Active men's footballers with 400 or more career goals
Active men's footballers with 400 or more goals
In top-level football, only a handful of active players have scored 400 or more goals over the course of their career, according to research by the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Only those who were active in the highest level football for all or most of their careers are considered. The ranking below takes into account goals scored in official matches played with national teams at all age levels and clubs in all divisions.[1]
Ranking[edit]
- Key
+ Unverified data is excluded; goal and match totals may be higher.
Players in bold are currently active; data is accurate as of 13 March 2019.
| Rank | Player | Goals | Matches | Ratio | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cristiano Ronaldo
|
700 | 987 | 0.71 | 2002–present[2] |
| 2 |  Lionel Messi
|
678 | 855 | 0.79 | 2004–present[3] |
| 3 |  Zlatan Ibrahimović
|
513 | 885 | 0.58 | 1999–present[4] |
| 4 |  Ali Ashfaq
|
452 | 527 | 0.86 | 2001–present[5] |
 Luis Suarez
|
452 | 711 | 0.64 | 2005–present[6] | |
| 6 |  David Villa
|
426 | 841 | 0.51 | 2000–present[7] |
| 7 |  Samuel Eto'o+
|
425 | 877 | 0.48 | 1997–present[8] |
| 8 |  Robert Lewandowski+
|
415 | 666 | 0.62 | 2006–present[9] |
| 9 | Edinson Cavani+
|
403 | 684 | 0.59 | 2005–present[10] |
| 10 |  Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
|
400 | 698 | 0.57 | 2002–present[11] |
| Sergio Aguero
|
400 | 720 | 0.56 | 2003–present[12] |
Source: Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kolos, Vladimir (21 January 2016). "Prolific Scorers Data: Best Goalscorers All-Time (Official Matches)". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ↑ Cristiano Ronaldo at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Lionel Messi at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 January 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Zlatan Ibrahimović at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 September 2018.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Ali Ashfaq at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Suarez/119/ Luis Suarez at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Villa/119/ David Villa at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Eto'o/119/ Samuel Eto'o at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Lewandowski/119/ Robert Lewandowski at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Cavani/119/ Edinson Cavani at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Huntelaar/119/ Klaas-Jan Huntelaar at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- ↑ Aguero/119/ Sergio Aguero at Soccerway. Retrieved 13 March 2019.Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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