La Liga Top scorers - Spain 1997/1998

The winning top scorer in La Liga (Primera División), Spain during the season 1997/1998 was Christian Vieri with 24 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

Season:

Primera División best goal scorers 1997/1998

Below is the final top scorer list for the La Liga 1997/1998, including the 22 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age GoalsGoals
1. Christian Vieri
Atlético Madrid
Italy
24
24
2. Rivaldo
Barcelona
Brazil
26
19
3. Luis Enrique
Barcelona
Spain
28
18
4. Darko Kovacevic
Real Sociedad
Serbia
24
17
5. Lyuboslav Penev
Compostela
Bulgaria
31
16
6. Pauleta
Salamanca
Portugal
25
15
7. Fernando Correa
Racing Santander
Uruguay
24
14
8. Alen Peternac
Real Valladolid
Croatia
26
13
  Gabriel Amato
Mallorca
Argentina
27
13
  Juan Esnaider
Espanyol
Argentina
25
13
11. Adrian Ilie
Valencia
Romania
24
12
  Claudio López
Valencia
Argentina
23
12
  Fernando Morientes
Real Madrid
Spain
22
12
  Meho Kodro
Tenerife
Bosnia and Herzegovina
31
12
15. Joseba Etxeberria
Athletic Bilbao
Spain
20
11
16. Alfonso Pérez
Real Betis
Spain
25
10
  Davor Suker
Real Madrid
Croatia
30
10
  Gaizka Mendieta
Valencia
Spain
24
10
  Predrag Mijatovic
Real Madrid
Montenegro
Montenegro
29
10
  Raúl
Real Madrid
Spain
20
10
  Sonny Anderson
Barcelona
Brazil
27
10
  Vladimir Beschastnykh
Racing Santander
Russia
24
10
The age of the players is when the season ended at 16 May 1998

Scored hat-tricks in La Liga, season 1997/1998

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 1997/1998 in La Liga, Spain. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Romano Sion
Compostela
Deportivo La Coruña - Compostela 2-6
Sun 10 may 1998
3
16', 50', 55'
Fernando Correa
Racing Santander
Athletic Bilbao - Racing Santander 4-3
Sun 29 march 1998
3
2', 14', 78'
Christian Vieri
Atlético Madrid
Salamanca - Atlético Madrid 5-4
Sat 21 march 1998
4
11', 43', 82', 84'
Adrian Ilie
Valencia
Valencia - Racing Santander 6-1
Sun 25 january 1998
3
3', 29', 71'
Pauleta
Salamanca
Salamanca - Deportivo La Coruña 4-1
Sun 7 december 1997
3
65', 70', 89'
Finidi George
Real Betis
Real Betis - Tenerife 3-0
Sun 7 december 1997
3
10', 25', 38'
Christian Vieri
Atlético Madrid
Real Zaragoza - Atlético Madrid 1-5
Sun 19 october 1997
3
19', 39', 63'
Fernando Correa
Racing Santander
Racing Santander - Sporting Gijon 4-1
Sun 5 october 1997
3
7', 25', 85'

The first game in La Liga the season 1997/1998 was played 30 August 1997, and the season ended 16 May 1998. More information and the winning top scorers in La Liga between the seasons 1989/1990-2024/2025 here.