List of Philippines Football League goalscorers

Bienvenido Marañón is the highest-scoring player, scoring 74 goals in only 54 matches for Ceres–Negros.

Since the foundation of the Philippines Football League in 2017, there have been 1033 goals scored in the four seasons of the Philippines Football League. Ceres–Negros and United City striker Bienvenido Marañón has the most goals with 74, with Kaya–Iloilo forwards Jordan Mintah and Robert Lopez Mendy in second and third with 56 and 49 goals, respectively. 8 different players have scored in every single PFL season so far, with three players winning the Golden Boot. Chima Uzoka and Takashi Odawara hold the record for most clubs scored for, having scored for four different clubs across four seasons. Meanwhile, Mintah also holds the record for most goals scored in a single season, scoring 31 during the 2019 season.

Top goalscorers (all time)

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Key

  • Bold shows players still playing in the PFL.
  • Italics show players still playing professional football in other leagues.
  • The list of teams for individual players include all teams that they have scored for.
As of matches played on 11 June 2023
All-time top goalscorers[1]
Rank Player 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022–23 Total Club(s) (goals scored)
1 SpainPhilippines Bienvenido Marañón[a] 22 15 30 7 74 Ceres–Negros (67), United City (7)
2 Ghana Jordan Mintah 18 7 31 56 Kaya–Iloilo (56)
3 Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy 9 18 17 5 5 54 Kaya–Iloilo (32), Ceres–Negros (22)
4 Philippines Jesus Melliza 13 8 11 1 7 40 Stallion Laguna (33), Kaya–Iloilo (7)
5 Philippines Mike Ott 9 14 6 29 Ceres–Negros (23), United City (6)
6 Philippines Phil Younghusband 10 13 23 Meralco Manila (6), Davao Aguilas (17)
Philippines Fitch Arboleda 6 7 9 1 Stallion Laguna (22), Kaya–Iloilo (1)
8 Philippines Jovin Bedic 4 9 4 1 4 22 Kaya–Iloilo (22)
Philippines Stephan Schröck 8 6 5 1 2 Ceres–Negros (19), United City (1), ADT (2)
10 Philippines OJ Porteria 5 6 6 4 21 Ceres–Negros (17), United City (4)
Spain Fernando Rodríguez 21 Ceres–Negros (21)
Philippines Chima Uzoka 8 4 2 7 Ilocos United (8), Stallion Laguna (3), Global Makati (1), ADT (2), Dynamic Herb Cebu (7)
Philippines James Younghusband 9 10 2 Meralco Manila (6), Davao Aguilas (13), Ceres–Negros (2)
14 Japan Takumi Uesato 16 4 20 JPV Marikina (16), Ceres–Negros (4)
15 Trinidad and Tobago Darryl Roberts 8 7 4 19 Global Cebu (15), Kaya–Iloilo (4)
16 Senegal Abou Sy 6 8 3 17 Stallion Laguna (17)
17 Philippines Jarvey Gayoso 4 12 16 ADT (4), Kaya–Iloilo (12X)
Philippines Eric Giganto 5 1 2 8 Kaya–Iloilo (16)
19 Philippines Alen Angeles 4 4 6 1 15 JPV Marikina (8), Mendiola 1991 (6), Stallion Laguna (1)
Japan Daizo Horikoshi 15 Kaya–Iloilo (15)
Japan Takashi Odawara 10 2 2 1 JPV Marikina (10), Davao Aguilas (2), Ceres–Negros (2), United City (1)

Top goalscorers (per club)

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As of matches played on 11 June 2023
Top goalscorer per club[4][5]
Team Player Goals Apps Ratio
Azkals Development Team Philippines Andres Aldeguer 5 13 0.38
Ceres–Negros SpainPhilippines Bienvenido Marañón 67 54 1.24
Davao Aguilas Philippines Phil Younghusband 17 31 0.55
Dynamic Herb Cebu Turkey Arda Çınkır 8 10 0.80
Global Cebu Trinidad and Tobago Darryl Roberts 15 34 0.44
Green Archers United Ghana Stephen Appiah 7 13 0.54
Philippines John Celiz 7 22 0.32
Ilocos United Philippines Chima Uzoka 8 18 0.44
JPV Marikina Japan Takumi Uesato 16 19 0.84
Kaya–Iloilo Ghana Jordan Mintah 56 54 1.04
Maharlika Manila Philippines Spencer Galasa 3 20 0.15
Mendiola 1991 Philippines Ashley Flores 13 27 0.48
Meralco Manila Philippines Curt Dizon 7 28 0.25
Australia Tahj Minniecon 7 28 0.25
Philippine Air Force Philippines Darl Poderoso 3 19 0.16
Stallion Laguna Philippines Jesus Melliza 33 61 0.54
United City SpainPhilippines Bienvenido Marañón 7 5 1.40

Top goalscorers (per season)

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Hat tricks

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Player Club Result Against Date Ref
Japan Takumi Uesato JPV Marikina 4–0 (A) Stallion Laguna 31 May 2017
Spain Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros 3–1 (H) Kaya–Makati 24 June 2017
Spain Fernando Rodríguez Ceres–Negros 5–1 (H) Stallion Laguna 28 June 2017
Philippines Iain Ramsay Ceres–Negros 7–0 (A) Meralco Manila 15 July 2017
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Makati 5–2 (H) Ilocos United 19 July 2017
Japan Takumi Uesato4 JPV Marikina 5–2 (H) Global Cebu 13 August 2017
Philippines Jesus Melliza4 Stallion Laguna 5–0 (H) Ilocos United 10 September 2017
Australia Harry Sawyer Davao Aguilas 4–2 (A) Ilocos United 18 October 2017
Spain Rufo Sánchez Global Cebu 4–3 (H) Stallion Laguna 2 November 2017
Spain Fernando Rodríguez Ceres–Negros 5–1 (H) Davao Aguilas 2 November 2017
Spain Fernando Rodríguez Ceres–Negros 6–0 (H) Meralco Manila 5 November 2017
Japan Takumi Uesato JPV Marikina 6–3 (H) Davao Aguilas 21 November 2017
Philippines Iain Ramsay Ceres–Negros 4–1 (H) Global Cebu 16 December 2017
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 4–1 (A) JPV Marikina 5 May 2018 [6]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) Davao Aguilas 20 May 2018 [7]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) JPV Marikina 27 June 2018 [8]
Philippines Jovin Bedic Kaya–Iloilo 4–2 (H) Stallion Laguna 4 July 2018 [9]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros 6–1 (H) Global Cebu 25 July 2018 [10]
Japan Keigo Moriyasu JPV Marikina 11–1 (A) Global Cebu 1 August 2018 [11]
Philippines Jay Baguioro
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 4–0 (H) Green Archers United 25 May 2019 [12]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros 5–0 (A) Philippine Air Force 29 May 2019 [13]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón4 Ceres–Negros 8–0 (A) Global Cebu 1 June 2019 [14]
Philippines Chima Uzoka Stallion Laguna 6–1 (H) Mendiola 1991 15 June 2019 [15]
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 6–3 (A) Mendiola 1991 19 June 2019 [16]
Philippines Jimuel Ariola Green Archers United 3–4 (H) Ceres–Negros 3 July 2019 [17]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón Ceres–Negros 12–0 (H) Philippine Air Force 13 July 2019 [18]
Philippines Stephan Schröck
Philippines Mike Ott4
Philippines John Celiz4 Green Archers United 9–0 (A) Global Cebu 14 July 2019 [19]
Philippines Ashley Flores Mendiola 1991 5–2 (A) Green Archers United 24 July 2019 [20]
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 5–0 (H) Mendiola 1991 27 July 2019 [21]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy4 Ceres-Negros 5–2 (A) Mendiola 1991 10 August 2019 [22]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Ceres-Negros 13–0 (A) Global Cebu 28 August 2019 [23]
Spain Bienvenido Marañón4
Philippines Mike Ott
Philippines Fitch Arboleda Stallion Laguna 7–0 (A) Green Archers United 31 August 2019 [24]
Ghana Jordan Mintah Kaya–Iloilo 5–1 (H) Global Cebu 7 September 2019 [25]
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy Ceres-Negros 7–0 (H) Philippine Air Force 14 September 2019 [26]
Ghana Jordan Mintah4 Kaya–Iloilo 5–0 (H) Philippine Air Force 25 September 2019 [27]
Philippines Jesus Melliza Stallion Laguna 9–1 (H) Global Cebu 25 September 2019 [27]
Philippines Jesus Melliza Stallion Laguna 4–1 (H) Philippine Air Force 4 October 2019 [28]
Ghana Jordan Mintah4 Kaya–Iloilo 5–1 (H) Mendiola 1991 9 October 2019
Spain Bienvenido Marañón United City 6–0 (A) Mendiola 1991 October 31, 2020
Senegal Robert Lopez Mendy United City 10–0 (A) Maharlika Manila November 3, 2020
Philippines OJ Porteria
Spain Bienvenido Marañón
Note

(H) – Home ; (A) – Away

4 Player scored four goals

Notes

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  1. ^ Initially played in the PFL as a foreign import, but was granted Philippine Citizenship in 2021.[2][3]

References

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