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La Liga has been home to some of the best footballers to have graced the game. Although most top players have turned up for Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid over the years, other clubs have also featured quality players.
Following the departures of Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos in recent years, La Liga has lost some of its sheen. But the division has always featured prolific scorers across positions during its nearly hundred-year-long history.
On that note, here's a look at the most prolific scoring XI in La Liga history. A 4-3-3 formation has been considered for the hypothetical XI. Without further ado, let's get started:
Note: All details as per transfermarkt.
# Goalkeeper - Nacho Gonzalez (6 goals)
Nacho Gonzalez is one of five goalkeepers to have scored multiple goals in La Liga history.
The Argentine netted six times in 57 La Liga games across two seasons for Las Palmas. Gonzalez scored a brace in Las Palmas' 3-3 draw at Eibar in the 2000-01 edition of the competition. Both his strikes came from the penalty spot.
The 49-year-old played four times for Argentina as well during his decade-long career.
# Left-back - Roberto Carlos (48 goals)
Roberto Carlos is one of the most prolific goalscoring full-backs in the history of the game.
The diminutive left-back revolutionized the role during his legendary playing career, especially in the Spanish top flight. A set-piece specialist, Carlos tallied over 100 goal contributions (48 goals, 54 assists) in the competition during his nearly decade-long stint with La Liga giants Real Madrid.
Renowned for scoring piledrivers from a distance, Carlos netted many a memorable goal during his illustrious career for club and country.
Carlos, a four-time La Liga winner, enjoyed his two most prolific campaigns in the competition in 2000-01 and 2002-03. He scored five goals in each campaign and tallied at least ten assists. Unsurprisingly, Real Madrid won the La Liga title in both seasons.
# Centre-back - Fernando Hierro (105 goals)
Fernando Hierro is arguably one of the greatest goalscoring centre-backs in the game.
The Real Madrid legend is one of only two defenders to tally 100 goals for the club across competitions. Hierro, a five-time La Liga winner, played almost 500 games in the competition, notching up a century of goals and 10 assists.
The versatile player has scored in all but one of his 16 seasons in the Spanish top flight. Hierro's most prolific La Liga campaign was in 1991-92, when he scored 21 times. He was also a prolific scorer for Spain, netting 30 times in 88 games.
# Centre-back - Sergio Ramos (74 goals)
Sergio Ramos is one of the most decorated active goalscoring defenders in the game at the moment.
Now at PSG, the 35-year-old centre-back scored goals galore during his time with Real Madrid. Despite his checkered disciplinary record, Ramos is a force to be reckoned with at both ends of the pitch.
After the departure of club legend Cristiano Ronaldo in the summer of 2018, Ramos took up penalty-taking duties for the team. The two-time Euro and FIFA World Cup winner led from the front in Real Madrid's 2019-20 La Liga-winning campaign, scoring a personal-best 11 goals.
In over 500 La Liga games, the five-time winner tallied more than a hundred goal contributions (74 goals, 31 assists). Ramos has also scored key goals in other competitions like the Champions League, which he has won four times.
Ramos, one of a handful of players to score in two Champions League finals, has netted 23 times in 180 appearances for Spain.
# Right-back - Andoni Iraola (33 goals)
Andoni Iraola is one of the most prolific goalscoring full-backs in La Liga history. He played over 400 games in the competition, all for Athletic Bilbao, scoring 33 times and assisting in 33 goals as well.
Iraola scored 26 times in his first seven La Liga campaigns, including a career-best six times in the 2008-09 edition of the competition. His only La Liga brace came that season, with the right-back netting twice in the Basque Derby.
The 39-year-old is now the manager at Rayo Vallecano, whom he helped gain promotion to the Spanish top flight last season.
# Central Midfielder - Jose Mari Bakero (139 goals)
Jose Mari Bakero is one of a handful of midfielders to have scored 100 La Liga goals.
Bakero has made almost 500 appearances in the competition, scoring 139 times. The 58-year-old is one of a handful of players to have won multiple La Liga titles with more than one club. He won his first two titles in the competition with Real Sociedad in the early eighties and bagged four La Liga titles with the Barcelona dream team of the early nineties.
He scored some famous goals during his career, including a stunner against Kaiserslautern in a European competition.
The versatile Bakero's most prolific La Liga campaign was in 1987-88 with Real Sociedad, when he netted 17 times.
# Central Midfielder - Pirri (124 goals)
Pirri started out as a centre-forward, but spent most of his career as a prolific goalscoring midfielder.
The Real Madrid legend won 10 La Liga titles with the team during his 16 seasons in the Spanish top flight. He twice registered 13-goal La Liga campaigns, doing so in the 1970-71 and 1975-76 editions of the competition.
Pirri also played 37 games for Spain, scoring 14 times, including one strike in the 1966 FIFA World Cup.
# Attacking Midfielder - Rivaldo (107 goals)
Rivaldo is one of the most flamboyant and skilful midfielders to have ever graced the Spanish top flight.
In just six seasons in the competition, the 2002 FIFA World Cup winner racked up over 100 goals, with most of them coming for Barcelona. He scored some fabulous goals during his career, including a memorable La Liga hat-trick.
The versatile Rivaldo could don a plethora of positions in the middle and attacking thirds. He enjoyed his most prolific La Liga campaign in 1998-99, when he notched up 24 goals and also provided 15 assists.
# Left Winger - Paco Gento (128 goals)
Paco Gento is the most decorated player in La Liga history. He has won a record 12 titles in the competition — all with Real Madrid — two more than that of any other player.
Los Blancos legend played over 400 La Liga games. He won 23 titles at the club, one more than a certain Sergio Ramos. Gento failed to score in only two of his 19-season La Liga tenure.
The six-time European Champions Clubs' Cup winner enjoyed his most prolific La Liga campaign in 1959-60, scoring 14 goals. Unfortunately, Real Madrid were pipped to the La Liga title by Barcelona that year.
# Centre Forward - Cristiano Ronaldo (311 goals)
Cristiano Ronaldo is widely regarded as one of the best players to have graced the game. He has racked up over 300 goals and nearly 100 assists in the competition during a prolific nine-season stint. Although he started out as winger, Ronaldo has scored goals aplenty as a centre-forward.
The two-time La Liga winner is one of only two players to score over 300 goals and register three 40-goal campaigns in the competition. Ronaldo scored his 300th La Liga goal in just 286 games, making him the quickest player to reach the milestone.
Ronaldo holds a plethora of scoring records, standalone or shared, in La Liga. In 2010-11, he became the first player to breach the 40-goal mark in a La Liga campaign. He is the only player in competition history to score at least 30 goals in six consecutive seasons.
The Manchester United striker has scored 34 La Liga hat-tricks - second-most in the competition's history. Ronaldo's most prolific La Liga campaign was in 2014-15, when he scored a staggering 48 times and also registered 17 assists. But Real Madrid finished two points adrift of Barcelona in a riveting title race.
# Right Winger - Lionel Messi (474 goals)
Lionel Messi is widely regarded by many as the finest player to have ever graced the beautiful game.
The diminutive Argentinian is a Barcelona legend, with 474 goals and 214 assists in La Liga, both being record tallies. Messi is the only player to score over 450 La Liga goals, and the only one except Ronaldo with more than 300.
The 10-time La Liga winner holds a plethora of scoring records in the competition. Messi holds the records for most La Liga hat-tricks (36) and most hat-tricks (8) in a single season of the competition. He has won a record eight Pichichi awards.
The 35-year-old is the only player to register 22 assists in a La Liga campaign, and score in 17 consecutive seasons in the competition.
