The Süper Lig top scorers are called Gol Kralı (literally meaning "Goal King" in Turkish) in Turkey. It is the title earned by the top goalscorer in Turkish football league divisions.
The highest number of goals scored in a season was 39, by Tanju Çolak for Galatasaray in 1987–88. Metin Oktay (1962–63) and Hakan Şükür (1996–97) narrowly missed the record; they each scored 38 goals for Galatasaray. Oktay has won the award the most times with six wins in 1959, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1964–65 and 1968–69, which was also his last season. Bosnian Tarik Hodžić was the first non-Turkish winner, when he scored 16 goals for Galatasaray in the 1983–84 season. Oktay (1959, 1960, 1961), Çolak (1986, 1987, 1988) and Şükür (1997, 1998, 1999) are the only players to win the award in three consecutive seasons. Brazilian Alex de Souza is the only foreign player to become top scorer twice; he became top scorer with Fenerbahçe in the 2006–07 and 2010–11 seasons, also winning the Turkish championship title with his club on both occasions. Fenerbahçe are the only club in Süper Lig history to have brought forth the top scorer in four consecutive seasons, from 1991–92 to the 1994–95 season.
Çolak won the European Golden Shoe for his 39 for Galatasaray in 1987–88 and came second with 31 goals in 1990–91. In the 1962–63 season Oktay scored 38 for Galatasaray and became Europe's top scorer. Şükür came third in 1996–97, despite scoring the most goals in Europe.
All-time top scorers
Key Bold shows players still playing in the Süper Lig. Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
+ List of Süper Lig players with 100 or more goalsRankPlayerGoalsNotes1 Hakan Şükür24948919872008, , 2 Tanju Çolak24028219821993, , 3 Hami Mandıralı21947619842003, 4 Metin Oktay21725819591969Galatasaray5 Aykut Kocaman20036019842000, , 6 Feyyaz Uçar19137619821996, , 7 Serkan Aykut18833619932006, 8 Burak Yılmaz18732320062020, , , , , 9 Umut Bulut16351520012021, , , , 10 Necati Ateş13836319972015, , , , , , , 11 Cenk İşler13735019952011, , , , , , , 12 Alex13624120042013Fenerbahçe Ümit Karan13635919962011, , , 14 Fevzi Zemzem13528819631973Göztepe15 Saffet Sancaklı13026619871998, , , , , , Fatih Tekke13030319942012, , , , , Mehmet Özdilek13038619882001Beşiktaş18 Elvir Bolić12828119922005, , , , , 19 Ertuğrul Sağlam12632819892003, 20 Mustafa Denizli12440119671984, 21 Oktay Derelioğlu12224919922006, , , , , , Fikri Elma12228319591969Ankara Demirspor23 Ertan Adatepe11826419591971, , 24 Cemil Turan11730919681980, 25 Halil İbrahim Eren11334519761989, , , , 26 Osman Arpacıoğlu11224719651977, , 27 Márcio Nobre10929120042014, , , Zafer Tüzün10929519801996, , , , , , 29 Cenk Tosun10630220112026, , , 30 Sergen Yalçın10534619912006, , , , Arif Erdem10534719912005Galatasaray32 Gökmen Özdenak10431319651980, 33 Ogün Altıparmak10230219591971, 34 Edin Višća10141720112025, 35 Gökhan Ünal10026119992015, , , , , ,
Top scorers by season The top scorers of the former Turkish Football Championship and National Division are not included in the following list:
SeasonClub(s)Top scorer(s)AgeGoalsGamesRate 1959 Galatasaray (1) 23 11 15 1959–60 Galatasaray (2) 24 33 33 1960–61 Galatasaray (3) 25 36 30 1961–62 Ankara Demirspor (1) 28 21 34 1962–63 Galatasaray (4) 27 38 26 1963–64 Beşiktaş (1) 24 19 30 1964–65 Galatasaray (5) 29 17 22 1965–66 Ankaragücü (1) 28 20 26 1966–67 Ankaragücü (2) 29 18 28 1967–68 Göztepe (1) 26 19 30 1968–69 Galatasaray (6) 33 17 26 1969–70 Eskişehirspor (1) 26 13 26 1970–71 Fenerbahçe (1) 33 16 26 1971–72 Eskişehirspor (2) 28 20 30 1972–73 Fenerbahçe (1) 26 16 19 1973–74 Fenerbahçe (1) 27 14 30 1974–75 Eskişehirspor (1) 24 14 26 1975–76 Fenerbahçe (2) 29 17 30 Ankaragücü (1) 27 17 30 1976–77 Trabzonspor (1) 29 18 22 1977–78 Fenerbahçe (3) 31 17 30 1978–79 Adanaspor (1) 27 15 26 1979–80 Altay (1) 30 12 30 Bursaspor (1) 24 12 30 1980–81 Adanaspor (1) 26 15 26 1981–82 Fenerbahçe (1) 23 16 28 1982–83 Fenerbahçe (2) 24 19 30 1983–84 Galatasaray (1) 31 16 30 1984–85 Sakaryaspor (1) 25 20 34 1985–86 Samsunspor (1) 22 33 34 1986–87 Samsunspor (2) 23 25 34 1987–88 Galatasaray (3) 24 39 37 1988–89 Fenerbahçe (1) 24 29 34 1989–90 Beşiktaş (1) 26 28 33 1990–91 Galatasaray (4) 27 31 29 1991–92 Fenerbahçe (2) 27 25 25 1992–93 Fenerbahçe (5) 29 27 23 1993–94 Fenerbahçe (1) 22 22 27 1994–95 Fenerbahçe (3) 30 27 25 1995–96 Trabzonspor (1) 23 25 30 1996–97 Galatasaray (1) 26 38 33 1997–98 Galatasaray (2) 27 33 32 1998–99 Galatasaray (3) 28 19 33 1999–2000 Samsunspor (1) 25 30 33 2000–01 Bursaspor (1) 23 23 31 2001–02 Galatasaray (1) 30 21 32 Beşiktaş (1) 26 21 30 2002–03 Bursaspor (2) 25 24 34 2003–04 Konyaspor (1) 27 25 33 2004–05 Trabzonspor (1) 27 31 34 2005–06 Kayserispor (1) 23 25 32 2006–07 Fenerbahçe (1) 29 19 32 2007–08 Fenerbahçe (1) 25 17 27 2008–09 Galatasaray (1) 27 20 31 2009–10 Kayserispor (1) 29 21 29 2010–11 Fenerbahçe (2) 33 28 33 2011–12 Trabzonspor (1) 26 33 34 2012–13 Galatasaray (2) 27 24 30 2013–14 Sivasspor (1) 27 17 34 2014–15 Bursaspor (1) 28 22 30 2015–16 Beşiktaş (1) 30 26 33 2016–17 Alanyaspor (1) 32 23 28 2017–18 Galatasaray (1) 32 29 33 2018–19 Kasımpaşa (1) 27 30 29 Galatasaray 2019–20 Trabzonspor (1) 24 24 34 2020–21 Hatayspor (1) 24 22 36 2021–22 Kasımpaşa (1) 25 20 38 2022–23 Fenerbahçe (1) 33 29 31 2023–24 Galatasaray (1) 31 25 34 2024–25 Galatasaray (1) 26 26 30 2025–26 Trabzonspor (1) 31 22 30 İstanbul Başakşehir (1) 30 22 34
Teams in bold were the champions of the mentioned season.
Statistics
By player RankPlayerCountryTitlesSeasons1Metin Oktay61959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 19692Tanju Çolak51986, 1987, 1988, 1991, 19933Cemil Turan31974, 1976, 1978Aykut Kocaman31989, 1992, 1995Hakan Şükür31997, 1998, 19996Ertan Adatepe21966, 1967Fethi Heper21970, 1972Selçuk Yula21982, 1983Okan Yılmaz22001, 2003Alex22007, 2011Burak Yılmaz22012, 201312Fikri Elma11962Güven Önüt11964Fevzi Zemzem11968Ogün Altıparmak11971Osman Arpacıoğlu11973Ömer Kaner11975Ali Osman Renklibay11976Necmi Perekli11977Özer Umdu11979Mustafa Denizli11980Bahtiyar Yorulmaz11980Bora Öztürk11981Tarik Hodžić11984Aykut Yiğit11985Feyyaz Uçar11990Bülent Uygun11994Shota Arveladze11996Serkan Aykut12000Arif Erdem12002İlhan Mansız12002Zafer Biryol12004Fatih Tekke12005Gökhan Ünal12006Semih Şentürk12008Milan Baroš12009Ariza Makukula12010Aatif Chahechouhe12014Fernandão12015Mario Gómez12016Vágner Love12017Bafétimbi Gomis12018Mbaye Diagne12019Alexander Sørloth12020Aaron Boupendza12021Umut Bozok12022Enner Valencia12023Mauro Icardi12024Victor Osimhen12025Paul Onuachu12026Eldor Shomurodov12026
By club RankClubTitlesSeasons1Galatasaray191959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1984, 1988, 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2024, 20252Fenerbahçe161971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2007, 2008, 2011, 20233Trabzonspor61977, 1996, 2005, 2012, 2020, 20264Bursaspor41980, 2001, 2003, 2015Beşiktaş41964, 1990, 2002, 20166Eskişehirspor31970, 1972, 1975MKE Ankaragücü31966, 1967, 1976Samsunspor31986, 1987, 20009Adanaspor21979, 1981Kayserispor22006, 2010Kasımpaşa22019, 202212Ankara Demirspor11962Göztepe11968Altay11980Sakaryaspor11985Konyaspor12004Sivasspor12014Alanyaspor12017Hatayspor12021İstanbul Başakşehir12026
By country CountryTitles53421111111111111
Records Most goals in a season: 39 Tanju Çolak (Galatasaray) 1987–88 Highest scoring average: 1.461 Goals per match Metin Oktay (Galatasaray) 1962–63 (38 goals in 26 matches) Most consecutive wins: 3 Metin Oktay (1959, 1960, 1961) Tanju Çolak (1986, 1987, 1988) Hakan Şükür (1997, 1998, 1999) Most consecutive club wins: 4 Fenerbahçe (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995) Youngest topscorers: Tanju Çolak (1985–86, 22 years 203 days) Selçuk Yula (1981–82, 22 years 216 days) Okan Yılmaz (2000–01, 23 years 4 days) Metin Oktay (1959, 23 years 124 days) Oldest topscorers: Alex (2010–11, 33 years 250 days) Enner Valencia (2022–23, 33 years 215 days) Metin Oktay (1968–69, 33 years 112 days) Vágner Love (2016–17, 32 years 352 days) Bafétimbi Gomis (2017–18, 32 years 286 days) Ogün Altıparmak (1970–71, 32 years 208 days) Tarık Hodzic (1983–84, 32 years 177 days)
See also Capocannoniere Premier League Golden Boot Pichichi Trophy List of Bundesliga top scorers Bola de Prata (Portugal) European Golden Shoe List of Turkish football champions Football records in Turkey
References
External links RSSSF Turkish top scorers Turkish Football Federation