IFFHS MEN'S ALL TIME BEST CLUB GOAL SCORERS

• Oct 3, 2022
• History Statistics

Picture : Robert Lewandowski scored goal number 500 !

IFFHS All-Time best club goal-scorers: Lewandowski reaches 500!

The goal scored on October 1 in La Liga match for Barcelona against Mallorca (1-0) was Robert Lewandowski's 500th in his top-level club career, which began in 2008 (that is, without taking into account the early period of his career in low-ranked Polish clubs).
RL9 scored 353 goals in the top divisions of Poland, Germany and Spain, 49 in the national cups of these countries and 98 in international club competitions.
Lewandowski became the 16th player in football history to score 500+ goals for clubs and one of 3 active players, along with Cristiano Ronaldo, who leads the ranking with 699 goals, and Lionel Messi (690).

	ALL-TIME BEST	CLUB GOAL-SCORERS
	Player	Nationality	Period	League		Cups		ICC		Total	Total	Total	Sum
				NL	RL	NC	OC	CT	ICT	Leagues	Cups	ICC
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2002-	497		41	10	144	7	497	51	151	699
2	Romário	Brazil	1985-2007	311	233	51	42	50	4	544	93	54	691
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2004-	485		56	15	129	5	485	71	134	690
4	Josef Bican	Austria, BM, Czechoslovakia	1931-1955	518		67	62	41		518	129	41	688
5	Pelé	Brazil	1957-1977	138	466	49		16	10	604	49	26	679
6	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary, Spain	1943-1966	514		69	7	53	2	514	76	55	645
7	Jimmy Jones	Northern Ireland	1947-1964	332		43	258	2		332	301	2	635
8	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	1926-1943	348		40	207			348	247		595
9	Eusébio	Portugal	1957-1978	422		97		57	2	422	97	59	578
10	Gerd Müller	Germany	1964-1981	405		78	14	68	1	405	92	69	566
11	Glenn Ferguson	Northern Ireland	1987-2011	313		56	186	6		313	242	6	561
12	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	1922-1937	409		77	54			409	131		540
13	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	1937-1949	332	132	70	2	3		464	72	3	539
14	Uwe Seeler	Germany	1954-1978	179	267	24	17	21		446	41	21	508
15	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina, Spain	1945-1966	376		55		57	13	376	55	70	501
16	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	2008-	353		41	8	96	2	353	49	98	500

NL = National Leagues 
RL = Regional Leagues (taken in account only having the strength comparable to national league; Campeonato Carioca in the case of Romário, Campeonato Paulista for Pelé, Lisbon Championship for Peyroteo, Oberliga Nord for Seeler).
NC = (main) National Cups
OC  = other (relevant) domestic cups
ICC = International Club Competitions
CT = Continental tournaments
ICT = InterContinental (world) tournaments (of appropriate level)

BM = (Protectorate) Bohemia and Moravia