IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2025
Picture : The duel Harry Kane - Kylian Mbappe.
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2025 at 31 October: Kylian Mbappé
Mbappé became the first player in the world to reach 50 goals in 2025 (just as he had previously done with 30 and 40). Harry Kane also already reached this milestone.
Two players with 50+ goals at the end of October is something unheard of in this decade. The previous runner-up’s tally at this point of year was only 43.
All three leaders have a good chance of updating their personal best annual marks. Mbappe is only 5 goals away from his record (56), Kane (56 as well) 6 goals, and Haaland (50) has to notch 7 to equal his top performance.
Lionel Messi, after a three-year scoring slump, has returned at the age of 38 to a higher level. For the first time since 2021, he's reached 40+ goals.
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | Total | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | 51 | 32 | 3 | 11 | 5 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 2 | Harry Kane | 50 | 24 | 5 | 14 | 7 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | 43 | 19 | 1 | 10 | 13 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| Kevin Hernández | 43 | 42 | 1 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana | |||
| 4 | Lionel Messi | 41 | 31 | 8 | 2 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 5 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 38 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 2 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| Jorge Rivera | 38 | 38 | Puerto Rico | Metropolitan FA | ||||
| 6 | Victor Osimhen | 37 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 6 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 7 | Denis Bouanga | 35 | 24 | 6 | 5 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) | |
| 8 | Serhou Guirassy | 34 | 20 | 1 | 12 | 1 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) |
| 9 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 34 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 8 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 10 | Guilherme Bissoli | 33 | 20 | 7 | 6 | Brazil | Buriram (Thailand) | |
| 11 | Ivan Toney | 33 | 25 | 5 | 3 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) | |
| 12 | Viktor Gyökeres | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal), Arsenal (England) | |
| 13 | Patrick Pedersen | 32 | 18 | 14 | Denmark | Valur (Iceland) | ||
| 14 | Ousmane Dembélé | 31 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 1 | France | PSG |
| Peeter Phanthavong | 31 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Laos | Ezra | |
| 15 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 30 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 2 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
| 16 | Paulinho | 30 | 25 | 1 | 4 | Portugal | Toluca (Mexico) | |
| 17 | Róger Guedes | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | Brazil | Al Rayyan (Qatar) | |
| 18 | Mohanad Ali | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | Iraq | Al Shorta, Dibba (UAE) | |
| 19 | Darko Lemajić | 30 | 28 | 2 | Serbia | RFS (Latvia) | ||
| 20 | Sam Surridge | 30 | 24 | 6 | England | Nashville (USA) | ||
| 21 | Marcos Leonardo | 29 | 20 | 2 | 7 | Brazil | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) | |
| Lennart Thy | 29 | 22 | 4 | 3 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | ||
| Jhonathan Rivas | 29 | 29 | Colombia | Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) | ||||
| 22 | Oussama Lamlioui | 28 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 6 | Morocco | Berkane |
| 23 | Barnabás Varga | 28 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 4 | Hungary | Ferencvaros |
| 24 | Bérgson | 28 | 21 | 3 | 4 | Brazil | Johor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia) | |
| Alan Grafite | 28 | 19 | 6 | 3 | Brazil | Cong An Ha Noi (Vietnam) | ||
| 25 | Dayro Moreno | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | Colombia | Once Caldas | |
| 26 | Alonso Martínez | 27 | 18 | 2 | 7 | Costa Rica | New York City (USA) | |
| 27 | Igor Sergeev | 27 | 18 | 5 | 4 | Uzbekistan | Pakhtakor | |
| 28 | Páll Klettskarð | 27 | 21 | 3 | 3 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 29 | Klaemint Olsen | 27 | 26 | 1 | Faroe Islands | NSÍ | ||
| 30 | Lautaro Martínez | 26 | 9 | 1 | 13 | 3 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) |
| 31 | Ismael Díaz | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | Panama | Universidad Católica (Ecuador), Leon (Mexico) | |
| 32 | Mikael Ishak | 26 | 18 | 8 | Sweden | Lech Poznan (Poland) | ||
| 33 | Robert Lewandowski | 26 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 3 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 34 | Germán Berterame | 26 | 19 | 6 | 1 | Mexico | Monterrey | |
| 35 | Julián Álvarez | 26 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | Argentina | Atletico Madrid (Spain) |
| 36 | Pablo Vegetti | 26 | 20 | 1 | 5 | Argentina | Vasco da Gama (Brazil) | |
| 37 | Franko Kovačević | 25 | 11 | 2 | 12 | Croatia | Gangwon (South Korea), Celje (Slovenia) | |
| 38 | Claudio Spinelli | 25 | 17 | 8 | Argentina | Independiente del Valle (Ecuador) | ||
| 39 | Kasper Høgh | 25 | 17 | 1 | 7 | Denmark | Bodø/Glimt (Norway) | |
| 40 | Valeri Qazaishvili | 25 | 24 | 1 | Georgia | Shandong Taishan (China) | ||
| 41 | Abel Hernández | 25 | 24 | 1 | Uruguay | Liverpool Montevideo | ||
| Noah Baffoe | 25 | 17 | 8 | Spain | Eastern, Lee Man (Hong Kong) | |||
| 42 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 24 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 6 | Gabon | Marseille (France), Al Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia) |
| 43 | Brian White | 24 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 1 | USA | Vancouver Whitecaps |
| 44 | Fabio Abreu | 24 | 22 | 1 | 1 | Angola | Beijing Guoan (China) | |
| 45 | Nemanja Bilbija | 24 | 15 | 2 | 7 | Bosnia and H | Zrinjski | |
| 46 | Nicolás Martínez | 24 | 24 | Argentina | Mixco (Guatemala) | |||
| 47 | Alex Martins | 24 | 23 | 1 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) |
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 31 October 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).