IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST GOAL SCORER 2024
Picture : Gyökeres and Haaland, first and second of the World Ranking.
IFFHS Men’s World Best Goal Scorer 2024 at 30 November: Viktor Gyökeres
Viktor Gyökeres scored a staggering 13 goals for Sporting and Sweden in November, taking his tally to 59 goals.
Only 3 players in the XXI century have scored more goals in a calendar year (Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Lewandowski). The Swedish crack has a month yet to move his numbers forward.
Gyökeres was separated from the others by a huge distance. Erling Haaland, running second, has «only» 47 goals. To win back such a margin in a month does not seem realistic.
In fact, we can already begin to congratulate Viktor on his victory in the contest for global goal-scorers of 2024.
THE RANKING 2024 at NOVEMBER 30
| Player | Goals | DL | DC | ICC | NT | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| 1 | Viktor Gyökeres | 59 | 34 | 8 | 7 | 10 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal) |
| 2 | Erling Haaland | 47 | 25 | 5 | 6 | 11 | Norway | Manchester City (England) |
| 3 | Harry Kane | 46 | 29 | 1 | 9 | 7 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 4 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 42 | 24 | 4 | 7 | 7 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 5 | Wu Lei | 42 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | China | Shanghai Port |
| 6 | Robert Lewandowski | 41 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 2 | Poland | Barcelona (Spain) |
| 7 | Ayoub El Kaabi | 40 | 21 | 15 | 4 | Morocco | Olympiakos (Greece) | |
| 8 | Martín Cauteruccio | 39 | 35 | 4 | Uruguay | Sporting Cristal (Peru) | ||
| 9 | Jonathan David | 37 | 21 | 3 | 8 | 5 | Canada | Lille (France) |
| 10 | Aleksandar Mitrović | 36 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 2 | Serbia | Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) |
| 11 | Akram Afif | 35 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Qatar | Al Sadd |
| 12 | Anderson Lopes | 35 | 24 | 2 | 9 | Brazil | Yokohama F. Marinos (Japan) | |
| 13 | Kylian Mbappé | 34 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | France | PSG, Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 14 | Garbhan Coughlan | 34 | 34 | Ireland | Cashmere Technical (New Zealand) | |||
| 15 | Alex Arce | 33 | 24 | 3 | 6 | Paraguay | Rivadavia (Argentina), LDU Quito (Ecuador) | |
| 16 | Tomoyuki Doi | 33 | 33 | Japan | Geylang (Singapore) | |||
| 17 | Vinicius Junior | 32 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 2 | Brazil | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| 18 | Ángel Rodado | 32 | 23 | 3 | 6 | Spain | Wisła Kraków (Poland) | |
| 19 | Rafaelson | 32 | 27 | 2 | 3 | Brazil | Nam Định (Vietnam) | |
| 20 | Javier Gayoso | 32 | 32 | Philippines | Kaya, Phnom Penh (Cambodia) | |||
| 21 | Miguel Borja | 31 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | Colombia | River Plate (Argentina) |
| 22 | Jorginho Monteiro | 31 | 24 | 4 | 3 | Portugal | Differdange (Luxembourg) | |
| 23 | Noah Baffoe | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | Spain | Eastern (Hong Kong) | |
| 24 | Aymen Hussein | 30 | 17 | 13 | Iraq | Al Quwa Al Jawiya, Al Khor (Qatar) | ||
| 25 | Denis Bouanga | 30 | 21 | 1 | 6 | 2 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| 26 | Pedro | 30 | 22 | 3 | 5 | Brazil | Flamengo | |
| 27 | Alex Tamm | 30 | 28 | 2 | Estonia | Nõmme Kalju | ||
| 28 | Guilherme Bissoli | 30 | 25 | 3 | 2 | Brazil | Buriram United (Thailand) | |
| 29 | Alejandro Steinwascher | 30 | 25 | 5 | USA | Coastal Spirit (NZ) | ||
| 30 | Salomón Rondón | 29 | 15 | 10 | 4 | Venezuela | Pachuca (Mexico) | |
| 31 | Adrián Martínez | 29 | 6 | 13 | 10 | Argentina | Racing Club | |
| 32 | Lionel Messi | 29 | 21 | 2 | 6 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 33 | Oscar Faulds | 29 | 27 | 2 | Sweden | Napier City Rovers (NZ) | ||
| 34 | Soufiane Rahimi | 28 | 8 | 1 | 15 | 4 | Morocco | Al Ain (UAE) |
| 35 | Frantzdy Pierrot | 28 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 7 | Haiti | Maccabi Haifa (Israel), AEK (Greece) |
| 36 | Alexander Sørloth | 28 | 23 | 1 | 4 | Norway | Villarreal, Atletico Madrid (Spain) | |
| 37 | Lautaro Martínez | 27 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 11 | Argentina | Inter (Italy) |
| 38 | Serhou Guirassy | 27 | 17 | 4 | 6 | Guinea | Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund (Germany) | |
| 39 | Yuri Alberto | 27 | 16 | 2 | 9 | Brazil | Corinthians | |
| 40 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | 27 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 3 | Gabon | Marseille (France), Al Qadisiya (Saudi Arabia) |
| 41 | Krzysztof Piątek | 27 | 19 | 7 | 1 | Poland | İstanbul Başakşehir (Turkey) | |
| 42 | Luuk de Jong | 27 | 23 | 3 | 1 | Netherlands | PSV | |
| 43 | Dean David | 27 | 25 | 1 | 1 | Israel | Maccabi Haifa | |
| 44 | Tsukasa Shimomura | 27 | 27 | Japan | One Taguig (Philippines) | |||
| 45 | Juninho | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | Brazil | Qarabağ (Azerbaijan) | |
| 46 | Janis Ikaunieks | 26 | 16 | 1 | 9 | Latvia | Rigas FS | |
| 47 | Wessam Abou Ali | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | Palestine | Al Ahly (Egypt) | |
| 48 | Luis Suárez | 26 | 21 | 4 | 1 | Uruguay | Inter Miami (USA) | |
| 49 | Igor Jesus | 26 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 1 | Brazil | Shabab Al Ahli (UAE), Botafogo |
| 50 | Samir Hadji | 26 | 22 | 4 | Morocco | Dudelange (Luxembourg) | ||
| 51 | Andy Ryan | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | Scotland | Larne (Northern Ireland) | |
| 52 | Cole Palmer | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | England | Chelsea | |
| 53 | Páll Klettskarð | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík | |
| 54 | Reginaldo Ramires | 26 | 25 | 1 | Brazil | Auda, Riga (Latvia) |
All goals at top senior level are counted: domestic (top national and regional) leagues (DL), domestic cups (DC), official international club tournaments (ICC), official games between national teams (NT).
Period: from 1 January to 30 November 2024.
Tie-breakers: 1) more international goals (ICC + NT), 2) more goals for national team (NT), 3) stronger league (by IFFHS ranking), 4) goals in domestic leagues (DL).