ALL TIME IFFHS MEN'S WORLD RANKING INTERNATIONAL GOAL SCORERS

• Dec 26, 2022
• History Statistics

Picture : Cristiano Ronaldo is the sovereign leader of the All Time Ranking.

All-time IFFHS ranking for international goal-scorers

For the first time, we publish all-time ranking for the world's top international goal-scorers. They are credited with all goals scored in official international club competitions, both continental and global (ICC), and all goals scored for the national team in the “full internationals” (NT). 
In some cases, also the goals are counted from the games not registered by FIFA (but still held under standard rules between A teams).
So far, 27 players in the history have reached 100+ such goals. The last one to reach this landmark was Mohamed Salah. His goal for Liverpool in the Champions League game vs Ajax (3-0) on 26 October was the 100th international in his career. In total, Salah has scored by now 52 for clubs and 49 for Egypt.
The world record holder, with a large margin from others, is Cristiano Ronaldo (270 goals).
Active players are highlighted in bold.
In the case of equal total goals, the player with higher number of NT goals is placed higher.

	ALL-TIME BEST	INTERNATIONAL
	GOAL-SCORERS
	Player	Country	Career	Goals			Total
				ICC	NT
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2002-	152	118		270
2	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2004-	137	98		235
3	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	2008-	100	78		178
4	Gerd Müller	Germany	1964-1981	69	68		137
5	Neymar	Brazil	2009-	59	77		136
6	Karim Benzema	France	2005-	91	37		128
7	Raúl	Spain	1994-2015	79	44		123
8	Ali Daei	Iran	1994-2007	13	109		122
9	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary, Spain	1943-1966	38	84		122
10	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	2005-	53	68		121
11	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	1999-	57	62		119
12	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2003-	53	64		117
13	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	2002-2016	50	65		115
14	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	1992-2012	67	48		115
15	Edinson Cavani	Uruguay	2005-	55	58		113
16	Ronaldo	Brazil	1993-2011	50	62		112
17	Thierry Henry	France	1994-2012	59	51		110
18	Romário	Brazil	1985-2007	54	55		109
19	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	2009-	40	68		108
20	Samuel Eto'O	Cameroon	1999-2019	49	56		105
21	Sunil Chhetri	India	2002-	20	84		104
22	Sergio Agüero	Argentina	2003-2021	63	41		104
23	Pelé	Brazil	1957-1977	26	77		103
24	Miroslav Klose	Germany	1999-2016	31	71		102
25	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	2009-	52	49		101
26	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	2003-	43	57		100
27	Eusébio	Portugal	1957-1978	59	41		100