The list of top goalscorers in the UEFA Cup & UEFA Europa League displays the leading goalscorers from 1971-72 to 2025-26 seasons. Radamel Falcao from Porto and Colombia holds the record for most goals scored in a single season.
| Season | Player | Club | Goals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971–72 | Ludwig Bründl |  |  | Eintracht Braunschweig | 10 |
| 1972–73 | Jan Jeuring |  |  | Twente | 12 |
| Jupp Heynckes | |  | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 1973–74 | Lex Schoenmaker | |  | Feyenoord | 9 |
| 1974–75 | Jupp Heynckes | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 |
| 1975–76 | Ruud Geels | |  | Ajax | 10 |
| 1976–77 | Stan Bowles |  |  | Queens Park Rangers | 11 |
| 1977–78 | Gerrie Deijkers | |  | PSV | 8 |
| Raimondo Ponte |  |  | Grasshopper | ||
| 1978–79 | Allan Simonsen |  | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 |
| 1979–80 | Dieter Hoeneß | |  | Bayern Munich | 7 |
| Harald Nickel | | | Borussia Mönchengladbach | ||
| 1980–81 | John Wark |  |  | Ipswich Town | 14 |
| 1981–82 | Torbjörn Nilsson |  |  | IFK Göteborg | 9 |
| 1982–83 | Zoran Filipovic |  |  | Benfica | 8 |
| 1983–84 | Tibor Nyilasi |  |  | Austria Wien | 9 |
| 1984–85 | Edin Bahtić | |  | Željezničar Sarajevo | 7 |
| Gary Bannister | | | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 1985–86 | Klaus Allofs |  |  | 1. FC Köln | 9 |
| Paulinho Cascavel |  |  | Vitória de Guimarães | ||
| Wim Kieft | |  | Torino | ||
| Peter Houtman | |  | Sporting CP | ||
| 1986–87 | Jari Rantanen |  | | IFK Göteborg | 5 |
| Kenneth Brylle | |  | Club Brugge | ||
| Dimitris Saravakos |  |  | Panathinaikos | ||
| Torsten Gütschow |  |  | Dynamo Dresden | ||
| 1989–90 | Falko Götz | | | 1. FC Köln | 6 |
| Karl-Heinz Riedle | |  | Werder Bremen | ||
| 1990–91 | Rudi Völler | |  | Roma | 10 |
| 1991–92 | Dean Saunders |  |  | Liverpool | 9 |
| 1992–93 | Gérald Baticle |  |  | Auxerre | 8 |
| 1993–94 | Dennis Bergkamp | |  | Inter | 8 |
| Edgar Schmitt | |  | Karlsruher | ||
| 1994–95 | Ulf Kirsten | |  | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 |
| 1995–96 | Jürgen Klinsmann | | | Bayern München | 15 |
| 1996–97 | Maurizio Ganz |  | | Inter | 8 |
| 1997–98 | Stéphane Guivarc'h | | | Auxerre | 7 |
| 1998–99 | Darko Kovačević | |  | Real Sociedad | 8 |
| Enrico Chiesa | |  | Parma | ||
| 1999–2000 | Darko Kovačević | |  | Juventus | 10 |
| 2000–01 | Dimitar Berbatov |  | | Bayer Leverkusen | 7 |
| Bolo |  |  | Rayo Vallecano | ||
| 2001–02 | Pierre van Hooijdonk | | | Feyenoord | 8 |
| 2002–03 | Derlei | |  | Porto | 12 |
| 2003–04 | Sonny Anderson | |  | Villarreal | 7 |
| Didier Drogba |  |  | Olympique Marseille | ||
| Mateja Kežman |  | | PSV | ||
| Alan Shearer | |  | Newcastle United | ||
| 2004–05 | Alan Shearer | | | Newcastle United | 11 |
| 2005–06 | Matías Delgado |  |  | Basel | 7 |
| 2006–07 | Walter Pandiani |  |  | Espanyol | 11 |
| 2007–08 | Pavel Pogrebnyak |  |  | Zenit | 10 |
| Luca Toni | | | Bayern München | ||
| 2008–09 | Vágner Love | |  | CSKA Moscow | 11 |
| 2009–10 | Óscar Cardozo |  | | Benfica | 9 |
| Claudio Pizarro |  | | Werder Bremen | ||
| 2010–11 | Radamel Falcao |  | | Porto | 17 |
| 2011–12 | Radamel Falcao | | | Porto | 12 |
| 2012–13 | Libor Kozák |  |  | Lazio | 8 |
| Jonatan Soriano | |  | Salzburg | ||
| 2014–15 | Alan | | | Salzburg | 8 |
| Romelu Lukaku | |  | Everton | ||
| 2015–16 | Aritz Aduriz | |  | Athletic Bilbao | 10 |
| 2016–17 | Edin Džeko |  | | AS Roma | 8 |
| Giuliano | | | Zenit St Petersburg | ||
| 2017-18 | Ciro Immobile | | | Lazio | 8 |
| Aritz Aduriz | | | Athletic Bilbao | ||
| 2018-19 | Olivier Giroud | |  | Chelsea | 11 |
| 2019-20 | Bruno Fernandes |  |  | Sporting (5) / Man Utd (3) | 8 |
| 2020-21 | Borja Mayoral | | | AS Roma | 7 |
| Pizzi | | | Benfica | ||
| Yusuf Yazıcı |  |  | Lille OSC | ||
| Gerard Moreno | | | Villarreal | ||
| 2021-22 | James Tavernier | |  | Rangers | 7 |
| 2022-23 | Marcus Rashford | |  | Manchester United | 6 |
| Victor Boniface |  |  | Union St Gilloise | ||
| 2023-24 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |  | | Marseille | 10 |
| 2024-25 | Nico Williams | | | Athletic Bilbao | 8 |
| 2025-26 | Petar Stanić |  |  | Ludogorets Razgrad | 7 |
| Igor Jesus | |  | Nottingham Forest |
About the author: Paul Yarden
Paul Yarden founded MyFootballFacts (MFF) in April 2009, after decades of collecting football data and statistics. A devout football fan, Paul follows the beautiful game around the world. As MFF’s main statistician and chief editor, he creates data reviews, daily football quizzes, and writes numerous articles. Renowned for his ability to spot trends, Paul is often described as a walking…