ALL TIME WORLD'S BEST ONE CLUB GOAL SCORER LIONEL MESSI HONORED !
LIONEL MESSI'S 11th IFFHS AWARD
Last year, Lionel Messi has broken the long World Record of Pelé, who scored 645 goals with one club ,FC Santos. With FC Barcelona, Messi scored 672 goals from 2004 to 2021, so he became the current leader of the Ranking of THE ALL TIME WORLD'S BEST ONE CLUB GOAL SCORERS !
Lionel Messi was honored by the IFFHS for this World Record with a Special Trophy, it was already the 11th IFFHS Award for him ( 4 WORLD'S BEST PLAYMAKER, 2 WORLD'S BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER, 4 WORLD'S BEST TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER). A great moment !
THE ALL TIME RANKING
| ALL-TIME | WORLD'S | ONE-CLUB | GOAL-SCORERS' | RANKING | ||||
| Player | Nationality | Club | Period | Goals | Total | |||
| NL | NC | ICC | ||||||
| 1 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | Barcelona | 2004-21 | 474 | 70 | 128 | 672 |
| 2 | Pelé | Brazil | Santos | 1957-74 | 569 | 49 | 27 | 645 |
| 3 | Josef Bican | Czechoslovakia | Slavia Prague | 1937-55 | 417 | 104 | 20 | 541 |
| 4 | Fernando Peyroteo | Portugal | Sporting Lisbon | 1937-49 | 464 | 72 | 3 | 539 |
| 5 | Gerd Müller | Germany | Bayern | 1964-79 | 365 | 92 | 69 | 526 |
| 6 | Jimmy McGrory | Scotland | Celtic Glasgow | 1922-37 | 395 | 127 | 522 | |
| 7 | Jimmy Jones | Northern Ireland | Glenavon | 1951-62 | 275 | 241 | 1 | 517 |
| 8 | Joe Bambrick | Northern Ireland | Linfield | 1927-43 | 286 | 225 | 511 | |
| 9 | Uwe Seeler | Germany | Hamburg | 1954-72 | 444 | 41 | 21 | 506 |