Best Goalscorers All-Time (Official Matches)
Best Goalscorers All-Time (All Matches)
Best Goalscorers All-Time (Official Matches - Top level)
Best Goalscorers All-Time (All Matches - Top level)
Best League Goalscorers All-Time
Before reaching 30 Years of age
After reaching 30 Years of age
International matches/Selects
One team (official matches)
One team (all matches)
One season (official matches)
One season (all matches)
One season (all matches – Top level)
10 consecutive seasons
Official matches with goals
- only famous players with verified statistics (mostly with the data in each match)
- the sources: club books or historical websites, old press.
- the statistics of players in African competitions need detailed data: Peyroteo,
Eusebio, Milla, Chitalu (over 500 goals) etc.
included:
- all leagues (incl. regional-, reserve-, amateur-)
- national and international cups
- all selections: A, B, Ol, U, league, armee, senior, regional, city, etc. - against the same selections
- other official tournaments
- some traditional international tournaments (e.g. Intertoto since 1961, Alpencup etc.)
- several traditional national tournaments and games (organized by the football union),
e.g. pre-season tournaments in Hungary (1930th-1970th), Germany (since 1990th),
winter tournament in Prague (1940th, always with Slavia and Sparta),
summer war tournaments, all-star games (MLS, South Korea, Japan),
FIFA/UEFA sel. and others
- all cancelled games
G. M.
1 Helmchen, Erwin (Germany) 1907 1924-1951 987+ 577
2 Bican, Josef (Austria, CSR/Сzech) 1913 1930-1957 950+ 624
3 Rooke, Ronald (England) 1911 1929-1961 931+ 1029
4 Jones, James (North Ireland) 1928 1944-1965 840+ 756 #
5 Ronaldo, Cristiano (Portugal) 1985 2002- 837 1181 *
6 Messi, Lionel (Argentina) 1987 2003- 822 1060 *
7 Puskás, Ferenc (Hungary) 1927 1943-1967 806 793
8 Deak, Ferenc (Hungary) 1922 1939-1959 795+ 511
9 Romário (Brazil) 1966 1984-2009 784 1002
10 Lenstra, Abe (Netherlands) 1920 1936-1964 783+ 843
11 Pelé (Brazil) 1940 1956-1977 778 846
12 Lawton, Tommy (England) 1919 1935-1957 743+ 827 #
13 Müller, Gerd (Germany) 1945 1963-1981 735 793
14 Hughes, Samuel „Sammy“ (North Ireland) 1926 1943-1963 722+ 748 #
15 Bambrick, Joe (North Ireland) 1905 1925-1943 690+ 578
16 Willimowski, Ernst (Poland, Germany) 1916 1932-1957 683+ 484
17 Waring, Thomas „Pongo“ (England) 1906 1924-1948 670+ 654 NEW
18 Lewandowski, Robert (Poland) 1988 2004- 637 906 *
19 Bene, Ferenc (Hungary) 1944 1959-1985 632 955
20 Eusebio (Portugal) 1942 1960-1978 625+ 654 #
21 Smith, Joseph „Joe“ (England) 1889 1908-1931 616+ 903 #
22 Zsengeller, Gyula (Hungary) 1915 1931-1953 611 642
23 Martin, David "Boy" (North Ireland) 1914 1930-1947 611+ 527
24 Roberts, Frederick (North Ireland) 1905 1922-1937 608+ 468 #
25 Mortensen, Stanley (England) 1921 1938-1962 606+ 810 #
26 Peyroteo, Fernando (Portugal) 1918 1937-1949 598 369
27 Greaves, James (England) 1940 1956-1980 590+ 842 #
28 Seeler, Uwe (Germany) 1936 1954-1972 582 686
29 Ibrahimovic, Zlatan (Sweden) 1981 1999- 581 996 *
30 Tulio „Maravilha“ (Brazil) 1969 1987-2014 576 839
31 Schlosser, Imre (Hungary) 1889 1906-1928 575+ 463
32 Walter, Fritz (Germany) 1920 1938-1959 574+ 572
33 Ferguson, Glenn (North Ireland) 1969 1987-2011 569 1084
34 Binder, Franz (Austria) 1911 1927-1949 569+ 431
35 Dean, William "Dixie" (England) 1907 1923-1940 568 612
36 Gallacher, Hugh (Scotland) 1903 1920-1940 566+ 715 #
37 Aldridge, John (Ireland) 1958 1976-1998 565+ 990 #
38 Sanchez, Hugo (Mexico) 1958 1976-1997 562 956
39 Torres, Jose (Portugal) 1938 1958-1980 561 615
40 McGrory, James (Scotland) 1904 1922-1938 558 549 #
41 Kocsis, Sandor (Hungary) 1929 1946-1966 556 537
42 Langara, Isidro (Spain) 1912 1930-1948 556+ 445 #
43 Kelly, James (North Ireland) 1911 1926-1955 552+ 975
44 Wilson, David (England) 1908 1927-1947 551+ 605 NEW
45 Dickson, Thomas (North Ireland) 1929 1946-1966 546+ 780
46 Zico (Brazil) 1954 1971-1994 546 798
47 Szusza, Ferenc (Hungary) 1923 1940-1961 545 598 #
48 Dodds, Ephraim „Jock“ (Scotland) 1915 1932-1950 542 612 #
49 Takacs II, Jozsef (Hungary) 1904 1920-1942 539 526
50 Halliday, David (Scotland) 1902 1920-1938 535+ 636
51 Suárez, Luis (Uruguay) 1987 2005- 534 895 *
52 Smith, James (Scotland) 1911 1928-1946 533+ 508 NEW
53 Hidegkuti, Nandor (Hungary) 1922 1938-1958 524 677
54 Westcott, Dennis (England) 1917 1933-1954 522+ 575 NEW
55 Ferguson, Hugh (Scotland) 1895 1914-1930 522+ 557 NEW
56 Roberto „Dinamite“ (Brazil) 1954 1971-1992 519 869
57 Krankl, Johann (Austria) 1953 1970-1989 518 725
58 Mermans, Joseph (Belgium) 1922 1937-1960 516 640
59 di Stefano, Alfredo (Argentina, Spain) 1926 1945-1966 515 704
60 Nordahl, Gunnar (Sweden) 1921 1936-1961 514+ 597
61 Thompson, Trevor (North Ireland) 1936 1955-1969 512+ 585 #
62 Dickson, Desmond (North Ireland) 1948 1964-1983 511+ 704
63 McLean, David (Scotland) 1890 1906-1931 511+ 711 NEW
64 Bloomer, Stephen (England) 1874 1890-1914 509+ 760
65 Sarosi, Gyorg, Dr. (Hungary) 1912 1929-1948 507 592
66 van der Kuijlen, Willy (Netherland) 1946 1962-1983 504 805
67 Milla, Roger (Camerun) 1952 1968-1996 504+ 906 #
68 De Cleyn, Albert (Belgium) 1917 1933-1955 503 588 NEW
69 Camsell, Georg (England) 1902 1923-1942 503+ 590 NEW
70 Guy, Dennis (North Ireland) 1944 1960-1976 503+ 631 NEW
71 Rowley, Arthur (England) 1926 1941-1967 502+ 729
72 Tichy, Lajos (Hungary) 1936 1952-1971 500 612
NB: * indicates player is still active (at last update);
+ indicates number is a lower bound - player may have scored more;
# corrected or added data after last update (only inactive players).
Notes: there may be other players with 500 or more goals.
Goals Matches Tichy, Lajos 1912+ 1301 Bican, Josef 1813+ 1089 Helmchen, Erwin 1611+ 936 # Puskas, Ferenc 1571+ 1271 Müller, Gerhard 1483 1228 Bene, Ferenc 1416+ 1461 # Deak, Ferenc 1370+ 830 Pele 1303 1392 Takacs II, Jozsef 1208+ 936 Binder, Franz 1202+ 831 Kocsis, Sandor 1183+ 904 Szusza, Ferenc 1132+ 1008 Szilagyi, Guyla 1114+ 919 Willimowski, Ernst 1077+ 688 Zsengeller, Gyula 1069+ 947 Rooke, Ronald 1028+ 1104 Lenstra, Abe 1019+ 1077 Albert, Florian 1017+ 1093 Schlosser, Imre 1017+ 797 Hidegkuti, Nandor 1003+ 1044 Romario 1002 1209
NB: preliminary list Ronaldo, Cristiano 821* Messi, Lionel 795* Pele 769 Romario 761 Puskas, Ferenc 761 Bican, Josef 743 Jones, James 660 Lenstra, Abe 645 Müller, Gerhard 640 Bambrick, Joseph 634 Peyroteo, Fernando 591 Lewandowski, Robert 584* Seeler, Uwe 567 Ferguson, Glenn 563 Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 561* McGrory, James 558 # Schlosser, Imre 554 Eusebio 554 # Suárez, Luis 532* Zsengeller, Gyula 514 Roberto Dinamite 514 di Stefano, Alfredo 512 Sanchez, Hugo 511 Zico 511 Kocsis, Sandor 509 Bene, Ferenc 507 Sarosi, Gyorg 501
NB: preliminary list containing: 1. Official goals in top level; 2. All international friendlies; 3. National friendlies against top-league teams; tournaments; select matches. Pele 769 391 96 1256 Bican, Josef 743 195 143 1081 Puskas, Ferenc 761 179 71 1011 NB: most likely only these 3 players scored over 1000 goals at this level in football history.
(all leagues incl. regional/ reserve leagues, final tournaments) Rooke, Ronald 765+ (over 415 goals in Regional/Reserve Leagues) Helmchen, Erwin 720+ Bican, Josef 676+ Lenstra, Abe 676+ Deak, Ferenc 648+ Puskas, Ferenc 548 Romario 546 Pele 538 Tulio „Maravilha“ 518 Ronaldo, Cristiano 498* Messi, Lionel 498* Müller, Gerhard 497 Zsengeller, Gyula 490 Jones, James 485+ # Lawton, Thomas 483+ Roberto Dinamite 476 Mermans, Joseph 475 Walter, Fritz 469+ Langara, Isidro 469 De Cleyn, Albert 469 # (only top leagues) Bican, Josef 526 Puskas, Ferenc 516 Ronaldo, Cristiano 498* Messi, Lionel 487* De Cleyn, Albert 431 # Schlosser, Imre 417 Zsengeller, Gyula 416 McGrory, James 408 Müller, Gerhard 405 Sanchez, Hugo 394 Szusza, Ferenc 393 Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 393* Bianchi, Carlos 385
Pele 675 Deak, Ferenc 634+ Helmchen, Erwin 628+ Lawton, Thomas 628+ # Bambrick, Joe 610+ Hughes, Samuel 596 # Jones, James 594+ # Messi, Lionel 593 Roberts, Frederick 593+ # Müller, Gerhard 570 Puskas, Ferenc 560 Peyroteo, Fernando 529 Dean, William "Dixie" 528 Schlosser, Imre 521 Greaves, James 511 Martin, David "Boy" 509+ Zsengeller, Gyula 507 Bene, Ferenc 504 Bican, Josef 504+ Binder, Franz 495+ Ronaldo, Cristiano 483
Rooke, Ronald 493+ Romario 450 Bican, Josef 446+ Smith, Joseph 379+ # Helmchen, Erwin 359+ Ronaldo, Cristiano 354* Ibrahimovic, Zlatan 345* Lenstra, Abe 321+
(A-, B-, Ol-, U-, league-, regional-, city-, veteran-, other selects - against same selects) Ronaldo, Cristiano 136* Kocsis, Sandor 124 Puskas, Ferenc 124 (incl. 2 goals in Matthews farewell match) Woodward, Vivian 119 (incl. 23 goals ag. regional selects of South Africa) NEW Messi, Lionel 114* Daei, Ali 114 Tichy, Lajos 110 Neymar 95* Lawton, Thomas 94 Bene, Ferenc 91
Messi, Lionel 672 * Barcelona Helmchen, Erwin 667+ PSV Chemnitz Pele 643 Santos Bican, Josef 622 Slavia Praha Müller, Gerhard 573 FC Bayern Peyroteo, Fernando 553 Sporting Lissboa Lenstra, Abe 531 Heerenveen Bambrick, Joe 524 Linfield McGrory, James 524 Celtic Jones, James 516 Glenavon Walter, Fritz 513+ 1.FC Kaiserslautern Seeler, Uwe 508 Hamburger SV
Müller, Gerhard 1256 FC Bayern Tichy, Lajos 1245 Honved Budapest Helmchen, Erwin 1141+ PSV Chemnitz Pele 1089 Santos Bican, Josef 1045+ Slavia Praha Binder, Franz 989+ Rapid Wien
Willimowski, Ernst 1940-41 107 45 Bambrick, Joe 1929-30 96 57 Roberts, Frederick 1930-31 96 48 Turnbull, James 1936-37 93 48 (82 Belfast Celtic, 11 Celtic 2nd) Messi, Lionel 2012* 91 69 Müller, Gerhard 1972* 85 60 Bambrick, Joseph 1927-28 84 52 Deak, Ferenc 1948-49 83 46 Messi, Lionel 2011-12 82 69 Dean, William 1927-28 81 50 Martin, David 1932-33 80 51 Bambrick, Joseph 1928-29 78 54 Helmchen, Erwin 1929-30 77 33 Dodds, Ephraim „Jock“ 1941-42 77 39 Martin, David 1933-34 77 51 Bambrick, Joseph 1933-34 75 49 Pele 1958 75 53 Bambrick, Joseph 1932-33 75 58 Binder, Franz 1939-40 74 43 Hughes, Samuel 1952-53 74 55 Jones, James 1956-57 74 61 Helmchen, Erwin 1931-32 73 29 Bican, Josef 1943-44 73 35 Deak, Ferenc 1945-46 73 38 Müller, Gerd 1972-73 73 54 Romario 2000 73 75 Zsengeller, Gyula 1938-39 72 43 Kocsis, Sandor 1954 72 46 Pele 1965 72 52 Bican, Josef 1939-40 71 31 Bican, Josef 1942-43 71 34 Willimowski, Ernst 1941-42 71 34
Tichy, Lajos 1959-60 201 85 Kocsis, Sandor 1954 170 80 Tichy, Lajos 1961-62 154 80 Tichy, Lajos 1962-63 147 74 Tichy, Lajos 1958-59 147 83 Müller, Gerd 1976-77 146 72 Deak, Ferenc 1948-49 139 75 Müller, Gerhard 1971-72 137 92 Bican, Josef 1943-44 130 47 Willimowski, Ernst 1940-41 129 52 Pele 1959 128 106 Tichy, Lajos 1965 126 69 Deak, Ferenc 1947-48 123 74 Bene, Ferenc 1964 122 72 Tichy, Lajos 1960-61 121 67 Helmchen, Erwin 1931-32 120 53
NB: preliminary list containing: 1. Official goals in top level; 2. All international friendlies; 3. National friendlies against top-league teams; tournaments; select matches. Pele 1959 120 101(68/55, 42/36 Int, 4/4 sel, 6/6 ag. clubs) Willimowski, Ernst 1940-41 111 48 Pele 1961 105 72 Roberts, Frederick 1930-31 105 53 Bambrick, Joseph 1929-30 103 60 Pele 1965 103 74 Kocsis, Sandor 1954 100 60 Deak, Ferenc 1948-49 99 57
Bambrick, Joseph 1926-1936 621 Deak, Ferenc 1941-1951 611+ (incl. Div.2/3) Bican, Josef 1938-1948 595 Messi, Lionel 2009-2019 581 Helmchen, Erwin 1926-1936 562 Ronaldo, Cristiano 2010-2020 558 Pele 1957-1966 547 Roberts, Frederick 1923-1933 545+ (incl. Div.2/3) Peyroteo, Fernando 1937-1947 508 Lawton, Thomas 1938-1948 497+ Jones, James 1951-1961 494 Müller, Gerhard 1968-1978 490 Puskas, Ferenc 1946-1955 479
Rooke, Ronald 565+ Ronaldo, Cristiano 557* Messi, Lionel 541* Romario 495 Lenstra, Abe 479+ Puskas, Ferenc 477 Pele 467 Helmchen, Erwin 451+ Bican, Josef 439+ Müller, Gerhard 437
Thanks to Valerij Rubezh (Belarus) and Dorian Leveque (England).
Author welcomes any additional data on possibly missing matches or goals
Prepared and maintained by Vladimir Kolos for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Vladimir Kolos
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Last updated: 21 Dec 2022
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