IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL SCORER 2024


Picture : Wu Lei is the new leader of the Top Division ranking !


IFFHS Men’s World Best National Scorer 2024 at 30 June: Wu Lei

The Chinese forward Wu Lei took over the leadership in the IFFHS category of best national goal-scorers in 2024 from the Swede Viktor Gyökeres due to a hat-trick scored for his club Shanghai Port on 29 June. 
Wu Lei amassed 19 goals while Gyökeres left behind with 18 scored in the Portuguese league for Sporting Lisbon. 
The Italian Imre Badalassi from Tre Penne (San Marino) completes the podium. He has the same number of goals at his tally Gyökeres but concedes due to tie-breaker.


THE RANKING 2024

 PlayerGoalsNationalityClubs (Leagues)
     
 Javier Gayoso21PhilippinesKaya
 Rafaelson20BrazilNam Định (Vietnam)
1Wu Lei19ChinaShanghai Port
 Cornelius Stewart19St. Vincent and GrenadinesAbahani Dhaka (Bangladesh)
2Viktor Gyökeres18SwedenSporting (Portugal)
3Imre Badalassi18ItalyTre Penne (San Marino)
 Garbhan Coughlan18Republic of IrelandCashmere Technical (New Zealand)
 Tsukasa Shimomura18JapanOne Taguig (Philippines)
4Alexander Sørloth17NorwayVillarreal (Spain)
5Luuk de Jong17NetherlandsPSV
6Drilon Hazrollaj17KosovoMalisheva
 Oscar Faulds17SwedenNapier City Rovers (NZ)
7Pedro 16BrazilFlamengo
8Alex Arce16ParaguayLDU Quito (Ecuador)
9Dean David16IsraelMaccabi Haifa
10Martín Cauteruccio16UruguaySporting Cristal (Peru)
11Cristian Arango16ColombiaReal Salt Lake (USA)
12Guilherme Bissoli16BrazilBuriram United (Thailand)
13David da Silva16BrazilPersib (Indonesia)
 Souleymane Diabate16MaliMohammedan Dhaka (Bangladesh)
 Finn McDaniel16PhilippinesStallion Laguna
14Harry Kane 15England Bayern (Germany)
15Cristiano Ronaldo15Portugal Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
16Léo Ceará15BrazilCerezo Osaka (Japan)
17Aymen Hussein15IraqAl Quwa Al Jawiya
18Yair Delgadillo 15MexicoMunicipal Limeño (El Salvador)
19Styven Vásquez 15El SalvadorLuis Ángel Firpo
 Lucas Meek15USAWestern Suburbs (NZ)
20Phil Foden14EnglandManchester City
21Jean-Philippe Mateta14FranceCrystal Palace (England)
22Cole Palmer14EnglandChelsea 
23Gonzalo Mastriani14UruguayAmérica Mineiro (Brazil)
24Jonathan David14CanadaLille (France)
25Ezequiel Ponce14ArgentinaAEK Athens (Greece)
26Marko Regža14LatviaRiga
27Promise David 14CanadaNõmme Kalju (Estonia)
28Mark Anders Lepik14EstoniaFlora Tallinn
29Christian Benteke14BelgiumD.C. United (USA)
30Willian Popp14BrazilMuangthong (Thailand)
31Jorginho14PortugalDifferdange (Luxembourg)
32Adam Taggart14AustraliaPerth Glory
 Noah Baffoe14SpainEastern (Hong Kong)


All goals scored in the top 100 national leagues worldwide and top divisions of Brazilian states are taken into account.
The players from the leagues below top 100 are also listed in the standings but not classified (highlighted in grey).
Period: from 1 January to 30 June 2024.
Tie-breaker: stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking)