About Ligat ha'Al
The Israeli Premier League is a professional association football league in Israel and the highest level of the Israeli football league system. The league is contested by 14 clubs, and operates on a system of promotion and relegation with its second division Liga Leumit. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing between 33 and 36 matches each, totalling 240 matches in every season.
| # | Player | Pos | Nat | Club | Mat | Min | G | A | G+A | Pen | YC | RC | G/90 | A/90 | Min/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yakubu Aiyegbeni |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Nigeria | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 139 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8.42 | 1.29 | 11 |
| 2 |  Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger | Israel | Maccabi Haifa | 28 | 318 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.98 | 3.11 | 45 |
| 3 |  Ofir Haim |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 32 | 358 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1.26 | 0.25 | 72 |
| 4 |  Yaniv Katan |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 225 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.00 | 0.40 | 45 |
| 5 |  Pini Balili |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Türkiye | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 24 | 328 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1.10 | 0.82 | 82 |
| 6 |  Rubenilson |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Belgium Brazil | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 7 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 0.00 | 17 |
| 7 |  Dmytro Mykhaylenko |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Ukraine | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 645 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.42 | 0.00 | 215 |
| 8 |  Dragan Tadic |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Croatia | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 28 | 1,053 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0.17 | 0.68 | 527 |
| 9 |  Moshe Ohayon |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Israel France | FC Ashdod | 20 | 681 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.13 | 0.13 | 681 |
| 10 |  Tal Ben Haim |
Defender - Centre-Back | Israel | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 29 | 2,610 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 2,610 |
| 11 |  Kobi Nachtailer |
Defender - Centre-Back | Israel | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | 902 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 902 |
| 12 |  Oz Ifrah |
Defender - Centre-Back | Israel | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| 13 |  Miroslav Filipko |
Goalkeeper | Slovakia | Hapoel Rishon leZion | 25 | 2,207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| 14 |  Samuel Lavan |
Defender - Centre-Back | Israel Belgium | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| 15 |  Dudu Aouate |
Goalkeeper | Israel France | Maccabi Haifa | 31 | 2,790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — |
| # | Player | Pos | Club | Mat | Min | A | G | G+A | A/90 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger | Maccabi Haifa | 28 | 318 | 11 | 7 | 18 | 3.11 |
| 2 | Dragan Tadic |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 28 | 1,053 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 0.68 |
| 3 | Pini Balili |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 24 | 328 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0.82 |
| 4 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 139 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 1.29 |
| 5 | Yaniv Katan |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 225 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.40 |
| 6 | Ofir Haim |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 32 | 358 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0.25 |
| 7 | Moshe Ohayon |
Midfield - Central Midfield | FC Ashdod | 20 | 681 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0.13 |
| 8 | Dmytro Mykhaylenko |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 645 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 9 | Rubenilson |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 7 | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0.00 |
| 10 | Kobi Nachtailer |
Defender - Centre-Back | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | 902 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 11 | Tal Ben Haim |
Defender - Centre-Back | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 29 | 2,610 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 12 | Dudu Aouate |
Goalkeeper | Maccabi Haifa | 31 | 2,790 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 13 | Samuel Lavan |
Defender - Centre-Back | Beitar Jerusalem | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 14 | Miroslav Filipko |
Goalkeeper | Hapoel Rishon leZion | 25 | 2,207 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 15 | Oz Ifrah |
Defender - Centre-Back | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| # | Goalkeeper | Club | Matches | Minutes | Clean sheets | Goals conceded | GC / match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dudu Aouate |
Maccabi Haifa | 31 | 2,790 | 7 | 31 | 1 |
| 2 | Miroslav Filipko |
Hapoel Rishon leZion | 25 | 2,207 | 6 | 35 | 1.4 |
| # | Player | Pos | Club | Matches | YC | 2nd YC | RC | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Maccabi Haifa | 23 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Dragan Tadic |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Maccabi Petah Tikva | 28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Tal Ben Haim |
Defender - Centre-Back | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Ofir Haim |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 32 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Oz Ifrah |
Defender - Centre-Back | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Pini Balili |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 24 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Miroslav Filipko |
Goalkeeper | Hapoel Rishon leZion | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Dmytro Mykhaylenko |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Beitar Jerusalem | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Moshe Ohayon |
Midfield - Central Midfield | FC Ashdod | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Yaniv Katan |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Maccabi Haifa | 22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Dudu Aouate |
Goalkeeper | Maccabi Haifa | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kobi Nachtailer |
Defender - Centre-Back | Hapoel Petah Tikva | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| # | Club | Country | Players | Total goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Maccabi Haifa |
— | 4 | 25 |
| 2 | Hapoel Beer Sheva |
— | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Hapoel Tel Aviv |
— | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Beitar Jerusalem |
— | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Maccabi Petah Tikva |
— | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Maccabi Tel Aviv |
— | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Hapoel Petah Tikva |
— | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | FC Ashdod |
— | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Hapoel Rishon leZion |
— | 1 | 0 |
No history data.
Top scorer of each season in this competition (across 34 tracked seasons). Ties resolved by player_id order.
| Season | Player | Pos | Nat | Club | Goals | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 99/00 | Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger |  Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 19 | 39 |
| 98/99 | Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 16 | 29 |
| 97/98 | Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger | Israel |
Hapoel Beer Sheva | 15 | 28 |
| 96/97 |  Avi Tikva |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Bnei Yehuda Tel Aviv | 4 | 29 |
| 95/96 |  Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 3 | 29 |
| 94/95 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 5 | 29 |
| 93/94 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 10 | 38 |
| 92/93 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 7 | 32 |
| 91/92 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 4 | 28 |
| 90/91 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 6 | 31 |
| 89/90 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 0 | 2 |
| 25/26 |  Andrian Kraev |
Midfield - Central Midfield |  Bulgaria |
Hapoel Tel Aviv | 1 | 2 |
| 24/25 |  Dor Turgeman |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 13 | 22 |
| 23/24 |  Frantzdy Pierrot |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Haiti United States | Maccabi Haifa | 14 | 21 |
| 22/23 |  Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 | 25 |
| 21/22 |  Stipe Perica |
Attack - Centre-Forward |  Croatia |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 11 | 24 |
| 20/21 |  Nikita Rukavytsya |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Australia Israel | Maccabi Haifa | 17 | 20 |
| 19/20 | Nikita Rukavytsya |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Australia Israel | Maccabi Haifa | 18 | 26 |
| 18/19 |  Ben Sahar |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Poland | Hapoel Beer Sheva | 10 | 23 |
| 17/18 |  Vidar Örn Kjartansson |
Attack - Centre-Forward |  Iceland |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 11 | 23 |
| 16/17 | Vidar Örn Kjartansson |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Iceland |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15 | 23 |
| 15/16 | Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 27 | 26 |
| 14/15 | Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 22 | 25 |
| 13/14 | Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | Maccabi Tel Aviv | 18 | 25 |
| 12/13 |  Munas Dabbur |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 9 | 24 |
| 11/12 |  Stefan Scepovic |
Attack - Centre-Forward |  Serbia |
Hapoel Acre | 11 | 25 |
| 10/11 | Moshe Ohayon |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Israel France | FC Ashdod | 14 | 30 |
| 09/10 | Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | Hapoel Tel Aviv | 9 | 28 |
| 08/09 |  Lior Refaelov |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel Belgium | Maccabi Haifa | 9 | 33 |
| 07/08 |  Rômulo Antoneli |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Brazil Italy | Beitar Jerusalem | 12 | 29 |
| 06/07 | Yaniv Katan |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
Maccabi Haifa | 7 | 27 |
| 05/06 |  Roberto Colautti |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Argentina | Maccabi Haifa | 13 | 28 |
| 04/05 | Roberto Colautti |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Argentina | Maccabi Haifa | 19 | 30 |
| 03/04 | Ofir Haim |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel |
Hapoel Beer Sheva | 16 | 33 |
Players with the most goals across all seasons of this competition in our dataset.
| # | Player | Position | Nationality | Total goals | Seasons |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eran Zahavi |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel France | 125 | 10 |
| 2 | Yossi Benayoun |
Attack - Right Winger | Israel |
89 | 10 |
| 3 | Yaniv Katan |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
75 | 15 |
| 4 | Nikita Rukavytsya |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Australia Israel | 73 | 8 |
| 5 | Ben Sahar |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Poland | 62 | 8 |
| 6 | Roberto Colautti |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Argentina | 52 | 6 |
| 7 | Ofir Haim |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel |
51 | 10 |
| 8 | Lior Refaelov |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel Belgium | 45 | 8 |
| 9 | Pini Balili |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Israel Türkiye | 40 | 7 |
| 10 | Eyal Berkovic |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel |
38 | 8 |
| 11 | Moshe Ohayon |
Midfield - Central Midfield | Israel France | 38 | 11 |
| 12 |  Omri Altman |
Attack - Second Striker | Israel Hungary | 31 | 7 |
| 13 |  Tjaronn Chery |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Suriname Netherlands | 31 | 5 |
| 14 |  Gabi Kanichowsky |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | Israel England | 31 | 8 |
| 15 | Yakubu Aiyegbeni |
Attack - Centre-Forward |  Nigeria |
30 | 4 |
| 16 |  Yonatan Cohen |
Attack - Left Winger | Israel Poland | 30 | 6 |
| 17 |  Alain Masudi |
Midfield - Attacking Midfield | DR Congo France | 28 | 5 |
| 18 | Vidar Örn Kjartansson |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Iceland |
26 | 2 |
| 19 | Frantzdy Pierrot |
Attack - Centre-Forward | Haiti United States | 21 | 3 |
| 20 |  Dekel Keinan |
Defender - Centre-Back | Israel |
20 | 7 |
Highest single-season goal hauls in this competition.
| # | Player | Team | Season | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eran Zahavi |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 15/16 | 27 |
| 2 | Eran Zahavi |
Maccabi Tel Aviv | 14/15 | 22 |