- List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals
- Number of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals by country
- Number of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals by Confederation
- See also
- References
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}List of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals{{updated|26 March 2019}}Players in bold are still active at international level. | Indicates the FIFA world top scorer. | | Indicates the top scorer of the respective confederation. | | Indicates the top scorer of the respective nation. | |
{{clear}}# | Name | Nation | Confederation | International goals | Caps | Goals per match | Career span | Notes |
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1 | Ali Daei | {{fb|Iran}} | AFC | 109 | 149 | {{#expr:109/149 round 2}} | 1993–2006 | [1] | 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | {{fb|Portugal|1978}} | UEFA | 85 | 156 | {{#expr:85/156 round 2}} | 2003– | 3 | Ferenc Puskás | {{fb|Hungary}}{{fb|Spain}} | UEFA | 84 | 89 | {{#expr:84/89 round 2}} | 1945–1962 | 4 | Kunishige Kamamoto | {{fb|Japan|1870}} | AFC | 80 | 84 | {{#expr:80/84 round 2}} | 1964–1977 | 5 | Godfrey Chitalu | {{fb|Zambia}} | CAF | 79 | 111 | {{#expr:79/111 round 2}} | 1968–1980 | [2] | 6 | Hussein Saeed | {{fb|Iraq|1963}} | AFC | 78 | 137 | {{#expr:78/137 round 2}} | 1977–1990 | 7 | Pelé | {{fb|Brazil}} | CONMEBOL | 77 | 92 | {{#expr:77/92 round 2}} | 1957–1971 | [3] | 8 | Sándor Kocsis | {{fb|Hungary|1949}} | UEFA | 75 | 68 | {{#expr:75/68 round 2}} | 1948–1956 | Bashar Abdullah | {{fb|Kuwait}} | AFC | 75 | 134 | {{#expr:75/134 round 2}} | 1996–2007 | 10 | Kinnah Phiri | {{fb|Malawi}} | CAF | 71 | 115 | {{#expr:71/115 round 2}} | 1973–1981 | Majed Abdullah | {{fb|Saudi Arabia}} | AFC | 71 | 116 | {{#expr:71/116 round 2}} | 1977–1994 | Kiatisuk Senamuang | {{fb|Thailand}} | AFC | 71 | 134 | {{#expr:71/134 round 2}} | 1993–2007 | Miroslav Klose | {{fb|Germany}} | UEFA | 71 | 137 | {{#expr:71/137 round 2}} | 2001–2014 | 14 | Piyapong Pue-on | {{fb|Thailand}} | AFC | 70 | 100 | {{#expr:70/100 round 2}} | 1981–1997 | Stern John | {{fb|Trinidad and Tobago}} | CONCACAF | 70 | 115 | {{#expr:70/115 round 2}} | 1995–2012 | |
Hossam Hassan | {{fb|Egypt}} | CAF | 70 | 169 | {{#expr:70/169 round 2}} | 1985–2006 | [4][5] | 17 | Gerd Müller | {{fb|West Germany}} | UEFA | 68 | 62 | {{#expr:68/62 round 2}} | 1966–1974 | Carlos Ruiz | {{fb|Guatemala}} | CONCACAF | 68 | 133 | {{#expr:68/133 round 2}} | 1998–2016 | Robbie Keane | {{fb|Republic of Ireland}} | UEFA | 68 | 146 | {{#expr:68/146 round 2}} | 1998–2016[6] | [1][7][8] | |
20 | Sunil Chhetri | {{fb|India}} | AFC | 67 | 107 | {{#expr:67/107 round 2}} | 2005– | [9] | 21 | Didier Drogba | {{fb|Côte d'Ivoire}} | CAF | 65 | 105 | {{#expr:65/105 round 2}} | 2002–2014 | [10] | Lionel Messi | {{fb|Argentina}} | CONMEBOL | 65 | 129 | {{#expr:65/129 round 2}} | 2005– | [11] | 23 | Ronaldo | {{fb|Brazil}} | CONMEBOL | 62 | 98 | {{#expr:62/98 round 2}} | 1994–2011 | |
Zlatan Ibrahimović | {{fb|Sweden}} | UEFA | 62 | 116 | {{#expr:62/116 round 2}} | 2001–2016 | Ahmed Radhi | {{fb|Iraq|1982}} | AFC | 62 | 121 | {{#expr:62/121 round 2}} | 1982–1997 | 26 | Neymar | {{fb|Brazil}} | CONMEBOL | 60 | 95 | {{#expr:60/95 round 2}} | 2010– | 27 | Imre Schlosser | {{fb|Hungary|1867}} | UEFA | 59 | 68 | {{#expr:59/68 round 2}} | 1906–1927 | |
David Villa | {{fb|Spain}} | UEFA | 59 | 98 | {{#expr:59/98 round 2}} | 2005– | 29 | Cha Bum-kun | {{fb|South Korea}} | AFC | 58 | 135 | {{#expr:58/135 round 2}} | 1972–1986 | |
30 | Carlos Pavón | {{fb|Honduras}} | CONCACAF | 57 | 101 | {{#expr:57/101 round 2}} | 1993–2010 | |
Clint Dempsey | {{fb|United States of America}} | CONCACAF | 57 | 141 | {{#expr:57/141 round 2}} | 2004–2018 | Younis Mahmoud | {{fb|Iraq}} | AFC | 57 | 148 | {{#expr:57/148 round 2}} | 2002–2016 | Landon Donovan | {{fb|United States of America}} | CONCACAF | 57 | 157 | {{#expr:57/157 round 2}} | 2000–2014 | |
34 | Robert Lewandowski | {{fb|Poland}} | UEFA | 56 | 104 | {{#expr:56/104 round 2}} | 2008– | |
Samuel Eto'o | {{fb|Cameroon}} | CAF | 56 | 118 | {{#expr:56/118 round 2}} | 1997–2014 | [12] | 36 | Romário | {{fb|Brazil}} | CONMEBOL | 55 | 70 | {{#expr:55/70 round 2}} | 1987–2005 | Kazuyoshi Miura | {{fb|Japan|1870}} | AFC | 55 | 89 | {{#expr:55/89 round 2}} | 1990–2000 | Jan Koller | {{fb|Czech Republic}} | UEFA | 55 | 91 | {{#expr:55/91 round 2}} | 1999–2009 | Fandi Ahmad | {{fb|Singapore}} | AFC | 55 | 101 | {{#expr:55/101 round 2}} | 1979–1997 | Edin Džeko | {{fb|Bosnia}} | UEFA | 55 | 101 | {{#expr:55/100 round 2}} | 2007– | |
Luis Suárez | {{fb|Uruguay}} | CONMEBOL | 55 | 104 | {{#expr:55/104 round 2}} | 2007– | Bader Al-Mutawa | {{fb|KUW}} | AFC | 55 | 164 | {{#expr:55/164 round 2}} | 2003– | 43 | Gabriel Batistuta | {{fb|Argentina}} | CONMEBOL | 54 | 77 | {{#expr:54/77 round 2}} | 1991–2002 | 44 | Joachim Streich | {{fb|East Germany}} | UEFA | 53 | 98 | {{#expr:53/98 round 2}} | 1969–1984 | [13] | Wayne Rooney | {{fb|England}} | UEFA | 53 | 120 | {{#expr:53/120 round 2}} | 2003–2018 | 46 | Poul Nielsen | {{fb|Denmark}} | UEFA | 52 | 38 | {{#expr:52/38 round 2}} | 1910–1925 | Ali Ashfaq | {{fb|Maldives}} | AFC | 52 | 78 | {{#expr:52/78 round 2}} | 2003– | Phil Younghusband | {{fb|Philippines}} | AFC | 52 | 108 | {{#expr:52/108 round 2}} | 2006– | |
Jon Dahl Tomasson | {{fb|Denmark}} | UEFA | 52 | 112 | {{#expr:52/112 round 2}} | 1997–2010 | Adnan Al Talyani | {{fb|UAE}} | AFC | 52 | 161 | {{#expr:52/161 round 2}} | 1983–1997 | 51 | Lajos Tichy | {{fb|Hungary|1949}} | UEFA | 51 | 72 | {{#expr:51/72 round 2}} | 1955–1971 | Lê Công Vinh | {{fb|Vietnam}} | AFC | 51 | 83 | {{#expr:51/83 round 2}} | 2004–2016 | Asamoah Gyan | {{fb|Ghana}} | CAF | 51 | 106 | {{#expr:51/106 round 2}} | 2003– | Hakan Şükür | {{fb|Turkey}} | UEFA | 51 | 112 | {{#expr:51/112 round 2}} | 1992–2007 | Javier Hernández | {{fb|Mexico}} | CONCACAF | 51 | 108 | {{#expr:51/108 round 2}} | 2009– | Thierry Henry | {{fb|France}} | UEFA | 51 | 123 | {{#expr:51/123 round 2}} | 1997–2010 | 57 | Karim Bagheri | {{fb|Iran}} | AFC | 50 | 87 | {{#expr:50/87 round 2}} | 1993–2010 | Robin van Persie | {{fb|Netherlands}} | UEFA | 50 | 102 | {{#expr:50/102 round 2}} | 2005– | Hwang Sun-hong | {{fb|South Korea}} | AFC | 50 | 103 | {{#expr:50/103 round 2}} | 1988–2002 | |
Tim Cahill | {{fb|Australia}} | OFC/AFC | 50 | 108 | {{#expr:50/108 round 2}} | 2004–2018 | Shinji Okazaki | {{fb|Japan}} | AFC | 50 | 116 | {{#expr:50/116 round 2}} | 2008– |
Number of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals by countryUpdated as of 11 October 2018. Footballers | Country | Confederation |
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Number of men's footballers with 50 or more international goals by ConfederationUpdated as of 11 October 2018. Footballers | Confederation |
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22 | AFC | 20 | UEFA | 7 | CONMEBOL | 6 | CAF | 6 | CONCACAF | 0 | OFC | 61 | Total |
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See also{{portal|Association football}}- List of men's footballers with 500 or more goals
- List of top international men's association football goal scorers by country
- List of one-club men in association football
- List of footballers with 100 or more caps
- List of footballers with the most official appearances
- List of association football families
- List of goalscoring goalkeepers
- List of hat-tricks
- List of women's footballers with 100 or more international goals
References- General
{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/century.html|title=Players with 100+ Caps and 30+ International Goals|publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|date=15 March 2017|accessdate=22 June 2017|first=Roberto|last=Mamrud|last2=Stokkermans|first2=Karel}}- Specific
1. ^1 [https://www.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/stats-centclub/52/00/59/centuryclub290715_neutral.pdf FIFA Century Club]. FIFA.com 2. ^Godfrey Chitalu – Century of International Appearances 3. ^[https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=63869/profile.html PELÉ (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) – The King of football] (FIFA.com) 4. ^[https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/106/577/9/index.html More goals than caps] (FIFA.com) 5. ^[https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/news/newsid/109/216/3/index.html The untouchables] (FIFA.com) 6. ^[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/aug/24/robbie-keane-announces-retirement-from-international-football-republic-of-ireland Robbie Keane announces retirement from International Football] at The Guardian 7. ^{{Cite web | url = http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/robkeane-intlg.html | title = Robbie Keane – Goals in International Matches | publisher = Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) | accessdate = 15 March 2016}} 8. ^Robbie Keane at National-Football-Teams.com 9. ^{{cite web |title=Sunil Chhetri Statistics |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/player/12944/Sunil_Chhetri.html |website=national-football-teams.com |publisher=national-football-teams |accessdate=14 October 2018}} 10. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=212306/index.html |title=11 Didier DROGBA |work=FIFA.com |accessdate=1 March 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140717090606/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player%3D212306/index.html |archivedate=17 July 2014 |df= }} 11. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/messi-intlg.html|title=Lionel Andrés Messi - Century of International Appearances|last=|first=|date=|website=www.rsssf.com|accessdate=8 September 2017}} 12. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=170667/index.html |title=9 Samuel ETOO |work=FIFA.com |accessdate=1 March 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140618045733/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player%3D170667/index.html |archivedate=18 June 2014 |df= }} 13. ^Goalscoring for East Germany National Team (RSSSF)
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