IFFHS MEN'S WORLD BEST NATIONAL GOAL SCORER 2025
Picture : Klaemint Olsen jumped to rank 2 !
IFFHS Men’s World Best National Goal Scorer 2025 at 30 September: Kylian Mbappé
Kylian Mbappé, regularly scoring in La Liga, improved his position in the national goal-scorers’ ranking. He had 29 goals at the end of September, with a 3-goal margin to the contenders.
Faroe Islands’ all-time most prolific scorer Klaemint Olsen, pretty surpringly, jumped to the 2nd place with 26 goals.
THE RANKING 2025
| Player | Goals | Country | Clubs (Leagues) | |
| Kevin Hernández | 39 | Puerto Rico | Academia Quintana | |
| 1 | Kylian Mbappé | 29 | France | Real Madrid (Spain) |
| Jorge Rivera | 29 | Puerto Rico | Metropolitan FA | |
| Jhonathan Rivas | 27 | Colombia | Mayagüez (Puerto Rico) | |
| 2 | Klaemint Olsen | 26 | Faroe Islands | NSÍ |
| 3 | Mohanad Ali | 25 | Iraq | Al Shorta, Dibba (UAE) |
| 4 | Viktor Gyökeres | 24 | Sweden | Sporting (Portugal), Arsenal (England) |
| 5 | Lionel Messi | 24 | Argentina | Inter Miami (USA) |
| 6 | Darko Lemajić | 24 | Serbia | RFS (Latvia) |
| 7 | Ivan Toney | 23 | England | Al Ahli (Saudi Arabia) |
| 8 | Denis Bouanga | 23 | Gabon | Los Angeles (USA) |
| Alex | 23 | Brazil | Dewa United (Indonesia) | |
| 9 | Harry Kane | 22 | England | Bayern (Germany) |
| 10 | Sam Surridge | 22 | England | Nashville (USA) |
| 11 | Valeri Qazaishvili | 22 | Georgia | Shandong Taishan (China) |
| 12 | Abel Hernández | 21 | Uruguay | Liverpool Montevideo |
| 13 | Paulinho | 21 | Portugal | Toluca (Mexico) |
| 14 | Facundo Callejo | 21 | Argentina | Cusco (Peru) |
| 15 | Fabio Abreu | 21 | Angola | Beijing Guoan (China) |
| 16 | Vangelis Pavlidis | 20 | Greece | Benfica (Portugal) |
| 17 | Nicolás López | 20 | Uruguay | Nacional |
| 18 | Efthymios Koulouris | 20 | Greece | Pogon Szczecin (Poland) |
| 19 | Páll Klettskarð | 20 | Faroe Islands | KÍ Klaksvík |
| Lennart Thy | 20 | Germany | Lion City Sailors (Singapore) | |
| 20 | Serhou Guirassy | 19 | Guinea | Borussia Dortmund (Germany) |
| 21 | Victor Osimhen | 19 | Nigeria | Galatasaray (Turkey) |
| 22 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 19 | Portugal | Al Nassr (Saudi Arabia) |
| 23 | Róger Guedes | 19 | Brazil | Al Rayyan (Qatar) |
| 24 | Leonardo | 19 | Brazil | Shanghai Port (China) |
| Hassan Maatouk | 19 | Lebanon | Al-Ansar, Jwaya | |
| 25 | Julián Álvarez | 18 | Argentina | Atletico Madrid (Spain) |
| 26 | Pablo Vegetti | 18 | Argentina | Vasco da Gama (Brazil) |
| 27 | Sem Steijn | 18 | Netherlands | Twente, Feyenoord |
| 28 | Youssef En-Nesyri | 18 | Morocco | Fenerbahçe (Turkey) |
| 29 | Agustín Rodríguez | 18 | Uruguay | Juventud |
| 30 | Léo Ceará | 18 | Brazil | Kashima Antlers (Japan) |
| 31 | Dejan Joveljić | 18 | Serbia | Sporting Kansas City (USA) |
| 32 | Patrick Pedersen | 18 | Denmark | Valur (Iceland) |
| 33 | Guillaume Lopez | 18 | Andorra | Inter Club d'Escaldes |
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 2025.
Tie-breaker: 1) stronger league (by IFFHS leagues’ ranking).