For the first time in his football career, the Italian striker Shiro Imobili crowned Lazio's top scorer as the "top scorer" in European leagues, and joined the club's elite scorers in the history of the witch round.
Barcelona captain Lionel Messi tops the list of 6 winners, while Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus' top scorer, comes second with 4 awards.
The most prominent winners of the award:
- Messi: 6 times (2009--10, 2011--12, 2012--13, 2016--17, 2017--18, 2018--19)
- Ronaldo: 4 times (2007-08, 2010-11, 2013-14, 2014-15)
- Eusebio: twice (1967--68, 1972--73)
- German Gerd Muller: twice (1969--70, 1971--72)
- Roman Dudu Gyorgescu: twice (1974--75, 1976--77)
- Portuguese Fernando Gomez: twice (1982--83, 1984--85)
- Scottish Eli Mcquist: Twice (1991-92, 1992-93)
- Brazilian Mario Gardel: twice (1998-99, 2001-02)
- French Thierry Henry: twice (1998-99, 2001-02)
- Uruguayan Diego Forlan: twice (2004-05, 2008-09)
- Uruguayan Luis Suárez: twice (2013-2014, 2015-2016).