IFFHS AWARDS 2022 - MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER
IFFHS Men's World Best National Top Division Scorer 2022: Germán Cano
This Award created in 1991 goes to the player who scores the most goals in a calendar year in the national top divisions, provided that the league(s) in which he played is in the top 100 leagues (on the corresponding IFFHS ranking).
According to this criteria, the award goes to Argentine Germán Cano from Fluminense (Brazil). He has scored 33 league goals in 2022 (7 in Campeonato Carioca and 26 in Brazilian Serie A).
Boris Kopitović has scored more, 35 goals, but his team Tampines Rovers is a part of Singapore league which doesn’t enter top 100. Kopitović and other similar players are also listed in the final standings (highlighted in blue) but not ranked.
Kylian Mbappe has finished 2nd in this contest (32 league goals for PSG) and Nicolás Ibáñez 3rd (31 goals for Pachuca).
THE RANKING 2022
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | |
| Boris Kopitović | Tampines Rovers (Singapore) | Montenegro | 35 | |
| 1 | Germán Cano | Fluminense (Brazil) | Argentina | 33 |
| Kodai Tanaka | Albirex Niigata (Singapore) | Japan | 33 | |
| Garbhan Coughlan | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | Republic of Ireland | 33 | |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 32 |
| 3 | Nicolás Ibáñez | Pachuca (Mexico) | Argentina | 31 |
| 4 | Erling Haaland | Borussia D (Germany), Man City (England) | Norway | 30 |
| 5 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) | Poland | 29 |
| 6 | Bergson | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | Brazil | 29 |
| 7 | Cryzan | Santa Clara (Portugal), Shandong TaiShan (China) | Brazil | 28 |
| 8 | Marcão | Wuhan Three Towns (China) | Brazil | 27 |
| 9 | Jonathan Calleri | São Paulo (Brazil) | Argentina | 26 |
| 10 | Harry Kane | Tottenham | England | 26 |
| 11 | Marko Livaja | Hajduk Split | Croatia | 26 |
| 12 | Nemanja Bilbija | Zrinjski | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26 |
| 13 | Bobir Abdikholikov | Energetyk-BGU (Belarus) | Uzbekistan | 26 |
| 14 | Luis Galeano | Sport Sébaco | Nicaragua | 26 |
| Reo Nishiguchi | Tanjong Pagar (Singapore) | Japan | 26 | |
| 15 | Christopher Nkunku | RB Leipzig (Germany) | France | 25 |
| 16 | Martin Ádám | Paksi, Ulsan (South Korea) | Hungary | 25 |
| 17 | André-Pierre Gignac | Tigres UANL (Mexico) | France | 25 |
| 18 | Tiago Azulão | Petro de Luanda (Angola) | Brazil | 25 |
| 19 | Amahl Pellegrino | Bodø/Glimt | Norway | 25 |
| 20 | Sebastián Driussi | Austin (USA) | Argentina | 25 |
| 21 | Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba | Al Ain (UAE) | Togo | 25 |
| Gianni Bouzoukis | Wellington Olympic | New Zealand | 25 | |
| 22 | Dániel Gazdag | Philadelphia Union (USA) | Hungary | 24 |
| 23 | Dominik Stolz | Hesperange (Luxembourg) | Germany | 24 |
| 24 | Raimonds Krollis | Valmiera | Latvia | 24 |
| 25 | Jamie Maclaren | Melbourne City | Australia | 24 |
| Edward Wilkinson | Christchurch United | New Zealand | 24 | |
| 26 | Yaw Annor | Ashanti Gold, Ismaily (Egypt) | Ghana | 23 |
| 27 | Marcos Riquelme | Always Ready (Bolivia) | Argentina | 23 |
| 28 | Hany Mukhtar | Nashville (USA) | Germany | 23 |
| 29 | Rayan Philippe | Swift Hesperange (Luxembourg) | France | 23 |
| Souleymane Diabate | Mohammedan Dhaka (Bangladesh) | Mali | 23 | |
| 30 | Wissam Ben Yedder | Monaco | France | 22 |
| 31 | Ricardo Gomes | Partizan (Serbia) | Cape Verde | 22 |
| 32 | Alexander Jeremejeff | Häcken | Sweden | 22 |
| 33 | Tommy Tobar | Nacional Potosí (Bolivia) | Colombia | 22 |
| 34 | Mohamed Abdel Rahman | Al-Hilal Omdurman | Sudan | 22 |
Period: from January 1 to December 31, 2022.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: strength of the league (on IFFHS ranking).