AFC GOALSCORER 2024 - WU LEI
The AFC Best Goal Scorer 2024: Wu Lei
The 33-year-old Chinese striker Wu Lei became the best goal-scorer of 2024 among the players from AFC countries. He scored 42 goals; 38 of them in all competitions for Shanghai Port and 4 for his national team.
Akram Afif (Qatar) is the 2nd best with 39 goals; Aymen Hussein (Iraq) the 3rd with 31.
| AFC | TOP 10 | GOAL SCORERS 2024 | ||||||
| Player | Total | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Wu Lei | 42 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | China | Shanghai Port |
| 2 | Akram Afif | 39 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 13 | Qatar | Al Sadd |
| Javier Gayoso | 33 | 32 | 1 | Philippines | Kaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) | |||
| Tomoyuki Doi | 33 | 33 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | ||||
| 3 | Aymen Hussein | 31 | 17 | 14 | Iraq | Al Quwa Al Jawiya, Al Khor (Qatar) | ||
| 4 | Wessam Abou Ali | 29 | 20 | 7 | 2 | Palestine | Al Ahly (Egypt) | |
| 5 | Omar Khribin | 27 | 19 | 3 | 5 | Syria | Al Wahda (UAE) | |
| Tsukasa Shimomura | 25 | 25 | Japan | One Taguig (Philippines) | ||||
| 6 | Supachai Chaided | 24 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Thailand | Buriram United |
| 7 | Sardar Azmoun | 23 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | Iran | Roma (Italy), Shabab Al Ahli (UAE) |
| 8 | Son Heung-min | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 10 | South Korea | Tottenham (England) |
| 9 | Fábio Lima | 22 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 | UAE | Al Wasl |
| 10 | Daizen Maeda | 22 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | Japan | Celtic (Scotland) |
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 31 December 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).
The scorers from leagues below top 100 are listed but not classified.