The Game Week 19 of the Saudi Pro League had everything for the audiences. From thrilling encounters to upsets, this week has everything for the football fans. Al-Nassr earned a dominant win over Al-Taawoun in a crucial away win. Al-Ettifaq and Al Hazm couldn’t get the lead and had to settle for a draw.
The league leaders continued their unbeaten run this season with a 2-0 win against Al-Feiha. Let’s come to the talking point of the article which is goals and there were plenty of them this week and as a whole in the season. Now let’s have a look at the players with the most goals this season after the game week 19.
Cristiano Ronaldo- The former Real Madrid man is currently the top goal scorer of the Saudi Pro League. The Portuguese veteran has netted the ball 20 times in 18 matches this season. He has been instrumental in the attacking front of Al-Nassr. Not only just for his goals, but the position in which he gets in is superb. Ronaldo ended the year with having the greatest number of goals in professional football this season.
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Aleksandar Mitrovic– The Serbian has turned up the heat of the tournament ever since he arrived in the Saudi Pro League. He along with Milinkovic-Savic and Al-Dawsari has been the backbone of Al-Hilal in the absence of Neymar. The Serbian has registered 17 goals in his 17 matches this season.
Georges-Kevin N’Koudou- The Cameroonian has been in fine form this season. The former Spurs player has registered 14 goals in his 17 matches this season for Damac FC and is third in the list of top goal scorers. His most memorable performance came against Karim Benzema’s Al-Itihad when he single-handedly took the game away from them with his two goals.
Firas Al Buraikan- The young forward from Al-Fateh is the fourth on the list. He has been regularly performing well in the league over the last couple of years. In the last season, Buraikan registered around 17 league goals and without a doubt, he has continued his good form coming in this season. Till now this season, he has scored 11 goals for his team.
Anderson Talisca- Though the Al-Nassr side is full of goalscoring beasts like Cristiano Ronaldo and Sadio Mane, there is a player who quietly does the job without much attention and that is Talisca. The Brazilian has been successful for the Saudi side ever since his move from the Chinese league. He has become the main man down the wings for Castro’s side and has registered 10 goals this season so far.
Abderrazak Hamdallah- The forward from Al-Ittihad has registered 10 goals so far this season. He has been doing well for the team this season as well after scoring 21 goals for the team last time around. Though, their side signed Big Benz during the transfer window, “The Executioner” as he is nicknamed, is showing no signs of stopping and is superbly complementing the Frenchman.
Malcolm- The arrival of the former Barcelona man Malcolm has made the wings of Al-Hilal even fiercer. The Brazilian winger has been in pretty good form in the last couple of seasons. In this season, the Brazilian has registered nine goals so far. He combined with Mitrovic and Al-Dawsari to form that deadly attacking trio for Al-Hilal.
Salem Al Dawsari- Al-Dawsari has been prominent for the Al-Hilal team ever since he arrived in the side. Even though they signed some star players in the transfer window, Dawsari has continued to rack up goals and make use of the superb supplies from Milinkovic-Savic and Ruben Neves. So far in the season, he has registered 9 goals.
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Odion Ighalo- The Al-Shabab man has been instrumental in the box for Al-Wehda. His positioning in the box has been superb and he has netted the ball nine times this season.
Karim Benzema- Though, his team is not performing up to the standards at the moment, Karim Benzema has made sure that he is on the list of top goal scorers. The 2022 Ballan d’Or winner has registered 9 goals in his 15 matches this season. The Frenchman is the captain and soul of his team and the fans have high expectations of him to go big in the remaining matches.
Saudi Pro League Top Scorers Table
| Name | Team | Matches | Goals |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | AL-Nassr | 18 | 20 |
| Aleksandar Mitrovic | Al-Hilal | 17 | 17 |
| Georges Kevin n’Koudou | Damac Fc | 17 | 14 |
| Firas Al Buraikan | Al-Fateh | 17 | 11 |
| Anderson Talisca | Al-Nassr | 14 | 11 |
| Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al-Ittihad | 14 | 10 |
| Malcolm | Al-Hilal | 18 | 9 |
| Salem Al-Dawsari | Al-Hilal | 18 | 9 |
| Odion Ighalo | Al-Wehda | 16 | 9 |
| Karim Benzema | Al-Ittihad | 15 | 9 |