| Updated: Penalty kicks are one of football’s clearest turning points. They can rescue a poor performance, reward sustained pressure, or decide matches where open-play chances are scarce. Over a full season, they also reveal which teams most often force opponents into costly decisions inside the box.
SportingPedia analysed penalties received, scored and missed during the 2025/26 season across Europe’s top seven leagues: La Liga, Liga Portugal, Ligue 1, the Bundesliga, Serie A, the Premier League and the Eredivisie. The ranking focuses on the 15 teams awarded the most penalty kicks, and the result is led clearly by Portuguese sides. Braga received 17 spot-kicks, scoring 16 and missing only one, to finish three penalties ahead of both Real Madrid and Benfica.
The wider picture adds another layer. Liga Portugal dominates the club list, with five teams in the top 15 and three of the top four places. La Liga, however, narrowly produced the highest league-wide total with 134 penalties awarded, just one more than Liga Portugal. The Premier League sits lower for total volume, with 92 penalties, but its clubs were the most clinical from the spot, converting 84% of their attempts.
Teams with the Most Penalty Kicks Received
during the 2025/26 Season in Europe’s Top 7 Leagues
Data Source: Transfermarkt
Braga finished as the clear penalty kick leader across the seven leagues last season. Their 17 penalties put them three ahead of Real Madrid and Benfica, and they made that advantage count by scoring 16 of them. Among the top five clubs, only Benfica came close to matching that level of efficiency, scoring 13 from 14.
Real Madrid and Benfica form the second tier on 14 penalties each. Real Madrid scored 12 and missed two, while Benfica scored 13 and missed one. Both clubs were regular visitors to the spot, but Braga’s total kept them comfortably ahead of the chasing pair.
Tondela complete the Portuguese-heavy top four with 13 penalties received. Their volume was exceptional, but their finishing was not. They scored only seven and missed six, giving them the weakest conversion record among the four leading clubs.
Bayern Munich are the first club outside Spain and Portugal to appear, with 12 penalties received. They scored 11, placing them among the most reliable teams from the spot in the upper part of the table.
The strongest pattern in the club list is Portugal’s presence near the top. Braga lead outright, Benfica are level with Real Madrid in second, and Tondela sit fourth. Porto and Gil Vicente also appear in the 10-penalty tier, giving Liga Portugal five clubs in the top 15.
La Liga’s presence is led by Real Madrid, but it goes deeper than one club. Barcelona received 10 penalties, while Valencia and Real Sociedad both received nine. Real Sociedad were the most efficient of that group, scoring eight of their nine spot-kicks, while Valencia scored only five.
The Bundesliga has three clubs in the top 15. Bayern Munich lead the German group with 12 penalties, followed by Borussia Dortmund and Mainz 05 on nine each. Mainz were much sharper from the spot, scoring eight, while Dortmund scored six and missed three.
Serie A is represented by Genoa and AC Milan, both on nine penalties. Milan converted seven, while Genoa scored five and missed four. The Premier League has only one club in the top 15: Brentford, who received 10 penalties and scored eight.
Number of Penalties Awarded and Penalties Scored
during the 2025/26 Season in Europe’s Top 7 Leagues
Data Source: Transfermarkt
The club table belongs largely to Portugal, but the league-wide totals put La Liga narrowly ahead. Spanish clubs were awarded 134 penalties across the season, one more than Liga Portugal’s 133. Both leagues scored 104 penalties, leaving them with the same 78% conversion rate.
Ligue 1 ranked third for total penalties awarded, with 111, ahead of the Bundesliga on 109 and Serie A on 106. However, no Ligue 1 club appears in the top 15, which points to a broader spread of penalties across the competition rather than a few teams dominating the total.
The Premier League had fewer penalties awarded than the other five major leagues in the dataset, with 92, but it produced the best scoring rate. English clubs converted 77 of them, an 84% success rate. The league also produced the only two clubs across all seven competitions not to receive a single penalty: Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa.
The Eredivisie had the lowest penalty volume, with 68 awarded, but the conversion rate in the Netherlands was strong at 82%, second only to the Premier League.