IFFHS EURO STATISTICS 24 - THE BEST GOAL SCORER
Picture : from 2004 to 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo scored already 29 goals in the EURO qualifications and final stages !
Best Goal-Scorer (including qualification): Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo leads with a huge gap in the ranking of top goal-scorers in the European Championships, which includes goals in qualifying and final tournaments. He now has 40 goals and can increase his tally in the summer.
Players who are going to perform in the final tournament of Euro 2020 are highlighted in bold. After the injury of Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Robert Lewandowski is the only able to take the second place behind the sovereign leader of this Ranking, Cristiano Ronaldo.
| BEST GOAL-SCORERS | (INCLUDING QUALIFICATION) | ||||||
| Player | Country | Goals | Games | ||||
| Qual | Fin | Total | Editions (Goals Qual + Fin) | ||||
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 31 | 9 | 40 | 2004 (0+2), 2008 (8+1), 2012 (7+3), 2016 (5+3), 2020 (11+0) | 56 |
| 2 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | 19 | 6 | 25 | 2004 (3+2), 2008 (0+2), 2012 (5+2), 2016 (11+0) | 43 |
| 3 | Robbie Keane | Republic of Ireland | 23 | 23 | 2000 (5+0), 2004 (2+0), 2008 (4+0), 2012 (7+0), 2016 (5+0) | 49 | |
| 4 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | Denmark | 19 | 3 | 22 | 2000 (6+0), 2004 (5+3), 2008 (8+0) | 31 |
| 5 | Jan Koller | Czech Republic | 18 | 3 | 21 | 2000 (6+0), 2004 (6+2), 2008 (6+1) | 35 |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 19 | 2 | 21 | 2012 (0+1), 2016 (13+1), 2020 (6+0) | 28 |
| 7 | Hakan Şükür | Turkey | 19 | 2 | 21 | 1996 (7+0), 2000 (4+2), 2004 (3+0), 2008 (5+0) | 37 |
| 8 | Wayne Rooney | England | 14 | 6 | 20 | 2004 (2+4), 2008 (2+0), 2012 (3+1), 2016 (7+1) | 37 |
| 9 | Davor Šuker | Yugoslavia, Croatia | 17 | 3 | 20 | 1992 (1+0), 1996 (12+3), 2000 (4+0) | 22 |
| 10 | Miroslav Klose | Germany | 16 | 3 | 19 | 2004 (2+0), 2008 (5+2), 2012 (9+1) | 36 |
| 11 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Netherlands | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2008 (1+1), 2012 (12+0), 2016 (5+0) | 24 |
| 12 | Raúl | Spain | 18 | 1 | 19 | 2000 (11+1), 2004 (7+0), 2008 (0+0) | 27 |
| 13 | Thierry Henry | France | 12 | 6 | 18 | 2000 (0+3), 2004 (6+2), 2008 (6+1) | 27 |
| 14 | Zlatko Zahovič | Slovenia | 15 | 3 | 18 | 1996 (4+0), 2000 (9+3), 2004 (2+0) | 28 |
| 15 | David Villa | Spain | 13 | 4 | 17 | 2008 (6+4), 2012 (7+0) | 23 |
| 16 | Gareth Bale | Wales | 14 | 3 | 17 | 2008 (2+0), 2012 (3+0), 2016 (7+3), 2020 (2+0) | 39 |
| 17 | Artem Dzyuba | Russia | 17 | 17 | 2016 (8+0), 2020 (9+0) | 21 | |
| 18 | Marco van Basten | Netherlands | 11 | 5 | 16 | 1984 (1+0), 1988 (2+5), 1992 (8+0) | 24 |
| 19 | Gerd Müller | Germany | 12 | 4 | 16 | 1968 (5+0), 1972 (7+4) | 12 |
| 20 | Robin van Persie | Netherlands | 13 | 3 | 16 | 2008 (4+2), 2012 (6+1), 2016 (3+0) | 28 |
| 21 | Adrian Mutu | Romania | 15 | 1 | 16 | 2004 (4+0), 2008 (6+1), 2012 (5+0) | 27 |
| 22 | Shota Arveladze | Georgia | 16 | 16 | 1996 (4+0), 2000 (3+0), 2004 (4+0), 2008 (5+0) | 24 | |
| 23 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia-Herzegovina | 16 | 16 | 2008 (1+0), 2012 (4+0), 2016 (8+0), 2020 (3+0) | 36 | |
| 24 | Ruud van Nistelrooy | Netherlands | 9 | 6 | 15 | 2004 (5+4), 2008 (2+2), 2012 (2+0) | 24 |
| 25 | Jürgen Klinsmann | Germany | 10 | 5 | 15 | 1988 (0+1), 1992 (1+1), 1996 (9+3) | 26 |
| 26 | Lukas Podolski | Germany | 11 | 4 | 15 | 2004 (0+0), 2008 (8+3), 2012 (3+1), 2016 (0+0) | 37 |
| 27 | Hristo Stoichkov | Bulgaria | 12 | 3 | 15 | 1988 (0+0), 1992 (1+0), 1996 (10+3), 2000 (1+0) | 27 |
| 28 | Harry Kane | England | 15 | 15 | 2016 (3+0), 2020 (12+0) | 17 | |
| 29 | Toni Polster | Austria | 15 | 15 | 1984 (1+0), 1988 (3+0), 1992 (0+0), 1996 (11+0) | 20 |