400 FOR SUAREZ AND LEWANDOWSKI
Suárez and Lewandowski reached 400 national league goals
Luis Suárez and Robert Lewandowski reached few days ago the milestone of 400 goals scored in the top divisions of national leagues.
“El Pistolero” rounded up his tally on 20 October in the MLS for Inter Miami vs New England Revolution (6-2); now he is at 402 goals already.
Meanwhile, RL9 picked the right moment to celebrate his 400th top flight goal on 26 October in “el clasico” vs Real Madrid (4-0).
Here is the details and updated ranking. Regional leagues and unofficial championships are not considered in this category.
| ALL-TIME | BEST | NATIONAL LEAGUE GOAL-SCORERS | |||
| Player | Nationality | Period | Goals | Breakdown by leagues | |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 2002- | 553 | Portugal 3, England 103, Spain 311, Italy 81, S. Arabia 55 |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | Argentina | 2004- | 517 | Spain 474, France 22, USA (MLS) 21 |
| 3 | Josef Bican | Austria, CS, BM | 1931-1955 | 515 | Austria 71, Czechoslovakia & Bohemia-Moravia 444 |
| 4 | Ferenc Puskás | Hungary, Spain | 1943-1966 | 515 | Hungary 358, Spain 157 |
| 5 | Gyula Zsengellér | Hungary | 1935-1952 | 415 | Hungary 386, Italy 6, Colombia 23 |
| 6 | Jimmy McGrory | Scotland | 1923-1937 | 407 | Scotland 407 |
| 7 | Gerd Müller | Germany | 1964-1981 | 405 | Germany 365, USA (NASL) 40 |
| 8 | Luis Suárez | Uruguay | 2005- | 402 | Uruguay 20, Netherlands 96, England 69, Spain 179, |
| Brazil 17, USA (MLS) 21 | |||||
| 9 | Robert Lewandowski | Poland | 2008- | 400 | Poland 32, Germany 312, Spain 56 |