Hiram Moreno
This coming Friday, August 12 marks the start of the 2022-23 La Liga season, in which several clubs will be looking to fight for the title in what will be a new soccer season in Spain. However, each player will be seeking to shine individually in order to help his club advance and, in the process, become the competition’s top scorer.
This is what that brings us together this time at JefeBet.We’ll go over the favorites to win the title of “Pichichi” in the Spanish league this season, as well as the odds allocated to each of them by the bookmakers.
5 Favorites to Be Top Scorer in 2022-23 La Liga
Karim Benzema (Odds +200)
The departure of both Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi from La Liga has helped Karim Benzema not only to reach his “prime”, but also to win his first La Liga top scorer title.
After three consecutive second-place finishes between 2018 and 2021, the Frenchman finally managed to win the award last season. He scored 27 goals in 32 games and will be the favorite to win La Liga’s top scorer title again in 2022-23, though a newcomer to Spain may provide opposition.
Robert Lewandowski (Odds +200)
Barcelona surprised the world by signing Robert Lewandowski, the Bundesliga’s second-highest goalscorer with 312 goals, the league’s top foreign goalscorer, and a seven-time German Golden Shoe winner.
Robert Lewandowski is expected to be Benzema’s main rival for the award, and while his adaptation to the Spanish team could take some time, having scored 36 league goals in the last three seasons is a must-win.
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Odds +1200)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang arrived at Barcelona in January from Arsenal as a “reject” from the London club, but the Gabonese managed to quickly find his place in Xavi’s starting eleven and scored 11 goals in 17 league appearances.His prospects of winning the La Liga’s top scorer title in 2022-23 are very good.
However,the arrival of Lewandowski at the Blaugrana team may reduce his chances of scoring goals while reduced to a supporting position, therefore bookies rate him lower than the Pole.
Vinicius Júnior (Odds +1400)
It took some time, but Vinicius Junior finally managed to add that final touch to his already good arsenal to become a very complete player, and last season with Real Madrid saw him finish with his best league scoring record of his career, by scoring 17 goals.
However, he has the same problem as Aubameyang: while the partnership between him and Benzema has been very good and bore great fruit in the 2021/22 season, he will surely struggle to keep pace with his teammate in the battle for the award.
Raphinha (Odds +1400)
We close the list of favorites with another Barcelona player. After all, the award for top scorer in La Liga has gone either to a Barça or a Real Madrid player in the last 13 seasons.Diego Forlán of Atlético de Madrid was the last player that didn’t belong to those clubs to receive recognition.
Raphinha was another of Barcelona’s additions for La Liga 2022-23, and the Brazilian is coming off his best league season in terms of goals for Leeds in the 2021/22 Premier League by scoring 11 goals. However,it was the first time he scored more than ten goals in a league season since arriving in Europe, so he will need to not only maintain but dramatically improve those stats if he wants to compete for recognition.
