La Liga Top scorers - Spain 2011/2012

The winning top scorer in La Liga (Primera División), Spain during the season 2011/2012 was Lionel Messi with 50 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season.

Primera División best goal scorers 2011/2012

Season:
# Player Team Nationality Age % team's goals Goals
1. Lionel Messi Barcelona
Argentina
24 43.9%
50
2. Cristiano Ronaldo Real Madrid
Portugal
27 38.0%
46
3. Radamel Falcao Atlético Madrid
Colombia
26 45.3%
24
4. Gonzalo Higuaín Real Madrid
Argentina
24 18.2%
22
5. Karim Benzema Real Madrid
France
24 17.4%
21
6. Fernando Llorente Athletic Bilbao
Spain
27 34.7%
17
  Roberto Soldado Valencia
Spain
26 28.8%
17
8. Rubén Castro Real Betis
Spain
30 34.0%
16
9. Arouna Koné Levante
Ivory Coast
28 27.8%
15
  Michu Rayo Vallecano
Spain
26 28.3%
15
11. Álvaro Negredo Sevilla
Spain
26 27.1%
13
12. Carlos Vela Real Sociedad
Mexico
23 26.1%
12
  Miku Getafe
Venezuela
26 30.0%
12
14. Alexis Sanchez Barcelona
Chile
23 9.6%
11
  Raúl Garcia Osasuna
Spain
25 25.0%
11
  Salomon Rondon Málaga
Venezuela
22 20.4%
11
17. Diego Costa Rayo Vallecano
Spain
23 18.9%
10
  Imanol Agirretxe Real Sociedad
Spain
25 21.7%
10
  Jonas Valencia
Brazil
28 16.9%
10
  Manu Sevilla
Spain
28 20.8%
10
  Xavi Barcelona
Spain
32 8.8%
10
The age of the players is when the season ended at 13 May 2012

The first game in La Liga the season 2011/2012 was played 27 August 2011, and the season ended 13 May 2012. More information and the winning top scorers in La Liga between the seasons 1989/1990-2023/2024 here.

Scored hat-tricks in La Liga, season 2011/2012

In total there were 23 scored hat-tricks during the season 2011/2012 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 Goals
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Espanyol 4-0
Sat 5 may 2012
4
11', 63', 73', 78'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Málaga 4-1
Wed 2 may 2012
3
34', 60', 63'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Atlético Madrid - Real Madrid 1-4
Wed 11 april 2012
3
24', 67', 82'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Granada 5-3
Tue 20 march 2012
3
16', 66', 85'
Roberto Soldado
Valencia
Athletic Bilbao - Valencia 0-3
Sun 18 march 2012
3
41', 57', 85'
Kalu Uche
Espanyol
Espanyol - Rayo Vallecano 5-1
Sun 11 march 2012
3
4', 44', 67'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Valencia 5-1
Sun 19 february 2012
4
21', 27', 75', 84'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Real Madrid - Levante 4-2
Sun 12 february 2012
3
45', 50', 57'
Fernando Llorente
Athletic Bilbao
Rayo Vallecano - Athletic Bilbao 2-3
Sat 28 january 2012
3
16', 23', 67'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Málaga - Barcelona 1-4
Sun 22 january 2012
3
32', 51', 77'
Radamel Falcao
Atlético Madrid
Real Sociedad - Atlético Madrid 0-4
Sat 21 january 2012
3
2', 82', 90'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Sevilla - Real Madrid 2-6
Sat 17 december 2011
3
10', 41', 86'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Real Madrid - Osasuna 7-1
Sun 6 november 2011
3
23', 55', 58'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Mallorca 5-0
Sat 29 october 2011
3
13', 21', 30'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Málaga - Real Madrid 0-4
Sat 22 october 2011
3
24', 28', 38'
Gonzalo Higuaín
Real Madrid
Real Madrid - Real Betis 4-1
Sat 15 october 2011
3
46', 70', 73'
Gonzalo Higuaín
Real Madrid
Espanyol - Real Madrid 0-4
Sun 2 october 2011
3
16', 65', 88'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Atlético Madrid 5-0
Sat 24 september 2011
3
26', 78', 90'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Real Madrid - Rayo Vallecano 6-2
Sat 24 september 2011
3
39', 51', 84'
Radamel Falcao
Atlético Madrid
Atlético Madrid - Racing Santander 4-0
Sun 18 september 2011
3
23', 36', 55'
Lionel Messi
Barcelona
Barcelona - Osasuna 8-0
Sat 17 september 2011
3
5', 41', 79'
Cristiano Ronaldo
Real Madrid
Real Zaragoza - Real Madrid 0-6
Sun 28 august 2011
3
23', 70', 86'
Roberto Soldado
Valencia
Valencia - Racing Santander 4-3
Sat 27 august 2011
3
1', 87', 89'

League table La Liga 2011/2012

This was the final standings in the 2011/2012 La Liga season.

# Team Matches WinsW DrawsD LossesL Goals Points
1. Real Madrid 38 32 4 2 121-32 100
2. Barcelona 38 28 7 3 114-29 91
3. Valencia 38 17 10 11 59-44 61
4. Málaga 38 17 7 14 54-53 58
5. Atlético Madrid 38 15 11 12 53-46 56
6. Levante 38 16 7 15 54-50 55
7. Osasuna 38 13 15 10 44-61 54
8. Mallorca 38 14 10 14 42-46 52
9. Sevilla 38 13 11 14 48-47 50
10. Athletic Bilbao 38 12 13 13 49-52 49
11. Getafe 38 12 11 15 40-51 47
12. Real Sociedad 38 12 11 15 46-52 47
13. Real Betis 38 13 8 17 47-56 47
14. Espanyol 38 12 10 16 46-56 46
15. Rayo Vallecano 38 13 4 21 53-73 43
16. Real Zaragoza 38 12 7 19 36-61 43
17. Granada 38 12 6 20 35-56 42
18. Villarreal 38 9 14 15 39-53 41
19. Sporting Gijon 38 10 7 21 42-69 37
20. Racing Santander 38 4 15 19 28-63 27