The Top Scorers in Football History. The 30 top goal scorers of all time
The portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo is the highest goal scorer in the world with 815 offical goals.
He is followed by the austrian Josef Bican with 805 official goals. Romario closes the podium with 772 goals.
The following is a list of the top scorers in the history of soccer according to the data available.*
⚽ All Time Top Scorer in Football | Most Goals in football
| # | Player | Goals | Games | Average | Seasons |
| 1 | 🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo | 815 | 1120 | 0.72 | 2002-act |
| 2 | 🇦🇹Josef Bican | 805 | 530 | 1.51 | 1931-55 |
| 3 | 🇧🇷Romário | 772 | 961 | 0.78 | 1985-2009 |
| 4 | 🇦🇷Lionel Messi | 769 | 973 | 0.78 | 2004-Act |
| 5 | 🇧🇷Pelé | 767 | 831 | 0.92 | 1956-77 |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Ferenc Puskás | 741 | 746 | 0.99 | 1943-66 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Gerd Müller | 735 | 793 | 0.93 | 1962-83 |
| 8 | 🇬🇧Jimmy Jones | 647 | 614 | 1.05 | 1946-65 |
| 9 | 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski | 584 | 805 | 0.73 | 2006-Act |
| 10 | 🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović | 572 | 956 | 0.60 | 1999- Act |
| 11 | 🇵🇹Eusébio | 547 | 596 | 0.91 | 1957-79 |
| 12 | 🏴 Jimmy McGrory | 528 | 415 | 1.01 | 1922-37 |
| 13 | Isidro Lángara | 525 | 414 | 1.2 | 1930-48 |
| 14 | Zico | 522 | 773 | 0.68 | 1971-94 |
| 15 | 🇺🇾 Luis Suárez | 521 | 852 | 0.61 | 2005-Act |
| 16 | Hugo Sánchez | 516 | 883 | 0.58 | 1976-97 |
| 17 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 509 | 706 | 0.72 | 1945-66 |
| 18 | Ferenc Bene | 508 | 493 | 1.16 | 1961-85 |
| 19 | Roberto Dinamite | 507 | 838 | 0.60 | 1971-1992 |
| 20 | Jef Mermans | 500 | 629 | 0.79 | 1937-60 |
| 21 | Gunnar Nordahl | 498 | 548 | 0.91 | 1937-58 |
| 22 | Uwe Seeler | 489 | 592 | 0.83 | 1954-78 |
| 23 | Stjepan Bobek | 480 | 554 | 0.87 | 1944-59 |
| 24 | Imre Schlosser | 475 | 388 | 1.23 | 1905-22 |
| 25 | Henrik Larsson | 471 | 874 | 0.54 | 1988-2010 |
| 26 | Jimmy Greaves | 466 | 660 | 0.71 | 1957-79 |
| 27 | Alberto Spencer | 451 | 662 | 0.68 | 1953-1972 |
| 28 | Gyula Zsengellér | 448 | 433 | 1.03 | 1933-52 |
| 29 | Rivaldo | 446 | 1033 | 0,43 | 1989-2015 |
| 30 | Dixie Dean | 442 | 601 | 0.74 | 1923-40 |
*Note: Statistics updated JUNE 2022. 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:
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