AFC BEST GOAL SCORER OF XXI CENTURY

• Jan 22, 2024
• History Statistics

The AFC Best Goal Scorer of XXI Century: Ali Ashfaq

Ali Ashfaq (Maldives) leads the ranking of best Asian goal-scorers in XXI Century after 2023 with 476 top-level goals.
11 representatives of the AFC countries have reached 300 goals in this century; 9 of them were active in 2023 (highlighted in bold). 
Another one, Lee Dong-gook, is below 300 goals in XXI but reached this amount adding the goals from XX century. He is also included in the table (but not ranked).

	BEST GOAL-SCORERS	AFC
	IN XXI CENTURY	2001-2023
	Player	Nationality	NL	NC	ICC	NT	Total	Total	Total
							XXI	XX	Career
1	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	293	95	30	58	476		476
2	Aleksandar Đurić	Singapore	304	57	37	27	425	36	461
3	Bader Al-Mutawa	Kuwait	163	86	58	55	362		362
4	Firas Al-Khatib	Syria	186	101	27	36	350	5	355
5	Omar Al Somah	Syria	224	59	40	21	344		344
6	Ali Mabkhout	UAE	215	23	17	85	340		340
7	Sunil Chhetri	India	174	47	20	93	334		334
8	Sebastián Tagliabúe	UAE	241	60	22	5	328		328
9	Cristian Gonzáles	Indonesia	250	49	7	12	318		318
10	Rodrigo Tabata	Qatar	218	66	25	2	311		311
11	Sebastián Soria	Qatar	216	38	15	39	308		308
	Lee Dong-gook	South Korea	196	24	37	25	282	31	313

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

Period:
from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total XXI);
from career start to December 31, 2023 (for the ranking Total Career).