ERLING HAALAND POWER 51
Haaland, 2nd youngest European to reach 50 goals for NT
Erling Haaland, with his hat-trick in yesterday's 5-0 win over Israel, surpassed 50 international goals (he now has 51 in 46 appearances for Norway).
He achieved this at the age of 25 years 82 days. Only one European player in history has reached this milestone at a younger age: Sándor Kocsis, at 24 years 363 days.
This ranking includes players from all continents who scored 50 goals for their national team before turning 30. European players are highlighted with a darker background.
| NATIONAL TEAMS | YOUNGEST | TO | SCORE | 50 GOALS | ||
| Player | Nation | Age | Date | Game | Comp. | |
| 1 | Mohamed Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 22-273 | 12/08/1976 | India 5-1 | RT |
| 2 | Abdul Kadir | Indonesia | 23-225 | 08/08/1972 | Cambodia 5-0 | RT |
| 3 | Kinnah Phiri | Malawi | 23-249 | 06/07/1978 | Sierra Leone 5-0 | RT |
| 4 | Cha Bum-kun | South Korea | 24-106 | 05/09/1977 | India 3-0 | RT |
| 5 | Pelé | Brazil | 24-254 | 04/07/1965 | Soviet Union 3-0 | F |
| 6 | Neymar | Brazil | 24-279 | 10/11/2016 | Argentina 3-0 | WCQ |
| 7 | Sándor Kocsis | Hungary | 24-363 | 19/09/1954 | Romania 5-1 | F |
| 8 | Bashar Abdullah | Kuwait | 25-074 | 25/12/2002 | Palestine 3-3 | RT |
| 9 | Erling Haaland | Norway | 25-082 | 11/10/2025 | Israel 5-0 | WCQ |
| 10 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary | 25-114 | 24/07/1952 | Turkey 7-1 | OG |
| 11 | Abdul Ghani Minhat | Malaysia | 25-357 | 15/12/1961 | Thailand 2-2 | RT |
| 12 | Hussein Saeed | Iraq | 26-050 | 11/03/1984 | Oman 2-1 | RT |
| 13 | Romelu Lukaku | Belgium | 26-150 | 10/10/2019 | San Marino 9-0 | EQ |
| 14 | Kylian Mbappé | France | 26-170 | 08/06/2025 | Germany 2-0 | NL |
| 15 | Gerd Müller | Germany | 26-228 | 18/06/1972 | Soviet Union 3-0 | Euro |
| 16 | Imre Schlosser | Hungary | 27-025 | 05/11/2016 | Austria 3-3 | F |
| 17 | Ronaldo | Brazil | 27-058 | 19/11/2003 | Uruguay 3-3 | WCQ |
| 18 | Almoez Ali | Qatar | 27-134 | 31/12/2023 | Cambodia 3-0 | F |
| 19 | Kiatisuk Senamuang | Thailand | 27-165 | 23/01/2001 | Kuwait 5-4 | F |
| 20 | Stern John | Trinidad & Tobago | 27-227 | 13/06/2004 | Dominican Rep. 2-0 | WCQ |
| 21 | Jasem Al-Huwaidi | Kuwait | 27-238 | 30/09/2000 | Thailand 3-2 | F |
| 22 | Aleksandar Mitrović | Serbia | 28-011 | 27/09/2022 | Norway 2-0 | NL |
| 23 | Kunishige Kamamoto | Japan | 28-098 | 22/07/1972 | Malaysia 1-3 | RT |
| 24 | Ahmed Radhi | Iraq | 28-150 | 18/08/1992 | Ethiopia 6-0 | RT |
| 25 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 28-279 | 29/03/2016 | Bolivia 2-0 | WCQ |
| 26 | Harry Kane | England | 28-314 | 07/06/2022 | Germany 1-1 | NL |
| 27 | Ali Mabkhout | UAE | 28-330 | 31/08/2019 | Sri Lanka 5-1 | F |
| 28 | Sardar Azmoun | Iran | 29-013 | 14/01/2024 | Palestine 4-1 | ANC |
| 29 | Lájos Tichy | Hungary | 29-035 | 25/04/1964 | France 3-1 | EQ |
| 30 | Majed Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 29-037 | 17/02/1988 | Scotland 2-2 | F |
| 31 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 29-045 | 05/10/2017 | Armenia 6-1 | WCQ |
| 32 | Piyapong Pue-on | Thailand | 29-077 | 30/01/1989 | Indonesia 3-0 | RT |
| 33 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 29-141 | 26/06/2014 | Ghana 2-1 | WC |
| 34 | Iswadi Idris | Indonesia | 29-246 | 19/11/1977 | Malaysia 2-1 | RT |
| 35 | David Villa | Spain | 29-312 | 11/10/2011 | Scotland 3-1 | EQ |
| 36 | Wayne Rooney | England | 29-319 | 08/09/2015 | Switzerland 2-0 | EQ |
| 37 | Vivian John Woodward | England | 29-362 | 31/05/1909 | Hungary 8-2 | F |