List of top association football goal scorers by country

This is a list of the top goalscorers of all-time in each country's top association football division. Where possible, the top ten scorers in the country are given.

Albania

Name	Years	Goals	Clubs	Matches	(%)
Vioresin Sinani	1996–Present	202	Vllaznia (174), SK Tirana (23), Besa (5)
Refik Resmja	1948–1964	184+	Partizani (180+), SK Tirana (4+)	120	153%
Indrit Fortuzi	1990–2008	167	SK Tirana (152), Dinamo (15)
Daniel Xhafa	1996–Present	165	Teuta (62), Flamurtari (32), Dinamo (23), SK Tirana (18), Besa (18), Bylis (12)
Panajot Pano	1958–1974	144	Partizani (136), SK Tirana (8)
Agustin Kola	1977–1997	140	SK Tirana (133), Shkëndija (7)
Ilir Përnaska	1968–1981	136+	Dinamo
Skënder Jareci	1949–1965	122+	Dinamo (119+), Teuta (3+)
Arben Minga	1976–1996	105	SK Tirana
Loro Boriçi	1935–1957	101+	Partizani (77+), Vllaznia (23+), Spartak Tirana (1)
Medin Zhega	1964–1978	101+	Vllaznia (66+), Dinamo (35+)

Argentina

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)	Clubs
Arsenio Erico	1934–1947	432	293	0,84%	Independiente
Angel Labruna	1939–1959	515	293	0,69%	River Plate
Herminio Masantonio	1931–1945	458	251	0,67%	Huracán
Bernabé Ferreyra	1931–1949	228	232	1,01%	River Plate
Manuel Pellegrina	1938–1956	490	231	0,69%	Estudiantes
Martín Palermo	1991-2011	570	227	0,49%	Boca Juniors
José Francisco Sanfilippo	1953–1972	490	226	0,46%	Boca Juniors
Ricardo Infante	1942–1961	439	217	0,49%	Estudiantes
Oscar Más	1964–1985	529	215	0,41%	River Plate
Carlos Bianchi	1967–1984	524	206	0,39%	Vélez Sársfield

Australia

Totals top level

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Damian Mori	1989–2009	589	279	0,47%
2	John Kosmina	1977-1989	319	271	0,85%
3	Rod Brown	1983-1998	485	249	0,51%
4	Francis Awaritefe	1989-2005	483	243	0,51%
5	Marshall Soper	1981-1997	418	221	0,53%
6	Paul Trimboli	1987-2004	458	219	0,48%
7	Pablo Cardozo	1990-2013	601	191	0,32%
8	Ivan Kelic	1989-2000	301	186	0,62%
9	John Markovski	1986-2004	490	185	0,38%
10	Gary Cole	1977-1986	251	180	0,72%

Austria

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Robert Dienst	1943–62	351	323	92%
2	Johann Krankl	1971–88	427	320	75%
3	Franz Binder	1930–49	261	298	114%
4	Karl Decker	1938–54	276	282	102%
5	Friedrich Cejka	1947–66	438	245	56%
6	Anton Schall	1925–41	285	231	81%
7	Wilhelm Hahnemann	1931–52, 59	308?	230	75%
8	Johann Buzek	1955–73	384	226	59%
9	Erich Hof	1954–69	314	224	71%
10	Ernst Stojaspal	1942–54	197	224	114%

Azerbaijan

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Nazim Aliyev	1992-2006	436	283	0,65%
2	Mushfig Huseynov	1992-2007	505	275	0,54%
3	Rovsan Ahmadov	1992-2013	590	216	0,37%
4	Samir Alakbarov	1992-2001	270	215	0,80%
5	Gurban Gurbanov	1992-2006	461	205	0,44%
6	Alay Bahramov	1992-2012	543	192	0,44%
7	Vadim Vasilyev	1994-2009	471	182	0,35%
8	Khagani Mammadov	1993–2013	572	176	0,31%
9	Kenan Kerimov	1993–2013	526	174	0,33%
10	Nadir Nabiev	1998–	496	175	0,35%

Belarus

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Roman Vasilyuk	1996–present	279	172	62%
2	Valeriy Stripeikis	1996–present	342	171	50%
3	Sergey Yaromko	1993–2000	185	98	53%
4	Gennadiy Bliznyuk	1999–2008	208	95	46%
5	Igor Chumachenko	1994–present	336	88	26%
6	Sergey Nikiforenko	1997–present	303	88	29%
7	Petr Kachuro	1992–2005	135	81	60%
8	Pavel Shavrov	1992–1999	?	75	?
9	Artem Goncharik	1998–present	?	74	?
10	Andrey Khlebosolov	1993–2000	123	73	59%

Belgium

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Jef Mermans	1941–57	384	343	89%
Bernard Voorhoof	1927–48	474	296	82%
Arthur Ceuleers	1933–51	398	288	72%
Rik Coppens	1946–62	389	261	67%
Erwin Vandenbergh	1976–95	430	255	59%
Paul Dechamps	1945–56	299	241	81%
Jean Capelle	1929–44	251	240	96%
1959–76	8568	235	49%
Jan Ceulemans	1974–91	518	229	44%

Bolivia

Name	Years	Goals
Víctor Hugo Antelo	1983–2000	341
Juan Sanchez	1979–92	263
Luis Fernando Salinas	1980–93	201
Jesús Reynaldo	1977–93	196
Raúl Horacio Baldessari	1977–89	161
Limberg Gutiérrez	1997–present	149
Joaquín Botero	1997–present	144
Cristino Jara	1998–present	141
Silvio Edmundo Rojas	1977–92	140
Luis Ramallo	1982–99	138

Brazil

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)	Clubs
1	Pele	1956-1974	450	370	82%	Santos FC
2	Basitinho	1950-1968	452	354	78%	Flamengo CR
3	Sócrates	1971-1988	516	353	68%	SC Corinthians Paulista
4	Zico	1970-1988	503	335	67%	Flamengo CR
5	Zizinho	1938-1960	440	299	53%	Botafogo CR
6	Falcão	1972-1990	484	287	59%	SC Corinthians Paulista
7	Ademir Menezes	1940-1958	431	235	55%	São Paulo FC
8	Jairzinho	1961-1982	540	221	41%	Flamengo CR
9	Tostão	1964-1979	395	219	55%	Cruzeiro EC
10	Rivelino	1964-1984	568	218	38%	Santos FC

Bulgaria

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Petar Zhekov	1963–1976	333	253	76%
2	Nasko Sirakov	1980–1998	294	196	67%
3	Dinko Dermendzhiev	1961–1974	447	194	43%
4	Hristo Bonev	1966–1984	410	185	45%
5	Plamen Getov	1977–1995	286	165	58%
6	Nikola Kotkov	1956–1971	322	163	51%
7	Stefan Bogomilov	1963–1979	353	162	46%
8	Petar Mihtarski	1984–2000	301	157	52%
9	Petko Petkov	1968–1980	229	152	66%
10	Dimitar Yakimov	1956–1974	308	151	49%

Chile

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Francisco Valdés	1961–1982	478	215	45%
2	Pedro González	1988–2006	545	212	39%
3	Honorino Landa	1959–1973	?	193	?
4	Óscar Fabbiani	1974–1986	?	188	?
5	Carlos Campos	1956–1969	259	183	71%
6	Leonel Sánchez	1953–1970	417	161	39%
7	Carlos Caszely	1967–1985	288	151	52%
8	Rubén Martínez	1984–1999	314	147	47%
9	Osvaldo Castro	1965–1971	204	136	67%
10	Manuel Muñoz	1949–1958	?	120	?

China

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Li Jinyu	1999–present	236	115	49%
Hao Haidong	1994–2004	185	96	52%
Wang Tao	1994–2002	180	83	46%
Yu Genwei	1994–2005	197	78	40%
Li Bing	1994–2002	204	76	37%
Wang Peng	1996–present	301	73	24%
Su Maozhen	1994–2002	165	64	39%
Tiago Jorge Honorio	2000–2008	143	64	45%
Li Yi	1999–present	228	60	26%
Zhang Yuning	1999–2007	124	56	45%
Han Peng	2002–present	147	56	38%

Colombia

Name	Goals
Sergio Galván Rey	221
Iván René Valenciano	217
Hugo Horacio Lóndero	211
Jorge Ramírez Gallego	201
Omar Lorenzo Devanni	195
Arnoldo Iguarán	185
Willington Ortiz	183
José Omar Verdún	182
Jorge Ramón Cáceres	182
Rubén Darío Hernández	180

Costa Rica

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Victor Núñez	1999–2014	421	208	49 %
2	Errol Daniels	1964–1972	168	197	117%
3	Roy Saenz	?	?	168	-
4	Leonel Harnandez	1957–1977	?	164	-
5	Guillermo Guardia	1980s	?	149	-
6	Evaristo Coronado	1981–1995	?	148	-
7	Juan Ulloa	1954–1970	?	140	-
8	Vicente Wanchope	?	?	133	-
9	Jorge Ulate	?	?	130	-
10	Claudio Jara	1983–1994	?	129	-

Croatia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Igor Cvitanovic	1992–2004	215	126	59%
2	Joško Popović	1992–2004	272	111	41%
3	Davor Vugrinec	1992–present	198	110	56%
4	Miljenko Mumlek	1992–present	377	100	27%
5	Tomislav Erceg	1992–2006	192	97	51%
6	Renato Jurcec	1992–2002	?	87	?
7	Robert Špehar	1992–2004	140	86	61%
8	Marijo Dodik	1998–2009	273	84	31%
9	Veldin Karic	1994–2006	195	75	38%
10	Eduardo	2001–2007	108	73	68%

Cyprus

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Sotiris Kaiafas	1967–1984	388	261	67%
2	Rainer Rauffmann	1997–2004	152	191	126%
3	Yiannos Ioannou	1981–2000	372	191	51%

Czechoslovakia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Josef Bican	1929-1948	451	393	0,87%
2	Miroslav Wiecek	1948-1964	425	343	0,81%
3	Josef Adamec	1958-1977	583	243	0,42%
4	František Kloz	1928-1939	323	242	0,75%
5	Ladislav Pavlovic	1949-1966	447	241	0.54%
6	Oldřich Nejedlý	1931-1949	487	239	0,49%
7	Vlastimil Kopecký	1931-1950	432	233	0,54%
8	Jirí Pešek	1946-1965	498	231	0,46%
9	Zdenek Nehoda	1967-1982	446	229	0,51%
10	Adolf Scherer	1957-1969	370	228	0,62%

Czech Republic

Czech Gambrinus Liga (since 1993)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Horst Siegl	1993–2006	285	124	44%
2	Ludek Zelenka	1995–2009	341	92	27%
3	Stanislav Vlcek	1993–present	386	90	23%
4	Vratislav Lokvenc	1993–2000	200	78	39%
5	Radim Holub	1993–2009	300	77	26%
6	Pavel Verbír	1996–present	343	74	22%
7	Libor Došek	1998–present	253	72	28%
8	Tomáš Došek	1997–present	230	67	29%
9	Vítezslav Tuma	1993–2004	192	66	34%
10	Marek Kincl	1994–2010	214	63	29%

Denmark

Totals top level

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Henning Enoksen	?	?	151	?

Superliga only

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Søren Frederiksen	1994–2005	335	139	41%
Peter Møller	1991–2006	310	135	44%
Heine Fernandez	1991–2004	326	126	39%
Steffen Højer	1993–2008	329	124	38%
Søren Andersen	1991–2003	231	101	44%
Frank Kristensen	1997–present	231	90	39%
Peter Graulund	1995–2012	243	90	37%
Thomas Thorninger	1991–2005	264	81	31%
David Nielsen	1994–present	214	76	36%
Chris Hermansen	1996–2004	174	73	42%

Ecuador

Name	Years	Goals
Hermen Benítez	1980–95	191
Jorge Vinicio Ron	1972–87	181
Ebelio Ordóñez	1996–present	159
Ángel Luis Liciardi	1970–78	154
José Fabián Paz y Miño	1972–88	153
Geovanny Alfonso Mera	1980–95	150
Hamilton Emilio Cuvi	1978–96	147
Carlos Alberto Juárez	1996–2008	141
Ariel Graziani	1995–2006	134
José V. Villafuerte	1975–89	125

Egypt

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Hassan El-Shazly	1959–1977	176
2	Hossam Hassan	1984–2008	168
3	Moustafa Reyadh	1959–1977	123
4	El-Sayed El-Dhizui	1943–1964	112
5	Mahmoud El-Khateeb	1972–1988	108
6	Ahmed El-Kass	1983–2000	107
7	Mohamed Aboutrika	1997–2013	106
8	Gamal Abdelhamid	1977–1994	99

Estonia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Maksim Gruznov	1992–present	433	286
2	Andrei Krõlov	1992–2005	287	162
3	Dmitry Lipartov	1997–2010	332	152
4	Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko	1999–2009	209	151
5	Indrek Zelinski	1993–2009	276	146
6	Konstantin Nahk	1992–present	395	139
7	Vitali Leitan	1997–present	378	138
8	Dmitri Ustritski	1992–2005	271	124
9	Sergei Bragin	1992–2006	205	119
10	Ingemar Teever	2002–2010	164	100

Finland

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Heikki Suhonen	1969–1986	206
2	Kai Pahlman	1956–1972	191
3	Ismo Lius	1983–1999	189
4	Olavi Rissanen	1969–1987	185
5	Valeri Popovitch	1993–2009	166
6	Ari Hjelm	1981–1996	152
7	Arto Tolsa	1963–1982	126
8	Stig-Göran Myntti	1944–1962	121
9	Martti Hyvärinen	1958–1972	119
10	Michael Belfield	1981–1998	119

Georgia

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Zurab Ionanidze	1990–2010	421	216	51%
2	Levan Khomeriki	1991–2005	228	140	61%
3	Davit Janashia	1990–2007	?	124	?
4	Mikheil Ashvetia	1994–2002	141	121	86%
5	Giorgi Megreladze	1993–2009	229	110	48%
6	Otar Korgalidze	1990–1997	137	105	77%
7	Giorgi Daraselia	1990–1999	226	105	46%
8	Merab Megreladze	1990–1997	178	104	58%
9	Ivane Jugeli	1990–2002	?	102	?

Guatemala

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Juan Carlos Plata	1990–2010	553	299	54%
2	Oscar Enrique Sánchez	1975–1993	609	244	40%

France

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	(%)
1	Delio Onnis	1971–1986	449	299	67%
2	Bernard Lacombe	1969–1987	497	255	51%
3	Hervé Revelli	1965–1978	389	216	56%
4	Thadée Cisowski	1947–1961	286	206	72%
5	Roger Piantoni	1950–1966	394	203	52%
6	Roger Courtois	1932–1956	?	193	?
7	Joseph Ujlaki	1947–1964	438	189	43%
8	Fleury Di Nallo	1960–1975	425	187	44%
9	Gunnar Andersson	1950–1960	234	179	76%
10	Carlos Bianchi	1973–1980	220	179	81%

Germany

Germany

Bundesliga

Rank	Name	Years	Games	Goals	Goals/Games
1	Uwe Seeler	1964-1982	476	395	83%
2	Gerd Müller	1953-1972	427	365	73%
3	Ottmar Walter	1944-1964	492	349	71%
4	Max Morlock	1944-1964	492	331	67%
5	Fritz Walter	1940–1962	520	319	61%
6	Dieter Müller	1971-1990	489	318	65%
7	Helmut Rahn	1945-1966	495	289	58%
8	Jupp Heynckes	1960-1978	479	279	58%
9	Hans Schäfer	1938-1964	583	274	47%
10	Klaus Allofs	1974-1990	450	251	56%

East Germany

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	Goals/Matches
1	Joachim Streich	1969–1985	378	229	0.61
2	Eberhard Vogel	1962–1982	440	188	0.43
3	Günter Schröter	1950–1963	335	154	0.46
4	Peter Ducke	1960–1977	352	153	0.43
5	Henning Frenzel	1960–1978	420	152	0.36
6	Hans-Jürgen Kreische	1964–1977	234	127	0.54
7	Rüdiger Schnuphase	1972–1986	320	123	0.38
8	Dieter Kühn	1974–1991	294	122	0.41
9	Bernd Bauchspieß	1959–1973	264	120	0.45
10	Johannes Schöne	1950–1959	228	117	0.51

Greece

Rank	Name	Goals	Goals/Match	Clubs	Years
1	Thomas Mavros	260	0.52	AEK Athens, Panionios	1970–1991
2	Krzysztof Warzycha	245	0.63	Panathinaikos	1989–2004
3	Mimis Papaioannou	234	0.49	AEK Athens	1963–1980
4	Giorgos Sideris	229	0.61	Olympiacos	1958–1972
5	Antonios Antoniadis	187	0.67	Panathinaikos, Olympiacos	1967–1972
6	Dimitrios Saravakos	186	0.49	Panathinaikos, Panionios, AEK Athens	1979–1998
	Alexandros Alexandris	186	0.48	Olympiacos, AEK Athens, Veria	1986–2004
8	Nikos Anastopoulos	181	0.44	Olympiacos, Panionios, Ionikos	1978–1994
	Giorgos Dedes	181	0.42	AEK Athens, Panionios	1963–1975
10	Michalis Kritikopoulos	175	0.41	Olympiacos, Ethnikos, Apollon Athens, Panegialios	1963–1981

Honduras

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Wilmer Velasquez	1991–2010	379	196
2	Denilson Costa	1991–2007	465	156
3	Juan Manuel Cárcamo	1996–2013	???	100
4	Francisco Ramírez	1998–2008	229	95
5	Marcelo Ferreira	1999–2009	???	92
6	Prudencio Norales	1977–1988	???	89
7	Luciano Emilio	2002–2006	132	88
8	Óscar "Martillo" Hernández	???–???	???	86
9	Danilo Tosello	1999–2007	223	83
9	Reynaldo Mejiá	???–present	???	83
9	Angel Obando	1973–1986	???	83

Hungary

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1.	Imre Schlosser	1906-1927	401	351	0,88%
2.	Ferenc Szusza	1940-1961	462	343	0,74%
3.	Gyula Zsengellér	1935-1947	425	327	0,77%
4.	József Takács	1920-1940	455	320	0,70%
5.	Ferenc Puskás	1943-1956	394	307	0,78%
6.	György Sárosi	1931-1948	443	251	0,57%
7.	Gyula Szilágyi	1943-1960	440	231	0,53%
8.	Ferenc Deák	1944-1954	338	230	0,68%
9.	Ferenc Bene	1960-1978	418	229	0,55%
10.	Géza Toldi	1928-1946	424	225	0,53%

Iceland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Ingi Bjorn Albertsson	1970–1986	210	126
2	Tryggvi Gudmundsson	1992–present	180	107
3	Gudmundur Steinsson	1980s	?	101
4	Hermann Gunnarsson	1960/70s	?	95
5	Matthias Hallgrimsson	1970s	?	94

Iran

No.	Player	Goals	Years
1	Reza Enayati	135	2001–present
2	Arash Borhani	111	2002–present
3	Mehdi Rajabzadeh	94	1998–present
4	Fereydoon Fazli	85	2001–2010
5	Edmond Bezik	84	1994–2006
6	Ali Asghar Modirroosta	80	1991–2003
7	Ali Daei	72	1994–2007
8	Emad Mohammed	70	2005–2012
9	Rasoul Khatibi	68	1997–2010
10	Reza Sahebi	67	1989–2003

Iraq

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Hussein Saeed	365
2	Karim Saddam	165
3	Ali Hashim	162
4	Younis Abid Ali	153
5	Ahmed Radhi	136
6	Alaa Kadhim	134
7	Ahmed Khodair	115
8	Waleed Dhahad	112
9	Amjad Radhi	110
10	Muayed Joodi	109
10	Natik Hashim	109

Ireland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Brendan Bradley	1966–1986	?	235
2	Jason Byrne	1998–present	396	193
3	Pat Morley	1984–2006	?	182
4	Turlough O'Connor	1963–1985	?	178
5	Donal Leahy	1950s	?	162
6	Glen Crowe	1999–2010	362	159
7	Stephen Geoghegan	1988–2004	?	158
8	Johnny Matthews	1966–1987	?	156
9	Kevin McHugh	1998–present	353	154
10	Alfie Hale	1956–1983	?	153

Israel

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	(%)
1	Alon Mizrahi	1989–2005	385	207	0.54
2	Oded Machnes	1974–1990	413	197	0.48
3	Avi Nimni	1989–2008	429	194	0.45
4	Moshe Romano	1965–1982	439	192	0.44
5	Shay Holtzman	1990–2009	474	178	0.36
6	Mordechai Spiegler	1963–1977	900	168	0.45
7	Uri Malmilian	1973–1993	466	159	0.34
8	David Lavi	1973–1986	362	158	0.44
9	Nahum Stelmach	1951–1970	365	155	0.43
10	Yehoshua Feigenbaum	1964–1983	430	148	0.34

Italy

     Still active

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Silvio Piola	1929–1954	537	274	51%
2	Francesco Totti	1993–present	566	237	41%
3	Gunnar Nordahl	1949–1958	291	225	77%
4	Giuseppe Meazza	1929–1947	367	216	59%
	José Altafini	1958–1976	459	216	47%
6	Roberto Baggio	1985–2004	452	205	45%
7	Antonio Di Natale	2002–present	400	200	50%
8	Kurt Hamrin	1956–1971	400	190	48%
9	Giuseppe Signori	1991–2004	344	188	55%
	Alessandro Del Piero	1993–2012	478	188	39%

Japan

J. League Div 1

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Masashi Nakayama	1994–2012	355	157
2	Marquinhos	2001–present	318	149
3	Hisato Satō	2000–present	344	146
4	Kazuyoshi Miura	1993–2007	321	139
5	Ryoichi Maeda	2000–2013	326	137
6	Yoshito Okubo	2001–present	308	135
7	Ueslei	2000–2009	217	124
8	Juninho	2005–2013	264	116
9	Edmilson	2004–2012	236	111
10	Atsushi Yanagisawa	1996–2014	371	108
11	Toshiya Fujita	1994–2008	419	100

Totals top level

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Kunishige Kamamoto	1967–1984	251	202
2	Masashi Nakayama	1990–2009	401	189
3	Kazuyoshi Miura	1990–2007	360	148
4	Nobuhiro Takeda	1986–2001	359	142

Kazakhstan

Name	Years	Goals
Oleg Litvinenko	1992–2007	147
Nurken Mazbayev	1992–2008	142
Murat Tleshev	1998–present	121
Andrey Miroshnichenko	1992–2002	115
Nurbol Zhumaskaliyev	1998–present	112

Kyrgyzstan

Name	Years	Matches	Goals
Yevgeniy Boldygin	1995–2008	284	222
Zamirbek Zhumagulov	1992–2007	362	218
Vyacheslav Pryanishnikov	1993–present	?	149
Mirlan Mirzaliyev	1995–present	?	147
Azamat Ishenbaev	1997–present	?	134
Roman Kornilov	1998–present	?	131
Aleksandr Merzlikin	1992–1999	?	105
Sergey Lisichkin	?	?	100
Nurlan Razhabaliyev	?	?	92
Farkhat Khaitbayev	1992–2001	?	88

Latvia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps	1995–2009	286	210
2	Viktors Dobrecovs	1993–2009	325	169
3	Vits Rimkus	1992–2009	337	166
4	Aleksandr Katasonov	2001–2007	170	105
5	Kristaps Grebis	2000–present	225	104
6	Girts Karlsons	1998–2009	200	98
7	Vitalijs Astafjevs	1992–present	252	79
8	Gatis Kalniņš	2000–present	206	77
9	Vladimirs Babicevs	1992–2006	215	76
10	David Chaladze	1997–2006	91	74

Lithuania

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Povilas Lukšys	1995–present	169
2	Remigijus Pocius	1991–2003	148
3	Ričardas Beniušis	1999–present	121
4	Darius Maciulevičius	1991–2008	113
5	Igoris Morinas	1993–present	103
6	Eimantas Poderis	1991–present	96
7	Andrius Velička	1998–2007	95
8	Mantas Savėnas	1999–2007	94
9	Vidas Dančenka	1991–2003	89
10	Egidijus Varnas	1996–present	88

Note: Remigijus Pocius scored 176, Darius Maciulevičius - 117, Eimantas Poderis - 105, Vidas Dančenka - 93 goals including Lithuanian SSR league and Baltic League.

Luxembourg

Name	Goals
Armin Krings	255
Patrick Morocutti	223
Bert Heger	176
Daniel Huss	170
Théo Scholten	155
Henri Cirelli	152
Furio Cardoni	150
Markus Krahen	148
Josy Roller	148
Alphonse Schumacher	141

Malta

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Stefan Sultana	1983–2009	198
2	Tony Nicholl	1934–1954	173
3	Gilbert Agius	1990–present	172
4	Michael Galea	1997–present	168
5	Danilo Doncic	?	151
6	Ivan Woods	1994–present	139
7	Joe Zarb	?	134
8	Tony Cauchi	?	125
9	Adrian Mifsud	1995–present	123
10	Joe Brincat	1986–2007	111

Mexico

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Cabinho	1974–1987	415	312	75%
2	Carlos Hermosillo	1983–2001	560	294	53%
3	Jared Borgetti	1994–2010	475	252	53%
4	José Saturnino Cardozo	1995–2005	332	249	75%
5	Horacio Casarín	1935–1956	304	238	78%
6	Osvaldo Castro	1971–1984	388	214	55%
7	Zague	1985–2003	572	209	37%
8	Carlos Eloir Peruci	1972–1984	?	197	?
9	Adalberto López	1940/50s	?	196	?
10	Sergio Lira	1978–1996	564	190	34%

Moldova

Name	Years	Matches	Goals
Vladimir Cosse	1992–1999	193	131
Iurie Miterev	1992–2002	250	129
Serghei Rogaciov	1993–2009	171	194
Vladislav Gavriliuc	1992–2002	191	116
Ruslan Barbaros	1994–2005	232	94

Morocco

Name	Years	Goals
Khaled Abuloyoun	1958–1976	140

Netherlands

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Willy van der Kuijlen	1964–1982	545	311	57%
2	Ruud Geels	1965–1983	401	265	66%
3	Johan Cruyff	1964–1984	308	215	70%
4	Kees Kist	1972–1986	372	212	57%
5	Tonnie van der Linden	1956–1968	305	204	67%
6	Henk Groot	1959–1969	283	194	69%
7	Peter Houtman	1978–1992	372	178	48%
8	Sjaak Swart	1956–1973	463	175	38%
9	Leo van Veen	1962–1986	555	175	32%
10	Cor van der Gijp	1955–1964	233	162	70%

Norway

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Harald Brattbakk	1990–2005	255	166	65%
2	Petter Belsvik	1989–2003	292	159	54%
3	Odd Iversen	1967–1982	225	158	70%
4	Sigurd Rushfeldt	1992–present	254	154	61%
5	Per Kristoffersen	1957–1968	194	145	75%
6	Jostein Flo	1987–2001	213	114	54%
7	Jan Fuglset	1967–1982	209	109	52%
8	Thorstein Helstad	1995–2008	200	108	54%
9	Arne Pedersen	1951–1966	231	107	46%
10	Svein Mathisen	1973–1989	327	106	32%

Panama

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	José Ardines	1989–2002	197

Paraguay

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Juan Samudio	1997–present	111
2	Mauro Caballero	1992–2007	107

Peru

Name	Years	Goals
Sergio Ibarra	1993–present	229
Oswaldo Ramírez	1966–81	190
Waldir Sáenz	1992–2008	170
Germán Carty	1988–present	164
Jorge Soto	1990–2008	161
Emilio Salinas	1948–61	159
Teodoro Fernández	1931–53	156
Teófilo Cubillas	1966–87	152
Paul Cominges	1993–present	151
Valeriano López	1946–60	150

Poland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Ernest Pohl	1954–1967	264	186	70%
2	Lucjan Brychczy	1954–1972	368	182	49%
3	Tomasz Frankowski	1992–2013	302	168	56%
4	Gerard Cieślik	1946–1959	237	167	70%
5	Włodzimierz Lubański	1963–1975	234	155	66%
6	Teodor Peterek	1928–1948	189	154	81%
7	Kazimierz Kmiecik	1967–1982	304	153	50%
8	Jan Liberda	1949–1969	304	145	48%
9	Teodor Anioła	1945–1961	196	141	72%
10	Fryderyk Scherfke	1927–1939	?	131	?

Portugal

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Peyroteo	1937–50	197	331	168%
Eusébio	1960–77	313	319	102%
Fernando Gomes	1974–91	405	318	79%
José Águas	1950–63	281	290	103%
Néné	1968–86	421	262	62%
Manuel Fernandes	1970–88	485	243	50%
Matateu	1951–67	289	218	75%
José Augusto Torres	1959–80	384	217	57%
Rui Jordão	1971–89	360	215	60%
Arsénio Duarte	1943–59	313	211	67%

Romania

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Dudu Georgescu	1970–1986	370	252	68%
2	Ionel Danciulescu	1993–present	427	210	44%
3	Rodion Camataru	1974–1989	377	198	53%
4	Marin Radu	1974–1989	384	190	49%
5	Ion Oblemenco	1964–1976	272	170	62%
5	Florea Dumitrache	1966–1983	357	170	48%
7	Mircea Sandu	1970–1987	407	167	41%
8	Victor Piturca	1975–1989	301	166	55%
9	Mihai Adam	1962–1976	353	160	45%
10	Titus Ozon	1947–1964	270	157	58%

Russia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Oleg Veretennikov	1992–2002	273	143	52%
2	Alexandr Kerzhakov	2001–present	295	133	45%
3	Dmitry Kirichenko	1998–present	365	128	35%
4	Dmitry Loskov	1992–present	452	120	27%
5	Sergey Semak	1993–present	450	102	22%
6	Andrey Tikhonov	1992–2008	345	98	29%
7	Igor Semshov	1996–present	417	97	24%
8	Roman Pavlyuchenko	1998–present	221	89	40%
9	Valery Yesipov	1992–2007	390	88	23%
10	Yegor Titov	1995–2008	336	88	27%
11	Oleg Teryokhin	1995–2005	208	84	40%
12	Dmitri Sychev	2002–present	241	81	36%
12	Vágner Love	2002–2011	158	79	50%

Saudi Arabia

     Still active

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Majed Abdullah	1977–1997	168	190	113%
2	Nasser Al-Shamrani	2004–Present	215	135	62%
3	Fahad Al-Hamdan	1987-2002	???	131	???
4	Sami Al-Jaber	1988–2008	305	100	33%
5	Hamzah Idris	1985-2007	???	96	???
6	Yasser Al-Qahtani	2003–Present	143	94	66%
7	Obeid Al-Dosari	1996-2005	???	91	???
8	Jamal Muhammed	1980-1995	???	85	???
9	Talal Al-Meshal	1996–2010	???	75	???
10	Saadoun Humoud	1984-1999	???	71	???

Serbia

All-time top scorers in the SuperLiga
(SuperLiga goals only)

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Lamine Diarra	45
2	Dragan Mrđa	35
3	Nenad Milijaš	33
4	Andrija Kaluđerović	32
5	Dušan Tadić	29
6	Aleksandar Jevtić	26
7	Cléo	24
8	Nikola Simić	22
9	Ranko Despotović	21
10	Almami Moreira	19
As of 29 August 2010 (Bold denotes players still in SuperLiga). (Italics denotes players still playing professional football).

South Korea

(These stats include League and League Cup)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Woo Sung-Yong	1996–present	439	116	26%
2	Kim Do-Hoon	1995–2005	257	114	44%
3	Kim Hyun-Seok	1990–2003	371	110	30%
4	Saša Drakulić	1995–2003	271	104	38%
5	Yoon Sang-Chul	1988–1997	300	101	34%
6	Shin Tae-Yong	1992–2004	401	99	25%
7	Lee Dong-Gook	1998–present	219	86	39%
8	Kim Eun-Jung	1997–2008	300	80	27%
9	Roh Sang-Rae	1995–2004	246	76	31%
10	Lee Won-Sik	1996–2006	270	73	27%

Soviet Union

Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
Oleg Blokhin	1969–87	432	211	49%
Alexander Ponomarev	1938–52	249	152	61%
Nikita Simonyan	1946–59	267	144	54%
Sergei Solovyov	1939-52	226	143	63%
Grigori Fedotov	1937–49	169	132	78%
Eduard Markarov	1961–75	370	129	35%
Avtandil Gogoberidze	1945–61	341	128	38%
Oleg Protasov	1982–90	218	125	57%
Valentin Ivanov	1953–66	287	124	43%
Ramaz Shengelia	1977–88	283	120	42%

Spain

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Lionel Messi	2004-	299	266	89%
2	Telmo Zarra	1939–1957	278	251	91%
3	Hugo Sánchez	1981–92, 93–94	347	234	67%
4	Raúl	1994–2010	550	228	42%
5	Alfredo di Stéfano	1953–66	329	227	69%
6	César Rodríguez	1939–55	353	223	64%
7	Quini	1970–75, 77–84	448	219	49%
8	Pahiño	1943–56	278	210	76%
9	Cristiano Ronaldo	2009–	184	205	111%
10	Mundo	1939–51	231	195	81%
10	Carlos Santillana	1971–89	461	186	40%

Sweden

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Sven Jonasson	1927–47	252
2	Carl-Erik Holmberg	1924–39	194
3	Filip Johansson	1924–36	182
4	Harry Lundahl	1924–38	179
5	Bertil Johansson	1954–68	162
6	Harry Bild	1956–73	162
7	Sven Rydell	1924–34	156
8	Gunnar Nordahl	1940–49	151
9	Tore Keller	1924–40	150
10	Knut Kroon	1925–42	140

Switzerland

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jacques Fatton	1944–1960	358	274	77%
2	Eugen Meier	1951–1965	320	249	78%
3	Josef Hügi	1948–1963	322	244	76%
4	Lauro Amadò	1932–1949	355	243	68%
5	Charles Antenen	1945–1965	444	233	52%
6	Peter Risi	1970–1984	369	217	59%
7	Alessandro Frigerio	1933–1949	264	211	80%
8	Alfred Bickel	1934–1957	405	202	50%
9	Fritz Künzli	1964–1978	313	201	64%
10	Robert Ballaman	1944–1963	?	194	?

Turkey

Top Levels (includes Süper Lig, Istanbul Football League, Turkish Federation Cup, Milli Küme)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Metin Oktay	1955–1969	338	311	92%
2	Hakkı Yeten	1931–1948	298	258	87%
3	Hakan Sükür	1987–2008	485	249	51%
4	Şeref Görkey	1930–1950	293	240	82%
-	Tanju Çolak	1982–1993	276	240	87%
5	Hami Mandirali	1985–2003	465	219	47%
6	Melih Kotanca	1935–1948	171	214	125%
7	Lefter Küçükandonyadis	1941–1964	356	212	60%
8	Aykut Kocaman	1984–2000	352	200	56%
9	Feyyaz Uçar	1982–1996	375	191	51%
10	Serkan Aykut	1993–2006	337	188	56%

Süper Lig only (since 1959)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Hakan Sükür	1987–2008	485	249	51%
2	Tanju Çolak	1982–1993	276	240	87%
3	Hami Mandirali	1985–2003	465	219	47%
4	Metin Oktay	1959–1969	252	217	86%
5	Aykut Kocaman	1984–2000	352	200	56%
6	Feyyaz Uçar	1982–1996	375	191	51%
7	Serkan Aykut	1993–2006	337	188	56%
8	Fevzi Zemzem	1960–1974	305	144	47%
11	Necati Ateş	1997–	362	140	39%
10	Cenk İşler	1992–2011	349	137	39%

As of 26 January 2015 (Bold denotes players still playing in the league).

Ukraine

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Serhiy Rebrov	1992–2007	261	123	47%
2	Maksim Shatskikh	1999–present	222	100	45%
3	Andriy Vorobei	1997–present	282	99	35%
4	Oleksandr Haidash	1992–2003	259	95	37%
5	Serhiy Mizin	1992–2007	342	90	26%
6	Timerlan Huseinov	1992–2000	215	85	40%
7	Oleksandr Kosyrin	1999–present	230	83	36%
8	Oleh Matviiv	1992–2002	210	81	39%
9	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	1992–2003	260	79	30%
10	Valentyn Poltavets	1994–2007	322	77	24%

United Kingdom

England

Only goals in first level of championship (First Division then Premiership) are considered.

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jimmy Greaves	1957–1971	516	357	69%
2	Steve Bloomer	1892–1910	536	317	59%
3	Dixie Dean	1925–1930,1931–1937–1937	362	310	86%
4	Gordon Hodgson	1925–1939	454	288	63%
5	Alan Shearer	1987–1988,1989–2006	559	283	43%
6	Charlie Buchan	1910–1915,1919–1928	482	258	53%
7	Nat Lofthouse	1946–1959,1960–1961	452	255	56%
8	Joe Bradford	1921–1935	410	248	60%
9	Hughie Gallacher	1925–1936,1937–1938	355	246	72%
10	Joe Smith	1911–1915,1919–1927	410	243	59%

Northern Ireland

(as of 31 October 2010)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Jimmy Jones	1947–1949,1951–1964	285	332	116%
2	Joe Bambrick	1926–1935	205	314	153%
3	Glenn Ferguson	1987–2011	644	311	48%
4	Des Dickson	1967–1982	271	219	81%
5	Jimmy Kelly	1928–1952	410	218	53%

Scotland

• See also: List of footballers in England and Scotland by number of league goals

Wales

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Marc Lloyd Williams	1992–present	468	319	68%
2	Rhys Griffiths	2001–present	291	213	73%
3	Chris Summers	1992–2006	275	177	64%
4	John Toner	1997–2010	346	161	47%
5	Graham Evans	1995–2010	349	157	46%
6	Stuart Rain	1992–2007	390	150	38%
7	Paul Roberts	1993–2010	347	147	43%
8	Kevin Morrison	1992–2001	233	140	60%
9	Eifion Williams	1995–1999	135	131	97%
10	Ken McKenna	1994–2005	188	127	68%
10	Danny Barton	1997–2007	268	127	47%

Uruguay

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Fernando Morena	1969–1984	244	230	94%
2	Atilio García	1938–1950	210	208	99%
3	Héctor Scarone	1916–1934	191	163	85%
4	Pablo Terevinto	1920–1931	157	124	79%
5	Alberto Spencer	1960–1970	166	113	68%
6	René Borjas	1920–1931	199	109	55%
7	Héctor Castro	1921–1936	181	107	59%
8	Oscar Míguez	1948–1960	137	107	78%
9	Pedro Petrone	1923–1933	97	103	106%
10	Peregrino Anselmo	1922–1935	180	102	57%

United States

MLS

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Landon Donovan	2001-2014	310	136	44%
2	Jeff Cunningham	1998–2011	365	134	37%
3	Jaime Moreno	1996–2010	340	133	39%
4	Ante Razov	1996–2009	262	114	44%
5	Jason Kreis	1996–2007	305	108	35%
6	Taylor Twellman	2002–2010	174	101	58%
7	Dwayne De Rosario	2001–present	300	100	33%
8	Edson Buddle	2001–2010	231	90	39%
9	Carlos Ruiz	2002–2008, 2011	169	88	52%
10	Roy Lassiter	1996–2002	179	88	49%

Totals top level (ASL+NASL+MLS)

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Archie Stark (ASL)	1921–1931	293	253	86%
2	Johnny Nelson (ASL)	1923–1931	250	223	89%
3	Giorgio Chinaglia (NASL)	1976–1983	213	193	91%
4	Davey Brown (ASL)	1921–1931	276	189	68%
5	Bill Paterson (ASL)	1926–1931	196	152	78%
6	Andy Stevens (ASL)	1924–1930	177	150	85%
7	Jerry Best (ASL)	1924–1931	232	138	59%
8	Bart McGhee (ASL)	1922–1931	350	137	39%
9	Harold Brittan (ASL)	1921–1928	168	135	80%
10	Jeff Cunningham (MLS)	1998–2011	365	134	37%

Uzbekistan

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Zafar Kholmurodov	1997–present	?	198	?
2	Shuhrat Mirkholdirshoev	2000–present	?	192	?
3	Anvar Berdiev	1995–present	?	186	?
4	Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev	1997–present	?	181	?
5	Umid Isoqov	1994–present	?	174	?
6	Jafar Irismetov	1993–present		173
7	Ravshan Bozorov	1992–2007	?	170	?
8	Oybek Usmonxo'jayev	1992–2005	?	158	?
9	Anvar Soliev	1996–present	?	151	?
10	Rustam Durmonov	1992–2002	?	133	?

Venezuela

Rank	Name	Years	Goals
1	Juan Enrique García	1988–present	262
2	Rafael Castellín	1992–present	164
3	Cristian Cásseres	1996–present	119
4	Alexander Rondón	1998–present	114
5	Ruberth Morán	1993–2009	111
6	Wilfredo Moreno	?	101
7	Alexis Chirinos	?–present	84
8	Dionny Guerra	?	72
9	Daniel Delfino	2001–present	70
10	Johnny Carneiro	?–present	69

Yemen

As of 13 May 2012.

Rank	Player	Country	Goals	Years
1	Ali Al-Nono	Yemen	146	'99–
2	Adel Al-Salimi	Yemen	136	'97–'11
3	Sharaf Mahfood	Yemen	121	'85–'05
4	Fathi Jabir	Yemen	108	'97–'08
5	Yordanos Abay	Ethiopia	93	'03–

Yugoslavia

Rank	Name	Years	Matches	Goals	(%)
1	Slobodan Santrac	1962–1977	326	218	60%
2	Darko Pančev	1982–1992	243	168	69%
3	Dušan Bajević	1963–1983	322	166	52%
4	Bora Kostić	1951–1966	258	158	61%
5	Frane Matošić	1935–1956	?	149	?
6	Todor Veselinovic	1948–1968	227	145	64%
7	Stjepan Bobek	1945–1958	201	129	64%
8	Zoran Prljinčević	?	?	129	?
9	Dušan Savić	1973–1983	202	120	59%
10	Krzysztof Gapanowicz	1969–1978	113	113	100%

See also

• List of top association football goal scorers

References

Data adapted from research carried out by the contributors at RSSSF.com.
Brazilian data from http://www.netvasco.com.br/mauroprais/futbr/artilbr.html.
Brazilian data from http://www.bardanzellu.eu/Brazil_All_Time_Topscorers.htm.
Italian data from http://www.bardanzellu.eu/Italy_all_time_topscorers.htm.
Netherlands data from: http://www.beijen.net/frank/nlalrtchto.htm Russian data from: http://bombarder.narod.ru/.
Saudi Arabia data from [2].
Swedish data from http://www.bolletinen.se/.
USA data from http://web.mlsnet.com/mls/history/alltime_leaders.jsp.

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