IFFHS MEN' WORLD BEST NATIONAL TOP DIVISION GOAL SCORER 2022 at AUGUST 31


Picture : Boris Kopitovic is the new leader !


IFFHS Men's World Best National Top Division Scorer 2022:

Singapore league players stand out

The players from Singapore league moved forward in the ranking of world’s best goal-scorers of national top divisions. 
The Montenegrin Boris Kopitović from Tampines Rovers, prolific again in August (6 league goals over the month), became the new leader. 
The Japanese Kodai Tanaka from Albirex Niigata takes 3rd position in the ranking with 24 goals, conceding the 2nd to Kylian Mbappe just due to tie-breaker.
Another Singapore-based striker Shin-wook Kim has scored 8 goals in August: the 2nd largest number for this period (after Erling Haaland who scored 9 for Manchester City).

THE RANKING

 PlayerClubCountryGoals
     
1Boris KopitovićTampines Rovers (Singapore)Montenegro26
2Kylian MbappéPSGFrance24
3Kodai TanakaAlbirex Niigata (Singapore)Japan24
4Nicolás IbáñezPachuca (Mexico)Argentina21
5Yaw AnnorAshanti GoldGhana21
6Souleymane DiabateMohammedan Dhaka (Bangladesh)Mali21
7Germán CanoFluminense (Brazil)Argentina20
8Robert Lewandowski Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain)Poland20
9Alexander JeremejeffHäckenSweden20
10BergsonJohor Darul Ta'zim (Malaysia)Brazil20
11Shin-wook KimLion City Sailors (Singapore)South Korea20
12Peter EbimoboweiAbahani Chittagong (Bangladesh)Nigeria20
13Hamish WatsonMiramar RangersNew Zealand20
14Jonathan CalleriSão Paulo (Brazil)Argentina19
15Marko LivajaHajduk SplitCroatia19
16Martin ÁdámPaksi, Ulsan (South Korea)Hungary19
17Sebastián DriussiAustin (USA)Argentina19
18Amahl PellegrinoBodø/GlimtNorway19
19Matías RotondiMunicipal (Guatemala)Argentina19
20Reo NishiguchiTanjong Pagar (Malaysia)Japan19
21Erling HaalandBorussia Dortmund (Germany), Manchester City (England)Norway18
22Moussa DembéléLyonFrance18
23André-Pierre GignacTigres UANL (Mexico)France18
24Chijoke Nnamdi AkunetoRivers UnitedNigeria18
25Franck EtougaAsante Kotoko (Ghana)Cameroon18
26ChicoBolívar (Bolivia)Brazil18
27Nemanja BilbijaZrinjskiBosnia and Herzegovina18
28Raimonds KrollisValmieraLatvia18
29Sølvi VatnhamarVíkingurFaroe Islands18
30DorieltonAbahani Dhaka (Bangladesh)Brazil18
31Harry Kane Tottenham England 17
32Christopher NkunkuRB Leipzig (Germany)France17
33NeymarPSG (France)Brazil17
34Marcel HernándezCartaginés (Costa Rica)Cuba17
35Bobir AbdikholikovEnergetyk-BGU (Belarus)Uzbekistan17
36Zakaria BeglarishviliLevadia (Estonia)Georgia17
37Nökkvi ThórissonAkureyriIceland17


All goals scored in top national divisions worldwide are taken in account.
Period: from January 1 to August 31, 2022.
Tiebreaking criteria in case of equal number of total goals: strength of the league (according to IFFHS ranking).