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The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/MERTENS_GOAT on 2024-02-24 15:06:38.
Usually, when a team wins the title in a Top-5-League you can connect that with at least 1 reliable goalscorer of theirs e.g. last season Napoli had Osimhen, Barcelona had Lewandowski, Man City had Haaland, PSG had Mbappé, Bayern had … right, who did they have? Lewandowski wasn’t there anymore, Kane wasn’t there yet. I was interested to know which teams won the league titles without having a player who scored 18 goals or more for them in that season because it seems rather rare.
in chronological order going back in time:
| League Winner | # Goals | Top Scorer |
|---|---|---|
| Bayern 22/23 | 14 | Serge Gnabry |
| Manchester City 21/22 | 15 | Kevin De Bruyne |
| AC Milan 21/22 | 11 | Rafael Leão, Olivier Giroud |
| Lille OSC 20/21 | 16 | Burak Yilmaz |
| Manchester City 20/21 | 13 | İlkay Gündoğan |
| Bayern 14/15 | 17 | Robert Lewandowski, Arjen Robben |
| Bayern 12/13 | 15 | Mario Mandzukic |
| Juventus 12/13 | 10 | Arturo Vidal, Mirko Vucinic |
| Juventus 11/12 | 10 | Alessandro Matri |
| Borussia Dortmund 10/11 | 16 | Lucas Barrios |
| AC Milan 10/11 | 14 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Alexandre Pato, Robinho |
| Bayern 09/10 | 16 | Arjen Robben |
| Girondins de Bordeaux 08/09 | 13 | Fernando Cavenaghi, Marouane Chamakh |
| Internazionale 07/08 | 17 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| Manchester United 06/07 | 17 | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| Internazionale 06/07 | 15 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| VfB Stuttgart 06/07 | 14 | Mario Gómez |
| Olympique Lyonnais 06/07 | 11 | Fred |
| Bayern 05/06 | 17 | Roy Makaay |
| Chelsea 05/06 | 16 | Frank Lampard |
| Internazionale 05/06 | 15 | Julio Cruz |
| Olympique Lyonnais 05/06 | 14 | Fred |
| Juventus 04/05 | 16 | Zlatan Ibrahimovic |
| Chelsea 04/05 | 13 | Frank Lampard |
| Olympique Lyonnais 04/05 | 13 | Juninho |
| Olympique Lyonnais 03/04 | 16 | Péguy Luyindula |
| Juventus 02/03 | 16 | Alessandro Del Piero |
| Olympique Lyonnais 02/03 | 13 | Juninho |
| Olympique Lyonnais 01/02 | 14 | Sonny Anderson |
| Valencia 01/02 | 7 | Rubén Baraja |
| Bayern 00/01 | 15 | Giovane Élber |
| Manchester United 00/01 | 15 | Teddy Sheringham |
| FC Nantes 00/01 | 12 | Olivier Monterrubio |
| Bayern 99/00 | 14 | Giovane Élber |
| Lazio 99/00 | 12 | Marcelo Salas |
| Bayern 98/99 | 13 | Giovane Élber, Carsten Jancker |
| Arsenal 97/98 | 16 | Dennis Bergkamp |
| RC Lens 97/98 | 14 | Anto Drobnjak |
| Bayner 96/97 | 15 | Jürgen Klinsmann |
| Juventus 96/97 | 8 | Christian Vieri, Michele Padovano, Alessandro Del Piero |
| Atlético Madrid 95/96 | 16 | Lyuboslav Penev |
| Borussia Dortmund 95/96 | 15 | Michael Zorc |
| Manchester United 95/96 | 14 | Eric Cantona |
| AJ Auxerre 95/96 | 13 | Corentin Martins |
| AC Milan 95/96 | 11 | George Weah |
| Juventus 94/95 | 17 | Gianluca Vialli |
| Borussia Dortmund 94/95 | 15 | Michael Zorc |
| Paris Saint-Germain 93/94 | 13 | David Ginola |
| Bayern München 93/94 | 11 | Mehmet Scholl, Adolfo Valencia |
| AC Milan 93/94 | 11 | Daniele Massaro |
Note that Bundesliga Champions (and Serie A and Ligue 1 too at some point) had 4 games less to play than all other champions except for the French Champion 19/20 who even had 11 less games to play.
As you can see the amount of goals the top scorers overall (not just for the league champions) scored increased massively some time around 2008. 17 doesn’t seem like an appropriate hurdle anymore all of a sudden. Especially when you travel down the list the break from 15/16 - 19/20 seems mad.
In 1995/96 none of the league winners had a goalscorer with 18+ Goals, the only such season in the last 30 years. There were plenty of players (9) who scored over 17 (over 18 actually) league goals but none of them played for a league champion.
It’s not a coincidence that Valencia 01/02 of all teams break any kind of existing logics considering they won the league by scoring only 51 goals in 38 games! 15 of the other 19 La Liga teams had a top scorer who scored more than Valencia’s former top scorer (and today’s coach) Rubén Baraja and only Real Zaragoza and Alavés had no player with 7 goals. Zaragoza was relegated as last, Alavés reached the UEFA Cup as 7th lol
AC Milan in 93/94 scored 38 goals in 34 games, they didn’t score more than 2 goals in any of their league games (but thrashed Barcelona 4-0 in the CL final).