List of top international association football goal scorers by country
This page lists the top all-time male goal scorer for each national football team where the top scorer has a minimum 20 goals in official international matches for his country. Players who are currently active at international level are indicated in bold type.
This list is not an all-time top international goal scorers list, as some country's second-top scorer could have scored more than another country's top scorer. It lists only the top scorer for each country.
This list is for Men's association football only.
List of players
- As of 22 November 2016
- Players in bold are still active at international level.
- Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation.
# | Country | Name | International goals | Caps | Goals per match | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iran | Ali Daei | 109 | 149 | 0.73 | [1] |
2 | Hungary | Ferenc Puskás | 84 | 85 | 0.99 | [2] |
3 | Japan | Kunishige Kamamoto | 80 | 84 | 0.95 | [3][4] |
4 | Zambia | Godfrey Chitalu | 79 | 111 | 0.71 | [5] |
5 | Iraq | Hussein Saeed | 78 | 137 | 0.57 | [6] |
6 | Brazil | Pelé | 77 | 91 | 0.85 | [7][8] |
7 | Kuwait | Bashar Abdullah | 75 | 133 | 0.56 | [9] |
8 | Malawi | Kinnah Phiri | 71 | 115 | 0.62 | [10] |
Saudi Arabia | Majed Abdullah | 71 | 116 | 0.61 | [11] | |
Thailand | Kiatisuk Senamuang | 71 | 134 | 0.53 | [12] | |
Germany | Miroslav Klose | 71 | 137 | 0.52 | [13] | |
12 | Trinidad and Tobago | John, SternStern John | 70 | 115 | 0.61 | [14] |
13 | Guatemala | Ruiz, CarlosCarlos Ruiz | 68 | 132 | 0.52 | [15] |
Portugal | Ronaldo, CristianoCristiano Ronaldo | 68 | 136 | 0.50 | [16] | |
Republic of Ireland | Keane, RobbieRobbie Keane | 68 | 146 | 0.46 | [17] | |
Egypt | Hassan, HossamHossam Hassan | 68 | 178 | 0.38 | [18] | |
17 | Ivory Coast | Drogba, DidierDidier Drogba | 65 | 104 | 0.63 | [19] |
18 | Sweden | Ibrahimović, ZlatanZlatan Ibrahimović | 62 | 116 | 0.53 | [20] |
19 | Spain | Villa, DavidDavid Villa | 59 | 97 | 0.61 | [21] |
20 | South Korea | Cha Bum-kun | 58 | 134 | 0.43 | [22] |
21 | Honduras | Pavón, CarlosCarlos Pavón | 57 | 101 | 0.56 | [23] |
Argentina | Messi, LionelLionel Messi | 57 | 116 | 0.49 | [24] | |
United States | Donovan, LandonLandon Donovan | 57 | 157 | 0.36 | [25] | |
24 | Cameroon | Eto'o, SamuelSamuel Eto'o | 56 | 118 | 0.48 | [26][27] |
25 | Czech Republic | Koller, JanJan Koller | 55 | 91 | 0.60 | [28] |
Singapore | Ahmad, FandiFandi Ahmad | 55 | 101 | 0.54 | [29] | |
East Germany | Streich, JoachimJoachim Streich | 55 | 102 | 0.54 | [30] | |
28 | England | Rooney, WayneWayne Rooney | 53 | 119 | 0.44 | [31] |
29 | Denmark | Nielsen, PoulPoul Nielsen / Jon Dahl Tomasson | 52 | 38 / 112 | 1.37 / 0.46 | [32][33] |
Maldives | Ali Ashfaq | 52 | 77 | 0.67 | [34] | |
United Arab Emirates | Talyani, Adnan AlAdnan Al Talyani | 52 | 161 | 0.32 | [35] | |
32 | Vietnam | Lê Công Vinh | 51 | 82 | 0.62 | [36] |
India | Sunil Chhetri | 51 | 91 | 0.56 | [37] | |
Turkey | Şükür, HakanHakan Şükür | 51 | 112 | 0.46 | [38] | |
France | Henry, ThierryThierry Henry | 51 | 123 | 0.41 | [39] | |
36 | Netherlands | Persie, Robin vanRobin van Persie | 50 | 101 | 0.49 | [40] |
37 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Džeko, EdinEdin Džeko | 49 | 83 | 0.59 | [41] |
38 | Poland | Włodzimierz Lubański | 48 | 75 | 0.64 | [42] |
Bulgaria | Dimitar Berbatov | 48 | 78 | 0.62 | [43] | |
Australia | Cahill, TimTim Cahill | 48 | 94 | 0.52 | [44] | |
Ghana | Asamoah Gyan | 48 | 97 | 0.50 | [45] | |
Ukraine | Andriy Shevchenko | 48 | 111 | 0.43 | [46] | |
43 | Uruguay | Suárez, LuisLuis Suárez | 47 | 89 | 0.53 | [47][48] |
Costa Rica | Fonseca, RolandoRolando Fonseca | 47 | 113 | 0.42 | [49] | |
45 | Mexico | Borgetti, JaredJared Borgetti | 46 | 89 | 0.52 | [50] |
46 | Croatia | Šuker, DavorDavor Šuker | 45 | 69 | 0.65 | [51] |
47 | Austria | Polster, ToniToni Polster | 44 | 95 | 0.46 | [52] |
48 | Philippines | Younghusband, PhilPhil Younghusband | 43 | 84 | 0.51 | [53] |
Oman | Al-Dhabit, HaniHani Al-Dhabit | 43 | 102 | 0.42 | [54] | |
50 | Switzerland | Frei, AlexanderAlexander Frei | 42 | 84 | 0.50 | [55] |
Panama | Tejada, LuisLuis Tejada | 42 | 97 | 0.43 | [56] | |
Soviet Union | Blokhin, OlehOleh Blokhin | 42 | 112 | 0.38 | [57] | |
53 | China PR | Hao Haidong | 41 | 107 | 0.38 | [58] |
54 | Malta | Mifsud, MichaelMichael Mifsud | 40 | 114 | 0.35 | [59] |
55 | El Salvador | Díaz Arce, RaúlRaúl Díaz Arce | 39 | 72 | 0.54 | [60] |
Antigua and Barbuda | Peter Byers | 39 | 73 | 0.53 | [61] | |
Angola | Akwá | 39 | 78 | 0.50 | [62] | |
58 | Yugoslavia | Bobek, StjepanStjepan Bobek | 38 | 63 | 0.60 | [63] |
Bahrain | Ismail Abdul-Latif | 38 | 107 | 0.36 | [64] | |
Estonia | Oper, AndresAndres Oper | 38 | 134 | 0.28 | [65] | |
Zimbabwe | Ndlovu, PeterPeter Ndlovu | (at least) 38 | 100 | unk | [66] | |
62 | Nigeria | Yekini, RashidiRashidi Yekini | 37 | 58 | 0.64 | [67] |
Chile | Salas, MarceloMarcelo Salas | 37 | 70 | 0.53 | [68] | |
64 | Hong Kong | Chan Siu Ki | 36 | 62 | 0.58 | [69] |
Tunisia | Jemâa, IssamIssam Jemâa | 36 | 84 | 0.43 | [70] | |
Northern Ireland | Healy, DavidDavid Healy | 36 | 95 | 0.38 | [71] | |
67 | Italy | Riva, LuigiLuigi Riva | 35 | 42 | 0.83 | [72] |
Jamaica | Shelton, LutonLuton Shelton | 35 | 75 | 0.47 | [73] | |
Slovenia | Zahović, ZlatkoZlatko Zahović | 35 | 80 | 0.44 | [74] | |
Romania | Hagi, GheorgheGheorghe Hagi / Adrian Mutu | 35 | 125 / 77 | 0.28 / 0.45 | [75][76] | |
71 | Czechoslovakia | Antonín Puč | 34 | 60 | 0.57 | [77] |
Uzbekistan | Shatskikh, MaksimMaksim Shatskikh | 34 | 61 | 0.56 | [78] | |
Kenya | Oliech, DennisDennis Oliech | 34 | 72 | 0.47 | [79] | |
Algeria | Tasfaout, AbdelhafidAbdelhafid Tasfaout | 34 | 79 | 0.43 | [80] | |
75 | Norway | Juve, JørgenJørgen Juve | 33 | 45 | 0.73 | [81] |
Israel | Spiegler, MordechaiMordechai Spiegler | 33 | 83 | 0.40 | [82] | |
77 | South Africa | McCarthy, BenniBenni McCarthy | 32 | 80 | 0.40 | [83] |
Cyprus | Konstantinou, MichalisMichalis Konstantinou | 32 | 84 | 0.38 | [84] | |
Paraguay | Santa Cruz, RoqueRoque Santa Cruz | 32 | 111 | 0.29 | [85] | |
Finland | Litmanen, JariJari Litmanen | 32 | 137 | 0.23 | [86] | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Samuel, ShandelShandel Samuel | (at least) 32 | (at least) 62 | unk | [87] | |
82 | Ecuador | Delgado, AgustínAgustín Delgado | 31 | 70 | 0.44 | [88] |
Burkina Faso | Dagano, MoumouniMoumouni Dagano | 31 | 61 | 0.50 | [89] | |
84 | Scotland | Dalglish, KennyKenny Dalglish / Denis Law | 30 | 102 / 55 | 0.29 / 0.55 | [90][91] |
Belgium | Bernard Voorhoof / Paul Van Himst | 30 | 61 / 81 | 0.49 / 0.37 | [92][93] | |
Togo | Adebayor, EmmanuelEmmanuel Adebayor | 30 | 72 | 0.42 | [94] | |
Russia | Kerzhakov, AleksandrAleksandr Kerzhakov | 30 | 91 | 0.32 | [95] | |
88 | Cuba | Lester Moré | 29 | 69 | 0.42 | [96] |
Greece | Anastopoulos, NikosNikos Anastopoulos | 29 | 73 | 0.40 | [97] | |
Senegal | Camara, HenriHenri Camara | 29 | 99 | 0.29 | [98] | |
Latvia | Māris Verpakovskis | 29 | 104 | 0.28 | [99] | |
Guinea | Feindouno, PascalPascal Feindouno | 29 | unk | unk | [100] | |
93 | New Zealand | Coveny, VaughanVaughan Coveny | 28 | 64 | 0.44 | [101] |
Peru | Paolo Guerrero | 28 | 71 | 0.38 | ||
Wales | Rush, IanIan Rush | 28 | 73 | 0.38 | [102] | |
Yemen | Al-Nono, AliAli Al-Nono | (at least) 28 | unk | unk | [103] | |
97 | Macedonia | Pandev, GoranGoran Pandev | 27 | 78 | 0.35 | [104] |
Mozambique | Tico-Tico | 27 | unk | unk | [105] | |
Sri Lanka | Jayasuriya, KasunKasun Jayasuriya | 27 | unk | unk | [106] | |
100 | Georgia | Arveladze, ShotaShota Arveladze | 26 | 60 | 0.43 | [107] |
Iceland | Eiður Guðjohnsen | 26 | 88 | 0.30 | [108] | |
102 | Colombia | Arnoldo Iguarán / Falcao, RadamelRadamel Falcao | 25 | 68 / 63 | 0.38 / 0.40 | [109] |
Mali | Keita, SeydouSeydou Keita | 25 | 99 | 0.25 | [110] | |
104 | Rwanda | Karekezi, OlivierOlivier Karekezi | 24 | 55 | 0.44 | [111] |
105 | Slovakia | Vittek, RóbertRóbert Vittek | 23 | 81 | 0.28 | [112] |
Venezuela | Arango, JuanJuan Arango | 23 | 129 | 0.18 | [113] | |
107 | Canada | De Rosario, DwayneDwayne De Rosario | 22 | 81 | 0.27 | [114] |
108 | Belize | McCaulay, DeonDeon McCaulay | 21 | 36 | 0.58 | [115] |
Benin | Omotoyossi, RazakRazak Omotoyossi | 21 | 52 | 0.40 | [116] | |
110 | Bolivia | Botero, JoaquínJoaquín Botero | 20 | 48 | 0.42 | [117] |
Lebanon | Antar, RodaRoda Antar | 20 | 56 | 0.37 | [118] | |
Belarus | Romaschenko, MaksimMaksim Romaschenko | 20 | 63 | 0.32 | [119] |
Notes
- Number is a count of nations. As of 4 June 2016, five nations (Belgium, Colombia, Denmark, Romania, and Scotland) have a pair of players tied for national leader. These are counted as one nation each.
- Statistics for the top scorers of Malaysia (Mokhtar Dahari – 125 goals, 167 caps),[120] Morocco (Ahmed Faras – 42 goals),[121] and Qatar (Mansoor Muftah – 53 goals),[122] have not been verified and therefore are not included in the list.
See also
- List of men's association football players with 50 or more international goals
- List of footballers with 100 or more caps
References
- General
- Roberto Mamrud, Karel Stokkermans. "Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals". RSSSF. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- Specific
- ↑ Ali Daei - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Ferenc Puskás - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ 80 days to go – With 80 goals in 84 appearances, Kunishige Kamamoto is Japan's all-time leading goalscorer. (FIFA.com)
- ↑ Kunishige Kamamoto - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Godfrey Chitalu - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Hussein Saeed Mohammed - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) - The King of football (FIFA.com)
- ↑ Edson Arantes do Nascimento "Pelé" - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Bashar Abdullah Salem Abdulaziz - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Kinna Phiri - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Majed Abdullah Mohammed - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Kiatisuk Senamuang - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Miroslav Klose - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Stern John - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Carlos Humberto Ruiz - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Robbie Keane - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Hossam Hassan - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Didier Yves Drogba Tébily - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ David Villa - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Bum-Kun Cha - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Carlos Alberto Pavón - Century of International Appearances
- ↑
- ↑ Landon Timothy Donovan - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ "9 Samuel ETOO". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
- ↑ Samuel Eto'o Fils - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Jan Koller - International Appearances
- ↑ Fandi Ahmad - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Joachim Streich - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Wayne Mark Rooney - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Poul "Tist" Nielsen - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Jon Dahl Tomasson - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Ali Ashfaq - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Adnan Khamees Al-Talyani - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Lê Công Vinh - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Sunil Chhetri - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Hakan Sükür - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Thierry Henry - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Robin van Persie - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Edin Dzeko - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Wlodzimierz Leonard Lubanski - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Dimitar Berbatov - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Timothy Filiga "Tim" Cahill - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Asamoah Gyan - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Andriy Shevchenko - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Luis SUAREZ – Profile at FIFA.com
- ↑ Luis Alberto Suárez - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Rolando Fonseca Jiménez - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Jared Borgetti - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Davor Suker - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Anton "Toni" Polster - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Philip James Placer "Phil" Younghusband - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Hani Al-Dhabit Faraj Bait - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Alexander Frei - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Luis Carlos Tejada Hansell - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Oleg Blokhin - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Hao Haidong - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Michael Mifsud - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Raúl Ignacio Díaz Arce - International Goals
- ↑ Peter Byers - International Goals
- ↑ Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco 'Akwá' - International Goals
- ↑ Stjepan Bobek - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Ismail Abdullatif Hasan - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Andres Oper - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Peter Ndlovu - International Goals
- ↑ Rashidi Yekini - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ José Marcelo Salas - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/skchan-intlg.html
- ↑ Issam Jemaa - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ David Healy - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Luigi Riva - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Luton Shelton - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Zlatko Zahovic - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Gheorghe Hagi - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Adrian Mutu - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Antonin Puc - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Maksim Shatskikh - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Dennis Oguta Oliech - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Abdelhafid Tasfaout - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Jørgen Juve - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Men's national team, Mordechai Spiegler
- ↑ Benedict Saul "Benni" McCarthy - International Appearances
- ↑ Michalis Konstandinou - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Roque Luis Santa Cruz - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Jari Litmanen - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Shandel Samuel - - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Agustín Delgado - Goals in International Appearances
- ↑ Moumouni Dagano - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Denis Law - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Bernard Voorhoof - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Paul Van Himst - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Aleksandr Anatolyevich Kerzhakov - International Appearances
- ↑ Moré - International Goals
- ↑ Greece - Record International Players
- ↑ Henri Camara - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Maris Verpakovskis - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Pascal Feindouno - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Vaughan Coveny - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Ian Rush - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Ali Al-Nono - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Macedonia - Record International Players
- ↑ Manuel José Luis "Tico-Tico" Bucuane - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Kasun Nadika Jayasuriya Weerarathne - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Georgia - Record International Players
- ↑ Iceland - Record International Players
- ↑ Colombia - Record International Players
- ↑ Seydou Keïta - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Olivier Kerekezi - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Robert Vittek - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Juan Arango Saez - Century of International Appearances
- ↑ Dwayne DeRosario - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Belize - Record International Players
- ↑ Razak Omotoyossi - International Goals
- ↑ Joaquín Botero - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ Lebanon - Record International Players
- ↑ Maksim Romashchenko - Goals in International Matches
- ↑ "The late Mokhtar Dahari". Olympic Council of Malaysia. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ↑ "Portrait Ahmed Faras - Ancien Capitaine de l'équipe national du Maroc". Le Soir (in French). Belgium. 18 February 2010. Retrieved June 2012. Check date values in:
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(help) - ↑ منصور مفتاح (in Arabic). Rayyan Club. Archived from the original on 17 January 2016.
External links
- RSSSF
- More goals than caps. FIFA. 3 June 2009
- Europe's all-time top international goalscorers UEFA. 8 November 2011
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