THE WORLD'S BEST MAN TOP GOAL SCORER 2021 at March 31
Picture : Robert Lewandowski leads all 3 IFFHS WORLD Rankings (National, International and Global) at end March !
The World’s Best Man Top Goal Scorer 2021 at March 31 : a powerful spurt of Lewandowski
The month of March passed under the dominance of Lewandowski. The 2020 winner scored 11 goals in 6 games, took the lead and raced far ahead of the competitors. By the end of the first quarter of 2021, he has a very solid tally of 25 goals. Keeping this pace, he could finish the year with a fantastic 100 goals.
But unfortunately for him, Robert got injured in the World Cup qualifier against Andorra being reportedly out of action for a month. Thus, Messi, Bounedjah and other rivals have a good opportunity to at least reduce the 6-goal advantage that the FC Bayern and Poland striker has obtained.
In the meantime, Lewandowski currently has a streak of 10 goal-scoring matches (across all competitions). This is the World’s longest run in 2021 to date. The series can be increased when the Pole returns to the pitch.
Another impressive personal performance in March was made by Ali Mabkhout. The striker from United Arab Emirated scored 2 hat-tricks for the month. Placed now 4th in the ranking with 17 goals, he has already 4 hat-tricks since the beginning of 2021 (three in the domestic league and one for national team)!
THE WORLD'S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER RANKING at March 31, 2021
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | |||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | ||||||
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany) | Poland | 18 | 4 | 3 | 25 | ||
| 2 | Lionel Messi | Barcelona (Spain) | Argentina | 16 | 1 | 2 | 19 | ||
| 3 | Baghdad Bounedjah | Al Sadd (Qatar) | Algeria | 14 | 4 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 4 | Ali Mabkhout | Al Jazira | UAE | 14 | 3 | 17 | |||
| 5 | Patson Daka | Salzburg (Austria) | Zambia | 12 | 4 | 16 | |||
| 6 | Erling Haaland | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | Norway | 11 | 1 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 7 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 | ||
| 8 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus (Italy) | Portugal | 11 | 3 | 1 | 15 | ||
| 9 | Tardeli Reis | Samut Prakan (Thailand) | Brazil | 15 | 15 | ||||
| 10 | Georgios Giakoumakis | Venlo (Netherlands) | Greece | 14 | 1 | 15 | |||
| 11 | Cyle Larin | Beşiktaş (Turkey) | Canada | 8 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||
| 12 | Ilkay Gündogan | Manchester City (England) | Germany | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | |
| 13 | Paul Onuachu | Genk (Belgium) | Nigeria | 10 | 2 | 2 | 14 | ||
| 14 | Fabio Lima | Al Wasl | UAE | 12 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 15 | Shayne Lavery | Linfield | Northern Ireland | 14 | 14 | ||||
| 16 | Raúl Becerra | Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh) | Argentina | 11 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 17 | Gerard Moreno | Villarreal | Spain | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 18 | Eran Zahavi | PSV (Netherlands) | Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 19 | Harry Kane | Tottenham | England | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 13 | |
| 20 | Ignacio Ramírez | Liverpool Montevideo | Uruguay | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 21 | Bafétimbi Gomis | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | France | 13 | 13 | ||||
| 22 | Robinho | Bashundhara Kings (Bangladesh) | Brazil | 12 | 1 | 13 | |||
| 23 | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale (Italy) | Belgium | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 24 | Haris Seferović | Benfica (Portugal) | Switzerland | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 25 | Youssef En-Nesyri | Sevilla (Spain) | Morocco | 10 | 2 | 12 | |||
| 26 | Aaron Boupendza | Hatayspor (Turkey) | Gabon | 11 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 27 | André Silva | Eintracht (Germany) | Portugal | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 28 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | Australia | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 29 | Bidyashagar Singh | TRAU | India | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 30 | Pa Omar Jobe | Sheikh Jamal (Bangladesh) | Gambia | 12 | 12 | ||||
| 31 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool (England) | Egypt | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | |
| 32 | Mislav Oršić | Dinamo Zagreb | Croatia | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||
| 33 | Sasa Kalajdzic | Stuttgart (Germany) | Austria | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 34 | Youssef El-Arabi | Olympiakos (Greece) | Morocco | 8 | 3 | 11 | |||
| 35 | Antoine Griezmann | Barcelona (Spain) | France | 5 | 4 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 36 | Luis Muriel | Atalanta (Italy) | Colombia | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 37 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 38 | Luis Suárez | Atletico (Spain) | Uruguay | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 39 | Maureen Franco | Fénix | Uruguay | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 40 | Marcel Hernández | Alajuelense (Costa Rica) | Cuba | 11 | 11 | ||||
| 41 | Dennis Antwi | Gokulam (India) | Ghana | 11 | 11 | ||||
| Luka Majcen | Churchill Brothers (India) | Slovenia | 11 | 11 |
All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Brazilian state championships Paulista and Carioca have status equal to national leagues (according to IFFHS decision).
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1, 2021 to March 31, 2021.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL), 4) strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking), 5) number of total games played.