Bola de Prata (Portugal)

The Bola de Prata (Portuguese for Silver Ball) is a Primeira Liga award for the top scorer. In case two or more players have the same number of goals, the award goes to the footballer with the fewest games played. It was first awarded as a prize in the 1952–53 season by sports newspaper A Bola.

Héctor Yazalde holds the record for most goals in a single season, with 46, achieved in the 1973–74 season. Fernando Peyroteo recorded the highest goals-to-games ratio to win the award, 2.43, in 1937–38.

There have been 57 winners. Nineteen players have won the award on more than one occasion, with Eusébio having the record with seven wins. Eusébio also holds the record for most consecutive wins, with five. Rui Jordão, Paulinho Cascavel, Mário Jardel and Mehdi Taremi are the only players to win the award with two clubs.

Winners

+KeyIndicates a season with more than one top scorerIndicates player also won the European Golden Shoe in the same season§Denotes the club were Primeira Liga champions in the same seasonPrimeira Liga record

+Primeira Liga Bola de Prata winnersSeasonPlayerNationalityClubGoalsGamesRateCampeonato da Liga da Primeira Divisão1934–35Sporting CP14141935–36PingaPorto21141936–37 Sporting CP24121937–38Sporting CP3414Campeonato Nacional da Primeira Divisão1938–39CosturasPorto18141939–40 Sporting CP2917Porto29181940–41 Sporting CP29141941–42Porto36211942–43JulinhoBenfica24161943–44Vitória de Setúbal28181944–45 Vitória de Setúbal21171945–46 Sporting CP39211946–47 Sporting CP33191.261947–48Porto36251948–49 Sporting CP30231949–50Julinho Benfica28221950–51Sporting CP29231951–52Benfica28221952–53MatateuBelenenses29261953–54Sporting CP31231954–55Matateu Belenenses32261955–56 Benfica28261956–57 Benfica30251957–58CUF23211958–59 Benfica26241959–60Vitória de Guimarães25251960–61 Benfica27231961–62Porto23201962–63Benfica26211963–64EusébioBenfica28191964–65Eusébio Benfica28201965–66Eusébio Benfica2523Sporting CP25261966–67Eusébio Benfica31261967–68Eusébio Benfica42241968–69Académica de Coimbra19261969–70Eusébio Benfica20221970–71Benfica23261971–72 Benfica27261972–73Eusébio Benfica40281973–74Sporting CP46291974–75 Sporting CP30261975–76Benfica30281976–77Porto26281977–78 Porto25251978–79 Porto27291979–80 Sporting CP31301980–81NenéBenfica20291981–82Porto27301982–83 Porto36291983–84 Porto2123Nené Benfica21261984–85 Porto39301985–86Sporting CP30291986–87Vitória de Guimarães22301987–88 Sporting CP23381988–89VataBenfica16271989–90Benfica33321990–91Benfica25371991–92RickyBoavista30341992–93Sporting CP18341993–94Vitória de Setúbal21281994–95Farense21311995–96DomingosPorto25291996–97Porto30311997–98 Porto26301998–99 Porto36321999–2000 Porto37322000–01PenaPorto22292001–02 Sporting CP42302002–03Beira-Mar1831Benfica18332003–04Porto20292004–05LiédsonSporting CP25312005–06Belenenses17262006–07Liédson Sporting CP15282007–08Porto24272008–09NenêNacional20282009–10Benfica26292010–11HulkPorto23262011–12 Benfica2029LimaBraga20302012–13Porto26302013–14 Porto20302014–15 Porto21302015–16JonasBenfica32342016–17Sporting CP34312017–18Jonas Benfica34292018–19Haris SeferovicBenfica23292019–20Carlos ViníciusBenfica1832Mehdi TaremiRio Ave1830PizziBenfica18322020–21Pedro GonçalvesSporting CP23322021–22Darwin NúñezBenfica26282022–23Mehdi Taremi Porto22332023–24Viktor GyökeresSporting CP29332024–25Viktor Gyökeres Sporting CP39332025–26Luis SuárezSporting CP2832

Notes

Statistics Multiple winners

PlayerClubTitlesSeasons EusébioBenfica 71963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66 (shared), 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73 Fernando PeyroteoSporting CP 61937–38, 1939–40 (shared), 1940–41, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1948–49 Fernando GomesPorto 61976–77, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1982–83, 1983–84 (shared), 1984–85 José ÁguasBenfica 51951–52, 1955–56, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1960–61 Mário JardelPorto, Sporting CP 51996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2001–02 Jackson MartínezPorto 32012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Manuel SoeiroSporting CP 21934–35, 1936–37 JulinhoBenfica 21942–43, 1959–50 MatateuBelenenses 21952–53, 1954–55 Artur JorgeBenfica 21970–71, 1971–72 Héctor YazaldeSporting CP 21973–74, 1974–75 Rui JordãoBenfica, Sporting CP 21975–76, 1979–80 NenéBenfica 21980–81, 1983–84 (shared) Paulinho CascavelVitória de Guimarães, Sporting CP 21986–87, 1987–88 LiédsonSporting CP 22004–05, 2006–07 Óscar CardozoBenfica 22009–10, 2011–12 (shared) JonasBenfica 22015–16, 2017–18 Mehdi TaremiRio Ave, Porto 22019–20 (shared), 2022–23 Viktor GyökeresSporting CP 22023–24, 2024–25

Awards won by nationality

CountryTotal

Awards won by club ClubTotalBenficaPortoSporting CPVitória de SetúbalBelenensesVitória de GuimarãesAcadémica de CoimbraCUFBoavistaFarenseBeira-MarNacionalBragaRio Ave

See also List of Primeira Liga top scorers

References