256 117 10 Alex Teixeira 146 67 11 Andriy Yarmolenko 228 99 12 Marko Dević 219 90 13 Timerlan Huseinov 215 85 Minimum of 60 goals needed to qualify. Data as of 20 August 2022.

Single season Vyscha Liha topscorers:

Rank Player Year Team Games Goals Goals/Game 1Henrikh Mkhitaryan 2012–13 Shakhtar Donetsk 28 25 2Alex Teixeira 2015–16 Shakhtar Donetsk 15 22 =Serhii Rebrov 1997–98 Dynamo Kyiv 29 22 =Maksim Shatskikh 2002–03 Dynamo Kyiv 29 22 5Andriy Vorobei 2000–01 Shakhtar Donetsk 24 21 =Oleh Matviiv 1996–97 Shakhtar Donetsk 25 21 =Oleksiy Byelik 2002–03 Shakhtar Donetsk 28 21 =Facundo Ferreyra 2017–18 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 21 =Arsen Avakov 1994–95 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 33 21 10Maksim Shatskikh 1999–2000 Dynamo Kyiv 25 20 =Luiz Adriano 2013–14 Shakhtar Donetsk 25 20 = Júnior Moraes 2019–20 Shakhtar Donetsk 27 20 =Serhii Rebrov 1996–97 Dynamo Kyiv 30 20 =Timerlan Huseinov 1995–96 Chornomorets Odesa 33 20 15Andriy Shevchenko 1997–98 Dynamo Kyiv 23 19 =Ivan Hetsko 1999–2000 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih / Karpaty Lviv 23 19 =Oleh Venglinsky 2002–03 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 23 19 =Marko Dević 2007–08 Metalist Kharkiv 27 19 = Júnior Moraes 2013–14 Metalurh Donetsk 27 19 = Júnior Moraes 2018–19 Shakhtar Donetsk 27 19 Data as of 12 May 2021.

Goalkeeping categories