All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World
All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World: Goal examines the most prolific attackers in international football, which comprises an unique group of players from all over the world.
1. Ali Daei | Iran | 109 goals / 149 caps
Ali Daei holds the record for most international goals in men’s football, with 109 in 149 appearances for Iran between 1993 and 2006. The striker’s career saw him play for Bayern Munich and other clubs, but he was most successful on the international stage.
2. Cristiano Ronaldo | Portugal | 109 goals / 179 caps
Cristiano Ronaldo, without a doubt one of the best players of his generation, has shattered record after record during his career and is, by a long shot, Portugal’s all-time leading scorer. When he scored two penalties against France at Euro 2020, he tied Ali Daei for the most goals with 109.
3. Mokhtar Dahari | Malaysia | 89 goals / 142 caps
Mokhtar Dahari is regarded as one of Malaysia’s most iconic attackers, having played between 1972 and 1985. He is one of the All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World.
4. Ferenc Puskas | Hungary & Spain | 84 goals / 89 caps
Ferenc Puskas, a Real Madrid great, was one of Hungary’s ‘Magical Magyars’ in the 1950s, and his achievements for his homeland have cemented his place as a national hero in Budapest and beyond. Puskas went on to play for Spain in the early 1960s after scoring 84 goals in 85 appearances for Hungary. His goals-to-games ratio suffered as a result of his Spanish experience, as he failed to score in four outings for La Roja.
5. Godfrey Chitalu | Zambia | 79 goals / 108 caps
Godfrey Chitalu has scored 79 goals in 108 games for Zambia, making him the most productive African international footballer of all time. After hanging up his boots, the Kabwe Warriors hero went into coaching, but he was tragically killed along with the rest of the Zambian team in the 1993 Zambian flight accident.
6. Hussein Saeed | Iraq | 78 goals / 137 caps
Hussein Saeed is Iraq’s all-time leading goalscorer, having scored 78 goals in 137 games for his country. Saeed completed his whole career at Al-Talaba, appearing in three Olympics and the 1986 World Cup (1980, 1984 and 1988).
7. Pele | Brazil | 77 goals / 92 caps
Pele is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, having scored 77 goals in 92 appearances for Brazil. He played in four World Cups, winning three of them, and he is still the Selecao’s all-time leading scorer and also one of the All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World.
8. Ali Mabkhout | UAE | 76 goals / 92 caps
Ali Mabkout of Al Jazira is a clinical finisher who is not only one of his club’s best scorers, but also the United Arab Emirates’ all-time leading international scorer.
9. Lionel Messi | Argentina | 76 goals / 149 caps
Barcelona legend Lionel Messi may not have won much silverware with Argentina on the international stage, but he is the country’s all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing Gabriel Batistuta in 2016.
10. Sandor Kocsis | Hungary | 75 goals / 68 caps
While Ferenc Puskas was Hungary’s talisman in the 1950s, Sandor Kocsis was the country’s leading striker. In an international career that lasted only eight years, the former Barcelona striker scored 75 goals in 68 games for the Magyars.
All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World
11. Kunishige Kamamoto | Japan | 75 goals / 76 caps
Kunishige Kamamoto, a one-club guy, was one of Japan’s top attackers and one of the most prolific international scorers of all time, scoring 75 goals in 76 games for his country. From 1964 through 1977, Kamamoto was a member of the Samurai Blue, and his greatest year was 1972, when he scored 15 goals in eight games.
12. Bashar Abdullah | Kuwait | 75 goals / 133 caps
During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Bashar Abdullah established himself as one of Kuwait’s most important players, scoring a record 75 goals for his country. He represented Kuwait in three Asian Cups and even competed in the 2000 Olympics.
13. Sunil Chhetri | India | 74 goals / 118 caps
Sunil Chhetri is India’s all-time leading scorer and has made the most appearances for the national team.
14. Majed Abdullah | Saudi Arabia | 72 goals / 117 caps
Majed Abdullah, Saudi Arabia’s all-time leading scorer, scored 71 goals in 116 caps for his country during the course of a remarkable 17-year international career. Abdullah captained his country to the 1994 World Cup as a one-club man with Al Nassr.
15. Kinnah Phiri | Malawi | 71 goals / 115 caps
Kinnah Phiri set a record by scoring 71 goals for Malawi throughout his playing career, doing so in 115 appearances for the Flames, which is also a record.
16. Kiatisuk Senamuang | Thailand | 71 goals / 134 caps
Kiatisuk Senamuang, Thailand’s greatest striker, holds the record for goals scored and appearances with 71 goals in 134 games. Senamuang finished his playing career in 2007 and then stepped into management, guiding the fortunes of his country from 2014 to 2017.
17. Miroslav Klose | Germany | 71 goals / 137 caps
With 71 goals in his international career, Miroslav Klose will go down in history as Germany’s all-time leading goalscorer, surpassing Gerd Muller. In 2014, he was a key member of Bayern Munich’s World Cup-winning team, and he also holds the record for most World Cup goals.
He is one of the All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World.
18. Piyapong Pue-on | Thailand | 70 goals / 100 caps
Piyapong Pue-70 on’s goals, just one behind compatriot Kiatisuk Senamuang, made him one of the finest goal scorers in international football history. Pue-on spent the majority of his playing career with the Royal Thai Air Force, and over the course of 16 years, he duplicated his club form for his country.
19. Stern John | Trinidad & Tobago | 70 goals / 115 caps
Stern is the all-time leading scorer in CONCACAF history. John’s 70 goals for Trinidad & Tobago have put him in the company of some of the top players in the world. John played the majority of his career in England, including several seasons with Birmingham City and later Sunderland in the Premier League. He represented his country at the 2006 World Cup, however he did not score a goal throughout the tournament.
20. Gerd Muller | West Germany | 68 goals / 62 caps
Gerd Muller is widely regarded as one of the best centre-forwards of all time, and his 68 international goals are made all the more astounding by the fact that he did so in only 62 games. Known as ‘Der Bomber,’ the former Bayern Munich star was a significant player for West Germany, scoring 10 goals in the 1970 World Cup to help them finish third and four goals in the 1974 World Cup to help them win.
The All Time Top Goal Scorers in the World.
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