La Liga players

Eligibility of non-EU players

In La Liga players can claim citizenship from the nation their ancestors came from. If a player does not have European ancestry he can claim Spanish citizenship after playing in Spain for 5 years.Sometimes this can lead to a triple-citizenship situation e.g. Leo Franco.

Individual awards

Many individual awards are conceded relating to La Liga, although not sanctioned by the LFP nor the RFEF they are widely regarded as official.

The most notable of these are three awarded by Spain's biggest sports paper, Marca, namely the Pichichi Trophy, awarded to the top scorer of the season, the Ricardo Zamora Trophy for the goalkeeper with the least "goals-to-games" ratio, and the Trofeo Alfredo di Stéfano, for the player judged to be the best overall player in the division.

All-time top scorers

All-time top scorers in La Liga

Rank	Player	Goals	Par
1	Telmo Zarra	252	0,91
2	Hugo Sánchez	234	0,67
3	Raúl	228	0,42
4	Alfredo di Stéfano	227	0,69
5	César Rodríguez	226	0,64
6	Quini	219	0,49
7	Pahiño	210	0,76
8	Edmundo Suárez	195	0,84
9	Santillana	186	0,40
10	Juan Arza	182	0,52
11	Guillermo Gorostiza	181	0,70
12	Samuel Eto'o	162	0,58
13	Luis Aragonés	160	0,44
14	Ferenc Puskás	156	0,86
15	Julio Salinas	151	0,36
16	Adrián Escudero	150	0,52
17	Dani	147	0,48
18	Silvestre Igoa	141	0,49
19	Manuel Badenes	139	0,69
20	David Villa	135	0,67