Eredivisie Top scorers - Netherlands 2016/2017

The winning top scorer in Eredivisie, Netherlands during the season 2016/2017 was Nicolai Jørgensen with 21 goals scored. Below you find the list of the highest goal scorers during the season. The most assists this season have been made by Hakim Ziyech and Nicolai Jørgensen. You can also find all hat-tricks scored during the season.

This league has a break between two seasons right now. The next season is planned to start on 8 August 2025.

Eredivisie best goal scorers 2016/2017

Below is the final top scorer list for the Eredivisie 2016/2017, including the 28 players who scored the most goals during the season.

# Player, Team Nationality Age % team's goals GoalsGoals
1. Nicolai Jørgensen
Feyenoord
Denmark
26 24.4%
21
2. Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Vitesse
Netherlands
28 39.2%
20
3. Reza Ghoochannejhad
Heerenveen
Iran
29 35.2%
19
  Samuel Armenteros
Heracles Almelo
Sweden
26 35.8%
19
5. Enes Ünal
Twente
Turkey
20 37.5%
18
6. Mimoun Mahi
Groningen
Morocco
23 30.9%
17
7. Kasper Dolberg
Ajax
Denmark
19 20.3%
16
8. Davy Klaassen
Ajax
Netherlands
24 17.7%
14
  Jens Toornstra
Feyenoord
Netherlands
28 16.3%
14
10. Sébastien Haller
Utrecht
Ivory Coast
22 24.1%
13
  Wout Weghorst
AZ Alkmaar
Netherlands
24 23.2%
13
12. Dirk Kuyt
Feyenoord
Netherlands
36 14.0%
12
13. Alireza Jahanbakhsh
AZ Alkmaar
Iran
23 17.9%
10
  Bryan Linssen
Groningen
Netherlands
26 18.2%
10
  Fran Sol
Willem II
Spain
25 34.5%
10
  Gaston Pereiro
PSV Eindhoven
Uruguay
21 14.7%
10
  Lewis Baker
Vitesse
England
22 19.6%
10
  Nigel Hasselbaink
Excelsior
Netherlands
26 23.3%
10
19. Bertrand Traoré
Ajax
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso
21 11.4%
9
  Eljero Elia
Feyenoord
Netherlands
30 10.5%
9
  Hakim Ziyech
Twente/​Ajax
Morocco
24 -
9
  Mike Havenaar
Den Haag
Japan 29 24.3%
9
  Queensy Menig
Ajax/​Zwolle
Netherlands
21 -
9
  Sam Larsson
Heerenveen
Sweden
24 16.7%
9
25. Luuk de Jong
PSV Eindhoven
Netherlands
26 11.8%
8
  Richairo Zivkovic
Utrecht
Netherlands
20 14.8%
8
  Sam Hendriks
Go Ahead Eagles
Netherlands
22 25.0%
8
  Stanley Elbers
Excelsior
Netherlands
25 18.6%
8
The age of the players is when the season ended at 14 May 2017

Most assists in the Eredivisie 2016/2017

This is the list of the players that assisted to most goals the Eredivisie during the 2016/2017 season.

# Player, team Nationality Age Assists
1. Hakim Ziyech
Twente/​Ajax
Morocco
24
12
  Nicolai Jørgensen
Feyenoord
Denmark
26
12
3. Sam Larsson
Heerenveen
Sweden
24
11
4. Milot Rashica
Vitesse
Kosovo
Kosovo
20
10
5. Andrés Guardado
PSV Eindhoven
Mexico
-
9
  Davy Klaassen
Ajax
Netherlands
24
9
  Jens Toornstra
Feyenoord
Netherlands
28
9
8. Alireza Jahanbakhsh
AZ Alkmaar
Iran
23
8
  Eljero Elia
Feyenoord
Netherlands
30
8
10. Davy Pröpper
PSV Eindhoven
Netherlands
25
7
  Luuk de Jong
PSV Eindhoven
Netherlands
26
7
  Jordy Croux
Willem II
Belgium
-
7

Scored hat-tricks in Eredivisie, season 2016/2017

In total there were 8 scored hat-tricks during the season 2016/2017 in Eredivisie, Netherlands. All players scoring these hat-tricks (or more than 3 goals), and the matches they scored it in, are listed here.

Player, Team Match GoalsGoals
Dirk Kuyt
Feyenoord
Feyenoord - Heracles Almelo 3-1
Sun 14 may 2017
3
1', 12', 84'
Ricky van Wolfswinkel
Vitesse
Vitesse - Heerenveen 4-2
Sat 8 april 2017
3
14', 70', 75'
Jens Toornstra
Feyenoord
Feyenoord - Go Ahead Eagles 8-0
Wed 5 april 2017
3
9', 41', 90'
Nicolai Jørgensen
Feyenoord
Feyenoord - AZ Alkmaar 5-2
Sun 12 march 2017
3
11', 80', 82'
Reza Ghoochannejhad
Heerenveen
PSV Eindhoven - Heerenveen 4-3
Sun 22 january 2017
3
5', 54', 80'
Kasper Dolberg
Ajax
Ajax - NEC Nijmegen 5-0
Sun 20 november 2016
3
19', 24', 37'
Enes Ünal
Twente
Groningen - Twente 3-4
Sun 21 august 2016
3
23', 36', 39'
Eljero Elia
Feyenoord
Groningen - Feyenoord 0-5
Sun 7 august 2016
3
36', 45', 56'

5 August 2016 was the starting date for the Eredivisie season 2016/2017, and the final games were played 14 May 2017. More information and the winning top scorers in Eredivisie between the seasons 1999/2000-2024/2025 here.