#3 Luis Suarez (Barcelona) - 21 goals
To finish the season as the joint second-highest scorer - he’s placed third only by the virtue of an inferior assist record - and also have a hat-trick against arch-rivals Real Madrid to boast about cannot be deemed as a disappointment. But it’s Luis Suarez we’re talking about, and we have seen better from him.
Perhaps, age is fast catching up with him, because nothing else could add substance to his steady decline in the last three years.
He was at his scintillating best during Messi’s injury-enforced layoff, but it went all downhill once the Argentine ace returned to the fold.
An injury-time equaliser in the 4-4 whiz-bang to Villarreal and the late opener against Atletico Madrid were some of the few highlights of his season besides the treble against Los Blancos as Suarez went completely missing in all the last four games.