IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD'S BEST GOALSCORER RANKING

• Mar 1, 2021
• IFFHS News

Picture : Cristiano Ronaldo entered in the History last saturday.

IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD'S BEST GOAL SCORER RANKING : CRISTIANO RONALDO ON TOP !

As IFFHS reported, Cristiano Ronaldo became the new holder of World goal-scoring record with 766 goals. Now we publish, for the first time, the ranking of World’s all-time best goal-scorers. 
21 players are amassed 500 and more goals in top-level football. Luis Suarez should become next one to reach this milestone; he misses 3 goals at the moment.

THE NEW IFFHS ALL TIME WORLD RANKING OF THE BEST GOALSCORER

	Player	Nationality	Period	Leagues		Cups		ICC		Selections		Total	Total	Total	Total	Sum
				NL	RL	NC	OC	CT	ICT	NT	OS	Leagues	Cups	ICC	Select
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	2002-	469		41	10	137	7	102		469	51	144	102	766
2	Pelé	Brazil	1957-1977	138	468		49	17	10	77	6	606	49	27	83	765
3	Romário	Brazil	1985-2007	311	233	51	40	50	4	55	9	544	91	54	64	753
4	Lionel Messi	Argentina	2004-	463		54	14	122	5	71		463	68	127	71	729
5	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary, Spain	1943-1966	514		69	7	53	2	84		514	76	55	84	729
6	Josef Bican	Austria, CS, BM	1931-1955	518		67	62	41		32		518	129	41	32	720
7	Jimmy Jones	Northern Ireland	1947-1964	332		43	258	2		1	11	332	301	2	12	647
8	Gerd Müller	Germany	1964-1981	405		78	14	68	1	68		405	92	69	68	634
9	Eusébio	Portugal	1957-1979	425		97		57	2	41		425	97	59	41	622
10	Joe Bambrick	Northern Ireland	1926-1943	348		40	207			12	9	348	247		21	616
11	Glenn Ferguson	Northern Ireland	1987-2011	311		52	193	6				311	245	6		562
12	Fernando Peyroteo	Portugal	1937-1949	332	131	70	2	3		14		463	72	3	14	552
13	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	1999-	384		43	5	57		62		384	48	57	62	551
14	Uwe Seeler	Germany	1954-1978	179	267	24	17	21		43		446	41	21	43	551
15	Jimmy McGrory	Scotland	1922-1937	408		77	53			6	6	408	130		12	550
16	Alfredo Di Stéfano	Argentina, Spain	1945-1966	376		55		57	13	29		376	55	70	29	530
17	György Sárosi	Hungary	1930–1948	351		22	9	102		42		351	31	102	42	526
18	Roberto Dinamite	Brazil	1971-1992	192	284	1	7	5		20	2	476	8	5	22	511
19	Hugo Sánchez	Mexico	1976-1997	390		33	16	36	2	29	1	390	49	38	30	507
20	Imre Schlosser	Hungary	1905-1928	417		12	6	10		59		417	18	10	59	504
21	Franz Binder	Austria, Germany	1930–1949	296		93		87		26		296	93	87	26	502
22	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	2005-	340		41	1	47	5	63		340	42	52	63	497
	CS = Czechoslovakia, BM = (Protectorate) Bohemia and Moravia

Abbreviatures:
NL = National League (top divisions) 
RL = Regional League (taken in account only having the strength comparable to national league; Campeonato Carioca and Campeonato Paulista for Romário, Pelé and Roberto Dinamite, Lisbon Championship for Peyroteo, Oberliga Nord for Seeler).
NC = (main) national Cup
OC = other (relevant) national Cups
ICC = International Club Competitions
CT = Continental tournaments
ICT = InterContinental (world) tournaments (of relevant level)
NT = National Team
OS = other selections (state or league selections, final tournaments of Olympic Games until 1988)