The

La Liga The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known simply as Primera División in Spain, and as La Liga in English-speaking countries and officially as LaLiga Santander for sponsorship reasons, stylized as LaLiga, is the men' ...

is a Spanish professional league for

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...

clubs. At the top of the

Spanish football league system The Spanish football league system consists of several professional, semi-professional and non-professional leagues bound together hierarchically by promotion and relegation. The top two tiers of the male league pyramid—Primera División ( La Lig ...

, it is the country's primary football competition and is contested by 20 clubs. The competition was formed in 1929, with an initial format of 10 teams.

League records

Records in this section refer to

from its founding in 1929 through to the present.

Titles

* Most league titles: 35,

Real Madrid Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (, meaning ''Royal Madrid Football Club''), commonly referred to as Real Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in Madrid. Founded in 1902 as Madrid Football Club, the club has traditionally wor ...

( 1931–32, 1932–33, 1953–54, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1994–95, 1996–97, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2011–12, 2016–17, 2019–20, 2021–22) * Most consecutive league titles: 5,

(twice): (1961 to 1965 and 1986 to 1990)

Top-flight appearances

* Most appearances: 92, joint record (up to 2022–23) **

Athletic Bilbao Athletic Club ( eu, Bilboko Athletic Kluba; es, Athletic Club de Bilbao), commonly known as Athletic Bilbao or just Athletic, is a professional football club based in the city of Bilbao in the Basque Country of Spain. They are known as ''Los Le ...

(1929–present) **

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ...

(1929–present) **

(1929–present)

Wins

* Most wins overall: 1,767 –

* Most wins in a season: 32,

(2011–12) and

(2012–13) * Most home wins in a season: 18,

(1987–88 and 2009–10) and

(2009–10) * Most away wins in a season: 16,

(2011–12) * Most consecutive wins: 16,

(2010–11) and

(2016–17) * Most consecutive home wins: 39,

(16 February 1958 to 6 November 1960) * Most consecutive away wins: 13,

(26 February 2017 to 14 October 2017) *Most consecutive wins on season's opening matchday: 10,

(2009–10 to 2018–19) * Fewest wins in a season: 2, joint record: ** Sporting Gijón (1997–98): final record P38 W2 D7 L29 ** Logroñés (1994–95): final record P38 W2 D9 L27 ** Celta Vigo (1943–44): final record P26 W2 D5 L19 **

Real Betis Real Betis Balompié, known as Real Betis () or just Betis, is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville in the autonomous community of Andalusia. Founded in 1907, it plays in La Liga. It holds home games at the Estadio Benito Vi ...

(1942–43): final record P26 W2 D6 L18 * 100% home win record in a season: **

(9 games, 1933–34) **

(11 games, 1935–36) **

(13 games, 1948–49) **

(15 games, 1952–53) **

Sevilla Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsul ...

(15 games, 1956–57) **

(15 games, 1958–59) **

(15 games, 1959–60) **

(15 games, 1962–63) **

(17 games, 1985–86) * Longest win streak from the start of a season: 9,

(1968–69)

Draws

* Most draws overall: 698 –

* Most draws in a season: 18, Deportivo La Coruña (2015–16) * Most consecutive draws: 9,

Burgos Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos. Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence o ...

(30 April 1978 to 28 October 1978)

Losses

* Most losses overall: 1,135 –

Espanyol Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona (; "Royal Spanish Sports Club of Barcelona"), commonly known as Espanyol, is a professional sports club based in Barcelona, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top tier of the Spanish football league s ...

* Most losses in a season: 29, Sporting Gijón (1997–98) * Most consecutive losses in a season: 11,

Las Palmas Las Palmas (, ; ), officially Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is a Spain, Spanish city and capital of Gran Canaria, in the Canary Islands, on the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital (jointly with Santa Cruz de Tenerife), the most populous city in th ...

(13 December 1959 to 28 February 1960), date=April 2014 * Most consecutive losses at home: 9,

Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cordoba may ...

(24 January 2015 to ongoing), date=May 2015 * Most consecutive losses away: 25, Hércules (11 September 1955 to 26 February 1967), date=April 2014 * Fewest losses in a season: 0, (18 games season) joint record: **

(1929–30; final record P18 W12 D6 L0) **

(1931–32; final record P18 W10 D8 L0) * Fewest losses in a season under current league format (38 games): 1, joint record: **

(1988–89; final record P38 W25 D12 L1) **

(2009–10; final record P38 W31 D6 L1) **

(2017–18; final record P38 W28 D9 L1)

Points

* Most points overall in the top flight: 4,786 –

* Most points in a season overall: 100, (87.72% of points),

(2011–12),

(2012–13) * Most points in a season at home: 55,

(2009–10 and 2012–13) * * Most points in a season opening half: 55,

(2012–13) * * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 18 games): 30,

(1929–30) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 22 games): 34,

(1934–35) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 26 games): 40,

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...

(1941–42 and 1943–44) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 30 games): 52,

(1960–61) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 34 games): 56,

(1985–86) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 38 games): 62,

(1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90) * Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 44 games): 66,

(1986–87) * Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 42 games): 92,

(1996–97) * Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 38 games): 100,

(2011–12),

(2012–13) * Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 9, Celta Vigo (1942–43) final record P26 W2 D5 L19 * Fewest points in a season (3 points for a win): 13, Sporting Gijón (1997–98) final record P38 W2 D7 L29

Games without a loss

* Most consecutive league games without a loss: 43,

(8 April 2017 to 13 May 2018) * Most consecutive home league games without a loss: 121,

(17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965) * Most consecutive away league games without a loss: 23,

(14 February 2010 to 30 April 2011)

Games without a win

* Most consecutive league games without a win: 26, Levante (18 April 2021 to 20 December 2021) * Most consecutive league games without a win away: 72, Hércules (8 December 1940 to 12 March 1967)

Games without scoring

* Most consecutive league games without scoring: 8, joint record: **

Sabadell Sabadell () is a city in Catalonia, Spain. It is in the south of the ''comarca'' of Vallès Occidental and its joint capital (co-capital), on the River Ripoll, north of Barcelona. Sabadell is located above sea level. Sabadell pioneered the In ...

(27 September 1987 to 6 December 1987) ** Castellón (28 October 1990 to 6 January 1991) * Most consecutive league games without scoring at home: 7,

(6 January 1996 to 7 April 1996) * Most consecutive league games without scoring away: 12, Deportivo La Coruña (17 January 1965 to 4 December 1966) * Most consecutive league games without scoring away in a single season: 11, Hércules (17 November 2010 to 3 April 2011)

Games without conceding a goal

* Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal: 13,

Atlético Madrid Club Atlético de Madrid, S.A.D. (; meaning "Athletic Club of Madrid"), known simply as Atleti in the Spanish-speaking world and commonly referred to at international level as Atlético Madrid, is a Spanish professional football club based in ...

(2 December 1990 to 17 March 1991) * Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal home: 12,

(23 April 2011 to 15 January 2012) * Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal away: 7,

(1 November 1986 to 7 February 1987) * Most games without conceding a goal in a season: 26, Deportivo La Coruña (1993–94) * Most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a season: 8,

(2014–15)

Appearances

* Most career league appearances: 622,

Andoni Zubizarreta Andoni Zubizarreta Urreta (, ; born 23 October 1961) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. The all-time most capped player for the Spain national team for several years, he played with individual and team suc ...

* Most career league appearances at one club: 550, Raúl (for

) * Most career league appearances by a foreign player: 520,

Lionel Messi Lionel Andrés Messi (; born 24 June 1987), also known as Leo Messi, is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the ...

* Most consecutive league appearances: 230, Iñaki Williams (20 April 2016 to 23 May 2022, ongoing) * Oldest player: Ricardo, 41 years, 5 months and 2 days (for Osasuna ''v.''

, 1 June 2013) * Oldest player under exceptional circumstances: Harry Lowe, 48 years, 7 months and 12 days (for

Real Sociedad Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D., more commonly referred to as Real Sociedad (; ''Royal Society''), La Real in Spanish, Erreala in Basque, is a Spanish professional sports club in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 Septemb ...

''v.''

, 24 March 1935) (''Real Sociedad's manager played due to a player down to illness, the team did not bring any substitutes to the away game for financial reasons.'') * Youngest player:

Luka Romero Luka Romero Bezzana (born 18 November 2004) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder and winger for La Liga club Alavés, on loan from Serie A club AC Milan. He represented Argentina at the youth international ...

, 15 years, 219 days (for

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''v.''

, 24 June 2020)

Goals

Team records

* Most league goals scored in a season: 121,

(2011–12) * Most home league goals scored in a season: 78,

(1989–90) * Most away league goals scored in a season: 58,

(2016–17) * Most games scored in a season: 38 (scoring in every game in a single La Liga season),

(2012–13),

(2016–17) * * * Fewest away league goals scored in a season: 2, Deportivo La Coruña (1964–65) * Most league goals conceded in a season: 134, Lleida (1950–51) * * Fewest league goals conceded in a season at the current format (38 game season): 18, joint record Deportivo La Coruña (1993-1994) &

(2015-2016) * Fewest league goals conceded home in a season: 2, joint record: ** ** * Best conceded goal quota in a season: ** * Best goal difference in a season: +89,

(2011–12),

(2014–15) * Worst goal difference in a season: –93, Lleida (1950–51) * Most consecutive games scoring: 64,

(4 February 2012 to 5 October 2013) * * * * * Most goalscorers in a season: 22,

(2021–22)

Individual records

*Most career league goals: 474,

* Most goals scored in a season: 50,

(2011–12) *Most career league assists: 192,

*Most assists made in a season: 21,

(2019–20) * Most league goals scored in a calendar year: 59,

(2012) * Most league home goals in a season (38 games, 19 home games): 35,

(2011–12) * Most league away goals in a season (38 games, 19 away games): 24,

(2012–13) *Most league matches scored in a season (38 games): 27,

(2012–13) *Most league home matches scored in a season (38 games): 16,

(2011–12) *Most league away matches scored in a season (38 games): 15,

(2012–13) * Most opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38,

* Most opponents scored against in a season: 19, joint record: ** Ronaldo for

(1996–97) (42 games) **

Cristiano Ronaldo Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (; born 5 February 1985) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward and captains the Portugal national team. He is currently a free agent. Widely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

for

(2011–12) (38 games) **

for

(2012–13) (38 games) * Fastest to score 20 La Liga goals in a single season: 12 games,

(2014–15) * * Fastest to 100 La Liga goals: 82 games,

Isidro Lángara Isidro Lángara Galarraga (25 May 1912 in Pasaia, Gipuzkoa – 21 August 1992 in Andoain) was a Spanish football striker from the Basque Country. He played 12 times for Spain, scoring 17 goals. He has the highest goal ratio in La Liga at 1.14. ...

(for

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(matchday 2, ''28 September 1947'', season 1947–48) * Fastest to 150 La Liga goals: 140 games,

(matchday 5, ''22 September 2013'', season 2013–14) * Fastest to 200 La Liga goals: 178 games,

* Fastest to 250 La Liga goals: 228 games,

* Fastest to 300 La Liga goals: 286 games,

* Most consecutive hat-tricks in one season: 3,

(for

(1934–35)) * Most goals scored in a game: 7, joint record: ** Agustín Sauto Arana (for

''v.''

, 8 February 1931) ** László Kubala (for

''v.'' Sporting Gijón, 10 February 1952) * Most consecutive league appearances scored in: 21,

(33 goals, from matchday 11 to matchday 34, season 2012–13) * Most consecutive home league matches scored in: 18, Mariano Martín (37 goals, from matchday 22 season 1941–42 to matchday 6 season 1943–44) * Most consecutive away league matches scored in: 13,

(20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33, season 2012–13) * Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga history: 36,

* Most league hat-tricks scored in a season: 8, joint record: **

(2011–12) **

(2014–15) * Most braces (2-goal matches) scored in La Liga history: 93,

* Fastest

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in La Liga: 4 minutes and 43 seconds, Bebeto (for Deportivo La Coruña ''v.''

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in 1995) *Oldest player to score a hat-trick in La Liga: 39 years and 241 days, Jorge Molina (for

Granada Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

''v.''

, 19 December 2021) *Most goals scored from direct free kicks: 36,

* Most goals from penalties in La Liga history: 61,

* Most penalties taken in La Liga history: 73,

* Youngest player to score 200 league goals: 25 years and 7 months,

(27 January 2013) * Youngest goalscorer:

Fabrice Olinga Fabrice Olinga Essono (born 12 May 1996), known as Olinga, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward. He became the youngest ever player to score in La Liga at the age of 16, at the service of Málaga. Released shortly after, he went ...

, 16 years and 98 days (for Málaga ''v.'' Celta Vigo, 18 August 2012) *Most Pichichi awards (La Liga top goalscorer): 8,

* Most La Liga Best Player awards: 6,

* Most La Liga Best Forward awards: 7,

* Only player to score 30+ goals in 8 different seasons:

(2004–2021) * Only player to score 4 goals (super hat-tricks) in 2 consecutive matches in La Liga history in a single season: 2,

Luis Suárez Luis Alberto Suárez Díaz (; born 24 January 1987) is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Uruguayan Primera División club Nacional and the Uruguay national team. Nicknamed ''El Pistolero'' ('The Gunman'), he is ...

(matchdays 34 and 35, season 2015–16) * Only players to be involved in 7 goals in a single match in La Liga history: joint record: ** Agustín Sauto Arana (for Athletic Bilbao vs Barcelona, 8 February 1931) ** László Kubala (for

''v.'' Sporting Gijón, 10 February 1952) **

, (for

''v.''

Deportivo de La Coruña Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña (), commonly known as Deportivo La Coruña (), Deportivo or simply Dépor, is a professional football club based in the city of A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. They currently play in the Primera División RFEF – ...

, 20 April 2016) *Most opening goals in La Liga history: 103,

*Most stadiums scored at in La Liga history: 36,

*Most wins in La Liga history: 383,

Goalkeepers' records

* Most penalties saved: 22,

Diego Alves Diego Alves Carreira (born 24 June 1985), known as Diego Alves, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. Having begun his career at Atlético Mineiro, he spent most of it in Spain in the service of Almería and Va ...

for

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and

* Most penalties saved in a single season: 6,

for

, 2016–17 * Most clean sheets in a season: 26, Francisco Liaño (for Deportivo La Coruña, 1993–94) *Best conceded goal quota in a season: **1 – 0.474 goals per game (18 goals in 38 matches), Francisco Liaño (for Deportivo La Coruña, 1993–94), Jan Oblak (for

, 2015–16) **3 – 0.5 goals per game (16 goals in 32 matches), Víctor Valdés (for

, 2010–11) **4 – 0.51 goals per game (19 goals in 37 matches),

Claudio Bravo Claudio Andrés Bravo Muñoz (; born 13 April 1983) is a Chilean professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Betis and captains the Chile national team. He started playing with Colo-Colo and moved to Real Sociedad ...

(for

, 2014–15) * Most clean sheets: 233,

(66 for Athletic Bilbao, 123 for Barcelona and 44 for Valencia, 1981–1998) * Longest start to a season with no goals conceded: 754 minutes,

(for

, 2014–15) * Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1,275 minutes, Abel Resino (for

, 1990–91)

Scorelines

* Record win:

12–1

(8 February 1931) * Record away win: 0–8, on four occasions: **

0–8

(25 October 1959) **

0–8

(20 November 2010) **

0–8

(2 May 2015) ** Deportivo La Coruña 0–8

(20 April 2016) * Most goals in a game: 14,

9–5 Racing Santander (5 February 1933) * Highest scoring draw: 12,

6–6

(29 January 1950)

Disciplinary

* Most red cards in a single match: 6, ** * Most red cards (individual): 20,

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* Most yellow cards (individual): 171,

Club records

Most points in a La Liga season (at least 90 points)

Most goals in a La Liga season (at least 100 goals)

* Most goals in a season not including

: 88 in 30 matches by

( 1950–51).

Most goals in a season – all competitions (at least 150 goals)

* First team to score at least 100 goals in a season:

in 1941–42 (111 in 34 matches). * A number of teams managed to score over 100 goals in a season during the 1930s, when the national league and cup were played alongside the regional leagues. Most prolific among those was the

team of the early 1930s, who scored 126 goals in 1929–30, 137 goals in 1930–31, 127 goals in 1931–32, 127 goals in 1932–33 and 115 goals in 1933–34; others include

, who scored 114 goals in 1933–34 and 110 goals in 1935–36. * Most goals in a season (all competitions) besides Real Madrid and Barcelona:

in 2014–15 (119 in 60 matches).

Most effective team in a La Liga season (at least 3 goals per match)

Individual records

Most championships won

Spanish * 12,

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(all with

) Non-Spanish * 10,

(all with

)

Goalscoring

Top 30 goalscorers, all-time

Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in ''italics'' are still active outside La Liga.

Top 5 goalscorers, still active in Spain (La Liga only)

Most hat-tricks in the League (at least 10)

''Three or more goals in a single match.'' ''For the complete list of hat-tricks see List of La Liga hat-tricks.'' Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in ''italics'' are still active outside La Liga. Players with at least 10 hat-tricks are shown in this table. Source
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Most goals in a La Liga season (at least 35 goals)

Bold player name denotes current season.

Most goals in a season — all competitions (at least 50 goals)

Bold player name denotes current season.

Goalkeeping

Top 5 longest goalkeeping runs without conceding a goal, all-time (Primera División only) Andoni Zubizarreta 2

Most appearances

Top 30 most appearances, all-time (Primera División) Players in bold are still active in La Liga. Players in ''italics'' are still active outside La Liga.

Top 5 most appearances, still active (Primera División)

Coaches

Coaches with most matches won

Coaches in bold are still active in La Liga.

Coaches with most matches managed

Coaches in bold are still active in La Liga.

All-time table

The all-time La Liga table is an overall record of all match results, points, and goals of every team that has played in La Liga since its inception in 1929. The table is accurate as of the end of the 2021–22 season.All Time Table of Spanish team in La Liga
Rsssf.com Teams in bold are part of the 2022–23 La Liga season.

References

External links

Liga de Fútbol Profesional - Historical football data provided by the official Spanish league webpagehesgoal website
{{La Liga teamlist La Liga records and statistics Spanish football club statistics Spanish records All-time football league tables

League records

Titles

Top-flight appearances

Wins

Draws

Losses

Points

Games without a loss

Games without a win

Games without scoring

Games without conceding a goal

Appearances

Goals

Team records

Individual records

Goalkeepers' records

Scorelines

Disciplinary

Club records

Most points in a La Liga season (at least 90 points)

Most goals in a La Liga season (at least 100 goals)

Most goals in a season – all competitions (at least 150 goals)

Most effective team in a La Liga season (at least 3 goals per match)

Individual records

Most championships won

Goalscoring

Top 30 goalscorers, all-time

Top 5 goalscorers, still active in Spain (La Liga only)

Most hat-tricks in the League (at least 10)

Most goals in a La Liga season (at least 35 goals)

Most goals in a season — all competitions (at least 50 goals)

Goalkeeping

Most appearances

Top 5 most appearances, still active (Primera División)

Coaches

Coaches with most matches won

Coaches with most matches managed

All-time table

References

Further reading

External links