Top One-Man Offenses in Europe

We all know that Cristiano Ronaldo (love him or hate him) took home this year’s European Golden Boot for his 31 Premier League goals. A magnificent year for Ronaldo, but he had plenty of help, with a couple of guys named Tevez and Rooney alongside him that can do a pretty bit of goalscoring themselves when they are in the mood. To take a look at the importance of individual players, I put together a different sort of Golden Boot table. After the bump, the top ten scorers in European domestic leagues this season, ranked by percentage of team goals.

A few disclaimers before we get to the list. First, I’ve tried to search through stats on every league in Europe, but I’m sure it’s possible I missed someone. If I have, let me know. Second, to eliminate the players on just plain awful teams, and to keep the list manageable, a minimum of 15 goals are necessary to qualify a player for the list. Okay, here goes.

1. Georgi Hristov (Botev, Bulgaria) – 21/36 = 58.3% of team goals
2. Oleksandr Hladky (Metalurh Donetsk, Ukraine) – 17/34 = 50%
3. Joseph Akpala (Charleroi, Belgium) – 18/41 = 43.9%
4. Marco Borrellio (Genoa, Italy) – 19/44 = 43.2%
5. Zelimir Terkes (Zadar, Croatia) – 21/49 = 42.9%
6. David (Doxa Katokopias, Cyprus) – 16/38 = 42.1%
7. Blaise Kufo (Twente, Holland) – 21/52 = 40.4%
8. Daniel Guiza (Mallorca, Spain) – 27/69 = 39.1%
9. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United, England) – 31/80 = 38.8%
10. Ionel Danciulescu (Dinamo, Romania) – 21/55 = 38.2%

Just missing out on the top ten: Roque Santa Cruz (38%), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (36.2%) and Fernando Torres (35.8%).

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Tags: Belgium, Blaise Kufo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Croatia, Daniel Guiza, David, Eredivisie, Georgi Hristov, Goalscoring, Ionel Danciulescu, Joseph Akpala, La Liga, Marco Borrellio, Oleksandr Hladky, Premier League, Romania, Serie A, Statistics, Ukraine, World Football, Zelimir Terkes

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