Players ranked by the highest number of official goals scored in a single season across domestic league, cup, and European competitions combined. Lionel Messi's 91 goals in the 2011–12 season for FC Barcelona is considered the most extraord...
About: Most Goals in a Single European Football Season
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Players ranked by the highest number of official goals scored in a single season across domestic league, cup, and European competitions combined. Lionel Messi's 91 goals in the 2011–12 season for FC Barcelona is considered the most extraordinary single-season scoring record in the history of European football — a campaign in which he broke Gerd Müller's 40-year-old European record of 85 goals in a calendar year and won La Liga's Pichichi award by an enormous margin.
Key Findings
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Erling Haaland (2022-23) leads with 52 in 2023.
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Average value in 2023: 52 · median: 52.
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2012 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.
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Most Goals in a Single European Football Season
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Data Points
8
8 categories
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7 years
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Top Value
91
Lionel Messi (2011-12)
Goals in Single Season · 2012
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Metrics
1
Goals in Single Season
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Period
1972 – 2023
7 years of data
Statistical Summary — 2023
52
Maximum
52
Minimum
52
Average
52
Median
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