IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST TOP GOALSCORER 2021


The World’s Best Goal Scorer 2021by IFFHS :

Robert Lewandowski !!!





Robert Lewandowski has won the award of The World’s Best Goal Scorer for the 2nd time in a row. In 2021, he won all IFFHS Goalscorers Rankings (Top Division, International and Global). He is the FIRST IN THE HISTORY to realise that extraordinary performance !
With the excellent result of 69 goals scored in 59 official games over 2021, he had actually no competitors and finished with 18-goal margin from the runner-up Kylian Mbappe. 


MBAPPE AND HAALAND, THE YOUNG GENERATION,ON THE PODIUM !

This is 2nd largest margin in XXI century. Only in 2012 Lionel Messi has won with a bigger gap of 28 goals (his 91 against 63 of Cristiano Ronaldo).
The Lewandowski’s amount is made up of 43 goals scored in Bundesliga, 2 in German SuperCup, 13 in International club competitions (11 in Champions League, 2 in Club World Cup), 11 for Poland national team.
He scored 3 goals in 5 games, 2 goals in 14 games, 1 goal in 26. In the remaining 14 games he didn’t score.
In total, he had 4,955 minutes of playing time in 2021. He produced a goal every 72 minutes on average. 


THE WORLD TOP SCORER RANKING 2021

 PlayerClubCountryGoals   Total
    NLNCICCNT 
1Robert Lewandowski Bayern (Germany)Poland432131169
2Kylian MbappéPSGFrance24910851
3Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund (Germany)Norway3067649
4Cristiano RonaldoJuventus (Italy), Manchester United (England)Portugal 25361347
5Karim BenzemaReal Madrid (Spain)France3017947
6Harry Kane Tottenham England 18281644
7Gabriel BarbosaFlamengoBrazil27311344
8Lionel Messi Barcelona (Spain), PSG (France)Argentina2437943
9Ayoub El KaabiWydad, Hatayspor (Turkey)Morocco2544841
10Dusan VlahovicFiorentina (Italy)Serbia332 641
11Mohamed Abdel RahmanAl-Hilal OmdurmanSudan2813840
12Memphis DepayLyon (France), Barcelona (Spain)Netherlands202 1739
13Arthur CabralBasel (Switzerland)Brazil26 13 39
14Mohamed SalahLiverpool (England)Egypt24310239
15Baghdad BounedjahAl Sadd (Qatar)Algeria2651739
16Rauno SappinenFloraEstonia23211238
17Henri AnierPaideEstonia268 438
18Sébastien HallerAjax (Netherlands)Côte d'Ivoire23210237
19Peter ShalulileMamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)Namibia2463437
20Cyle LarinBeşiktaş (Turkey)Canada19211436
21Ali MabkhoutAl JaziraUAE22  1436
22Michael OlungaAl Duhail (Qatar)Kenya1959336
23Paul OnuachuGenk (Belgium)Nigeria3022236
24Kyogo FuruhashiVissel Kobe, Celtic (Scotland)Japan2345335
25Jerry BengtsonOlimpia TegucigalpaHonduras32 2135
26Jonathan DavidLille (France)Canada2313734
27HulkAtlético MineiroBrazil1987 34
28Romelu Lukaku Internazionale (Italy), Chelsea (England)Belgium18221133
29Ben MalangoRaja (Morocco), Sharjah (UAE)Congo DR2047233
30Myrto UzuniFerencvaros (Hungary)Albania1786233
31Bafétimbi GomisAl Hilal (Saudi Arabia)France27 6 33
32Mohamed SherifAl AhlyEgypt20 8432
33Gerard MorenoVillarrealSpain2119132
34Ciro ImmobileLazioItaly24 3532
35Dejan DamjanovićKitchee (Hongkong)Montenegro2174 32
36Jay DonnellyGlentoranNorthern Ireland302  32
37Imre BadalassiTre Penne (San Marino)Italy302  32
38Eran ZahaviPSV (Netherlands)Israel14 8931
39Agustín ÁlvarezPeñarolUruguay20 10131
40Patrik SchickBayer Leverkusen (Germany)Czech Republic21 2831
41Patson DakaSalzburg (Austria), Leicester (England)Zambia21 5531
42Ryan MmaeeAEL (Cyprus), Ferencvaros (Hungary)Morocco1935431
43Mehdi TaremiPorto (Portugal)Iran2043431
44Leandro DamiãoKawasaki Frontale (Japan)Brazil2326 31
45Gonzalo BergessioNacional (Uruguay)Argentina2515 31
46Fernando ZampedriUniversidad Católica (Chile)Argentina2632 31
47Youssef El-ArabiOlympiakos (Greece)Morocco2028 30
48André SilvaEintracht, Leipzig (Germany)Portugal24 3330
49Riyad MahrezManchester City (England)Algeria1029829
50Antoine GriezmannBarcelona, Atletico (Spain)France1354729
51Lautaro MartínezInternazionale (Italy) Argentina221 629
52Wissam Ben YedderMonacoFrance2342 29
53Rodolfo ZelayaAlianza San SalvadorEl Salvador29   29
54Jordan Siebatcheu (Pefok)Young Boys (Switzerland)USA19 8128
55Haris SeferovićBenfica (Portugal)Switzerland194 528
56Jan KuchtaSlavia PragueCzech Republic2233 28
57Zakaria BeglarishviliLevadia (Estonia)Georgia2422 28
58Frank CastañedaSheriff (Moldova)Colombia2152 28
59Julián ÁlvarezRiver PlateArgentina2062 28
60Jamie MaclarenMelbourne CityAustralia27  128
61Shayne LaveryLinfield, Blackpool (D2 England)Northern Ireland189 128
62Ohi OmoijuanfoMoldeNorway27 1 28
63Mikkel DahlHB Tórshavn (Faroe Islands)Denmark27 1 28
64Michael FreyWaasland-Beveren, Antwerp (Belgium)Switzerland271  28
65Thomas Lehne OlsenLillestrømNorway262  28


All goals at top senior level are counted (top national divisions, national cups, official international club tournaments, official games between national teams).
Brazilian state championships Paulista and Carioca have status equal to national leagues (according to IFFHS decision).

Abbreviatures:
NL – National League
NC – National Cups
ICC – International Club Competitions
NT – National Team

Period: from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: 1) international goals (ICC + NT), 2) goals scored for national team (NT), 3) goals scored in domestic league (NL), 4) strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking), 5) number of total games played.