IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2025


IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2025 at 30 June: Kylian Mbappé

The podium of the ranking for global goal-scorers remained unchanged from last month, but Kylian Mbappé extended his lead over the rest courtesy of two goals for France in the Nations’ League. 
He thus became the first player in the world in 2025 to reach the 30-goal mark (earlier this year, Marcos Leonardo was the first to reach 10 and Ousmane Dembélé 20).
Mbappé could have achieved even more impressive figure, but unfortunately, missed the entire group stage of the Club World Cup due to illness, that caught up with him at a time when he was in excellent form (scoring in each of his last 8 matches).

THE RANKING 2025 at JUNE 30

 PlayerTotalDLDCICCNTCountryClubs (Leagues)
         
1Kylian Mbappé3121352FranceReal Madrid (Spain)
2Victor Osimhen2817533NigeriaGalatasaray (Turkey)
3Viktor Gyökeres272151 SwedenSporting (Portugal)
4Ousmane Dembélé2613481FrancePSG
5Harry Kane 2512 94England Bayern (Germany)
6Vangelis Pavlidis2415171GreeceBenfica (Portugal)
7Serhou Guirassy2315 8 Guinea Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
8Guilherme Bissoli231175 BrazilBuriram (Thailand)
 Kevin Hernández2323   Puerto RicoAcademia Quintana
 Noah Baffoe23167  SpainEastern (Hong Kong)
9Cristiano Ronaldo2215 43Portugal Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia)
10Ivan Toney2220 2 England Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia)
11Mohanad Ali2222   IraqAl Shorta
12Patrick Pedersen221210  DenmarkValur (Iceland)
 Lennart Thy221732 Germany Lion City Sailors (Singapore)
13Salem Al-Dawsari2112171Saudi ArabiaAl Hilal
14Youssef En-Nesyri211443 MoroccoFenerbahçe (Turkey)
15Ismael Díaz207 67PanamaUniversidad Católica (Chile)
16Robert Lewandowski 2011441PolandBarcelona (Spain)
17Aimen Mahious201262 AlgeriaBelouizdad
18Róger Guedes201352 BrazilAl Rayyan (Qatar)
19Daizen Maeda201271 JapanCeltic (Scotland)
20Efthymios Koulouris20173  GreecePogon Szczecin (Poland)
 Alex2020   BrazilDewa United (Indonesia)
21Julián Álvarez1912232ArgentinaAtletico Madrid (Spain)
22Pablo Vegetti 191414 ArgentinaVasco da Gama (Brazil)
23Alexander Sørloth19124 3NorwayVillarreal, Atletico Madrid (Spain)
24Guillaume Lopez19181  AndorraInter Club d'Escaldes 
 Peeter Phanthavong19711 1LaosEzra
25Erling Haaland188154NorwayManchester City (England)
26Raphinha187371BrazilBarcelona (Spain)
27Patrik Schick18122 4CzechiaBayer Leverkusen (Germany)
28Cyriel Dessers1812321NigeriaRangers (Scotland)
29Marcos Leonardo181413 BrazilAl Hilal (Saudi Arabia)
30Sem Steijn181512 NetherlandsTwente
31Agustín Rodríguez1818   UruguayJuventud
 Warner Brown1814  4JamaicaArnett Gardens
 Dāvis Ikaunieks18144  LatviaDPMM (Singapore), RFS
 Alan Grafite181152 BrazilCong An Ha Noi (Vietnam)
32Lautaro Martínez176110 ArgentinaInter (Italy) 
33Brian White1710 61USAVancouver Whitecaps 
34Emam Ashour1713 4 EgyptAl Ahly
35Abderrazak Hamdallah17161  Morocco Al Shabab (Saudi Arabia)
36Klaemint Olsen1717   Faroe Islands NSÍ
  Jhonathan Rivas 1717   ColombiaMayagüez (Puerto Rico)
 Fily Traoré1717   MaliAsswehly (Libya)
 Tomoyuki Doi17116  JapanGeylang (Singapore)
 Ali Sulieman1717   EritreaHawassa (Ethiopia)
37Ivan Perišić168233CroatiaPSV (Netherlands)
38Lionel Messi 1610 6 ArgentinaInter Miami (USA)
39Jin-Woo Jeon1612121South KoreaJeonbuk
40Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang16113 2GabonMarseille (France), Al Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia)
41Louis Munteanu16142  RomaniaCluj
42Sam Surridge1616   EnglandNashville (USA)
43Darko Lemajić1616    SerbiaRFS (Latvia)
 Gabriel Méndez1616   ArgentinaMetropolitan (Puerto Rico)

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). 
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 2025.
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)


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