You can edit almost every page by Creating an account. Otherwise, see the FAQ.

List of major international competitions top scorers

From EverybodyWiki Bios & Wiki


Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in major international competitions.

88 players have scored at least 10 goals for their national team across all major international competitions.

Ronaldo is the all-time top scorer in major international competitions with 25 goals.

He has scored 15 goals at the Copa América and 10 at the FIFA World Cup finals representing the Brazil national football team.

Several players such as Clint Dempsey, Tim Cahill or Luis Hernández have scored in two different continental competitions.

Landon Donovan and Samuel Eto'o are the joint top scorers in a single continental competition with 18 goals each.

As of 8 June 2020
Table key
WC FIFA World Cup
EURO UEFA European Championship
CA Copa América
AC AFC Asian Cup
GC CONCACAF Gold Cup
AFCON Africa Cup of Nations
NC OFC Nations Cup
Indicates all-time top scorers (or joint top scorers) at the World Cup or in continental competitions
Players with at least 10 goals across all major international competitions
Rank Player Team(s) Current confederation Goals scored WC[1] EURO[2] CA[3] AC[4] GC[5] AFCON[6] NC[7]
1 Ronaldo  Brazil CONMEBOL 25 15 10
2 Gabriel Batistuta  Argentina CONMEBOL 23 10 13
Landon Donovan  United States CONCACAF 5 18
4 Ademir  Brazil CONMEBOL 21 8 13
Samuel Eto'o  Cameroon CAF 3 18
6 Clint Dempsey  United States CONCACAF 20 4 3 13
Pelé  Brazil CONMEBOL 12 8
8 Miroslav Klose  Germany UEFA 19 16 3
Zizinho  Brazil CONMEBOL 2 17
10 Gerd Müller  West Germany UEFA 18 14 4
11 Norberto Méndez  Argentina CONMEBOL 17 17
Tim Cahill  Australia AFC 5 6 6
13 Cristiano Ronaldo  Portugal UEFA 16 7 9
Jürgen Klinsmann  West Germany
 Germany
UEFA 11 5
Teófilo Cubillas  Peru CONMEBOL 10 6
16 Jair  Brazil CONMEBOL 15 2 13
Lionel Messi  Argentina CONMEBOL 6 9
Luis Hernández  Mexico CONCACAF 4 6 5
Paolo Guerrero  Peru CONMEBOL 1 14
Romário  Brazil CONMEBOL 5 7 3
Severino Varela  Uruguay CONMEBOL 15
Teodoro Fernández  Peru CONMEBOL 15
23 Ali Daei  Iran AFC 14 14
Asamoah Gyan  Ghana CAF 6 8
Damian Mori  Australia AFC 14
Héctor Scarone  Uruguay CONMEBOL 1 13
Laurent Pokou  Ivory Coast CAF 14
Michel Platini  France UEFA 5 9
Óscar Míguez  Uruguay CONMEBOL 8 6
Rashidi Yekini  Nigeria CAF 1 13
31 Andrés Guardado  Mexico CONCACAF 13 1 12
Bebeto  Brazil CONMEBOL 6 7
Cuauhtémoc Blanco  Mexico CONCACAF 3 5 5
David Villa  Spain UEFA 9 4
Didi  Brazil CONMEBOL 3 10
Didier Drogba  Ivory Coast CAF 2 11
Eduardo Vargas  Chile CONMEBOL 1 12
José Manuel Moreno  Argentina CONMEBOL 13
Just Fontaine  France UEFA 13
Patrick M'Boma  Cameroon CAF 2 11
Rivaldo  Brazil CONMEBOL 8 5
42 Ángel Romano  Uruguay CONMEBOL 12 12
Gonzalo Higuaín  Argentina CONMEBOL 5 7
Hassan El-Shazly  Egypt CAF 12
Héctor Castro  Uruguay CONMEBOL 2 10
Javier Hernández  Mexico CONCACAF 4 1 7
Luis Roberto Alves  Mexico CONCACAF 12
Roberto Porta  Uruguay CONMEBOL 12
Roger Milla  Cameroon CAF 5 7
Rudi Völler  West Germany
 Germany
UEFA 8 4
Thierry Henry  France UEFA 6 6
52 Blas Pérez  Panama CONCACAF 11 11
Brian McBride  United States CONCACAF 3 8
Diego Forlán  Uruguay CONMEBOL 6 5
Diego Maradona  Argentina CONMEBOL 8 3
Herminio Masantonio  Argentina CONMEBOL 11
Hossam Hassan  Egypt CAF 11
Javier Ambrois  Uruguay CONMEBOL 1 10
Kris Trajanovski  Australia AFC 11
Lee Dong-Gook  South Korea AFC 10 1
Luis Suárez  Uruguay CONMEBOL 7 4
Paulo Wanchope  Costa Rica CONCACAF 3 8
Sándor Kocsis  Hungary UEFA 11
Sergio Agüero  Argentina CONMEBOL 2 9
Shane Smeltz  New Zealand OFC 1 10
Víctor Ugarte  Bolivia CONMEBOL 11
67 Almoez Ali  Qatar AFC 10 1 9
André Ayew  Ghana CAF 2 8
Ángel Labruna  Argentina CONMEBOL 10
Antoine Griezmann  France UEFA 4 6
Arnoldo Iguarán  Colombia CONMEBOL 10
Dennis Bergkamp  Netherlands UEFA 6 4
Enrique Hormazábal  Chile CONMEBOL 10
Eric Wynalda  United States CONCACAF 1 9
Francileudo Santos  Tunisia CAF 10
Gary Lineker  England UEFA 10
Grzegorz Lato  Poland UEFA 10
Helmut Rahn  West Germany UEFA 10
Joël Tiéhi  Ivory Coast CAF 10
Kalusha Bwalya  Zambia CAF 10
Karl-Heinz Rumenigge  West Germany UEFA 9 1
Luis Tejada  Panama CONCACAF 10
Mengistu Worku  Ethiopia CAF 10
Ndaye Mulamba  DR Congo CAF 10
Óscar Gómez Sánchez  Peru CONMEBOL 10
Pedro Petrone  Uruguay CONMEBOL 10
Thomas Müller  Germany UEFA 10
Zinedine Zidane  France UEFA 5 5

* Players in Bold are still active for their national team.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. FIFA.com. "FIFA - FIFA.com". www.fifa.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  2. UEFA.com (2020-01-10). "EURO top scorers: all-time and for every tournament". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  3. "Copa América". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  4. "Asian Nations Cup". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. "Gold Cup". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. "African Nations Cup". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  7. "Oceanian Nations Cup". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2020-06-08.



This article "List of major international competitions top scorers" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:List of major international competitions top scorers. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.