A fifth straight Ligue 1 top scorer crown is very much still in play for PSG star Kylian Mbappe, who leads the standings with just three matches to go, but he has competition with Alexandre Lacazette on 25 goals, just one behind Mbappe’s 26.
Canadian international Jonathan David of LOSC Lille is behind the two leaders with 21 league goals.
Mbappe is one of three PSG goal scorers in the top 10 with injured superstar Neymar and Lionel Messi also contributing to making PSG the highest scoring team in Ligue 1 (84 goals in 35 matches).
Mbappe is on course to claim his fourth successive Ligue 1 Golden Boot award this season if he can maintain his form in the run-in, and hold off Lacazette and David.
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Ligue 1 Top Scorers Table (2022-2023)
The table below will be updated after each matchday of the 2022/23 season with the ranking of the Ligue 1 top scorers. The first tiebreaker is assists, and the second is minutes played as with major FIFA competitions.
Updated as of Sunday, May 14, 2023.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pens) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 26 (2) | 4 | 31 | 2,352 |
| 2. | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 25 (5) | 4 | 32 | 2,665 |
| 3. | Jonathan David | LOSC Lille | 21 (7) | 4 | 33 | 2,833 |
| 4. | Lois Openda | RC Lens | 19 (0) | 3 | 34 | 2,201 |
| 5. | Folarin Balogun | Stade Reims | 18 (6) | 2 | 33 | 2,652 |
| Habib Diallo | Strasbourg | 18 (2) | 1 | 33 | 2,525 | |
| 7. | Wissam Ben Yedder | AS Monaco | 17 (4) | 6 | 29 | 1,904 |
| Terem Moffi | Lorient / Nice | 17 (1) | 2 | 30 | 2,370 | |
| Elye Wahi | Montpellier | 17 (0) | 5 | 29 | 2,405 | |
| 10. | Lionel Messi | PSG | 15 (0) | 15 | 28 | 3,382 |
There have been 956 total goals scored in Ligue 1 this season with 35 own goals:
- Ajaccio (2): Mickael Alphonse, Mohamed Youssouf
- Angers (3): Miha Blazic, Cedric Hountondji, Abdallah Sima
- Auxerre (1): Rayan Raveloson
- Lens (1): Salis Abdul Samed
- Lille (3): Bafode Diakite, Tiago Djalo, Jose Fonte
- Lorient (1): Julien Laporte
- Lyon (2): Castello Lukeba, Malo Gusto
- Marseille (3): Leonardo Balerdi, Matteo Guendouzi, Jordan Veretout
- Monaco (3): Youssouf Fofana, Caio Henrique, Guillermo Maripan
- Montpellier (2): Maxime Esteve, Falaye Sacko
- Nantes (4): Jaouen Hadjam, Nicolas Pallois, Charles Traore, Joao Victor
- PSG (1): Marquinhos
- Stade Brestois (2): Brendan Chardonnet, Christophe Herelle
- Stade de Reims (1): Wout Faes
- Stade Rennes (1): Arthur Theate
- Toulouse (3): Logan Costa, Rasmus Nicolaisen, Anthony Roualt
- Troyes (2): Yasser Larouci, Erik Palmer-Brown
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Ligue 1 Golden Boot Winners
Below are the top scorers in each season of Ligue 1 action dating back to the year 2000.
Kylian Mbappe has won the top goalscorer award every single season since 2018/19, and he is charging up the all-time Ligue 1 goalscoring list. His 148 career Ligue 1 goals at the turn of the calendar year from 2022 to 2023 saw him sit 21st all-time despite his youthful age of 23 years old.
Other big names to win the Ligue 1 top goalscorer award in recent years include Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani, both of whom played for PSG. Olivier Giroud finished jointly atop the 2011/12 list before making a move to Arsenal, and Karim Benzema has also previously won the award before his big transfer to Real Madrid.
The most Ligue 1 top goalscorer awards by one individual is five, accomplished by both Jean-Pierre Papin of Marseille and Carlos Bianchi of Stade de Reims and PSG. Mbappe can win his fifth if he finishes atop the charts in 2022/23.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021/22 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 28 |
| 2020/21 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 27 |
| 2019/20 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 18 |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | AS Monaco | 18 | |
| 2018/19 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 33 |
| 2017/18 | Edinson Cavani | PSG | 28 |
| 2016/17 | Edinson Cavani | PSG | 35 |
| 2015/16 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 38 |
| 2014/15 | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 27 |
| 2013/14 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 26 |
| 2012/13 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 30 |
| 2011/12 | Olivier Giroud | Montpellier | 21 |
| Nene | PSG | 21 | |
| 2010/11 | Moussa Sow | Lille | 25 |
| 2009/10 | Mamadou Niang | Marseille | 18 |
| 2008/09 | Andre-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse | 24 |
| 2007/08 | Karim Benzema | Lyon | 20 |
| 2006/07 | Pauleta | PSG | 15 |
| 2005/06 | Pauleta | PSG | 21 |
| 2004/05 | Alexander Frei | Stade Rennes | 20 |
| 2003/04 | Djibril Cisse | Auxerre | 26 |
| 2002/03 | Shabani Nonda | AS Monaco | 26 |
| 2001/02 | Djibril Cisse | Auxerre | 22 |
| Pauleta | Bordeaux | 22 | |
| 2000/01 | Sonny Anderson | Lyon | 22 |