AFC BEST NATIONAL GOALSCORER XXI CENTURY
The AFC Best National Goal Scorer of XXI Century after 2024: Aleksandar Đurić
Aleksandar Đurić (Singapore) leads the ranking of best Asian goal-scorers in XXI century in the national leagues after the end of 2024 with 304 goals (putting aside another 31 netted in XX).
No realistic competitor for him is seen on the horizon so far. All active players (in bold) are old enough and hardly able to cover the distance to Đurić.
The second-placed Ali Ashfaq, though not yet claming his retirement, didn’t play at top level in 2024.
8 players have reached the 200-goal mark. 5 others are below 200 in XXI but would have reached this level adding their goals from XX century (having still scored a significant majority in XXI). They are also listed in the table but not classified.
| BEST GOAL-SCORERS | XXI CENTURY | 2001-2024 | ||||
| NATIONAL LEAGUES | AFC | |||||
| Player | XXI | XX | Total | Nationality | Career | |
| 1 | Aleksandar Đurić | 304 | 31 | 335 | Singapore | 1994-2014 |
| 2 | Ali Ashfaq | 293 | 293 | Maldives | 2001- | |
| 3 | Cristian Gonzáles | 250 | 250 | Indonesia | 2002-2022 | |
| 4 | Sebastián Tagliabúe | 242 | 242 | UAE | 2008-2024 | |
| 5 | Omar Al Somah | 236 | 236 | Syria | 2008- | |
| 6 | Ali Mabkhout | 224 | 224 | UAE | 2009- | |
| 7 | Rodrigo Tabata | 218 | 218 | Qatar | 2002- | |
| 8 | Sebastián Soria | 218 | 218 | Qatar | 2002- | |
| Lee Dong-gook | 196 | 18 | 214 | South Korea | 1998-2020 | |
| Mirko Grabovac | 175 | 54 | 229 | Singapore | 1993-2007 | |
| Anvar Berdiyev | 164 | 61 | 225 | Uzbekistan | 1995-2018 | |
| Yevgeniy Boldygin | 154 | 68 | 222 | Kyrgyzstan | 1996-2008 | |
| Zafar Kholmurodov | 151 | 49 | 200 | Uzbekistan | 1997-2012 |
Only top national and regional divisions are taken into account.
Period: from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2024