Most Goals in Soccer History. Highest goal scorer in the world
The portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is the all-time highest goal scorer in the world with 837 offical goals.
He is followed by Lionel Messi with 806 official goals.
The austrian Josef Bican closes the podium with 805 goals.
The following is a list of the top scorers in the history of soccer according to the data available.*
⚽ Most Goals in Soccer | Top 30 Most Goals in football
| # | Player | Goals | Games | Average | Seasons |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | 837 | 1165 | 0.72 | 2002-Act |
| 2 | Lionel Messi | 806 | 1026 | 0.79 | 2004-Act |
| 3 | Josef Bican | 805 | 530 | 1.52 | 1931-1955 |
| 4 | Pelé | 765 | 812 | 0.94 | 1956-1977 |
| 5 | Romário | 753 | 963 | 0.78 | 1985-2009 |
| 6 | Ferenc Puskás | 741 | 746 | 0.99 | 1943-1967 |
| 7 | Gerd Müller | 735 | 793 | 0.93 | 1962-1983 |
| 8 | Jimmy Jones | 647 | 614 | 1.05 | 1946-1965 |
| 9 | Abe Lenstra | 645 | 650 | 0.99 | 1936-1963 |
| 10 | Eusébio | 620 | 648 | 0.96 | 1957-1979 |
| 11 | Lewandowski | 598 | 827 | 0.72 | 2006-Act |
| 12 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 573 | 986 | 0.58 | 1999-Act |
| 13 | Glenn Ferguson | 563 | 1047 | 0.54 | 1987-2011 |
| 14 | Fernando Peyroteo | 558 | 354 | 1.58 | 1937-1950 |
| 15 | Luis Suárez | 539 | 897 | 0.60 | 2005-Act |
| 16 | Uwe Seeler | 535 | 653 | 0.82 | 1954-1978 |
| 17 | Jimmy McGrory | 528 | 522 | 1.01 | 1922-1937 |
| 18 | Isidro Lángara | 525 | 437 | 1.20 | 1930-1948 |
| 19 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 523 | 739 | 0.71 | 1945-1966 |
| 20 | Zico | 523 | 773 | 0.68 | 1971-1994 |
| 21 | Hugo Sánchez | 516 | 883 | 0.58 | 1976-1997 |
| 22 | Ferenc Bene | 508 | 493 | 1.03 | 1961-1985 |
| 23 | Roberto Dinamite | 507 | 839 | 0.60 | 1971-1992 |
| 24 | Jef Mermans | 500 | 629 | 0.79 | 1937-1960 |
| 25 | Gunnar Nordahl | 498 | 548 | 0.91 | 1937-1958 |
| 26 | Johan Cruyff | 493 | 712 | 0.69 | 1964-1984 |
| 27 | Ali Ashfaq | 489 | 567 | 0.86 | 2001-Act |
| 28 | Stjepan Bobek | 480 | 554 | 0.87 | 1944-1959 |
| 29 | Imre Schlosser | 475 | 388 | 1.22 | 1905-1922 |
| 30 | Henrik Larsson | 471 | 874 | 0.54 | 1988-2010 |
| 31 | Jimmy Greaves | 466 | 661 | 0.70 | 1957-1979 |
| 32 | Delio Onnis | 461 | 709 | 0.65 | 1966-1986 |
| 33 | Karim Benzema | 455 | 887 | 0.51 | 2005-Act |
| 34 | Sándor Kocsis | 451 | 470 | 0.96 | 1943-1965 |
| 35 | Alberto Spencer | 450 | 657 | 0.68 | 1953-1972 |
| 36 | Gyula Zsengellér | 448 | 433 | 1.03 | 1933-1952 |
| 37 | Rivaldo | 446 | 1033 | 0.43 | 1989-2015 |
| 38 | Aleksandar Đurić | 443 | 733 | 0.60 | 1994-2014 |
| 39 | Dixie Dean | 442 | 601 | 0.74 | 1923-1940 |
| 40 | Edinson Cavani | 437 | 801 | 0.55 | 2005-Act |
| 41 | Neymar | 436 | 708 | 0.62 | 2009-Act |
| 42 | Sebastián Abreu | 435 | 852 | 0.51 | 1994-2021 |
| 43 | Raúl González | 432 | 1034 | 0.42 | 1994-2015 |
| 44 | Nazário | 429 | 623 | 0.69 | 1993-2011 |
| 45 | Sergio Agüero | 427 | 786 | 0.54 | 2003-2021 |
| 46 | David Villa | 427 | 826 | 0.52 | 2000-2020 |
| 47 | Samuel Eto’o | 427 | 887 | 0.48 | 1997-2019 |
| 48 | Hans Krankl | 425 | 587 | 0.72 | 1970-1989 |
| 49 | Carlos Bianchi | 424 | 586 | 0.72 | 1967-1984 |
| 50 | József Takacs | 418 | 388 | 1.08 | 1917-1934 |
*Note: Statistics updated May 2023. Goals and matches in youth categories (club or national team) and friendlies are not counted. If the goals in friendlies with the senior national teams are counted.
The top goal scorers of all time | Who has scored the most goals in football history
Sources: FIFA y Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) and Wikipedia.org
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Messi 762 goal in 967 game – 762/967 = 0.78
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I would take Pele over anyone. When you start playing more games in a season by the time you are done with your career you will naturally score more than others from earlier times. Hence Pele scored just about a goal a match. American football has that same thing going
Josef Bican is just amazing playing 530 matches and then scoring 805 goals is really incredible and still in the second place as compared to C Ronaldo who has played 1120 matches leading him by some little goals
Joest Bican played in weak league
Critiano played in England,Spain,Italy league and he is the top scorer of UCL
Well… none of them could beat England (where football was invented) at home. Only Puskás could.
Hello, Lewandowski is at 616 Goals as of 29th of August 2022, now at 620 or 622. So its a lil bit wrong.
Source: FC Barcelona.com
Thank You that sounds right
Olvidaron a Fernando Peyroteo, que marcó 558 goles en 354 apariciones con el Sporting de Portugal y la selección portuguesa y paró de jugar con tan sólo 30 anos.
Source: wikipedia
Lewandowski scored 603 goals
please correct
thank you
Sunil Chhetri from India has scored more goals than many on the list. Add him also
Who is Sunil Chhetri ?
Classic Chhetri! After Ronaldo & Messi, Chhetri placed third in Top Active International Goalscorer- KreedOn Banter
Chetrri never played in Europe
It’s crazy how overlooked Lewandowski is because Messi and Ronaldo are from the same era
1:Hassan Abdikariim Axmed : 500
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Okay he is really godly good
Change it to Men, because there are multiple woman soccer player that have scored well above Cristano Ronaldo. For starters Christine Sinclair has scored 190 goals compared to Ronaldo’s 118. So if you could recognize women in this list that’s would be inclusive and accurate or just change it to men’s highest international scorer in football.
That is just international team goals.
This list includes club goals as well.
Sinclair is not in the top 50 in this list.
Actually it’s Christine Sinclair 190 goals.
That is national goals only.
She does not have enough total goals to make it on this list.
WRONG PICTURE, JOSEF BICAN WAS WHITE
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Bro were is sunil chhetri
Some days ago you wrote that Messi had scored 799 goals. Now you change it to 798 again. Why?
cristiano ronaldo eis the most player ever
Why is messi’s name highlited
Where is Abe Lenstra from the Netherlands?
Lewandowski has passed more than 600 goals. Please give him credit. Wikipedia not a reliable source. Transfermarkt is a 100% safe source for active players
Where is Sunil chhetri?? He is 2nd highest active goal scorer after Ronaldo. You should collect information before posting something bro …
Buscan is in a weak league. Messi played in la ligament and liege a little bit and Ronaldo has played in premier league, la lugs, serie A and Portuguese league for a bit. Both have played in ucl as well and buscan has bad stats for a bad team just in an easy league
Did Ronaldo’s goals at saudi arabia league count?