IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2024



IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2024 at 30 September: Viktor Gyökeres 

Sporting Lisbon’s Swedish forward Viktor Gyökeres came on top of the IFFHS global goal-scorers’ ranking 2024 for the first time, surpassing the former leader Wu Lei in September.
Gyökeres is also the first player in 2024 to reach 40 top-level goals (previously, Martín Cauteruccio was the first at milestone 30 and Akram Afif at 20).

THE RANKING 2024

 PlayerGoalsDLDCICCNTCountryClubs (Leagues)
         
1Viktor Gyökeres4028534SwedenSporting (Portugal)
2Wu Lei38313 4ChinaShanghai Port
3Harry Kane 3520186England Bayern (Germany)
4Erling Haaland3423515NorwayManchester City (England)
5Martín Cauteruccio33294  UruguaySporting Cristal (Peru)
6Kylian Mbappé3215872FrancePSG, Real Madrid (Spain)
7Akram Afif31152212QatarAl Sadd
8Cristiano Ronaldo3119444Portugal Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
9Ayoub El Kaabi3015 114MoroccoOlympiakos (Greece)
10Pedro 302235 BrazilFlamengo
11Jonathan David2919343CanadaLille (France)
12Alex Tamm2927  2EstoniaNõmme Kalju
13Miguel Borja2871461ColombiaRiver Plate (Argentina)
14Alex Arce281936 ParaguayRivadavia (Argentina), LDU Quito (Ecuador)
15Tomoyuki Doi2828   JapanGeylang (Singapore)
16Aymen Hussein2716  11IraqAl Quwa Al Jawiya, Al Khor (Qatar) 
17Aleksandar Mitrović2719431SerbiaAl Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
18Javier Gayoso2727   PhilippinesKaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia)
19Denis Bouanga2618161GabonLos Angeles (USA)
20Ángel Rodado261826 SpainWisła Kraków (Poland)
21Robert Lewandowski 2618422PolandBarcelona (Spain)
22Garbhan Coughlan2626   Rep of IrelandCashmere Technical (New Zealand)
23Salomón Rondón2512 103VenezuelaPachuca (Mexico)
24Andy Ryan251753 ScotlandLarne (Northern Ireland)
25Noah Baffoe25169  SpainEastern (Hong Kong)
26Adrián Martínez242139 ArgentinaRacing Club
27Anderson Lopes 241914 BrazilYokohama F. Marinos (Japan)
28Jorginho Monteiro242013 PortugalDifferdange (Luxembourg)
29Cole Palmer24203 1EnglandChelsea 
30Luuk de Jong242031 NetherlandsPSV
31Rafaelson242031 BrazilNam Định (Vietnam)
32Guilherme Bissoli24222  BrazilBuriram United (Thailand)
33Juninho23959 BrazilQarabağ (Azerbaijan)
34Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang2313253GabonMarseille (France), Al Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia)
35Juan Martín Lucero231247 ArgentinaFortaleza (Brazil)
36Vinicius Junior2314342BrazilReal Madrid (Spain)
37Samir Hadji2319 4 MoroccoDudelange
38Jaime Moreno231110 2NicaraguaSeinäjoki (Finland)
39Igor Jesus231742 BrazilShabab Al Ahli (UAE), Botafogo 
40Christian Benteke2321 2 BelgiumD.C. United (USA)
41Rivaldo Correa2321 2 ColombiaCibao (Dominican Rep.)
42Dean David232111 IsraelMaccabi Haifa
43Patrick Pedersen231571 DenmarkValur (Iceland)
44Páll Klettskarð232021 Faroe IslandsKÍ Klaksvík
45Tsukasa Shimomura2323   JapanOne Taguig (Philippines)
46Oscar Faulds23212  SwedenNapier City Rovers (NZ)
47Fiston Mayele2213252Congo DRPyramids (Egypt)
48Gonzalo Mastriani221417 UruguayAthletico Paranaense (Brazil)
49Cucho Hernández2216 6 ColombiaColumbus Crew (USA)
50Luis Suárez 2217 41UruguayInter Miami (USA)
51Wessam Abou Ali2218 31PalestineAl Ahly (Egypt)
52Alejandro Steinwascher22193  USACoastal Spirit (NZ)


All goals at top senior level are counted: domestic (top national and regional) leagues (DL), domestic cups (DC), official international club tournaments (ICC), official games between national teams (NT). 
Period: from 1 January to 30 September 2024.
Tie-breakers: 1) more international goals (ICC + NT), 2) more goals for national team (NT), 3) stronger league (by IFFHS ranking), 4) goals in domestic leagues (DL).