Season trivia for Saudi Professional League 2024/2025
It's not all about becoming the top scorer or winning matches - there's also a wealth of fascinating information related to goalscorers and other remarkable records. Below, you'll find trivia and interesting facts from the 2024/2025 Saudi Professional League season in Saudi Arabia.
Note that the season is not finished yet, and there for the information below is not necessarily the final version.
Best scoring couple
The players who were behind the most goals for their team in the 2024/2025 season were the players Salem Al-Dawsari - Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal) and Gabri Veiga - Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli Saudi). Together they scored 7 goals for their teams, where one of the players scored the goal and the other one assisted to it.
Fastest goalscorer
These players all scored goals in the first minute of a match during the 2024/2025 season:
Fastest hat-trick
Sadio Mané, playing for Al Nassr, was the player who scored the fastest hat-trick. In the space of 19 minutes, he scored three goals in the match between Al-Okhdood-Al Nassr.
Top goalscorer by calendar month
The most goals scored in a calendar month during the season 2024/2025 was 9 goals, which these players scored in those months:
Marcos Leonardo (Al Hilal) - January 2025
Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli Saudi) - February 2025
Most braces by player
Most braces (at least two goals in a match) were scored 6 times during this season, and the players who managed that were these:
Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli Saudi)
Aleksandar Mitrovic (Al Hilal)
Most first goals in a match
The player who scored the first goal in a match the most times during the 2024/2025 season was Cristiano Ronaldo in Al Nassr, in total he did it 10 times.
Most last goals in a match
The last goal of the match was scored the most times by Cristiano Ronaldo in Al Nassr during the 2024/2025 season, in total he did this 9 times.
Most penalty goals by player
The best penalty taker in the league during the 2024/2025 season was Ivan Toney, in total he scored 10 penalties for his Al-Ahli Saudi.
Most penalty goals by team
Most goals from the penalty spot was a feat shared by 2 teams, and the teams that each scored 12 penalty goals were Al-Ahli Saudi and Al Nassr.
Most stoppage time goals by player
In total, 2 players scored 4 goals in added time, and the players who did so were Houssem Aouar (Al-Ittihad) and Julián Quiñones (Al-Qadsiah FC).
Most stoppage time goals by team
When it comes to stoppage time goals, Al-Ittihad was the best team, in total they scored 11 goals in the final minutes of the match.
Most own goals by player
2 players share the less-than-honourable title of most own goals during the 2024/2025 season in Saudi Professional League. These players each scored 2 own goals and they were Marwane Saâdane (Al Fateh) and Dhari Al-Anazi (Damac).
Most own goals by team
Al Fateh scored 5 own goals in all their matches, making them the best at it in the entire league during the 2024/2025 season.
Players with goals in most consecutive matches
There were 2 players who scored in 7 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season, and the players who achieved this were Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli Saudi) and Marcos Leonardo (Al Hilal).
Players with assists in most consecutive matches
It was Moussa Diaby in Al-Ittihad who had the longest streak of matches in a row with at least one assist, achieving this in 7 consecutive matches.
Players with goals or assists in most consecutive matches
Marcos Leonardo in Al Hilal scored or assisted in 11 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season, which was the best in the league.
Players with most goals in the first half
The players with the most goals in the first half of the match scored 11 goals, and the players who did this were:
Players with most goals in the second half
2 players were the best at scoring in the second half, something they did 14 times, and the players who did this were Ivan Toney (Al-Ahli Saudi) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Al Nassr).
Most consecutive wins
Al-Ittihad was the team with the most consecutive wins during the 2024/2025 season, with a total of 9 wins in a row.
Most matches in a row without losing
Al-Ittihad were the team with the longest unbeaten run during the 2024/2025 season, playing 12 straight matches without losing.
Most consecutive losses
Al Raed had a streak of 9 consecutive losses, something no other team surpassed in Saudi Professional League during the 2024/2025 season.
Most matches in a row without a win
Al Fateh managed the feat of not winning a single match in 13 consecutive matches during the 2024/2025 season, something they did best among all the teams in the league.
Most comebacks from behind to win
The art of turning a deficit in a match into a win is something Al-Ittihad were best at during the 2024/2025 season, they came back to win 7 matches in total.
Most blown leads resulting in losses
Taking the lead in matches only to lose is no admirable feat, but Al Raed have managed this in 8 matches during the 2024/2025 season, more than any other team in Saudi Professional League.
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