LaLiga 2018/19: Top 5 contenders for Golden Boot 

#1. Lionel Messi

Messi has won the Pichichi trophy five times in his career

As long as Lionel Messi is still in the La Liga, he is easily the biggest contender for the Pichichi trophy.

Lionel Messi has scored an incredible 383 La Liga goals in 419 games. In his best goal scoring season, he scored 50 goals in 37 league games.

He won the Pichichi trophy five times in the last nine years and one more will take him to level with Telmo Zarra as the player with most number of awards. Also, in the last nine years, he has only finished outside the top 2 in the race for the Pichichi Trophy only once!

The 31-year-old Argentine won the award in the last two seasons and has a great chance of completing a hat-trick of awards this season especially with Cristiano Ronaldo out of the picture.