Legendary top scorers. Top 30 highest goalscorers of all time
The austrian Josef Bican is the greatest scorer in the history of world soccer with a total of 805 goals in 621 official matches.
He is followed by the portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo with 783 official goals. Pelé closes the podium with 765 goals.
The following is a list of the top scorers in the history of soccer according to the data available. *
| # | Player | Goals | Games | Average | Seasons |
| 1 | 🇦🇹Josef Bican | 805 | 621 | 1.53 | 1928-56 |
| 2 | 🇵🇹Cristiano Ronaldo | 783 | 1074 | 0.73 | 2002-Act |
| 3 | 🇧🇷Pelé | 765 | 831 | 0.92 | 1956-77 |
| 4 | 🇧🇷Romário | 753 | 971 | 0.77 | 1985-2009 |
| 5 | 🇦🇷Lionel Messi | 748 | 926 | 0.80 | 2004-Act |
| 6 | 🇭🇺Ferenc Puskás | 746 | 755 | 0.99 | 1943-66 |
| 7 | 🇩🇪Gerd Müller | 681 | 758 | 0.9 | 1962-83 |
| 8 | 🇬🇧Jimmy Jones | 647 | 614 | 1.05 | 1946-65 |
| 9 | 🇸🇪 Zlatan Ibrahimović | 552 | 950 | 0.60 | 1999- Act |
| 10 | 🇵🇹Eusébio | 545 | 596 | 0.91 | 1957-79 |
| 11 | 🏴 Jimmy McGrory | 528 | 415 | 1.01 | 1922-37 |
| 12 | 🇵🇱 Robert Lewandowski | 527 | 719 | 0.66 | 2006-Act |
| 13 | Isidro Lángara | 525 | 414 | 1.2 | 1930-48 |
| 14 | Zico | 522 | 773 | 0.68 | 1971-94 |
| 15 | Hugo Sánchez | 516 | 883 | 0.58 | 1976-97 |
| 16 | Alfredo Di Stéfano | 509 | 706 | 0.72 | 1945-66 |
| 17 | Ferenc Bene | 508 | 493 | 1.16 | 1961-85 |
| 18 | Roberto Dinamite | 507 | 838 | 0.60 | 1971-1992 |
| 19 | 🇺🇾 Luis Suárez | 502 | 802 | 0.58 | 2005-Act |
| 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 AUGUST 2021. 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.
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Sources: FIFA y Sport Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) Fundación de Estadísticas de Fútbol Deportivo and Wikipedia
