The Bola de Prata (

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for ''Silver Ball'') is a

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award for the top scorer. In case two or more players have the same number of goals, the award goes to the

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with the fewest games played. It was first awarded as a prize in the 1952–53 season by sports newspaper ''

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''.

Héctor Yazalde Héctor Casimiro Yazalde (29 May 1946 – 18 June 1997) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed ''Chirola'', Yazalde scored 46 goals in one single season with Sporting CP, being awarded that season's European ...

holds the record for most goals in a single season, with 46, achieved in the 1973–74 season.

Fernando Peyroteo Fernando Baptista de Seixas Peyroteo de Vasconcelos (10 March 1918 – 28 November 1978) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He spent his entire professional career with Sporting CP, scoring 544 goals in all competitions, winn ...

recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, 2.43, in 1937–38. There have been 52 winners. Seventeen players have won the award in more than one occasion, with

Eusébio Eusébio da Silva Ferreira (; 25 January 1942 – 5 January 2014), nicknamed the "Black Panther", the "Black Pearl" or "O Rei" ("The King"), was a Portuguese footballer who played as a striker. He is considered one of the greatest players of ...

having the record with seven wins. Eusébio also holds the record for most consecutive wins, with five.

Rui Jordão Rui Manuel Trindade Jordão (; 9 August 1952 – 18 October 2019) was a Portuguese footballer. His professional career was spent mostly with two of the biggest clubs in the country, Benfica and Sporting CP. One of the most prolific strikers i ...

, Paulinho Cascavel and

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are the only players to win the award with two clubs, and Cascavel is the only one to achieve it in consecutive seasons.

Winners

Notes

Statistics

Multiple winners

Awards won by nationality

Awards won by club

References

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