La Liga records and statistics

La Liga is a Spanish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Spanish football league system, 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.

Clubs

Records in this section refer to La Liga from its founding in 1929 through to the present.

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 2024–25 season. Teams in bold are part of the 2025–26 La Liga season.

Titles

• Most league titles: 36, Real Madrid (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, 2023–24)
• Most consecutive league titles: 5, Real Madrid (twice): (1961 to 1965 and 1986 to 1990)

Top-flight appearances

• Most appearances: 95, joint record (up to 2025–26)
• Athletic Bilbao (1929–present)
• Barcelona (1929–present)
• Real Madrid (1929–present)

Wins

• Most wins overall: 1,820 – Real Madrid
• Most wins in a season: 32, Real Madrid (2011–12) and Barcelona (2012–13)
• Most home wins in a season: 18, Real Madrid (1987–88 and 2009–10) and Barcelona (2009–10 and 2012–13)
• Most away wins in a season: 16, Real Madrid (2011–12)
• 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 (1942–43): final record P26 W2 D6 L18
• 100% home win record in a season:
• Athletic Bilbao (9 games, 1933–34)
• Athletic Bilbao (11 games, 1935–36)
• Barcelona (13 games, 1948–49)
• Barcelona (15 games, 1952–53)
• Sevilla (15 games, 1956–57)
• Barcelona (15 games, 1958–59)
• Barcelona (15 games, 1959–60)
• Real Madrid (15 games, 1959–60)
• Real Madrid (15 games, 1962–63)
• Real Madrid (17 games, 1985–86)

Draws

• Most draws overall: 718 – Athletic Bilbao
• Most draws in a season: 18, Deportivo La Coruña (2015–16)

Losses

• Most losses overall: 1,152 – Espanyol
• Most losses in a season: 30 – Real Valladolid (2024–25)
• Fewest losses in a season: 0, (18 games season) joint record:
• Athletic Bilbao (1929–30; final record P18 W12 D6 L0)
• Real Madrid (1931–32; final record P18 W10 D8 L0)
• Fewest losses in a season under current league format (38 games): 1, joint record:
• Real Madrid (1988–89; final record P38 W25 D12 L1)
• Barcelona (2009–10; final record P38 W31 D6 L1)
• Barcelona (2017–18; final record P38 W28 D9 L1)
• Real Madrid (2023–24; final record P38 W29 D8 L1)
• Fewest home losses in a season: 0, joint record:
• Almería (1979–80)
• Athletic Bilbao (1929–30, 1931–32, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1952–53, 1955–56, 1975–76, 1977–78)
• Atlético Madrid (1939–40, 1940–41, 1945–46, 1947–48, 1950–51, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1982–83, 2013–14)
• Barcelona (1947–48, 1948–49, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1984–85, 1992–93, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017–18)
• Celta Vigo (1947–48, 1954–55, 1970–71)
• Córdoba (1964–65)
• Deportivo La Coruña (1949–50, 1954–55)
• Espanyol (1948–49, 1963–64)
• Granada (1971–72)
• Hércules (1954–55)
• Las Palmas (1954–55, 1967–68)
• Osasuna (1957–58)
• Oviedo (1933–34, 1944–45, 1990–91)
• Pontevedra (1967–68)
• Racing Santander (1931–32, 1933–34)
• Real Betis (1934–35, 1983–84)
• Real Madrid (1931–32, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1968–69, 1971–72, 1974–75, 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1996–97, 2001–02, 2012–13, 2019–20, 2023–24)
• Real Sociedad (1929, 1950–51, 1974–75, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1981–82, 2002–03)
• Sevilla (1940–41, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1956–57, 1980–81)
• Valencia (1931–32, 1940–41, 1948–49, 1957–58, 1961–62, 1979–80)
• Zaragoza (1961–62, 1964–65, 1967–68, 1974–75)

Points

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

Others

• Most points overall in the top flight: 4,959 – Real Madrid
• Most points in a season overall: 100, (87.72% of points), Real Madrid (2011–12), Barcelona (2012–13)
• Most points in a season at home: 55, Barcelona (2009–10 and 2012–13)
• Most points in a season away: 50, Real Madrid (2011–12)
• Most points in a season opening half: 55, Barcelona (2012–13)
• Most points in a season closing half: 52, Real Madrid (2009–10)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 18 games): 30, Athletic Bilbao (1929–30)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 22 games): 34, Real Betis (1934–35)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 26 games): 40, Valencia (1941–42 and 1943–44)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 30 games): 52, Real Madrid (1960–61)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 34 games): 56, Real Madrid (1985–86)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 38 games): 62, Real Madrid (1987–88, 1988–89 and 1989–90)
• Most points in a season (2 points for a win, 44 games): 66, Real Madrid (1986–87)
• Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 42 games): 92, Real Madrid (1996–97)
• Most points in a season (3 points for a win, 38 games): 100, Real Madrid (2011–12), Barcelona (2012–13)
• Fewest points in a season (2 points for a win): 9, Celta Vigo (1943–44) 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
• Fewest points in a season opening half: 3, Sporting Gijón (1997–98)
• Fewest points in a season closing half: 1, Real Valladolid (2024–25)

Streaks

Wins

• Most consecutive wins: 16, Barcelona (2010–11) and Real Madrid (2016–17)
• Most consecutive home wins: 39, Barcelona (16 February 1958 to 6 November 1960)
• Most consecutive away wins: 13, Real Madrid (26 February 2017 to 14 October 2017)
• Most consecutive wins on season's opening matchday: 10, Barcelona (2009–10 to 2018–19)
• Longest win streak from the start of a season: 9, Real Madrid (1968–69)

Draws

• Most consecutive draws: 9, Burgos (30 April 1978 to 28 October 1978)

Losses

• Most consecutive losses: 12, Real Valladolid (8 March 2025 to 24 May 2025, ongoing)
• Most consecutive losses at home: 9, Córdoba (24 January 2015 to 17 May 2015, ongoing)
• Most consecutive losses away: 25, Hércules (11 September 1955 to 26 February 1967)

Games without a loss

• Most consecutive league games without a loss: 43, Barcelona (8 April 2017 to 13 May 2018)
• Most consecutive home league games without a loss: 121, Real Madrid (17 February 1957 to 7 March 1965)
• Most consecutive away league games without a loss: 23, Barcelona (14 February 2010 to 30 April 2011)

Games without a win

• Most consecutive league games without a win: 31, Almería (23 May 2023 to 11 March 2024)
• Most consecutive league games without a win home: 19, Almería (28 May 2023 to 16 May 2024)
• 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 (27 September 1987 to 6 December 1987)
• Castellón (28 October 1990 to 6 January 1991)
• Espanyol (5 July 2020 to 12 September 2021)
• Most consecutive league games without scoring at home: 7, Athletic Bilbao (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 (2 December 1990 to 17 March 1991)
• Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal home: 12, Barcelona (23 April 2011 to 15 January 2012)
• Most consecutive league games without conceding a goal away: 7, Barcelona (1 November 1986 to 7 February 1987)
• Most games without conceding a goal in a season: 26, Deportivo La Coruña (1993–94), Barcelona (2022–23)
• Most consecutive clean sheets from the start of a season: 8, Barcelona (2014–15)

Goals

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

• Most goals in a season not including Real Madrid or Barcelona: 88 in 30 matches by Athletic Bilbao (1950–51).

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

• First team to score at least 100 goals in a season: Valencia 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 Athletic Bilbao 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 Oviedo, 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: Sevilla in 2014–15 (119 in 60 matches).

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

Others

• Most league goals scored in a season: 121, Real Madrid (2011–12)
• Most home league goals scored in a season: 78, Real Madrid (1989–90)
• Most away league goals scored in a season: 58, Real Madrid (2016–17)
• Most games scored in a season: 38 (scoring in every game in a single La Liga season), Barcelona (2012–13), Real Madrid (2016–17)
• Fewest league goals scored in a season: 15, CD Logroñés (1994–95)
• 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 (1993–94) & Atlético Madrid (2015–16)
• Fewest league goals conceded home in a season: 2, joint record:
• Fewest league goals conceded away in a season: 9, joint record:
• Best conceded goal quota in a season:
• Best goal difference in a season: +89, Real Madrid (2011–12), Barcelona (2014–15)
• Worst goal difference in a season: –93, Lleida (1950–51)
• Most consecutive games scoring: 64, Barcelona (4 February 2012 to 5 October 2013)
• Most goalscorers in a season: 22, Barcelona (2021–22)
• Most league goals scored in a season opening half: 67, Real Madrid (2011–12)
• Most league goals scored in a season closing half: 67, Barcelona (2015–16)

Scorelines

• Record win: Athletic Bilbao 12–1 Barcelona (8 February 1931)
• Record away win: 0–8, on four occasions:
• Las Palmas 0–8 Barcelona (25 October 1959)
• Almería 0–8 Barcelona (20 November 2010)
• Córdoba 0–8 Barcelona (2 May 2015)
• Deportivo La Coruña 0–8 Barcelona (20 April 2016)
• Most goals in a game: 14, Athletic Bilbao 9–5 Racing Santander (5 February 1933)
• Highest scoring draw: 12, Atlético Madrid 6–6 Athletic Bilbao (29 January 1950)

Disciplinary

• Most red cards in a single match: 6,
• Most cards in a single match: 18,
• Athletic Bilbao (6) v. Racing de Santander (12) (26 April 2009) (1 direct red card, 4 double yellow cards and 9 yellow cards)

Players

Appearances

Most appearances

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

Others

• Most career league appearances: 622, Andoni Zubizarreta and Joaquín
• Most career league appearances at one club: 550, Raúl (for Real Madrid)
• Most career league appearances by a foreign player: 529, Antoine Griezmann
• Most consecutive league appearances: 251, Iñaki Williams (20 April 2016 to 29 January 2023)
• Oldest player: Joaquín, 41 years, 318 days (for Real Betis v. Valencia, 4 June 2023)
• Oldest player under exceptional circumstances: Harry Lowe, 48 years, 226 days (for Real Sociedad v. Valencia, 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, 15 years, 219 days (for Mallorca v. Real Madrid, 24 June 2020)
• Most appearances with different teams: 8
• Sandro Ramírez (Barcelona, Málaga, Sevilla, Real Sociedad, Real Valladolid, Huesca, Getafe, Las Palmas)
• Carlos Aranda (Villarreal, Albacete, Sevilla, Numancia, Osasuna, Levante, Real Zaragoza, Granada)

Goalscorers

Top goalscorers

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

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

Bold player name denotes current season.

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.

<small>Source: BDFútbol</small>

Fastest goals

• Fastest goal scored in La Liga history: 7.22 seconds, Joseba Llorente (for Real Valladolid v. Espanyol, 20 January 2008)
• Fastest to score first goal in La Liga: 29 seconds, Jorge Galán (for Osasuna v. Real Valladolid, 23 September 2009)
• Fastest to score 20 La Liga goals in a single season: 12 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (2014–15)
• Fastest 50 league goals: 35 games, Isidro Lángara (for Oviedo (matchday 17, 24 March 1935, season 1934–35)
• Fastest to 100 La Liga goals: 80 games, Isidro Lángara (for Oviedo (matchday 24, 30 March 1947, season 1946–47)
• Fastest to 150 La Liga goals: 140 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (matchday 5, 22 September 2013, season 2013–14)
• Fastest to 200 La Liga goals: 178 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (matchday 14, 6 December 2014, season 2014–15)
• Fastest to 250 La Liga goals: 228 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (matchday 28, 5 March 2016, season 2015–16)
• Fastest to 300 La Liga goals: 286 games, Cristiano Ronaldo (matchday 27, 3 March 2018, season 2017–18)

Youngest and oldest

• Oldest goalscorer: 40 years and 138 days, Donato (for Deportivo La Coruña v. Valencia, 17 May 2003)
• Youngest goalscorer: 16 years and 87 days, Lamine Yamal (for Barcelona v. Granada, 8 October 2023)

Others

• Most career league goals: 474, Lionel Messi
• Most goals scored in a season: 50, Lionel Messi (2011–12)
• Most league goals scored in a calendar year: 59, Lionel Messi (2012)
• Most league home goals in a season (38 games, 19 home games): 35, Lionel Messi (2011–12)
• Most league away goals in a season (38 games, 19 away games): 24, Lionel Messi (2012–13)
• Most career La Liga matches scored in: 300, Lionel Messi (2004–2021)
• Most league matches scored in a season (38 games): 27, Lionel Messi (2012–13)
• Most league home matches scored in a season (38 games): 16, Lionel Messi (2011–12)
• Most league away matches scored in a season (38 games): 15, Lionel Messi (2012–13)
• Most opponents scored against in La Liga history: 38, Lionel Messi
• Most opponents scored against in a season: 19, joint record:
• Ronaldo for Barcelona (1996–97) (42 games)
• Cristiano Ronaldo for Real Madrid (2011–12) (38 games)
• Lionel Messi for Barcelona (2012–13) (38 games)
• Most consecutive hat-tricks in one season: 3, Isidro Lángara (for Oviedo (1934–35))
• Most goals scored in a game: 7, joint record:
• Agustín Sauto Arana (for Athletic Bilbao v. Barcelona, 8 February 1931)
• László Kubala (for Barcelona v. Sporting Gijón, 10 February 1952)
• Most goals scored in different seasons: 19, Agustín Gaínza (1940–59)
• Most consecutive league appearances scored in: 21, Lionel Messi (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, Lionel Messi (20 goals from matchday 8 to matchday 33, season 2012–13)
• Most hat-tricks scored in La Liga history: 36, Lionel Messi
• Most league hat-tricks scored in a season: 8, joint record:
• Lionel Messi (2011–12)
• Cristiano Ronaldo (2014–15)
• Most braces (2-goal matches) scored in La Liga history: 133, Lionel Messi
• Fastest hat-trick in La Liga: 3 minutes and 57 seconds, Alexander Sørloth (for Atlético Madrid v. Real Sociedad, 10 May 2025)
• Oldest player to score a hat-trick in La Liga: 39 years and 241 days, Jorge Molina (for Granada v. Mallorca, 19 December 2021)
• Youngest player to score a hat-trick in La Liga: 17 years and 337 days, José Iraragorri (for Athletic Bilbao v. Real Sociedad, 16 February 1930)
• Most goals scored from direct free kicks: 39, Lionel Messi
• Most goals from penalties in La Liga history: 61, Cristiano Ronaldo
• Most penalties taken in La Liga history: 73, Lionel Messi
• Most goals scored with different teams: 7
• Miquel Soler (Espanyol, Barcelona, Atlético Madrid, Sevilla, Real Madrid, Real Zaragoza, Mallorca)
• Carlos Aranda (Villarreal, Albacete, Sevilla, Numancia, Osasuna, Real Zaragoza, Granada)
• Roberto Soldado (Real Madrid, Osasuna, Getafe, Valencia, Villarreal, Granada, Levante)
• Munir El Haddadi (Barcelona, Valencia, Alavés, Sevilla, Getafe, Las Palmas, Leganés)
• Only player to score 30+ goals in 8 different seasons: Lionel Messi (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 (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 Barcelona v. Sporting Gijón, 10 February 1952)
• Luis Suárez, (for Barcelona v. Deportivo de La Coruña, 20 April 2016)
• Most opening goals in La Liga history: 103, Lionel Messi
• Most stadiums scored at in La Liga history: 37, Lionel Messi
• Most goals scored as a substitute: 35, Cristhian Stuani
• Most goals scored as a substitute in a season: 12, Alexander Sørloth (2024–25)
• Most goals scored by a goalkeeper: 6, joint record:
• Carlos Fenoy
• Nacho González
• Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in a season: 5, Carlos Fenoy (1976–77)
• Most goals scored by a goalkeeper in a game: 2, Nacho González (for Las Palmas v. Osasuna, 20 May 2001)
• Farthest goal: 68,6 metres, record:, Arda Güler (for Real Madrid v. Elche, 14 March 2026)

Goalkeeping

Longest goalkeeping runs without conceding a goal

Others

• Most saves in a single season: 162, Guillermo Ochoa (for Granada, 2016–17)
• Most clean sheets: 233, Andoni Zubizarreta (66 for Athletic Bilbao, 123 for Barcelona and 44 for Valencia, 1981–1998)
• Most clean sheets in a season: 26, joint record:
• Francisco Liaño (for Deportivo La Coruña, 1993–94)
• Marc-André ter Stegen (for Barcelona, 2022–23)
• Best conceded goal quota in a season (at least 20 matches):
• 1 – 0.474 goals per game (18 goals in 38 matches), Francisco Liaño (for Deportivo La Coruña, 1993–94), Jan Oblak (for Atlético Madrid, 2015–16), Marc-André ter Stegen (for Barcelona, 2022–23)
• 4 – 0.5 goals per game (16 goals in 32 matches), Víctor Valdés (for Barcelona, 2010–11)
• Longest start to a season with no goals conceded: 754 minutes, Claudio Bravo (for Barcelona, 2014–15)
• Longest goalkeeping run without conceding a goal: 1,275 minutes, Abel Resino (for Atlético Madrid, 1990–91)
• Most penalties saved: 22, Diego Alves for Almería and Valencia
• Most penalties saved in a single season: 6, Diego Alves for Valencia, 2016–17

Assists

• Most assists: 192, Lionel Messi
• Most assists in a season: 21
• Míchel (1987–88)
• Lionel Messi (2019–20)
• Most assists in a match: 5
• Juanito, for Real Madrid v Athletic Bilbao, 14 September 1980
• Juanele, for Tenerife v Villarreal, 1 November 1998

Wins

• Most championships won: 12, Paco Gento (all with Real Madrid)
• Most championships won by foreign player: 10, Lionel Messi (all with Barcelona)
• Most matches won: 383, Lionel Messi
• Most matches won in a season: 32, Cristiano Ronaldo (2011–12)
• Most consecutive matches won: 25, Sergio Busquets, 1 May 2010 – 2 March 2011

Disciplinary

• Most red cards: 21, Sergio Ramos
• Most yellow cards: 194, Sergio Ramos (180 + 14 second yellow cards)
• Fastest red card: 31 seconds, Hugo Guillamón (for Valencia v. Getafe, 13 August 2021)

Managers

Most matches managed

Coaches in bold are still active in La Liga.

Most matches won

Coaches in bold are still active in La Liga.

Most titles won

References

Further reading

• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fúbol español. De la Olimpiada de Amberes a la Guerra Civil (1920–1939).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. De la Guerra Civil al Mundial de Brasil (1939–1950).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del gol de Zarra al gol de Marcelino (1950–1964).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Campeonato de Europa al Mundial de España (1964–1982).
• Martínez Calatrava, Vicente (2002). Historia y estadística del fútbol español. Del Mundial 82 a la final española de París (1982–2001).

External links

• Liga de Fútbol Profesional - Historical football data provided by the official Spanish league webpage
• hesgoal website