IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2024
Picture : Viktor Gyökeres is always in the Top 3 !
IFFHS Men’s World Best National Goalscorer 2024 at 30 September: Wu Lei
With already 31 league goals for Shanghai Port, the Chinese forward Wu Lei has 2-goal distance as a leader in the IFFHS category of best national goal-scorers in 2024 ahead of Martín Cauteruccio.
THE RANKING 2024
Player | Goals | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
1 | Wu Lei | 31 | China | Shanghai Port |
2 | Martín Cauteruccio | 29 | Uruguay | Sporting Cristal (Peru) |
3 | Viktor Gyökeres | 28 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
Tomoyuki Doi | 28 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | |
4 | Alex Tamm | 27 | Estonia | Nõmme Kalju |
Javier Gayoso | 27 | Philippines | Kaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) | |
Garbhan Coughlan | 26 | Republic of Ireland | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | |
5 | Erling Haaland | 23 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
Tsukasa Shimomura | 23 | Japan | One Taguig (Philippines) | |
6 | Pedro | 22 | Brazil | Flamengo |
7 | Guilherme Bissoli | 22 | Brazil | Buriram United (Thailand) |
8 | Dean David | 21 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa |
9 | Christian Benteke | 21 | Belgium | D.C. United (USA) |
Oscar Faulds | 21 | Sweden | Napier City Rovers (NZ) | |
Rivaldo Correa | 21 | Colombia | Cibao (Dominican Rep.) | |
10 | Cole Palmer | 20 | England | Chelsea |
11 | Harry Kane | 20 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
12 | Luuk de Jong | 20 | Netherlands | PSV |
13 | Léo Ceará | 20 | Brazil | Cerezo Osaka (Japan) |
14 | Gustavo | 20 | Brazil | Shanghai Port (China) |
15 | Leonardo | 20 | Brazil | Zhejiang (China) |
16 | Jorginho Monteiro | 20 | Portugal | Differdange (Luxembourg) |
Cornelius Stewart | 20 | St. Vincent and Grenadines | Abahani Dhaka (Bangladesh), Padang (Indonesia) | |
Rafaelson | 20 | Brazil | Nam Định (Vietnam) | |
17 | Jonathan David | 19 | Canada | Lille (France) |
18 | Alex Arce | 19 | Paraguay | Rivadavia (Argentina), LDU Quito (Ecuador) |
19 | Anderson Lopes | 19 | Brazil | Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) |
20 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 19 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
21 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 19 | Serbia | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
22 | Samir Hadji | 19 | Morocco | Dudelange |
23 | Reginaldo Ramires | 19 | Brazil | Auda, Riga (Latvia) |
24 | Páll Klettskarð | 19 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík |
25 | Imre Badalassi | 19 | Italy | Tre Penne, Cosmos (San Marino) |
Alejandro Steinwascher | 19 | USA | Coastal Spirit (NZ) | |
Jacob Mechell | 19 | New Zealand | Eastern Suburbs | |
Joel Stevens | 19 | New Zealand | Christchurch |
All goals scored in the top 100 national leagues worldwide and top divisions of Brazilian states are taken into account.
The players from the leagues below top 100 are also listed in the standings but not classified (highlighted in grey).
Period: from 1 January to 30 September 2024.
Tie-breaker: stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking).