IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2022 at OCTOBER 31
Picture : Messi - Haaland - Mané : the triumvirate
IFFHS Men's World Best International Goal Scorer Ranking 2022: triumvirate at the top
Three big forwards - Lionel Messi, Erling Haaland and Sadio Mané - lead the ranking for international goal-scorers at the end of October with 14 goals. Messi takes the highest place due to the tie-breaker (more goals for national team).
All “full international” games for country and the major international club competitions (without qualifiers) are taken in consideration in this ranking.
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | ||
| ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Lionel Messi | PSG (France) | Argentina | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | Borussia D (Germany), Manchester City (England) | Norway | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 3 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool (England), Bayern (Germany) | Senegal | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | Pedro | Flamengo | Brazil | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 5 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| 6 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 7 | Eldor Shomurodov | Roma (Italy) | Uzbekistan | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| 8 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool (England) | Egypt | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) | Poland | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Richarlison | Everton, Tottenham (England) | Brazil | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 11 | Julián Álvarez | River Plate, Manchester City (England) | Argentina | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 12 | Raphael Veiga | Palmeiras | Brazil | 9 | 9 | |
| 13 | Juan Ignacio Dinenno | Pumas UNAM (Mexico) | Argentina | 9 | 9 | |
| 14 | Vincent Aboubakar | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | Cameroon | 8 | 8 | |
| 15 | Artem Dovbyk | Dnipro-1 | Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 16 | Giacomo Raspadori | Napoli | Italy | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 17 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto (Portugal) | Iran | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| 18 | Cody Gakpo | PSV | Netherlands | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 19 | Victorien Adebayor | USGN, Berkane (Morocco) | Niger | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 20 | Edmilson Junior | Al-Duhail (Qatar) | Brazil | 8 | 8 |
ICC = International Club Competitions, NT = National Team.
Period: from January 1 to October 31, 2022.