IFFHS RANKING - PLAYERS SCORING IN MOST CLUBS

• Mar 27, 2024
• History Statistics

IFFHS ranking for players to score in most club games

As we have reported before, Cristiano Ronaldo became on 15 March the first player in football history to score goals in 500 different top-level club games.
Now we publish for the first time the ranking of players with most club games in which they scored. 
Only three players more – Messi, Romario (picture) and Pele – managed to reach 400+ such games so far.
The details are in the table.

	SCORING     IN	MOST	CLUB	GAMES
	Player	Goals	Nationality	Career	NL	OL	NC	OC	MI	OI
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	500	Portugal	2002-	344		34	10	107	5
2	Lionel Messi	470	Argentina	2004-	323		39	11	90	7
3	Romário	437	Brazil	1985-2007	188	151	32	29	37
4	Pelé	402	Brazil	1957-1977	101	255		30	16

NL = national leagues (top divisions), 
OL = other relevant leagues (Carioca, Paulista, USL),
NC = national Cups,
OC = other relevant domestic club tournaments, including League Cup, SuperCup, Torneio Rio-São Paulo etc.,
MI = major international club competitions,
OI = other relevant international club competitions