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Top international men’s football goal scorers List by country.

November 29, 2022 Modified date: November 29, 2022

Top international men’s football goal scorers: The sport of football is one of the most popular in the globe sports platform. When it comes to the FIFA World Cup, the worldwide passion for this game assumes a different form.

There are various levels of affection for this game in European nations. Indians are immensely passionate about cricket, but there is a growing trend among supporters to follow football.

Do you know the names of the highest goal scorers in the world? Here you will find the names of the players from all the countries who have achieved the highest goal scoring record in the world by playing in different types of football tournaments in their football careers.

List of international football players who have earned the record for most goals during their playing career. In which players such as Pele, Müller and Ronaldo have won the championship for their team one or more times.

Top Goal Scorers — Here is a look at the top goal scorers.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals	Caps	Ratio	First cap	Last cap
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Portugal	118	193	0.61	37853	44893
2	Ali Daei	Iran	109	148	0.74	34126	38889
3	Lionel Messi	Argentina	93	167	0.56	38581	44891
4	Mokhtar Dahari	Malaysia	89	142	0.62	26455	31186
5	Ferenc Puskás	Hungary	84	85	0.99	16669	20742
5	Sunil Chhetri	India	84	131	0.64	38515	44831
7	Ali Mabkhout	United Arab Emirates	80	109	0.73	40132	44881
8	Godfrey Chitalu	Zambia	79	111	0.71	25018	29567
9	Hussein Saeed	Iraq	78	137	0.57	28008	32935
10	Pelé	Brazil	77	92	0.84	21008	26132
10	Robert Lewandowski	Poland	77	136	0.57	39701	44891
12	Kunishige Kamamoto	Japan	75	76	0.99	23439	28291
12	Bashar Abdullah	Kuwait	75	134	0.56	35140	26 May 2018
14	Majed Abdullah	Saudi Arabia	72	117	0.62	28834	34514
15	Kinnah Phiri	Malawi	71	117	0.61	26853	29910
15	Kiatisuk Senamuang	Thailand	71	134	0.53	34067	39358
15	Miroslav Klose	Germany	71	137	0.52	36974	41833
18	Abdul Kadir	Indonesia	70	111	0.63	24695	28982
18	Stern John	Trinidad and Tobago	70	115	0.61	34745	40858
20	Romelu Lukaku	Belgium	68	103	0.66	40240	44892
20	Luis Suárez	Uruguay	68	136	0.5	39120	44893
20	Carlos Ruiz	Guatemala	68	133	0.51	36117	42619
20	Robbie Keane	Republic of Ireland	68	146	0.47	35879	42613
20	Hossam Hassan	Egypt	68	176	0.39	31300	38755
25	Didier Drogba	Ivory Coast	65	105	0.62	37507	41814
26	Edin Džeko	Bosnia and Herzegovina	64	126	0.51	39235	44830
27	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Sweden	62	121	0.51	36922	44649
28	David Villa	Spain	59	98	0.6	38392	42980
29	Cha Bum-kun	South Korea	58	136	0.43	26426	31573
30	Ali Ashfaq	Maldives	57	89	0.64	37705	44516
	Carlos Pavón	Honduras	57	101	0.56	34167	40345
	Clint Dempsey	United States	57	141	0.4	38308	43018
	Landon Donovan	United States	57	157	0.36	36824	41922
33	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	56	118	0.47	35498	41803
34	Jan Koller	Czech Republic	55	91	0.6	36200	40061
	Fandi Ahmad	Singapore	55	101	0.54	29120	35721
36	Wayne Rooney	England	53	120	0.44	37664	43419
37	Poul Nielsen	Denmark	52	38	1.37	3778	9402
37	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	52	112	0.46	35518	40353
37	Phil Younghusband	Philippines	52	108	0.48	39033	43481
37	Javier Hernández	Mexico	52	109	0.48	40086	43714
40	Aleksandar Mitrović	Serbia	51	78	0.65	41432	44893
40	Lê Công Vinh	Vietnam	51	83	0.61	38147	42711
40	Asamoah Gyan	Ghana	51	109	0.47	37941	43654
40	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	51	112	0.46	33688	39372
40	Olivier Giroud	France	51	116	0.44	40858	44891
40	Thierry Henry	France	51	123	0.41	35714	40351
45	Robin van Persie	Netherlands	50	102	0.49	38507	42978
45	Tim Cahill	Australia	50	108	0.46	38076	43424
45	Alexis Sánchez	Chile	50	152	0.33	38834	44885
48	Dimitar Berbatov	Bulgaria	48	78	0.62	36481	40240
48	Hristo Bonev		48	96	0.5	24553	28970
48	Andriy Shevchenko	Ukraine	48	111	0.43	34783	41079
50	Rolando Fonseca	Costa Rica	47	113	0.42	33751	40628
50	Ismail Abdullatif	Bahrain	47	126	0.37	38652	44533
52	Davor Šuker	Croatia	45	69	0.65	33229	37410
53	Peter Byers	Antigua and Barbuda	44	91	0.48	38035	44355
53	Toni Polster	Austria	44	95	0.46	30272	36770
55	Hani Al-Dhabit	Oman	43	102	0.42	35514	41957
55	Luis Tejada	Panama	43	108	0.4	37108	43279
57	Mansour Muftah	Qatar	42	81	0.52	27845	34085
57	Alexander Frei	Switzerland	42	84	0.5	36974	40628
57	Oleg Blokhin	Soviet Union	42	112	0.38	26496	32407
57	Michael Mifsud	Malta	42	143	0.29	36566	44146
61	Islam Slimani	Algeria	41	91	0.45	41055	44884
61	Hao Haidong	China	41	106	0.39	33838	38308
61	Gareth Bale	Wales	41	110	0.37	38864	44890
64	Ali Al-Biski	Libya	40	44	0.91	22527	25929
64	Chan Siu Ki	Hong Kong	40	70	0.57	38321	42983
66	Raúl Díaz Arce	El Salvador	39	66	0.59	33342	36771
66	Akwá	Angola	39	78	0.5	34707	38889
68	Enner Valencia	Ecuador	38	76	0.5	40968	44890
68	Salomón Rondón	Venezuela	38	92	0.41	39481	44885
68	Paolo Guerrero	Peru	38	107	0.36	38269	44476
68	Goran Pandev	North Macedonia	38	122	0.31	37048	44368
68	Andres Oper	Estonia	38	134	0.28	34838	41785
73	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	37	62	0.6	30619	35974
73	Emmanuel Sanon	Haiti	37	65	0.57	25672	29905
73	Ricky Charles	Grenada	37	71	0.52	34779	40707
73	Peter Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	37	81	0.46	33110	39166
73	Teemu Pukki	Finland	37	108	0.34	39848	44830
78	Myo Hlaing Win	Myanmar	36	63	0.57	33933	38367
78	Firas Al-Khatib	Syria	36	72	0.5	37015	43713
78	Issam Jemâa	Tunisia	36	84	0.43	38499	41922
78	Ahmed Faras	Morocco	36	94	0.38	24216	29198
78	David Healy	Northern Ireland	36	95	0.38	36579	41359
78	Radamel Falcao	Colombia	36	102	0.35	39120	44884
84	Gigi Riva	Italy	35	42	0.83	23920	27199
84	William Ouma	Kenya	35	66	0.53	23801	28147
84	Luton Shelton	Jamaica	35	75	0.47	38262	41527
84	Adrian Mutu	Romania	35	77	0.45	36614	41359
84	Gheorghe Hagi	Romania	35	124	0.28	30538	36701
84	Zlatko Zahovič	Slovenia	35	80	0.44	33926	38105
89	Commins Menapi	Solomon Islands	34	36	0.94	36698	39332
89	Maksim Shatskikh	Uzbekistan	34	61	0.56	36390	41788
89	Moumouni Dagano	Burkina Faso	34	83	0.41	36030	41315
89	Sadio Mané	Senegal	34	93	0.37	41054	44831
93	Jørgen Juve	Norway	33	45	0.73	10382	13679
93	Ibrahima Kandia Diallo	Guinea	33	56	0.59	22191	26680
93	Getaneh Kebede	Ethiopia	33	65	0.51	40516	44578
93	Chris Wood	New Zealand	33	70	0.47	39967	44829
93	Eran Zahavi	Israel	33	70	0.47	40423	44512
93	Hamza Al-Dardour	Jordan	33	102	0.32	40545	44882
99	Shandel Samuel	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	32	63	0.51	36964	42454
99	Michalis Konstantinou	Cyprus	32	84	0.38	35475	41194
99	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	32	88	0.36	36715	43548
99	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Armenia	32	95	0.34	39096	44514
99	Roque Santa Cruz	Paraguay	32	112	0.29	36278	42684
104	Esala Masi	Fiji	31	34	0.91	35588	38578
104	Roy Krishna	Fiji	31	45	0.69	39319	44648
104	Stevan Jovetić	Montenegro	31	65	0.48	39165	44830
104	Benni McCarthy	South Africa	31	79	0.39	35585	40325
107	Denis Law	Scotland	30	55	0.55	21476	27194
107	Kenny Dalglish	Scotland	30	102	0.29	26247	31728
107	Lester Moré	Cuba	30	60	0.5	35197	39241
107	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	30	72	0.42	39900	44565
107	Tico-Tico	Mozambique	30	94	0.32	33832	40198
107	Marcelo Moreno	Bolivia	30	98	0.31	39337	44884
112	Ali Al-Nono	Yemen	29	51	0.57	36566	40510
112	Nikos Anastopoulos	Greece	29	74	0.39	28389	32449
112	Māris Verpakovskis	Latvia	29	104	0.28	36320	41788
115	Deon McCaulay	Belize	28	63	0.44	39121	44726
115	Emmanuel Okwi	Uganda	28	91	0.31	39879	44720
117	Nasr Eddin Abbas	Sudan	27	52	0.52	1963	1972
117	Kasun Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	27	56	0.48	36273	40158
119	Shota Arveladze	Georgia	26	61	0.43	34388	39165
119	Kolbeinn Sigþórsson	Iceland	26	64	0.41	40258	44351
119	Eiður Guðjohnsen	Iceland	26	88	0.3	35179	42527
119	Jong Il-gwan	North Korea	26	76	0.34	40628	43788
119	Marek Hamšík	Slovakia	26	136	0.19	39120	44885
123	Cyle Larin	Canada	25	57	0.44	41782	44892
123	Jason Cunliffe	Guam	25	64	0.39	38810	44614
123	Chen Po-liang	Chinese Taipei	25	80	0.31	38770	43788
123	Mrisho Ngasa	Tanzania	25	100	0.25	39046	42322
123	Seydou Keita	Mali	25	102	0.25	36072	42032
128	Teaonui Tehau	Tahiti	24	33	0.73	40636	44647
128	Keith Gumbs	Saint Kitts and Nevis	24	41	0.59	34061	40862
128	Jonathan Faña	Dominican Republic	24	45	0.53	38989	42651
128	Jerome Ramatlhakwane	Botswana	24	61	0.39	39036	43208
128	Olivier Karekezi	Rwanda	24	70	0.34	36625	41441
128	Stéphane Sessègnon	Benin	24	83	0.29	38130	43786
134	Bertrand Kaï	New Caledonia	23	43	0.53	39613	44644
134	Llewellyn Riley	Barbados	23	43	0.53	34784	38407
134	Vedat Muriqi	Kosovo	23	44	0.52	42652	44831
134	Juan Barrera	Nicaragua	23	73	0.32	39835	44826
138	Dieumerci Mbokani	DR Congo	22	49	0.45	38534	44649
139	Vardan Ghazaryan	Lebanon	21	66	0.32	35039	37041
139	Hassan Maatouk	Lebanon	21	100	0.21	38744	44884
140	Shaun Goater	Bermuda	20	22	0.91	32191	38151
140	Earl Jean	Saint Lucia	20	23	0.87	33020	38340
140	Hok Sochetra	Cambodia	20	26	0.77	35043	37609
140	Richard Iwai	Vanuatu	20	34	0.59	36627	40567
140	Manuchekhr Dzhalilov	Tajikistan	20	45	0.44	40788	44882
140	Julian Wade	Dominica	20	44	0.45	40457	44721
140	Maksim Romaschenko	Belarus	20	63	0.32	36014	39595
147	Fiston Abdul Razak	Burundi	19	49	0.39	40149	44150
147	Tomas Danilevičius	Lithuania	19	72	0.26	36082	41194
149	Nigel Codrington	Guyana	18	26	0.69	36973	40513
149	Héctor Ramos	Puerto Rico	18	36	0.5	40455	43548
149	Visay Phaphouvanin	Laos	18	51	0.35	37608	41339
149	George Weah	Liberia	18	75	0.24	31466	11 September 2018
149	Erjon Bogdani	Albania	18	75	0.24	35179	41359
154	Chan Kin Seng	Macau	17	29	0.59	38809	41350
154	El Fardou Ben Nabouhane	Comoros	17	36	0.47	41703	44826
154	Victorien Adebayor	Niger	17	48	0.35	42094	44827
154	Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Chunnu	Bangladesh	17	50	0.34	1975	1985
154	Daniel Imbert	Mauritius	17	53	0.32	26440	30513
159	Leon Mart	Luxembourg	16	24	0.67	12209	16871
159	Wladimir Baýramow	Turkmenistan	16	35	0.46	36568	41359
159	Mario Frick	Liechtenstein	16	125	0.13	34268	42289
162	Thievy Bifouma	Congo	15	35	0.43	41853	44720
162	Felix Badenhorst	Eswatini	15	41	0.37	39591	44393
162	Sabelo Ndzinisa	Eswatini	15	53	0.28	41224	44755
162	Ezechiel N’Douassel	Chad	15	47	0.32	38391	44649
162	Héldon Ramos	Cape Verde	15	52	0.29	39732	43782
162	Mirlan Murzayev	Kyrgyzstan	15	56	0.27	39900	44828
162	Paulin Voavy	Madagascar	15	66	0.23	37709	44828
168	Philip Zialor	Seychelles	14	33	0.42	36018	40106
168	Stefano Rijssel	Suriname	14	36	0.39	40432	43547
168	Fahed Attal	Palestine	14	40	0.35	38232	41088
168	Ashraf Nu’man	Palestine	14	56	0.25	39898	42458
168	Rangelo Janga	Curaçao	14	30	0.47	42452	44831
168	Leandro Bacuna	Curaçao	14	44	0.32	42452	44831
168	Gurban Gurbanov	Azerbaijan	14	68	0.21	33864	38602
173	Reggie Davani	Papua New Guinea	13	17	0.76	37327	41066
173	Nirajan Rayamajhi	Nepal	13	20	0.65	36568	39736
173	Hari Khadka	Nepal	13	41	0.32	34787	38809
173	Assan Ceesay	Gambia	13	32	0.41	41524	44720
173	Emilio Nsue	Equatorial Guinea	13	34	0.38	41357	44718
173	Rudolf Bester	Namibia	13	46	0.28	38105	41892
173	Peter Shalulile	Namibia	13	46	0.28	41892	44716
173	Bessam	Mauritania	13	62	0.21	41335	44533
173	Ruslan Baltiev	Kazakhstan	13	73	0.18	35675	40100
180	Lee Ramoon	Cayman Islands	12	17	0.71	33368	38012
180	Lesly St. Fleur	Bahamas	12	31	0.39	38962	44725
182	Billy Forbes	Turks and Caicos Islands	11	22	0.5	39484	44726
182	Muhammad Essa	Pakistan	11	37	0.3	37024	40155
182	Serghei Cleșcenco	Moldova	11	69	0.16	33421	38997
182	Ildefons Lima	Andorra	11	134	0.08	35603	44722
186	Lyle Taylor	Montserrat	10	13	0.77	42090	44723
186	Hilaire Momi	Central African Republic	10	33	0.3	39147	43352
186	Chencho Gyeltshen	Bhutan	10	37	0.27	40621	43741
186	Klæmint Olsen	Faroe Islands	10	49	0.2	41159	44826
186	Rógvi Jacobsen	Faroe Islands	10	54	0.19	36390	40100
186	Sera Motebang	Lesotho	10	49	0.2	42458	44752
186	Jane Thabantso	Lesotho	10	67	0.15	42088	44752
186	Faysal Shayesteh	Afghanistan	10	53	0.19	41742	44726
192	Nando Có	Guinea-Bissau	9	6	1.5	35232	37202
192	Desmond Fa’aiuaso	Samoa	9	20	0.45	36988	42526
194	Luís Leal	São Tomé and Príncipe	8	21	0.38	41076	44725
194	Shahrazen Said	Brunei	8	22	0.36	39740	43627
194	Naranbold Nyam-Osor	Mongolia	8	29	0.28	41843	44723
194	Lümbengarav Donorovyn	Mongolia	8	35	0.23	36585	41845
194	Mohamed Kallon	Sierra Leone	8	40	0.2	34706	41160
194	Andy Selva	San Marino	8	73	0.11	36078	42654
199	Unaloto Feao	Tonga	7	17	0.41	36988	43081
199	Rufino Gama	Timor-Leste	7	22	0.32	42523	44758
201	Taylor Saghabi	Cook Islands	6	11	0.55	40782	44637
201	James Moga	South Sudan	6	18	0.33	41100	42938
201	Ronald Gómez	Aruba	6	22	0.27	37479	44352
201	Mahdi Houssein Mahabeh	Djibouti	6	22	0.27	42524	44647
205	Richard O’Connor	Anguilla	5	5	1	36581	38984
205	Terrence Rogers	Anguilla	5	16	0.31	36581	41196
205	Girdon Connor	Anguilla	5	29	0.17	36581	43422
205	Berhane Aregai	Eritrea	5	11	0.45	37596	39433
205	Yonas Fesehaye	Eritrea	5	19	0.26	36317	39433
205	Yidnekachew Shimangus	Eritrea	5	22	0.23	36072	39427
205	Avondale Williams	British Virgin Islands	5	15	0.33	34910	41157
205	Roy Chipolina	Gibraltar	5	64	0.08	41597	44884
205	Liam Walker	Gibraltar	5	67	0.07	41597	44884
209	Abdullahi Sheikh Mohamed	Somalia	3	6	0.5	36635	38685
209	Jamie Browne	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	11	0.27	38987	44726
209	J. C. Mack	U.S. Virgin Islands	3	12	0.25	43352	44726
209	Ramin Ott	American Samoa	3	15	0.2	38117	42251