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Taking into account competitions of all levels, 77 players have reached the milestone, according to research by the RSSSF, [3] an organisation described by German newspaper Der Spiegel as a "Wikipedia of football statistics". [4] Hungarian Imre Schlosser was the first to reach the 500-goal mark, doing so in 1927 shortly before his retirement. [5]
Cristiano Ronaldo the all-time top scorer in official football history, with over 900 goals. Most official goals: 916 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 1] Most overall goals: 1917 – Lajos Tichy, 1953–1971 [note 2] Most clubs goals: 781 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2002– [note 3] Most international goals: 135 – Cristiano Ronaldo, 2004– [1]
From its inception to 2017, it was known as The Guardian 100 Best Footballers in the World. It is decided by a panel of experts from several nations. [1] [2] Argentine player Lionel Messi is the record winner of the award with 6 wins.
Players in bold are still active at international level. Players in italics also hold the record for most caps for their nation. Rank is a count of the 211 FIFA nations. Fourteen nations (Azerbaijan, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Denmark, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Faroe Islands, Puerto Rico, Romania, Scotland, South Sudan, United States and U.S. Virgin Islands) have a pair of players tied ...
The IFFHS World's Best Top Goal Scorer is a football award given annually since 2020, [1] and retroactively for the years 2011 to 2019, [2] to the world's top goalscorer in the calendar year. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
The IFFHS World's Best Player is a football award given annually from 1988 to 1990, and since 2020, to the world's best player. The award is given by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS).
Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal holds the all-time record with 135 international goals. [2] Brazil, Hungary, Iran and Kuwait hold the record of having the most players to have scored 50 or more international goals with four each. England, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, South Korea and Thailand each have three players
Ten of these players scored at least seven goals in a tournament, while Brazil's Jairzinho in 1970 and Argentina's Lionel Messi in 2022 were the only footballers to record at least seven goals but still not finish as the tournament's top scorer. These 31 top goalscorers played for 20 different nations, with the most (five) coming from Brazil.