NEW IFFHS RANKING - GOAL SCORERS 40+


Picture : Who else ! Ronaldo and Messi lead the ranking !


Goal Scorers with most 40+ goal years in XXI century

For the first time we publish a ranking that lists all scorers who have notched 40+ top-level goals in a calendar year more than once in the XXI century. 
There are currently 28 such players in total.
Cristiano Ronaldo's 54 goals last year took the number of such years in his career to 12. 
He equaled Leo Messi, who also scored 40 goals in a year 12 times (failing though to do so in 2023).

 MULTIPLE  YEARS  WITH  40+GOALSIN  XXI  CENTURY    
        
 PlayerTimesCountry70-60-6950-5940-49
1Lionel Messi12Argentina1173
2Cristiano Ronaldo12Portugal 444
3Robert Lewandowski8Poland 125
4Kylian Mbappé4France  31
5Zlatan Ibrahimović4Sweden  22
6Luis Suárez4Uruguay  13
 Edinson Cavani4Uruguay  13
8Harry Kane 3England  21
9Neymar3Brazil  12
 Ali Ashfaq3Maldives  12
 Aleksandar Đurić3Singapore  12
 Erling Haaland3Norway  12
13Eran Zahavi3Israel   3
 Romelu Lukaku3Belgium   3
 Germán Cano3Argentina   3
16José Castillo2Bolivia  11
 Kléber Pereira2Brazil  11
 Henrik Larsson2Sweden  11
 Jose Cardozo2Mexico  11
 Baghdad Bounedjah2Algeria  11
21Thierry Henry2France   2
 Romário2Brazil   2
 Washington2Brazil   2
 Radamel Falcao2Colombia   2
 Carlos Saucedo2Bolivia   2
 Omar Al Somah2Syria   2
 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang2Gabon   2
 Gabriel Barbosa2Brazil   2