IFFHS MEN’S WORLD BEST INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2022 at NOVEMBER 30
IFFHS Men's Best International Goal Scorer Ranking 2022:
PSG duo competing for the award
Lionel Messi (17 goals) leads the ranking a month before the end of the year courtesy of goals he scored for Argentina in the World Cup.
His club-mate Kylian Mbappe (16), also quite successful in the Qatar tournament so far, is going to compete with him for the award at the playoff stage.
All “full international” games for country and the major international club competitions (without qualifiers) are taken in consideration in this ranking.
ICC = International Club Competitions, NT = National Team.
The tie-breaker at the equal number of total goals is the number of NT goals.
Period: from January 1 to November 30, 2022.
| Player | Club | Country | Goals | Total | ||
| ICC | NT | |||||
| 1 | Lionel Messi | PSG (France) | Argentina | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 2 | Kylian Mbappé | PSG | France | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Erling Haaland | Borussia D (Germany), Man City (England) | Norway | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 4 | Sadio Mané | Liverpool (England), Bayern (Germany) | Senegal | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| 5 | Pedro | Flamengo | Brazil | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 6 | Eldor Shomurodov | Roma (Italy) | Uzbekistan | 1 | 11 | 12 |
| 7 | Mohamed Salah | Liverpool (England) | Egypt | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Julián Álvarez | River Plate, Manchester City (England) | Argentina | 8 | 4 | 12 | |
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski | Bayern (Germany), Barcelona (Spain) | Poland | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| 10 | Karim Benzema | Real Madrid (Spain) | France | 11 | 1 | 12 |
| 11 | Richarlison | Everton, Tottenham (England) | Brazil | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Mehdi Taremi | Porto (Portugal) | Iran | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Cody Gakpo | PSV | Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 11 | |
| 14 | Vincent Aboubakar | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) | Cameroon | 9 | 9 | |
| 15 | Olivier Giroud | Milan (Italy) | France | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 16 | Artem Dovbyk | Dnipro-1 | Ukraine | 5 | 4 | 9 |
| 17 | Raphael Veiga | Palmeiras | Brazil | 9 | 9 | |
| Juan Ignacio Dinenno | Pumas UNAM (Mexico) | Argentina | 9 | 9 | ||
| 19 | Michy Batshuayi | Besiktas, Fenerbahce (Turkey) | Belgium | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| 20 | Giacomo Raspadori | Napoli | Italy | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | Victorien Adebayor | USGN, Berkane (Morocco) | Niger | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 22 | James Tavernier | Rangers (Scotland) | England | 8 | 8 | |
| Edmilson Junior | Al-Duhail (Qatar) | Brazil | 8 | 8 |