Which Barcelona forward led La Liga scoring in 2015-16 with 40 goals?

Luis Suárez led La Liga scoring for Barcelona in 2015–16 with 40 goals.

Suárez won the Pichichi Trophy after scoring 40 times in 35 league appearances. He finished five goals ahead of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, while Barcelona teammate Lionel Messi placed third with 26. This made Suárez the first player other than Messi or Ronaldo to lead La Liga scoring since 2008–09.

His late-season form was decisive. Suárez scored 14 goals across Barcelona’s final five league matches, including a hat-trick against Granada on the last day. That 3–0 victory secured Barcelona’s second consecutive Spanish championship.

The campaign was also notable because Suárez contributed beyond finishing: he tied Messi for the league assist lead with 16. His 40 league goals were part of a 59-goal season across all competitions. The key distinction is that this question asks for the La Liga scoring leader, not Barcelona’s all-time leading scorer or the season’s European-wide Golden Shoe winner.