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) in Turkey. It is the title earned by the top goalscorer in

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divisions. The title is currently held by

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, who scored 20 goals for Kasımpaşa in the 2020–21 season. The highest number of goals scored is 39, by

Tanju Çolak Tanju Çolak (born 10 November 1963 in Samsun) is a Turkish retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career He made his debut for Samsun Yolspor. From there he was transferred to Samsunspor in 1981 where he was the top scorer in both t ...

for Galatasaray in 1987–88.

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(1962–63) and

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(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

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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

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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

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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 Süper Lig. * ''Italics'' show players still playing professional football in other leagues.

Top scorers by season

The top scorers of the former

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and National Division are not included in the following list: Metin_Oktay

*Teams in bold are the champions of mentioned season.

Statistics

By player

By club

By country

Records

*Most goals in a season: 39 **

(

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) 1987–88 *Highest scoring average: 1.461 Goals per match **

(

) 1962–63 (38 goals in 26 matches) *Most consecutive wins: 3 **

(1959, 1960, 1961) **

(1986, 1987, 1988) **

(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 de Souza (2010–11, 33 years 250 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)

References

External links

RSSSF Turkish top scorers

Turkish Football Federation
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