IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2022 at March 31
Picture : 2020, 2021, 2022 - always Lewandowski at the top !
IFFHS Men's World Best Top Goal Scorer 2022:
RL9 runs last year’s scenario but is well down to himself of 2021
The winner of last 2 awards in this goal-scoring category (2020, 2021) Robert Lewandowski has again topped the list. The same thing happened a year ago. Then it also took him 3 starting months of the year to take the lead.
However, with all this similarity, RL9 is still much behind his last year's pace. In 2021, he already had 25 goals at his tally at this point of the year. Now he has “only” 16.
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).
THE RANKING at March 31, 2022
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | ||||
| NL | NC | ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany) | Poland | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 | |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 3 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | Australia | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 4 | Akram Afif | Al Sadd | Qatar | 11 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| 5 | Michael Olunga | Al Duhail (Qatar) | Kenya | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 6 | Arkadiusz Milik | Marseille (France) | Poland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 12 | |
| 7 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | |
| 8 | Sébastien Haller | Ajax (Netherlands) | Côte d'Ivoire | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Harry Kane | Tottenham | England | 8 | 3 | 1 | 12 | |
| 10 | Peter Ebimobowei | Abahani Chittagong (Bangladesh) | Nigeria | 11 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 11 | Gelson Dala | Al Wakrah (Qatar) | Angola | 8 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 12 | Vincent Aboubakar | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | Cameroon | 3 | 8 | 11 | ||
| 13 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco | France | 7 | 3 | 1 | 11 | |
| 14 | Tammy Abraham | Roma (Italy) | England | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 15 | Odion Ighalo | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | Nigeria | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| 16 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig (Germany) | France | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 17 | Jonathan Bolingi | Buriram (Thailand) | Congo DR | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | |
| 18 | Samy Frioui | MC Alger | Algeria | 11 | 11 | |||
| 19 | Ilija Spasojević | Bali United | Indonesia | 11 | 11 | |||
| 20 | Franck Etouga | Asante Kotoko (Ghana) | Cameroon | 11 | 11 | |||
| 21 | Abderrazak Hamdallah | Al Ittihad (Saudi Arabia) | Morocco | 10 | 1 | 11 | ||
| 22 | Georgios Giakoumakis | Celtic (Scotland) | Greece | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 23 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto (Portugal) | Iran | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 24 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Barcelona (Spain) | Gabon | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| 25 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Italy | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
| 26 | Riyad Mahrez | Manchester City (England) | Algeria | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | |
| 27 | Dominik Stolz | Hesperange (Luxembourg) | Germany | 10 | 10 | |||
| 28 | Bartholomew Ogbeche | Hyderabad (India) | Nigeria | 10 | 10 | |||
| 29 | Carlos Fortes | Arema (Indonesia) | Portugal | 10 | 10 | |||
| 30 | Evanilson | Porto (Portugal) | Brazil | 8 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 31 | Danilo Alves | Suphanburi (Thailand) | Brazil | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team
Period: from January 1 to March 31, 2022.
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.