TOP 50 OF UEFA NATIONAL GOALSCORERS XXI CENTURY
Picture : Zlatan Ibrahimovic is always third in the ranking behind Ronaldo and Lewandowski.
The UEFA Best National Goal Scorer of XXI Century after 2024
Cristiano Ronaldo leads the ranking of best European goal-scorers in XXI century in the national leagues after the end of 2024.
The Portuguese has scored 557 goals in the current century.
48 players have reached the 200-goal mark.
Several other players are below 200 goals in XXI but would have reached this amount adding their goals from XX century (having still scored a significant majority in XXI). They are also listed in the table but not classified.
THE TOP 50
| BEST GOAL-SCORERS | XXI CENTURY | 2001-2024 | ||||
| NATIONAL LEAGUES | UEFA | |||||
| Player | XXI | XX | Total | Nationality | Career | |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 557 | 557 | Portugal | 2002- | |
| 2 | Robert Lewandowski | 402 | 402 | Poland | 2008- | |
| 3 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 393 | 1 | 394 | Sweden | 1999-2023 |
| 4 | Karim Benzema | 300 | 300 | France | 2005- | |
| 5 | André-Pierre Gignac | 293 | 293 | France | 2006- | |
| 6 | Martin Kamburov | 287 | 1 | 288 | Bulgaria | 1998-2021 |
| 7 | Eran Zahavi | 282 | 282 | Israel | 2006- | |
| 8 | David Villa | 280 | 280 | Spain | 2003-2012 | |
| 9 | Edin Džeko | 274 | 274 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2003- | |
| 10 | Rhys Griffiths | 272 | 272 | Wales | 2001- | |
| 11 | Dejan Damjanović | 268 | 268 | Montenegro | 2005-2023 | |
| 12 | Bafétimbi Gomis | 265 | 265 | France | 2004-2024 | |
| 13 | Harry Kane | 263 | 263 | England | 2011- | |
| 14 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 257 | 257 | Netherlands | 2004-2021 | |
| 15 | Chris Venables | 246 | 246 | England | 2003- | |
| 16 | Klæmint Olsen | 245 | 245 | Faroe Islands | 2007- | |
| 17 | Nemanja Nikolić | 239 | 239 | Hungary | 2008-2023 | |
| 18 | Marc Lloyd Williams | 236 | 83 | 319 | Wales | 1992-2011 |
| 19 | Burak Yılmaz | 236 | 236 | Turkey | 2002-2023 | |
| 20 | Michael Wilde | 235 | 235 | England | 2002- | |
| 21 | Thierry Henry | 232 | 53 | 285 | France | 1994-2012 |
| 22 | Wayne Rooney | 231 | 231 | England | 2002-2021 | |
| 23 | Romelu Lukaku | 230 | 230 | Belgium | 2009- | |
| 24 | Marcus Berg | 230 | 230 | Sweden | 2005-2023 | |
| 25 | Kris Boyd | 230 | 230 | Scotland | 2001-2019 | |
| 26 | Robbie Keane | 224 | 12 | 236 | Republic of Ireland | 1997-2018 |
| 27 | Bas Dost | 220 | 220 | Netherlands | 2008- | |
| 28 | Hamdi Salihi | 217 | 217 | Albania | 2002-2019 | |
| 29 | Ciro Immobile | 215 | 215 | Italy | 2012- | |
| 30 | Dirk Kuyt | 213 | 19 | 232 | Netherlands | 1998-2017 |
| 31 | Lee Hunt | 209 | 209 | England | 2002-2017 | |
| 32 | Antonio Di Natale | 209 | 209 | Italy | 2002-2016 | |
| 33 | Luuk de Jong | 208 | 208 | Netherlands | 2008- | |
| 34 | Andrew Waterworth | 207 | 207 | Northern Ireland | 2004-2022 | |
| 35 | Besart Ibraimi | 207 | 207 | North Macedonia | 2005- | |
| 36 | Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko | 206 | 6 | 212 | Estonia | 1999-2016 |
| 37 | Páll Klettskarð | 206 | 206 | Faroe Islands | 2007- | |
| 38 | Mario Gómez | 205 | 205 | Germany | 2004-2019 | |
| 39 | Alexandre Lacazette | 205 | 205 | France | 2010- | |
| 40 | Robin van Persie | 204 | 204 | Netherlands | 2001-2019 | |
| 41 | David Lafata | 204 | 204 | Czech Republic | 1999-2018 | |
| 42 | Tarmo Neemelo | 203 | 1 | 204 | Estonia | 2000-2019 |
| 43 | Kylian Mbappé | 201 | 201 | France | 2015- | |
| 44 | Joe Gormley | 201 | 201 | Northern Ireland | 2008- | |
| 45 | Francesco Totti | 201 | 49 | 250 | Italy | 1993-2017 |
| 46 | Daniel Huss | 200 | 28 | 228 | Luxembourg | 1998-2013 |
| 47 | Jason Byrne | 200 | 17 | 217 | Republic of Ireland | 1998-2015 |
| 48 | Curtis Allen | 200 | 200 | Northern Ireland | 2007- | |
| Maksim Gruznov | 199 | 105 | 304 | Estonia | 1992-2012 | |
| Alexander Frei | 191 | 18 | 209 | Switzerland | 1997-2013 | |
| Liédson | 187 | 22 | 209 | Portugal | 1997-2013 | |
| Dimitar Berbatov | 181 | 28 | 209 | Bulgaria | 1998-2018 | |
| Povilas Lukšys | 180 | 25 | 205 | Lithuania | 1994-2013 | |
| Vioresin Sinani | 179 | 34 | 213 | Albania | 1996-2012 | |
| Daniel Xhafaj | 176 | 31 | 207 | Albania | 1995-2014 | |
| Roy Makaay | 168 | 89 | 257 | Netherlands | 1993-2010 | |
| Ruud van Nistelrooy | 159 | 73 | 232 | Netherlands | 1997-2012 | |
| Alessandro Del Piero | 152 | 61 | 213 | Italy | 1993-2014 | |
| Ionel Dănciulescu | 148 | 77 | 225 | Romania | 1993-2014 | |
| Roman Vasilyuk | 143 | 78 | 221 | Belarus | 1996-2016 |
Only top national divisions are taken into account.
The players in bold are currently active.
Period: from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2024.