THE WORLD’S BEST TOP GOAL SCORER 2015
World Top Goal Scorer 2015 – Lewandowsky Wins the 25th Award
IFFHS’s 25th World Top Goal Scorer was won by Polish Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich. Lewandowski scored 22 goals, 11 for his national team and 11 for his club in UEFA Champions league 2014-15 final stages and 2015-16 group stage. After Barcelona’s Bulgarian Hristo Stoichkov in 1994, Lewandowski is the 2nd Eastern European to win the award.
UAE’s Ahmed Khalil of Al Ahli Dubai is in second place with 20 goals while Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, 2013 and 2014 winner, is third with 19. Saudi Arabia’s Mohamed Al-Sahlawi of Al-Nassr FC is the highest national team scorer with 18 goals, while Uruguayan Luis Suárez of Barcelona, tied with Ronaldo, is the highest club goal scorer with 16. Suárez made history in December by scoring 5 goals in 2 matches in World Club Cup including the 1st hat-trick in the competition’s history, and he is now the CWC single tournament top goal scorer and the all-time best goal scorer.
52 players scored 8 or more goals. By nationality, they are 16 Asians, 14 from South Americans, 12 Europeans, 7 Africans and 3 from CONCACAF. With 6 players in the list, Argentina is the country with most players.
By club competitions, 26 play their club football in Europe, 17 in Asia, 4 in South America, 3 in CONCACAF and 2 in Africa. With the South American trio of Messi, Meymar and Suárez, Barcelona is the club with most players in the list. The trio, among the top 13, scored a total of 41 goals; 8 for their national teams and 33 for Barca.
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| # | Player | Country | Conf. | Club | Country | Conf. | Country | Club | Total | ||
| 1 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | UEFA | FC Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 11 | 11 | 22 | ||
| 2 | Ahmed Khalil | UAE | AFC | Al Ahli Dubai | UAE | AFC | 14 | 6 | 20 | ||
| 3 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | UEFA | Real Madrid C.F. | Spain | UEFA | 3 | 16 | 19 | ||
| 4 | Mohammad Al-Sahlawi | Saudi Arabia | AFC | Al-Nassr FC | Saudi Arabia | AFC | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 5 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 0 | 16 | 16 | ||
| 6 | Xu Yang | China | AFC | Shandong Luneng Taishan F.C. | China | AFC | 9 | 6 | 15 | ||
| 7 | Thomas Müller | Germany | UEFA | FC Bayern Munich | Germany | UEFA | 5 | 9 | 14 | ||
| 8 | Ali Mabkhout | UAE | AFC | Al Jazira Club | UAE | AFC | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 9 | Hamza Al Dardour | Jordan | AFC | Al-Ramtha SC | Jordan | AFC | 13 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Sweden | UEFA | Paris Saint-Germain | France | UEFA | 11 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 11 | Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior | Brazil | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 9 | 13 | ||
| 12 | Sergio Agüero | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Manchester City F.C. | England | UEFA | 10 | 2 | 12 | ||
| 13 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | CONMEBOL | FC Barcelona | Spain | UEFA | 4 | 8 | 12 | ||
| 14 | Dabao Yu | China | AFC | Beijing Guoan F.C. | China | AFC | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 15 | Heung-min Son | South Korea | AFC | Bayer 04 Leverkusen / Tottenham | Germany / England | UEFA | 9 | 2 | 11 | ||
| 16 | Manuchekhr Dzhalilov | Tajikistan | AFC | FC Istiklol | Tajikistan | AFC | 7 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 17 | Keisuke Honda | Japan | AFC | A.C. Milan | Italy | UEFA | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 18 | Miller Bolaños | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | Club Sport Emelec | Ecuador | CONMEBOL | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 19 | Vincent Aboubakar | Cameroon | CAF | FC Porto | Portugal | UEFA | 6 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 20 | Olivier Giroud | France | UEFA | Arsenal F.C. | England | UEFA | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 21 | Oribe Peralta | Mexico | CONCACAF | Club América | Mexico | CONCACAF | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 22 | Thamsanqa Gabuza | South Africa | CAF | Orlando Pirates | South Africa | CAF | 4 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 23 | Mbwana Samatta | Tanzania | CAF | TP Mazembe | DR Congo | CAF | 3 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 24 | Clint Dempsey | USA | CONCACAF | Seattle Sounders FC | USA | CONCACAF | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 25 | Tim Cahil | Australia | AFC | Shanghai Grenland | China | AFC | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 26 | Edin Džeko | Bosnia & Berzgovina | UEFA | AS Roma | Italy | UEFA | 7 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 27 | Hassan Al-Haidos | Qatar | AFC | Al-Sadd SC | Qatar | AFC | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 28 | Igor Sergeev | Uzbekistan | AFC | Pakhtakor Tashkent FK | Uzbekistan | AFC | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 29 | Sunil Chhetri | India | AFC | Bengaluru FC | India | AFC | 6 | 3 | 9 | ||
| 30 | Paolo Guerrero | Peru | CONMEBOL | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | Brazil | CONMEBOL | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 31 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | CAF | Borossia Dortmund | Germany | UEFA | 5 | 4 | 9 | ||
| 32 | Bader Al-Mutawa | Kuwait | AFC | Qadsia SC | Kuwait | AFC | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 33 | Ivan Perišić | Croatia | UEFA | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | UEFA | 4 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 34 | Javier Hernández | Mexico | CONCACAF | Real Madrid C.F. / Bayer Leverkusen | Spain / Germany | UEFA | 3 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 35 | Gonzalo Higuaín | Argentina | CONMEBOL | S.S.C. Napoli | Italy | UEFA | 2 | 7 | 9 | ||
| 36 | Thievy Bifouma | Congo | CAF | UD Almería | Spain | UEFA | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 37 | Islam Slimani | Algeria | CAF | Sporting Portugal | Portugal | UEFA | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 38 | Marc Janko | Austria | UEFA | FC Basel | Switzerland | UEFA | 7 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 39 | Younis Mahmoud | Iraq | AFC | Erbil SC | iraq | AFC | 6 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 40 | Alexis Sanchez | Chile | CONMEBOL | Arsenal F.C. | England | UEFA | 5 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 41 | Arkadiusz Milik | Poland | UEFA | AFC Ajax Amsterdam | Netherlands | UEFA | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 42 | Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | CAF | Al-Ain FC | UAE | AFC | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 43 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Netherlands | UEFA | FC Schalke 04 | Germany | UEFA | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 44 | Carlos Bacca | Colombia | CONMEBOL | Sevilla FC | Spain | UEFA | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 45 | Givanildo Vieira de Sousa “Hulk” | Brazil | CONMEBOL | FC Zenit Saint Petersburg | Russia | UEFA | 2 | 6 | 8 | ||
| 46 | Alvaro Morata | Spain | UEFA | Juventus Torino | Italy | UEFA | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 47 | Daniel McBreen | Australia | AFC | South China AA | Hong Kong | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 48 | Darío Benedetto | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Club América | Mexico | CONCACAF | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 49 | Gustavo Bou | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Racing Club de Avellaneda | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 50 | Ricardo Goulart | Brazil | CONMEBOL | Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao | China | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 51 | Riste Naumov | Macedonia | UEFA | Ayeyawady United | Burma | AFC | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 52 | Ramón Ábila | Argentina | CONMEBOL | Club Atlético Huracán | Argentina | CONMEBOL | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||