PSG star forward Kylian Mbappe captured a fifth straight Ligue 1 top scorer crown in 2022/23, finishing with 29 goals, his second-best total in France's top division only behind the 33 scored in 2018/19.
Lyon's Alexandre Lacazette gave Mbappe a good run for his money with his 27 goals, a total few expected to start the season from the former Arsenal man.
It was. however, expected that Canadian international Jonathan David would put up another 20+ goal season for LOSC Lille, and he was followed by the two goal-scoring revelations in newly minted U.S. international Folarin Balogun (Stade Reims) and Lens' Belgian forward Lois Openda, who was playing in his first season in French football.
Mbappe was one of three PSG goal scorers in the top 15 with injured superstar Neymar and Lionel Messi also contributing to making PSG the highest scoring team in Ligue 1 (89 goals in 38 matches).
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Ligue 1 Top Scorers Table (2022-2023)
The table below was updated after each matchday of the 2022/23 season with the ranking of the Ligue 1 top scorers. The first tiebreaker is assists, and the second is minutes played as with major FIFA competitions.
Final table as of Saturday, June 3, 2023.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pens) | Assists | Matches | Mins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 29 (3) | 5 | 34 | 2,822 |
| 2. | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 27 (6) | 5 | 35 | 2,937 |
| 3. | Jonathan David | LOSC Lille | 24 (10) | 4 | 37 | 3,176 |
| 4. | Lois Openda | Lens | 21 (1) | 4 | 38 | 2,528 |
| Folarin Balogun | Stade Reims | 21 (6) | 2 | 37 | 3,010 | |
| 6. | Habib Diallo | Strasbourg | 20 (3) | 1 | 37 | 2,877 |
| 7. | Wissam Ben Yedder | AS Monaco | 19 (5) | 6 | 32 | 2,127 |
| Elye Wahi | Montpellier | 19 (1) | 5 | 33 | 2,530 | |
| 9. | Terem Moffi | Lorient / Nice | 18 (1) | 3 | 34 | 2,729 |
| 10. | Lionel Messi | PSG | 16 (0) | 16 | 32 | 2,842 |
| 11. | Amine Gouiri | Rennes | 15 (0) | 3 | 36 | 2,758 |
| Gaetan Laborde | Nice | 15 (0) | 3 | 37 | 2,762 | |
| 13. | Alexis Sanchez | Marseille | 14 (2) | 3 | 35 | 2,697 |
| 14. | Neymar | PSG | 13 (2) | 11 | 20 | 1,552 |
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Ligue 1 Golden Boot Winners
Below are the top scorers in each season of Ligue 1 action dating back to the year 2000.
Kylian Mbappe has won the top goalscorer award every single season since 2018/19, and he is charging up the all-time Ligue 1 goalscoring list. His 164 career Ligue 1 goals at the conclusion of the 2022/23 season sees him sit 4th all-time despite his youthful age of 24 years old. All-time leader Delio Onnis has 299 career goals.
Other big names to win the Ligue 1 top goalscorer award in recent years include Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani, both of whom played for PSG. Olivier Giroud finished jointly atop the 2011/12 list before making a move to Arsenal, and Karim Benzema has also previously won the award before his big transfer to Real Madrid.
The most Ligue 1 top goalscorer awards by one individual is five, accomplished by both Jean-Pierre Papin of Marseille and Carlos Bianchi of Stade de Reims and PSG. Mbappe can win his fifth if he finishes atop the charts in 2022/23.
| Year | Player | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022/23 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 29 |
| 2021/22 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 28 |
| 2020/21 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 27 |
| 2019/20 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 18 |
| Wissam Ben Yedder | AS Monaco | 18 | |
| 2018/19 | Kylian Mbappe | PSG | 33 |
| 2017/18 | Edinson Cavani | PSG | 28 |
| 2016/17 | Edinson Cavani | PSG | 35 |
| 2015/16 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 38 |
| 2014/15 | Alexandre Lacazette | Lyon | 27 |
| 2013/14 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 26 |
| 2012/13 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic | PSG | 30 |
| 2011/12 | Olivier Giroud | Montpellier | 21 |
| Nene | PSG | 21 | |
| 2010/11 | Moussa Sow | Lille | 25 |
| 2009/10 | Mamadou Niang | Marseille | 18 |
| 2008/09 | Andre-Pierre Gignac | Toulouse | 24 |
| 2007/08 | Karim Benzema | Lyon | 20 |
| 2006/07 | Pauleta | PSG | 15 |
| 2005/06 | Pauleta | PSG | 21 |
| 2004/05 | Alexander Frei | Stade Rennes | 20 |
| 2003/04 | Djibril Cisse | Auxerre | 26 |
| 2002/03 | Shabani Nonda | AS Monaco | 26 |
| 2001/02 | Djibril Cisse | Auxerre | 22 |
| Pauleta | Bordeaux | 22 | |
| 2000/01 | Sonny Anderson | Lyon | 22 |